I cannot fathom how much of a story this has become. Just crazy soft work by everyone bitching and moaning about this

I need people to demand Skip and Smith apologize for every bad take they have.

What’s crazy is, outside the anomaly of Steph curry, her point has held true since Isiah Thomas. Brunson winning doesn’t disprove her statement has largely held true for 30-40 years. You can win with a short guard but historically it’s harder to when he’s your best player

It’s wild that this is something anyone still gives a shit about. She was doing her job giving opinions on ESPN.

Apologize for having an opinion? I’d say that sums up the Reddit experience pretty well

I don’t expect her to do anything. But from her standpoint as far as retaining credibility to come out and say “yeah this was a bad take on my end” I can give props to.

We’ve all believed something at one point we can later look back on and say “yeah that was wrong”. It takes maturity to be able to do that. Some people can’t.

Don’t think she needs to apologize, but I think it’s fair to Brunson to say she was wrong about the Knicks not having a guy. Her opinion about the small guard wasn’t a crazy take. Draymond and SAS apologized to him.

Some people expecting more from her than people on the Epstein list. 

I can’t remember exactly what she said, but she did call Jalen out specifically. That’s why this is such a hot topic imo. I don’t know the context though on why she said it, but I think it’s fine to expect to say she was wrong about him.

But the second part about small guards generally not being good first options for being a contender, something like that? That’s mostly true, we just have exceptions.

There’s a difference between admitting you were wrong and apologizing.

I never felt as though she should apologize for voicing her opinion (as she said last time, that’s her job)

But I and many others were reasonably frustrated that she initially did not admit she was wrong. It’s annoying to hear someone be stubborn in their wrong opinion and fail to give credit where it’s due. Nice of her to openly say it this time.

Nobody ever holds men accountable to this degree for their wrong opinions in sport medis. Jfc 

Like how many stupid things had Stephen A said over the years? Things far worse than this too.

Vincent goodwill should apologize for calling the Larry o Brien a participation trophy

Yeah man, it’s not even a disrespectful one

I hate that she had to admit she was wrong

Fuck Steph Curry

Weird ass dudes in their feels.

Is “I was wrong” not an apology in a sense? Idc one way or the other though, has no impact on my life lol.

I mean people should demand apologies and we should applaud those who give apologies/say they were wrong and attack those who don’t. I don’t see the issue.

It’s the same people attacking others for wearing a different jersey, are we surprised?

It’s only happening because she keeps responding to it. She had the opinion, Brunson proved her wrong, and she kept talking a maze around it. She should have just not bothered responding or given a platitude-laced response and moved on.

Also you have to keep in mind Brunson left money on the table for that roster to be built out.

It completely changes the situation if he is making max money and they are missing 2-3 of those rotation players.

What he did is not normal and changes the equation. No one expects a player to take a pay cut.

Shit, Trae Young just took max money in DC like yesterday.

It is because she is a woman

I think theres a bit more nuance because people dont look at SAS like hes some basketball expert, we very much agree he’s just some guy paid to yell on TV.

And SAS literally went on Brunsons podcast and apologized to his face. So what are we even talking about??

I don’t understand where this belief comes from when SAS and everyone else already backtracked or apologized for those words lol

Also, Knicks fans have been way more critical of SAS and other media guys than her in general, those guys just didn’t double down right before the finals again

Just imagine if Skip had to retract all his bad takes. Lol

Stephen A doesn’t skate by. He was booed endlessly at The Roommates Show (i.e. Brunson and Hart’s podcast) when he showed up a few days ago. He mentioned that he was wrong then for the millionth time. Same with Draymond during the game 4 post-game interview with Brunson.

SAS apologized, both on TV and in front of a live crowd that ate him alive on Hart and Brunson’s podcast. Pretty much every talking head that talked shit has an “I was wrong about Brunson” clip on youtube.

No one wanted some dramatic, unique apology from Becky Hammon. Literally just to acknowledge she was wrong, as she did here, without a bunch of “history was wrong not me and I refuse to apologize” deflecting.

Stephen A already apologized on roomates podcast

Jalen and Josh literally demanded Stephen A apologize in person lmfao, come on.

What lol? Stephen A receives 100x times the hate she does and he said he was wrong on a live show he recently had with the Knicks team.

And people know Stephen A says ridiculous things as a pundit. Becky is an elite coach who made an absolute statement that wasn’t necessary and seemed overzealous. People take what she says more seriously because she is a leader in basketball.

Stephen A did a podcast with Brunson and Hart a few days ago and was relentlessly booed lol

Misogyny in action

Well no one respects Stephen a and we all know he’s there to play a role and just yell while Becky hammon is way more respectable and an actual current coach so they get held to different standards

maybe you live under a rock but Stephen A smith apologized live infront of MSG. The crowd Booed the hell out of him too untill he owned up like he’s supposed to. his credibility is still down the drain but it was nice of him atleast

Maybe it’s because SAS already apologized

Stephen A Smith literally apologized to their face on their podcast.

Ignorant comment that will be upvoted bc Reddit loves virtue signaling

It’s because they literally admitted they were wrong before Becky and didn’t make a big thing about it.

I still find it weird how y’all are attempting to run this “She’s a woman and Knicks fans are misogynists” garbage for a woman who is literally still involved in a lawsuit for harassing and discriminating against a pregnant woman leading to her getting kicked off the Aces.

But yeah man, keep going up for feminist icon Becky Hammon lmao

You think Brunson gives a shit about her apology?

I don’t think folks really consider SAS to be sharing his own opinions. He’s an ESPN shill just saying whatever he’s been told to say.

Becky Hammond is kind of a respected basketball mind. I think its big of her to say she was wrong. Instead of doubling down and saying Brunson only did it because the Knicks had the most perfect roster of all time.

Nobody thought the Knicks were some perfectly constructed juggernaut when the playoffs started.

SAS literally apologized on air to Hart and Brunson lmao

Her admitting she was wrong like this is a huge display of her character and I have nothing but respect for her.

He apologized.

Stephen A isn’t a woman

SAS appeared on JB/Hart’s podcast after the parade and they held his feet to the fire and literally told him to his face to apologize and he did.

First, Josh and the fans weren’t even asking for an apology. Only casually asking for her to admit she was wrong

Secondly, SAS dishes out a lotta dumb takes and runs with them, but he also consistently admits when he’s wrong real quick coz that’s part of the content cycle lol

Um people have consistently been ragging on SaS wtf are you talking about?

Ummmmmm SAS was publicly confronted at MSG and apologized.

Lmao you think Stephen A. “skates by” for his bad takes?

People happily jump on SAS with far more fervor when his takes are wrong, but apparently we’re supposed to treat Hammon with kid gloves? Is it because she’s a woman?

Also admitting she was wrong isn’t the same as apologizing. I didn’t click the link so maybe she did apologize but saying she was wrong is not an apology.

And it’s bullshit people think she should. It’s a stupid ass conversation.

If I know anything about Reddit/NBA fans, it won’t work at all lol

ESPN talking heads are objectively wrong all day every day without any uproar. But one woman had an opinion that turned out wrong and people want her destroyed. Even worse, it’s a take most sports fans had before this Knicks playoff run.

Stephen A Smith is constantly catching heat. We’re just used tp it so its basically background noise at this point

Are we serious man, sas and skip bayless probably catch the most heat of any nba personality, people have just gotten used to it cuz its all the time

Jalen and Josh literally invited Stephen A to their podcast to confront him come on. I think the behavior is a bit petty but becky isnt being specifically targeted

False. Stephen A had to do 2 in person apologies to Brunson - one on ESPN, one at Brunson and Hart’s live show at MSG where he was booed to hell by the crowd lol.

He needs to apologize to Josh Hart for whatever he said. I didn’t tune in, so I don’t know what he said. But I know he had the wrong take on drinking breast milk. No way he understands

Yeah no one needs to apologize for having an opinion on a sports topic. They can say they were wrong, but that’s not (nor should be) an apology.

Exactly. Don’t think she needed to apologize but you should’ve known people were going to say something with how smug and condescending the take was and then doubling down on it just two weeks ago when part of it was already proven wrong. Everyone else who clowned the Knicks or JB admitted it. It’s okay to be wrong sometimes.

It’s not a big deal. This is reddit, people have opinions (shocker).

She’s a talking head, this comes with the territory.

She did do that originally tbf.

Because people kept bringing it up every time we lost in the playoffs lol. Now that people are spinning back we wanna move on? Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun

Stephen A was brought on stage with Hart and Brunson and told to apologize in front of a crowd who was booing him. If that exact same thing happened to Becky Hammon would that be sexism?

The people saying who were bending over backwards to say she actually was still right because historically it’s likely correct was insane.

She was wrong. She admitted. It’s over.