Sixers’ Doc Rivers makes surprising statement about Ben Simmons
"We can win a title with Ben. I just believe that."
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Tom Brady takes dig at ESPN’s Max Kellerman over ‘going to fall off a cliff’ comment from 2016
In 2016, Max Kellerman said that Tom Brady is "going to fall off a cliff" and "be a bum in short order."
ESPN created some drama around the Lakers-LeBron relationship, and LeBron promptly shut it down
“That. Is. Not. Truuuue! It's not true at all!”
Dwayne Haskins’ First Take appearance saw Stephen A. Smith switch from doubling down to “I was an ignorant fool”
"Me, I was an ignorant fool. I had to go back and watch the tapes. My bad."
Derek Carr asks Dana White to set up a fight against “clowns on TV,” Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman respond
First Take criticisms of Derek Carr led to Carr shooting back, and to Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman shooting back again, and to the hot take cycle continuing...
ESPN analyst Tim Tebow criticized Maryland…for firing DJ Durkin?
"You need to make a decision and you need to stand with it."
After telling Will Cain he “knows nothing about basketball” on Twitter, Clippers’ guard Patrick Beverley called in to Cain’s show
"Any team LeBron James is on is a lock to come out of anywhere – except in the West, because the West is a different monster."
Kyrie Irving mocked Max Kellerman during a “very much woke” First Take appearance
"I made a decision as a man, and as a man over there, Max Kellerman, just respect it and leave it alone."
Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman made up First Take segments for NBA Live ’18
Are you ready to embrace debate about imaginary players?
Nike trolls hot-take pundits like Stephen A. Smith with “Debate This” ad on Kevin Durant
The industry of criticizing Kevin Durant in particular and debating hot sports takes in general has become so...
Kevin Durant’s mom on First Take: “Who are you, Stephen A., to come at my boy like that?”
"I think about when he came to ESPN; was that a weak move for him?"
Stephen A. Smith blasts Kevin Durant for getting ‘more arrogant’ and ‘more disrespectful’
"And to be quite honest with you, he hasn't gotten smarter."
First Take features all-female panel, Twitter bros lose their minds
First Take, the hot take ESPN program usually dedicated to a screaming match between Stephen A. Smith and the...
