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There is NO WAY IN HELL there are 5 players better than LeBron or KD❗️- Stephen A. | First Take
Stephen A. Smith sounds off on ESPN’s top 5 NBA player rankings. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱Get the ESPN App: 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:
colin crow
September 23, 2022 at 1:20 pm
It is impossible
Antione Hokage Thornton
September 23, 2022 at 5:54 pm
I’m happy they not
Manny Bonilla
September 23, 2022 at 6:19 pm
Well said SAS
Chastity Wilson
September 23, 2022 at 6:28 pm
I agree with Stephen A smith.
Shiv
September 24, 2022 at 12:31 am
1:20 i just keep repeating this, its so funny 😂
Stan Smith
September 24, 2022 at 9:30 am
I agree with him kd that dude for sure and lebron James is lebron James
soulsearch1234
September 24, 2022 at 1:38 pm
Seriously? Durant at 8? 😂😂😂. Laughable! You can be a KD hater all you want but that is highway robbery nonsense. This is exactly why you can’t take them seriously.
Sun Man
September 24, 2022 at 4:30 pm
LeBron is old and no defense his time is up and most ppl know it. Stop it my brotha u can tell he still good not great.
cacaf
September 24, 2022 at 6:22 pm
even if lebron and kd was healthy, they are getting spanked by everyone else on the top 5
DMV 420
September 24, 2022 at 11:33 pm
No one asked Stephen A., because NO ONE cares what he thinks. That fool would probably place Carmelo Anthony in the top 50 of today’s players. He’s a blowhard that is known more for his mouth than sports knowledge.
Mark Rosalez
September 25, 2022 at 3:04 am
lebron is not a top 10 player if he retire 🤣🤣🤣
Michael Vasquez
September 25, 2022 at 7:48 am
WHY DOES THIS MAN HAS TO YELL
GORDAN VARLJEN
September 25, 2022 at 8:17 am
Stephen is clown
Romeo J
September 25, 2022 at 1:23 pm
I agree with Stephen 100%
Eddy Trophy Husband
September 25, 2022 at 3:50 pm
That comment was a shot at Molly’s Ex he was lasting but SAS is making Molly cummmm
George License
September 26, 2022 at 12:11 am
THIRTY
Jolli
September 26, 2022 at 12:51 am
Lebron over rated!
ikato kiyazaki2
September 26, 2022 at 1:47 am
watch kd and lebron battle for mvp this season lmao
CAPTAIN LEVI
September 26, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Sas is only saying that cus the players above kd and lebron are white
Mia Todd
September 26, 2022 at 5:18 pm
Preach Stephen a.
Levelup215
September 27, 2022 at 9:39 am
This show them fake analysts don’t know sht
Mo Alston
September 27, 2022 at 10:51 am
LBJ is the GOAT athletic
Joy Vanlue
September 27, 2022 at 6:48 pm
Who’s the top 5
Stephen
September 28, 2022 at 2:56 pm
TRUTH has Sas eye’s bugging….lol
Michael Fried
September 29, 2022 at 3:59 am
So two players whose teams ended up a combined 5 games under five hundred, one missing the playoffs, one swept in the first round, and missed half the games the last two years aren’t ranked in the top five? I’m shocked!
I love Lebron (and KD). I think its fair to claim he is the GOAT. At the end of the day father time has knocked both of these guys down a peg. Lebron is nowhere near the two way player he used to be. There is no shame in saying that in YEAR 20 is not the same force he used to be. Its incredible what he is doing. But to say that he ranks above Giannis, Steph, Jokic, Embiid and Luka is ridiculous.
This is about as bad a take as there is. Who is predicting the Lakers are going to finish above the play in? Who thinks Lebron will be an MVP contender this year? Its possible that he manages to avoid injuries, but that is a longshot. Steven A can’t just “ignore” games played. Thats an asinine argument. Its not like we are arguing between players who are expected to play 60-75 games and saying “ignore games played”. In three of the last four years Lebron hasn’t passed 56 games.
Same for KD. He was sensational for the start of the season. But he got hurt, again, and wasn’t playing at that level again. He hasn’t played without serious leg/feet issues since 2019.