Chris “Mad Dog” Russo joins Shae Cornette for a First Take YouTube Exclusive to react to Adam Silver’s proposed anti-tanking draft change along with Shaquille O’Neal’s comments on Victor Wembanyama.
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@kcsniper1243
April 29, 2026 at 8:23 pm
I’ve been saying for awhile that I wish american sports did it like European relegation system. Could you imagine MLB teams being relegated and AAA getting to come up.
@antoinetatum7634
April 29, 2026 at 8:34 pm
To me Hakeem was the first perfect center
@ryanhillier107
April 29, 2026 at 8:46 pm
The wizards are literally there to help teams out with cap space. Every single year they are awful and clearly dont care. I dont believe they should lose draft odds i genuinely think they should be sent relegated to the g league lmao. I understand that likely cannot be done logistically but im sick and tired of seeing the wizards especially just be god awful year after year after year
@wazy_too_cozy
April 29, 2026 at 8:52 pm
That man was a celtics fan in the 80s FOSHO 😭
@Disneymagic24
April 29, 2026 at 8:55 pm
HEY EVERYONE TSKE IT EASY
@Robert-bx3xn
April 29, 2026 at 8:57 pm
THE NBA OWES THE BULLETS WIZARD AND THE BOBCATS HORNETS…..AND OF COURSE THE NETS…..THESE TEAMS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY IGNORED IN THE LOTTERY WHILE HAVING BEEN THE GARBAGE OF THE LEAGUE… THEN BLACK MAN MICHAEL JORDAN SOLD THE HORNETS AND THEN AND ONLY THEN DID THE NBA STARTED TO ALLOW THE HORNETS TO GET HIGH PICKS… AND THE WARRIORS PICKED CURRY AT NUMBER 11…. BEFORE THAT THE WARRIORS WERE ON THE LIST AS ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT THE NBA LOTTERY IGNORED
@dezeraejames9698
April 29, 2026 at 9:00 pm
NO MORE TANKING
NO MORE TANKING
NO MORE TANKING
@terryo3512
April 29, 2026 at 9:02 pm
Leave it like it is……
The bad teams need better players.
@jonathanmcknight8296
April 29, 2026 at 9:06 pm
Bill Walton, without injuries, top 5 center of all time.
@milkdud21
April 29, 2026 at 9:06 pm
How about this? Any hints of tanking, they lose there draft pick to another team that picks last. Also, a heafty fine from the television networks.
@qwickturtle
April 29, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Is this guy saying that Bill Walton is the best center? We’ll say maybe top 10.
@Noah-fj5bm
April 29, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Imagine the Warriors get the first pick. 😂😂😂😂
@Zander911
April 29, 2026 at 9:50 pm
Relegating NBA teams to the G-league makes no sense because the level of talent between the two leagues is massive. Mac McClung has won back to back G League MVP’s and cannot get onto an NBA roster permanently to save his life.
@DreRicochet
April 29, 2026 at 10:05 pm
Shudda did this years ago
@40YrOldReset
April 29, 2026 at 10:20 pm
This take reminds me of the barbershop scene in “Coming to America”
@Getdown8319
April 29, 2026 at 10:34 pm
Wemby is definitely the most versatile center I ever seen. Hes the face of the leauge when I think NBA I think wemby.
@jamirimaj6880
April 29, 2026 at 10:44 pm
Shaq is just setting up Wemby, like Skip always does to Lebron and now Luka lmao
@FoxNewsChannelSux
April 29, 2026 at 11:01 pm
I’m fine with tanking.
I’d rather my team be AWFUL for 1 or 2 years then get a great pick & become good quick than just be perpetually mediocre every year like say, The Bulls.
@FoxNewsChannelSux
April 29, 2026 at 11:03 pm
I know the yungs are gon’ get mad because Mad Dawg said Walton, but he was pretty close to perfect for a short time.
I’d go with Hakeem.
@SaharaKnows
April 29, 2026 at 11:14 pm
Both those teams are just bad. Wizards Utah have no shot.
@Juffrey809
April 29, 2026 at 11:30 pm
Silver ‘gifted’ Flagg to Mavs and Wemby to Spurs, then pulled the plug on the game. reason? Two new expansion teams from massive market cities are coming to town. Obviously, the league loves to reserve the top talent for their new favorite children, small market teams have always been forsaken all the time
@chrisstevens2069
April 29, 2026 at 11:33 pm
Someone, please upgrade Mad Dog’s data. He’s still using Windows 1.0 😂 . Every time, he’s always going back to the 60s to compare players
@SeriouslyWhoBlarted
April 30, 2026 at 12:22 am
Now the tanking is going to be to miss the play-in instead of tanking to be the worst team.
@theape6778
April 30, 2026 at 12:46 am
not gonna lie but Wemby is looking to be the mega-evolution of Hakeem, which is crazy because he’s not in his prime yet
@nonyabuzzi
April 30, 2026 at 1:10 am
Mad dog is just racist lol