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 📺

@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

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

@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

@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.

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

@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.

@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.

@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.

@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.

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