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First Take

Hour 2 : Bold Pick

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Stephen A Smith is joined by Monica McNutt and Kendrick Perkins. Things haven't been the best between Portland and Damian Lillard this offseason so find out who thinks there is a chance that we might see him in a blazers uniform next season. Plus Andrew Hawkins joins the show to give us his opinion on who he believes is the best coach. Finally the one and only Ice Cube joins the show as he goes 1 on 1 with Stephen A. This and more on First Take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

up down Lillard for the final 10 games of the season after an injury riddled and

0:04.2

disappointing season for the team ending in a 56 point loss to the Warriors.

0:08.7

Lillard then expressed his desire for more help around him with the assets the team has

0:13.5

including trading the number three pick but Portland decided to draft school Henderson

0:18.1

instead and last week after Portland didn't show any signs of making drastic changes

0:23.8

in their roster. Damian Miller officially requested a trade from the Blazers after 11 years

0:29.4

with the franchise so Lillard took the Twitter yesterday to react to the latest news and reports

0:34.5

about him stating that he's amazed and then after applies from Portland sports radio

0:39.3

host asking him why he replied at how people can know so much and so little at the same

0:46.2

time Monica and Perk back with us Steven A. Should Lillard start the season on the Blazers

0:53.0

or Kudgy? No, well he could but that would be a colossal mistake on a part of the

0:57.6

Portland Trail Blazers franchise they better move him. It took him a hell of a long time

1:03.5

to get to this point in his career and in his life where he asked for a trade for years.

1:10.6

I mean people like myself and I'm sure I'm not the only one beg them get out of there.

1:15.1

Right. Yeah, they ain't going nowhere ain't going to win okay it's not going to happen and

1:19.1

he refused because of his love and loyalty and devotion to that city okay. He has been

1:26.8

a spectacular player for them. I'm sure I'm sure he's the best player in the history

1:29.6

of the Blazers with the outside of maybe Bill Walton who obviously is a champion. Bill

1:33.7

Walton if he didn't have you if he didn't end up with bad feet okay. Bill Walton would

1:38.6

have been one of the greatest center I mean he still could say one of the greatest centers

1:41.8

who have ever played the game. So if somebody wants to come to me and say Bill Walton

1:45.3

is the greatest player in the history of the Blazers franchise fine but that's it. I wouldn't

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