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Stephen A. tells LeBron James to ‘JUST STOP’ after his comments on the Lakers vs. OKC | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and Jay Williams join Shae Cornette on First Take to reflect on the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs along with the New York Knicks vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. 0:00 LeBron James’ comments…
@Jonathan-pp3du
May 22, 2026 at 8:25 pm
Am I missing something? What exactly did LeBron say that wasn’t true? Stephen A and many others didn’t even think the Lakers would make out of the first round for that exact same reason LeBron stated. Now he wants to pretend that that’s some kind of out-of-bounds statement? SMH
@RioOldFart
May 22, 2026 at 8:26 pm
course perk is there sucking off LeBron James
@PlayersBall
May 22, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Can you name LeBron, Kendrick Perkins? No
@optionstraderdev8834
May 22, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Perk was in point dk what SA was talking about he didn’t watch the games😂😂
@ghostofyou6468
May 22, 2026 at 8:28 pm
lakers need to rebuild with young talents
@GilgandolfTheBlack
May 22, 2026 at 8:32 pm
The Lakers have way more natural talent on their team than OKC. Lebron is speaking backwards and Nash is too polite to correct him. OKC is the embodiment of hard work over talent. Y’all lost to a bunch of 6’2 guys and Chet who can move left to right to save his life.
@SCS-yx5hu
May 22, 2026 at 8:36 pm
Naw I disagree
@johnbennett8428
May 22, 2026 at 8:39 pm
SAS is dead wrong! Lakers played hard!! Thunder just had more talent throughout the squad. Ayton was on the bench a lot and Jaxson Hayes was working his socks off! Get it right Stephen A!
@leemdp8239
May 22, 2026 at 8:40 pm
Bron deserves his farewell tour. so him and Bronny retiring after that! 😂😂😂
@allendavis846
May 22, 2026 at 8:40 pm
Ppl don’t want to play with LeBron 😂 you get no credit an all blame 😢
@barbaracook3937
May 22, 2026 at 8:57 pm
Watch these boring debate shows and pay yourself a dolllar for every time they say either “to your point’ or ‘first class organisation’ and you’ll be a millionaire
@johnmims6918
May 22, 2026 at 9:14 pm
Boot lickin love.
@davidanthony6222
May 22, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Stephen obsessed smith
@ElvisNdah
May 22, 2026 at 9:21 pm
Stephen A is just stupid
@zisolo4283
May 22, 2026 at 9:23 pm
STFU stephen C smith, u fcking c
@roberthernandez1617
May 22, 2026 at 9:25 pm
Why we talking about my team? We lost lol
@ElijahGreene-c7q
May 22, 2026 at 9:25 pm
Perk to say the lakers needed another trade after fleecing the mavs for Luka 1 year ago is crazy, how much help does lecrybaby needs
@FranklinFernandez-v7b
May 22, 2026 at 9:26 pm
Let the LeExcuses begin 😂😂😂
@calenragsdale324
May 22, 2026 at 9:27 pm
LeBron and curry 2027 playoff run golden state , 2028 USA team Averages back again.
@SpookiBoiPro33
May 22, 2026 at 9:39 pm
DUUUUUUUUUDE , Who cares, they are not in the playoffs… Out talented Don’t forget James your part of the talent on the lakers
@uiolax1967
May 22, 2026 at 10:21 pm
LeBron will always be remembered as a crying baby.
@Chris-t5m5v
May 22, 2026 at 10:37 pm
If lebron was so great as these fools claim he would have averaged 35 or 40 a game no excuses throwing the blame on the team and not lebron is such an amateur take by these so called professionals
@Unasham3d
May 22, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Well we know Perk was told by Bron that he was gonna take him out to eat if he d-rides him on national tv. JWill is the biggest former player in the medium gone clown by a large margin. Can’t believe I’ve agreed with Stephen A twice in a week, but those 2 are DEI hires at ESPN that haven’t been terminated yet.
@MegaSammytee
May 22, 2026 at 11:18 pm
You got you (the self-proclaimed GOAT😂) Reeves, Hachimura, Smart, DeAndre??? Are you serious Lol🤣…And you’re out talented? Nonsense 😏GTFOH
@DLo_MD
May 22, 2026 at 11:28 pm
Some of your salary could have gone to better talent to boost your team. Yes?