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Matt Spiegel: First Take Notes For Chris Russo are ‘Chaotic Scribbling of a Madman’
“When Stephen A is talking, or when Molly is talking, or Orlovsky is talking, he is circling numbers on a piece of paper waiting for his own turn to talk.”
Darren McKee: Former Players Have To Careful With ‘You Didn’t Play’ Argument
"I do think you can put it in your back pocket for some circumstances. If you use it all the time, it’s pretty weak.”
Stephen A. Smith: I Want To Be Considered ‘Greatest TV Talent in History’
“That’s what I want to do. That’s what I want to accomplish.”
Fred Toucher: ‘ESPN is Now Just 3 People’
"Stephen A. Smith is on in the morning. He’s on the radio. He does a podcast. He’s at all the games. He does the postgames.”
JJ Redick: ESPN Sells The NBA As ‘Only 5 or 6 Teams Matter’
“To me, this could be the best thing possible for the NBA and its fans because we have not done a good job of selling the rest of the NBA.”
Stephen A. Smith: I Cannot Be Objective About Knicks or Yankees
“That doesn’t stop me from giving my analysis and breaking down what I see, but it hits me personally because even the great Spike Lee, there’s no one on this planet that roots for the New York Knicks more than me.”
Doug Gottlieb: If Stephen A. Smith Were on a Regional Network, No One Would Watch
"He benefits from the fact that he's on ESPN."
Stephen A. Smith: Sports Fans ‘Don’t Want to Learn’ Anything From Me
"Somebody walks up to me, they can get a picture. I’ll never say no. What I say no to is conversation."
Bomani Jones: Kendrick Perkins ‘Completely Shifted’ NBA MVP Discussion
“I want to send a brief shout out to my man Perk, a quote ‘formerly great, now disgraced philosopher.’ No one man should have all that power.”
Chris Russo Roasts Stephen A. Smith For Short Stephen Colbert Segment
"It can't be worth it, Steve, to travel 12 hours for two and a half minutes and then blow up this show."