Stephen A. makes the case for Bronny James being the MOST intriguing NBA Draft player 👀 | First Take
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Brian Windhorst debate the most intriguing player in the 2024 NBA Draft.
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0:00 Who is the most intriguing player in the draft?
3:30 Mad Dog says Bronny James is not the most intriguing player in the NBA Draft
6:50 Brian Windhorst’s most intriguing player in the draft
9:00 Stephen A. questions Windy’s and Mad Dog’s picks
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The media has been covering Bronny so much that I don't even know who the first pick is
Why dont u google lil boy 😂😂😂
@@bashercleaner863 youre response is lame asf
Loser@@bashercleaner863
😂😂😂
@@bashercleaner863we didn’t have to google wemby.
Skip Bayless little brother is a savage 😂😂😂
Nah I’m weakkkkkk lmaoooo . This my first time seeing someone say this and I’m rolling 💀💀💀💀 .
Stg
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Nah mad dog is supposed to be what skip is.
He been around u just late
Mad Dog is to real to be at ESPN full time lmao
I agree, I hope he never changes
Exactly he’s getting tired of the BS. He’s been in the industry a long time he knows exactly what’s going on and he’s calling it out 💯
Facts!!!😂😂
Sounds like a shitty draft class if Bronny is most intriguing.
Do you know what intriguing means?
I think this is the weakest draft class. Too many times of players names being considered the 1st pick. Nobody stood out imo. This could be like AV draft
@brandond1947: We’ll have to see, definitely looks like the weakest in recent memory but that 2000 draft class was really weak & 2013 is in the argument for worst ever alongside 2000 & probably would take if it weren’t for Giannis & Rudy Gobert emerging.
@marckusduverger9776 true. U right about that. We'll have to see and wait but on paper I just wasn't impressed but who knows
@@KeyAirAngelsTV 3pts ave per game should not be intriguing, also he is 6"1, son of a player who will retire in 1-2years is not intriguing, they are just mentioning bronny in order to help him get drafted by popularity not by skill
The ball brothers were better and they didnt give them this treatment 😂
Facts… people don’t understand how good lonzo,Gelo nd Melo were coming out of high school .. easily they best high school team in history the 2016 chino hills
People were hating on Lavar and the Ball family. All three of them can Ball!
I wish Bronny averaged 20 5 5 in college so all of this hype and attention would be warranted
Is LeBrons last name Ball? What a stupid comment 😂
Never thought id say i miss lavar and BBB but here we are
They didn't cover college basketball the whole year that's why they dont know anyone. It's not because Bronny is interesting
Bingo!!!
Rs
To be fair this class has mostly international and G League players going top 10-15
Dawg exactly
This is true , I realized this
Doggy keeping it a buck.
Mad Dog is the only commentator that gives “no fluff” commentary about Bronny James and I LOVE IT!!
Flip side:
Watching a Black Man manipulate the league inside and out to build generational wealth (like the “others”) is an Ancestral Flex 💪🏽😎
Valid comment
manipulate? think for a sceond that his father is one of the greatest and he trains learns and works with his father daily. you think theres no legit talent just manipulation? smh all to slide in some racist coonery? hes not flexing hes doing what a person with half a brain would. trigger warning.
Lebron is black excellence. Mr. Power he makes white and Jewish billionaires bow down and he’s a family man 😭
This is literally how I feel. Two things can be true at the same time. 1.) Acting like Bronny is a legit prospect is lunacy, but 2.) White folks do this type of thing for their kids in every industry in the United States.
Facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’s right nobody would care
He's a less athletic less skilled Mac McClung.
MAD DOGG IS RIGHT... But in the past if someone was considered a health risk (especially cardiac issues) or injury-prone and their productivity wasn't proven they would not be drafted.
Stephen A. seeking that Klutch payday.
Why he looking for a paycheck because he telling the truth everybody been talking about that kid from day one and they still talking about him nobody don’t know who all the other players in the draft which I could tell you this year they said European draft so stop talking trashand you know what it is
Right
@@isaacford7172 they keep talking about bronny hoping bronny will get drafted cant you analyze that???? they keep bringing his name even if he is trash in basketball bec its the son of their idol lebron james, they want a 3pts avg per game player so that in the future they have headlines of "father and son duo"
It's a weak move to insuiate bs about somebody that you do not agree with.
It’s not about paycheck. He like most of these analysts care more about social media backlash so they stay on the popular side with their opinions. Mad done is an oldschool white man who doesn’t care what twitter has to say about him. So he can speak freely. If SAS say what mad dog just said it’ll be all over twitter blog and CZcams videos will be made about it.
Mad dog keeping 100
Facts💯 SAS is just bandwagon making no sense
Stephen A answered the question and proved what he said. How is he bandwagoning when he agreed with Doggy and still made his point?
@@freshkidfreddy8106 SAS career is built on Hype.
For me, the most intriguing thing is that THREE French players are in the Top 10 (two in the Top 3) coming off last year's #1 draft pick from France. Why is this French pipeline of talent not deserving of its own video, ESPN (and no, I'm not French)?
Thats true, France is showing up BIG time to the NBA lately, it’s awesome!
Who cares. French players are overrated
hate to say it but, nobody cares about that
Knicks copped a frenchie too
France taking over the NBA soon
Nearly 7 minutes until they mentioned someone else in the draft other than Bronny. Thats how lost ESPN has become.
LeSPN
Yet you hating sheep always watch
I mean you did click on a video that told you it was about him right?
EXACTLY! TO CASUALS, which is AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF FANS ACTING LIKE the racist subsection of CC fans of WNBA nonsense 😮😂… YOU ALL KNOW NOTHING. Media disrespected many great players with great potential- to water down the perception so Bronny could look acceptable. WAKE UP!
Who else their going to talk about
take away him being lebron's son, and he's not intriguing at all
no one in dis draft is
@@FOH45Cause you a casual. You need hyped names.
Let's hope his health would hold up. That was a scary moment for Bronny..
No need to even mention it. Just put positive energy out. Your comment is basic you saying “everybody remember he had a health scare”
@@realspitter2727, right bro. That ain’t the way big money works, buddy. Trust me, team management IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
@elll4222 exactly lmfao all these people speaking with emotion. This a business and he will only be a 11 ppg scorer at his best
Fake health scare only to get sympathy. Yall are being played
That’s not the problem. His lack of talent is.
3 ppg yall , 3……..
Besides a few players this draft is weak he opted in for that reason he can be a good role player and also you bring money with that last name and potential player that everyone wants even almost at age 40
In the Pac-12
Sadly, with the way the NBA is officiated, the refs will give him a lot of calls to manufacture his own stats so that he doesn't embarrass himself and the Lakers.
Should’ve gone back to college.
So you forgot he had a cardiac arrest?
@@Treytaylor11weak draft but he’s projected to go in the 50s. What does that say about him?
Boy Mad Dog Really Said It For Us All
U clicked on a video with bronny face and name on it 😂😂 sit this one out
Yes, the most intriguing pick is a wasted pick and Mad Dog was spot on.
A waste is no production and until he's on a team playing you don't know that.
Yall act like coming back from cardiac arrest is nothing
Mad dog seems to be the only person willing to call a spade a spade
@@diddy2612 that's racist
@@BrandonSmith-rb1bf whatever you say
Mad Dog is Diabolical 😂 speak the truth my brotha.
Maddog spitting facts.
Straight 💯
Both of y'all and Mad Dog should all 3 look up the word "intriguing" to make sure he and this comment make sense
@@billycarter1798 while they do that, you should look up the word "nepotism"
@@joed7185 why should he he was talking about the most jntriguing player that is Bronny James no one cares about this stupid draft accept him.
@@billycarter1798wtf is intriguing about a player that doesn’t deserve to be in the nba let alone D1??
This is the first time a very expensive hype for 4 ppg guy
@@joeymanny I could score 4ppg in garbage time
He only played one year in college and that was barely cause his injury 😭
@@sav_2212was barely a year , was half a season lol
@@sav_2212so before the heart issues what did he do as a senior that was so impressive ? I’ll answer that NOTHING !!
@@gtbigdog3507 cap
And it's the media's fault...all the focus is on Bronny, who's good, and no shine for the top 5 to 10 players...so disappointed!!
They aren’t needle movers, that’s the point!
@@mjissowrongBronny is?
@@coryfields482yup just by name. Headlines and ticket sales are better than some of those other things
Nothing good about Bronny all the scouts at the combine said that
Hes horrible. Be honest. He sucked as a bencher
MAD DOG IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY
*I understand he almost died... But if that's the case, shouldn't he go back for another year? I feel like that would've made the most sense. SAS can't use that as an excuse tf*
Nope
No. Its a weak draft especiallyfor guards. Go now when you're guaranteed to be drafted. Next year is a stronger class with some good 1 and done players as well.
Was this the first time you heard the word intriguing? I know it's not as commonly used as other vocabulary terms
No, this draft class is historically bad. The top prospect averaged 10 ppg in France. #2 averaged 9 in Australia. No projected top 5 pick averaged over 12 ppg in college or overseas.
Facts! That Part! Lebron doesn’t care about his health LeBron is a narcissist who only cares about his fake Goat narrative!
Mad dog face at 9:01 is hilarious. He knows where Stephan A is going and ready to respond
🤣🤣
Most underrated draft
I wonder how much Clutch Sports paid SAS to push this narrative on first take this morning 😂😂😂
He's a follower who only gets paid because he has the loudest mouth in the room.
its the truth name a player in this trash draft class with a bigger name than bronny.
More like how much lebron paud the whole media in making hin the goat
Bronny is goin number 1.. book it.
Its true though the man did nearly die
Mad dog is right
Mad Dog speaking facts
There is nothing intriguing about averaging Skip Bayless's high school stats in the weak Pac-12. Bronny will get drafted by the Lakers because of nepotism, not merit. If I were an NBA player, I'd probably jump him for taking someone else's job.
That why u not a nba player
he was intriguing enough for you to click on this video, lol
He is just trying to get drafted like the rest of these kids. He will sell a few tickets. Get some jersey sales. The first father and son combo. People where just saying Caitlin Clark should be on the Olympic team just for good business. The NBA is all about good business. I mean JJ Redick is a head coach and we talking about all this. If don't like it watch baseball. 😅😅😅😅
@@DavidBuchanan-wg3nmHe never said he would be an NBA player so your comment is pointless
@@franklinfitzgerald6723He not like the rest of these kids he got a way easier path some kids who did better can’t even get a workout for an NBA team
Bronnie isn’t even a good D1 player. He is a D2 at best.
At best
I totally agree, I feel sorry for the 4 other guys on USC team who was better but won't be getting drafted
@@kendrickoliver9589why are you just assuming they won’t get drafted?🤔also how is that bronnys fault considering bronny might not get drafted himself?
wow the NBA has truely fallen when a guy who can barely make a college roster is the MOST intriguing NBA draft player lol
Mad dog is being the only true journalist right now
Thank you mad dog 🎉🎉🎉
MAD dog speaking facts
Facts
I've never seen such hype for a guy that can't even average more that 5 ppg
I never seen so many adults hate on a teenager
@@billeh60how is this hating? Please explain.
@@billeh60)
He’s 19 going on 20. Critiquing basketball isn’t hate. LeBron fans and Bronny fans love personalizing any criticism
@@billeh60 imagine defending millionaires on the internet…. You are pathetic
@@Christian-eq6pq 19-NineTEEN He’s a teenager. Critique how he did in the combine compared to his peers not on a bad team where he only played a couple months for a couple minutes on a bad team with a bad coach.
Honestly you draft Bronny on his potential, not what he’s doing right now. I get it, he’s taking a spot from some “deserving college student”, but they could always work out with NBA teams. If Bronny is developed by a team and ends up half as good as his father, that’s franchise altering for the next 10-15 years.
He has no talent, no skill, no drive, no height. The only thing he has is a stout body like his dad.
Bronny was a top 20 player out of HS.
I guess that means take him early! Generation talent
😂😂😂 I wonder why when he avg 12pts a game in HS???? Every other top 100 player in HS probably averaged 25 plus in HS 😂😂😂
Yea and I won 1st place in my 8th grade science fair that doesn't make me Albert Einstein.
If teams drafted players based on how good they were in highschool then a lot of gms would be fired 😂😂
Then shut your mouth sas. You’ve been pushing this garbage for 6 months
I love Mag Dog! Only analyst that has a mind/opinion of his own. Finally someone speaks the truth!
The pressure they put on this kid is crazy lol
people talking about Bronny like he was HIM before his health problem. The kid wasn't even the 3rd best player on an underachieving Sierra Canyon team in high school. Bronny was a question mark before his health scare and him going into the draft is a smart decision because if he went back to college, he would not have an excuse for putting up such poor numbers again.
4:44 to 5:44 a whole minute straight while SAS is talking look at dudes face….. 😂😂😂
Lmao I thought I was the only one who peeped
Get em Mad Dog!! 😂😂😂
Windy face when he SAS said Bronny James is the most intriguing player in the a draft lol
Brian dropped his head lmao
I'm Glad Doggy kept it 💯
Who at espn is taking money under the table.. it’s not doggy
Literally almost everyone in sports media works for Klutch sports
Your gonna waste a draft pick on a kid that can’t sad just of who his daddy is
Picks get thrown away on Euro players so whats the difference riddle me that please
I don’t know any player in NBA history that got drafted; only averaging 4 Points, 2 Assists and 2 Rebounds. Smh
Derick Lively was picked 12th and averaged 5, 5 and 1. So yeah it’s been done before. Casual
@@jia3464Lively is also 7’1 not 6’1
What if lebron says out loud he’s joining whichever team drafts Bronny on a min contract. Any contender will draft Bronny.
@@Saberwolves84 “I don’t know any player in NBA history”
@@jia3464 Lively averaged 5 points 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in college and not 4 points and the draft is many times about potential then stats Bronny does not have tha high upside Livley does
Doggie STANDING ON BUSINESS, without fail.
Mad Dog thanks for speaking the truth and It’s not difficult to hear at all, it’s the plain truth! Sickening that ESPN and Stephen A out here giving this subpar/average kid this much coverage only because his daddy is Lebron. The nepotism is off the chain.
May been harsh but doggie 100 percent right,no other player with that health scare and avg those numbers would even get a chance to sniff the nba and thats not no hate
That’s not true tho 😂 it’s been plenty of guards that averaged under 5ppg and got drafted like Josh giddey. Patrick Williams averaged 7.8 and was a lottery pick 😂 teams don’t draft just off of numbers. Bronnys physicality alone is enough for him to get drafted cause his skills can get developed later and especially with this draft class being one of the weakest .
Gotta love Mad dog for keeping it straight.
Glad the kid is okay & glad he gets a chance but no, he didn't prove anything and as much as he says he wants to be his own man, he is riding his fathers name bc if he wasn't, he would stay in college and try to make a name there first before entering the draft.
Good luck to him though!
Mad dog hit them with the truth, Steven A start catching feelings😂
Thank you!!! Doggie is the ONLY person SPEAKING THE TRUTH!!!!
Yo the faces doggy be making while SA be talking are hilarious
Mad dog!! Finally someone said it
Lets go MAD DOG! Thank you for doing the job the way it should be done.
he misunderstood the question just like he does in other segments he is there for shock value
These guys calling themselves analysts and don’t know who Zaccharie and Alex Sarr is insane. Do they even watch international ball?
No nobody does 😂 that’s his point that’s why nobody’s talking about them International ball ain’t as popular
I LOVE MAD DOG! He's keeps it real 💯 Not Bronny hatred, just honesty.
C’mon Steven A. Smith please stop with this nonsense when did intriguing become important. It’s either your good or not!
Money and ratings
Not fair to ask Stephen A this question. Bronny James is the only player Stephen A Smith even knows in this draft
the rest actually belong their... stephen a is trying his best to get people used to bronny in the nba because we know he doesnt belong
6:18 “Riding the bench like Stephen A” 😂😂😂 I need the backstory to this 6:26
He’s talking about when he barely played at Winston Salem
The most intriguing is Edey, he could go anywhere. Bronny just has a famous dad
Grizzlies 🤝
Bronny James is not intriguing. He is shock value. ESPN wants to make this out to be more than it is, but I will tell you exactly what will happen. The Lakers will draft him at the end of the draft to appease Lebron or he will go undrafted and the Lakers will pick him up immediately because nobody else cares about him. Then after a year people will forget about him. He'll probably get a couple low end contracts for a couple of years because he is Lebrons son, then he'll be gone in 5 to 6 years and we wont remember him.
that what makes him intriguing.
@@iflgames3245 How so? If no one is interested, how is he intriguing?
@@RedEyesRobotics Everyone is interested who said they were not. Bronny James is carrying the shitty draft.
@@iflgames3245 who is interested? Tell me, who, not the Lakers, is drafting Bronny??? I'll wait...I really want to know who this 'EVERYONE' is....🤔😏
@@RedEyesRobotics The entire industry that why you know Bronng more than any of these shitty drafts picks. Worse draft pick since 2013.
Without Bronny we would not even tune in to these no names.
Bra,all the brothers in sports and sports media have no shame. They don't even know the meaning of the word💯
Much respect to Mad Dog for keeping it real 💯
Thank you SAS for bringing perspective to this conversation 💯
I wish these guys can speak freely and not stick to some script to hype up Ratings.
Being owned by Klutch Sports and Disney doesn’t allow much wiggle room
Stephen A is so inauthentic. Ratings are all he is about.
SAS doing his best to have LeBron keep liking him.
U obviously don’t know Stephan a 😂 he dogs Lebron
Thank you mad dogg tell people talk about the actual skill instead of the NAME
Cardiac arrest is serious man glad he mentioned it
We already know a certain group of ppl gonna be mad if bronny gets picked in the top 10 this year
He’s getting exposed either way, I hope he gets drafted sooner than later
This certain group you talk about, do you mean intelligent basketball fans?
@@Scarred_Kat😂😂😂
Ummmm every group of peopel
It doesn’t matter bruh u cant please everybody there’s always haters out there no matter what happens !!!
The NBA is now a hype and media circus. ESPN has not done a feature on any of the top 5 picks for the draft this year; no stats no interviews etc. But all they feature and talk about is Bronny; who by the way; they can't put up any stats for; bcz they just don't exist. Give him exposure bcz he's LeBron's son; fine; but what about the players better than him in the draft ESPN???
They don't care about the sport and have no love for the game, they are only interested in ratings/ headlines.
@@boldymann8530 Exactly, Thank You 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@@boldymann8530Basically
@@boldymann8530exactly nobody cares about the other players
Stephen a was right the question was the most intriguing and that's all people been talking about all season long till now
Thank you mad dog for keeping it real!
How many times are these mfers gonna bring up bronnys heart issue and apologize for him
It makes sense to bring it up, that’s a big thing to bounce back from.
@@marckusduverger9776Plus Klutch Sports is paying them to mention it
all these “experts” saying that this is the weakest draft class in the last 2 decades: these kids coming out the draft actually wanted to play college basketball and are getting penalized because people think they weren’t good enough to go one and done. wrong, there are some great freshman like Jared McCain and Rob Dillingham and then great seniors like Dalton Knecht and Zach Edey, it’s just like the 2024 QB class, covid year with traditional 3 years. another thing is-the American media is in denial that European basketball will be the top half of the best players from this class. 4 out of the 5 all NBA first team are European. just get with it.
Stop it, have you seen last years class!!!
Yoruba = Europe.. Do you know Yoruba.. If you did you would rephrase that term "european." She definitely was a dark skinned woman.. So dial back on the prejudice shade 😂😂😂😂
All ESPN had to say was that LAL really didn't have a better pick, anywhere in this draft, so picking Bronny, isn't really that big of a deal, when you look at the list of players in the 2nd-round = if they said that, we wouldn't be here
Dude this is a super weak draft class. That's not to say that some of these kids can't make it a career, but there's no clear cut "can't miss" players or big stand outs. The fact you are mentioning seniors that may go early is another sign because kids that played all 4 years rarely become anything. Also, there more foreign players projected to go early and most fans aren't familiar with them. In the NBA draft, the names that drive the media are 1 and done players or big names. This draft has none except Bronny.
@@justified004 so you're saying the players who are obviously better than Bronny, won't have a better career, while the kid picked #56, who's not better, WILL have a great career based on nothing you can say right now??????? It's pretty amazing to see how Lebron actively makes other people stupid, trying to rationalize all of this BS, he does so often = you're saying you're okay with "white supremacy", without saying it = anyone like Lebron, who acts like a racist white person, manipulating outcomes, while screwing other BLACK KIDS over, is the definition of PARTICIPATION IN RACISM/WHITE SUPREMACY = you must be proud of yourself, ignoring something so obvious to even stupid people #Merca
mad dog keepin it ❤️
"Would not play on UCONN" - Mad Dog
"WOOOOW😮"
I swear this Bronny storyline is crazy dumb. Respect Mad Dog for calling it out it is and saying he doesn't deserve any talk and he's only getting it because he's Lebrons son
Build him up to break him down in the future - The Skip Bayless Method.
DO NOT BE FOOLED, ESPECIALLY BY STEPHEN A - I REPEAT:
DO NOT BE FOOLED!
HE WILL BETRAY THIS "THINKING"!
Skip taught him well!
Mad dog calling it how it is😂
Stephen A is clowning himself now, hilarious 🤣🤣
Mad dog on his per usual savage medication 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love Mad Dog lol
If all it takes is 4 ppg to make the NBA, half of CZcams should enter the draft.
No u should do u can get off the internet hating
riding the bench like Stephen A got me rolling. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
MAD DOG KILLED IT!!!
I don't care what bad games Bronny had, the NBA is going to train him into a monster. He also has his dad to practice with.
Sure bud
Delusional 😂😂😂
Lol he's 6'1
You don’t believe anything you’re saying.
Gotta admit it if his son is drafted by Lakers to play with his dad is pretty cool no matter how you slice it
Facts
Stephen A always claiming he doesn't like speaking about Bronny on First Take, but Stephen A has 100% creative control of First Take, just like Skip has of Undisputed.
Lebron spoke it to existence like lavar ball ... they tryna make bronny the next lonzo ball ... they wish bronny was the next Lamelo ball ... but bronny is worst than liangelo ball
Zach Edey is the most intriguing
Thank you Mad Dogg
Lebron literally said he wants to play with him of course he’s the most intriguing it’s not about taking spotlight off the other players but if he gets drafted it’s possible to get lebron as well which is super intriguing
Stephen A is a clown
He not lying tho this one of the weakest draft classes and the media is mainly talking about bronny
the most undeserved nba draft pick ever?
Gianis brother
Stephen A has learned from previous experience about slagging off unknown Europeans😂😂
The fact that this guy is even being drafted is ridiculous. Nobody is going to give other deserving prospects, the time attention that this kid will get. Let me say this crystal clear. Bronny has done nothing to merit being drafted to the league. I understand maybe it’s a weak draft class, but look at his USC numbers. If we’re gonna hold this little of a standard, then let’s keep that energy for all the other deserving prospects who have done minimal, and tell them that they should be drafted as well, because they too can be “developed.” James simply has not EARNED IT; and it is sad how so many other hard-working individuals will be looked over and passed up for this dude 💯
This is just unbelievable 😂. All this coverage for basically a "KWAME BROWN" type of player
Don’t disrespect Kwame Brown like that
Kwame was waaay better than Bronny
Kwame Brown was a good player + you saying he wasn't only proves you never actually watched him play = he'd DESTROY you on a basketball court, he's a MONSTER for his size + SEVERAL good teams traded for him because you ONLY get traded when you're VALUABLE + I'm 1000% sure you didn't make $60M+, doing anything in your life, especially what you like/LOVE to do