On First Take, Skip Bayless joins Stephen A. Smith to debate whether Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers are better off without LeBron James following Luka’s third consecutive 40-point performance. Plus, the two discuss the Lakers’ 2020 championship, LeBron’s tenure in Los Angeles and the team’s offensive play.
0:00 Luka Doncic’s third-straight 40-point game
0:27 Are Luka and the Lakers better off without LeBron?
2:14 2020 championship
4:28 LeBron’s LA tenure
5:20 LeBron with the Lakers
6:15 Lakers’ offense
8:18 LeBron’s dominance
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@Shubhankarchoudhury
November 6, 2026 at 2:22 am
Dayum I miss Skip. Some good nostalgia here fr β€
@mr.getthepartylive4731
November 6, 2026 at 2:23 am
This is epic skip n Stephen A the best duo ever together on television
@officialHbTcs
November 6, 2026 at 2:24 am
Stephen A… The Bubble was fake, the PLANdemic was fake. The ring means ZERO
Denver weren’t better than Bron, AD and Westbrook
They had Joker and that is all.
OKC are only relevant in the last 3 years.
Stephen A, you are lost. Used to be the Guy
ALL TEAMS in the NBA are BETTER off with OUT LeBrick
@cutthacheque
November 6, 2026 at 2:25 am
Stephen A Smith hit Skip Bayless with the AYUCANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
@Jaylbc24
November 6, 2026 at 2:26 am
Micky mouse championship ππ
@elbetancourth9262
November 6, 2026 at 2:26 am
I dont like Skip, but I feel the same way. We are better with out him.
@darvinwilliams8722
November 6, 2026 at 2:29 am
LeBron only got 79 40+ games in his career Luka on a Kobe trajectory itβs not the same to me
@SoraTh33xplorer
November 6, 2026 at 2:30 am
Weβll see how well Luka carries this Lakers team as they start playing better teamsβ¦ itβs not gonna be pretty. Rn itβs sunshine and rainbows because theyβre playing bottom 5 teams.
@somalipΓ€ivΓ€koti
November 6, 2026 at 2:31 am
LAKERS TOO MANY WHITES
@kuanbenny3984
November 6, 2026 at 2:35 am
skip bayless is the worst analyst who knows nothing about NBA I have ever seen, keep making dumb comments on those incidents, he represents the word of DUMB for this country, what a joke he is.
@christophermauro-barias7451
November 6, 2026 at 2:35 am
2:23 as a Lakers fan even AD said this it has an **
@My_Youtube_Channel777
November 6, 2026 at 2:39 am
Stephen A what a hater.
@markharrison6498
November 6, 2026 at 2:40 am
The lakers are not tied for first in the west. They’re tied for second. The amount of misinformation and incompetence on this show is so extreme that it has to be intentional
@zoranglavach3602
November 6, 2026 at 2:40 am
Would the 76ers be better of paying lebron 52 million and not having Maxey Embiid or Brown it was the 52 million what now the lakers are better of not paying.. not having him or not having him…
@landoperez116
November 6, 2026 at 2:41 am
is he back on first take?
@MikeQuijas-m2j
November 6, 2026 at 2:42 am
It is a topic that was going to be brought up sooner then later. Seeing how the Lakers look without LBJ
@HellRellLLC
November 6, 2026 at 2:45 am
π₯episode
@mobshock9738
November 6, 2026 at 2:46 am
Classic SKIP π
@anthony1423
November 6, 2026 at 2:47 am
Steven A is leclowns clown
@alexandermalsi8896
November 6, 2026 at 2:48 am
abnoy talaga yan si skip ewan ko bakit binabayaran ng malaki para gumawa ng kasinungalingan.
@kingprince7825
November 6, 2026 at 2:48 am
π skip is some serious luka gotta win a championship 1st if lakers don’t win in the next 2 or 3 year’s then what luka may want out he may go back to Dallas who knows and if Austin and luka gonna have world’s soon Austin may not be the guy for luka
@MikeQuijas-m2j
November 6, 2026 at 2:49 am
Skip beat down Stephen A lol. It’s facts about everything he’s spitting
@LaidbackAF
November 6, 2026 at 2:50 am
The views speaks for itself, keep this duo the world needs it.
@nobuffzone
November 6, 2026 at 2:54 am
Happy to see Stephen A and Skip Back together all we need is Shannon
@edwinrivera5009
November 6, 2026 at 2:55 am
Mickey Mouse Championship ππ facts π₯Ά