JJ Redick owning Stephen A Smith for 17 straight minutes

You just said Jimmy Butler was a perimeter shooter and I love Jimmy Butler to death, he's truly one of my favorite players in the league, one of my favorite teammates I've ever had, but I think he's the first time I do it. I heard someone describe Jimmy Butler as a perimeter shooter. I think he can make perimeter shots. Wait, wait a minute, wait a minute. All of his Jimmy Butler points don't come from finishing at the basket. We've seen him take a lot of perimeter shots. do that, what can he do? number three what's what's his percentage well, I'm just saying it's him I'm just saying a jump shot are you trying to tell me that giannis has the same jump quality as a jump shooter as jimmy butler Did you see Jimmy Butler look up the numbers of Jimmy from the mid range.

I would, but Jana shot over 42 percent from mid-range this year, which is way above league average, oh my goodness, and Jimmy Schneider is 20 on threes for last first. After all, Jimmy Butler missed some time during the season, let's take that into consideration many times, what did he say? Jimmy Butler missed some time during the season, let's take that into consideration many times, what does it have to do with his shooting percentages? basically it's undecided, first of all, first of all, jj is fr

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and all this like he's scaring someone, he's not scared, nothing, I appreciate the suit, I'm not trying to scare you, I'm trying to debate, I'm trying to point out how. you're wrong sometimes I don't think I'm wrong I don't think right first of all it's very rare that I'm wrong so let's keep that in mind because you wouldn't sit in front of yourself you wouldn't waste your time Sitting in front of someone who is so wrong so we know better than that, so that's a lie number one, number two, let's take into account the fact that because Giannis comes downhill a lot of times he gets wide open shots because people literally dare him to do it. he shoots because they don't want him to come to the basket because they know how unstoppable he is around the basket.

If there is anyone, I challenge you, since you are so good at analysis and mention the numbers, how many open perimeter shots does he take? Giannis gets it simply because people are praying for him to make those shots and they take advantage of those opportunities, he doesn't even contest them 90 of the time he shoots a jump shot because they are so petrified of him getting to the basket, that's a test of the view. thing that numbers don't tell all the stories, not everything I'm talking about, I'm talking about midrange, midrange pullups, midrange swings in the post, I'm not talking about three point damage as well.

I'm trying to think of a time in the playoffs when I didn't see a contested mid-range shot from Giannis. By the way, I don't agree with you. He gets back to the numbers for you in the second hour. Don't worry about the second hour. I'll have it right, you'll bring me all the numbers, you'll bring me all the numbers and I don't give a damn about the numbers because actually I watch the games too, you understand, I watch the game, so I didn't say No, I just said you're talking to someone who watches the game every night tonight, but a lot of times when we think about mj, for example, and obviously he's the only person making those comparisons, what ultimately falls short is the level of fear that was instilled in you not you messed with mj you came to mj like that you didn't do things like that people and i'm not talking about isaiah stewart i'm just making point in terms of opponents and how they come at you you think you wondered what you were going to do about it with lebron you think you can take it you think they can have it whether it's the teammates around him the system that's playing in the people you know, whatever skill set you bring, etcetera, etcetera, you just look at it differently and over the years covering the league, those are all things I've heard constantly.

I'm talking about the fear factor, fear factor, that's just not a thing. who has ever been associated with him there's a lot to unpack there there's a lot to unpack that's why you're here first of all two of the guys you mentioned in that conversation yeah kobe yeah he got two pieces of chris childs yeah chris charles uh michael Jordan took a beating for years from the Detroit Pistons, so they physically challenged him to say that Lebron, who won four championships, multiple league MVPs, made the finals in eight consecutive years, with reason to say no Neither you, the players, nor I are afraid of him.

I don't know whether to believe that you believe what you're saying I think that's crazy well it's not crazy it's not crazy it's not crazy and you know it better you know it better you've been in it you've been holding on when has there been a situation? If you're talking about physical confrontation, no, I won't listen to physical confrontation, listen well, if that's what you mean, no one has challenged Lebron like that, why wouldn't there be no one who could exactly challenge him? I forgot it. who was the senator who played for the chicago bulls when he pushed lebron to the ground he pushed him to the ground when my when he was in miami but that's not you're not there what I'm telling you is this if you watch the game you play I played the game but I played the game and I played against Lebron in the playoffs okay and I played against Lebron I played with his brother for 15 years you fear what he could do I hear you, you fear what he can I do it to you on the basketball court because no one could question the greatness of Lebron James, but what I'm trying to tell you is that if you look at it, there are certain things with MJ in the era he was in.

I've talked to Isaiah. I've talked to Dr. J. I've talked to Kareem. I've talked to Magic. I have talked to other people. There's a culture that existed in the '80s, '90s, and '00s or whatever when you look at Lebron and compare him to some of the most prominent superstars that have played this game when it comes to fear, that's one of the differences that what you mean because Lebron is more approachable in terms of personality and where Jay wasn't like one of the friends friends. that could be that could happen that could have a lot to do with it what I'm saying is that we're talking about the greatest player to ever play this game, which I think is michael jordan and a lot of times when you delineate the difference between the two, ya whether it's michael jordan or lebron james, they're talking about a fear factor, there's just certain things that you knew you weren't going to do to mj, you could come to mj on the court, but the things that people have done the way they that they talked about Lebron James, the way they support him and the media behind his back and stuff like that, 30 years later you hear things about mj, a lot of times you didn't hear that kind of stuff. because there was a level of respect and fear that Lebron, I shouldn't say the respect continues even though he always has been, although today yes, Stephen, yes, wait a second Lebron has grown up in a completely different world than the one that existed in the 80s and 90s there was no first shot in the 90s can you imagine in the New York Knicks series Lebron mj going to Atlantic City the day before the game and returning home at 2 am on social media This show is the only thing you would talk about for days, right? for days no, yeah, it would be no, not on this show, not on this show because as far as I'm concerned, listen, let me tell you what I said there once, I'm glad you brought that up.

Michael Jordan went out and bet, right? and michael jordan hypothetically i this was in millions or whatever you missed my answer do you have any idea how much money michael jordan is worth we care about your business what does it have to do with anything no no no I'm just I'm just bringing you part of Atlantic City. What I'm saying is that I'm trying to make the reason people talk about Lebron is because he lives on a 24/7 schedule. News, they talked about it behind and they and they were the time and it would have been just as bad, if not worse, for mj, without a doubt, but I am talking to you about respect and fear, there is no doubt that we are not talking about respect and i totally disagree with you, so you're saying it's great, you're saying that people who like that, the fear that michael jordan instilled in people, that's what lebron did, yeah okay, okay, in a different way, I mean, okay, like you're okay, you're comparing two different ones.

Things to say that his teammates are not afraid of him, the coaches are not afraid of him. Do you think people want to go to a playoff series against LeBron? no, I'm not talking about I'm not talking about basketball I'm not talking about that on the court I'm recognizing his greatness what I'm telling you the way people talk about him, the way they look to attack him and I'm talking about his contemporaries in the national basketball association, I'm not talking about their performance on the court. that's not what i'm saying the way he's attacking lebron who's attacking lebron i'm talking over the years people who have reached out to him come on come on jj i have to go to my archives to look for this i would love to I would love to find a player more than one find me a player who has been attacked uh to answer your question uh luca I think the answer is luca here that doesn't mean that I wouldn't trust steph in the clutch the reality is that he has 10 of 51 this season in the decisive moment from the triple uh luca has the most winning games in his career pat beverly knows better than anyone he has a winning game in the playoffs a small step back three um you know, I think it's luca I think size matters the ability to make passes if he double-teams because that size matters that's not the case, I'd rather have Luca, this is a very small sample size, it's only been what we've talked about at the beginning of four years, um .

So it would be hard to give them a crown of that after four years, all the work, the steps put into all the work, you know he changed the game, he literally changed the game. I have to go with Steph Curry, easy. easy cool easy not even close even i agree with i agree with patrick uh with bev right here no no let me explain something let me explain something you know I've always been a fan of jj

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because I always loved his ability to shoot the ball particularly in movement and I love that about him and I consider J.J Redick to be one of the great shooters we have seen in the NBA.

To be honest with you, there are some on your level, obviously, but I've always considered it and I told you years ago, long before you were on television, I considered Steph Curry to be the greatest shooter God ever created and many Sometimes, many times people talk and talk. about him like he's someone because he never captured an nvp final or anything like that like you know, this guy isn't going to make it. I'll remind everyone, not just the three championships, not just the five trips to the NBA Finals, I would remind everyone. that steph curry is a 26 6 and 5 career playoff player shooting 45 from the field and 39.8 from three point range that is steph curry's career postseason number this brother is the greatest shooter ever created by god he can shoot from anywhere in the corner the wing the key 20 feet 30 feet 40 feet 50 feet he can shoot with his eyes wide open he can shoot walking away standing this brother is the greatest shooter of all time and then by the way , the free throw line you're talking about a guy who is a 90 free throw shooter we look at luca lucas pressure lucas big time jj lucas big time no one takes anything away from him and obviously as his career continues to ascend we will see His postseason prowess just continues to evolve and doesn't cast any shadow over Luca Whatever, I was watching them get up an hour ago and what did they say?

I mean, you're complimenting someone, but in the world we live in, that means you're throwing shade at someone else. You're absolutely right, it's absolutely ridiculous, I'm glad you were willing to criticize your contemporaries with all this sensitivity training they obviously need because you can't compliment someone without someone else taking it as an insult. We're not throwing any shade at Luca Doncic at all. I'm just elevating Steph Curry and I'm telling you right now, when he talks, you've got to remember something, look who made the clutch shots, but over the course of a series, what is this field goal percentage going to be? the free throw line, I think we both know that steph curry is a more reliable guy than him in that sense in general and that's why I go with steph surprised that the celtics got back into the series, I didn't think they were the best at all team and this series really showed two things that Milwaukee's number one Chris Middleton needed.

His half-court offense was terrible in this series and they were going against the best defense not only in the regular season but in the playoffs. 80 points per 100 possessions in the half court. There was a lot on Janet's shoulder in this series and they couldn't get anyone to have offensive production at an efficient level. Draw Holland didn't have a good series. All of this was on Janus's shoulder. They needed Middleton. The second thing is Milwaukee's defense. I don't. I don't understand the strategy of allowing Grant Williams, a 41 shooter in the regular season, a 41 shooterof three in the playoffs, have 17 safe.

Looks like I'm not including 18 because it was a bad catch and he threw it.at the end of the shot clock 17 lines up practice shots nine feet away average distance closest to nearest defender when he caught the ball that's ridiculous I understand why because they were still trying to recover from what Jason Tatum did to them in game six they didn't even, I'm saying that's what happened. You had bulldozers so petrified and Jayson Tatum got going that he sat there in the game plan and said, listen, make sure he doesn't dare, don't shoot. Damn, we'll figure everything else out, let's make sure that anyone shot him and they were afraid that he would scare the hell out of them by what he did in the sixth game in Milwaukee and they beat them up drunk and they didn't do it.

I don't get over the fact that even we have seen it a lot, they even put two on the ball with petric. If you look at some of the highlights, they literally put two on the ball with the guy piece trick, picture of the pitcher, how do you say his name, peter patrick. Richard, I don't care, I thought who is it, yeah, yeah, but they put Kel's characteristics, they put both of them on the ball with him, like, come on man, what kind of defense can sustain that for the whole game, there's no doubt, but. This was his defense all year this was his defense all year they're going to allow a lot of three-pointers.

I got it about the overreaction, but Bud has never overreacted in the playoffs. He said that's how we are. we're going to protect and we're going to protect this way we're going to do our system over and over again and we're going to rely on west matthews and draw holliday to make it hard on christmas and they had some success in this series okay game five they had success in the first game they were successful so I don't know if I don't believe the overreaction that's how they say you don't have to buy it I don't believe it damn that's what I'm doing a number two, they shoot 433 from three point range.

Let's not forget the fact that Grayson Allen had nothing to do on the court. It was a disaster in this series. Let's not forget let's not forget the fact that Bobby Porter didn't. I didn't have a good game yesterday either. They were the first person you named. No Grayson Allen was filming. Who let me finish? Man stop it, why are you naming these people on your show? They can't play in our NBA locker room. No, I was pointing. We found out they didn't produce, they didn't produce duh john, but wait a minute, giannis kept kicking the ball to him.

The fact is that they had no choice because Middleton was dead. Drew Holliday didn't have any affection, can I mention that? you're going to tell me not to mention it yes it had to take all his energy and I understand I'm not blaming him I'm just saying what happened the point is I'm just naming a multitude of people who have been constantly going I'm just Matthew. Whoever the Greek monster was kicking the ball to, who will be wide open and miss a shot. I have a question for you if you're the Milwaukee Bucks, the Milwaukee Bucks, last summer, coming off a championship.

Would you be willing to give PJ Tucker two years 15 million? Yes, I would, yes, like the Miami Heat did without a doubt. This series tells me about them. Not bringing him back because they had to play big. They had to play. They do not have. any wing depth because Middleton is out, Drew is exhausted, they have Lopez guarding shooters on the perimeter, not bringing PJ Tucker back was absolutely going to bite them at some point and it did bite him in this area, so when you say that , that's because sometimes I like to say words that sometimes our viewers don't understand.

The main office. The team we go to. Again, they would have the opportunity, yes, it would have helped, okay, I'm not saying it would have solved it, it's half-court problems, but some of it is kind of a lack of defensive versatility, wing depth, having to draw taking a vacation in a bigger role on offense and having to guard Tatum or Brown, plus Lopez throwing us on the floor at the same time, like you can go with PJ Tucker Grant Williams, maybe he won't get those triples in a seventh game, that's all. I'm saying I appreciate the breakdown, we all know they should have never let him go, yeah we said when they got paid, when they paid a man we automatically said it, it was a stupid decision especially when you just won the chip.

Hey you just won a chip and part of that was listening regardless of the numbers kd put up for example you saw how pj tucker went against how hard he made him work you can't downplay that you don't let someone go like that that it's what they did and that's why I mentioned Grayson Allen, that was one of the reasons they let him go thanks for watching espn on youtube to stream live sports and premium content subscribe to espn plus