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‘Bringing Kyrie Irving back isn’t conducive to winning’ – Tim Legler | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Tim Legler on First Take debate whether the Brooklyn Nets are making a mistake by bringing back Kyrie Irving. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱Get the ESPN App: 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:
Tré
December 21, 2021 at 11:26 am
They talk like this on TV Ik SAS just makes joke in persons , Ik a b!tch when I see 1
7ABBA7
December 21, 2021 at 11:42 am
When you look in the mirror?
Amrith Bharadwaj
December 21, 2021 at 11:26 am
I think it’s a fair argument to analyze how it affects the team basketball wise. But why is SAS going back to the vaccination thing. I am pro-vaccine 100% but I respect Kyrie’s choice and if he believes that not getting vaccinated is in his and his family’s best interest, why do people expect him to compromise that for his team? If choosing your family above your business is selfish, then everybody in the NBA would be selfish. It sucks for the team and KD that he isn’t there but it is what it is and they just have to deal with it.
Monty
December 21, 2021 at 12:39 pm
@Athanasios Matsolas That probably shouldn’t concern you
Athanasios Matsolas
December 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm
@Monty What does or does not concern me shouldn’t concern you.
See how easy it is to write the drivel you do?
Athanasios Matsolas
December 21, 2021 at 1:35 pm
@Amrith Bharadwaj A random employee from a random company that refuses to go in…would be forced to take a leave without pay.
Kyrie should do the same if he wants to be the person who decides when he does or doesn’t play for.
If you don’t honour your end of the contract..it only makes sense that you give up on any benefits that contract was to provide you with.
If that wasn’t the case…people would sign contracts and never hold their end of their bargain.
Monty
December 21, 2021 at 2:44 pm
@Athanasios Matsolas So go tell the organization to ban Kyrie or something. Crying in the comments isn’t gonna help
Amrith Bharadwaj
December 21, 2021 at 4:23 pm
@Athanasios Matsolas He signed the contract pre-COVID. He’s not being paid for the games he’s not allowed to play in as a consequence of his choice to not get vaccinated. He’s never said that he’s not available for the practicing with the team and playing away games. The team chose to not use him, not Kyrie. So, where is Kyrie at fault here?
A Grade
December 21, 2021 at 11:27 am
Rare L from Legler
prod. imoja
December 21, 2021 at 11:28 am
Wait…. this goes against everything yall said like forever.
Carlton Banks
December 21, 2021 at 11:30 am
I already go to the club with sneakers
Fad Eighty
December 21, 2021 at 11:31 am
You’re such a loser SAS. You can’t accept the fact that no superstar wants to play in Knicks and you blamed it to Kyrie? So KD can be controlled or influence by Kyrie? Shame on you. BTW, before they got to Brooklyn the owner of Knicks have some issues, they are buttom standing and who wants to be there? JZ and Beyonce can influence too. Think Stephen A.
Elbert Lee
December 21, 2021 at 11:33 am
Unless he is a he genius level player, his laziness and lack of commitment and lack of real world cognitive reasoning is a genuine detriment to the tream
Erick Diaz
December 21, 2021 at 11:47 am
He’s Is the ultimate ball handler AND iso scorer in the league, who last season average 27 on 50/40/90 yeah i think he’s genius
Josner F
December 21, 2021 at 11:36 am
Stephen A has something personal against Kyrie Irving
Athanasios Matsolas
December 21, 2021 at 11:52 am
Its not hard to have something against Kyrie…every time he opens his mouth publicly about anything but basketball, he has something stupid to say.
Antonio Alvarez
December 21, 2021 at 11:58 am
I’m not a huge Stephen A guy, but one thing you can’t say about him is that he doesn’t work hard. I can see why someone like Stephen A would take issue with Kyrie if he perceives Kyrie’s work ethic and dedication is suspect
Monty
December 21, 2021 at 12:41 pm
@Athanasios Matsolas Shouldn’t concern you unless you’re a nets fan or a Kyrie fan
Athanasios Matsolas
December 21, 2021 at 12:47 pm
@Monty Cool story…but that’s not how reality works mate.
You see Kyrie is a flatard and an antivaxtard…and it would be none of my business…if he kept to basketball instead of trying to spread his moronic beliefs.
So…once he decides to put a sock in it over certain issues that he is factually proven to be wrong…i’ll put a sock in it too.
As long as he keeps taking advantage of his social status to spread the stupid…ANYONE has the right to criticise him.
Rudie Obias
December 21, 2021 at 11:39 am
I think the Nets are looking to trade Kyrie Irving…
A A
December 21, 2021 at 11:55 am
Y’all have been saying this all year. Not a peep from anyone in the organization.
Keltners
December 21, 2021 at 11:46 am
What is wrong with it. he could played away games in the playoffs. maybe he even change his mind in the playoffs
Athanasios Matsolas
December 21, 2021 at 11:47 am
Kyrie is back….half the NBA got covid…coincidence? I don’t think so .. 🤡😝🤣
*Flatard Kyrie has now evolved to Flatard Antivaxtard Kyrie*
(Final form is Flatard Antivaxtard Creationist Kyrie ..FAC Kyrie for short…the holy trifecta of stupid)
Benjamin From The Tribe of Judah
December 21, 2021 at 11:51 am
Kyrie is a goat, why didn’t he keep this same energy with Aaron Rodgers ?
Humphking
December 21, 2021 at 6:39 pm
You know why lol, that’s who Stephen A. is, remember what TO said about him 👀
Benjamin From The Tribe of Judah
December 21, 2021 at 8:44 pm
@Humphking Yup lol Max is more black than Stephen A lmao 😂😂😂
iliAKAthenatural
December 21, 2021 at 11:55 am
Cant wait for kyrie to muck their season up. 🤡
No_Diggity_No_Doubt
December 21, 2021 at 11:58 am
I wish I could work when I want to and get paid millions. Imagine being Kyrie’s teammates 🤔 this dude Kyrie is a disgrace.
Monty
December 21, 2021 at 12:40 pm
You don’t get those benefits when you work at Walmart every day
Athanasios Matsolas
December 21, 2021 at 1:39 pm
@Monty Cool story bro…It would be even cooler if it had anything to do with the point NDND made.
No_Diggity_No_Doubt
December 21, 2021 at 1:41 pm
@Monty Tf does Walmart gotta do with anything? lmfao
Monty
December 21, 2021 at 2:41 pm
@Athanasios Matsolas It does actually. In a 9-5 like Walmart you’d be fired for not showing up. The NBA is different. You can’t really compare the two.
Monty
December 21, 2021 at 2:43 pm
@No_Diggity_No_Doubt You can’t not show up to work when you work a 9-5 lmao. That’s probably why it’s so surprising to you. Being in the NBA is different though.
Tim Shodipo
December 21, 2021 at 11:59 am
Couldn’t compile 2 more irrelevant opinions.
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December 21, 2021 at 12:03 pm
Even as a part time player he’s gonna help Brooklyn win games. He’s one of the best shows to watch in all of sports and is a wizard with the ball
Warren305
December 21, 2021 at 2:21 pm
He’s going to be a detriment to winning in the playoffs. Can you imagine them being in a tough series and this dude checks out for home games? Everybody else in that locker room got the vaccine and he is choosing to not get it and leave the team. They all know all he has to do is get the shot. If somebody like Draymon was on that team Kyrie may get punched in the mouth because he’s selfish.
Jiggafromstatefarm 99
December 21, 2021 at 3:54 pm
@Warren305 How , It’s His Body So He Can choose What He Wants To Put Into His Body , you’re breaking amendment’s
madboyreadynow28
December 21, 2021 at 12:23 pm
Here is the bottom line. The Nets just lost Hardin. He is NOT resigning with BK. Kyrie is KDs boy not James. James thought Kyrie would show up and they would dominate and get a few rings. That didn’t happen last year and it will NOT happen this year. This is a failed experiment for BK. KD signed his deal. He’s locked in. No way BK offers Kyrie a long term deal. These are Kyries last days in the NBA definitely his last season with BK.
Shaqgotthejuice
December 21, 2021 at 12:29 pm
Kyrie won , they mad . Vaccine obviously doesn’t work , nets can’t reply on James harden in the playoffs
Tha Ferg
December 21, 2021 at 12:40 pm
Stephen A. I get so tired of you saying that LeBron has never cheated the game because that is false! Back in that Boston series when he was in Cleveland and he just totally gave up he cheated the game! That first year in Miami when they got blown out by Dallas he cheated the game! Switching teams as many times as he has done he has cheated the game! All the travels that he does that don’t get called is cheating the game! In 2019 when Kyle Kuzma as a rookie had to push LeBron to go play defense on his man he was cheating the game! Please stop saying this garbage! He Cheats the game all the time and especially with his load management which Michael Jordan never took part in Nor did Kobe!!!!
King Shaka
December 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm
You’re just a Lebron hater. All those names he mentioned but you point Bron out smh
Adrian Rugunda
December 21, 2021 at 2:47 pm
Pretty sure he left as a free agent after honouring his contractual obligations, not like he demanded a traded as many times as you think. Also won a title on every team he’s played for, haters usually have the most to say but make the least sense.
Tha Ferg
December 21, 2021 at 3:43 pm
@Adrian Rugunda Yes he did! Easy to win when you join A Super team🤷♂️ But that’s just Hater talk I guess….
Shaqgotthejuice
December 21, 2021 at 1:07 pm
I’m taking kyrie as a part time player , over a full time role player 😂 , kyrie that elite
Osma FN K.G
December 21, 2021 at 1:12 pm
KYRIE IS THE Allen Iverson of our Time PRACTICE ⏲ 😤 😆 🤣 LOL
Lauren Ellison
December 21, 2021 at 10:38 pm
No
Peter Pileggi
December 21, 2021 at 1:13 pm
Bring him back and disrupt them. I’m all for it fing them up👍😃
Chuck From the U.K.
December 21, 2021 at 4:37 pm
Wait till Kyrie gets covid…..
Taylor
December 21, 2021 at 6:18 pm
Boot-lickers supporting tyrants. Unsubscribed.