Hour 1: Door's Open

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this episode, Stephen A. Smith and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo remember Hall of Famer Jerry West with the news of his passing this morning. Andraya Carter joins the show to debate if the Porzingis injury leaves the door open for the Mavs to make a comeback in this series. Plus, we get into which Head Coach position is more attractive: the Lakers or the Cavs? The crew gets into it as we discuss why USA Basketball left Caitlin Clark off of the Olympic roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	breaking news into first take and we begin with some sad news from the sports world.
0:35.6	Jerry West, the Hall of Fame player an executive, who was the inspiration for the NBA logo,
0:42.3	has passed at age 86. He was a prominent member of the
0:46.1	NBA in the Los Angeles Lakers and one of basketball's icons. I want to take a look at some of the accomplishments here.
0:54.8	We'll pull up that full screen for you in moments.
0:56.8	As you can see, an NBA champion finals MVP Olympic gold medalist,
1:01.9	most outstanding player, 14-time All-Star in two-time
1:06.7	NBA Executive of the Year. Of course Stephen A Smith and Christopher Russo here with me and Stephen A I'll start with you good morning to you both
1:17.3	Stephen A your thoughts on the passing of Jerry West?
1:21.9	It's incredibly sad, basketball community, the world over is morning, this particular morning because
1:28.4	Jerry West was simply one of the great ones.
1:30.3	He was the silhouette for a reason. We know that he was a champion. We know all those times he was going to the finals. We know that he was relevant to the game of basketball, literally from the 60s until he passed away in his sleep last night and I remember I just
1:46.6	got off the phone a little while ago with a couple of people. One was his
1:50.2	son Johnny who I know pretty well, he's absolutely devastated.
1:54.0	My heart goes out to him in the West family because we know how special Jerry West was,
2:00.0	talking to owner Joe Lake up and reminding me about how he barely even knew Jerry West initially,
2:07.0	but knew what respect he commanded and how ultimately they had met at Dan Tannas and then you saw the restaurant in Los Angeles.
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