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Stephen A. DEFENDS HIS TAKE on Kevin Durant 🗣️ ‘HE IS ABSOLUTELY A TOP-10 PLAYER’ | First Take

Brian Windhorst, Stephen A. Smith and Bob Myers join Molly Qerim on First Take to discuss if Kevin Durant is a top-10 player in the league after joining the Houston Rockets. Then, they discuss the 2025 NBA Draft and how Cooper Flagg will fit into the fold with the Dallas Mavericks. 0:00 Chris Canty calls…

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Brian Windhorst, Stephen A. Smith and Bob Myers join Molly Qerim on First Take to discuss if Kevin Durant is a top-10 player in the league after joining the Houston Rockets. Then, they discuss the 2025 NBA Draft and how Cooper Flagg will fit into the fold with the Dallas Mavericks.

0:00 Chris Canty calls out Stephen A.
1:14 Stephen A. counters
4:15 Windy agrees
6:00 Myers’ championship perspective
9:40 Myers on Flagg
10:37 Windy on Flagg’s “floor”
11:53 “He will play anywhere!”
14:40 Mavericks’ threat level

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  1. @AP90x

    June 25, 2025 at 10:11 pm

    Not top 10 all time

  2. @aaronsooknanan1380

    June 25, 2025 at 10:15 pm

    I say this to everyone and I say it respectfully KD is beating ur fav player 1v1 easy

  3. @ChippyChipperson

    June 25, 2025 at 10:20 pm

    KD will only defer to MJ, Lebron and Kobe as an all time offensive option

  4. @20-V_C-20

    June 25, 2025 at 10:22 pm

    KD has never won a championship outside of the 73-9 team that he joined who had beat him already and who already went to the finals before he joined

  5. @JuwanJordan-dp5wq

    June 25, 2025 at 10:22 pm

    This shows trash since max first left then the best on the show ever Shannon. Smh Steven A killed the show

  6. @AP90x

    June 25, 2025 at 10:22 pm

    Kobe, jordan, bron, bird, duncan, shaq, magic, kareem, wilt, bill russell, dwade, steph, jokic, giannis, luka. I would take all of them over durant. Durant so called the best scorer yet he still cant catch kobe on alltime list when kobe did it in less time and in the slowest paced era. Yall overrate tf out of his scoring ability. He cant win without a outrageously stacked team, he had the best record and best team and lost a 3-1 lead to a 6’3 curry then crawled to that team. I would barely put this guy in my top 20. And these new guys luka, shai, ant (who dog walks kd all the time) how you let a guy that looks up to you dog walk your team like that?

  7. @thebayareastandout

    June 25, 2025 at 10:23 pm

    I say Kevin Durant is 11th all time and thats really because of injuries because if not then 9th or 10th

  8. @travisk4466

    June 25, 2025 at 10:24 pm

    Kd is just not that guy nor is he top 10. Mj, Shaq, Kareem, the dream, Kobe , magic, Larry, LeBron, Bill Russell, wilt. There’s your 10 Stephen A.

  9. @playboylifestyle5

    June 25, 2025 at 10:33 pm

    😂😂😂😂😂 straight nonsense seriously top 10 you kant be serious
    Magic
    Jordan
    LeBron
    Duncan
    Kareem
    Wilt
    Shaq
    Hakeem
    Bird
    Kobe
    Dr. J
    Curry
    And based on there logic pistol Pete should be in the top 5. How many scoring titles have KD won, how many teams have KD led to the finals and conference finals????? Make it make sense smdh

  10. @kennylopezjeetkunedo5555

    June 25, 2025 at 10:33 pm

    Stephen A. brings up tall talented athletic players that were gifted and gives the number 1 spot to KD but doesn’t mention Tracy McGrady(T Mac) in this discussion!! Lol T Mac in terms of talent deserves to be in this discussion, as does Bob McAdoo, who most of these youngsters probably don’t even know who he was. Lol Molly definitely doesn’t know know who he was. No basketball experts on that panel. Lol

  11. @EB_Trece

    June 25, 2025 at 10:35 pm

    Stephen A you’re out of your mind man…don’t try to be slick saying “rank based on talent” nobody makes a time list based on that.

  12. @loob1275

    June 25, 2025 at 10:40 pm

    KD is not a top 10 player all time!

  13. @JosephAM_

    June 25, 2025 at 10:40 pm

    Kevin “cant beat em join em” Durant

  14. @bardwell84

    June 25, 2025 at 10:40 pm

    unpopular opinion… how about KD is just a glorified KG in an era that KG opened up the way for bigs to handle the ball. the man that in the 90s, coined the term “point forward”.. KG had handle, could run the break, cross guards, make it a mismatch on an island with another big because of his handle and shiftiness, could easily shoot the 15-20 footer, had nasty midrange game, footwork on the block, BUT he wasnt just a helpside defender.. KG was a lockdown big majority of his career that could guard the 1 through 5 unlike KD. KG, a 7 footer that could do everything KD can and had limits because of the era he played in but still was occasionally doing stuff he wasn’t supposed to 🤷🏾

  15. @yahkimyisrayl6886

    June 25, 2025 at 10:48 pm

    Kevin Durant is a top ten offensive talent ever. Durant won two NBA Finals MVPs. His field goal efficiency is tops in the league. Underrated defensive player.

  16. @MrDontray1

    June 25, 2025 at 10:48 pm

    I can find 10

  17. @ghostin5699

    June 25, 2025 at 10:52 pm

    omg durant is a 7ft guard what a crazy skill length is lmao what a cooked sport

  18. @evansbashuru1660

    June 25, 2025 at 10:53 pm

    KD is not top ten player of all time

    You can’t put him above MJ, LBJ, magic, Kobe, shaq, wilt, Kareem, bill Russell, bird. Steph curry. ?

  19. @Shagrath71

    June 25, 2025 at 11:01 pm

    Last week KD was an underachiever this week he’s top 10 all time.

  20. @mutalemfula9004

    June 25, 2025 at 11:11 pm

    What happened to KD against Celtics got swept 😅
    It’s MJ,Kob Kareem Magic Bird Timmy LeBron 😅

  21. @rob7454

    June 25, 2025 at 11:13 pm

    Means Jokic is top 10 too

  22. @stephontaylor8580

    June 25, 2025 at 11:16 pm

    If we going off straight talent and not resume then Kyrie is a top 10 player 😂, like cmon now what are we doing

  23. @andrehill5082

    June 25, 2025 at 11:18 pm

    Hes top 15, another ring or 2 gets him top 10 cuz he would be leading Houston to a chip. You can’t be top 10 if you didn’t lead your team to a ring. GS would have went to the finals in 17 and 18 without him and win at least the 18 one cuz LeBron needed Kyrie to offset the splash brothers. Can’t give KD top 10 credit for a franchise that won chips before and after him.

  24. @TooColdJay1224

    June 25, 2025 at 11:20 pm

    I love that chubby white guy smart

  25. @sevenfootman6808

    June 25, 2025 at 11:26 pm

    There’s atleast 10 players in the league right now I’d take over KD

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