{"id":459346,"date":"2022-06-08T05:20:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T02:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-enjoys-stephen-a-smith-taking-heat-on-first-take\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T05:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T02:20:57","slug":"kevin-durant-enjoys-stephen-a-smith-taking-heat-on-first-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-enjoys-stephen-a-smith-taking-heat-on-first-take\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant enjoys Stephen A. Smith taking heat on First Take"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35843ba690d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35843ba690d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-enjoys-stephen-a-smith-taking-heat-on-first-take\/#%E2%80%9CKevin_Durant_enjoys_Stephen_A_Smith_taking_heat_on_First_Take%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Kevin Durant enjoys Stephen A. Smith taking heat on First Take&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKevin_Durant_enjoys_Stephen_A_Smith_taking_heat_on_First_Take%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Kevin Durant enjoys Stephen A. Smith taking heat on First Take&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It seems Kevin Durant enjoyed ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets star reveled in TV nemesis Stephen A. Smith getting heat for questioning Russell Westbrook\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance at new Lakers coach Darvin Ham\u2019s introductory press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Steve can\u2019t beat up on max Kellerman the boxing guy and the new baseball guy \u201cmad dog\u201d or whatever his name is?\u201d Durant <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDTrey5\/status\/1534322938421329922\">tweeted on Tuesday night<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m locked in now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith had his \u201cFirst Take\u201d cohost Max Kellerman ousted in favor of a rotating panel of guests including former WFAN personality Chris \u201cMad Dog\u201d Russo, heard it from JJ Redick and CJ McCollum over his Westbrook thought.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephen A.: If LeBron &amp; AD are healthy the Lakers can overcome enough to make the playoffs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3cshSohTZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHim being at that press conference yesterday \u2014 actually to me \u2014 I didn\u2019t like it,\u201d Smith said, without giving much in the way of reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said a random, random take, and then you explained a bunch of things about Russell Westbrook that had nothing about that take,\u201d Redick responded. \u201cWhat is your issue with Russell Westbrook being at that press conference?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-a-smith-westbrook-first-take.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"espn first take stephen a smith, jj redick, cj mccollum\" class=\"wp-image-22571907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-a-smith-westbrook-first-take.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-a-smith-westbrook-first-take.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-a-smith-westbrook-first-take.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-a-smith-westbrook-first-take.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Stephen A. Smith caught plenty of flack for his Russell Westbrook take from co-hosts JJ Redick and CJ McCollum.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ESPN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/kevin-durant-stephen-a-smith.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kevin Durant #7 of the Brooklyn Nets reacts after he is called for an offensive foul \" class=\"wp-image-22571936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/kevin-durant-stephen-a-smith.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/kevin-durant-stephen-a-smith.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/kevin-durant-stephen-a-smith.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kevin Durant and Smith have not been shy about trading barbs on their respective mediums.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a wild thing for you to say,\u201d McCollum added. \u201cHim supporting his team, his organization, his coach, a fellow African American man that gets hired by the Los Angeles Lakers? This is what you said! \u2026 You said that him going to the press conference, you\u2019re disappointed in that? Run the tape. We got the tape. That\u2019s what you said. \u2026 Even if you didn\u2019t mean it the way I said it, you said that he shouldn\u2019t have been at that press conference, that\u2019s foul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith went on to say the Lakers\u2019 discussion of moving Westbrook meant he shouldn\u2019t have gone to Ham\u2019s presser.<\/p>\n<p>Redick and McCollum piling on to Smith was clearly a delight for Durant, who has continually feuded with the ESPN talking head. Most recently, Durant took a shot at Smith \u2014 via Fox\u2019s Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe \u2014 for claiming Michael Jordan changed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of basketball for the worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy theory is that guys like Steve, Skip [Bayless] and Shannon [Sharpe] have changed the game for the worse,\u201d Durant tweeted on June 2. \u201cPlayas like Stephen [Curry] and Michael can only push the game forward.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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