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How does Max Kellerman feel about how things ended at First Take? "I have no clue…I don’t want nobody to assume he doesn’t work hard…that’s not what it was about." - Stephen A Smith Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes #NowAvailable 📺

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Pasch....it sounds like cash3 years ago

@DraftKings I'm still convinced that Max displayed an intellectual superiority - particularly when it came to social/political issues - that SA couldn't reconcile with. The day that T.O. told him that Max was blacker than him was the day that partnership ended

Jules Free Speech For Life3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings Stephen A wanted Max gone after TO said Max seems blacker than him 😂

HennessyMarley3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings You got Perk and Mad dog, rolled out Ryan Hollins regularly and Max didn’t give you enough sitting opposite of you…Fans was feeling Max more that’s it that’s all

#23 Clemson Addict (20-5, 13-2)3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings He was the best thing about the show Hence why rating have gone down since he left. SAS’s ego got the best of him on this one.

NotebookPicksByEddieC3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings Stephen A has earned the right to say so, but I think Max is better and knows all sports better than he

NLo23c3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings No one assumes those things. I find it baffling that ESPN has staked so much of their brand around A’s routine. I find it exhausting and uninformative, but it must be popular.

KG3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings I liked Max! Granted saying he wanted “Iguodala” to take the last shot wasn’t one of his finest moments. But he is way more informed than this dude.

John A. Anderson3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings I totally get what he is saying. His example explains it all. It was a CHEMISTRY thing, not a CONTENT thing. Sounds fair.

Chris3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings Seeing Stephen A rise from a cancelled show in 07, leaving ESPN in 09, to literally owning the morning sports debate scene has been fun to watch.

Le Batard Show Google Maps3 years ago

@stephenasmith @DraftKings 📍THE GALL Le Vieux-Marché, France 🇫🇷

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