Stephen A. Smith says Kyrie Irving ‘WAS A NO-SHOW’ & offers VERDICT on ring chase | First Take

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Published 2024-06-18
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Brian Windhorst and Andraya Carter join Molly Qerim to talk through the Boston Celtics winning their league-record 18th NBA Title.
0:00 Kyrie Irving’s last chance at another ring?
2:00 How Kyrie was impacted
4:00 Windy’s verdict
5:00 Andraya thinks Kyrie was “weighed down”
7:40 Galvanizing a teammate

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All Comments (21)
  • why aren’t they giving jrue holiday & derrick white their credit for guarding kyrie? they did what the wolves couldn’t do & shut down kyrie, it wasnt just the crowd
  • The real mvp of this series was the Celtics front office made some great offseason moves and didn’t give up on there young duo while the media tried everything to split them up glad they believed it those guys and blocked out the noise
  • @SSJRome
    That most skilled backcourt talk was never serious to begin with lol
  • @Sam-jx8tv
    Good Lord they somehow found a way to make this about LeBron 😂
  • The crowd? They played a factor but jb & Derrick white really the whole starting 5 did a great job on Kyrie
  • @haqctrix
    Kyrie disappeared like shannon sharpe this week
  • @jp23x
    I didnt expect a veteran thats won a championship before to play so poorly.
  • @Jukeboxster
    I'm old enough to remember when one team was just better than another team. Just because Boston won doesn't mean Dallas didn't "show up." Great defense makes really good players passive.
  • Notice a difference in game 4 when all the mavs players were touching the ball getting into rhythm. Luka making quick decisions just for them to play the same terrible way last night
  • I’m still waiting for james harden , russell Westbrook , paul George and Chris Paul to win a ring
  • Kyrie realized real quick Luka's shoulders aint nothing like Lebrons
  • People really tried to say they were better than steph and klay😂😂😂
  • @PrinceH8907
    Ray Allen was the only one to successfully leave Boston and win Edit: Guys im talking about in regard to how Kyrie and Ray were treated for leaving Boston and how the fans felt about it. Use your critical thinking skills...
  • @antihero5203
    SAS is going to pull a hamstring from jumping on the Celtics bandwagon.
  • @Jblanco20S
    Don't ever compare Kyrie with Curry. 😂
  • @CR_22
    “When you’re in your head you’re dead” Molly just became the worst therapist 😆
  • “Hes overcome a lot” all bro did was start showing up to work
  • @dahlia1381
    yet another reason why it was disgraceful to ever suggest steph curry and kyrie were in the same class.
  • When both luka and brown slipped on that wet spot amd brown got up IMMEDIATELY and luka stayed down and back for the next 13 seconds is the series summed up lol