In this First Take YouTube Exclusive, Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst join Shae Cornette to discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future and the passion NBA players have for the game.
0:00 Next steps for Giannis
3:25 Pat Riley and Heat making a push?
6:27 Do players truly love the game?
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@TheBounceReport-n7p
April 15, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Shams out here looking fly, Stephen A. you should be worried about your missing tie and your collar looking like crunched up Baltimore rowhouse.
@robertjohnson9756
April 15, 2026 at 9:35 pm
I said this in another video. Some people love the game and some love what the game brings them
@KingSteff
April 15, 2026 at 9:37 pm
There’s no requirement to love your job and players are employees.
@GilgandolfTheBlack
April 15, 2026 at 9:41 pm
Most of these guys are just super athletic giants that were made to play by their father. They may have loved the game in school but lost passion when it became a business. People make fun of SGA, but he LOVES the game.
@JasonJohnson-kq2eq
April 15, 2026 at 9:44 pm
Yannis has been hurt for 5 years straight. It would be stupid to get him.
@soultrapped617
April 15, 2026 at 9:52 pm
the median salary isnt 80k lmaoo try 35-45k
@mannyshakur773
April 15, 2026 at 10:13 pm
Where is Molly ?!?!?!
@damejamal4530
April 15, 2026 at 10:16 pm
you can just look at the players and effort and agree and 40% might be generous. they love the money not the comp and the grind to be the best
@TjLeach-v5s
April 15, 2026 at 10:19 pm
The Heat have nothing to offer. The Bucks would be dumb to do a deal with them. The Heat would also be trash because they would have no depth. Also, Pat Riley is a cheapskate 😂 he ain’t gun a offer anything gokd
@ManuelHernandez-ps5uz
April 15, 2026 at 10:20 pm
Agree 💯%👍🏻👀 30% New school they love the game 🎮
@slickkviccc
April 15, 2026 at 10:30 pm
Greek on the heat or the 🚀 would feed 👪
@desmondjefferson2127
April 15, 2026 at 10:34 pm
It’s the money, I probably wouldn’t care about winning either if I was making that much, NGL
@conceited361
April 15, 2026 at 10:48 pm
Segregate the league blacks will play hard for our own
@ZachLynn410
April 15, 2026 at 10:52 pm
People give SAS his flack for their own reasons, but when it comes to his ideas of having certain people in positions of recruitment, it makes sense. Like how he did with Kenny being the coach at UNC. Perhaps it’s time to change the guard in MIA.
@zain7x24
April 15, 2026 at 11:30 pm
I would keep tyler herro if im miami
@djnkosi
April 15, 2026 at 11:58 pm
Zoolander 🤣
@r.m.90
April 16, 2026 at 12:04 am
No one wants to play for control freak Pat Riley plus the Heat have nothing of value. How is SAS paid so much for such awful takes.
@r.m.90
April 16, 2026 at 12:05 am
Giannis to the Knicks makes too much sense.
@r.m.90
April 16, 2026 at 12:08 am
Jose isn’t lying. These guys play for money and clout not for the passion and love for it.
@770WT
April 16, 2026 at 12:11 am
The Heat tend to overwork the players and run them into the injury prone ground.
@jonathanmuldrow8458
April 16, 2026 at 12:25 am
Why don’t they have this love of the game discussion for NFL players who gets suspended or released for Conduct detrimental or players holding out and holding their franchises future hostage to get a bag? That selfishness doesn’t show love of the game either
@thatshipsailedd
April 16, 2026 at 12:53 am
Imma be honest Stephen A’s take on Riley moving up and spoelstra taking over basketball operations was actually, a great take
@Against_All_Odds_Pod
April 16, 2026 at 2:31 am
Thats why he gets paid the big bucks…(pun intended)
@mikejonezzzz
April 16, 2026 at 1:36 am
the reason the heat never get anyone via trade or free agency is because they have no assets lmao
@danielacevedo3927
April 16, 2026 at 1:52 am
After the way pat riley treats players who would want to go to miami
@CulturedOperative
April 16, 2026 at 1:58 am
Strong disagree. Athletes today look more in shape because of how normal people view it. They see muscle definition and measurable traits like jumping or speed. But the truth is being in shape to play a sport is not really a body building competition where you starve to be low fat % for an hour. You need to be build tough and older eras did that better IMO. Especially around functional strength. Nowadays people do to many machine masked exercises for isolation muscles. Old days people threw tires and works masonry alongside other compound movements and exercises which strengthen areas that you don’t see. This prevents injury and allows you to take more of a beating.