lol I been here for 8 years, and everyone keeps asking to ban the man’s posts. It’s not happening mate. The mods want this trolling to keep engagement up.

Edit: I see people calling out my engagement thing. My bad, what I meant is that quality posts aren’t the priority for the sub. Perks, SAS and the other guys will say nonsense, but since people still comment and interact, I don’t see the mods stepping in. Analysts trolling is permitted here and we’ll still have people interacting.

Look at OP’s username, bro. Doesn’t matter who says it as long as it agrees with their own opinion. 

Also, OP has like a mental illness because they post shit like this all the time.

You do not want to make an enemy out of him. He is a black man on television 

Same reason Barkley still gets threads on here joking about hating teams and not watching games, theres weirdos that find this stuff amusing

He’s paid to rile people up.

Go to r/nbadiscussion? I and many others come here for fun memes and reactionary takes not in depth analysis. Sports is meant to be fun, reactionary and emotional and for sure - unserious.

-people who say “he’s averaging 40”

Just downvote SAS posts. That is how reddit works.

“Off night” being only 30 points lol

Mainstream sports media* is a joke

As suffocating as the podcasts era is I will say it at least gives you in depth discussion of favorite teams as opposed to “The Lakers Show” that is ESPN/Sports Center

It isn’t just the media, fans react like this too. The internet has made people insufferable and overly opinionated about EVERYTHING. The knee jerk response to every little thing is so stupid.

It’s their job. The whole point is to gain viewership and engagement. We’re talking about it right now…

Good or bad its all Lakers on ESPN 😎

it is not that he doesnt know, it is that his whole schtick is making controversial statements because that is what brings views. Not just his but the whole panel of “experts”: each takes different position just so they can argue and gets views.

I’m just waiting for his takes on solitaire.

Stephen A Smith is the most casual human being I have ever known. Dude only talks about stuff that’s directly in front of his nose.

You say that, but look at SAS takes next to Kendrick Perkins takes and it’s hard to tell them apart. The “knowing shit about basketball” is almost subjective at this point.

Also, I know some actual ballers are known for having the worst takes lol

Oh yes im sure you have been pushing luka doncic as mvp this whole time with the seasons jokic sga cade jaylen brown wemby were having 

“touch Ayton in a special way” LOL

Until next game

Who gives a fuck what he says though?

They change narratives like these birds change nests

wtf does he mean by that last part?

Touching Ayon in a special way:

- Him looking at the mirror and realizes that he is not that guy

he can no longer blame Luka for Lakers issues. He made it clear that the big issues are the bench and the big men

I mean I know it’s SAS, but this just the wrong way to look at basketball. We have a team where everyone is contributing and he still needs to nitpick to add in the caveat on to shit talk the Lakers.

I know it’s not you, but the Lakers have won 8 in a row. What issues is he talking about? I don’t watch a damn thing on espn because it’s all just yapping

Theres no way he said this

The Lakers issues are and always will be Jeannie Buss. She needs to put a competent front office together to build a solid bench around their stars.

The Lakers will always be a destination for big names, but you need a GM and scouts that can put complementary players around them.

This just moved Luka down to 4 after he said Luka in Lakers uniform

SAS has a better pulse on the whims of this sub than people want to admit.

Considering both SAS and Windhorst each have a vote…

Thats how media works, you react to the basketball being played lmao. Luka is playing much better, so the “reactionaries” are saying exactly that. This type of shit happens when a team doesnt start caring until the 2nd half of the season.

Everyone is. Just look at this sub

They need to do monthly votes or something. March and April regular season has way too much influence on the vote for awards

He’s not changing his mind. Dude shills what he’s told by ESPN. 

Pretty sure the bigger point here is that ESPN was dogging Luka for an entire week when the Lakers were not playing well.

So it’s good to see him get his props, even if he may not win the MVP. It’s arguably, if not the best stretch of basketball we’ve seen from a single player all season.

Best believe though if Luka has a bad game, these dudes will go on First Take and dog him again lmao.

It’s just to drive gambling engagement. 

The full clip makes it clear they think it’s unlikely but don’t have Shai as a inevitable vote.

Luka is on fire right now it’s just a recency bias. He wasn’t even close to mvp the first half of the season.

Reminds me of the NFL when Lamar Jackson was obviously the MVP but people wanted Russel Wilson to get votes. They didn’t think he should remotely win it, just receive votes.

I don’t think its clear that SGA is MVP at all, let’s wait for the 2 Lakers/Thunder games and see how it plays out.

I’m glad that Luka has played so well that these idiots like SAS, Perk, and Lou Will have to eat their words. But yeah, it won’t matter in the end, because people already decided a month ago that Luka is out of the MVP race. At least he can get 2nd place now instead of 5th

The Lakers of three weeks ago were bouncing between 5th and 6th in the West with a 0 net rating. It was completely fine not to have Luka in the MVP discussion.

I don’t think one or two games is enough to flip it because Shai is leading by such a large margin. Shai is like -1400 to win and Luka is #2 at around +1500. That’s not in the same galaxy.

You said the Lakers are peaking, but OKC has won 10 games in a row and have a 10 game lead over the Lakers in the standings. The only way Shai doesn’t win MVP is if he gets hurt and doesn’t qualify via the 65 games played rule.

It’s really not that close though I don’t think a couple games will make a difference.

The dumb part is that the media treats this like a race, when it’s about what is happening all season. It’s just about whether SGA’s team being higher in the standings due to his clutch play vs Luka leading in points and driving the offense while his team is the three seed.

They couldnt, unless shai plays the worst games hes played all season in those two. Thats an outlier, and really irrelevant if you want to make any real predictions. The betting markets are proof, sga is essentially a lock.

They are literally saying what Reddit says, only a week later. Reddit is better at their jobs than they are lmao.

He should be on the list just not the top. There are 30 people on the list lol

Top 10 probably but not a serious contender 

objectively nobody should, but unfortunately he does have a vote so…

He has an MVP vote 

Brian Windhorst actually offers good analysis, and he ended up being right about Luka’s faults in the Finals. Luka isnt complaining all that much in this stretch.

But he was right about the finals?

Both him and Windy have MVP votes. I would hope he at least watches some of the game.

Because it gets engagement since everyone on reddit has a massive hate boner for anything related to popular sports media commentators.

Jaylen Brown and Cade MVP talks were a break just in case Jokic, Wemby, Shai and Luka don’t all qualify for MVP. Shai and Luka were missing some time and Jokic, Wemby were already borderline.

The Laker uni finally helping. 😂

Lukas above Wemby in both betting odds and the NBA weekly MVP list. People value Lukas offensive and playmaking skills higher than Wembys defensive skills.

So touchy Thunder flairs are. Luka was also POTM in January and will be likely in March. Shai has been POTM once in December. Cleary Shai hasn’t been outplaying him all season as much as narrative suggested.

Yes, that loud mouth bozo has a ton of pull with all of the voters.