Stephen A. WAS SHOCKED to hear this Kevin Durant & Luka Doncic HOT TAKE 🔥 | First Take

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Stephen A. WAS SHOCKED to hear this Kevin Durant & Luka Doncic HOT TAKE 🔥 | First Take


On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Tim Legler and Shannon Sharpe join Molly Qerim to talk through who has the most pressure in the Western Conference. Legler thinks both Luka Doncic and Kevin Durant have the most pressure, which caused Stephen A. to verbally gasp before he places James Harden’s name on the list.

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@nidula

"I got the Suns beat the wolves" Well this age like milk

@eissejoniuqa7527

SAS is fraud hahaha

@nuuausalaropati2194

LAKER AND CLIPPER ARE BOTH SUCKS..THEY NEED NEW PLAYERS NEW COACHES 😂😂😂

@uropy

No. If Suns wins it all, people will turn to Booker, not KD. So essentially no pressure for KD because Sun wins or loses, either way he will NOT get recognized.

@gezza7718

After getting spanked by Momma Durant SAS gives passes to KD that he would never give to Lebron.

@alex84167

The bias of Stephen A is absolutely wild. He finds every reason to put an asterisk on Kawhi’s 2 rings yet holds KD’s 2 rings in such high regard. Fact is KD’s are far weaker than Kawhi’s.

@MrHat-pn7yx

For the love of God, do not take Molly off camera when she's looking that good.

@chwondearth4531

These guys keep their jobs by rehashing the same arguments every playoff season

@user-tk2cq6bb3c

What did KD do to Unc?! . The tone 😂

@josephrowland2086

I like the pressure on Harden but common sense dictates that he’s not a championship player

@gabiangregoric2893

Stephen A cracks me up as soon as he starts his speech😆 not that i disagree but he should really be a hollywood actor…so expressive

@JaneSmith-gk9xi

Stephen A. Smith with the dumbest takes ever again, what's new

@OldMexicanGamer

What an awful take. Luka who is very early in his career, on a team that hasn't spent the money like the Lakers, Clippers, Suns, etc. KD has two rings. Get real Tim.

@JlawlessMedia1928

Lakers Beating Nuggets

@thomasblank2353

LOL stephen A is hilarious in his harden hate. Harden is the 3rd best player on the clippers KD is #1 on the suns. Who has more pressure? If kawi cant play the pressure will be low with the expectations. I'll bet all three of these guys were picking bucks for the title after they picked up lillard. Dame hasnt won even a second round series in 10+ years and shoots 41% int heplayoffs for his career. The trade was a "masterstroke" that was going to win a ring. But they like Dame he is their kind of guy. They get to erase all their terrible predictions year after year and they get cred? NAAAAAH! We need a stink score for these analysts, how bad are they? Who said the nugs couldnt win? Who had the bucks or lakers in the finals last year. They have no cred with me, none of them even made a decent forecast for years. They should be rated for actual results in their prediction expertise.

@EYEMIDORIYA

Mavs got it js because you have a mega team doesn’t always mean win

@felixgonzalez5882

Tim Legler and Shannon Sharpe are right. Stephen A is wrong. Everyone knows Harden is not a winner. He's a great talent that never knew how to win. However the verdict is still out on KD. He won MVP's in both of his title runs. But he had a championship nucleus already in place. If he wins in Phoenix that will take his legacy up to another level.

@onyekachiukah5053

Stephen A know himself he’s lying on this topic😅

@jimwright71

Boycott racist sports commentators

@TheNickhammond

James Harden is going to get less pressure similar to how CP3 is now viewed. Legler is right

@joseacosta33

Stupid how Steven A. Acts surprised…when they already discussed their talking points before the show

@GTW6878

Dude in the middle is speaking facts.

@Let-Me-Cook69

THATS BLASPHEMY….. BLASPHEMOUS!

@rodcav3

The biggest pressure to win chip is on KD and Damian Lillard..Nobody expects anything good from Harden in the playoffs…Luka doesn't have a big time big man to help him like Lillard does…Kyre and Luka are the greatest show on earth to watch..but their team is not constructed for a chip..they need a dominant big man

@rodcav3

Tim is right on point with KD , Harden comparison…nobody and I mean nobody expects much from Harden in playoffs..harden hasproven himself to be a playoff bust year after year..and hasn't won anything despie playing with Kyre, George, Westbrook, and KD twice, ..he's option 3 on his team. KD is option one and has 2 allstars to back him up. Tims statement that all chip are not a like and he is right..

@sameolnick

Pressure on Tatum and Brown to win. Luka is under pressure as well

@WENG0407

SAS is dead wrong here. James Harden is a loser and NO ONE, NOBODY have any expectations of him winning. His LEGACY won't be tainted if he doesn't win one. Many VERY TALENTED PEOPLE with less controversy have not won a title. Patrick Ewing, Steve Nash, SO MANY, did that taint their legacy? So, why would Harden be the "most under pressure" to win? It'd be Durant, cos he's got SO MUCH TALENTs playing with him, and he can't win one. Which means the his 2 rings, is because of the Warriors, not the other way round.

@bobcat6169

I don't think James Harden expects James Harden, to win championships. Stephen A. wrong on this one.

@Adammorrison35

Shannon get off kd 🥜

@Adammorrison35

What’s her name looking good

@jojozahau

I think my respect for Stephen A gone downhill fast especially when he and Shannon talks about individual against Windy and Windy talk about Basketball. STFU both of y'all. Editor. This comment section is for nothing if you put it out without them actually seeing these YouTube comments but Twitter only. smh. Stop posting this nonsense.

@jojozahau

Jokic & Westbrook won WVP from 6th seed. Why can't the best individual 5th seeding Player from the MAVS cannot win his MVP. NBA makes no sense now.

@user-fp2sg8yq9q

Come on Steven, be open mind, theirs point it's what it's, no body think bout Harden no more

@ReallySai

Didn't think ill be hearing about james harden during this.

@charlessmith3723

It ain't no pressure on James Harden

@timmartinez6624

Molly is so sexy and beautiful

@roadsectoradventures

I think durant will lament his legacy this time. With booker on his side, remember they won the olympics together with that crappy lineup

@nengkaisheng4398

Stephen a, man, if Lebron had Book and Beal the past couple years and did what KD did with the suns, you’d exclude him from the GOAT conversation. Sincerely, why does KD get a pass?

@gshock1218

Tim Legler got this one.

@derekboyt3383

There’s more pressure on the Celtics to win the championship than any other team. I’ve heard it over and over this season that it’s Bostons best chance and theirs to loose.

@kbrathwai

MR. JAMES HARDEN…..ALL THE ACCOLADES & NO NBA FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP RING ? THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU THE NBA COMMITTEE WILL SAY "DON'T CALL US…WE'LL CALL YOU." 🏀😜🏀😜🏀😜

@AliBobba.

I don’t agree with Shannon on that Lebron take. When he went to Mia they lost the finals their first run so I think there was more pressure on Miami Lebron to win his first ring then when he came back to Cleveland.

@thirteen1481

Harden is never winning a championship. He’s that one player that just will never win one nobody cares or is worried about about James Harden

@cedricwhyte9381

The most pressure is gonna be someoe who isnt a champion

@kb3143

Let name few where is Embid, Jason Tatum James harden, Damian lillard, SGA the guys you wanna give them limelight during the regular season for doing nothing in playoff…they all shrink..durant and luka will outshine all them together

@matamorostexas7238

They shut down Stephen A’s entire argument. lol

@matamorostexas7238

These guys are great analyst/promoters of the nba. Very impressive, they’re making me want to watch the entire western conference playoffs.

Edit: is it them or is the western conference just that good?