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JJ Redick Is Great At Hot Takes For Someone Who Claims to Hate Them
The man can be accused of many things, but a conventional thinker he is not. Redick is wise, has knowledge, experience, and is well-spoken.
Bomani Jones: JJ Redick Doesn’t Want Support He’s Getting For Fight With Kendrick Perkins
"If you try to make the argument that something doesn't involve race, might not be the best look to talk over a Black man on live television, tell him his argument was flat-out wrong AND cut him off over and over again."
Amin Elhassan: ESPN Hired Kendrick Perkins To Tell You How Players Really Feel
“The main reason you hire former athletes, beyond the name brand recognition they come in with, is because you want to know what players think.”
Stephen A. Smith: ‘I Don’t Wanna Be At The Top By Myself’
"I'm not somebody that wants to succeed but I want it to be at your expense. I want you to succeed, too."
Chad Withrow: Kendrick Perkins Isn’t A Racist, He’s Just Not Smart
"They're putting him in an awful spot because he's not very intelligent."
Charles Barkley: ESPN Has ‘Same Silly Debate Every Year’ About MVP Award
“Asinine, silly and stupid. Pick one of the words, whichever one you want.”
JJ Redick: Kendrick Perkins Implying MVP Voters Are Racist is ‘Problem With First Take’
"What we just witnessed is the problem with this show where we create narratives that do not exist in reality.”
Michael Kay: NHL ‘Red Hot’ After Stephen A. Smith Said League ‘Doesn’t Count’
“One addendum to that: I heard today, the NHL, red hot.”
First Take Thrives On Your Outrage
The NHL's fandom -- or lack thereof -- does not rest on what the opinion of the sport is from Molly Qerim or Stephen A. Smith.
Michael Kay: First Take ‘NHL Doesn’t Count’ Comments Were Obviously Disrespect
"'No disrespect', she said, but if you say it doesn't count, that's disrespect."