What's up, everybody. Welcome to the Ladies edition of The steven A. Smith Show, coming at you as I love to do, at the very least every Monday, Wednesday and Friday over the digital airways of YouTube and iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio. I mean listen. The subscribers are growing in the audio stratosphere as well, and right here on YouTube I've eclipped seven hundred and four thousand subscribers. Just keep on growing and growing and growing every single day. Thank you for the love and support. Keep bringing it and you know I'm going to keep accepting it and appreciating it. Thank you so much. By the way, if you want to continue to be or want to become a member the steven A. Smith Show family, just coik that bell in the right hand corner and boom, you too will be the latest member. And while you're doing that, make sure to get a copy of my New York Times best selling book, Straight Shooter, a Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, now in paperback. Just go to straight Shooter book dot com. That's straight youterbook dot com to get a copy of my book, my best selling book in paperback. Let me get started right now, with the NBA Finals because I expect them to end tonight. Yes, the hell with it. I was wrong. I had Dallas winning this series and six games. They ain't even win a damn game. I didn't see that coming. That's the way Kyrie and Luca were playing, along with PJ. Washington, those boys coming into the conference finals. But nevertheless, that is the situation right now. The Boston Celtics have a commanding three zero lead in this series heading into the Knight's game. For Jalen Brown Jason Tatum have been steady leaders for the Celtics while Kyrie Irvin struggled out of the gate for the first two games, although he exploded for thirty five in Game three. Luka Doncik has been another story as well, and that's the story that continues to be a defensive liability for the Dallas Maravicks. Here's all you need to know when it comes to Luka Doncik. Okay, when you talk about getting blown by on the defensive side of the ball defending an opponent, nobody has been blown by more. According to statistical data, nobody has been blown by more then Luka Doncik in the last ten years. That's how bad it is. That's how bad his defense has been, to the point where the Boston Celtics felt comfortable taking peeling Sam Houser off the bench and throwing him in the lineup. And he just drained three three pointers, two of them, you know, over Lukadancik, who was nowhere in the vicinity, had fell asleep before trying to lunge out at the last minute, but it was nowhere to be found when you look at some of these stats. Is going here. Let's just get this out of the way going into Game four tonight. I'm taping this show, by the way, just a few hours before Game four, so obviously it's before we decide this outcome is decided. I expect the Celtics to win, but Dallas could potentially surprise you. We'll talk about that in a second. The Celtics are now one win shot the league best eighteenth NBA championship. Both them and the Lakers are tied at seventeen for this particular moment the championship. Assuming the Boston Celtics win Game four on Friday night, would snap their second longest time title drought in franchise history, because it's been sixteen years since they last cut down the nets in two thousand and eight. Remember when two thousand and eight, That was a twenty two year drought dating back to nineteen eighty six before they finally beat Kobe Bryant, Power Gasol and those boys in two thousand and eight. Okay, Boston has won a franchise postseason record ten games. Okay, this is what I'm talking about here. When you look at it, the Celtics can match the longest win streak by any team in the NBA, NHL, or MLB history the end of postseason. The nineteen ninety two Pittsburgh Penguins won their last eleven games in winning the Stanley Cup. The Celtics have won ten straight. So that's what we've got to look at right now. That's just the way it is. They're thirteen to oh this postseason in games they've led by double digits. Okay, there's seven and zero on the road in the postseason, twenty one and seven away from TV Garden over the last three postseasons, all right, And if they win Game four to night in Dallas, they'll join the two thousand and one Lakers, is the only NBA champions to finish the postseason. With perfect road records, both teams would have gone eight to Oh, this is the number that really jumps out of me. It's not a three to zh best three to zero leader in the best of seven series. That's one hundred and fifty six and zero all time, including fourteen and zero in the finals. Okay, it's not that. Here's the stat that jumped out at me. The Celtics have averaged sixty six more passes and eleven more assist per game than the Mavericks in these NBA Finals. Sixty six more passes and eleven more assist per game. You know what that means, right? That means Luca is ball hogging. There's no other way around it. There's no other way around it. He's ball hogging. He's not moving the basketball, he's not getting others involved. When you see that, that flagrant of a discrepancy, that's a problem because you're not beating the Boston Celtics, just holding on to the ball, ball hoggin and thinking that you're just gonna score on them All Hall for six eleven, six, ten, six eleven, Jason Tatum sixty nine, Jaylen Brown sixty seven, Jewe Holliday and Derek White are at least sixty five. They got sides at every single damn position. You're not getting away with that if you're Luka Doncik or anybody. That's a big reason why they're down three. Now. Kyrie could have done some things in the first two games when he was a no show average eleven points less than his for you know, points per game average during the regular season. Okay, that he could have been better. But he showed up in game three and dropped thirty five, hit four to six three points after going oh for eight in the first two games from three point range. But Luca held onto the ball. Luca wasn't getting him the ball. That's my biggest thing. So many people talked about Luca complaining to the reps him being such a flagrant defensive liability. Absolutely correct, absolutely correct. But to me, the biggest crime that Luka Doncik committed is that you knew the other night was not your night. You knew it was a relatively off night. You shot forty percent from the field. You took twenty seven shots to make twenty seven points. That's not a Luka Doncic type of performance. But Kyrie was in his bag and when you see your teammate is in his bag, when you see him getting to the hole with regularity, when you see him finishing at the basket, when you see the three point shot flowing, and you know Chris stavs Porzingis is out for the game because he was injured, How in God's name do you not get the ball to Kyrie Irvin? Give it to him, let him dictate the flow. Not only was Luca not on his game in terms of his efficiency, he was slowing everything down and going into Game four on Friday night, the belief is that Luca's gonna make up for it offensively. But even if he makes up for it offensively, if it's courtesy of him ball hogging and not getting to the ball getting the ball of others turning a PJ. Washington, turning of Derek Jones, turning a Kyrie Irvin into spectators, that's a problem. And then we got to get into Jason Kidd and how Jason Kidd and the coaching staff evidently have not gotten in the head of Luka Doncik efficiently enough to get him to stop bitching, winding and moaning to the referees to the point where you sitting on the floor and putting your defense in the hole where they're playing four and five basketball defensively because you ain't back on defense. And even when you get back on defense, you just standing around complaining and you ain't defending nobody. And God bless Jason Kidd. I'm sitting there like me and so many others. Play Tim Hardaway Jr. Play Tim Hardaway Junior. Tim Hardaway played nineteen minutes then score point ladies and gentlemen. He was so ineffective, so inefficient, he didn't even commit a foul. The only place he had numbers other than zero was in rebounds with three. Outside of that, he did absolutely positively nothing. This is Tim Hardaway Jr. Who can get streaky, who's capable of dropping twenty five or thirty in a nanosecond because of his shooting powers. It is completely evaporated. He's nowhere to be found, an absolute no show. I would have paid that kid, Hardy exem somebody. I would have thrown all of them in there. Tim Hardaway does. He doesn't have anything left it the peers, at least for this series, which is sad to watch because I roote for the brother, but Nevertheless, it's a situation where I've lost all faith in the Dallas Mavericks because it wasn't just that they lost the game. It was that they were up twenty they were down twenty one. Without Kristaps Ziggas on the court, they were down twenty one points. And I just said to myself, damn, Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum could do what they want to do. And by the way, speaking to Jalen Brown, let me say this, and he continues to play the way that he's been playing, He's gonna win NBA Finals MVP. He will have deserved it. He'd certainly get my vote. And it forces us to revisit something that I brought up because it's very important that I bring this up. So I'm gonna bring this up again. You know, when I made noise and I made news over a week ago when I talked about how somebody had texted me and a couple of people had done it actually and saying that he's not very well liked. People were in an uproar over that. Even the Great Isaiah Thomas spoke up ony on his beat have talked about he was being slanted. Okay by whoever said that to me, Well, listen, First of all, that's assuming most people believe it. To know Jalen Brown is to know that the brother is a star in this league and a man of high character whose reputation is unblemished in terms of him not getting into any trouble or being a distraction or cancer this team or anything like that. But can we grow up? Because I'm getting ready to get into Caitlin Clark in a minute pretty much over this same subject. So why not lead into it by talking about Jalen Brown. Jalen Brown is a star in this league. Last seven games since the beginning of the Eastern Conference Finals, by the way, the brother's averaging twenty seven point three points on fifty three percent shooting for the field. He hit a game time shot to send a game in an overtime that saved them from an outright loss to Indiana. The brother shows up, you know, from opening tap of this NBA Final series. He's been defending Luka Doncik. He plays on both ends of the court. He's a finisher on what have you know what else he is, He's an activist at heart. He's a conscientious observer. From my understanding he's also a Muslim. Why are all of these subjects relevant? Because the brother doesn't have any endorsement deals that I can think of. Why is that then? Don't get me wrong, I haven't had in depth research on this subject about Jaylen Brown and his endorsement. Just from what I've heard, he might have a deal with Pepsi and beats by Dre. I'm not sure about that, but maybe maybe he does. I haven't seen it. I'm just saying it's worth noting. I want to make sure everybody understands I support Jaylen Brown. I'm not saying I'm not speaking against him. I'm speaking against those who have spoken against him privately or otherwise, or who are not supporting him. Jason Tatum deserves all the love and all the shin he gets. He's the start of team, but so is Jalen Brown. But Jason Tatum, quiet assassin, goes out there, balls inside and out six nine with a handle with a j We're a three point shot, can finish at the bats and get to the whole can, scoring the open court. He also got his little son Deuce out there with him all the time, got sneaker deals, got more commercials than anybody outside of Shack or Snoop Dog or Barkley or somebody. I mean, I'm just thinking about it right now. I think Jason Tatum haves them there as many commercials as Lebron James. This is Jason Tatum we're talking about here. I understand that he wears a boss himself to uniform. The most story franchis in basketball anmals, particularly assuming they win the title Friday night in Game four? Where the hell has Jaylen Brown been playing? Has it he been wearing the same uniform? Has it he been doing his thing? Now? I know, we don't want nobody's trying to get into the black white thing or anything like that. Because both of the brothers are black. We're not trying to say that. And certainly there's a plethora of marquee athletes who happen to be black that have been marketed. Jaylen Brown isn't one of them. Here's the reason why. Because when you're a conscientious observer, when you're an activist at hard, when you've been at the front lines willing to tackle sensitive issues and content, willing to put your face and your name in the forefront, when you speak about the desolate and disenfranchise, and how much they need our assistance. When you have a press conference while signing that three hundred plus million dollar contract you agreed to last summer, you make sure to do it in a venue to highlight the problems that exist in our communities and how all of us need to contribute to doing something about it. What we're not saying is that that leads to being unliked because a lot of people just want to sit back and make their money and be quiet, and they don't want anybody to take a stance, and they don't want anybody to be politically active, and they don't want anybody to sit up there and be willing to ruffle feathers. Jalen Brown is one of those people. Maybe that's why he doesn't have the kind of marketing deals that his teammate Jason Tatum. That's what I'm saying, and what I'm saying is that is grossly unfair to him. And if he wins the NBA Finals MVP, what y'all gonna say? Then? What y'all gonna say?

What's up, everybody. Welcome to the Ladies edition of The steven A. Smith Show, coming at you as I love to do, at the very least every Monday, Wednesday and Friday over the digital airways of YouTube and iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio. I mean listen. The subscribers are growing in the audio stratosphere as well, and right here on YouTube I've eclipped seven hundred and four thousand subscribers. Just keep on growing and growing and growing every single day. Thank you for the love and support. Keep bringing it and you know I'm going to keep accepting it and appreciating it. Thank you so much. By the way, if you want to continue to be or want to become a member the steven A. Smith Show family, just coik that bell in the right hand corner and boom, you too will be the latest member. And while you're doing that, make sure to get a copy of my New York Times best selling book, Straight Shooter, a Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, now in paperback. Just go to straight Shooter book dot com. That's straight youterbook dot com to get a copy of my book, my best selling book in paperback. Let me get started right now, with the NBA Finals because I expect them to end tonight. Yes, the hell with it. I was wrong. I had Dallas winning this series and six games. They ain't even win a damn game. I didn't see that coming. That's the way Kyrie and Luca were playing, along with PJ. Washington, those boys coming into the conference finals. But nevertheless, that is the situation right now. The Boston Celtics have a commanding three zero lead in this series heading into the Knight's game. For Jalen Brown Jason Tatum have been steady leaders for the Celtics while Kyrie Irvin struggled out of the gate for the first two games, although he exploded for thirty five in Game three. Luka Doncik has been another story as well, and that's the story that continues to be a defensive liability for the Dallas Maravicks. Here's all you need to know when it comes to Luka Doncik. Okay, when you talk about getting blown by on the defensive side of the ball defending an opponent, nobody has been blown by more. According to statistical data, nobody has been blown by more then Luka Doncik in the last ten years. That's how bad it is. That's how bad his defense has been, to the point where the Boston Celtics felt comfortable taking peeling Sam Houser off the bench and throwing him in the lineup. And he just drained three three pointers, two of them, you know, over Lukadancik, who was nowhere in the vicinity, had fell asleep before trying to lunge out at the last minute, but it was nowhere to be found when you look at some of these stats. Is going here. Let's just get this out of the way going into Game four tonight. I'm taping this show, by the way, just a few hours before Game four, so obviously it's before we decide this outcome is decided. I expect the Celtics to win, but Dallas could potentially surprise you. We'll talk about that in a second. The Celtics are now one win shot the league best eighteenth NBA championship. Both them and the Lakers are tied at seventeen for this particular moment the championship. Assuming the Boston Celtics win Game four on Friday night, would snap their second longest time title drought in franchise history, because it's been sixteen years since they last cut down the nets in two thousand and eight. Remember when two thousand and eight, That was a twenty two year drought dating back to nineteen eighty six before they finally beat Kobe Bryant, Power Gasol and those boys in two thousand and eight. Okay, Boston has won a franchise postseason record ten games. Okay, this is what I'm talking about here. When you look at it, the Celtics can match the longest win streak by any team in the NBA, NHL, or MLB history the end of postseason. The nineteen ninety two Pittsburgh Penguins won their last eleven games in winning the Stanley Cup. The Celtics have won ten straight. So that's what we've got to look at right now. That's just the way it is. They're thirteen to oh this postseason in games they've led by double digits. Okay, there's seven and zero on the road in the postseason, twenty one and seven away from TV Garden over the last three postseasons, all right, And if they win Game four to night in Dallas, they'll join the two thousand and one Lakers, is the only NBA champions to finish the postseason. With perfect road records, both teams would have gone eight to Oh, this is the number that really jumps out of me. It's not a three to zh best three to zero leader in the best of seven series. That's one hundred and fifty six and zero all time, including fourteen and zero in the finals. Okay, it's not that. Here's the stat that jumped out at me. The Celtics have averaged sixty six more passes and eleven more assist per game than the Mavericks in these NBA Finals. Sixty six more passes and eleven more assist per game. You know what that means, right? That means Luca is ball hogging. There's no other way around it. There's no other way around it. He's ball hogging. He's not moving the basketball, he's not getting others involved. When you see that, that flagrant of a discrepancy, that's a problem because you're not beating the Boston Celtics, just holding on to the ball, ball hoggin and thinking that you're just gonna score on them All Hall for six eleven, six, ten, six eleven, Jason Tatum sixty nine, Jaylen Brown sixty seven, Jewe Holliday and Derek White are at least sixty five. They got sides at every single damn position. You're not getting away with that if you're Luka Doncik or anybody. That's a big reason why they're down three. Now. Kyrie could have done some things in the first two games when he was a no show average eleven points less than his for you know, points per game average during the regular season. Okay, that he could have been better. But he showed up in game three and dropped thirty five, hit four to six three points after going oh for eight in the first two games from three point range. But Luca held onto the ball. Luca wasn't getting him the ball. That's my biggest thing. So many people talked about Luca complaining to the reps him being such a flagrant defensive liability. Absolutely correct, absolutely correct. But to me, the biggest crime that Luka Doncik committed is that you knew the other night was not your night. You knew it was a relatively off night. You shot forty percent from the field. You took twenty seven shots to make twenty seven points. That's not a Luka Doncic type of performance. But Kyrie was in his bag and when you see your teammate is in his bag, when you see him getting to the hole with regularity, when you see him finishing at the basket, when you see the three point shot flowing, and you know Chris stavs Porzingis is out for the game because he was injured, How in God's name do you not get the ball to Kyrie Irvin? Give it to him, let him dictate the flow. Not only was Luca not on his game in terms of his efficiency, he was slowing everything down and going into Game four on Friday night, the belief is that Luca's gonna make up for it offensively. But even if he makes up for it offensively, if it's courtesy of him ball hogging and not getting to the ball getting the ball of others turning a PJ. Washington, turning of Derek Jones, turning a Kyrie Irvin into spectators, that's a problem. And then we got to get into Jason Kidd and how Jason Kidd and the coaching staff evidently have not gotten in the head of Luka Doncik efficiently enough to get him to stop bitching, winding and moaning to the referees to the point where you sitting on the floor and putting your defense in the hole where they're playing four and five basketball defensively because you ain't back on defense. And even when you get back on defense, you just standing around complaining and you ain't defending nobody. And God bless Jason Kidd. I'm sitting there like me and so many others. Play Tim Hardaway Jr. Play Tim Hardaway Junior. Tim Hardaway played nineteen minutes then score point ladies and gentlemen. He was so ineffective, so inefficient, he didn't even commit a foul. The only place he had numbers other than zero was in rebounds with three. Outside of that, he did absolutely positively nothing. This is Tim Hardaway Jr. Who can get streaky, who's capable of dropping twenty five or thirty in a nanosecond because of his shooting powers. It is completely evaporated. He's nowhere to be found, an absolute no show. I would have paid that kid, Hardy exem somebody. I would have thrown all of them in there. Tim Hardaway does. He doesn't have anything left it the peers, at least for this series, which is sad to watch because I roote for the brother, but Nevertheless, it's a situation where I've lost all faith in the Dallas Mavericks because it wasn't just that they lost the game. It was that they were up twenty they were down twenty one. Without Kristaps Ziggas on the court, they were down twenty one points. And I just said to myself, damn, Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum could do what they want to do. And by the way, speaking to Jalen Brown, let me say this, and he continues to play the way that he's been playing, He's gonna win NBA Finals MVP. He will have deserved it. He'd certainly get my vote. And it forces us to revisit something that I brought up because it's very important that I bring this up. So I'm gonna bring this up again. You know, when I made noise and I made news over a week ago when I talked about how somebody had texted me and a couple of people had done it actually and saying that he's not very well liked. People were in an uproar over that. Even the Great Isaiah Thomas spoke up ony on his beat have talked about he was being slanted. Okay by whoever said that to me, Well, listen, First of all, that's assuming most people believe it. To know Jalen Brown is to know that the brother is a star in this league and a man of high character whose reputation is unblemished in terms of him not getting into any trouble or being a distraction or cancer this team or anything like that. But can we grow up? Because I'm getting ready to get into Caitlin Clark in a minute pretty much over this same subject. So why not lead into it by talking about Jalen Brown. Jalen Brown is a star in this league. Last seven games since the beginning of the Eastern Conference Finals, by the way, the brother's averaging twenty seven point three points on fifty three percent shooting for the field. He hit a game time shot to send a game in an overtime that saved them from an outright loss to Indiana. The brother shows up, you know, from opening tap of this NBA Final series. He's been defending Luka Doncik. He plays on both ends of the court. He's a finisher on what have you know what else he is, He's an activist at heart. He's a conscientious observer. From my understanding he's also a Muslim. Why are all of these subjects relevant? Because the brother doesn't have any endorsement deals that I can think of. Why is that then? Don't get me wrong, I haven't had in depth research on this subject about Jaylen Brown and his endorsement. Just from what I've heard, he might have a deal with Pepsi and beats by Dre. I'm not sure about that, but maybe maybe he does. I haven't seen it. I'm just saying it's worth noting. I want to make sure everybody understands I support Jaylen Brown. I'm not saying I'm not speaking against him. I'm speaking against those who have spoken against him privately or otherwise, or who are not supporting him. Jason Tatum deserves all the love and all the shin he gets. He's the start of team, but so is Jalen Brown. But Jason Tatum, quiet assassin, goes out there, balls inside and out six nine with a handle with a j We're a three point shot, can finish at the bats and get to the whole can, scoring the open court. He also got his little son Deuce out there with him all the time, got sneaker deals, got more commercials than anybody outside of Shack or Snoop Dog or Barkley or somebody. I mean, I'm just thinking about it right now. I think Jason Tatum haves them there as many commercials as Lebron James. This is Jason Tatum we're talking about here. I understand that he wears a boss himself to uniform. The most story franchis in basketball anmals, particularly assuming they win the title Friday night in Game four? Where the hell has Jaylen Brown been playing? Has it he been wearing the same uniform? Has it he been doing his thing? Now? I know, we don't want nobody's trying to get into the black white thing or anything like that. Because both of the brothers are black. We're not trying to say that. And certainly there's a plethora of marquee athletes who happen to be black that have been marketed. Jaylen Brown isn't one of them. Here's the reason why. Because when you're a conscientious observer, when you're an activist at hard, when you've been at the front lines willing to tackle sensitive issues and content, willing to put your face and your name in the forefront, when you speak about the desolate and disenfranchise, and how much they need our assistance. When you have a press conference while signing that three hundred plus million dollar contract you agreed to last summer, you make sure to do it in a venue to highlight the problems that exist in our communities and how all of us need to contribute to doing something about it. What we're not saying is that that leads to being unliked because a lot of people just want to sit back and make their money and be quiet, and they don't want anybody to take a stance, and they don't want anybody to be politically active, and they don't want anybody to sit up there and be willing to ruffle feathers. Jalen Brown is one of those people. Maybe that's why he doesn't have the kind of marketing deals that his teammate Jason Tatum. That's what I'm saying, and what I'm saying is that is grossly unfair to him. And if he wins the NBA Finals MVP, what y'all gonna say? Then? What y'all gonna say?

Then?

Then?

Those are the kind of things that I'm talking about, And it shouldn't be just a sneaker deal. From my understanding, he doesn't have that right now. But how many teams with dynamic duos Klay Thompson and Steph Curry, Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Paul George Kawhi, Leonard Dreeling, b Tyrese, Maxi, Yo Kicch and Jamal Murray dynamic duo's all over the place who don't have a sneaker deal? Jaylen Brown? Jayleen Brown? What's up with that?

Those are the kind of things that I'm talking about, And it shouldn't be just a sneaker deal. From my understanding, he doesn't have that right now. But how many teams with dynamic duos Klay Thompson and Steph Curry, Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Paul George Kawhi, Leonard Dreeling, b Tyrese, Maxi, Yo Kicch and Jamal Murray dynamic duo's all over the place who don't have a sneaker deal? Jaylen Brown? Jayleen Brown? What's up with that?

He deserves it.

He deserves it.

If something has happened that I missed it, I apologize, But from my research and my understanding, he doesn't have these things. I haven't seen him on any commercials.

If something has happened that I missed it, I apologize, But from my research and my understanding, he doesn't have these things. I haven't seen him on any commercials.

Why not?

Why not?

Why not? He didn't even make the All NBA team. He got my vote, I voted for him. How come he he make the All NBA team. It's fifteen players in the NBA better than Jaylen Brown?

Why not? He didn't even make the All NBA team. He got my vote, I voted for him. How come he he make the All NBA team. It's fifteen players in the NBA better than Jaylen Brown?

You sure about that?

You sure about that?

You sure about that? Boston Celtics had been in six conference finals since he arrived in an NBA finals. This is second NBA finals. He's about to be a champion. All season long, they've had the best record in basketball. Where's his deal? So, if we're gonna be real about it. Let's be real about it. Let's not stop being children and focusing on Oh well, I don't like stephen A, so I'm gonna challenge what he said just because I don't like him. No, damn it, challenge what I'm saying. What did I say? Jaylor Brown deserves a claim, He deserves to be hyped, he deserves to be marketed. And don't think it's an accident that I brought up religion. The other day, they asked Joe Missoula, the head coach with the Boston Celtics, how you feel about being you and Jason Kidd black coaches, minority coaches doing what they're doing. Blah blah blah. He said, Has anybody asked how many of them were Christians? Whole room got quiet because everybody's scared to touch religion. Everybody's scared to touch religion. We know that this religious bias in this country. We know this, and they ain't a person alive that can deny that. And forgive me if I'm just wondering if indeed my info is correct, and a guy like Jalen Brown, who is a Muslim, if that doesn't play a role in the lack of marketability.

You sure about that? Boston Celtics had been in six conference finals since he arrived in an NBA finals. This is second NBA finals. He's about to be a champion. All season long, they've had the best record in basketball. Where's his deal? So, if we're gonna be real about it. Let's be real about it. Let's not stop being children and focusing on Oh well, I don't like stephen A, so I'm gonna challenge what he said just because I don't like him. No, damn it, challenge what I'm saying. What did I say? Jaylor Brown deserves a claim, He deserves to be hyped, he deserves to be marketed. And don't think it's an accident that I brought up religion. The other day, they asked Joe Missoula, the head coach with the Boston Celtics, how you feel about being you and Jason Kidd black coaches, minority coaches doing what they're doing. Blah blah blah. He said, Has anybody asked how many of them were Christians? Whole room got quiet because everybody's scared to touch religion. Everybody's scared to touch religion. We know that this religious bias in this country. We know this, and they ain't a person alive that can deny that. And forgive me if I'm just wondering if indeed my info is correct, and a guy like Jalen Brown, who is a Muslim, if that doesn't play a role in the lack of marketability.

Especially in this.

Especially in this.

Well what's going on throughout the world, and we ain't gonna get into that, but you know what I'm saying, one must ask these questions. So I just asked rhetorically. Albeit, let me move on to the next subject because that involves Kaitlyn Clark. Obviously, Before I do that, let me give major major props to Sabrina and net School for the New York Liberty with what she's been doing. She's been doing big things and the major major props to her. But I revisit that in a second in terms of out WNBA headlines. But the first thought of is is gonna be Caitlyn Clark Because she was asked this week by a reporter how she felt about her name being weaponized for racism and misogyny in the legue, along with other things. Her response was as follows, quote, I don't see it. Basketball is my job. Everything on the outside. I can't control that, So I'm not going to spend time thinking about that. People can talk about what they want to talk about, create conversations about whatever it is. But I think for myself, I'm just here to play basketball. I'm here to have fun. I'm trying to help our team win now. Caitlin Clark's comments caught the attention of Connecticut Sons player Djona Carrington, who took exception of what Clarke had to say and responded on x formerly known as Twitter, with this quote, dog, how can how one cannot be bothered by their name being used to justify racism, bigotry, misogynies, in a phobia, homophobia, and the intersectionalities of them all is nuts. We all see the shit. We all have a platform, we all have a voice, and they all hold weight. Silence is a luxury. Following Carrington's posts, Clarke was asked again about her feelings on misogyny and racism circling the WNBA. This time, the twenty two year old delivered a strong statement on people using her name with hateful motives and messages that escalated after she failed to make the US Olympic team. Here's what she said quote. Everybody in our world deserves the same amount of respect. The women in our league deserve the same amount of respect. People should not be using my name to push those agendas. It's disappointing, it's not acceptable, just treating every single woman in this league with the same amount of respect. Is just a basic human thing that everyone should do. End quote from Caitlyn Clark. First of all, I love the fact that Caitlyn Clark came back and commented on it. DJA. Carrington was very piercing in her rebuke of what Caitlyn Clark had to say. But for those that are willing to get on Carrington, I will come to Carrington's defense simply in this regard, people got on Michael Jordan because Michael Jordan gave the impression that he just cared about playing basketball at one time and making money, and everybody was saying he needs to be more active, he needs to speak up, etc. Et cetera. Back in the day that was a different time. But nevertheless he was held accountable. And most people who are silent when clear activism is needed, if not downright required, you're going to get called on it, particularly in this day and age where everybody has a voice. And what Carrington was saying is that it wasn't on She was not implying that it was on Caitlyn Clark to speak up alone. What she specifically said is that all of us have a voice, and all of us have an obligation to use that voice. In other words, none of us should be silent. Silence is a luxury, but one none of us should have. That's what Carrington was saying in my opinion, and I don't disagree with her as long as you're somewhat knowledgeable about what you're talking about. In the case of Kaitlyn Clark, let's just call it what it is. We're living in a world right now where there is resentment, there is some degree of hostility. When I brought up jealousy, envy, resentfulness, I had to elaborate extensively on exactly what I meant, because what I was trying to say to people is that any one of those emotions add the word justified before it, because it's justified because a legitimate argument could be made that as great as Kaitlyn Clark was in college, and as great as I know she will be in a WNBA that is separate and apart from the issue surrounding her apparent marketability. Record ratings for the WNBA Draft two point four four to six million, record ratings for the opening doubleheader for the WNBA record ratings over the course of this season directly attributed to Caitlyn Clark, not solely, but primarily. And the reality is is that there have been players who have come along who were not wiped, but looked even better and didn't get that kind of shine. So because of that, Caitlyn Clark, albeit totally unfair to her, essentially is the poster child right now, not just to face the golden goose of the WNBA, not just somebody who's elevating to becoming the face of the WNBA at the expense of somebody like Asia Wilson, who clearly should be the face of the NBA, because she's that lady, she's that one, that two time champion that she is. But in spite of all of that, or on top of all of that, what we're talking about when we talk about Kaitlyn Clark is she is a shining example of what most folks in America outside of the white community has lamented about America since this nation's inception. If you're white, it's bright, it's light, it's great, everything's good. We want that more than we want anything else. And no matter what trials and tribulations people of African American descent and beyond have endured, you don't necessarily get the shine you get when you are white, and people thought we had moved past that to some degree, or we had taken so many steps in a proper direction, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, and then it's a reminder that we still have a long way to go. And what I said on first take earlier to day, my day job on ESPN antenna in the New Eastern Standard time, every weekday, every weekday morning, what I said I will never apologize for because it's necessary to understand what do you think is interpreted? When Donald Trump would say make America great again? How many people have you heard saying what that meant was make America white again. That's what people are thinking everybody, but a lot of people. A lot of people love it, a lot of people hate it, which is why even though Biden got eighty one million votes for the last election, Donald Trump still had over seventy four million, because you got a lot of people that flow with that thinking that's the nation that we're living in. You talk She talked about intersectionalities and homophobia and all of those things are very very real. What Carrington brought up, why would that have anything to do with Caitlin Clark because whiteness glosses over it all. The fact that she can ball, that she's incredibly marketable and she's white, has everybody saying that's a product we want to support, And so we're gonna throw our support behind the WNBA in ways we never imagined we would. The other day, right here on this show, I told y'all, in the twenty eight year history of the WNBA, only nine players have had on court earnings of more than a million dollars. The average NBA salary is ten million. The NBA is about to ink a new TV deal that's gonna bring in tens of billions. WNBA have been scratched, the struggling and scratch two hundred million in collective overall revenue. Caitlin Clark's about to help eclipse all of that. So, no matter how far we've advanced, no matter how far we've come, even when we just had a black president a decade ago, even when we had a woman as the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States in the year twenty sixteen, even as we sit here today and one of the topics trending is that Michelle Obama would be the obvious candidate for the presidency in the event that Joe Biden backed out, if that's what she wanted to do. Even with all of these advancements per se in our society, Caitlyn Clark is a reminder, as great as she is, through no fault of her own, that America is still more receptive to marketing white folks more so than anybody else. It's what they've looked for, and it's what they've prayed for, and they're getting it. That's the reality. So Carrington, No, I don't think she should have called out Caitlin Clark, but I think that her message her tweet was saying, don't sit here and be quiet if you're down for the cause, if you will as you with us, because it's always bigger than just one person, and that's what she was challenging Caitlyn Clark to do. She's a rookie, a lot of pressure on her. Don't particularly like it, but I've seen black players in their early twenties have their pressure placed on them in football and basketball. If that's what it is, that's what it is. Let me move on to this next subject before I go to break because I'm staying in. WNBA already brought it up. New York Liberty clinch home court advantage of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Final, which will be played on June twenty fifth. The Liberty are led by my personal w NBA Player of the Wig, by the way, so bringing in un net School the three point Sharps should have led the team with twenty four points, handing the Connecticut son their first loss of the season, and was named to her first USA Olympic Basketball team. Unt School is afaging nearly eighteen points, four point four rebounds five point five says her signature basketball shoe, the Sabrina One's, who were launched last September, by the way, and the Sabrina twos are expected to hit store shelves June twenty eighth. She plays for New York. I love her already, but what I also love is how she showed up NBA All Star Weekend and even though she lost to Steph Curry, the greatest shoot of God has ever created. HRS score tied or eclipsed all the other dudes. Hus score of twenty six was just as high as Damian Lillard's and it eclipsed all the others outside of Steph Curry. She's special in that schools special. When I think about Caitlyn Clark and what she could be, I think about what you in eSchool, what she already is some degree, just saying, just saying, waight, the hand of your business, girl, major, major props, no doubt about that. Coming up next right here on the stephen A. Smith's Show, Tavontae Tank Davis defense is WBA Lightweight World title against Frank Martin Saturday night in Las Vegas. We'll preview that fight and I'll talk about a couple of other things in a minute. Don't go away, It's the stephen A. Smith Show. Over iHeartRadio and YouTube backward more in a minute. Now. I just want to take a moment to make sure everyone knows my favorite time of the year is happening right now, y'all. The NBA Finals. It's in full swing. And how do I make them even more excited than they already are.

Well what's going on throughout the world, and we ain't gonna get into that, but you know what I'm saying, one must ask these questions. So I just asked rhetorically. Albeit, let me move on to the next subject because that involves Kaitlyn Clark. Obviously, Before I do that, let me give major major props to Sabrina and net School for the New York Liberty with what she's been doing. She's been doing big things and the major major props to her. But I revisit that in a second in terms of out WNBA headlines. But the first thought of is is gonna be Caitlyn Clark Because she was asked this week by a reporter how she felt about her name being weaponized for racism and misogyny in the legue, along with other things. Her response was as follows, quote, I don't see it. Basketball is my job. Everything on the outside. I can't control that, So I'm not going to spend time thinking about that. People can talk about what they want to talk about, create conversations about whatever it is. But I think for myself, I'm just here to play basketball. I'm here to have fun. I'm trying to help our team win now. Caitlin Clark's comments caught the attention of Connecticut Sons player Djona Carrington, who took exception of what Clarke had to say and responded on x formerly known as Twitter, with this quote, dog, how can how one cannot be bothered by their name being used to justify racism, bigotry, misogynies, in a phobia, homophobia, and the intersectionalities of them all is nuts. We all see the shit. We all have a platform, we all have a voice, and they all hold weight. Silence is a luxury. Following Carrington's posts, Clarke was asked again about her feelings on misogyny and racism circling the WNBA. This time, the twenty two year old delivered a strong statement on people using her name with hateful motives and messages that escalated after she failed to make the US Olympic team. Here's what she said quote. Everybody in our world deserves the same amount of respect. The women in our league deserve the same amount of respect. People should not be using my name to push those agendas. It's disappointing, it's not acceptable, just treating every single woman in this league with the same amount of respect. Is just a basic human thing that everyone should do. End quote from Caitlyn Clark. First of all, I love the fact that Caitlyn Clark came back and commented on it. DJA. Carrington was very piercing in her rebuke of what Caitlyn Clark had to say. But for those that are willing to get on Carrington, I will come to Carrington's defense simply in this regard, people got on Michael Jordan because Michael Jordan gave the impression that he just cared about playing basketball at one time and making money, and everybody was saying he needs to be more active, he needs to speak up, etc. Et cetera. Back in the day that was a different time. But nevertheless he was held accountable. And most people who are silent when clear activism is needed, if not downright required, you're going to get called on it, particularly in this day and age where everybody has a voice. And what Carrington was saying is that it wasn't on She was not implying that it was on Caitlyn Clark to speak up alone. What she specifically said is that all of us have a voice, and all of us have an obligation to use that voice. In other words, none of us should be silent. Silence is a luxury, but one none of us should have. That's what Carrington was saying in my opinion, and I don't disagree with her as long as you're somewhat knowledgeable about what you're talking about. In the case of Kaitlyn Clark, let's just call it what it is. We're living in a world right now where there is resentment, there is some degree of hostility. When I brought up jealousy, envy, resentfulness, I had to elaborate extensively on exactly what I meant, because what I was trying to say to people is that any one of those emotions add the word justified before it, because it's justified because a legitimate argument could be made that as great as Kaitlyn Clark was in college, and as great as I know she will be in a WNBA that is separate and apart from the issue surrounding her apparent marketability. Record ratings for the WNBA Draft two point four four to six million, record ratings for the opening doubleheader for the WNBA record ratings over the course of this season directly attributed to Caitlyn Clark, not solely, but primarily. And the reality is is that there have been players who have come along who were not wiped, but looked even better and didn't get that kind of shine. So because of that, Caitlyn Clark, albeit totally unfair to her, essentially is the poster child right now, not just to face the golden goose of the WNBA, not just somebody who's elevating to becoming the face of the WNBA at the expense of somebody like Asia Wilson, who clearly should be the face of the NBA, because she's that lady, she's that one, that two time champion that she is. But in spite of all of that, or on top of all of that, what we're talking about when we talk about Kaitlyn Clark is she is a shining example of what most folks in America outside of the white community has lamented about America since this nation's inception. If you're white, it's bright, it's light, it's great, everything's good. We want that more than we want anything else. And no matter what trials and tribulations people of African American descent and beyond have endured, you don't necessarily get the shine you get when you are white, and people thought we had moved past that to some degree, or we had taken so many steps in a proper direction, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, and then it's a reminder that we still have a long way to go. And what I said on first take earlier to day, my day job on ESPN antenna in the New Eastern Standard time, every weekday, every weekday morning, what I said I will never apologize for because it's necessary to understand what do you think is interpreted? When Donald Trump would say make America great again? How many people have you heard saying what that meant was make America white again. That's what people are thinking everybody, but a lot of people. A lot of people love it, a lot of people hate it, which is why even though Biden got eighty one million votes for the last election, Donald Trump still had over seventy four million, because you got a lot of people that flow with that thinking that's the nation that we're living in. You talk She talked about intersectionalities and homophobia and all of those things are very very real. What Carrington brought up, why would that have anything to do with Caitlin Clark because whiteness glosses over it all. The fact that she can ball, that she's incredibly marketable and she's white, has everybody saying that's a product we want to support, And so we're gonna throw our support behind the WNBA in ways we never imagined we would. The other day, right here on this show, I told y'all, in the twenty eight year history of the WNBA, only nine players have had on court earnings of more than a million dollars. The average NBA salary is ten million. The NBA is about to ink a new TV deal that's gonna bring in tens of billions. WNBA have been scratched, the struggling and scratch two hundred million in collective overall revenue. Caitlin Clark's about to help eclipse all of that. So, no matter how far we've advanced, no matter how far we've come, even when we just had a black president a decade ago, even when we had a woman as the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States in the year twenty sixteen, even as we sit here today and one of the topics trending is that Michelle Obama would be the obvious candidate for the presidency in the event that Joe Biden backed out, if that's what she wanted to do. Even with all of these advancements per se in our society, Caitlyn Clark is a reminder, as great as she is, through no fault of her own, that America is still more receptive to marketing white folks more so than anybody else. It's what they've looked for, and it's what they've prayed for, and they're getting it. That's the reality. So Carrington, No, I don't think she should have called out Caitlin Clark, but I think that her message her tweet was saying, don't sit here and be quiet if you're down for the cause, if you will as you with us, because it's always bigger than just one person, and that's what she was challenging Caitlyn Clark to do. She's a rookie, a lot of pressure on her. Don't particularly like it, but I've seen black players in their early twenties have their pressure placed on them in football and basketball. If that's what it is, that's what it is. Let me move on to this next subject before I go to break because I'm staying in. WNBA already brought it up. New York Liberty clinch home court advantage of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Final, which will be played on June twenty fifth. The Liberty are led by my personal w NBA Player of the Wig, by the way, so bringing in un net School the three point Sharps should have led the team with twenty four points, handing the Connecticut son their first loss of the season, and was named to her first USA Olympic Basketball team. Unt School is afaging nearly eighteen points, four point four rebounds five point five says her signature basketball shoe, the Sabrina One's, who were launched last September, by the way, and the Sabrina twos are expected to hit store shelves June twenty eighth. She plays for New York. I love her already, but what I also love is how she showed up NBA All Star Weekend and even though she lost to Steph Curry, the greatest shoot of God has ever created. HRS score tied or eclipsed all the other dudes. Hus score of twenty six was just as high as Damian Lillard's and it eclipsed all the others outside of Steph Curry. She's special in that schools special. When I think about Caitlyn Clark and what she could be, I think about what you in eSchool, what she already is some degree, just saying, just saying, waight, the hand of your business, girl, major, major props, no doubt about that. Coming up next right here on the stephen A. Smith's Show, Tavontae Tank Davis defense is WBA Lightweight World title against Frank Martin Saturday night in Las Vegas. We'll preview that fight and I'll talk about a couple of other things in a minute. Don't go away, It's the stephen A. Smith Show. Over iHeartRadio and YouTube backward more in a minute. Now. I just want to take a moment to make sure everyone knows my favorite time of the year is happening right now, y'all. The NBA Finals. It's in full swing. And how do I make them even more excited than they already are.

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See, this is the problem with boxing, it really really is. And so I'm just looking at some of these fights right now. If you're Javonte Davis, who do I want to see you go up against? I wouldn't mind seeing Javonte Davis go up against loman Chenko. That wouldn't bother me. Lemon Chenkin is a bad brother. He picked a part cam boss the other a couple months ago, picked him apart, beat him like he stole something. Okay, So I wouldn't mind seeing that fight. I wouldn't mind seeing Javonte Davis versus Shako Stevenson. I wouldn't mind seeing that at all. To me, Javonte Davis is box office. Tank Davis's box office. Those are the two fights worth having at the lightweight division up at one hundred and forty, assuming he moves up to see him fight somebody like Tiafimo Lopez. It's something that I would love to see if Ryan Garcia could get his act together and stop getting himself in some mess with these headlines recently getting arrested and stuff like that, messing up a hotel in Beverly Hills. I mean, what the hell is going on with him? I do not want to see Devin Haney against Javonte Davis. Devin Hany is a damn good boxer, damn good boxer, but boy did he get the part by Ryan Garcia. Yes, Ryan Garcia came in three pounds heavier, but he looked so much bigger, so much stronger, so much faster, so much skill, so much more skilled, and Devin Haney, you know, he got his ass kicked. Now, I don't think it was fair because I think that Ryan Garcia not only the three pound weighted advantage, he didn't meet the weight limit. Devin Haney should never have taken a fight. Shouldn't have taken five hundred thousand every pound that Ryan Garcia was overweight. He shouldn't have agreed to that at all. Your belt was on the line, your undefeated record was on the line. You were unblemished, and then the world. So you get beat up by a guy that was three pounds heavier that according to you know the reports, I mean, tested positive for performance enhancing drug use. So Ryan Garcia has got a lot of problems, but it still doesn't take away the blemish on Devin Haney's record, and it doesn't erase what we saw with our own two eyes. So I don't want to see that brother against Javonte Davis. I don't want to see that. I really really don't. I want to see Ryan Garcia back of the ring against Javontae Davis. I want to see Tafemo Lopez in the ring against Davonte Davis. That's what I want to see. But the first order of business is to see him against Frank Martin. And my advice to Frank Martin is simple, box, my brother, move, sting and move, hit and move. Do not stand in front of Javonte Davis. I know Frank Martin is telling us doing these press conferences and doing his interview on a pivot with Ryan Clark and others. You know, and you know I want to see the chanting Crowder and Fred Taylor, those boys. Mad love for them. I don't want to see. Oh. I rocked him, I shookhim, I buckled his knees, I buckled his legs and sparring. Nah, that ain't the fight. That ain't the fight with the crowd of the tendance in the bright lights there. That's a different animal. That's what I want to see. You do. You ain't standing in front of the Jamonte Davis, not Tank Davis, Frank Martin. Take it from Stephen A, my brother. Whatever you do in move, stick and move, don't stand in front of that man. Do not stand in front of our man. That man. I am looking out for your health. You want to get the hell away from Javonte Davis. You don't want to have this man walking you down and stalking you where he's throwing these haymakers. Nah, not Tank. You won't see that brother doing that. You won't see that brother doing that. Coming up next right here on the stephen Ate Smith Show, we'll talk some NFL football as there's another quarterback joining a fifty million dollar a year club. Oh, I got to get into that. Guess what. It ain't Dak Prescott yet. We'll get into that and then something in a minute right here on the stephen Ate Smith Show over YouTube, and of course I heart rate it back on morning minute. Welcome back to stephen Ate Smith Show right here over the digital airwaves of YouTube. Let me get into some NFL action real quick. Set in the stage for this summer, because we'll be talking a lot about the NFL once the NBA season is over. Yesterday, the Jacksonville Jaguars and quarterback Trevor Lawrence agreed on a five year, two hundred and seventy five million dollar contract extension. According to ESPN's very own Adam Schefter, the fifty five million dollar average salary in Lawrence's deal ties in with the Cincinnati Bengals Joe Burrow for the highest International Football League. Lawrence now becomes the sixth quarterback to have an annual salary above fifty million, joining the aforementioned Borough, Jared Golf of the Lions, Justin Herbert of the Chargers, Lamar Jackson of the Ravens, and of course Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles. It's a great payday for Lawrence, who's not considered by many to be the best quarterback in his division. That would be second year quarterback C. J. Stroud of the Texans. By the way, three times Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs is not included in the fifty million dollar a year club. First things first, Kinson Chiefs get on the phone now called Patrick Mahomes agent and basically say to him, we're just waiting until the dust settles, until we'll make sure that to make you the highest big player International Footballleague. Let's get that out the way right now. Ain't nobody, nobody deserves to be paid more to Patrick Mahomes. Let's get that out the way. Okay, come on, now, we can't do that. That's number one. Number two. Here's the deal with Trevor Lawrence. I believe in Trevor Lawrence, I believe in his upside, has only been in the league three years, twenty and thirty as a quarterback in this league, sixty three point eight percent career completion percentage heading into this upcoming season one and one in the playoffs. Overcame a twenty seven to nothing deficit against the Los Angeles Charges a couple of years back, had an awful rookie year, came back, got him to the playoffs. This second year, won a playoff game after being down twenty seven to nothing in the first half to the Chargers, right, and then turned around and went the bed last year, but that was because primarily after a strong start, he had a plethorough of injuries, and that those injuries, they lost five of their last six games to close out the season, if I remember correctly. Here's the deal, Okay, when you look at these numbers, it's the National Football League. And the one thing that I'm not gonna do is talk about what a player doesn't deserve, because with the money that the National Football League is raking in, the player's got to get some of it. So I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit here and tell you that a player doesn't deserve as much money as they can possibly get. What I will say, however, is this when we think about the quarterbacks down the pike, Jordan Love to a tongue of a lower Dak Prescott scheduled to get paid. Here's what I will tell you, Dak Prescott don't deserve to get paid more than Trevor Lawrence. I don't give a damn what anybody says. Trevor Lawrences been in this league for three years. Dak Prescott has been in the league for eight. Dak Prescott got two player victories in eight years, and continuously falters come posties time. Oh, he's phenomenal from September through December, without question, But as the playoffs loom, that brother foes like a cheap ten. Now that's not to say he will in the future. I'm saying what he's already done. Y'all could point to the forty eight to thirty two victory that the Green Bay practice exercise against the Dallas Cowboys and last year's playoffs. I'm here to tell you I don't want to hear that. Make it forty eight sixteen. They were getting annihilated. It was window dressing at the end, those last sixteen points that the Dallas Cowboys scored, they got their ass kick Jordan Love and Green Bay rolled up Aaron Jones, Let's not forget him. You know. They rolled up into Big D Dallas where I'm at right now, right away, and they whipped their ass and Dak Prescott through a pick six along the way. This is what he does. He threw two interceptions. This is what he does. When it was bleeding, he doesn't stop it. He continues to let it flow. That's what he does. So to me, when I look at Dak Prescott, I get you. You gotta pay him. If you're the Dallas Cowboys, who's the quarterback that you're going to have there? I would remind you that Cooper Russia what regular season games with him too. And I'm not saying Cooper Rushia replaced Dak Prescott. I'm saying, if you Dak Prescott, let's say, for example, hypothetically, the Dallas Cowboys come to you and they give you fifty million, you should be sneezing at that. It's fifty million dollars and you ain't number one. Hell, you ain't number ten.

See, this is the problem with boxing, it really really is. And so I'm just looking at some of these fights right now. If you're Javonte Davis, who do I want to see you go up against? I wouldn't mind seeing Javonte Davis go up against loman Chenko. That wouldn't bother me. Lemon Chenkin is a bad brother. He picked a part cam boss the other a couple months ago, picked him apart, beat him like he stole something. Okay, So I wouldn't mind seeing that fight. I wouldn't mind seeing Javonte Davis versus Shako Stevenson. I wouldn't mind seeing that at all. To me, Javonte Davis is box office. Tank Davis's box office. Those are the two fights worth having at the lightweight division up at one hundred and forty, assuming he moves up to see him fight somebody like Tiafimo Lopez. It's something that I would love to see if Ryan Garcia could get his act together and stop getting himself in some mess with these headlines recently getting arrested and stuff like that, messing up a hotel in Beverly Hills. I mean, what the hell is going on with him? I do not want to see Devin Haney against Javonte Davis. Devin Hany is a damn good boxer, damn good boxer, but boy did he get the part by Ryan Garcia. Yes, Ryan Garcia came in three pounds heavier, but he looked so much bigger, so much stronger, so much faster, so much skill, so much more skilled, and Devin Haney, you know, he got his ass kicked. Now, I don't think it was fair because I think that Ryan Garcia not only the three pound weighted advantage, he didn't meet the weight limit. Devin Haney should never have taken a fight. Shouldn't have taken five hundred thousand every pound that Ryan Garcia was overweight. He shouldn't have agreed to that at all. Your belt was on the line, your undefeated record was on the line. You were unblemished, and then the world. So you get beat up by a guy that was three pounds heavier that according to you know the reports, I mean, tested positive for performance enhancing drug use. So Ryan Garcia has got a lot of problems, but it still doesn't take away the blemish on Devin Haney's record, and it doesn't erase what we saw with our own two eyes. So I don't want to see that brother against Javonte Davis. I don't want to see that. I really really don't. I want to see Ryan Garcia back of the ring against Javontae Davis. I want to see Tafemo Lopez in the ring against Davonte Davis. That's what I want to see. But the first order of business is to see him against Frank Martin. And my advice to Frank Martin is simple, box, my brother, move, sting and move, hit and move. Do not stand in front of Javonte Davis. I know Frank Martin is telling us doing these press conferences and doing his interview on a pivot with Ryan Clark and others. You know, and you know I want to see the chanting Crowder and Fred Taylor, those boys. Mad love for them. I don't want to see. Oh. I rocked him, I shookhim, I buckled his knees, I buckled his legs and sparring. Nah, that ain't the fight. That ain't the fight with the crowd of the tendance in the bright lights there. That's a different animal. That's what I want to see. You do. You ain't standing in front of the Jamonte Davis, not Tank Davis, Frank Martin. Take it from Stephen A, my brother. Whatever you do in move, stick and move, don't stand in front of that man. Do not stand in front of our man. That man. I am looking out for your health. You want to get the hell away from Javonte Davis. You don't want to have this man walking you down and stalking you where he's throwing these haymakers. Nah, not Tank. You won't see that brother doing that. You won't see that brother doing that. Coming up next right here on the stephen Ate Smith Show, we'll talk some NFL football as there's another quarterback joining a fifty million dollar a year club. Oh, I got to get into that. Guess what. It ain't Dak Prescott yet. We'll get into that and then something in a minute right here on the stephen Ate Smith Show over YouTube, and of course I heart rate it back on morning minute. Welcome back to stephen Ate Smith Show right here over the digital airwaves of YouTube. Let me get into some NFL action real quick. Set in the stage for this summer, because we'll be talking a lot about the NFL once the NBA season is over. Yesterday, the Jacksonville Jaguars and quarterback Trevor Lawrence agreed on a five year, two hundred and seventy five million dollar contract extension. According to ESPN's very own Adam Schefter, the fifty five million dollar average salary in Lawrence's deal ties in with the Cincinnati Bengals Joe Burrow for the highest International Football League. Lawrence now becomes the sixth quarterback to have an annual salary above fifty million, joining the aforementioned Borough, Jared Golf of the Lions, Justin Herbert of the Chargers, Lamar Jackson of the Ravens, and of course Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles. It's a great payday for Lawrence, who's not considered by many to be the best quarterback in his division. That would be second year quarterback C. J. Stroud of the Texans. By the way, three times Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs is not included in the fifty million dollar a year club. First things first, Kinson Chiefs get on the phone now called Patrick Mahomes agent and basically say to him, we're just waiting until the dust settles, until we'll make sure that to make you the highest big player International Footballleague. Let's get that out the way right now. Ain't nobody, nobody deserves to be paid more to Patrick Mahomes. Let's get that out the way. Okay, come on, now, we can't do that. That's number one. Number two. Here's the deal with Trevor Lawrence. I believe in Trevor Lawrence, I believe in his upside, has only been in the league three years, twenty and thirty as a quarterback in this league, sixty three point eight percent career completion percentage heading into this upcoming season one and one in the playoffs. Overcame a twenty seven to nothing deficit against the Los Angeles Charges a couple of years back, had an awful rookie year, came back, got him to the playoffs. This second year, won a playoff game after being down twenty seven to nothing in the first half to the Chargers, right, and then turned around and went the bed last year, but that was because primarily after a strong start, he had a plethorough of injuries, and that those injuries, they lost five of their last six games to close out the season, if I remember correctly. Here's the deal, Okay, when you look at these numbers, it's the National Football League. And the one thing that I'm not gonna do is talk about what a player doesn't deserve, because with the money that the National Football League is raking in, the player's got to get some of it. So I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit here and tell you that a player doesn't deserve as much money as they can possibly get. What I will say, however, is this when we think about the quarterbacks down the pike, Jordan Love to a tongue of a lower Dak Prescott scheduled to get paid. Here's what I will tell you, Dak Prescott don't deserve to get paid more than Trevor Lawrence. I don't give a damn what anybody says. Trevor Lawrences been in this league for three years. Dak Prescott has been in the league for eight. Dak Prescott got two player victories in eight years, and continuously falters come posties time. Oh, he's phenomenal from September through December, without question, But as the playoffs loom, that brother foes like a cheap ten. Now that's not to say he will in the future. I'm saying what he's already done. Y'all could point to the forty eight to thirty two victory that the Green Bay practice exercise against the Dallas Cowboys and last year's playoffs. I'm here to tell you I don't want to hear that. Make it forty eight sixteen. They were getting annihilated. It was window dressing at the end, those last sixteen points that the Dallas Cowboys scored, they got their ass kick Jordan Love and Green Bay rolled up Aaron Jones, Let's not forget him. You know. They rolled up into Big D Dallas where I'm at right now, right away, and they whipped their ass and Dak Prescott through a pick six along the way. This is what he does. He threw two interceptions. This is what he does. When it was bleeding, he doesn't stop it. He continues to let it flow. That's what he does. So to me, when I look at Dak Prescott, I get you. You gotta pay him. If you're the Dallas Cowboys, who's the quarterback that you're going to have there? I would remind you that Cooper Russia what regular season games with him too. And I'm not saying Cooper Rushia replaced Dak Prescott. I'm saying, if you Dak Prescott, let's say, for example, hypothetically, the Dallas Cowboys come to you and they give you fifty million, you should be sneezing at that. It's fifty million dollars and you ain't number one. Hell, you ain't number ten.

That's a fact.

That's a fact.

When we look Let's look at the landscape of the National Football League, please. So we got Jalen Hurts. I know he had it down here last year, but I still consider him better than Dak Prescott. So we got Jalen Hurts, right, we got Jordan Love, we got Jared Golf, who's going to a super Bowl. They were in an NFC title game against San Francisco last year Detroit. Okay, we got that going on. We got Kirk Cousins in Atlanta, who's just this inefficient compost season tom as Dak Prescott, but he's right up there. We got Listen rock Perty and then reigning NFC champion San Francisco forty nine ers. We got that going on. So I'm looking at it. That's just the NFC. Let's go to the AFC tour. We've got, you know, Josh Allen. Look at the AFC North. We got Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow. Okay, listen, you can look at the Shan Watson. I believe in him. I know Russell Wilson and Justin fieldser and Pittsburgh they got to show improved. But at least two quarterbacks in the AFC North are better than Dak Prescott the South. Here's all you need to know. He ain't even considered the best quarterback in Texas. That's CJ. Strad okay, And in the AFC West you got Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert. So that's what it is. Come on, now, look at these quarterbacks. I just gave you. I already told you Herbert, I already told you Mahomes. So that's how I'm looking at it. Dak Prescott's gonna be in a position to hold the Dallas Cowboys hostage. And it's hilarious to me because how the hell you win two playoff games in eight years, but bold enough to sit up there and say pay me or else you're the Dallas Cowboys. You got a lot of thinking to do. Seriously, you did nothing this offseason. And I understand that Dak Prescott is an all world quarterback during the regular season. I'm only talking about the postseason. Now. If the postseason don't matter to you that much, and it's all about being interesting enough to get to the postseason, okay, then pay Dak Prescott. But if postseason performances matter, one would argue you should hold that against him. You should hold it against him you gotta pay Jordan Love though, if you're Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers is going. I can't believe I they mentioned Aaron Rodgers with the New York Jets. Aaron Rodger with the New York Jets. So I mean everywhere you turn three quarterbacks in the AFC East, at least two in the AFC North, at least one in the AFC South, and at least two in the AFC West. That's about seven quarterbacks, y'all. And I gave you the names of the NFC, none of whom on Dak Prescott, what's the problem. So it's gonna be really interesting to see what happens this year. It's gonna be really interesting to see if the Dallas Cowboys are gonna open up the vault and pay Dak Prescott at the expense of a CD Lamb and a Michaeh. Parsons because you know what, I believe. I believe the number one priority to be paid is Michael Parsons because you know what that brother's gonna bring on the defensive side of the ball. But most importantly, more so than anything else, he's a prohibited face of the franchise. When you think about Michael Parsons. You see Dallas Cowboys, That's how I view all of this. That's it for this edition of The Stephen Nate Smith Show. I got to get on out of here tonight. Y'all. Enjoy your weekend. I gotta get set for Game four of the NBA Finals. Until next time, right, peace, Love everybody, Happy Father's Day. I'll see you next week. Take care,

When we look Let's look at the landscape of the National Football League, please. So we got Jalen Hurts. I know he had it down here last year, but I still consider him better than Dak Prescott. So we got Jalen Hurts, right, we got Jordan Love, we got Jared Golf, who's going to a super Bowl. They were in an NFC title game against San Francisco last year Detroit. Okay, we got that going on. We got Kirk Cousins in Atlanta, who's just this inefficient compost season tom as Dak Prescott, but he's right up there. We got Listen rock Perty and then reigning NFC champion San Francisco forty nine ers. We got that going on. So I'm looking at it. That's just the NFC. Let's go to the AFC tour. We've got, you know, Josh Allen. Look at the AFC North. We got Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow. Okay, listen, you can look at the Shan Watson. I believe in him. I know Russell Wilson and Justin fieldser and Pittsburgh they got to show improved. But at least two quarterbacks in the AFC North are better than Dak Prescott the South. Here's all you need to know. He ain't even considered the best quarterback in Texas. That's CJ. Strad okay, And in the AFC West you got Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert. So that's what it is. Come on, now, look at these quarterbacks. I just gave you. I already told you Herbert, I already told you Mahomes. So that's how I'm looking at it. Dak Prescott's gonna be in a position to hold the Dallas Cowboys hostage. And it's hilarious to me because how the hell you win two playoff games in eight years, but bold enough to sit up there and say pay me or else you're the Dallas Cowboys. You got a lot of thinking to do. Seriously, you did nothing this offseason. And I understand that Dak Prescott is an all world quarterback during the regular season. I'm only talking about the postseason. Now. If the postseason don't matter to you that much, and it's all about being interesting enough to get to the postseason, okay, then pay Dak Prescott. But if postseason performances matter, one would argue you should hold that against him. You should hold it against him you gotta pay Jordan Love though, if you're Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers is going. I can't believe I they mentioned Aaron Rodgers with the New York Jets. Aaron Rodger with the New York Jets. So I mean everywhere you turn three quarterbacks in the AFC East, at least two in the AFC North, at least one in the AFC South, and at least two in the AFC West. That's about seven quarterbacks, y'all. And I gave you the names of the NFC, none of whom on Dak Prescott, what's the problem. So it's gonna be really interesting to see what happens this year. It's gonna be really interesting to see if the Dallas Cowboys are gonna open up the vault and pay Dak Prescott at the expense of a CD Lamb and a Michaeh. Parsons because you know what, I believe. I believe the number one priority to be paid is Michael Parsons because you know what that brother's gonna bring on the defensive side of the ball. But most importantly, more so than anything else, he's a prohibited face of the franchise. When you think about Michael Parsons. You see Dallas Cowboys, That's how I view all of this. That's it for this edition of The Stephen Nate Smith Show. I got to get on out of here tonight. Y'all. Enjoy your weekend. I gotta get set for Game four of the NBA Finals. Until next time, right, peace, Love everybody, Happy Father's Day. I'll see you next week. Take care,