Stephen A. Smith reacts like any Knicks fan after losing out on Kevin Durant but sign Julius Randle instead
"Julius Randle. Doesn't that need to wait until July 2? Or July 3? You have to do that today? Today?"
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This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith blasts ESPN’s Magic Johnson report with “People had anxiety, STOP THE PRESSES!”
"ESPN DOT COM decides to come out with a story ON THE DAY THAT MAGIC AND THE CREW ARE GOING TO BE HERE! Do I like the fact that I have to deal with it today? HELL NO!"
Dan Patrick on ESPN’s handling of their own story: “You can’t just brush it off because you’re friends with Magic Johnson.”
"Your own reporter, in your building, in your company, did a vetted story, a thorough story, interviewing a lot of people here. And you can't just brush it off because you're friends with Magic Johnson. I would have had the reporter on and then you could have had a legitimate back-and-forth and really good content there."
Stephen A. Smith bashed a ESPN.com story all day on ESPN platforms, then helped Magic Johnson bash it on air
Stephen A. Smith spent most of Tuesday lighting into an ESPN.com story that criticized Magic Johnson and the Lakers, not based on the story's merits, but because he didn't like it. And Johnson himself then appeared on air with Stephen A. to advance his own narrative.
This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith’s Knicks meltdown included “This is like being kidnapped, stored in a basement”
"IF YOU ARE A KNICK FAN, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING KIDNAPPED, STORED IN A BASEMENT, BEING TORTURED AND THEY LET YOU OUT WHEN YOU ARE NO USE TO ANYBODY! IF YOU ARE NOT A KNICKS FAN, YOU MAKE ME SICK! I DON'T LIKE ANY OF YOUS, ANY OF YOUS!"
ESPN analyst Tim Legler’s phone problem complaint of “I’m so fucking sick of this shit” gets broadcast live on ESPNEWS
"Can you hear me? You got me now? Hello?...I'm so fucking sick of this shit." "I told you, the phone's old!" "Why is it always the fucking handset?" "It's not! It's an old battery! That phone is like 60 years old!"
Dwayne Haskins’ First Take appearance saw Stephen A. Smith switch from doubling down to “I was an ignorant fool”
"Me, I was an ignorant fool. I had to go back and watch the tapes. My bad."
This Week In Hot Takes: Colin Cowherd says Browns fans are defined by “empty seats and bags on their heads”
"There are images of Cleveland Browns fans too, empty seats, bags on their head, and a bunch of guys from Lima, Ohio wearing masks and barking in the end zone, about nine Budweisers in."
Virginia’s title win made a whole lot of pundits look pretty silly, from Mike Francesa to Stephen A. Smith
Francesa's February take that Tony Bennett will "never win a championship with this team, though. They can't play offense" particularly stands out.
Stephen A. Smith comments on turkey vulture incident, saying “It came to my office because it missed me!”
"But CONTRARY to what some of you out there may believe, it wasn't coming to do me harm! It wasn't coming at me because it was disgusted with some of my takes! It came to my office because it missed me!"
A turkey vulture crashed into Stephen A. Smith’s office, and the jokes just write themselves
Maybe turkey vultures don't care for debate shows after all...
This Week In Hot Takes: Tony Rizzo downplays Tyreek Hill case with “We got beaten up when we were kids like it was...
"If it was the 70s, everybody would be in jail. Everybody. Kids got beaten up, we got beaten up when we were kids like it was nothing. Nothing. No one even blinked an eye. ...I ain't getting in between nobody and their kids."
This Week In Hot Takes: Charles Barkley says “A woman can’t beat me in a sport. Any sport!”
Barkley's claim that no woman could beat him at any sport topped the March 8-14 hot takes.
Stephen A. Smith’s latest gaffes include saying European players can come to the NBA at 17, Le’Veon Bell should go to the Panthers
"Luka Doncic could have came over here as a 17- or 18-year old. Frank Ntilikina could have done the same thing." No, they couldn't have.
This Week In Hot Takes: Michael Kay blames Phil Jackson, who wasn’t with the Knicks in 2013, for missing on Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo was drafted in 2013, and Phil Jackson was hired in 2014. The only way to blame Jackson is if you think he has a time machine.
