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🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 Stephen A.’s VERDICT on Cavs hiring Kenny Atkinson | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith reacts to Adrian Wojnarowski’s news that the Cleveland Cavaliers are hiring Kenny Atkinson as their next head coach. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱Get the ESPN App: 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:
@kyleobrien2440
June 24, 2024 at 12:23 pm
Go screw yourself Stephen A . I’m white and sick of this bs about race. I could care less who’s black and white. But pulling the race card is ruining society!!
@javelldunn3379
June 24, 2024 at 12:32 pm
Cavaliers hire Kenny Atkinson good choice
@17sreesanth
June 24, 2024 at 12:33 pm
Why didn’t he say anything about Race when JJ got hired tho?? What is the agendas
@sapien2291
June 24, 2024 at 12:35 pm
The Cleveland Cavs owner is racist. He wanted to hire a white coach just like the New York Knicks what Cleveland Cavs need is a NBA player who actually play the game and who is actually an expertise in offensive system and defense. Because we all know this coach has not won a ring and he sucks
@antoniorossiz
June 24, 2024 at 12:42 pm
What’s wrong with being a career assistant coach? It’s a respectable job. There used to be so many of them and no one used to always talk about them “deserving” a head coaching opportunity.
@TheSleepReaper
June 24, 2024 at 12:46 pm
🥱
@ydlee5888
June 24, 2024 at 12:48 pm
So sick and tired of SAS race agenda with the coaching hires trying to shove it down people’s throats. If the person being hired is qualified, that should really be enough.
@cenanation123456
June 24, 2024 at 12:54 pm
He should have been fired from the Brooklyn Nets
@fcc950
June 24, 2024 at 12:57 pm
someone who hangs out with sean hannity on the regular shouldn’t try to speak for an entire community. SAS is an opportunist, to put it mildly
@j.tchago5382
June 24, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Is it because Sam Cassell’s name is mentioned here that any team president or owner will take a deeper look? These guys have agents to lobby more effectively for them. It’s sounding as something done for the record, to be able to turn around at anytime to claim how much one has supported a certain community. If I was Sam Cassell or any other black coach, I’d hate to have my name brought up every time a white coach is hired.
@NoSubestimesElTerror
June 24, 2024 at 1:10 pm
Never heard this when doc rivers get a job 😂😂😂😂
@puma679
June 24, 2024 at 1:12 pm
A is not happy because of the color
@meboy3513
June 24, 2024 at 1:15 pm
They hired WHO?!?! No Mark Jackson, Adrian Griffin or Sam Cassell?!?!? C’mon. It’s obvious WHY that fella was hired SMH 🙄
@adubhdx
June 24, 2024 at 1:25 pm
Life long cavaliers fan and id rather have an actual COACH than a former role player with NO experience aka jj reddick – would have liked a sam cassell over kenny but still kenny will do way better than bickerstaff
@devanshutrivedi9221
June 24, 2024 at 1:26 pm
There’s no need to bring Sam Cassell in this convo he ain’t leaving Boston. Also we’re tired of this constant race baitin
@shaunstegallify
June 24, 2024 at 1:32 pm
Stephen A: Im tired of these white dudes getting hired. Let me throw a randem black name out there.
@philb.1502
June 24, 2024 at 1:58 pm
Sam Cassell is NOT a random Black name! That’s just a dumb comment.
@shaunstegallify
June 24, 2024 at 3:01 pm
@@philb.1502 Shaddup.
@philb.1502
June 24, 2024 at 3:05 pm
@@shaunstegallify Get your respect game up, youngin.
@shaunstegallify
June 24, 2024 at 3:09 pm
@@philb.1502 Nahh
@Truckloadlil
June 24, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Sam just won a championship with one of the best teams in the league & could possibly be lead assistant next year , stop trying to be the spokesperson for black ppl when you feel like it
@philb.1502
June 24, 2024 at 1:56 pm
This guy is 118-190 as a head coach in the NBA, and he gets another chance to be a head coach and make millions?? What Black man could have a record like that and get another chance to coach??
@RaBorzYT
June 24, 2024 at 2:28 pm
you could see that SAS is not happy coz they did not hire a black coach lol
@quis363
June 24, 2024 at 2:42 pm
If he can’t unlock garland I think it’s time to trade Darius last two play off runs I was highly disappointed in his contributions
@joem7462
June 24, 2024 at 2:47 pm
So even with coaching credentials Stephen A makes this about race
@JustinGill-cl5yo
June 24, 2024 at 2:57 pm
Bro all he said was that Sam Cassell needs a shot and he should get one
@SquidysTents
June 24, 2024 at 3:00 pm
I mean, if teams are repeatedly passing up on the same guy, there’s probably a pretty good reason for it…
@user-ee4wd9yu6b
June 24, 2024 at 3:12 pm
How they still get this guys take is unreal. The actual racist
@gamerschannel9610
June 24, 2024 at 3:17 pm
Kenny Atkinson did a GREAT job with the Brooklyn Nets and should’ve NEVER been fired. Has nothing to do with race.