On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Jay Williams join Shae Cornette to compare the Los Angeles Lakers to the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.
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Stephen A. doesn’t put the Lakers in the same tier as the Thunder & Spurs in the West ❌ | First Take
@peraltaman
March 23, 2026 at 10:19 pm
Lakers are special on offense and spurs are special on defense.
@datruth3803
March 23, 2026 at 10:25 pm
None of this matters now. Top teams can and have been bounced in rd 1. Let’s get to the playoffs first
@Shmoney5
March 23, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Jay Williams became a retard when he crashed on that motorcycle
@VslC2002
March 23, 2026 at 10:48 pm
Lakers have no defense
@lil.raiden
March 23, 2026 at 10:51 pm
Jay will looking 👀 crazy on that big screen 😂hating the lakers I get it we the best organization of all
Time like the Dodgers in baseball
@Daofro0
March 23, 2026 at 10:53 pm
I agree they don’t but… You never know, eh⁉️🤷😁👌 Never say never.💯🙏❤️🔥
@rml_850
March 23, 2026 at 10:55 pm
San Antonio hasn’t proven nothing. They will lose first round. Now OKC is the team to beat
@ImTheRealRonWick
March 23, 2026 at 11:03 pm
In my opinion Luke Kinard and a slim Luka may win the Lakers a ring this Season. LeBron is using Defe se in a Complimentary style. He can get a few stops when it counts.
@frankiefernandez9225
March 23, 2026 at 11:05 pm
Stephen A. is absolutely correct!!!
@clemenzib8211
March 23, 2026 at 11:10 pm
Lakers are up there with Thunder in Spurs when it comes to clutch moments.
@FlyinSolo8319
March 23, 2026 at 11:13 pm
OKC are the defending champs so I’ll agree on that. But this Spurs glazing has to stop until they win something
@ZooterMagruder
March 23, 2026 at 11:15 pm
Lakers casuals were saying they were contenders because they were the 3rd seed last year and look what happened. They’re no better than last year. They still have no chance against Thunder, Spurs, Nuggets, Wolves as usual.
@kiritonaruto1988
March 23, 2026 at 11:15 pm
Why do we have to listen to former NBA player who ain’t a winner not even made an impact to a team 😂😂😂
@RhysCampbell-d6q
March 23, 2026 at 11:52 pm
Why can’t we just talk about what the lakers are doing right not if we gonna win or not yall can’t because you don’t know basketball
@RMASUPERFLY
March 23, 2026 at 11:54 pm
The gap between OKC/Spurs and the rest of the West is huge. They are young, plays both sides of the court and will continue to improve. Those 2 teams will terrorize the West for a very long time.
@josephkatz6221
March 23, 2026 at 11:56 pm
This NBA season proves that people in the media are truly clueless, and have no idea what they are talking about.
@johnellis8120
March 23, 2026 at 11:58 pm
Stephen a is hooked on crazy antics it’s like a comical just for tv views it’s not smart too follow his antics
@Fuc1efuc
March 24, 2026 at 12:02 am
In 5
@TDGRHYTHM
March 24, 2026 at 12:29 am
LeBron James is now FIRST in EVERYTHING:
– 1st in Games played 👑
– 1st in FGM 👑
– 1st in PTS 👑
– 1st in MP 👑
– 1st in All-Star selections 👑
– 1st in All-NBA selections 👑
– 1st in First-Team All-NBA selections 👑
– 1st in seasons played 👑
– 1st in 30-point games 👑
– 1st in 20-point games 👑
– 1st in 10-point games 👑
– 1st in playoff PTS 👑
– 1st in playoff WINS 👑
– 1st in playoff MP 👑
– 1st in playoff GP 👑
– 1st in playoff FGM 👑
– 1st in playoff STL 👑
– 1st in playoff FTM 👑
– 1st in playoff DREB 👑
– 1st in Finals triple DOUBLES 👑
@Terry737dwnovrabq
March 24, 2026 at 12:44 am
It’s all about when teams get hot
@universal-o1q
March 24, 2026 at 12:48 am
⚡️⚡️⚡️🩵
@joshuatan3353
March 24, 2026 at 1:04 am
Okc maybe.. But spurs is not yet tested in the playoffs.. You have luka and LeBron who are playoff monsters.. Who you got in spurs playoff performer? Wemby? OK let’s see 😅 nuggets vs spurs in a 7 game series, I put all my bet to nuggets 😊
@5starathlete804
March 24, 2026 at 2:19 am
Lakers did that last year 😂. They not physically equipped to play these teams. They will have to guard
@salsatr33tv20
March 24, 2026 at 2:19 am
Lift ya head 🆙 my brother😭😭😭😭😭😭
@kennyray1573
March 24, 2026 at 2:41 am
Lakers has a supporting cast that will burn you if they ‘re slept on