Kenny Smith questions international NBA players’ willingness to play hard in All-Star Game
"I don’t think the international guys are gonna play hard."
"I don’t think the international guys are gonna play hard."
"I was gonna pass the baton to Vince Carter or Jamal Crawford. I had no idea the idiots I work for were gonna lose the NBA"
"The TNT people, they’re stupid. They wrote a cease and desist letter to Amazon and NBC and it really pissed me off"
"Is this a way for ownership to get out of the supermax contract?"
"I want to thank NBC...for offering me a contract"
"I hope that we’re able to figure something out, to be honest with you."
"I can't wait for that replay!"
"OK, so Ja Morant's out. So forget that."
Jalen Green over Anthony Edwards?
"Your feet look like a bald eagle’s feet!"
"Politicians do a good job of making us fight with each other"
O'Neal's new deal is reportedly for five years, while Smith's is described as a "multiyear" contract.
"Y’all are not gonna make me like San Francisco"
"Inside the NBA, nobody does it better than you guys. Which gives me an opportunity to say, Shaq, keep the band together!"
"He looks at media as a big part of his future."
"Hey, this is not the podcast."
"I didn't make it all the way through the clip."
"This relationship is over."
"Thank you for being the consummate pro and gentleman."
"JJ, you come for the king you better not miss."
"I'm sure we could all figure out a way, because we all have great sort of friendship with one another."
A fantastic day of NBA hoops on ESPN devolved into debates, slandering players, and far too little real basketball talk.
"Ernie's the leader of our family and our family leader is going through pain"