And how can a guy that says he played trash in the finals be the goat?

@@chickenchipee2330because everybody has played garbage in the playoffs lol. Michael Jordan wet the bed against Shaq in 1995

​@@QuavoGotFameThat's true, unfortunately I can't say anything to disagree with that

@@QuavoGotFame well Jordan averaged 31 in that series and also man played 20 games coming straight outta baseball you gotta be joking right 😂 comparing Jordan in 1995 to LeBron in 2011 just shows your a casual. Lebron got outscored by 5 players in that series and was the SOLE REASON the heat lost. If LeBron shows up they win the chip. But he didn’t. Jordan was the SOLE REASON the bulls had even gotten that far. Man educate yourself 😂

​@@ShinDDDragonwell, you could say how MJ had 40, 39 and 38 pt games and ave 31pts that series. Hardly wetting the bed against a great team.

Doesn’t change the fact that they were indeed a SUPERTEAM.

i blame it on him

D wade was suppose to lead his team he failed so it became Lebron James team

@@andrewyuyoungearn2799 d wade failed Lebron stepped up, simple

Still a super team

What did he miss?

He watched it but he was just watching it to pick out 1-2 statements to create a video on. Man the dude is jealous…

@@LyricalMurderer1 What exactly else should he have mentioned?

@@libfit9068 the fact that Lebron clearly articulated in the same episode that he let the team down and didn’t play to his fullest potential.

@@LyricalMurderer1 Okay? If that’s all he mentioned then that’s fine but the issue is he ALSO said the team wasn’t adequate, the coaching wasnt there yet, and that he was even shocked that they made it to the finals. Like.. no… the team and coaching was 100% fine. They were the favorites to win, and they literally gentlemen swept everyone to get to the finals, 4-1, 4-1, 4-1, and they were up 2-1 in game 4 and were up all the way to the 4th quarter but narrowly lost 83-86. Had they won this game they would’ve been up 3-1 and likely would’ve clinched the series and win the championship. BUT, they lost cause of LeBrons incompetence, not the teams. LeBron scored 8pts on 27% shooting, that’s why they lost. The team was 100% fine, they played just as well as they should have. It was LEBRON who didn’t show up, not the team.

BOWER !!!

So you really believe he didn’t watch it all???? Don’t be dumb all your life. That man does this for a living, he has to watch entire games before going on tv to report and give analysis. You LeBron Stan’s gotta stop

theres a sound clip of this dude talking about his "favorite" nba team Knicks where he thinks Grimes looks good, HarkenstEEN is coming off the bench looking good and Mitchell Robinson looks good. Grimes is on Detroit. HarkenSTEIN has been starting since December. Mitchell Robinson has been playing limited minutes and hasnt been looking "good" since he is probably still bothered by injury. Stephen A doesnt even watch the team he supposedly a fan of lol

Correction goofy he has a team of people who watch and give analysis. He can’t watch every game . You must be slow if you really think he does .

@@dmcolemanjrif he watched the shit he would know Lebron said he played like shit

He did admit to that Stephen A 😂

Then said they didnt have a good supporting cast which mutes that first point. Why say you played bad then shit on your team?

Stephen a don’t care he tryna find a way to keep him at #2 all time in his head he know Bron the goat

you didn't listen to the full podcast lol. @@theultimate341

Then just say I played like shyt and leave it at that...

Sometimes even to watch the whole game of basketball.

Why embarrassing? is telling the truth a bad thing now? Same like your idol, your head thinking the opposite way.

​@@shipooprincess670Why are you mad? 😂

Nah Lebron was deflecting blame on the roster when LEBRON didn’t show up in the finals

​@@Atribecalledsuccess he literally says ge played like shit in the whole clip

Doesn’t change the fact that Lebron choked in games 4, 5 and 6

@@GG-fy2bmu literally just scapegoated for Kobe lol.

​@@jameswilliams7725How? Kobe didn't score 8pts

This is weak 😆

Not replying to OP

If you believe that, you are as lost as an uneducated fool . You are a puppet for Lebron

Two whiners having glasses of wine, congrats

Stephen A is more fair to Lebron than Skip, but calls out BS like the 2011 finals. Of all the finals to talk about lebron choose that one

​@@CashMoolah00he also said in that same podcast episode that he played badly. he took full responsibility. sas is just straight up bs-ing here.

@@CashMoolah00 true

SAS has chased clout as hard as skip bro

@@maximus3294you can’t take full responsibility when you blame the roster. It was simply you. Yall was up 2-1 then you shrunk. Went from averaging 26/27 points to 17. Just leave it at you bro. Stop the roster cap

That was bs putting it on the roster.

@@craigb2332Good thing he didn’t; he literally blamed himself for the 2011 loss. I can just tell that you didn’t watch the pod.

He is right, Lebron hating on his teammates as usual, blame everyone else when he loses

@@gnnacharles1literally blamed himself for playing like shit, though. you miss that part?

It's not hate it's facts. This man puts up excuses for everything, but being held accountable for having close to zero points in those 4th quarters is laughable.

Facts

That's it

Don’t even have to be a LeBron fan to know that Stephen A is the one who’s chatting BS. He needs to listen to the whole pod.

@ntandokhumalo2788 He should, never argued otherwise.

😂

😂😂😂

They are pathetic these LeBum fans. The Lakers are better without his old a$$. LeBum should be arrested he's stealing $50million a year from the Lakers. The self proclaimed goat finished in a play-in spot and now face Denver who he's dodged all season with his fake ankle injury. I hope they get swept AGAIN !!! Jokic is more dominant and a worthy MVP.

How he needs clout lol

Agree 👍🏾

No Sir. He literally is ESPN. He will have a legacy and be relevant for years. Just say you don't like him and don't agree him. You feeling this way about him doesn't stop his success. ALSO. HE IS A JOURNALIST NOT AN ATHLETE! A HURT KNEE AIN'T SLOWING HIM DOWN. THEY HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE. AND ARE RELEVANT TILL THEY JUST ABOUT DIE.

And you just added to his success by commenting on this video. 😂

Stephan. A is right on this one

Played horrible? Or the mavs made him play horrible lmao

Stop blaming the fkn roster!

@@marcosxfern No he played terrible and if he had kept his foot on the gas and played like LeBron we know they win

​@@AB-ef5wnLoL stop watching basketball 😂

​@@marcosxfernbefore the series started I thought the only way they had a chance of making it a series is if they played some sort of zone preferably matchup because lack of 3 point shooting in the starting lineup. Even then it took an epic meltdown from lebron for whatever reason he didn't show up. He didn't play bad, he didn't play at all. If he played bad they win in 6 or 7.

That’s not the point . He said he played like crap but blame the roster for losing. They lost because of him not the roster. He tried to blame his teammates like always, but when he wins it’s only him .

@@AD-ur1fk Well they lost because of both. He still admitted it, which is pretty big and realistic. It sort of goes without saying that he was part of the reason they lost. He doesn't need to specifically say that. Saying he played like crap is more than enough, since once he says that it just goes without saying.

U idiots keep saying the same thing in every comment. You're correct he did say he played like dog shyt and that's all he should've said instead of talking bout the roster when HE was the reason they lost NOT the roster. That's the point SAS was making

@@AD-ur1fk he literally says hes the reason he lost

Him playing like trash is the reason they lost so why is he talking about how he didn’t have enough?

@MrCasey__ you have to watch the whole clip that is up, not this 30-second short Stephen a use to make a useless point for his agenda

@@saquanbrown1367 I saw the whole clip but to say he didn’t have enough help is ridiculous

@MrCasey__ he said that the team wasn't a super team it was a big three with mid level roll players. And that they still made the finals and could have won, but he played like trash

Clickbait - that's his shtick

That is so fraudulent, it’s pretty sad he’s going that far for views and hate

Nah Lebron was deflecting blame on the roster when LEBRON didn’t show up in the finals

@@Atribecalledsuccess how is he deflecting after saying literally that he played like shit? Y'all on something fr.

@@darlingj.canela by blaming the roster y’all Lebron Stans are obsessive

@@darlingj.canelaall he should’ve said is he played bad, 2012 they brought back all the same guys with Shane Battier being the main new piece. Shane Battier was the difference?

Truuuu

You are dumb if you really think that and know nothing about basketball

Nah Lebron was deflecting blame on the roster when LEBRON didn’t show up in the finals

@@Atribecalledsuccess did you watch the episode you fanatic?

@@Kedvin7 nope but I watch the finals that’s what’s important

@@Kedvin7 can’t believe these professional haters still exist

that will never happen

I was over here thinking the same thing cause my mans definitely said (seconds later if the video would've kept playing) that he played like shit and that if he would've played like himself they would've won

it kind of reminds me of when lebron "self-proclaimed" himself as the GOAT. in the beginning of this video below, the video starts out with him saying, "that one right there made me the greatest of all-time" which is a viral clip, but he followed that statement with "that's what I felt" which was a statement that was left out of the viral clip so they can make it seem like he was just randomly proclaiming it when in reality, he was just saying how he felt in the moment on how great he is and it wasn't even a delusional opinion. he still is definitely top 3 of all time and arguably the GOAT. it's stuff like this that be making him get overhated smh. I don't care who disagrees with me. if you one of them clowns that hate lebron (a person that you most likely don't even personally know and did nothing to you), then shame on you! ukposts.info/have/v-deo/gJqmpLB8moyQ2qc.html

You Lebum boys need to stop the B.S 0 points, 2 points, another game 8 points I could have done better. the blame is solely on him period.

He also placed blame on the roster when the roster didn’t get locked up by jj & Jason terry

​@@Atribecalledsuccess First of the Dallas played a great 2-3 zone they basically trap the power and force LeBron James to be a Jump shooter

@@Atribecalledsuccess yes LeBron James is right Eric spo switching Chris Bosh to center and having him play a small ball role as a catch and shoot big help his team win the following season

​@travonteoatis-henderson240 lbj was the current 2x mvp 2009 & 2010. He was supposed to be a shooter!

Lebron literally just had to avg 22-23PPG game and they win with Dwade as Finals MVP as he was the best player on court that series better then Dirk so he trashed his teammates just saying “I had to play 10X better” dude just had to not score 8Pts

But Bird won in 81 LeBron lost to in 2011

@@user-ib3tk1vv4h Yes he did. Along with his legendary teammates. Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Cedric Maxwell (81' Finals Mvp). Lebrons 2011 year was also his first year with a completely new team and teammates. Usually don't win a championship right away joining a new team. Just like Damian lillard and Giannis won't win this year either. KD Warriors is the exception but they already won prior to him joining

That is all he should have said

@@johnwalker1821exactly

He also blamed the roster

I played bad buuuttt also the team wasn’t built very good dude is a 🤡 the team played great he literally the only reason the didn’t win Dwade was the best player in the world those playoffs

@@davis2k1234dirk was on a a mission that playoff he was easy the best player in the playoffs that year.People don’t wanna admit it but the Miami Heat ran into a hungry Dallas Mavericks team.

Jordan choked against the Magic 🤡

LeBron should stfu. He had 2 all stars. Dirk had zero. Kobe won with 1 all star in Pau Gasol, Kobe 3rd option was Lamar Odom...never an All Star.

​@@HOODTMZPODCAST 31 PPG in lower scoring 90s, fresh off baseball is world's better than 17 PPG at your physical peak against older and smaller defenders. Biggest Finals choke by Top 10 player ever.

@@zuibeckpulezon4626he took the blame for his poor performance

@@ImportAlnot only that, Jason terry cooked him. Mr “I can guard all 5 positions” got wrecked by a dude half his size.

The topic they were speaking on was the importance of role players and spacing. The role players they had the first year in Miami were not very complimentary and that loss lead to Bosh being moved to the 5 and far better pieces being added for SPACING. Do you see how it all fits the topic and people like you who lack comprehension say he's blaming his team mates? He says he still should have won but he played like shit. He didn't blame anyone but himself.

Ok but whatever he was saying back then isnt what he is saying now. In the podcast lebron acknowledges he performed badly and the loss was on him. The topic is about role players and spacing though. They literally acknowledge that without the most important/best player doing their roles, you cant win. But its a dumb discussion becuase it minimalizes the impact and pressure role players have. The simple fsct is the heats changeup and performance in their roles made them more lead the evolution of offense for a couple years. Looking at it from just a point value and individual performances doesnt really paint the full context.

Never said they weren’t a super team. And he said he played like trash

@@deucedolla7172 bro he said the Heat weren’t a superteam because a superteam is a roster of good players not just 3 stars. Yes he said he played like trash while also throwing his teammates under the bus. Bro couldn’t leave it at “I played like trash”…he had to say “we didn’t have enough pieces”. How the hell you didn’t have enough pieces to beat Dirk, Barea, Terry and a past prime Kidd?. Nobody thought that Mavs team was making it out the second round😂😂😂

Yes but all that is negated by him trowing his teammates as the reason they lost... When it was not... Those stats are 🚫 t goat stats

@@stanleyfevrierrealtytf you talking about fool he took the major blame.

@@stanleyfevrierrealtyno it’s not neglected if he chose to take accountability which he didn’t have to

Was that after he and Dwade was making fun of Dirk while he was sick?

@@tajgibson8776 yes it was and Dirk saw it and went killer mode on them lot. That series ended the GOAT debate before it even got started

@williamwhite476 it was a bad example. Because that team was clearly the favorites and wouldve easily won if Bron was on his game. The complimentary pueces did their jobs. Now if he mentioned the 07 Cavs, or 09 Magic they would be correct.

You clearly ain’t watch the podcast , bron said he played like shit

Yeah Lebron was cooked in this series by majority 90's players. you can't help but be done with the 90's. I would be too if my favorite player lost his 1st two finals against 90's players, one series being arguably the worst meltdown by a superstar ever. Yo I would be done with the 90's to erase that shit out my mind🤣😂.

@@norwoodhammond650 you missed the point totally. Not interested with these First take debates.

So you really listen to that podcast to learn x's and o's , really.

They’re doing more than talking about basketball. The 90’s, 2000’s and the 2020’s are each done with you.

@@285dwhite No they dont but if you looking for debate and narratives watch first take I am not interested

Thats bs. Him. Wade coming off 27 ppg and Bosh coming of 24ppg 11rpg is definitely a superteam. If it wasnt he wouldn't of been talking about how much they were going to win before they even took the floor.

That is correct. Which means that I can't win unless I have a super team. Get it?

Big fact Dallas won the shit and I’m not even a Mavericks fan. That team was made up with nothing but Veterans on their last legs them boys was hungry.

Lebron still scored 8 pts an choked it up... facts

Lol another hater enters

Count me in as a hater, Lebron is a CHOKER

@@jasondalzell3282you must have forgot them single digit mj games against the knicks n horrible games against the bucks we can make a video exactly like this showing it , everybody has had bad games or series it is what it is

To retirement he about to unemployed

Yeah figured it out and smashed the next two years. You the bum for hating on LeBron. You obviously stupied for think lebrin fucked up. The Mavs did great and stuck with there game plan. Can't just blame Lebron.

Ofcourse he didn't he doesn't care about context

What superstar didn’t? Majority of teams had at least Two Hall of Famers on a team

@@jadariusmcnally4842 smh...

Naa LeBalco made that podcast to spin narratives and you fans eat it up

LeBron literally lies during the whole podcast and JJ just sits there and agrees with him on everything. You sheep really are annoying with how u idolize LeChina

@@TodTatneyguess you didn’t watch it either. 😂

@@a.k.446 i did. All balco do is play victim because he 🗑

@@TodTatney I didn’t know taking accountability was playing victim. That’s a new one.

The 2011 Heat had depth! A lot of it.

You can't have it all at once.

@@domagojhrgovic7419that’s what they’re saying.

​@@melvinhhcp3615 lying isn't going to help anything it just makes you look bad

@@erenyeagar7232 Tell that to lbj. His team was up 2-1 before losing 3 straight because of him. It was all good, until it wasn't! Lol. Then they still went to 3 more Finals afterwards.

true

There was no point of bringing up the roster other than to put blame on them

@@Atribecalledsuccessthat wasn’t why he brought up the roster…they were talking about the evolution of spacing in the nba and he talked about how in 2011 they didn’t have enough to maximize their offensive spacing…he never used that as a reason why they lost…there is now way y’all r this dense🤣

@@jps0583 🧢 he wasn’t being accountable get off his 🥩

@@Atribecalledsuccess yes he was…he said numerous times that he played bad and that out of context clip wasn’t about the finals it was about the evolution of spacing…if u actually watched the whole thing u would know…and it’s really telling how talking about Lebron gets u supposed Lebron haters to bring up his meat🤣🤣

All that is negated by him blaming his team. He lost because he could not score.

Hmmm…

@@stanleyfevrierrealty I don't think Bron is blaming his teammates, Cuz for me, what he said is true. They don't have many role players or a style of play that complements them really well. The reason Miami got out of the East is because the big 3 are carrying them and not getting much from the role players. The style of their play is designed for them (Big 3) to win the `10-`11 season, but Dallas exposed the weakness of that style in the finals. Plus, the fact that Bron played awful changes the landscape of the series, which he admitted in the pod. Going into the 2012 finals, Heat is a far different team compared to the 2011 finals. Miami added Shane Battier and a young guard Norris Cole to the mix, got a different playing style that really fits them, and got more focused on winning the chip in that season. I would say that if the 2012 Heat and the 2011 Mavs faced in the finals, we would have a different story. But it is what it is. Bron and Heat redeemed themselves anyway.

@@leonardloudoquilo1922 LeBron could not score that was the problem. He could not contain Jason terry. The reason they lost was because their super star did not deliver. I can't think of any great player having worse series. None

@@stanleyfevrierrealty Exactly. And we already know what happened even without emphasizing those things. Anyways, It already came from lebron's mouth that he played awful in that series.

LOL

😂

🤣🤣🤣

A bunch of excuses bro. You’re telling me JJ Barea outperforming you bro? Jason Terry? Nah bro you gotta take accountability for that. It wasn’t the players. Wade was averaging damn near 30. Bosh was averaging 18. He was up 2-1.

@@stephonaugustin1384 Bron fans just have never ending excuses for this guy. 21 years with only 4 rings, having to jump ship and stack rosters to win. Then the only thing left they can flex is his longevity stats to place him over Kareem and Jordan.

Stephen A Smith has become a hater bro next to Skip😂😂

@@CircleSquaredProduk He a hater because he aint glazing bron get off your knees bro.

@@stephonaugustin1384Aye you correct. Lebron was completely outplayed however the point he’s making about the roster had nothing to do with his play as an individual. They were talking about plays that they cannot have ran because of the make up of the roster. That is the context of the content.

Preach !!!

Thank you. This is why JJ get so frustrated with Stephen A smith. They want to create their own narrative to the fans about how we should view the players. JJ and sometimes Jay Williams only ones that check Stephen A Smith when go on these ridiculous rants.

You never once mentioned him scoring 8pts 😂 after making fun of Dirk Nowitzky 😂… I guess that’s his teammates fault as well 💀

2 starting line ups and still lecrying on the podcast crying about his lakers roster too

But we talking about the finals tho 😂😂

This 💯💯💯 and how Spoelstra changed up his whole offensive scheme to fit the big 3 and role players more seamlessly. I really appreciate you providing in depth context to that clip SAS CLEARLY had edited to fit his lame narrative. People nowadays only read a headline or quote instead of actually watching the whole podcast or reading the entire article.

Exactly😂people don’t know how podcasts work and they think lebron just said this by himself as if redick didn’t initiate this talk.

It’s really just because he didn’t have a jumper. Dallas exposed him. Packed the paint with Chandler and those boys and dare Bron to shoot.

lol dirk wasn't a champion until 2012 himself

@@Rambo20244 I thought dirk won in 2011?

2011 lebron ran into great team and they didnt have stretxh four..battier 2012

@@shawndonq135he won 2012

Ain't he the goat stop making excuses for him

@@user-ib3tk1vv4hbro tell me what player don’t have a flaw. Mj did1-9 without pippen. Kobe did he was a ball hog creating problems for his team. Give me one person.

Serious question why? If you took blame why?

@@rustyie_winnin3279because idiots like you don’t watch the podcast,the section was about super teams,he said they lost the first finals because even though they had a super team the team didn’t mesh as well as it could because it lacked role players and spo changed his way of coaching after that finals loss🤡🤡JJ reddick initiated this whole talk because that’s how a podcast works but you dumbasses just watch 30 second clips and act as if lebron is just talking shit.

@@rustyie_winnin3279because two things can be true

@@jps0583 two things where not true. As he said himself if he played better they win, which is a fact, which is why you was up 2-1. Only thing that changed was him bc he couldn’t shoot so they clogged the lane, so it wasn’t an easy to get to the basket. He was flawed. Simple. We don’t need to hear about the roster. You was the spacing problem bc you couldn’t shoot. On top of that you didn’t force the issue bc you couldn’t shoot FT.

@@rustyie_winnin3279 I’m just gonna assume u r trolling bc there is no way u r this dense…that wasn’t why he brought up the roster…they were talking about the evolution of spacing in the nba and he talked about how in 2011 they didn’t have enough to maximize their offensive spacing…he never used that as a reason why they lost, it was just a reference to the evolution of spacing in the NBA and how they adapted to it to maximize their offensive potential…in fact at the end of that section of the podcast he literally said “if I played like I did in the conference finals we win”🤦🏽‍♂️and no it wasn’t just Lebron that hurt the spacing bc Wade, Bosh, haslem, Joel Anthony all couldn’t shoot either…there is now way y’all r this dense🤣

100%

& 6’3 Jason terry

lol yall be saying anything lol just delete your account

JJ Barea is the goat

@@just__mackie4569 I guess you didn’t watch that finals

​@@just__mackie4569just say you didn't watch the series nephew its cool. stick to fortnite rankings or whatever kids are up to these days.

Doesn't matter what else he said. The moment he blamed his roster as "not enough" made everything else null and void.

@@hamza7518 you didn’t watch the video either he didn’t say it in that context

@@hamza7518 that wasn’t why he brought up the roster…they were talking about the evolution of spacing in the nba and he talked about how in 2011 they didn’t have enough to maximize their offensive spacing…he never used that as a reason why they lost, it was just a reference to the evolution of spacing in the NBA…in fact at the end of that section of the podcast he literally said “if I played like I did in the conference finals we win”🤦🏽‍♂️there is now way y’all r this dense🤣

nothing but excuses and fabrications. things that michael jordan never needed, even without help on the court.

@@tnsxpmoh. Tell me why Jordan left bulls he didn have pieces to compete with the other teams UNTIL Rodman comes in Steve ker solid pieces. Jordan is a coward would have lost TWO first rounds sweep or two lost finals sweep no in between😂

But...he did??

ur pathetic mathew.

Lebron said he played like shit. He admitted it prior to the clip SAS played.

@@semajtheprodalso said they didn’t have enough on the roster. Yall gotta cut the 🧢

@@rustyie_winnin3279 You’re not a basketball player. Just because you put stars together doesn’t mean they will align. He’s right that roster was not a cohesive unit at all. They got to the finals strictly off talent.

@@semajtheprod lol ok nba player. Yall love the man so much. Wtf said anything about put 3 stars together you win. You niggas argue points nobody made. Like ya daddy said they should’ve won if I!! Played better. Somehow the 3 was in the finals and was up 2-1 and ya dad shrunk. 10 point drop off. It was him period.

The proceeded to shit on his teammates

dude they were up 2-1 and had a 9 point lead in the 4th to go up 3-1 before Lebron melted down. nothing to do with role players other than the role players from dallas cooking lebron. you guys are so funny it's sad and actually astonishing

​@norwoodhammond650 Why the other players didn't step.up and save him?

@@dparks2856Dwade was the best player in world in the 2011 Playoffs and CBosh was playing well LBJ just need to avg 22PPg hit a shot or 2 in 4th QT they win the Finals

@davis2k1234 Well they should.have won it

​@@norwoodhammond650 that is literally not the point! He admitted that! People like you abd Stephen A have short attention spans and do not listen to the full episode to understand the context. This is stupid from SAS just to defend MJ in the end!

And you still poor

@@kingraiHeLLa🤣 definitely got $5 in my pocket 🤡

He didn’t complain about anything.

@@jfowler752 poor household little sheep

Actually didn’t learn to talk before you run ya mouth 🤡