December 27, 2024 • 27 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
What's up, everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome to the special edition of The Stephen A. Smith Show,
coming at you. I'm a man of the people, and
the people usually like to communicate with me. Whether it's videos,
whether it's tweets, whether it's phone calls, whatever the case
may be.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
That's what folks like to.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Do, and I aim to oblige. Over this particular situation. However,
I got my nephew, my knucklehead a nephew here in
studio with me, Josh we Rich this this this ignorant fool, and.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
He's here with me.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And since he's right here in studio with me, he
likes to join me wherever I'm talking to the fans
because he believes that he's somebody that's more of a
man of the people than I am.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Is that true?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
I was gonna say, I'm the man of the people.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
And how is that? And how is that you're the
man of the nephew.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I'm the man of the nephe Well, I don't understand
what that makes that.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
It makes no sense.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Nephewtism. It's a term that's made up, you.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Know, nephewtism as opposed to nepotism. Nephewtism love that mercy.
We're gonna do tweets, We're gonna do videos, We're gonna
do phone calls and a whole bit. I might let
him chime in on some he might get on my
last damn nerves and I may not let him. We
shall see. But let's go to some videos here. Let's
start it off right, Let's do this.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Heyda stuck Tom here. I hope you're enjoying your day
so far. I'm trying to ask you a question. Do
you think that with the new NBA All Star game
format for this season, do you think that could actually
increase viewership and maybe make the viewership increase in the
second half of the season.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Hell no, I don't believe that for one second, Josh.
I think the new format is ridiculous. I think it's
an embarrassment to the NBA players.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
They forced this fourteen tournament format.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Three all Star teams eight players each winner of a
Rising Stars Challenge team, three games total, two semis plus
the finals. Each game up to forty points a one
point eight million dollar prize pool. Winning team one hundred
and twenty five thousand per player. Second place fifty thousand
semifinal loses twenty five thousand. Let me tell you a
couple of things, Josh, how could you have more for
(02:23):
the winner of the nd season tournament than the winner
of the All Star game?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
See that makes no sense.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
The N season tournament is a few more games.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
But I'm just saying. The point is the winner gets
this pool of money. I'm just saying that if you
got All Stars descended upon an All Star weekend, you know,
damn attitude. May be how somebody that wins an nd
season tournament get more money than the All Stars the ego.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I think it's more of a reward that you're an
All Star period, So.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
The total they sh they shouldn't get more money.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I don't think you should get extra money.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Well, I'm disgusted with it because I blame the players
because if you played just as hard as you play
working out in the summer time, none of this would
be necessary because it would be some competitiveness on a
basketball court for All Star weekend, and as a result,
they wouldn't have had the resort to all of this
to try to elevate the level of competitiveness.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's my thought.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
I think that the regular season doesn't count all together,
including an all Star weekend, because you know, the media
emphasizes having rings and winning in the players. I think
the whole thing matter. You play hard all yeah, well yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Oh yeah, interesting coming from you never works hard, But
I got it.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Let's let's go to the next video. Let's go to
the next video.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Hey, what's up, Steven eight?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Where do you get your strong work ethic from?
Speaker 5 (03:43):
That's been fascinating to watch over the years, you being
number one consecutively for twelve years in counting, and just
your go getter spirit and hustle mentality to wake up
every single day to conquer, to stay on top, to
sustain it, and to grow even bigger now as you
reach bigger things which you will obviously achieve and conquered.
So that's been really fascinating to watch. But where do
(04:06):
you get that mentality from on a daily basis?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Well, I certainly don't get it from him, one of
the laziest people I know. I will tell you that
he will confirm this. I get it from his grandma,
my mother, God rest her soul.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
She worked tirelessly.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
My mother was no joke, and she wasn't about the
sizzle or the glitch. She was about getting the job done?
Am I lying?
Speaker 6 (04:32):
No?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Okay, you're just gonna say I.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Got something else to say. I don't know if you
got come here. I grew up on the other y'all
grew up on the other side of rich. So that's
where your hard working ethic comes from.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I don't got it because I'm so.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
I grew up on the other side of rich. So
grandma has nothing to do with the hard work that
I perform. Yeah, she has everything to do with She
has everything to do with it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
You idiot.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Ruggle doesn't have nothing to do with it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
The struggle.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yes, that's what I'm talking about. You were struggling. I
was struggling, and I wasn't because of you. So hard work.
You know, it came out a when I felt like it.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Next question, Next question, Steven A.
Speaker 7 (05:17):
Smith, What are the Dallas Cowboys gonna do at quarterback?
Because I can tell you Cooper Rush it's definitely not
the answer. Curious to hear your take, and hey, is
there a possibility that a max contract for Sam Darnold
or maybe even a little bit of a trade to
Atlanta with Kirk Cousins as possible?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Curious hear what you gotta.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Say, I'm really questioning your football knowledge because you just
brought up Kirk Cousins, who just got benched in Atlanta.
One in four of his last five games, one touchdown,
nine interceptions over that spins the god awfu wing.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
He's getting benched for a rookie.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
You're talking about trading it for him, wondering about you
dire Secondly, to answer your question directly, whether the Dallas
cole was gonna lose lose with Dak Prescott, Dak press
is not gonna go anyway.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
It's gonna be in the lineup. They're gonna lose.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
They're not gonna lose as much as they lost this year,
but they ain't gonna win no damn super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I can assure you of that.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
So that's your dilemma right there. That's really all I
have to say about it. We don't need to do
we need to spend any more time on you don't
need to do that. Let me get another video plase.
Speaker 8 (06:20):
Good morning, steven A. This is t live in your PA,
born and raised in South Carolina. Quick question for you,
what do you think the Jaguars should do in the
draft this upcoming year?
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I believe it should be Travis Hunter.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
I don't think they should think about anybody else but
the Jaguars will be the Jaguars and take somebody that
don't make sense. So give me some insight as to
what you think they should do and should trimp BALKI
be fired, I say yes, what say you?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I would tell you Travis Hunter should be the way
they go to Hosman Trophy went out of Colorado two
way player the brother could ball.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I like that pick. I don't have any problem with that.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I think you're making a wh a decision right there
and making that selection.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
But Josh, is it just me? Or did he seem high?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, if he did, he seemed high. He seemed he
seemed high? Is it just me?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
He might have seen how he might seem? Tis Christmas?
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I mean you would know better than me, well would
I know? I'm just asking. I'm just asking. I'm just asking.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I'm just saying, you know, I mean sometimes you look high?
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Me?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Yeah, sometimes sometimes while you always got the hat and
shades on covering your eyes.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
You're talking about looking cool, but you're really trying to
hide your eyes.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
You know what I'm saying, why is that?
Speaker 3 (07:32):
I mean, since you acting like you know you don't
want them hiding from since you know.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
I don't know snuopid. I'm just I'm.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Speculating, speculate, this is a test.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Don't speculating ever, Right, those cardiads, those cardiacs.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Yeah, you rich.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Your tweets and phone calls up next We'll get to
the tweets first and then your phone calls more.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
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Here with my knucklehead and nephew Josh. Just sit there,
don't say anything. I'll handle the tweets to myself because
we're gonna.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Get to the callers afterwards.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
You don't need to speak on the tweets, right, Just
be quiet with the glasses that you stole from me,
all right?
Speaker 1 (09:45):
And that hat? What the hell does that hat say? Anyway?
Speaker 2 (09:49):
You can't do epic shit with basic people. Who made
that hat for you? I know it wasn't you, but
I got you know I got merch. Let's get to
the tweets, please, showman tweets at NBA World twenty four, Right, Steven,
are you're playing prime Lebron one on one? You start
(10:13):
off with a ninety nine to league first of.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
One hundred wins? Do you want to lose? I win?
He got excuse me.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Whether it's fifty shots by two points, or is one
hundred shots by one point, or is thirty three to
thirty five shots by three points?
Speaker 1 (10:31):
I win. All I gotta make is one shot.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
One.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
I'm winning. I'm winning. Yes, Stephen A.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Smith would beat Lebron James to a game of one
hundred if he spotted me ninety nine. Now, if he
spotted me ninety, I'd lose. If he spotted me eighty,
I'd lose. If he spotted me seventy or anything less.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'd lose. But one basket.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I gotta make one basket and he has to make
forty to fifty.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
I'm winning that matchup one shot. I'm beating Lebron. What
is it loses? Bull? Huh?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Is it loss?
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Bull?
Speaker 1 (11:08):
No?
Speaker 2 (11:09):
No, I'm thinking no, no, no, I'm saying if he scores
and he keeps the ball. No, no, no, he beat me,
but because I couldn't stop him at all. But what
I'm saying chances to get exactly, I'm the forty chances
to get a basket, Me getting forty chances to get
the basket. I'm winning, meaning he scores, I get the
ball back. I'm winning that game. All I need is
(11:29):
one basket. He got forty. I'm winning that game. I'm
winning that game.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Lebron is six eight and.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I don't give it that. No, I wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Maybe I get a shot on Jordan too, a shot
on Jordan, just one, just one, one.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Out of forty.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Okay, that's all I'm trying to say, one out of forty.
Could I make one out of forty shots?
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I can today Now, I don't give it.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Damn when it is, I don't give it. Damn was
in a wheelchair.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
I'm making one of forty shots, Lebron, Lebron got yes.
Next tweet, what's up at reformed gambler rites or that
gambler that that AE is a three instead.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Says Stephen A.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
My homeboy got fired from his fry cook job for
doing this to the letters. Now he wants me to
put in a good word for him at my job,
but I'm afraid he might be up to no good
again and get me and him both fired. Help a brother.
(12:35):
Hell no, your recommendations are everything. Somebody gonna sit up there.
You get him a job, and they gonna step their
foot and stomp on letters, and he got him fired,
and then you're gonna help him get another job. Did
he think about you when he was stomping on the
letters the first time? Hell no, leave his ass out
of there. Let him find his own way. Sometimes it's
gotta be tough love. It's got to be tough love.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Remember I've knocked his knucklehead upside the head a few
times because that's how he can be. Next tweet, Show
me what you got at Ben's two four three eight rights.
If you had any other job, what would it be?
Well me personally, man, I mean it'd be one or
(13:18):
two things. I'd be a criminal lawyer, all right, Or
I'd be a president of basketball operations criminal lawyer.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Would you be defending criminals or locking them up?
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Either? Or I'm gonna be great.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
You put me in fronature of jurors, and my job
is to convince them to see my way. If I'm
a prosecutor, they as going to jail, and if I'm
a defense attorney, I'm gonna get them off. I prosecutor
would be easier for me, though I'll admit that it
would be far easier for me to prosecute.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
That's what I think. What are you trying to say?
Speaker 3 (13:51):
And I don't know prosecutors and people on that side.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
If I was prosecuting somebody, how good would I be?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
You tell the truth, it depends on how gilty they are.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
You ain't gonna break no, I'll make him look guilty,
make them look guilty. That ain't even something to be
I'm just saying I wouldn't be proud of it. But
I'm just talking about the principle of me being a
good Prosecutor's all I'm trying to say. I'm saying that
i'd be one of the best. I'd beat Johnny Cockran.
You're not inj trial he.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Beating Lebron James. Johnny Cochran and this is the gold
and everything.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Listen, if I were a lawyer, I'm not a lawyer,
but if I were a lawyer, I'm telling you I
would have beat Johnny Cochran with the evidence that OJ
had against him. I would beat Lebron James. If you're
telling me all I need is one shot and he
has to take fifty in order to beat me, I would,
and I get the ball back.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
I would make one shot, one, just one.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
I think Lebron is so motivated by you and all
your members that he definitely make an example. Sure that, right, Bron.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
He probably hurt me, That's what he probably do. I
wouldn't make it to the in this. I don't say
the players are soft. I say the game is softer
because of how it's called. I'm not trying to imply
that the players are soft and man Child's I'm saying
that the way the game is called, I mean, you
could get called for foul for passing gas. It's ridiculous,
(15:19):
That's what I'm saying. The game has been called tighter,
and that's the problem. Last tweet right here, let me
see here, all right, I got to read this. Man,
what is this.
Speaker 9 (15:32):
At?
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Cody Spunker? Right? What's your opinion on Live Morgan? What
about her?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
I mean she I you know, I mean, I mean
I can't tell from that particular photo she's.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
You know, she looks like a qute. You know she
I ain't we agree on. I don't know what I know.
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
I don't know what kind of picture is that? You
know what kind of picture is that? As far as
i'n concerned. I mean, show me the one of the
only fans girl that got four point seven millions for
from a dude without giving up anything. Show that picture
before your show Live Morgan. None of that picture of
a little Morgan. I don't see anything you're showing me anything.
She's a cutie, Okay, that's just me.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
He's wearing a belt.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
She's wearing a belt. Really, that's supposed to move a man?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
I guess is that what we was supposed to say?
Speaker 1 (16:23):
I guess. I guess. Never mind, Now, I ain't gonna
go the fish. If there was a better pitch, they
would have had it.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
We'll get to your calls up next. You can hit
me up at triple eight s A S fifty three
zero three. That's eighty eight seven two seven five three
zero three your phone calls. To close out the special
edition of Stephen A. The Voice of the People with
his peeps and his knucklehead a nephew in a minute.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Welling back to Stephen A.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Smith's show before we get on out of here, this
special edition.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Of the Steven A.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Smiths Shaw where it's me with the peeps talking to
the people's via videos, via tweets.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
It's now going to be your phone calls.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
I got some calls on the line, and obviously I
got my little nephew sitting next to me, so it's
possible you might hear from him as well. I'll see
if I'll allow it or not. It depends on how
ridiculous he sounds. But we're gonna get to some of
the phone calls before we get on out of here. Okay,
let's go to Michael in Virginia, your Live with Stephen
(17:21):
Ay and his nephew.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
What's going on? Michael? How are you good?
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Sir?
Speaker 1 (17:26):
How are you talk to me? Talk to us?
Speaker 6 (17:28):
All right? So you're in you're a coach of a
three to three league. Who are you taking with your
big three against Prime Lebron, James, Tequille O'Neill and Steph Curry.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Lebron, Steph and Shaq those are your three and I
gotta come up with a three to go against them.
Uh huh, Okay, I'm gonna tell you Kevin Durant. Okay,
I want to tell you Kevin Durant. Michael Jordan, Okay,
Michael Jordan first, always Kevin Durant, my producer, almost just
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got his ass fired. He got in my ear and
talked to me about Hakim like I don't know. I'm
just trying to decide between Queen and and Wilt and
all this stuff. He really really thinks, Shut the hell up, don't.
I want to hear another damn word from you?
Speaker 1 (18:28):
All right?
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Haquem the dream of Loajuan between him and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Hmm,
I'm gonna say Hakeem because Hakeem has a psychological effect
on Shaq as the one guy shack idolized as a
big man, gonna.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Be my throat.
Speaker 6 (18:48):
Who's gonna dark Curry?
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Well, the combination of Jordan and kd.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
They can't handle him.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Well, listen, kd uh steph. Curry is gonna move it
out the up. But when you put a taller guy
on him, certainly nobody else height to guard him.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
I pretty much had the same team. I would swap
Kyrie with Michael Jordan because he's more skilled. I need,
Like you heard, me, I need talent first. He's a
better matchup for Steph. Kyrie Jordan ain't never see that
type of talent. You're gonna be disappointed. Oh that's your team,
So you would say.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
So what you're saying to me is that, thank you
for the call, Michael, I appreciate it. You're telling me,
Josh that you would swap out Michael Jordans for Kyrie Irvan.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
I would keep Kevin Durant, get a center for Shock,
but jahe and Kyrie Irving to be my one and
match up with stuff. He shoots better than Jordan, better handle,
and he finishes with both hands better too. He's not
a dunker, but Kyrie is more skilled. Three on three.
We're not talking about championship ten on ten. Three on three,
(19:54):
Kyrie Irving, I'm taking them over. Jordan can't go.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
You can't go left Mitchell in Minnesota. You're a lot
of Steven go ahead match.
Speaker 10 (20:01):
Thank So, I've got to fix for the n Season
Tournament with the NBA that just ended. I liked the product.
I don't assume many complaints about it. I think the
two primary issues facing the n Season Tournament are one
the rest that you forego or lose by being good
in the tournament.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
I e.
Speaker 10 (20:17):
Advancing to the finals. And secondarily, I think it's that
it doesn't count for stats wins or losses. And my
proposed solution to those two problems is that you cancel
the games later in the season against the opponents you
faced in the semi final or the final of the
N Season Tournament. So in this case, the Bucks game
in February against the Hawks get canceled, and the Bucks
(20:40):
game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in March gets canceled.
So then you know, eliminate the issue of the games
not counting for winsed losses because you apply it to
the regular season and you give the team rest later
in the season that they lost by being good at
the N Season Tournament.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
I just don't think there's a nobody was looking for
a solution to the N Season Tournament.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Everybody into a solution for the season.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
And I think that when you talk about giving cats
rest or what have you, I mean it's not a
matter of rest as to why you know they they
they're not putting forth a full throttled effort.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
They give effort when they're on the court. It's what
they do when they're off the court.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
The more time they have off the court and away
from the court, the more undisciplined they appear to be,
which means the more lack of days ago thet come
across when they're finally obligated to get on a basketball court.
So I don't know if I agree with that, Mitchell.
I appreciate the call. I'm not gonna waste more time
on that. Let's go to Maddox in Illinois, your live
of steven A. What's up, Maddox? How are you hey?
Speaker 9 (21:34):
Stephen A A huge fan by the way, nephew.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I'm here with my nephew. Say hello to Joshua.
Speaker 10 (21:42):
Hey, Joshua, how are you doing.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
I'm good?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Go ahead, okay.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
As you can play college basketball today, which team would
you play.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
For and why today?
Speaker 2 (21:53):
If I could play college basketball, I would say to you,
I've always been a duke North Carolina. I love the rivalry.
I think it's the best rivalry in college basketball. But
if I was a college basketball team to day, in
terms of strictly their coaching and their style of play,
it would be Kansas with Bill self. They always have athletes,
(22:14):
They're always getting up and down the court, they're looking
to make things happen. That would be my style of play.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
What about you, Josh, I'm going to rugs because I
don't like the basketball. I want to be the best
player and I'm going to be a ball hog. I'm
gonna be star And that said I was going to go.
Winning is not important, nonymore. It's about getting your stats
to people that prospect like me.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
I swear to God, I should throw you off this
damn show right now. I really can't believe you said
something shit like that. Marcus in New York City. You're
live with Steven Andy.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Go ahead?
Speaker 10 (22:43):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Step? Go ahead?
Speaker 9 (22:45):
Yeah, I just have a question for you, brother. I
wanted to know if you because I know I heard
your what's it called? Your podcast this week about Josh
Allen and Lamar Jackson. I just wanted to know, who
do you think is really going to come out on
top of this year, not in general, like as the
dominant one to really like lead their team to the victory,
(23:06):
because you know, Lamar states fall short.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I think I think whoever wins the super Bowl first,
if you're talking about their careers, if you're talking about
this season, I'm shocked at how great Buffalo has looked.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
It's a toss up between them and Baltimore.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
I don't trust Baltimore's defense, and I think in the
case of Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, he's looked better
in the postseason than Lamar Jackson has looked in the postseason.
So I got to look at it from that standpoint.
I know my man Cam Newton was talking about throw
some respect on Lamar Jackson's name, but I am throwing respect.
He's a two time league MVP. There's nine people that
have preceded him in doing winning in such honors, and
(23:43):
all of them have won Super Bowl Championships.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
But Lamar Jackson, So.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
You got to be able to get that done. And
Josh Allen is an absolute stud. Josh, I give you
an opportunity to answer this question.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Do you even know the answer.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
To this question? I do know the answer to this question.
I would actually go with Lamar because of what you
just said. We didn't expect the Bills to do much,
and I think that's what's going to drag into the playoff.
They'll show their true cloths when the games matter.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
All right, Last call, Joe in New York City, you
live or Steven.
Speaker 10 (24:12):
They would tell, Hey, Steven, I'm just calling to ask
what you think about the Jets situation, and if you
think Aaron Rodgers should come back next year.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
I think it's in atrocity. I think it's been very,
very bad. I think that Aaron Rodgers should do everything
he can to avoid going out like this. He's looked
bad for the most part this year, even though he's
in route to throw foth for four thousand yards. The
reality is is that he has now he's been a
shell of himself. He hasn't been great, despite having Breese Hall,
despite having Garrett Wilson, despite acquiring Davonte Adams, despite that
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defense supposedly being elite, and then we learned that it wasn't.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Because they fired their head coach.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
They elevated their defensive coordinated into interim head coach status.
It compromised their defensively and as a result, they haven't
looked as good. In the end, I think when you
have this kind of a year, when you had the
illustrious career Aaron Rodgers has had, you don't want to
go out like this. You don't want this to be
the indelible mark you leave as a swan song to
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your career, so he has to come back. That's how
I feel about the New York Jets.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
What do you say, Well, I had I had texted
my uncle two years ago during the Aaron Rodgers game
and told him Aaron Rodgers about to fall of a cliff.
No Max, tell him and stuff. But that's what I said.
Then he went on first take the next morning and
called me an idiot and said he felt like slapped
me upside my head. Now we hit, but.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
You actually get you actually got me on it. Tell
me when I'm right, you actually got me.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Well, I mean a dead clock is right twice a day.
I mean it's a rare moment. But I give that
to you. But at the time that you said that
to me, Aaron Rodgers didn't have it down.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
He had an MVP caliber.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Year, but you said that he was going full of
You were a bit premature with it. But obviously he
comes to the New York Jets this year and we
see what happened.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Yeah, y'all had him. You know, everybody had the Jets
doing something like they're gonna be just like science. Here
we are.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
So you're feeling good about your TV care and time
and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Right, that's what I'm saying. I got the future on addictions.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
So you want to show ye the show? What would
you do with the show? Like you really not like me.
I'm educated, your ass ain't.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
I just gotta be right. That's what they care about.
I don't care about.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Educated, but they're usually not right.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
What I just say about Ian Rogers. So he's as
done as they come, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
You've been there for two hours and this first thing
you said, right all day? You give me anything for Christmas?
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
I did with your hoodie.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Book.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
I'm I mean, I know it's after Christmas, but you
didn't give me anything. You gave me some cheap hoodie.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
That hoodie is not cheap. The message is expensive.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
The messages be rich.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
We Smith's that's signed our contract. Twenty twenty five is
our year.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I told him I ain't signing nothing until I disown you.
That's it for this edition to the stephen A. Smith Show.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
Hope y'all enjoyed it. I'll holler at you in the
new year. Peace of love, everybody,
What's up, everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome to the special edition of The Stephen A. Smith Show,
coming at you. I'm a man of the people, and
the people usually like to communicate with me. Whether it's videos,
whether it's tweets, whether it's phone calls, whatever the case
may be.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
That's what folks like to.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Do, and I aim to oblige. Over this particular situation. However,
I got my nephew, my knucklehead a nephew here in
studio with me, Josh we Rich this this this ignorant fool, and.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
He's here with me.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And since he's right here in studio with me, he
likes to join me wherever I'm talking to the fans
because he believes that he's somebody that's more of a
man of the people than I am.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Is that true?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
I was gonna say, I'm the man of the people.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
And how is that? And how is that you're the
man of the nephew.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I'm the man of the nephe Well, I don't understand
what that makes that.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
It makes no sense.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Nephewtism. It's a term that's made up, you.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Know, nephewtism as opposed to nepotism. Nephewtism love that mercy.
We're gonna do tweets, We're gonna do videos, We're gonna
do phone calls and a whole bit. I might let
him chime in on some he might get on my
last damn nerves and I may not let him. We
shall see. But let's go to some videos here. Let's
start it off right, Let's do this.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Heyda stuck Tom here. I hope you're enjoying your day
so far. I'm trying to ask you a question. Do
you think that with the new NBA All Star game
format for this season, do you think that could actually
increase viewership and maybe make the viewership increase in the
second half of the season.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Hell no, I don't believe that for one second, Josh.
I think the new format is ridiculous. I think it's
an embarrassment to the NBA players.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
They forced this fourteen tournament format.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Three all Star teams eight players each winner of a
Rising Stars Challenge team, three games total, two semis plus
the finals. Each game up to forty points a one
point eight million dollar prize pool. Winning team one hundred
and twenty five thousand per player. Second place fifty thousand
semifinal loses twenty five thousand. Let me tell you a
couple of things, Josh, how could you have more for
(02:23):
the winner of the nd season tournament than the winner
of the All Star game?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
See that makes no sense.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
The N season tournament is a few more games.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
But I'm just saying. The point is the winner gets
this pool of money. I'm just saying that if you
got All Stars descended upon an All Star weekend, you know,
damn attitude. May be how somebody that wins an nd
season tournament get more money than the All Stars the ego.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I think it's more of a reward that you're an
All Star period, So.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
The total they sh they shouldn't get more money.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I don't think you should get extra money.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Well, I'm disgusted with it because I blame the players
because if you played just as hard as you play
working out in the summer time, none of this would
be necessary because it would be some competitiveness on a
basketball court for All Star weekend, and as a result,
they wouldn't have had the resort to all of this
to try to elevate the level of competitiveness.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's my thought.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
I think that the regular season doesn't count all together,
including an all Star weekend, because you know, the media
emphasizes having rings and winning in the players. I think
the whole thing matter. You play hard all yeah, well yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Oh yeah, interesting coming from you never works hard, But
I got it.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Let's let's go to the next video. Let's go to
the next video.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Hey, what's up, Steven eight?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Where do you get your strong work ethic from?
Speaker 5 (03:43):
That's been fascinating to watch over the years, you being
number one consecutively for twelve years in counting, and just
your go getter spirit and hustle mentality to wake up
every single day to conquer, to stay on top, to
sustain it, and to grow even bigger now as you
reach bigger things which you will obviously achieve and conquered.
So that's been really fascinating to watch. But where do
(04:06):
you get that mentality from on a daily basis?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Well, I certainly don't get it from him, one of
the laziest people I know. I will tell you that
he will confirm this. I get it from his grandma,
my mother, God rest her soul.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
She worked tirelessly.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
My mother was no joke, and she wasn't about the
sizzle or the glitch. She was about getting the job done?
Am I lying?
Speaker 6 (04:32):
No?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Okay, you're just gonna say I.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Got something else to say. I don't know if you
got come here. I grew up on the other y'all
grew up on the other side of rich. So that's
where your hard working ethic comes from.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I don't got it because I'm so.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
I grew up on the other side of rich. So
grandma has nothing to do with the hard work that
I perform. Yeah, she has everything to do with She
has everything to do with it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
You idiot.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Ruggle doesn't have nothing to do with it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
The struggle.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yes, that's what I'm talking about. You were struggling. I
was struggling, and I wasn't because of you. So hard work.
You know, it came out a when I felt like it.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Next question, Next question, Steven A.
Speaker 7 (05:17):
Smith, What are the Dallas Cowboys gonna do at quarterback?
Because I can tell you Cooper Rush it's definitely not
the answer. Curious to hear your take, and hey, is
there a possibility that a max contract for Sam Darnold
or maybe even a little bit of a trade to
Atlanta with Kirk Cousins as possible?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Curious hear what you gotta.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Say, I'm really questioning your football knowledge because you just
brought up Kirk Cousins, who just got benched in Atlanta.
One in four of his last five games, one touchdown,
nine interceptions over that spins the god awfu wing.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
He's getting benched for a rookie.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
You're talking about trading it for him, wondering about you
dire Secondly, to answer your question directly, whether the Dallas
cole was gonna lose lose with Dak Prescott, Dak press
is not gonna go anyway.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
It's gonna be in the lineup. They're gonna lose.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
They're not gonna lose as much as they lost this year,
but they ain't gonna win no damn super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I can assure you of that.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
So that's your dilemma right there. That's really all I
have to say about it. We don't need to do
we need to spend any more time on you don't
need to do that. Let me get another video plase.
Speaker 8 (06:20):
Good morning, steven A. This is t live in your PA,
born and raised in South Carolina. Quick question for you,
what do you think the Jaguars should do in the
draft this upcoming year?
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I believe it should be Travis Hunter.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
I don't think they should think about anybody else but
the Jaguars will be the Jaguars and take somebody that
don't make sense. So give me some insight as to
what you think they should do and should trimp BALKI
be fired, I say yes, what say you?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I would tell you Travis Hunter should be the way
they go to Hosman Trophy went out of Colorado two
way player the brother could ball.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
I like that pick. I don't have any problem with that.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I think you're making a wh a decision right there
and making that selection.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
But Josh, is it just me? Or did he seem high?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, if he did, he seemed high. He seemed he
seemed high? Is it just me?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
He might have seen how he might seem? Tis Christmas?
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I mean you would know better than me, well would
I know? I'm just asking. I'm just asking. I'm just asking.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I'm just saying, you know, I mean sometimes you look high?
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Me?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Yeah, sometimes sometimes while you always got the hat and
shades on covering your eyes.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
You're talking about looking cool, but you're really trying to
hide your eyes.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
You know what I'm saying, why is that?
Speaker 3 (07:32):
I mean, since you acting like you know you don't
want them hiding from since you know.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
I don't know snuopid. I'm just I'm.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Speculating, speculate, this is a test.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Don't speculating ever, Right, those cardiads, those cardiacs.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Yeah, you rich.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Your tweets and phone calls up next We'll get to
the tweets first and then your phone calls more.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
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Here with my knucklehead and nephew Josh. Just sit there,
don't say anything. I'll handle the tweets to myself because
we're gonna.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Get to the callers afterwards.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
You don't need to speak on the tweets, right, Just
be quiet with the glasses that you stole from me,
all right?
Speaker 1 (09:45):
And that hat? What the hell does that hat say? Anyway?
Speaker 2 (09:49):
You can't do epic shit with basic people. Who made
that hat for you? I know it wasn't you, but
I got you know I got merch. Let's get to
the tweets, please, showman tweets at NBA World twenty four, Right, Steven,
are you're playing prime Lebron one on one? You start
(10:13):
off with a ninety nine to league first of.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
One hundred wins? Do you want to lose? I win?
He got excuse me.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Whether it's fifty shots by two points, or is one
hundred shots by one point, or is thirty three to
thirty five shots by three points?
Speaker 1 (10:31):
I win. All I gotta make is one shot.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
One.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
I'm winning. I'm winning. Yes, Stephen A.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Smith would beat Lebron James to a game of one
hundred if he spotted me ninety nine. Now, if he
spotted me ninety, I'd lose. If he spotted me eighty,
I'd lose. If he spotted me seventy or anything less.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
I'd lose. But one basket.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I gotta make one basket and he has to make
forty to fifty.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
I'm winning that matchup one shot. I'm beating Lebron. What
is it loses? Bull? Huh?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Is it loss?
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Bull?
Speaker 1 (11:08):
No?
Speaker 2 (11:09):
No, I'm thinking no, no, no, I'm saying if he scores
and he keeps the ball. No, no, no, he beat me,
but because I couldn't stop him at all. But what
I'm saying chances to get exactly, I'm the forty chances
to get a basket, Me getting forty chances to get
the basket. I'm winning, meaning he scores, I get the
ball back. I'm winning that game. All I need is
(11:29):
one basket. He got forty. I'm winning that game. I'm
winning that game.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Lebron is six eight and.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I don't give it that. No, I wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Maybe I get a shot on Jordan too, a shot
on Jordan, just one, just one, one.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Out of forty.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Okay, that's all I'm trying to say, one out of forty.
Could I make one out of forty shots?
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I can today Now, I don't give it.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Damn when it is, I don't give it. Damn was
in a wheelchair.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
I'm making one of forty shots, Lebron, Lebron got yes.
Next tweet, what's up at reformed gambler rites or that
gambler that that AE is a three instead.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Says Stephen A.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
My homeboy got fired from his fry cook job for
doing this to the letters. Now he wants me to
put in a good word for him at my job,
but I'm afraid he might be up to no good
again and get me and him both fired. Help a brother.
(12:35):
Hell no, your recommendations are everything. Somebody gonna sit up there.
You get him a job, and they gonna step their
foot and stomp on letters, and he got him fired,
and then you're gonna help him get another job. Did
he think about you when he was stomping on the
letters the first time? Hell no, leave his ass out
of there. Let him find his own way. Sometimes it's
gotta be tough love. It's got to be tough love.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Remember I've knocked his knucklehead upside the head a few
times because that's how he can be. Next tweet, Show
me what you got at Ben's two four three eight rights.
If you had any other job, what would it be?
Well me personally, man, I mean it'd be one or
(13:18):
two things. I'd be a criminal lawyer, all right, Or
I'd be a president of basketball operations criminal lawyer.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Would you be defending criminals or locking them up?
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Either? Or I'm gonna be great.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
You put me in fronature of jurors, and my job
is to convince them to see my way. If I'm
a prosecutor, they as going to jail, and if I'm
a defense attorney, I'm gonna get them off. I prosecutor
would be easier for me, though I'll admit that it
would be far easier for me to prosecute.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
That's what I think. What are you trying to say?
Speaker 3 (13:51):
And I don't know prosecutors and people on that side.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
If I was prosecuting somebody, how good would I be?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
You tell the truth, it depends on how gilty they are.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
You ain't gonna break no, I'll make him look guilty,
make them look guilty. That ain't even something to be
I'm just saying I wouldn't be proud of it. But
I'm just talking about the principle of me being a
good Prosecutor's all I'm trying to say. I'm saying that
i'd be one of the best. I'd beat Johnny Cockran.
You're not inj trial he.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Beating Lebron James. Johnny Cochran and this is the gold
and everything.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Listen, if I were a lawyer, I'm not a lawyer,
but if I were a lawyer, I'm telling you I
would have beat Johnny Cochran with the evidence that OJ
had against him. I would beat Lebron James. If you're
telling me all I need is one shot and he
has to take fifty in order to beat me, I would,
and I get the ball back.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
I would make one shot, one, just one.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
I think Lebron is so motivated by you and all
your members that he definitely make an example. Sure that, right, Bron.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
He probably hurt me, That's what he probably do. I
wouldn't make it to the in this. I don't say
the players are soft. I say the game is softer
because of how it's called. I'm not trying to imply
that the players are soft and man Child's I'm saying
that the way the game is called, I mean, you
could get called for foul for passing gas. It's ridiculous,
(15:19):
That's what I'm saying. The game has been called tighter,
and that's the problem. Last tweet right here, let me
see here, all right, I got to read this. Man,
what is this.
Speaker 9 (15:32):
At?
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Cody Spunker? Right? What's your opinion on Live Morgan? What
about her?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
I mean she I you know, I mean, I mean
I can't tell from that particular photo she's.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
You know, she looks like a qute. You know she
I ain't we agree on. I don't know what I know.
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
I don't know what kind of picture is that? You
know what kind of picture is that? As far as
i'n concerned. I mean, show me the one of the
only fans girl that got four point seven millions for
from a dude without giving up anything. Show that picture
before your show Live Morgan. None of that picture of
a little Morgan. I don't see anything you're showing me anything.
She's a cutie, Okay, that's just me.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
He's wearing a belt.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
She's wearing a belt. Really, that's supposed to move a man?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
I guess is that what we was supposed to say?
Speaker 1 (16:23):
I guess. I guess. Never mind, Now, I ain't gonna
go the fish. If there was a better pitch, they
would have had it.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
We'll get to your calls up next. You can hit
me up at triple eight s A S fifty three
zero three. That's eighty eight seven two seven five three
zero three your phone calls. To close out the special
edition of Stephen A. The Voice of the People with
his peeps and his knucklehead a nephew in a minute.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Welling back to Stephen A.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Smith's show before we get on out of here, this
special edition.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Of the Steven A.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Smiths Shaw where it's me with the peeps talking to
the people's via videos, via tweets.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
It's now going to be your phone calls.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
I got some calls on the line, and obviously I
got my little nephew sitting next to me, so it's
possible you might hear from him as well. I'll see
if I'll allow it or not. It depends on how
ridiculous he sounds. But we're gonna get to some of
the phone calls before we get on out of here. Okay,
let's go to Michael in Virginia, your Live with Stephen
(17:21):
Ay and his nephew.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
What's going on? Michael? How are you good?
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Sir?
Speaker 1 (17:26):
How are you talk to me? Talk to us?
Speaker 6 (17:28):
All right? So you're in you're a coach of a
three to three league. Who are you taking with your
big three against Prime Lebron, James, Tequille O'Neill and Steph Curry.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Lebron, Steph and Shaq those are your three and I
gotta come up with a three to go against them.
Uh huh, Okay, I'm gonna tell you Kevin Durant. Okay,
I want to tell you Kevin Durant. Michael Jordan, Okay,
Michael Jordan first, always Kevin Durant, my producer, almost just
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got his ass fired. He got in my ear and
talked to me about Hakim like I don't know. I'm
just trying to decide between Queen and and Wilt and
all this stuff. He really really thinks, Shut the hell up, don't.
I want to hear another damn word from you?
Speaker 1 (18:28):
All right?
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Haquem the dream of Loajuan between him and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Hmm,
I'm gonna say Hakeem because Hakeem has a psychological effect
on Shaq as the one guy shack idolized as a
big man, gonna.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Be my throat.
Speaker 6 (18:48):
Who's gonna dark Curry?
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Well, the combination of Jordan and kd.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
They can't handle him.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Well, listen, kd uh steph. Curry is gonna move it
out the up. But when you put a taller guy
on him, certainly nobody else height to guard him.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
I pretty much had the same team. I would swap
Kyrie with Michael Jordan because he's more skilled. I need,
Like you heard, me, I need talent first. He's a
better matchup for Steph. Kyrie Jordan ain't never see that
type of talent. You're gonna be disappointed. Oh that's your team,
So you would say.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
So what you're saying to me is that, thank you
for the call, Michael, I appreciate it. You're telling me,
Josh that you would swap out Michael Jordans for Kyrie Irvan.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
I would keep Kevin Durant, get a center for Shock,
but jahe and Kyrie Irving to be my one and
match up with stuff. He shoots better than Jordan, better handle,
and he finishes with both hands better too. He's not
a dunker, but Kyrie is more skilled. Three on three.
We're not talking about championship ten on ten. Three on three,
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Kyrie Irving, I'm taking them over. Jordan can't go.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
You can't go left Mitchell in Minnesota. You're a lot
of Steven go ahead match.
Speaker 10 (20:01):
Thank So, I've got to fix for the n Season
Tournament with the NBA that just ended. I liked the product.
I don't assume many complaints about it. I think the
two primary issues facing the n Season Tournament are one
the rest that you forego or lose by being good
in the tournament.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
I e.
Speaker 10 (20:17):
Advancing to the finals. And secondarily, I think it's that
it doesn't count for stats wins or losses. And my
proposed solution to those two problems is that you cancel
the games later in the season against the opponents you
faced in the semi final or the final of the
N Season Tournament. So in this case, the Bucks game
in February against the Hawks get canceled, and the Bucks
(20:40):
game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in March gets canceled.
So then you know, eliminate the issue of the games
not counting for winsed losses because you apply it to
the regular season and you give the team rest later
in the season that they lost by being good at
the N Season Tournament.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
I just don't think there's a nobody was looking for
a solution to the N Season Tournament.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Everybody into a solution for the season.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
And I think that when you talk about giving cats
rest or what have you, I mean it's not a
matter of rest as to why you know they they
they're not putting forth a full throttled effort.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
They give effort when they're on the court. It's what
they do when they're off the court.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
The more time they have off the court and away
from the court, the more undisciplined they appear to be,
which means the more lack of days ago thet come
across when they're finally obligated to get on a basketball court.
So I don't know if I agree with that, Mitchell.
I appreciate the call. I'm not gonna waste more time
on that. Let's go to Maddox in Illinois, your live
of steven A. What's up, Maddox? How are you hey?
Speaker 9 (21:34):
Stephen A A huge fan by the way, nephew.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I'm here with my nephew. Say hello to Joshua.
Speaker 10 (21:42):
Hey, Joshua, how are you doing.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
I'm good?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Go ahead, okay.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
As you can play college basketball today, which team would
you play.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
For and why today?
Speaker 2 (21:53):
If I could play college basketball, I would say to you,
I've always been a duke North Carolina. I love the rivalry.
I think it's the best rivalry in college basketball. But
if I was a college basketball team to day, in
terms of strictly their coaching and their style of play,
it would be Kansas with Bill self. They always have athletes,
(22:14):
They're always getting up and down the court, they're looking
to make things happen. That would be my style of play.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
What about you, Josh, I'm going to rugs because I
don't like the basketball. I want to be the best
player and I'm going to be a ball hog. I'm
gonna be star And that said I was going to go.
Winning is not important, nonymore. It's about getting your stats
to people that prospect like me.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
I swear to God, I should throw you off this
damn show right now. I really can't believe you said
something shit like that. Marcus in New York City. You're
live with Steven Andy.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Go ahead?
Speaker 10 (22:43):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Step? Go ahead?
Speaker 9 (22:45):
Yeah, I just have a question for you, brother. I
wanted to know if you because I know I heard
your what's it called? Your podcast this week about Josh
Allen and Lamar Jackson. I just wanted to know, who
do you think is really going to come out on
top of this year, not in general, like as the
dominant one to really like lead their team to the victory,
(23:06):
because you know, Lamar states fall short.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I think I think whoever wins the super Bowl first,
if you're talking about their careers, if you're talking about
this season, I'm shocked at how great Buffalo has looked.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
It's a toss up between them and Baltimore.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
I don't trust Baltimore's defense, and I think in the
case of Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, he's looked better
in the postseason than Lamar Jackson has looked in the postseason.
So I got to look at it from that standpoint.
I know my man Cam Newton was talking about throw
some respect on Lamar Jackson's name, but I am throwing respect.
He's a two time league MVP. There's nine people that
have preceded him in doing winning in such honors, and
(23:43):
all of them have won Super Bowl Championships.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
But Lamar Jackson, So.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
You got to be able to get that done. And
Josh Allen is an absolute stud. Josh, I give you
an opportunity to answer this question.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Do you even know the answer.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
To this question? I do know the answer to this question.
I would actually go with Lamar because of what you
just said. We didn't expect the Bills to do much,
and I think that's what's going to drag into the playoff.
They'll show their true cloths when the games matter.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
All right, Last call, Joe in New York City, you
live or Steven.
Speaker 10 (24:12):
They would tell, Hey, Steven, I'm just calling to ask
what you think about the Jets situation, and if you
think Aaron Rodgers should come back next year.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
I think it's in atrocity. I think it's been very,
very bad. I think that Aaron Rodgers should do everything
he can to avoid going out like this. He's looked
bad for the most part this year, even though he's
in route to throw foth for four thousand yards. The
reality is is that he has now he's been a
shell of himself. He hasn't been great, despite having Breese Hall,
despite having Garrett Wilson, despite acquiring Davonte Adams, despite that
(24:43):
defense supposedly being elite, and then we learned that it wasn't.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Because they fired their head coach.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
They elevated their defensive coordinated into interim head coach status.
It compromised their defensively and as a result, they haven't
looked as good. In the end, I think when you
have this kind of a year, when you had the
illustrious career Aaron Rodgers has had, you don't want to
go out like this. You don't want this to be
the indelible mark you leave as a swan song to
(25:09):
your career, so he has to come back. That's how
I feel about the New York Jets.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
What do you say, Well, I had I had texted
my uncle two years ago during the Aaron Rodgers game
and told him Aaron Rodgers about to fall of a cliff.
No Max, tell him and stuff. But that's what I said.
Then he went on first take the next morning and
called me an idiot and said he felt like slapped
me upside my head. Now we hit, but.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
You actually get you actually got me on it. Tell
me when I'm right, you actually got me.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Well, I mean a dead clock is right twice a day.
I mean it's a rare moment. But I give that
to you. But at the time that you said that
to me, Aaron Rodgers didn't have it down.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
He had an MVP caliber.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Year, but you said that he was going full of
You were a bit premature with it. But obviously he
comes to the New York Jets this year and we
see what happened.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Yeah, y'all had him. You know, everybody had the Jets
doing something like they're gonna be just like science. Here
we are.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
So you're feeling good about your TV care and time
and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Right, that's what I'm saying. I got the future on addictions.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
So you want to show ye the show? What would
you do with the show? Like you really not like me.
I'm educated, your ass ain't.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
I just gotta be right. That's what they care about.
I don't care about.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Educated, but they're usually not right.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
What I just say about Ian Rogers. So he's as
done as they come, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
You've been there for two hours and this first thing
you said, right all day? You give me anything for Christmas?
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
I did with your hoodie.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Book.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
I'm I mean, I know it's after Christmas, but you
didn't give me anything. You gave me some cheap hoodie.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
That hoodie is not cheap. The message is expensive.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
The messages be rich.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
We Smith's that's signed our contract. Twenty twenty five is
our year.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I told him I ain't signing nothing until I disown you.
That's it for this edition to the stephen A. Smith Show.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
Hope y'all enjoyed it. I'll holler at you in the
new year. Peace of love, everybody,
Host
Stephen A. Smith
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