Stephen A. Smith Gets Real About JJ Redick On First Take

Our guest this week is none other than ESPN legend and host of First Take, Stephen A. Smith. The full episode drops tomorrow but in this preview clip, we ask Stephen A. Smith about his honest feedback on JJ Redick's appearances on First Take.

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[YOUNGMANANDTHREE]

We're so excited to share this whole episode with you all tomorrow morning. We could've talked to Stephen A. for 4 hours. Do us a favor and subscribe if you enjoyed this clip. We've got a lot more dropping tomorrow and a YouTube LIVE with Tyrese Haliburton coming Monday morning. Cheers.

[gingsSon]

Stephen A as a person is so chill. His TV persona is like night and day.

[stevenrosario]

is kind of crazy that JJ got Stephen A in the podcast considering he appears in basically every show on ESPN plus the Finals

[jimreadey]

This was, actually, quite awesome. Appreciation for J.J. for getting this from Stephen A., and for Stephen A. for opening up about how you do what you do.

[billpap.]

Fun fact: In 2015-16 JJ shot 47.5%3pt on 5.6 attempts playing 75 games. And most of them were on the move catch & shoots running off of screens. That's insanely good, historically great. He's legitimately a top 10-15 shooter in the history of basketball.

[IndigoUchiha]

Tbh adding JJ to the ESPN team is a breath of fresh air

[robcz]

JJ is the best thing that happened to First Take/ESPN in a long time. dude is as real as it gets, has heart and he's articulate which is a killer combination in the world of media

[carterjmccarthy]

Love to see this side of Stephen A. Smith a lot of good has come from former players working alongside reporters and other individuals who cover sports to help shape a more complete story and give fans more insight into sports as the average fan has no idea what it's like inside those locker rooms, huddles, games, workouts, and what not.

[redd]

JJ Redick is a great and humble person. Gotta respect him ✊🏽

[JSH]

Stephen A: “All I care about is that you’re honest and true and authentic with your perspectives.”


Max: “I WANT IGUODALA”

[ShadomanG]

Stephen A. Love him or loathe him. Don’t always agree w/him but he’s one of the hardest working individuals. Stays on his hustle. Mad respect!

[mjgfromDDD]

So smart for Stephen A to do this with JJ and his team. Staying involved in the game in every way possible.

[empireoflightz]

I never watch First Take but I absolutely would if I saw the same Stephen A. there as we see here. He talks about authenticity but that completely over the top persona he adopts there feels inauthentic to me and just a tool to get ratings and clicks, but this guy, so thoughtful and insightful and articulate, can we pls get this guy on TV?

[WallStBully]

I love that JJ disagrees vehemently with SAS but admires him for his craft. These two are unstoppable duo.

[atlien]

JJ is one of the greatest shooters the game has ever seen. He was a championship caliber player who I would’ve loved to play for the Lakers.

[slowgrindmarc]

I love JJ's podcast
He is willing to touch every subject and asking some not so comfortable questions

[AaronPlay]

It’s funny, during Stephen A’s brief foray in mixed martial arts media he said something to the effect that a fighter didn’t want to be there during a main event. There was a ton of blowback from the MMA media, “How dare he! He doesn’t know fight! etc etc”. More than a year later that fighter admitted he absolutely didn’t want to be there. Behind all the bluster Stephen A is actually very insightful about people, even when his technical knowledge is lacking.

[kena]

This is one of the greatest and most honest feeling things about the sports journalism world I’ve ever seen. Love these dudes.

[Whoisb_]

JJ been real good for the show. Love when he's on. He's real.

[starscreamLife]

I love Stephen A the most, when he trolls the Dallas Cowboys.