Stephen A Smith bout to get paid 10mil/year to talk basketball on ESPN

[STATUTORY]

meanwhile we got peeps on ISH doing the same thing for free

https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/stephen-a-smith-poised-to-become-richest-talent-in-espn-history/

Jeff should start paying the more dedicated posters with 10+ alts tbh they carrying this site like SAS at bristol

[Euroleague]

ESPN is absolutely out of their freaking minds....

[brooks_thompson]

That is more than the MLE. For a guy who doesn't even play basketball.

[sdot_thadon]

That's incredible for a guy that pretty much makes up 90% of his leads these days.:oldlol:

[STATUTORY]

That's incredible for a guy that pretty much makes up 90% of his leads these days.:oldlol:

:lol we literally got posters on this site who put in more work in their posts than this guy does at prepping for his shows

[Ben Simmons 25]

I'm not entirely sure he's not worth that, tbh.

First Take was definitely better with him and Skip, but I mean, if you put someone else in place of SAS you might as well damn near cancel the show.

Besides that, SAS has a *ridiculous* work ethic in terms of the number of hours he puts in. It's actually mindblowing.

He works so many hours I don't even know how he has time to actually watch the shit he's commenting on.

[305Baller]

daffy duck

[Kblaze8855]

I'm not entirely sure he's not worth that, tbh.

First Take was definitely better with him and Skip, but I mean, if you put someone else in place of SAS you might as well damn near cancel the show.

Besides that, SAS has a *ridiculous* work ethic in terms of the number of hours he puts in. It's actually mindblowing.

He works so many hours I don't even know how he has time to actually watch the shit he's commenting on.

Yea hes hanging around 12-14 hours of work a day at least considering when he has to get to the studio for makeup and all and the fact that half the time hes still there for sportscenter at 6 after being on TV for hours then doing his radio show. People think talking for a living isnt work but not people who moved beyond grunt work levels of work. I dont really have to "do" anything at work but I still dont wanna go.

People dont appreciate how hard it is to do a 2-3 hour solo radio show with NO dead air either. Im a talking mother ****er and id struggle. I dont know how he doesnt lose his voice with all the straining he does.

I'll get in a fight with a woman and yell two times and my throat hurts the next day.

Guys like him and Lebatard people dont realize how many decades it takes and how much time it takes to keep it up. Dan has been in it for 30 years and at times im sure hes up at 5 or earlier and still on TV at 6:15 finishing PTI.

Gotta put 12-14 hours of your day into it between prep and all the shows they appear on.

On days im at work 14 hours I go home pissed off not having actually done any physical labor. Im in my office on ISH or reading google news and watching trailers on youtube like 70% of the time.

[305Baller]

Yea hes hanging around 12-14 hours of work a day at least considering when he has to get to the studio for makeup and all and the fact that half the time hes still there for sportscenter at 6 after being on TV for hours then doing his radio show. People think talking for a living isnt work but not people who moved beyond grunt work levels of work. I dont really have to "do" anything at work but I still dont wanna go.

People dont appreciate how hard it is to do a 2-3 hour solo radio show with NO dead air either. Im a talking mother ****er and id struggle. I dont know how he doesnt lose his voice with all the straining he does.

I'll get in a fight with a woman and yell two times and my throat hurts the next day.

Guys like him and Lebatard people dont realize how many decades it takes and how much time it takes to keep it up. Dan has been in it for 30 years and at times im sure hes up at 5 or earlier and still on TV at 6:15 finishing PTI.

Gotta put 12-14 hours of your day into it between prep and all the shows they appear on.

On days im at work 14 hours I go home pissed off not having actually done any physical labor. Im in my office on ISH or reading google news and watching trailers on youtube like 70% of the time.

you would fight a specific woman?

[L8krH8tr]

that is absolutely insane. I can't stand more than 2 minutes of Screamin A Smith.

He even made me dislike Max Kellerman going along with his fake debates.

[bladefd]

Yea hes hanging around 12-14 hours of work a day at least considering when he has to get to the studio for makeup and all and the fact that half the time hes still there for sportscenter at 6 after being on TV for hours then doing his radio show. People think talking for a living isnt work but not people who moved beyond grunt work levels of work. I dont really have to "do" anything at work but I still dont wanna go.

People dont appreciate how hard it is to do a 2-3 hour solo radio show with NO dead air either. Im a talking mother ****er and id struggle. I dont know how he doesnt lose his voice with all the straining he does.

I'll get in a fight with a woman and yell two times and my throat hurts the next day.

Guys like him and Lebatard people dont realize how many decades it takes and how much time it takes to keep it up. Dan has been in it for 30 years and at times im sure hes up at 5 or earlier and still on TV at 6:15 finishing PTI.

Gotta put 12-14 hours of your day into it between prep and all the shows they appear on.

On days im at work 14 hours I go home pissed off not having actually done any physical labor. Im in my office on ISH or reading google news and watching trailers on youtube like 70% of the time.

More than half the time, he is not even in the studio and working virtually probably from home or some hotel

[LoneyROY7]

Money well-spent. Dude is literally carrying that fledging network on his back.

[bullettooth]

Jokes on us... Wheels is loaded!

https://i.postimg.cc/1X5JWJ3S/wheels-money.gif

[stalkerforlife]

A blatant racist paid 10 million a year to express his views daily while white people are demonized and attacked for their views with immunity.

What. A. Time.

Live it up, black folks; y'all eating good.

And I would rip Smith apart; I can talk fast and use a plethora of words just like him. His bitch ass knew it and hung up on me when I called his radio show in 2011.

[Ben Simmons 25]

And I would rip Smith apart; I can talk fast and use a plethora of words just like him. His bitch ass knew it and hung up on me when I called his radio show in 2011.

:roll: :roll:

[UK2K]

This is the same dude who completely makes shit up...

He talks at length about guys who are out for the season.

[DCL]

skip bayless left espn because fox sports was offering $5mil/year.

at the time, he was the highest paid sports talking head anywhere.

that was only in 2016.

[STATUTORY]

And I would rip Smith apart; I can talk fast and use a plethora of words just like him. His bitch ass knew it and hung up on me when I called his radio show in 2011.


:roll: :roll:

[Sportal]

I legitimately cannot stand the dude. It's a trigger of mine, when people who are wrong try and shout over people to win arguments. Instead of basic logic, stats, and well planned out material.

[SpaceJam2]

:lol we literally got posters on this site who put in more work in their posts than this guy does at prepping for his shows

:lol

[UK2K]

https://youtu.be/2aeqmFJGLnE

[Smoke117]

Stephen A Smith is an idiot and a race baiter. Who can forget his rant after Kidd got fired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSkpkEUqMc:biggums:

He just goes on and on and on.

[SpaceJam2]

Stephen A Smith is an idiot and a race baiter. Who can forget his rant after Kidd got fired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSkpkEUqMc:biggums:

He just goes on and on and on.

He is a clown

[FKAri]

I'd pay more money to watch Stephen A rant than watch Andrew Wiggins play basketball. I'm sure the majority would agree. Therefore, if Wiggins can command 24mil, I have no issue with 10mil for Stephen A.

[Ben Simmons 25]

I'd pay more money to watch Stephen A rant than watch Andrew Wiggins play basketball. I'm sure the majority would agree. Therefore, if Wiggins can command 24mil, I have no issue with 10mil for Stephen A.

:roll:

It's true.

[Xiengqichess]

That

[scuzzy]

well deserved


he's paid his dues for years while Skip and SVP got chubby


probation period over, he's officially ESPN morning BAWSS HOWG and KING DICK SLINGER of afternoon XM radio :applause:


always on the road, always hustling, props to Screamin A :applause:

[TheCorporation]

well deserved


he's paid his dues for years while Skip and SVP got chubby


probation period over, he's officially ESPN morning BAWSS HOWG and KING DICK SLINGER of afternoon XM radio :applause:


always on the road, always hustling, props to Screamin A :applause:

We know what's up

Stephen A. mf SMIFF :bowdown:

[Duncan21formvp]

Well he deserves it.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Who cares? Fox has been molly whopping them with content for the past two years.

[DCL]

he's able to talk 10 minutes out of his half dome ass on a damn player he has never even watched for 5 minutes.

that sounds pretty retarded, but not everybody can do that because that also takes skills.

he's got that bullshit element down.

if someone put a mic on you, can you talk out of your ass and bullshit for 4 hours nonstop? stephen a smith can. he does it everyday. they're not paying him to be 100% accurate. they're paying him to keep talking out of his ass and have viewers tune in.

[SpaceJam2]

https://youtu.be/2aeqmFJGLnE

This was great :oldlol: :roll:

[BANE?]

Stephen A deserves it, he

[iamgine]

Well ESPN's Mike Greenberg is paid $6.5M.

Stephen A is far more popular than Greenberg.

[STATUTORY]

Stephen A really feeling himself after that contract

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3WJn06WsAAmwpE.jpg

:roll: look at this reply to the tweet

https://twitter.com/Tayyab_402/status/1113948054464475136

[Nowitness]

Paid Stevie 10 mille not to run away

[wang4three]

I hated Stephen A when I was younger, but over time I think he got more tolerable. The guy is a grinder, he does multiple TV shows, a radio show, he writes and he reports on news. His dedication, especially now that I can contextualize it being in the workforce for over 10+ years is incredible. You may not like him, but you can't knock his hustle.

For all of us just sitting here casually writing opinions thinking you can be Stephen A, I couldn't laugh harder.

[stalkerforlife]

Why won't this bitch debate me?

They always put slow talking morons against him.

I f ucking wrecked him on his radio show and he got flustered and hung up.

[Phoenix]

Eh whatever. Make that cash brah. If I want sports talk 'entertainment' these days my first choice is undisputed. Skip and Shannon bounce off each other beautifully....