Stephen A. Not A Jaylen Brown Fan

[perks-a-beast]

https://hoopshype.com/2024/05/26/stephen-a-smith-jaylen-browns-attitude-hurting-his-reputation-and-marketability/

Pretty comical and hypocritical that Stephen A. Would comment on someone’s behavior and attitude tarnishing their reputation. Take a look in the mirror, bud. You went from a respected journalist to a media drab and walking billboard for ESPN.

[BringToughnessBack]

That is what a source told him. He is a huge joke. Nothing but hate for Boston. Too bad his Knicks have stunk for half a century with no chance of winning a title.

[Moranis]

Is he wrong? I have no idea, legitimately asking

[Roy H.]

I doubt Brown cares much if he's "well liked".

[Neurotic Guy]

I doubt Brown cares much if he's "well liked".

Maybe not, but that would make me like him less.  I usually prefer people who care to some extent what others think of them. Not driven by it, but for whom it would matter somewhat if they were generally disliked.

That said, I doubt this report is the be-all statement regarding JBs popularity around the league.

[mobilija]

Meh. And I don’t like Stephen A.
I’m sure neither Jaylen cares about Stephen’s opinion nor Stephen’s about mine.

[Phantom255x]

Jaylen is very well-regarded around the NBA, is buddies with most and is VP of the NBAPA.

Stephen A. Smith has no sources and numerous NBA players, including stars have called him out on it. The timing for him to say it is also pretty odd, like when the team is up 2-0 in a series after he balls out? Please 

Stephen A. the proclaimed Knicks fans still thought Quentin Grimes was on the team last round even though he's been off the Knicks for a while now. It's just more "NYESPN" propaganda. I'm sure on Monday or Tuesday Stephen A. will tell us Horford or Tatum committed some hostile act years ago that a "source" told him about 

[Birdman]

How many games Stephen A played in NBA? Zero, that’s why I don’t ever listen to him, he think he knows everything but doesn’t

[Roy H.]

I doubt Brown cares much if he's "well liked".

Maybe not, but that would make me like him less.  I usually prefer people who care to some extent what others think of them. Not driven by it, but for whom it would matter somewhat if they were generally disliked.

That said, I doubt this report is the be-all statement regarding JBs popularity around the league.

Really?  For me, I guess I prefer people who do what they think is right, regardless of whether it's a popular choice.  That doesn't mean somebody has to be a jerk, but rather simply guided by their own belief system.

That doesn't mean I endorse all of JB's beliefs.  He's a bit too anti-Semitic adjacent for my tastes.  But, he does strike me as a sincere, loyal person who cares about making the world better.

[Neurotic Guy]

I doubt Brown cares much if he's "well liked".

Maybe not, but that would make me like him less.  I usually prefer people who care to some extent what others think of them. Not driven by it, but for whom it would matter somewhat if they were generally disliked.

That said, I doubt this report is the be-all statement regarding JBs popularity around the league.

Really?  For me, I guess I prefer people who do what they think is right, regardless of whether it's a popular choice.  That doesn't mean somebody has to be a jerk, but rather simply guided by their own belief system.

That doesn't mean I endorse all of JB's beliefs.  He's a bit too anti-Semitic adjacent for my tastes.  But, he does strike me as a sincere, loyal person who cares about making the world better.

Well of course I generally do what I think is right even in the face of disagreement, but not giving a hoot about what other people think to me is a level of certainty that I hope I never attain.

[Phantom255x]

Isiah Thomas disagrees with S.A.S, btw:

https://twitter.com/IsiahThomas/status/1794761449304215788?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

I have been a friend, mentor and advisor to @FCHWPO since he was a student at UC Berkeley he is 100 percent marketable and before you slander his name @stephenasmith, tell your source to put their name on it or don’t speak on it. Let it be known.

[BringToughnessBack]

Well, give me a choice to become friends with Jaylen Brown or Smith, and its Brown 100 out of 100 times.

Anything to try and cause a bit of chaos for the Celtics right now.

[Atzar]

The quality and direction of media discourse has me seriously considering leaving this sport behind after the season.  They harm their own product, either passively through neglect or actively through hit pieces like this.  Want to know why Jaylen isn't "marketable"?  It's because these heads haven't made any effort to market him. 

They've poisoned their own well. 

[Phantom255x]

Well, give me a choice to become friends with Jaylen Brown or Smith, and its Brown 100 out of 100 times.

Anything to try and cause a bit of chaos for the Celtics right now.

I'll become friends with BringToughnessBack over Stephen A. Smith as well 

[libermaniac]

The quality and direction of media discourse has me seriously considering leaving this sport behind after the season.  They harm their own product, either passively through neglect or actively through hit pieces like this.  Want to know why Jaylen isn't "marketable"?  It's because these heads haven't made any effort to market him. 

They've poisoned their own well.

You know you can just tune in for games and enjoy them. Don’t have to follow what the media and Twitterverse say.