THIS IS ALL LEBRON'S FAULT 😳 Stephen A. POINTS BLAME for the media's focus on Bronny | First Take
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- THIS IS ALL LEBRON'S FAULT 😳 Stephen A. POINTS BLAME for the media's focus on Bronny | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Chiney Ogwumike discuss all the attention given to Bronny James and how LeBron's role impacts the situation.
0:00 LeBron's comments on Bronny
1:49 Stephen A.'s thoughts on all the attention
6:13 Placing blame on LeBron
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Stephen A is 100% right on this one... By lebron saying he wants to play with bronny , makes scouts automatically judge him different
Can't say you're fully right but I don't remember lebron forcing the media to talk about him or when his haters are tired of hearing lebron so much and yet they still talk about him as much, it's 50/ 50 on this one
U relize scouts was looking at bronny when he was 11 right?
The MF can’t say he wanna play with his son!!! Y’all mf is weird
He was going to be judged different regardless. The real problem came in when he started saying stuff like Bronny is better than half the league or he could come in and make the Lakers a better team right now. Stuff like that puts pressure on the kid to have to dominate college basketball instead of being allowed to develop naturally
Man y’all just hate lebron no matter what stfu
SAS spoke the truth.
Bron literally said that his son, who isn’t even a starter on his college team, can play better than some of the current players in the league.. cmon now.
And Bronny isn’t even a “bad” player right now. His awareness, defense and passing are solid. But no college athlete averaging 7 a game is ready for the next level.
Man thanasis Antetokounmpo is in the nba….he absolutely is better than some of the players floating around in the nba right now
@@Wop06 We definitely don’t want to be speaking on Bronny the way we speak on Thanasis, but it might get there at this rate.
@@Wop06thanasis started in pro leagues as a teenager
Yep, this is all Lebron's fault. I partly feel that as a dad, he is just trying to use his influence to 'will' his son into the pros by any means necessary and any dad would do that. But it almost seems selfish of him to keep talking about Bronny this way and putting the spotlight on him.
LeBron doesn't want Bronny in the league for Bronny. He wants Bronny in the league for himself.
He's better off waiting on Bryce!
@@drphot6050❗️❗️
@@drphot6050 or his grandchildren.
You can criticize stephen a smith‘s takes all you want but he is on point with this one
Whenever Bronny plays against the elite teams in his conference, especially Arizona, he doesn't look like he even belongs on the court. Nepotism and money will get him drafted, and the refs will help him at least keep a roster spot.
i Agree, back when Bronny was a kid in highschool then all respect, SAS was the first to say leave the kid alone but now its fair criticism Lonzo & others got similar nothing personal strictly Ball
@@Zenigundamyall need to stop with the bs..if thats the case..why jordan sons aint get drafted?
@@Zenigundam I believe a lot of it has to do with the heart attack. It’s almost like a lot of you forget that that happened. I think he doesn’t look the same if you asked me, he might be scared to go full speed. It’s OK though it’s not that big of a deal with y’all making it though if he’s not ready, he’s not ready, but why are y’all so invested in telling the world that he’s not ready that’s the more obsessive part about it there’s lots of kids that aren’t ready, but why are you also invested in Bronnie not being ready
I agree
He publicly tweeted that Bronny is better than a lot of “cats on nba pass” then he publicly stated that Bronny can play rn for the lakers and make them better…. It’s definitely brons fault, he’s out here saying Bronny is nba ready when clearly he isn’t with 6/3/3 on 37% from the field… let him play a couple more years in college to develop his game especially after that heart attack scare but bron is tryna force people to think he’s ready…
Lebron has also said that he’s the GOAT 🤷🏿♂️
No he said he’s better then 75% of the NBA players now
Facts!! It’s his own fault then wanna get mad at the media 😂
Yup. I understand hyping up your own but SAS is right, LeBron is only putting on the pressure more and more.
@@elliottwilson2352 that's just as bad
“Earned not given” is funny when talking about Lebron James Jr
Jealousy is an ugly trait...
@@amac9044Pointing out facts is jealousy ? Think you need to look up that definition lil boy 😂
@@ThomasjeffersonIII Explain how Lebron has been given anything.... He came from a single-parent household, moved 10 times by the time is was 8, lived in crime-ridden Akron Ohio, and became one of the greatest players of all time. You think people gave him that? come on man... You can dislike him, but don't lie.
@@amac9044riding is an ugly one too
*Lebron didn't earn his place in the NBA Now??! What a Stupid comment!! Shame on.*
Bronny was never a 1 and done player, he was a role player in HS thats not a 1 and done player, true NBA players DOMINATE HS ball
Exactly. Even Pat Bev was averaging 40 in high school
Ngl he was not a role player in high school
@@arinzenwigwe2654😂 yea he was.. at best second option
@@brandonb2375word?😮
@@arinzenwigwe2654 Yes he was, he did nothing but catch & shoot in HS the same things he’s doin in college, he was never the go to player on his HS team, Bronny will need 3 or 4 yrs in college & it’s nothing wrong with that but he has to develop
Isn't Lebron the one that said Bronny could play on the Lakers right now?
Yes, He sure did say that 💯
He even said t.hat his son was better than half the nba too
He is
yep lmao and bronny aint even the best player on the team but he is in the running for best mascot
He’s not wrong he can get the Thanasis treatment
Purple rain comment was genius Molly 🔥
That was dry af. No one even chuckled
@@405ty_yeah it was dry. Do it seem like molly has basically be asking Shannon "What you gon be doing later?" quite a few times on these shows a bit more frequently recently? I catch the clips online & swear that she's done that a few times on the last month and a half.
I noticed that too lol she wants him but Unc too smart, he ain't getting fired or sued @@amrey3628
"You were wrong to put it up and you were wrong to take it down!" 🤣🤣
Lol
I just have to highlight Molly's joke..."purple rains we have to rap this up" 😭🤣🤣
Stephen A is 100% right. Bronny would always gets some media attention because of who his dad was but LeBron made it 1000 times harder than it needed to be with the statements he's made the past few years. And now in classic LeBron fashion he's trying to reverse course and displace blame.
It's embarrassing that the son has been more mature than the father during this process
Very well said 💯
i’m surprised to learn that so many of you were putting so much stock in random LeBron tweets about his son
Perfectly said that is the lebron. Deflect and blame. He never be taking accountability.
@@100ovrbatmanbron7I mean do people not hold everyone accountable by what they say? So LeBron should get a pass on tweets now
@@suntansuperman26 lol so if/when(i don’t know if you already do) you have kids are you not going to hype them up? It’s his son. He’s not talking about some random kid. The he was better than nba players might have been over top. But we all know he’s going to do this with Bryce too if that’s what Bryce wants to do.
Shannon’s makeup artist seems to overdo it every time he’s wearing purple-like they’re trynna match his face w/that sports coat 😭
Why you looking at Shannon so hard
SAS was 1000% right in everything he said
Shannon please chill with the purple bro😂😂😂
He's not the only one lol
That boy game booty LoL 😂
Bron was the reason why bronny is even in a college basketball team.
Bro what? You know he’s good enough to be In a college team even without Lebron’s help bozo
@@RoyTheGoatedDeity 5 points average ain’t good
@@RoyTheGoatedDeityhe wasn’t even a top 5 player in highschool bruh 😂🤡
@@ThomasjeffersonIII Roy is a Bronfanboy.
“Purple Rain” 😂
Whole time it’s gonna be Bryce that actually goes to the league and have a decent career
Factss.
Bryce is the Lamelo Ball between himself and Bronny.
He'll most likely be the Better basketball player.
@@gabrielalele8603 On God you see it
You can tell Chiney and Shannon want to tread carefully
Shannon sucks up his proclaimed "goat". All he does talk good about him
Shannon is the who said that LeBron is the who called his son better than some nba players.
I think it's more so both are professional athletes and have enough common sense to realize Bronny almost lost his life a few months ago. No way that happens to you and you recover that quickly.
This is a good distraction from Kevin Garnett's comments about Lebron being on Juice.
Nobody cares
PEDron James 💪
@@DonGivani course not. any public discourse about lebron especially on a platform like espn needs to be censored when it comes to anything negative about him
@@xaevius5319 LBJ invests in nutrition and staying healthy, I still ran marathons in my forties and still have personal bests
Not gonna lie.. I'm addicted to orange and apple juice.. fruit punch as well
Stephen A is on the money with this!
He started it. If youre going to leverage your media platform and position to get your son coverage, you can't blame the media for covering when it fails.
Exactly no accountability whatsoever
LOL at "leveraging your media platform"....LeBron told the media the truth: that he wanted to play with his son. That's it. Its not like he been going around acting like Bronny's agent. Bronny (and Bryce) both got plenty of scouting attention since they were young and way before LeBron started saying he wanted to play with him.
So tell me: what's the man supposed to say when media asks him time and time again what he wants to accomplish before he retires?
@@CouchCitlet's also note that Bronny goes to USC... one of (if not) THE worst coached schools in the entire NCAA. He was honestly better off going overseas to play for a few years and ddveloping his game. He already has money to his name, why waste a year in college playing ball?
“The Obamas” 😂
When Stephen A starts over complimenting you it means he about to run over you..
Stephen A is 1000% right on this...
Thank you SAS
Did Molly question at the end ever get answered?,lol
Love Molly getting ignored at the end 🤣🤣
She being put in her place !!
you sound like a man who hates women@@matchhunter7012
Y’all so lame lol
that last comment did not age well at all 😂
Wassup with the Easter fits?? Lol
Purple rain 😂 what a roast
Stephen A is right..pure and simple..
Loving their attires
ALL TAKES ARE 100 PERCENT ACCURATE!!
Bronny isnt 6’4. Saw him next to Stephen a recently, they were the exact same height.
So 6’2
Stephen A is spot tf on! Any all time great player who’s kid plays the same sport will be compared to the father but ultimately Bron saying what he said put an unnecessary spotlight on Bronny. Man just had a heart attack at 18, that’s gotta be a wild experience. Now you’re being measured against Cody Williams and Rob Dillingham types in this draft and neither the stats nor the eye test line up
These 3 have good flow. Keep them together
Love the color coordination
Just because a father promotes his son doesn't mean the media or anyone else has to cover that person non stop. When LBJ was in high school he didn't contact all the media outlets to cover his games. I have not seen one time that someone in the media blame the media for their coverage.
He has to share partial blame. He has to. It doesn’t mean the media doesn’t play a role. Lebron has played long enough to KNOW that “promoting” his son was going to add more eyes and pressure. And saying he promoted his son, doesn’t do justice to what he actually said: “my son better that alot dudes playing right now”…..you can’t say that and then blame the media.
Facts
So when Lavar was saying all that stuff about Lonzo being better than Steph Curry and when he got to the NBA all the defenders were going at him hard, you don’t think that his father’s statements had anything to do with that?
@@avantesmith6442but was he lying ? His son players better than some guys in the nba. Look at bucks they have Gianni’s bro playing I will take bronny over him
Your preaching
Gary Payton, Dell Curry and Mychal Thompson are just a few that can say their sons also had success in the NBA probably more success than them
Gary Payton son is no where is good as he is , The glove was a SS lockdown pg
@norise9592 Im talking about reaching the top as NBA champions, GPII is good, maybe not as good as pops but he also he has a ring to go with it. That's what I mean when I say success
Hol on now! That purple theme got me feeling lean baby, ooooouuuhhh they killed it today with that!
That button on Unc suit jacket fighting for his life 😂😂
Bronny died on the court and came back and mfs expected him to avg 20 a game smh
Stephen A completely spot on here
Stephen A is so 100 and correct👊🏾
Just a moment to give praise to this color coordination among them. This violet/indigo look.
Facts bruh lol u can’t say he better than some nba players then say others putting expectations on him. I don’t even count this year for him because of the cardiac arrest 💯
At least Lebron is not putting his son in a dress like Wade did 😂😂😂
What does that have to do with anything?
You’re an idiot.
@@moogogaipanthat there could be worse things a father could do to his son. Clearly that’s what they meant 😂
Facts. Now that's really setting your son back.
@@Bpanther1 I feel sorry for you, and feel absolute horrible for your kids, and I seriously hope you don’t have any.
200% right he ain’t tell no lies
SA spot on. Shannon will never go all the way in on Lebron
Lmaoooo why they ignore Molly at the end like that
Facts 💯
Stephen A on this one is a 100% correct on this one
Facts!
Those chapter markers are nice
SAS nailed it 1000 times here and I don't usually agree with him, however spot on
Keep her on the show, great analysis
Great take SAS 100 percent
God bless the kid. I definitely didn't know anything about him playing basketball to come to the pros if not for his dad. Kid already have unwarranted expectation just being his son, just let the kid enjoy the ride and have fun with his friends.
100% right
Lol @ Purple Rain 🤣 😆
I agree
Shannon be curving Molly bad 😂😂😂😂
Carmelo, Shaquille and other NBA players or former players doesn't put pressure on their kids like LeBron does 💯 @just let Bronny Ball LeBron
Wade put his son in a dress 😂😂
@@incognito8015 😂 bro but that's Dwayne Wade living through his son. Ask Boosie 😂
@incognito8015 how many times you gonna say that?
@@moogogaipan stalker! Do you wear dresses?
@@incognito8015lmao
First time SAS said some real in a long time
Purple rain 😂😂
7:30 turn him loose! 😂😂😂 he’s not even aggressive
Please people and media said he wasn’t even the best player on his high school team, saying he was undersized. He’s been criticized since high school 😂
They weren’t wrong.
With those stats I hope he's a heck of a defender
Last time I checked you actually have to put up some impressive numbers in college in order to qualify for the NBA draft. Bronny hasn't done that yet. He's barely even played in college because of his heart condition so let's all just pump the brakes on the whole LeBron and Bronny team up. He ain't ready
Bro just started college bozo let a few more years go by then say something
@@RoyTheGoatedDeityAwwwww sensitive little fan girl mad for someone that doesn’t know they exist 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
LeBron was doing what Father's do, hype their son up. Did he go overboard? Yeah. But let's not let the media off the hook. They push this narrative of them playing together excessively even B4 the NBA season. They're the ones who was pushing the LeBron signing with another team to play with his son even though he said he was staying with the Lakers,. they're the ones who was putting out these scenarios of which teams would sign him if they drafted his son not LeBron. They're the ones even after he showed in college games he wasn't no where near ready for the NBA who kept up the narrative of he's really good despite what his numbers are showing. Now they're trying to wash their hands of it now. Maybe focus on other teams in the NBA besides segment after segment endlessly over the Lakers everyday
Thank you! No one wants to acknowledge the media's play in this. It's funny hearing SAS always Bron is passing the buck for the scrutiny sent towards his son but take no accountability not taking what Bron said as truth instead of realizing it was clearly a HYPERBOLE.
straight facts
Glad to see a woman who actually knows basketball
I don’t know many 1st rd draft picks that averaged 12/13 ppg in high school
Fr most of them averaged 30 with ridiculous numbers
Only when they play for stacked teams
7:11 He's averaging 5 😂
Bronny: “who’s my dad? Stephen curry”
Curry still got 5 years in the league
SAS on savage truth mode
"Earned not given" lmaoooo
WOW....
Steve finally made a Good Point!
Stephen A a mellow dramatic beeyach
I agree with Stephen A on this one
Stephen a on the 💰 with this take
SAS is right about this one
!!!FACTS!!! Steven A
Bron more worried about playing with his son for his legacy, than his son having a good NBA career
Absolutely! Stephen A. Is precisely correct!
Why nobody send me the memo to wear purple today 🤦🏾♂️
I graduated hs in 02 and avg 18pts 8 rbs 7 assist that lead me to junior college. Bronny avg 14 and thats D1 now. My class top player avgs was 35-28 points a game
I don't always agree with Stephen A but he right on this
Obama impeccable? 😆🤣😂
Bronny brother is a BEAST. FACTS
How are you gonna bring up Big Mike in this convo?
LeWantItBothWays…. Lol
I finally agree with Stephen!
Stephen A keeps it 100.
There was someone who use to be on Espn all the time and they used to say, "Don't Press Send". Lebron needs to take that advice. Somethings don't need to be out there for the world to hear, see and read. I understand hyping your son up and all that but look at the firestorm it has caused.
That's kinda true 🤷🏾
wow didnt expect stephen a to come in with facts
Exactly thanks Stephen A