Stephen A.: Russell Westbrook has RESSURECTED HIS REPUTATION as a FUTURE HALL OF FAMER! | First Take
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- Stephen A.: Russell Westbrook has RESSURECTED HIS REPUTATION as a FUTURE HALL OF FAMER! | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst discuss the reasons for the Los Angeles Clippers' success.
0:00 Windy credits Kawhi Leonard
3:03 Stephen A. gives props to the Clippers
7:00 2024 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game rosters
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Russell Westbrook was always going to be a Hall of Famer.
He has won absolutely nothing and stat padded for his entire NBA career.
@@Zenigundamcrazy to be so confidently stupid like that.
@@Zenigundameven if he doesn’t win he’s done enough to get in
@@Zenigundamy nobody else in nba could average a triple double 3 straight seasons do it then 😂 ohok
@@SummerhillNard Because he hogged the ball, just like Kobe and Iverson.
The media is the one who really destroyed Russ reputation
And the lebron Stan’s
@@mrgetitdone85He‘s averaging 11 points per game. YH HES DOMINATING THE LEAGUE!!! 😤😤
@@mrgetitdone85same group tbh
😂@@sfpreezy
@@sfpreezyclearly 11 is all that’s needed
Westbrook being a role player does very little for his legacy. It helps immensely with his 2024 public perception but he was already a HOF by the end of his time at OKC.
If he wins a championship while being an elite 6th man, it could definitely be a great bump to his legacy. If he wins fmvp as a borderline allstar, kinda like iggy in 2015, it would definitely put him in higher tier
Yea but he’s missing one thing and we all know what that is
Winning a championship makes his resume much better. Doesnt matter how good he does in the regular season if it amounts to nothing. @MrE_
@@aaronbarkley539that’s non sense and stop repeating this rhetoric nba legends are still legends regardless of rings
Wrong but I’m too lazy to give my reasoning
It was never in doubt. 25k, 9k, 8k. Only guard in history to do it.
He 1 of 2 guards to only have tht stat. Brodie HOF 💯
And counting
@@neemohoseit’s just him and LeBron. Oscar doesn’t have 8k rebounds
@@YaBoiSxntiiLeBron not a guard
Stat sheet stuffing is a modern phenomenon. You’ll see many more in the future. Dude was a beast when he was young and athletic but has always been painfully inefficient. Love the heart he plays with though. Russ is a real one but his inability to develop is shot is why his career faded so quickly when he lost some speed.
Russ never had a problem with his reputation. The media did. Russ is, and has been, 1st ballot HOF for a while.
Facts!!!
What you mean? You blind? He literally throwing bricks back in lakers💀😂
He was already a HoF before he joined the Lakers. And while he didn't do great with the Lake Show, he's resurrected with the CLippers. Respect @@cendo3195
Russ was already a hall of famer
Ong bru😂
A bad fit with Lebron and the Lakers and they’re trying to throw the man’s whole career away . Like he wasn’t already first ballot EASILY 😒
SAS is just trying to reverse his previous takes during Russ’ MVP season that he wasnt.
Right the lakers coaching sucked and they’re losing without Russ so they will blame dlo and when he’s gone they will blame someone else 😂
thank you. a lock before and even after the Lakers stint
Skip Bayless is hurting right now seen russ playing this Well.
why would skip be hurt it was russ that made hisself a blooper reel lol
@@hooligan5381 Everyone that plays with Bron is a blooper reel. Look at how great the Lakers looked when Bron sat against the Celtics a few days ago, but as soon as he's on the court, they all look like bums. AD is the new Westbrook in LA.
@@jackjohnson8244no Ham , Prince , Dlo everyone but Bron gets criticized for their play… Bron gets praised for doing exactly what he’s supposed to do cause he’s almost 40..
@@jackjohnson8244 yo facts with lebron and AD off the floor the lakers looked like certified snipers from 3 it was insane especially against the Celtics lebron is such a mythical figure I feel like playing with him people just feel like the script is to play perfect and that’s a lot of pressure to put on yourself
He‘s averaging 11 points. Casuals who believe the „Russ is balling since he left the Lakers“ narrative don’t know that tho 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Real fans know Russ was never a problem, it was the media 😂
Facts
He was bad in LA , the media was too hard on him but let’s not pretend like he was playing winning basketball
@@johnnycash8567right now he’s playing good in LA.. therefore your statement is invalid
@@johnnycash8567nah lakers fans are just toxic and everyone there gets blamed since lebron
@@johnnycash8567 it was just a bad fit but it’s lakers fans
Russ being HoF was never in doubt because of 1 bad year with the lakers
And everyone kept saying he was washed 🤦🏾♂️
It hurt me watching him play as a laker knowing how great he is and I’m not even a laker fan
@@gsmoke2478 facts the Lakers organization wasn’t a good fit for him anyway
I watched some of those games and it seemed like Russ was the only one of their stars still trying to win.
Stevie u also said Kawhi should retire, no longer hear it from u anymore. He made u eat crow without even speaking a single word 🤣🤭😅
He said Kyrie Irving should retire too.🤔
Stephen A Smith is such a hypocrite and should really be quiet on something he doesn’t know about.
He said that because he was doing load management and missing all those games, not about his actual play
@@tmsmith728 right, it was never a question of ability but availability and up until this season the last time we seen a healthy kawhi was in Canada
lol let’s wait until playoffs if he stays healthy but you’re right SAS was wrong for that
As a laker fan I am not suprised one bit that Russ is fitting well with the clippers and playing great ball. I think AD and Bron are the 2 hardest stars to play with, especially if your not a great shooter🤷🏾♂️
I remember Windhorse was the one who kept repeating that Russ was a “Locker room vampire” last year
Exactly and you can see how he can’t wait to laugh when Stephen A makes a joke about his personality
Nobody was questioning Westbrook Being a HOF😂
What about Cam Thomas
as a lakers fan i am really happy for Russ. i still cant believe the clippers got him for 2 years on a 8 mil contract. what a steal
Why Mad Dog always trying to rizz up the viewers 😂😂
😅😅😅😅 he specializes in all things doggy 😅😅
Maddog constantly looks like he’s tryna mog the viewers its hilarious
He got that light skin look towards the camera lol 😂
@@raycutler2524🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:15 😂
If I were Kawhi, I'd sue SAS for defamation and assassination of character
i stg!
He does somethin better when he makes him talk good about him lol
Nah. /
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Stephen A would bust a nut knowing that Kawhi knows he exists
Won’t forget Stephen A telling Kawhi to retire last year.
It's nothing to remember. SAS shows up to work.
@@TLR1988never compare a champion like kawhi to Stephen a myth
He said Kyrie should retire as well
He acting like he never said that SMH 🤦🏾♂️. The audacity.
Kawhi Leonard is the MVP
he is averaging more than the rare 50-40-90(55-45-90) is rare only KD twice,Larry Bird, and Steph Curry the only to do while average 30 has done that. But Kawhi plays both sides of the ball. At his best u can argue he is the best player in the world at times. He is just playing off the charts scary this season
How is he MVP with James harden, Paul George and Russ on his team. That team stacked
He's third right now, behind Jokic and SGA. Who does SGA have helping him? Chet? Kawhi has a stacked team helping him.
@@franknatti5367that doesn’t matter when his numbers are what they are!54-45-90 like what are you talking about and y’all completely the word DEFENSE! That’s another completely different half of the equation yall just always forget about. Kawhi is 2nd to none in that category so being extremely efficient on offensive while still being one of the few lockdown defends, that man is the best player. He only averaging 30+ bcuz he doesn’t take as many shots as other such as Luca or Tatum,Durant, Steph, all perimeter players. But he puts the ball in the rim at a high percentage of the shots he take
@@Paulafan5Kawhi has the #1 seed combined with 55-45-90
Hes on superteam, with russ on 2 million salary. Better than kd warriors
I never doubted Russ..💯
SAS won't ever say something good about the klaw without saying something bad
SAS is a demon!
He go to be there in the playoffs
And Kawhi can't have a good season without also breaking his knees for another season. The dude just deserves those comments.
the comments are not unwarranted. he gets injured a lot, and he abused load management. but the guy is amazing when he is healthy and playing.
@@chrismyco7950abused load management how ?
I still can’t believe Oklahoma City Thunder had all 3 players at one point
Russ is a HOF just from the Thunder... SAS & Unk Shay Shay coaching... I'm feeling that
My dawg Westbrook been a HOF he my fav player of all time my personal 🐐
Yea he’s definitely in my top 3 favorite player ever!
Me too brother!!
@@theonceandfuture2610 💯
@@mrgetitdone85 💯
Me too ! Mfs called me insane when I said this back in his OKC days. Then the Laker days hurt my case even more. As a laker fan I’m willing to admit it was never his fault. He is a top dawg. Active shooter. I rock w Russ
WESTBROOK 6th man of the year. Brings so much energy!
He’s not going to win 6th man of the year
@@mattmannlvcagonna get that first or second team all defense tho 😊
@@mattmannlvcawhy wouldnt he
@@deny2332 he could and deservedly so
@@mobawes1323 not enough points, doesn’t play enough minutes and Norman Powell
WessBrook and Leonard.... Last season at the ending. Crazy teamwork and running layups....
PG and Powell.... Crazy vets shooting 3s...
Kawhi was in the NBAs commercial as a secret agent but he does absolutely nothing to market the game.
Everytime he puts on a jersey hes marketing the game. Please dont let SAS fool u with this stuff. If the clips lose this year Westbrook wont come out his mouth. It wud be Kawhi until the season started again
SAS continuing to push that agenda on Kawhi is something I’ve never seen “the worst superstar you could ever have on your team” bad marketing for the team? the dude goes viral whenever he smiles
Coffey is one of my favorite players ! it's awesome to hear him getting mentioned ☕☕
Real NBA fans never give up on Westbrook
We know the type of player he is 100% a dawg no matter what.
Russ was gonna find himself sooner or later and looks like he did it so happy for the man.
Did He Just Say Westbrook Is Having Arguably The Best Season Of His Career???????? Why Is The Media Always Trying to Diminish Westbrook Legacy?????? Dude Is 100% Hof and its like they want us to remember Mr Triple Double as a good role player by the end of his career. Like How is He Being Resurrected? Hes always Been ELITE. Had one bad year with lakers and all a sudden we just forget his greatness???? Did We Not See His Greatness AGAIN as a Starter the previous Year?!
All I can say is that the Clippers are stunningly healthy at this stage of the season. They own one of the top 3 rosters in the NBA and should advance to the finals if they stay injury free.
That last part. That’s been true for literal years lol. If they stay healthy, kawhi in particular, they are absurdly good. If he or PG have their postseason injury appointments again this year, it’ll also end absurdly quick.
Literally the only thing stopping them. Injuries! They are an offensive MACHINE when healthy.
I feel bad for them tho because that has ALWAYS been their issue, I’m a bron fan and they always had this potential but health always been their kryptonite, I hope they can sustain this throughout because that’s gonna be difficult for them
😊 6:57 😊😊 8:52 😊 8:54
Lighting can strike or winning the lottery more likely than all their stars playing in the last game of the season 😂😂😂
Giving Westbrook aka “Brodie” his flowers🌹
Russel is one of my top favorite players, Russel deserves the love he’s receiving again + more. I’m glad people are finally seeing what I saw, which is Lakers not being a good fit for Russel, now look who’s eating good, it ain’t Lebron but it’s Russel, The REAL Mr. Triple Double himself.
It’s also refreshing to finally see First Take and ESPN acknowledge that there are more than two teams in the NBA: the Lakers and the Warriors. Someone else finally got more than 5 mins.
The media drags the nostalgia of the Lakers and Celtics to the ground 😂
Russell Westbrook is a flat out beast🔥🔥🔥🔥
S/o to Amir Coffey! He’s been balling
Stephan A Just be talking bruh was a HOF before he went to the lakers 💯
The real ones having long been knowing this about Brodie. 💯
I've seen Westbrook play since UCLA, and it's been clear to me that he needs to be the #2 or 3 option on great teams to win. In order to win a championship, he'd have to come off the bench. Whenever he's been the primary option, his teams lost because all he could do was accumulate stats, not run an offense and play defense.
@@Zenigundam wow, someone who actually understands NBA history. a rare thing it seems when discussing Russ.
Some guy named Amir coffee! I’m dead 😂
These are not the same people who told us the clippers are done ,dead after they traded for James harden?
I feel bad for this clown. Always going out of his way to take shots at Kawhi. He even said the other day that PG13 is leading this team, so he didn’t have to give Kawhi credit
Coach ty lu getting it done 💪
Great show as always
no YALL resurrected it after yall tried to ruin his reputation on the lakers. he’s been a HOF
Shut up he deserved his criticism
No expectations works wonders for him👏🏽
lol can’t even give him credit when he does well… what a sad little boy you are lmao 🤣
How was he already not a HOF? 3 straight years of triple dubs??? 😂
Clowns
Durant the real mvp for leaving him Russ vs the world and Russ balled out!! 😂😅
The playoff Choke is gonna hit way harder this year
Doc Rivers got that covered don’t worry
I can’t see this team loosing a 7 game series but if they do definitively one of the biggest bust if not biggest in nba history
Legendary 🏆🐐🎯🙏❤️
amir coffey did caught me off guard i didn’t know he was good 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bruh don’t ever disrespect Russ and compare him to Mad Dog smfh
Also a future HOF, Ty Lue, if the Clippers win the title. How he made four MVP quality players work together and be the most dominant team in the NBA today and have all their egos in check, deserves to be in the HOF as a coach.
My, how times have changed. I remember when every sports reporter said the addition of Harden would hurt the team. Apparently the Clippers GM knows what's he is doing
ESPN needs a spellchecker over there.
And all it took was to get away from LeBum and his corny fanboys blaming him for LeBum's failures
How do you make this about Bron everyone knew it was a horrible fit to begin with
stop blaming lebron for somebody else’s play only thing blames russ for is shooting the ball & hitting all backboard multiple times a game but then taking those same shots and swishing them on clippers. idk how no one notices that lol he back to the player who was my favorite pg for awhile now tho he going crazy still even in the later years
Better watch out, these lebron fanboys are coming to justify why Westbrook deserved to be treated like he was and make it like it had nothing to do with playing with Lebron. 😆
@@jojocapone4861 All Russ had to do was hit his shots. The Lakers got some people who could hit some shots and they ended up in the WCF. He was the problem and the Lakers WCF run proves this. If the Lakers hadn't done so well after he left, you Russ fanboys would have a vaild argument, but you don't
@@jojocapone4861How is Westbrook air balling wide open shots and racking up turnovers LeBron’s fault?😂 yall really say anything lol Westbrook was also making 40M dollars on the Lakers..
SOME DUDE NAMED AMIR COFFEE 😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
You spelled resurrected wrong.
Someone tell Stephen A that Kawhi’s play on the court is what markets him. He doesn’t need to do all the extra stuff to market himself . Everyone will know EXACTLY who kawhi is if they watch him play.
The only reason this news is surprising is because ESPN only covers the loosing Lakers.
Hopefully clippers and Denver meet in the playoffs
The answer to the question is Podcast P, PAUL GEORGE!
He has been BALLING.
Leonard!!!
2nd behind Irving!!!
So much talent work. Some passion.
Love Kyrie but he is not even leading his teams he’s always been 2nd whether it be behind lebron KD and now Luka
Stephen A straight stacking his team with Meta😂😂😂
Awesome!
Not to mention zubac has been out when he gets back they only get deeper as a team
Russ, Harden, and Kawhi HOF
The only player in question or so/so is PG
If clippers get a ring it’ll help his case
PG is a lock for the Hall. 9x All-Star, 6x All-NBA, 1x stl Champ, 4x All-D and MIP. Not sure where you are getting so so from.
PG is a hall of fame bro. U out ya mind if u think otherwise. West is as hof becasue he averaged tripple double a couple years. Other then that PG before him anyday
The first 3 are first ballot hof. PG is a guaranteed hof
Don’t count out the Thunder from taking that 1 seed
They got 0 rebounding
Russ lost value with lbj, but now he's back to being a future HoFer. Nice!
Everyone loses value with LBJ. He doesn’t make anyone better. I used to think all stars had to sacrifice to play with bron, but role players became all stars but that narrative is wrong. I couldn’t find one player that had better stats with bron than without. I used to think it was mo williams but he was an all star with identical stats before he joined him.
@@clee8019 Correct
did yall actually watch Westbrook on the Lakers? no way these comments are real😂
@@AllBackends we saw the greatest mind in all of basketball with the highest IQ unable to work Russ into his ball dominant system or adapt to play alongside him. And then passive aggressively blame him for all their struggles only to have the same record at this same point in time last year with a new coach and new players.
Never seen Kawhi showing emotions on court, on bench before.
You would truly have to be insane to think that Russ isn't a hall of famer before or after this season. Even if he literally played 30 minutes a game 0/0/0 for 3 years going forward he would still deserve to go in.
Stephen This Brotha is Special A Smith
Maddog is hilarious💯
I knew was going to bring up Chicago and that all star game lol 😂
Because the hate was never justified. He was just the scapegoat on the lakers
He was always a future hall of famer, ever since he left OKC
Quiet the claw killing it ,
History is crazy
Respect to Stephen A for giving Russ his well deserved praise and credit!
HarGoat & WestGoat hopefully they win a championship together man
Goat should never be attached to Harden's name
They won't. Nobody wants to see them win a championship. We all want to see the Celtics win a championship because of how Porzingis has changed them into a dominant team.
@@martiese L hater
@@Zenigundam the clippers are better than the Celtics this year
@@Zenigundam "we all want' lol no
All grew up In the Los Angeles Area,... look it up..
I love this Stephen A😂❤️
Nuggets are still the favorites. ESPN hates giving credit to the no drama nuggets
Being favorites means nothing.
No drama at the Clips either just pure hoops
clips arlredy smacked the nuggets😂💯
@@slatt2173 When?!? Nuggets have owned the Clippers ever since the bubble
I’m so happy for him!!
First take needs their own channel
Windy was legit shitting on Russ every chance he got last season
Clippers 2024 champions just watch dont hate
They betrer win. They are a superteam with the highest payroll
😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡 0-50
They forgot Normal Powell! He has been instrumental in swallowing his pride to be a superb 6th man with 15-20 pts per game every night while playing hard.
Norman Powell is really the key. Norman the last 2-3 seasons was a still of a pickup and is the most clutch player outside of Kawhi on that team. Inside the NBA is the only people really mention Stormin Norman.
Put some respect on Amir Coffey lmaoooo
Ron Artest is from Queensbridge which in LIC
Spelled Resurrected wrong ESPN
Some dude named Coffey lmfaoooo
LET'S GO WESTBROOK YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATS. I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU WHAT YOU DONE IN OKC...AND EVERYWERE WE GO YOUR BACK ALWAYS OKC....AND CLIPPERS LETS GO THATS GONNA BE HE TWO TEAMS YOU WILL EVER SEE RUSSELL'S GREATNESS
I criticized Russ his whole career. But I’ve never questioned his heart. I think his mindset has caught up to his will to win and I’d love to see him get a chip 🙌
50/50/90 crazy
You guys can shove this back handed compliment. He’s one of the best to ever lace them up.
this was a great stephen a performance
Tbh all these analyst can EAD. keep the same energy
did Stephen A just say Steve Kerr??🤣🤣
Stephen A Smith got that JJ Reddick influence with them percentages lmao
🤣💯SAS on celebrity game
#RandomThought - I love the way Stephen A. Compliments... shows great camaraderie. We all should give him his flowers [now and not when he retires.]