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Stephen A. & Max Kellerman's Lakers vs. Clippers predictions | First Take Max Kellerman is confident that the LA Clippers have much bigger expectations on opening night of the 2019-20 NBA season because they have a lot more to prove after adding Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. ✔ to ESPN+ http://plus.espn.com/ ✔ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔ to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/toYOUTUBE ✔ to ESPN FC on YouTube: http://bit.ly/toESPNFC ✔ to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/toNBAonESPN ✔ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: http://es.pn/YouTubeTV Exclusive interviews with Rachel Nichols http://urlzs.com/jNURe Stephen A. Smith on ESPN http://urlzs.com/W19Tz ESPN on Social Media: ► Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/espn ► Like on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/espn ► Follow on Instagram: www.instagram.com/f/espn Visit ESPN on YouTube to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball, soccer and more. More on ESPN.com: http://www.espn.com

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Jesus Ocampo

13/08/2019 23:44

Max is speaking facts

CCP News and Entertainment

13/08/2019 23:43

VOLTRON!

Zandhata 2

13/08/2019 23:40

Seriously Max? Clippers isn't good organization, looks what happened to Blake Griffin and I'm worried to Kawhi and PG health for the way Doc Rivers coaching them

dam Kash

13/08/2019 23:39

Stephen a goatee messed up 💩what about that 🤣

Dukebeen finessin

13/08/2019 23:38

Y'all mention Ad,Bron, and boogie. But you guys forgot to mention they still have the goat Alex Caruso.

Elsa Guevara

13/08/2019 23:35

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

JRock Nelson

13/08/2019 23:33

So who do the Clippers have in the paint? What big man to box out, get rebounds, set screens, block shots...and SCORE? None. They don’t have shit at the 4 and 5. Meanwhile Lakers have McGhee (blocks, hustle, and can score), Cousins (coming with something to prove, 3 point shooter and a bully reunited with AD), and the best big man in the game AD...the man that can drop 50 points and 20 rebounds in a game. This is not a debate. Oh, and a pissed off GOAT Lebron with something to prove. Oh, and a future All Star also with something to prove Kuzma. Lol Good luck Clippers.

Roger S

13/08/2019 23:29

Gotta love the "Great Doc Rivers" angle. The only time he was a winner was when he had the big 3 in Boston. Other than that, squat!! He had a big 3 in LA, but all those guys wanted to bolt town as soon as they could. When Pop is called a great head coach I get it. When Rivers is called that, naaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Cameron Morrison

13/08/2019 23:26

So is this going to be the subject of conversation everyday until the season starts? There are still other teams in the league right?

Adrian Chandler

13/08/2019 23:21

Kellerman: Your lineup is crooked. SAS: You're wrong and here's why...

Oscar Alvarez

13/08/2019 23:10

2019 Los Angeles Lakers = 2013 Los Angeles Lakers

Paul

13/08/2019 23:05

Stephen A. Is always fucking wrong about who’s winning the finals so I guess the Clippers winning it all

Justin Malone

13/08/2019 23:00

Quin Cook should be the starting point guard not because he's a better player than Rondo but he's be the most efficient playing next to Bron and AD. He can spread the floor and he way more low maintenance meaning he dont need the ball as much and dont need plays ran for him. Rondo should man the 2nd unit or when LeBron not on the floor.

Terms462

13/08/2019 22:58

I cant look at max the same after finding out he was a rapper

Nahian Rahman

13/08/2019 22:51

Here we gooooo!

Luke Cage

13/08/2019 22:48

Before I watch: Stephen A-Lakers Max-Clippers

ShootingTurtle

13/08/2019 22:48

Kawhi is overrated

Adam A D Johnson

13/08/2019 22:46

Money on Kawhi & PG13 Period !!

King Clutch

13/08/2019 22:41

Who is Stephen A's barber tho because that mustache looking type blasphemous

Robert Dudley

13/08/2019 22:37

Why ain’t nobody tell Stephan a he got half a mustache 🤣🤣

Derick Sy

13/08/2019 22:35

How old is lebron??? His not gonna win a 💍 anymore. Believe me time to pass the torch

Abbas Akbar

13/08/2019 22:35

Bring back Charlie Caruso.

Michael Lambert

13/08/2019 22:33

Sorry my comment bout basketball and not bout how another man look...lakers 2020 champions...

Derick Sy

13/08/2019 22:32

Clippers can win without pg!!!

Lemmy Lemz

13/08/2019 22:32

On the low, Boogie Cousins is the X factor. At 70 % of his peek level the Lakers will be a real problem.

Itallgood Indaneihbirhood

13/08/2019 22:29

Can we cancel Max already?

JohnE

13/08/2019 22:22

Who would win, the guys who’s played with ball dominant superstars before ( dwade and Kyrie with Lebron and Demarcus with AD) or the guys who who’ve played with little to no superstars who were either VERY ball dominant or not ball dominant at all.

MrBSHAW333

13/08/2019 22:21

Paul George will disappoint Kawhi Leonard this season... Lakers will look way stronger than they are opening night and they will win

Ricardo Gamboa

13/08/2019 22:19

Yeah Max Voltron Force

Calvin Browder

13/08/2019 22:19

Stephen A makes too much money for his mustache to be trimmed like that lol

LAR Rodriglu

13/08/2019 22:16

Don't bet against the goats like lebron, mj, kobe - they make you regret most of the times.

Raymond Miranda

13/08/2019 22:16

This guy lebron can no longer play defense hes no longer the best player in the world. his straight 8 final apperances mean nothing it was a cake walk. and he had to leave his current team to become champion, kwahi prove lebrons not bein able to beat the warriors made the warriors seem unbeatable until kwahi dismantle them by hisself no superstar

Calvin Browder

13/08/2019 22:15

I wish max would stop bragging about the Clips taking GS 6 games. The warriors were bored, they basically handed them those games to make somewhat a challenge, kinda played to the level of competition. This coming from a dude who absolutely hates GS for how they killed my LeCavs all those years in the finals lol luckily we got 1 in in 2016

TheLiiitorres

13/08/2019 22:12

Stephen A looked like he shaved half of his mustache. What a legend indeed.

Plugd N

13/08/2019 22:10

Was saying the same thing

Quentin Coberley

13/08/2019 21:58

All the casual and lebron fanboys coming back out the woodworks after the lakers missed the playoffs. They must not have watched the playoffs if they don’t see who the best player is in the league(Kawhi)

Blue Red

13/08/2019 21:58

Lakers will dominate the regular season but get MURDERED in the playoffs. No 3pt shooting, no perimeter defense, their 2nd best player in his 17th season, they can't even play their best players together!

Jervis McGee

13/08/2019 21:56

Tell me someone else see that Stephen A. Smith's mustache is missing.

Big Kahuna

13/08/2019 21:52

The Los Angeles Clippers will be the best team in the NBA!.... 2019-2020 NBA Champions! Kawhi Leonard will be Finals MVP!

Daniel Ridore

13/08/2019 21:48

I don't want to hear about how great a coach Doc rivers is. He had 1 ring with 3 HOF. If the Laker signed "championship coach" He'd have the same amount of rings. And oh btw, Amazing Championship Ty Lue is on what team again?

Daniel Ridore

13/08/2019 21:47

You guys know everyone said the same thing about Kryie and Hayward coming back last year. Oh they are going be amazing blah blah blah, and they didn't go anywhere.

DynamicUnreal

13/08/2019 21:44

Shoutout to Max for the Voltron reference.

Trel 2x Kix

13/08/2019 21:40

I think max just like being wrong. He need to start facing reality , that boy bron not having a slow start he never did .

Jamar Sullivan

13/08/2019 21:40

Quite gasing the clipper think about who they got they got three good players that it pat Beverly is a Defender that’s it offense above average

Carter Beene

13/08/2019 21:32

I watch first take on youtube and subscribe to espn plus while i take shits

x2kGODx X2KGodX

13/08/2019 21:32

*Boogie* all i gotta say

Saboob Sabuba

13/08/2019 21:29

Clippers are gonna smash lakers because they have something lakers dont have...chemistry

Jeffrey Duvinston

13/08/2019 21:29

The last time Lebron missed the playoffs was 2005. This 9 year notion is false😂

J Adams

13/08/2019 21:27

I have clippers winning by 10 or more

CJ Payne

13/08/2019 21:23

LA needed Lebron Lebron Didn't need LA. Those chips in the past dont mean a DAMN THING!! Different Game

Shahzeb Naeem

13/08/2019 21:23

Max you're right but guess what? When Kawhi and George Dominate the ball, it can be a different story.

Christopher Jaymes

13/08/2019 21:18

They said bro was going to be MVP last season 😂💀

deuces2119 soto

13/08/2019 21:12

I think the lakers are gonna have oxygen tanks next to every seat on the bench because teams like golden state and the clippers and Utah and Denver maybe even Portland are gonna run circles around the lakers. Then watch these 2 make excuses for the lakers when they see it unfold before there very eyes

Damo

13/08/2019 21:12

Clippers > Lakers . Kawhi's shut down defense is still underrated by these clowns

Reido S

13/08/2019 21:12

Stephen the st(A)che Smith

Shaun McClendon

13/08/2019 21:11

These Analysts are so out of touch - they have failed to mention that Paul George is going to be out the first couple of weeks.

AWretchLikeThee

13/08/2019 21:04

The Lakers won't make the playoffs, but the Suns will.

Fisherdanpro23

13/08/2019 21:03

Stephen A Smith said that LeBron was going to be mvp last year

Raymond Rodriguez

13/08/2019 21:02

Why he playing with frank Vogel like that🤣

Clay Slade

13/08/2019 20:58

First time LeBron James missed the Play offs in 9 years? It's the first time he missed thew Finals in 8 years. It's the first time he has missed the Play offs in 13 years. That's only because of injuries to him and others on the roster.

Vincent BlueSky

13/08/2019 20:56

Stephan A fix your facial hair, you forgot to paint in the left side mustache......it looks cheap

Jake Reihana

13/08/2019 20:55

Stephens mustache is blasphemous! Make no mistake about it.. Lol

Hieroglyphy

13/08/2019 20:55

If Rondo starts at PG alongside LeBron and two Bigs... this season is going to be a disaster for the Lakers. The spacing will be atrocious. - LeBron will have a terrible season and be nowhere near the MVP conversation. - Vogel will be canned by the All-Star break. - Davis will be out the door in the summer.

American Paisa

13/08/2019 20:54

Clipper Nation all day, everyday. Since 1987 for me.

Joey Belmondo

13/08/2019 20:51

Lebron never had a real powerful big man. Now he has 2! League better watch out if cousins is healthy

terell davis

13/08/2019 20:48

opening night is cool but who cares; I wanted to here them discuss the western conference finals.

David petit Etoo page officielle

13/08/2019 20:47

Barber 💈: what would u like done today sir Stephen A: fuck my moustache up Barber 💈: say nomore hold my beer 🍺

Vennette Samonte

13/08/2019 20:47

whos gaurding kuzma? whos gaurding ad? whos garding bron? whos gaurding boogie? and a shooter? its hell

Daniel Morrison

13/08/2019 20:45

Clippers with Kahwi going for a title defense,Kahwi going to play that scrapper badge and lockdown defender to the fullest just like all their players are,its a title defense come on always we need is Giannis on the Kings then were golden

juanmaale

13/08/2019 20:45

Boogie is a top ten player if healthy. If he’s 80% of what he was the Lakers have BY FAR the best big three in the league

cedric mcmillian

13/08/2019 20:45

He'll be 35... for crying out loud. He was slow last year. This team will live and die on the play of A.D.

David petit Etoo page officielle

13/08/2019 20:44

Prediction on 2k?? Wtf are these topics

SSNOVABOY BOY

13/08/2019 20:36

For j kidd to be the coach dont the lakers have to be bad ??????? So are the lakers going to tank purposely????????

Tommy ONeill

13/08/2019 20:36

Jesus Christ. The season has been over for awhile and won’t start for awhile. I love Basketball and other sports but talk about Baseball or something.

Book of shadows contributor Brian

13/08/2019 20:35

713rd comment

Ademir Martinez

13/08/2019 20:31

Stephen A. Smith has a fatass tie

I dig me 956

13/08/2019 20:31

I think y’all forget the lakers are deep lowkey.

Nicholas Jackson

13/08/2019 20:30

Lmao 😂

TwinGunsLLP

13/08/2019 20:29

Lebron is going to be 35 in a few months, and he has more miles on that 35 year old frame that probably anybody in history. We already saw the start of the break downs last year, expect those to only multiply and accelerate. Lebron is not MJ, he doesn't possess 1/10th the moves MJ did which enabled him to still be a superstar in his 40s. In other words, the Lebron era is over.

nube Sock

13/08/2019 20:29

TURN UP UR FUCKIN VOLUME

Jakeem

13/08/2019 20:24

will paul george even be healthy in the beginning of the season? lmao

Richard Gates

13/08/2019 20:21

Max gets on my nerves sometime watch how later in season gets amnesia...... But the dam stache is big fucked

JT3 Thomas

13/08/2019 20:12

Avery bradley isnt even a point guard

D Woolwichpoly

13/08/2019 20:10

Good luck guarding the pick and roll with AD and LeBron, if by some voodoo shit you can guard that, good luck with guarding the sharpshooters such as danny green and the two other players (forgot their names). All in all, defence would be the ultimate decider for who wins the WCF.

360 Crazy

13/08/2019 20:10

The only team with a likely big 3 is the Warriors if Klay gets healthy? Smh @ these dudes. Oh...so Klay can get healthy, but Cousins can't? The Lakers have a big 4 if Cousins gets healthy. LeBron, Kuzma, Ad, Cousins. Lakers in 5. Lakers 14-0 in their first 14 games of the season.

Rafael Rodriguez

13/08/2019 20:09

No one: SAS: "In that particular moment in time."

Mirx

13/08/2019 20:08

Lakers are winning opening night. Paul George is likely going to miss the first two months .

Isaac Howard

13/08/2019 20:01

This was good

Ananias Andrada

13/08/2019 20:01

The Clippers will win it all, we all know that!

Luney Rizzle

13/08/2019 19:58

it's 1 p.m. now, i wonder if SAS fixed that stache yet

Cookazor

13/08/2019 19:55

SAS really thinks rondo is gonna start? Has he not seen the potential starting lineups? Why would he start when lebron gonna be the ball handler. Just have rondo on the floor when lebron isn’t

Troll God

13/08/2019 19:49

Are they aware Paul George just had offseason surgery on both shoulders and will most likely be out for the first few weeks...seems like their uninformed.

TheNuggets33

13/08/2019 19:49

i didnt even pay attention to the debate to be honest, i was tremendously distracted by Stephen A's mustache!!!!!!

CallMe3

13/08/2019 19:49

Plot twist... Warriors win the finals lol

38kal

13/08/2019 19:47

If Laker fans dont give a damn what Lebron did in Cleveland.. Us Clipper fans dont give a damn how many chips Lakers won.. We winning the chip Clippernation stand ☝

Creek Water

13/08/2019 19:46

More basketball less football. Idc if the nfl is about to start. Basketball is the #1 sport in the world for a reason

Sole Fresh

13/08/2019 19:44

Is it me or Stephen A Smith has half a mustache?

Dilan Torres

13/08/2019 19:44

Stephen A Smith forgot to shave one side of his mustache 😂😂😂

Jbtherapper

13/08/2019 19:44

I'm not a fortune teller, but I can see lebron getting his feelings hurt October 22🤷‍♂️

iCantHate

13/08/2019 19:42

Paul George is not that much better kuz, Lakers in 6

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