The Nets HAVE TO win a championship for anybody in New York to care!
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0:00 Stephen A. Smith: Could imagine if Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving played for the Knicks?
3:00 KD and Kyrie have to win a championship with the Nets for anybody in New York to care.
6:00 The Knicks have a better culture right now than the Nets.
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Tune Smiith
April 26, 2021 at 5:51 pm
The Nets are only bigger nationally bc of the big 3 there. Swap enire rosters ( or Jerseys ) and now the Knicks are completely Big time again and the now NY roster is only worth “what if” sepculation as the Nets…. Not a Knicks/Nets hater or fan… just callin it like I see it
Bizzy Bone
April 26, 2021 at 5:53 pm
NEW YAWK!!!!
Francis Robert Fontanilla
April 26, 2021 at 5:54 pm
Brooklyn’s Clubs are better, end of discussion.
Charles E. Morris, III
April 26, 2021 at 6:00 pm
How does Smith speak for a whole city and state?
Drew P
April 26, 2021 at 6:05 pm
Because when the nets hosted the Knicks the crowd chanted for the Knicks.
Miguel SosaCreed
April 26, 2021 at 6:00 pm
SAS You should stay of the weeeeeeeee duh.
Charles E. Morris, III
April 26, 2021 at 6:03 pm
If Dr J starred in The Fish that saved Pittsburgh then the Nets big Three saves the Big Apple from spoilage
Not Pandemic p
April 26, 2021 at 6:06 pm
theres nothing in NY like when the knicks are winning. there has been nothing in NY for the past 2 decades
Justin Aguilar
April 26, 2021 at 6:19 pm
So if kd and kyrie and harden played for the knicks and did not win the chip nobody would care? Lol Steven A, stay off the weeeeed! Not to mention Dolan would try and take all the credit
SLICENSLASH
April 26, 2021 at 6:26 pm
Max is right tho….and I wanna see the Knicks succeed, but they gotta string some seasons together to earn my trust back.
inttruders
April 26, 2021 at 6:27 pm
Besides friends and family of the players/coaches/staff nobody cares about the Nets.
SLICENSLASH
April 26, 2021 at 6:31 pm
For 20+yrs the Knicks have shown they are Not willing to slowburn their way to success. They always eventually look to skip steps, look for the quickfix, & screw it up somehow. They gotta do it for more than 1season to get me to buy in that they actually have some real, solid, forward thinking leadership in place.
Absolutely Pro
April 26, 2021 at 6:39 pm
Someone seriously needs to tell Molly to stfu
Isaac Shapiro
April 26, 2021 at 7:03 pm
Embarrassing that SAS calls himself an ESPN analyst and is saying the Knicks have a better culture than the Nets when it is well known around the league that Brooklyn has by far the best culture and best player program in the organization.
Matthew Dowdell
April 26, 2021 at 7:08 pm
People who say the nets are like the clippers cause they are the less respectable franchise are diluted… the lakers have 17 trophies too their name and the latest was last season… the knicks haven’t had a chip since 1973 and they only got 2 of them. New York fans are the only ones who care about them because y’all have the Dallas cowboy mentality: “WE ARE A HISTORIC TEAM, YOU CANT TALK ABOUT BASKETBALL WITHOUT US” uhhh yes we can cause yall haven’t been up too much
Lenny Beason
April 26, 2021 at 7:23 pm
After the NETS win at least 2 chips in the next 3 years let’s see what Steven A is still saying about culture this and culture that…blah! blah! blah! 🤣😅
Champ100n
April 26, 2021 at 7:35 pm
Stephen A loves the knicks unconditionally but rails on cowboy fans the irony😂
twinfromqueens
April 26, 2021 at 8:19 pm
Even if the nets win the chip new york city still will not care. This is a knicks town im sorry
Barb Scapinello
April 26, 2021 at 8:39 pm
Wealthy people still in New York are delusional and seem to think that they’re living in the 1920’s or 50’s version of New York when the city was at it’s peak. New York is a TRASH CITY NOW HAHA! People and businesses are moving out of NY and LA. Who cares what Knicks fans think, they’re the stupidest New Yorkers of them all.
Body Soul Spirit
April 26, 2021 at 8:42 pm
But then Randle wouldn’t have transformed into a star , RJ wouldn’t had grown as much either.
Nic Stone
April 26, 2021 at 9:20 pm
they would have traded them for harden
Body Soul Spirit
April 26, 2021 at 9:27 pm
@Nic Stone true
YungFuego25
April 26, 2021 at 9:29 pm
Knicks are the Cowboys of the NBA…they win a few games and delusional fans start believing they’re the best team in the league smh
terrorkf
April 26, 2021 at 9:45 pm
Max and Stephen A. just look like they’re having a good time. Good to see them laughing
Klew Less
April 26, 2021 at 10:54 pm
They wouldn’t play for Thibs tho. Coaching still matters
Louis Baez
April 26, 2021 at 11:03 pm
Stephen A writing knicks checks that he cant cash
GenieKid
April 26, 2021 at 11:26 pm
We don’t want KD or “KI” anymore, we have Randle..
Jared Thomas
April 27, 2021 at 1:56 am
i think they will regret it cuz nets have ZERO DEPTH. knicks have some of the more underrated depth in the nba. they are a STAR away from being a DARK HORSE CONTENDER in the east