Is LeBron the second-best player off all time? Stephen A. & Mad Dog debate | First Take

Is LeBron the second-best player off all time? Stephen A. & Mad Dog debate | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo debate whether LeBron James is the second-best player of all time.
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[RandomCitizen]

This great value version of Skip is exactly what Stephen A needed

[josh]

If you told me this guy was the younger brother of Skip I'd ride with it 🤣🤣🤣

[andrewjohnson]

"Bird never played bad in a big series"

So we gonna act like Bird didn't score 8 points twice, in his 1st finals and wasn't the finals mvp in that finals

[drewdelucchi]

In the peak of his prime Miami Heat Lebron post Mavericks finals loss was one of the scariest players of all time. Dude was unstoppable.

[kingjoffreyownsyou]

You can tell Stephen A is having fun debating with this man

[MAXPRESTIGEEE]

Mad Dog is perfect opposite SAS. He irks SAS in a way only Skip could. 😂

[ambitiousunderdogz]

It’s also very refreshing to see Mad Dog bring out the best in Stephen A. The show is at its best when an opponent makes Stephen A go absolutely crazy, and we haven’t seen that since the Skip Bayliss days and the early days with Max.

[dreambrother]

ESPN knows what they have with MadDog on First Take. They pretty much posted every segment of today's show on youtube lol. I'm here for all of it. 👍🏽

[PeanutButterAndJellyBros]

fellas, we might officially have a skip bayless 2.0 right now.

[Ihearttaylorswif]

Bird has been slept on. He was a monster.

[ambitiousunderdogz]

It’s so weird seeing Stephen A defend Lebron’s greatness instead of attacking it, albeit talking about LBJ being the second greatest of all time coz we all know that no one is touching MJ as the GOAT of all GOATs.

[ashkanshahniani]

Mad dogg is the best cohost with Stephan A! Super fun to watch!

[HoopsTalk]

I had stopped watching First Take post Max's exit. But dude, Mad Dog is just too good and his pairing with Stephen A is pretty good as well. Pretty Pretty Good...

[borood]

Bird was better than Lebron at their peak. Lebron only has him on longevity. Bird was a better shooter, rebounder and defender and even passer.

[edwardchatman]

What kills me about when someone brings up Larry Bird is the fact that Larry Bird will tell you Lebron is better than him. 🤣🤣🤣

[Jkev]

Mad Dog is like a more reasonable Skip. These two will be good together.

[Bangut]

MadDog should be on the show more, I think Lebron the greatest SF of all time but the points he made for Bird were nice

[jtdavis]

The argument with Mad Dog’s argument is that Lebron’s peak hasn’t dropped. In Miami, Lebron was at peak condition but his game peaked 2015-2018

[tyg]

Mad Dog goes by facts and stats with his argument. Skip goes by what he feels that day. Big difference

[mkz]

MadDog is money. They gotta keep him on. He’s one of the few guys with solid knowledge who can match Stephen A in volume. New York genes, I guess.