Stephen A. addresses Isiah Thomas' comments & Jaylen Brown's marketability | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. alongside Shannon Sharpe addresses Isiah Thomas' comments on social media in defense of Jaylen Brown's image within the Boston Celtics.

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Stephen A makes public comments and then gets mad when people choose to respond publicly. Why is he victimizing himself.

[Knicks]

Everybody calling out SAS lately and I’m here for it

[BLACKMAAT]

STEPHEN A SMITH LET SOMEONE USE HIM TO SAVAGE A BLACK BASKETBALL PLAYER JAYLEN BROWN THEN GETS MAD WHEN BLACK BASKETBALL PLAYER JALEN BROWN AND NBA HALL OF FAMER ISIAH THOMAS CALL HIM OUT ON HIS " SPORTS COINTELPRO MEDIA JUDAS JOURNALISM "

[dchfems]

Never seen anyone defending himself from being a hater. The problem is Steven A. Is you have no integrity

[BigDawg]

Telling an NBA Champion/HOFer "you talk the game" is crazy 😂

[trevorrose]

Shocker, Brown playing the best basketball of his career, leading the Celts to the finals and ESPN gotta start some BS narrative to take away from it, just shut TF and report on REAL stories!

[jrdancy]

THAT'S BS... Last year, JAYLEN BROWN signed a 300 million dollar contract, reporter asked what are you going to do with all of that money and the first thing he says is try to bring back BLACK WALL STREET and help bridge the economic gap....but all of a sudden, he's not

[GrowKing]

He want to be called privately about slander he says publicly.

[dc]

STEPHEN A SMITH IS A TV PERSONALITY NOT A NBA ANALYST

[Charleswonder]

Stephen A addressing this in hot pink is crazy 🤣🤣

[lesliebarber]

Have you checked Jaylen Brown resume he has internship with NASA

[GRyPer]

The fact that he ain't yelling tells me dude was actually hurt.

[dwaynejones]

You made a public comment about one of his guys and you are upset that he didn't respond privately? Sounds like hypocrisy

[jermainedevries]

ESPN/Disney gave Stephen A the power to think and feel like he can say whatever about whoever.

[alwezi]

Brown playing at ice cube’s
Big 3 is something to take into consideration.

[Raymond-zitp]

Stephen A should stop using the word brother, He does not know the meaning of it, He is a plant.

[thehighearners]

Everything that I’ve seen from Jaylen Brown from his entire NBA career leads me to believe he’s a great person. If one anonymous source doesn’t like Jaylen Brown, that has NOTHING to do with JBs marketability!

[shamrockdefibrillator]

Dear ESPN. Please let Stephen A know that he doesn't have to air his grievances out on public TV. He responded via X back to Isiah where Isiah called him out. He responded on his podcast. Let it go. Don't nobody want to hear all this.

[jameshenry]

It amazes me how sensitive he is when someone voices their disagreement with him BUT he feels he can speak FREELY about anyone good/bad or indifferent. He needs to grow up. Isiah NOR Jaylen said HE talked poorly about him, they said, "site your source". That's This man needs to grow up!

[ZZ-kjpz]

It is bad journalism to rely upon a single, anonymous source to make disparaging comments