The Pelicans respond to Stephen A. Smith: “Stick to solitaire”
Lmao. Love it.
I loved it when LeBron confronted SAS on camera when he stood up for Bronny. And somehow, SAS took the “as a father” approach the next day when LeBron most likely has spent more time with his kids than SAS has with his.
But now SAS won’t shut up about it. Dude got his feelings hurt that day.
I mean, that’s not exactly hard to do. Just ask Terrell Owens. Even if SAS doesn’t stop talking about it and the other side moves on, SAS is only hurting himself. Getting a W over him doesn’t sound so bad.
Yoo, that press tour he went on after TO said Max was blacker than him…..unfortunately spelt the end of Max at ESPN
SAS has always been a little bitch but it’s taking until now for people to finally admit it. At some point, the masses have to stop aiding with journalists over athletes right? lol
I think people have always hated Stephen A and no one considers him a journalist
He doesn’t need a story. Dude just needs a topic.
That shit was hilarious. Max was absolutely gleeful when TO said that lol. I think Max’s reaction sped up his exit too.
But he said he hates talking about LeBron, so much that he did a podcast tour knowing they’d ask him about it and then answered every time lol
Lmfao, I was in tears watching that clown dramatically shake his head every podcast and wail about how he “hated talking about Bron”… Only to spout and spew about him in the next breath. What a clown 🤡
I mean he might be a tool but why are you making things up? Like do you have anything to back that claim up? Knowing his past and which kinda dad he had, I would be willing to bet that he takes pretty good care of his fam.
SAS was shook by that encounter, I think he has no issues beefing with people on a camera or on social media. But when he was confronted about it face to face he got rattled.
SAS didn’t even say anything that was wrong about Bronny. Bron is soft as fuck
This is what Stephen A wants. Engagement is good for him
I agree, go Cavs
Dwade face
Good. SAS needs to shut up
I absolutely can’t stand to hear his voice.
All that comes from his mouth is idiocy.
The worst part is he doesn’t even watch the games before yelling about them.
Oh I’m 100% convinced he hasn’t watched a game from start to finish in like 20 years.
Because he makes his money by just being annoying and paid for it now
He makes money by being an average /r/nba redditor on TV.
Any sport will have commentators that make money off making fans upset. I think it gets the clicks. And commentators care about money rather than being accurate or civil
The worst part imo, is having to sift thru all the SAS wannabe hottakes in every forum.
Much like the shitheads on FOX, he has spawned an army of screaming angsters
he’s been pretending like he’s gonna run for president lately
So like the other guy whose voice I can’t stand
his voice makes me feel like i’m going to have a seizure or snap, like ASMR getting under your skin with every syllable
I cringe hard everytime I hear that fucker speak.
that’s because he’s probably gonna do it lmao
That’s not fair, sometimes bullshit comes out of his mouth too!
Every NBA team should post this exact video every day until the end of the season. And then start again next season.
i used to enjoy Stephen A when he just talked about sports bc it was obvious he wasnt taking himself that serious. but damn over time this dude has transformed where he talks about actual serious world and social issues that he knows jack shit about, and at the same time he thinks he should be the center of attention. fuck him man
He has zero self awareness if he thinks he can run for President in 2028 (which seems to be an interest to him). Even his core audience: people like us who love sports, can’t even stand him, so who the hell does he think will?
Leave the San Antonio Spurs alone!! 😭
Shut up and learn how to dribble, SAS
I think this guy is going to be totally depleted when he runs for president. His popularity will be at an all time low.
As a nice break from the usual around here if there’s anything thunder and nuggets fans can agree on it surely has to be that SAS is the fucking worst.
THe whole nba fandom should feel that way about skip and sas
SAS represents the average American perfectly.
Uninformed on most issues he speaks about, yet continue to speak confidently.
Loudly expresses his opinions, which have been formed on stories he heard/read decades ago.
Gets extremely butt hurt when called out for saying dumb shit, then tries to argue back in a way that makes him look even more idiotic.
Occasionally says something funny, which is a by product of volume.
No wonder he’s driving the ratings, basically connecting with an audience just like him.
SAS represents the average American perfectly
You forgot he has to have multiple jobs
Gonna have to go painful facts on this take.
SAS represents the average American perfectly. Uninformed on most issues he speaks about, yet continue to speak confidently.
stopped after this, didn’t need to read more because you absolutely nailed it.
He’d be perfect for president. And seeing what we see it’d be a surprise if he’s not loved by a large section of the populace.
He’s talked about running in 2028
No lies detected
I actually find Skip to be less annoying at this point. SAS has become a total clown.
I haven’t watched or heard anything that’s come out of either of their mouths for about the last 5 years at least. I pretty much forgot they exist
I don’t understand people who complain how annoying these talking heads are. Just… don’t watch them. Nothing they say has any value whatsoever. They exist solely to yell and sell ad space
Like 20 years ago I can see the argument that it would be somewhat hard to get away from the talking heads if you want to listen to sports programming. But now, there are a million different avenues I have to get my sports news and highlights. I only see or hear the SAS, skips and Shannon’s of the world when their stuff gets posted to Reddit
Exactly right.I don’t watch network or cable TV at all and one of the many benefits is not hearing that idiot.
Hey what did spurs fans ever do to you
They got Wemby and we all like him :(
I love Wemby but you either die a hero or live long enough to be the villain, just kind of how things run their course, especially when you have to eventually adopt to the modern foul baiting game
Let’s rephrase in r/nba terms: “Is SAS the SGA of media personalities?”
I don’t watch ESPN anymore because of this dick bag. Good work Pelicans.
ESPN is shit with or without Steven A. Half the segments are about Lakers or LeBron lol. They been dog crap for 2 decades, it’s just we grew up with Sportscenter
I don’t know man, I always liked svp and legler. Those guys are pretty respectful dudes and knowledgeable on the game
They alright but I’m talking ESPn and their narratives and not being objective. I can’t watch bias media anymore. Granted almost all media is bias one way or another but long story short ESPN are hacks
ESPN killed half of the reason I even tuned in when they axed ATH. All I’m here for now is Tony and Mike, and those guys are off golfing half the time anyways.
Watching actual reporting mixed in with clever jokes and silliness back in the 90s and up to the mid 00s was peak ESPN for me.
At some point SAS brought on the lowest common denominator with a combination of saying the most outlandish opinion combined with raising his voice repeatedly over others when his argument fell apart.
I never watch any of his videos but when I watch any NBA clips on Youtube, their algorithm wants to present this dudes goofy face to me. I don’t dare click on them and try to clean my Youtube feed of this hack as much as possible.
I think they just veered toward whatever got the most clicks/views and unfortunately that was part of it. In spite of everything people are saying in this thread, there are clearly a LOT of people who watch him.
I wish that guy didnt exist, he adds nothing to any conversation, serious or otherwise.
The real question isn’t why does he exist but rather just who in the hell is watching his content whatsoever?
i mean ESPN didn’t accidentally slip and give him $100m. He obviously gets views with his animated takes and presentation style.
Problem with getting views in today’s media is that your takes have to be 5% more ostentatious than last year to stay in the algorithm, next year’s have to be 5% more than this year, so on….. and we’re like in year 7 of his Sports Take Necrosis (STN).
But there’s still plenty of people that gobble it up on the A-block every morning on ESPN with a Draftkings banner across the bottom….and those folks are probably not on this sub.
i think the answer to a lot of questions like this is “there are 10x more stupid people in the world than you think there are”
Which kind of proves I’m stupid too lol
i dont know you at all but even entertaining the thought that you might be stupid means you’re ahead of like 85% of people.
Seriously though
The one defense he gets is that he was a good sportswriter years ago, but that was so long ago and the current iteration has been so much of his career that he now has as much use as a sports journalist as James Van Der Beek would have playing Dawson in an upcoming reboot of Dawson’s Creek.
Never forget his first ever article was criticising his legendary college coach, saying he should retire for health reasons. Gaines then went on to live to 82 years old after coaching for close to another decade.
You telling me that is the shot form of a former college basketball player?
The first time the Pels posted this video, he said “my excuse was a devastating knee injury.” Up there with “My fingers were slippery. I just had popcorn.”
He used to be a good shooter according to some ancient scrolls and stats
That’s such a wild way to start a career. Dude really came out swinging with a take that aged like milk.
In response to what?
The original video was made 2 years ago in response to a rant about Zion, and Smith responded that he didn’t succeed at basketball because of a “devastating knee injury” lol.
This time they posted it in response to him complaining about Zion not playing on a B2B after rolling his ankle. His response was that they shouldn’t be posting things from 3 decades ago.
In response to criticism of Zion 2 years ago.
I hate SAS but I mean….
He claimed chefs were calling him from New Orleans to tell him how much Zion was eating.
And that was a lie.
Fuck that dude.
release the zion files, those chefs’ voices deserve to be heard!
Idk specifically because I don’t watch him but it’s safe to assume it’s probably some over-exaggerated criticism of the franchise or of Zion
I’m assuming it’s the entire voiceover of the video.
Nah, that’s an old clip about Kwame Brown.
Ahh thank you.
and this man thinks he could be a US president lmao
Well to be fair, most of us old enough to remember “the apprentice” or his general celebrity especially in the 90s/2000s thought the same about Trump when he first ran.
Even Kanye had like 35,000(correct me if I’m wrong) votes the year he ran.
You just never really know these days
I mean, that bar is pretty low right now
He probably isn’t a rapist/pedophile, so he obviously lacks the necessart qualifications
Yeah we’d never elect a loudmouth moron who doesn’t know anything about the job…
He’s half the reason I don’t watch ESPN anymore
He’s half the reason I don’t either. He’s also the other half, but he’s this half too.
And Perk is the other half
Facts
The boxing clip will never not be funny.
for real…like wtf is that mitt work? Load up by punching someone in the dick?? lol
Nice! Fuck SAS
Amazing response
What are they responding to?
99% sure this was from the zion “eat the table” stuff from 2 years back
And they didn’t even use footage from this abomination
And Stephen A will just keep pointing out he got injured in college. Dude, Aaron Rodgers tore his ACL in college and still became one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL. Don’t pick a fight you can’t win SAS.
Not to be that guy, because fuck that 🤡…
But to even make it to play college ball you’ve gotta be a really high level player generally. He’s old now so he looks horrid, but he could probably play a bit as a kid in hs.
That last one is brutal.
One of the worst things to happen to sports media
Pelicans posting this is funny as fuck.. so yea, we’re not the only ones tired of him lol
Whoever put this together 👑
Drew Gooden just dropped a nice little video talking about how bad ESPN is… guess whos at the center
You have to specify which drew gooden on this sub lol
That video was fucking great. I haven’t watched ESPN in years and had no idea how bad it had gotten. He did a great analysis of it all
I LOVE how confidently he steps into those exercises but still does so badly. The delusion is fantastic.
Love how his old pic looks like how Teague brother’s father would look like
SAS is a mouth, and that’s it. If he ever has a good take, it’s only because he never stops talking, so he must make sense every now and then by pure chance.
Even a broken clock is right twice in a day
Well damn lmao
Stephen A.s take is so bad in the voiceover that I had to look it up. This is not what SAS said today. He was actually complimentary to Zion. The video is funny, though.
This video is 2 years old. Come on y’all
Show some respect to our future president
The A. doesn’t stand for athletic.
Love this.
Awesomeness!!!
Stephen F Smith
Screaming A Smith
Wow, that first shot was nothing but net.
Just from a wrong angle.
How this person appears on television every week and every day is one of life’s biggest mysteries.
Man the boxing got me. Like anyone can airball a shot. But that’s his stance? Lord Have Mercy, lol.
He gonna fight lebron with that punch?!?!?!?
My cousin thinks this guy gives valid political takes. He can’t even make a close shot at the sport he commentates.
Lmfaoo the sign holding at the end😂😂😂
I never really understood how this clown got the job as an analyst.
Could we get some context? Most of these comments are just shitting on Stephen A
It’s a video the pelicans released 2 years ago after SAS criticized Zion.
Just to be clear, SAS San Antonio Spurs is a well-respected organization. SAS Stephen A. Smith is a well-disrespected distraction.
The irony of this guy commenting on sports is seriously beyond funny
Go me fuckin cackling in my house. 🤣
1.5 that’s a single double
Omg the wilt pic sent me.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Very few people can make me change the station as fast as Stephen A
Well deserved
To be fair the boxing coach is an idiot, who holds a pad this low for a left hook.
Nice
Why is SAS trying to be Rubios running mate?
This is funny asf
I need this to be 2 hours long. I’ll watch it in the movies and I’ll buy everybody popcorn
The nerve on SAS to talk about running for president lol
SAS look like he could be Jeff Teague’s pops in the old college pic
I was hoping his boxing was going to be in the montage. The dude is a joke.
1.5 is vicious
Fuck that annoying ass clown dude just says anything for clickbait idiot doesn’t even watch the games just be having narratives come out of his mouth to make it sound good
Patron Saint of gospel coded bullshitting
Who takes this guy serious, clown.
About time! There’s a lot of shit going that is bringing the NBA down and he’s a big part of that.
Ain’t no way this man threw that pitch at Yankee Stadium and lived to tell the tale
“That brotha is special!!”
He’s going to turn this into something bigger than it is guaranteed
God damn 😂. Pels got Zion to play quarter of a season in a row and now they collecting receipts 😂
Stephen A Smith has got to be the most nonathletic former college athlete in the country.
i esp hate how espn treats him like hes such an nba guru..never really played never coached..no real credentials that suggest he actually knows anything about pro basketball.
Its crazy that grown men throw like toddlers.
Like how did you never learn
You do not want to make an enemy of SAS.
I hate that stephen smith is called SAS as SAS for me is spurs. And everytime someone bad mouths SAS I always thought they are bad mouthing spurs. So yeah, I hate thay guy too
Stephen A is a journalist and is one of the best at what journalists do. Sports journalists criticize athletes. Dude has to get over it or go into journalism
I mean poking fun at an old man who never been good at sports is something. Those that are on the hate train but also critique their sport teams are hypocrites.
That boxing video lives in my head rent free lmao. “If LeBron put his hands on me I would’ve immediately swung on him. IMMEDIATELY!”
This needs to be run as an ad when he runs
This shit is hilarious.
THIS GUY COVERS SPORTS?!? HE COULDNT HIT A SIMPLE SHOT FROM THOSE BASKETBALL GAMES IN THE ARCADES AT CLOSE RANGE BRUHHH🤣🤣🤣
More teams need to clown on this fool
God, i can’t stand that loud mouth asshole smith
Are there sports fans out there who watch ESPN and think “I really enjoy Stephen A Smith”?
Like, are those people real? I don’t think I’ve met a single sports fan who enjoys him, lmao.
Hating on SAS is the one thing that can bring sports fans from all walks of life together.
Anybody who gives this guy the time of day.. you are responsible for the fall off in sports journalism and media .. hot trash
The small hands edit to the boxing shot is genius
Can we cancel him? Please?
Stephen A(ss on the floor) Smith
He talks for a living. Never done anything important as far as I can tell. Best way to treat people like this is just ignore them. Tough to talk all day when no one is listening.
This is truly heartwarming stuff from the Pelicans here.
🤣 Always here for anyone dunking on that herb…
This is awesome - he is such a douche
Say what you wants about our horrible team, but our social media team knows what it’s doing.
Well deserved and hope more teams do this to him
He’s such a clown, how he has a career is beyond me.
Pelicans social media team just bodying stephen a today. lol
He his shots come closer to scoring than his takes.
Hahahahha FUCK SAS
got em
The confidence in that shot is like a million.
Lmao they really put the solitaire clip in the highlight reel. The Pelicans social media team is ruthless for that.
If only Dumars was as smart as their PR team