BUCKS SHOULD TRADE DAMIAN LILLARD 🗣️ - Stephen A. says Dame isn't HAPPY in Milwaukee 👀 | First Take
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On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Chiney Ogwumike discuss if the Milwaukee Bucks should run it back with the same roster after being eliminated in the 1st round of the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers.
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If it was up to Stephen, he would make sure Milwaukee didn't have a basketball team.
If it were up to Stephen A. He would make it so Milwaukee never existed
Lmfaoo
If it was up to sas all 30 nba teams would be in Cali Florida or New York lol
NBA would stand for New York Basketball Association
My bad for repeating your comment 🙌🏾
Bro Dame just said he loves his situation in Milwaukee like twice now
What you expect him to say
He capping it’s obvious
Body language
So did Kyrie when he was with the Celtics and we see how that turned out
@@quis.j6844 with a smile on his face😂 what you gone say now? You in his thoughts gtfoh
ESPN DESPERATELY wants Dame to go to Miami and Giannis to go to the Lakers.....
DESPERATELY
They want Giannis on GSW beside Curry.
Been like that since 2017
espn wanted dame to go to the knicks
😂😂😂that’s a joke right?
It’s official this dude is a clown… He pick and chooses what he wants to hear
He wants giannis on the knicks
facts!!!
The Bucks don’t have a first round pick for the next 7 years so SAS does have a point. Get back some of those first round picks.
SAS has been a known clown. You're a clown for just realizing that now.
@@BreezyBoyBoyno he doesn’t, Dame and Giannis both injured not to mention they only just played together for 1 season. Run it back
Stephen A would be the worst GM in league history
They should definitely trade Dame. The Bucks aren't winning anything
He made a valid point tho… I’ve never like the same trade to begin with simply bc him & giannis doesn’t compete eachother enough to win a title, might as well trade dame & get an actual pg who isn’t always only looking for there own shots & get a few picks back
I don’t think he’s wrong. Milwaukee has no room for improvement because they’re in the 2nd apron, they have no assets and they are an old team. So if you’re gonna “run it back” you’re telling bucks fans don’t expect a championship anytime soon
He's not wrong here tho
@@Because_Truth_Mattershe’s not going anywhere
I am really struggling to justify Stephen A.'s position. First, Damian Lillard has been having personal issues with family, so I think it's irresponsible to say that he's completely unhappy in Milwaukee. Yes, it wasn't his first choice, but I don't think he hates Milwaukee. Second, we have to remember why this trade happened. This trade had to be made because Giannis pressured the organization by his comments about championships over the franchise last year. So if you trade Lillard, how would Giannis interpret it? I don't see Giannis happy with that. Also, you definitely need Giannis to sign off on that trade since he is your franchise player. 3rd, you only had 8 games with Middleton, Lillard, and Giannis on the floor the regular season. That just doesn't give us an understanding of how this team is.
You nailed it on the head
Excellent comment dude, bro made a better point than modern espn 😭
Exactly. Look at how the Mavericks have turned it around. If they had jumped too soon, they would not have seen the resurgence.
Bro, you think too deeply about Stephen A's opinion out of all people's, nobody would trade their biggest trade piece in modern history after one season
Media is always way too quick jumping to conclusions on how teams should be run
Trade Dame? Hell no. Run it back, get a legit wing defender ship out Lopez and get an athletic or big time rebounder at the 5
I agree trade Lopez, but I think Giannis should play the 5 because he’s a great rebounder himself and can switch onto smaller athletic players.
I’ll let giannas play the 5
Bucks are not getting “legit wing defender” and an “athletic big time rebounder”, no draft capital and no one wants 36 year old brook and his 25m contract
Yeah but u have exactly 0 picks and players to trade to get that
If we can somehow someway get Andre Drummond that would be huge!
Dame is getting a pass for his lack of defense. A dude that fast and strong should be a top defender.
cause he has low IQ
Watch the series😂 he played good defense you just going with the narrative
@@hokage8426 I did watch the series, he plays lazy defense and doesn’t box out. Plays with no energy on defense and he’s too quiet on the court. Needs to learn how to be a vocal leader.
He could at least play the passing lane.
You must forget dame sat out acouple games in this series cause he was injured.
I don’t understand why yall listen to Stephen A’s “sources” it’s all bias to gets stars to NY 😂😂😂
He just be saying sh*t lmaooo
Steven A needs to trade his barber for giving him that Pennywise IT hairline 😂😂
They need to run it back!! The reason they lost was because their defence is absolute trash. Although lopez offers rim protection and scoring, he is a awful rebounding centre and his defensive postitioning is abysmal. Portis jr is better as a 6th man not as a starter. Middleton was great offensively all series but again he is a poor defender. Bucks need to trade portis jr and lopez for some defensive pieces. Offensively Middleton, Lillard and Giannis is enough
Stop doc lost to the horrendous wizards raptors and grizzlies g squad this year with Dane Gianni’s playing on those games fake excuses
What are you talking about the wizards raptors grizzlies are 100 games under 500 doc lost to those teams with Dame and Giannis
Giannis would have greatly helped with the rebounding issue...Brook is underrated!
New coach, new defensive players and they have a good chance
They can’t trade due to contract restrictions so they’re stuck with this roster unfortunately
If this was New York or Los Angeles.. SA would've said "run it back!! It's only been 1 year!! It's been 1 year!! You can't panic y'all!" 🗑️
You are 💯 correct
SAS has an obsession with getting every big name in the NBA to play for, Miami, The Lakers, and the Knicks. Just foolish, lazy journalism. Dame says he's happy with the Bucks, but SAS knows different. Jeez.
Right just to please his needs like he’s the only nba fan in the world
He wants all the marquee players to go to big organisations bcos it means more money for the NBA which then means more money for him and ESPN 😂
Brook Lopez plays no defense quit the cap lol
Brook Lopez a HOF'er that why he even doing progressive commercials now
Tired of people who don't watch and don't like the Bucks thinking they understand the Bucks.
Dame LITERALLY keeps publicly telling Stephen A in specific, he cool. TF you keep tryna get him traded for..
If I was dame I would stop talking to Stephen a smith
@@jaysouthmusic8230ikr?! SAS literally is the worst mouthpiece at ESPN...
Fr fr where tf would he go anyway besides the Lakers lol?? Bucks is his best chance at winning a chip.
Man you guys are really trying hard to get Dame in a big market. Dame literally said last night he is looking forward to season 2 with the bucks. Were good were running it back next year hopefully healthy.
This ain't about entertainment Dame hurts Milwaukee he has to be move
@@theetruth8626dumb comment
We haven't even seen this 2 guys play in a playoff game and ppl already made some conclusion 😅 come on
Dude those 2 guys coujdnt beat the 10-55 wizards stories and grizzlies with doc
Wrong those 2 guys were under 500 with doc on regular season
@@123shoshanfirst season together sped
@@123shoshan with two bad coaches this year.
@@taylorcarnelison749 bro putting together 2 overrated stars is not gonna automatically them not overrated. There is a reason why Giannis and the Bucks won a mickey mouse ring when everyone was injured, murray, irving, leonard, harden, young, lebron, ad and even cp3 to a certain degree and lets not even talk about lillard
Dame just says he loves the bucks…..
Lol Kyrie once said he was staying in Boston. I'm telling you, these hoes ain't loyal.
And a kid told me Santa is real
They don't actually watch small market teams they only know what's nationally reported
players say anything and do another lol. Also Kyrie said the same thing and then left so
@Cloudcity20 when did this happen? I vividly recall he was hooping and was bench for his personal beliefs. Then he exercised his right to free agency.
Why would they break it up? Like let's stop this BS of a topic. Bucks not getting rid of Lillard after one year
They can’t break it up they have no pieces or picks to trade they basically stuck w this trash roster
@@thejamboy3556 4 of 5 Top quality Starters.... An excellent 6th man in Bobby but yeah that's about it. Bench has 0 trade value whatsoever and the 3 rookies aren't good at all
Same media saying players should leave their team be the same media discounting and criticizing players for winning when they do leave..
The media just can’t fathom a superstar actually like living in so called small market.
They should’ve never hired Doc
No they never should traded for Dame
Bro they were injured Gianni’s didn’t play in the playoffs dame barely played he was hurt to
@@Shawn-Leider u right
@@Shawn-Leider bruh that's not the problem. The problem is Dame can't play with Giannis. That situation was still existing even if they was healthy
@@the_kwiet_storm so tell me how was they going to work when Dame couldn't play off Giannis effectively. That was a problem all season long that still existed. So all of the sudden the playoffs arose and the problem just completely disappeared. Bruh y'all gotta be realistic. Indy whipped us 4 times in the season. Because of that issue
Yall are some clowns Dame literally said he's happy in Milwaukee and want to stay
Does SAS really think that a superstar can join a title contender at the end of an offseason and perform like they are in their prime?
Right
Lika and Kyrie duo didn't work right away. This season they figured it out. Give Giannis and Dame at least one more season. The problem is players around them.
Thats literally on everd team with to stars
No, what if it doesn't work?
Stop it. The difference Kyrie could play off the ball effectively. Dame can't
lillard and beverly has more rebounds than lopez in a regular season in every game, that tell it all.
Because Lillard can't defend the 3P to save his life. Long rebounds for that 🤡 defender
He just plotty and plays d away from the bucket if you watched!
Pat Bev rebounded a ball off the wrong fan head too, so what credit you even trying to give him
Didn’t dame just say him being unhappy has nothing to do with Milwaukee? We all know dame unhappiness is from not having his kids no matter where you go if you are a family man like dame you’re gonna be unhappy on top of that he gets criticized on the media
The media seems to think being in LA or Miami can somehow make up for not having his kids with him 😑😑
Are you kidding? After he tells us all of last year how "Dame's not happy, he needs to get out of Portland". They trade him. And a season later "he's unhappy. Trade him again". Maybe it's something wrong with the player?
The only reason Dame wasn’t happy this year is because of personal issues. They don’t need to trade him they need to get younger and more athletic
@@Jdcjr1991how are you gonna get younger when you are paying Dame 48 mil? Where are you gonna get that money from?
@@Because_Truth_Matters that’s on them to figure that out. It’s not rocket science
@@Because_Truth_Mattersand over $60 mill the last year of his contract
Or maybe relax and realize only one team wins each year. You don't need to blow it up every year
Why would Giannis look bad for having that many coaches but Lebron James has shipped out tons of players throughout the years and now they will be on their fourth coach in six years. So why doesn't he look bad?
Exactly.!!!
Coz he's American. And also they HATE that Giannis will RIDE and DIE for his Brothers and family. Which I respect a million times
Stephen A's ideal NBA has 10 teams in LA, 10 teams in NY, and 10 teams in Miami.
This he first full season what makes teams think 1 year is enough? These things gotta play out. This should be a minimum 4 year situation
Breaking news, this just in: NBA player unhappy 1 year into new contract with a new team and wants to go somewhere else.
Yes trade him. That dude doesn’t have championship pedigree.
Exactly
i’m sure a guy like yourself who sits on the couch all day knows a lot about championship pedigree lol
@@MondayTage yep enough to see it’s not in him
It took Minnesota & Dallas one year to get their stuff together. Look at them now
ESPN analysts are clowns. Suns get eliminates in Round 1 they say their done. Bucks get eliminated in Round 1 “they should run it back they have no choice”. SMH
Yes. He can’t play defense and soon his trade value will diminish.
Give them time. Sometimes, it takes a FEW seasons
Never let them become GM
According to SAS every max player should play for NY LA or Miami. Dude hates small markets
The problem with trying to trade players at his level is that you will have to trade all your bench and a star. So you are no better off . Dame is elite but PHX can be the perfect case to study for not trading everything for 1. They have no bench and 3 rarely played together .
I agree. Ball dominant big man and ball dominant guard doesn’t mix, people got it wrong thinking because Kobe n shaq won 3 that it was a formula but it’s not , Gianni’s needs a guard more like haliburton
Beauchamp young got long arms teach him how to play defense put some confidence in them young guys on the bench
He left the Blazers only to get bounced in the first again lol injuries obviously in this case. I believe this was Karma for the Grifin firing by the Bucks
Giannis is the one who is a disappointment. He should have tried to play. You think Jordan, Kobe, would have sat out with a bruise?
you don't even need to watch the video to know that sas is pushing for dame to get traded to miami or lakers with his bs narratives
Lol he wants everybody to leave
And go to New york😂
@@ebonywagner1682exactly, journalism supposed to be factual and impartial
Anyone that thinks the bucks’ situation is grim isn’t watching at all
Did bro watch post game?
Why is it that I automatically knew SAS was going to pull the Dame hates Milwaukee card. It’s definitely not because he’s been saying that same card all season. Even when dame has denied it.
He really wants to be in Miami
They need to keep this together it can work if anything say bye to doc.
The one that espn should be talking about is does giannis wanna stay in Milwaukee
There would be no small market teams in sports at all if it were up to Stephen A.
They hate to see Dane in The Mil stfu We love Dame and the feeling is mutual💯
Who cares about big market cities anymore? Brunson is the star of the Knicks, a great player, but no one knows who he is. Players like Morant and Lillard and Zion and now Wambamyama play for small markets, arguably none of them as good as Brunson right now, all eliminated and they are all better known than Brunson.
Trading AD for Greek would actually be perfect for both teams lol
This is why media does their jobs and gm’s do their own 😂😭
Bring in Vin Baker period
Milwaukee might not have a lot but Bucks fanbase is Elite.
If it's not a big market team, SAS is just going keep trash talking those franchises
They should definitely run it back but add a point of attack defender
That's idiotic. Dame don't fit he has to be moved
health and availability has been detrimental to the bucks the past 3 seasons 2022-title defense year, the yr that middleton started all these barrage of injuries 2023-giannis injury during the playoffs 2024-giannis injury during the playoffs
Kyrie said he was in love with Boston and we know how that played out.
they want them outta portland back then despite him being happy now he went to another city and ppl proceed on saying he shud go somewhere else again.. lol
Damian Lillard is the Kevin Durant mini me. Shoots from the rafters, but plays practically no defense.
Not everyone can go to the Knicks, Heat, and Lakers. There are 27 other teams in the league.
17-19 after firing their head coach ........Don't give me Adrian Griffin had an easy schedule when Doc lost to some way below teams
Tyler Herro, Nikola Jovic, and Terry Rozier for Dame.
Let the team get time to grow..... everybody thinks you can win all the time over night.
I believe you have to rethink what you belive
Everybody was talking about the kyrie and Luka fit to now they working great together. I feel like dame and giannis play style should fit better
The bucks need a Kobe, a slasher that defends really well. A proper C wouldn’t hurt as well
Dame will never say he is unhappy he’s a respectable dude. Even to a fault but dame in Milwaukee and dame in my opinion is not a good fit
My belief is that ESPN should trade Stephen A.
This man is approaching a point where what he does to Milwaukee is absolute slander. Ego is so big he makes stories to suit his own agenda
Yea bucks should run it back every superstar not gonna do good with another super star just try again if it dont work the second or 3rd time then trade players or get new players on the team
Got traded to Milwaukee in the middle of the season. There’s no point in trading Dame this offseason.
GSW yes that be good fit
That piece of hair sticking up on SAS head is all I can see when he talks 😅
First Take just gets worse and worse. I literally can't watch it anymore bro. Getting rid of Max Kellerman was the worst thing that they could have done
So what’s SAS suggesting? That they trade him to NY or Miami? I mean get real.
It's ridiculous to even bring NY in this
Giannis just have to start being more of a playmaker like he was during that championship run
SAS is wrong there! They need to blow it up after next season if it doesn't work out. And of course. Perhaps fire Doc and general manager and start over
STEPHEN A LITERALLY WAS ON THE BUCKS AND CLIPPERS BANDWAGON NOT TOO LONG AGO LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
They should have never traded Jrue for Dame. Trade him! They need more of an all around PG with better size. I think Murray from the hawks would be a great fit.
Run it back, no need to trade Dame
Get a young center that can shoot and a versatile wing defender to pair with dame. We good then
Is you slow or something? Dame can't play with Giannis. Dame can't play off the ball effectively. His defense is a liability which caused Giannis to get injured for being over worked. Dame playmaking is horrible because he slows up the tempo to find his shoot and forces Giannis into bad situations being double and triple team. Dame has to go
Defensive breakdown is not all on Dame. Trade dame lol and get who? Giannis and Dame can figure it out with more time!
Duck is the best coach. The team has a hiding problem with front office. They need to talk about it.
Stephen A Smith don't know what he talking about the man only played one season with Milwaukee Bucks all the sudden trade him he only play one season
They fired their NEW coach mid season, they traded their best defensive player. They brought dame which needs to adjust to a completely different team where in reality he aint the first and theres injuries and some players are getting old. With all that said give them 2 seasons for everyone to adjust. This was a mess from the front office especially for listening to giannis. Its done so the only thing they can do is move forward with this core
SAS the only one that brings up that lillard said that life was a bit challenging in Mil...SAS has turned it into something else. lol.
Just shut the whole team down. Get rid of the team. We don't want them here in Milwaukee. No more
first years with a new superstar usually suck. you have to give it 2 years.
NGL, Dame hasn’t been the same. But Bucks should run it back.
SAS loves hating on the city of Milwaukee
The star forced a coach out while they were winning.
why get rid of a top 75 player still capable of his career averages lol
They need to run it back fosho, they were just injured at the wrong time! They just need to play younger players more next year like Bouchamp and Jackson Jr, and get rid of some older players for few 3 and D role players