“I would rather have Ja Morant over Giannis Antetokounmpo come playoff time!”: Stephen A. Smith makes another outlandish statement on whether he would pick the reigning finals MVP or the third year from Memphis

Arun Sharma | 20/01/2022
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Stephen A. Smith should rename his show from First Take to Outlandish Take – there is no way he believes half the things he says.

Controversial statements fly fast and on a regular basis on First Take. Max Kellerman and Stephen A. have always made sure the viewers of the show always had something to speak about because there were no regular vanilla statements from them, ever. While Max Kellerman is known best for his “I WANT IGUODLA!”, Smith might have his own for wanting Ja over Giannis.

He literally states everything Giannis won in the past year like they weren’t HoF caliber accomplishments. Those are the trophies some players literally play their whole careers without even coming close to sniffing, and yet the guy who hasn’t set foot on a professional court has the gall to say they aren’t anything crazy.

Ja Morant is on track to emulate the great Derrick Rose and his career path, but Giannis is on another level. One of the greatest two-way players the game has ever seen, Ja Morant should not be held in the same conversation as the Greek freak. Yet, Stephen A. Smith thinks he is above him right now in the MVP race, and his choice list as well. That’s like saying a holiday in Mykonos is great and everything, but a New York trip in the winter is much better.

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How can one man make mental statements like these with a straight face, nobody knows. Him and Skip Bayless would literally go blue in the face when they face each other. No disrespect to Ja Morant, but there is no way he would be able to beat Giannis be it at a 1-1, or a team game. While both of their games are essentially superb, a two way player takes precedence over just an offense first guy.

This is what twitter fans had to say about this statemtent:


That is literally one of the most mellow comments to have for something as ridicilous as this statement.


Fans have finally understood what this “sports Journalist” really is: the bias this man has is unreal.


This reaction is literally everyone right now after listening to a soon to be 55 five year old man fangirling over a guy who was born 4 months before the supposed Y2K.


Frankly, it would make much more sense if he was confirmed to be on it, because there is no other reason why anyone would say this on a live television show and on the internet.

Unless it isn’t the Knicks or his personal favorite players, the First take man has absolutely nothing to offer apart from just pure hare for successful basketball players. And that is there for everyone to see.

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Arun Sharma

Arun Sharma is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. A double degree holder and a digital marketer by trade, Arun has always been a sports buff. He fell in love with the sport of basketball at a young age and has been a Lakers fan since 2006. What started as a Kobe Bryant obsession slowly turned into a lifelong connection with the purple and gold. Arun has been an ardent subscriber to the Mamba mentality and has shed tears for a celebrity death only once in his life. He believes January 26, 2020, was the turning point in the passage of time because Kobe was the glue holding things together. From just a Lakers bandwagoner to a basketball fanatic, Arun has spent 16 long years growing up along with the league. He thinks Stephen Curry has ruined basketball forever, and the mid-range game is a sight to behold. Sharma also has many opinions about football (not the American kind), F1, MotoGP, tennis, and cricket.

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