🚨 Stephen A. EVISCERATES players for NBA All-Star Game format change + NBA Cup Reaction | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and Molly Qerim give props to the Milwaukee Bucks for winning the 2024 NBA Cup final before having an honest discussion about the state of All-Star Weekend.

0:00 Thoughts on Bucks winning NBA Cup
2:15 Kevin Durant hates new All-Star Format
3:08 Stephen A. tears into NBA players
5:50 Mad Dog faults lack of ASG effort

#ESPN #NBA

[Logical]

Format will never matter until the players start caring

[thevicfreak]

Stephen A competing against Shaq and Kenny at free throws was 10000 times more entertaining than the last 6 All star games 😂😂👌🏻👌🏻

[johnacoba]

The WNBA all star game is more competitive the nba all star game

[MeiA-hr]

Remember when Michael Jordan in 1998 saw a young Kobe Bryant and saw the ASG as an opportunity to play against rising legend even with 5 championships and even won the ASG MVP.

Those were the days 😢😢

[salvadoracosta]

The problem is every player gets paid well so the monetary incentive of the ASG is not there anymore. What is 125K to players who get paid $20mil plus

[DaYellowMelo]

Molly stay saying something to let people know she’s there lol

[Mr-Ward-Productions]

I would want Stephen A. To have his own dunk contest.

[voyerpenn]

The players are ruining the NBA period

[htvlogs]

Who cares about the ASG, they need to fix the NBA as a whole, it's getting boring to watch! They need the refs to relax a little of foul calls, need that 80's 90's intensity!

[JesseUrenda]

There’s a reason why NBA ratings are down 48%

[yengvang]

"We should just go back to East-West" KD, have you seen the All Star Game in the past 4 years?

[amondoquarles]

The old school players used to look forward to compete against each other

[Tjc]

I watch more YouTube basketball now than I do the nba 😂

[MindfulAttraction.]

The dumb fans that pay for those tickets should just boo them the whole time. That'll make it worth it

[charlespitter]

The only dudes that wanted to win was Giannis and Westbrook

[brendafirebrand]

Players: No one wants to play hard at the All Star Game

Adam Silver: Best I can do is add more games to the All Star Game 😂

[superd]

They should try d league vs. nba in the slam bunk contest. So that the d league can get the recognitions they deserve

[UntilMakaveliReturns]

The All Stars having to play the Rising Stars winners should let you know how down bad they are. 😂

[rodtaylor]

Steven A. that slam dunk movement would be legendary

[DukesVerrill]

Just funny hearing KD wants East vs West back when it'll just be no defense being played, chuck up 100 3s for each team and the crowd bored out of their minds.