ESPN first Take laughs at going to Milwaukee / Phoenix NBA Finals

[UpAndComing]

That's crazy

Phoenix is a great city. Been there at least 4 times

 

[Bossino]

It’s been known that national media has a bias against mid and small market teams because they don’t like having to go on location to cover games in those cities.

Why do you think every time a star changes teams, they’re coming up with scenarios for them to end up in LA or NY?

If it were up to them an NBA super-league would be created and all the mid/small market teams would be kicked out, with the exception of Miami

Frankly NBA should bush like 5-10 teams they can't sustain all these small markets players rush to leave and that won't spend money. This ain't the NFL when it takes one game for an upset in the offs

 

[lightskin jermaine]

It aint a vacation MF. Ya'll on the clock

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Chill heifer

it is what it is...

that said, there are dope people from the D, the city is just

 

[DaSk8D00D]

Man Milwaukee not that bad , I'm from Peoria, Illinois that shyt wasn't bad when I went to a Bucks game

309 what’s good breh

I’m in Phoenix now tho fukk those hating ass lames it’s dope out here in the desert

 

[Professor Emeritus]

This is why you lost if you watch this garbage.these old mf’s act like they goin to kick it ,instead they should talk about the possibility of this young suns team & cp3(after all his personal bad luck for years) potentially winning a championship or giannis after failing the last 2 years as mvp has a chance to win Milwaukee its first title in 50 years

Espn just like the coli with the woat talking points

I don't know why people are so obsessed with this trash. At least people are getting that Skip is a troll but SAS is still talked about CONSTANTLY on here. I've never once thought, "What does Stephen A. Smith think about this?" and I haven't had the slightest desire to turn on cable TV and watch sports commentary, yet there are 4376 threads on here about ESPN talking heads.

Fools literally let the TV direct their life.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

This is a horrible conversation. I don’t know why they keep doing this. There’s more to this country they NY, LA, etc. This is why super teams happen.

 

[mbewane]

Acting like entitled bytches.

 

[SchoolboyC]

People gotta stop acting like every average city is a big market. There are only like 6 big market teams in the NBA. Lakers, Clippers, Nets, Knicks, Bulls and 6ers. Everybody else is small market in comparison. Just cause you got a metro area, doesn't mean you can match those cities household per household from a pure numbers perspective. New York got almost 3 times as many households as Phoenix. You combine Phoenix and Milwaukee together and you would still have a small market.

NYC & LA are obviously in a class of their own but Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Bay Area, etc. are not considered average cities or small markets, stop it

The small markets in the NBA are San Antonio, OKC, New Orleans, Memphis, Utah, etc.

 

[LurkMoar]

Clowns only want to talk about 4 teams, I’m glad new blood is coming in

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

"Monty can you be my baby daddy? I'm like yeah" (yeahhhhh baaaby)

nikka that’s Monty from Fetty Waps camp, that nikka from Jersey

 

[Tribal Outkast]

They're literally pretending like their job entails more than just covering the game and take their ass back to the hotel after

Right! I’ve covered many games in my life and that’s EXACTLY what happens lol! You’re too tired to do shyt after them long days. You try to hit up a bar or something right quick. It better be near the hotel though.

 

[Luke Cage]

NYC & LA are obviously in a class of their own but Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Bay Area, etc. are not considered average cities or small markets, stop it

The small markets in the NBA are San Antonio, OKC, New Orleans, Memphis, Utah, etc.

You a small market if you have less the 3million households. All the teams you listed are under the 3 milly mark.

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

309 what’s good breh

I’m in Phoenix now tho fukk those hating ass lames it’s dope out here in the desert

What’s good bruh you from Peoria

 

[Bossino]

nikka that’s Monty from Fetty Waps camp, that nikka from Jersey

I guess I'm officially , not even going to act like I didn't think these were the same dude.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Frankly NBA should bush like 5-10 teams they can't sustain all these small markets players rush to leave and that won't spend money. This ain't the NFL when it takes one game for an upset in the offs

I don't understand this energy. Bush 10 teams and hundreds if not thousands of black folk lose their jobs. Not just players but staff, security, concessions, folk working for the arena, trainers, commentators, media, etc. And the gain is....?

Not to mention the fans. I mean Memphis is a tiny-ass market with no big stars but pretty sure fans still loved that run where they made the playoffs 7 straight years and advanced three times including the WCF once. Blazers are in a small NBA city but they still have the Walton era (a title), the Drexler era (11 straight playoff appearances and 3 straight WCF including 2 Finals), the Sheed era (7 straight playoff apperances including back-to-back WCF), the Roy era (just 3 playoff appearances but so much hope and clutchness) and the Dame era (8 straight playoff appearances including a WCF). Just in the 2000s Cleveland got a title, Detroit got a title, Toronto got a title, San Antonio got 5 titles, now Milwaukee or Phoenix could get a title....