Who is the better analyst? Skip Bayless or Stephen A. Smith?

First Take is completely satirical. (especially skip) The show is gold. I find it entertaining as hell

Skip for sure. He actually brings in stats to back up what he says. Neither are very good analytically, but SAS is just terrible. He ignores hard facts simply because he wants to argue with Skip.

They aren't analysts by trade. They're journalists. They are paid to give you their opinions.

You won't see many (if any) analysts that never played in the league. Analysts "analyze" because they have expertise based on experience.

Tim Legler is an analyst. He's paid to explain to you what you're watching.

If Skips bayless was just a dude that said the same shit all the other analysts you guys would barely know who he was. Instead, he says what others wouldn't say and this dude has a steady job, is high profile, and is often the topic of discussion. Now tell me what you think about him.

both aren't good but i am really jealous of skip. Smith actually goes to most playoff games and has to go to different cities pretty much every day, skip only goes to the finals and a few other games and he gets paid a lot. That is my dream job.

[QUOTE=kNicKz]First Take is completely satirical. (especially skip) The show is gold. I find it entertaining as hell[/QUOTE]
This. They can be very entertaining.

I love when they spend an entire show on the Jalen vs Skip feud when Jalen called Skip "Water Pistol Pete Jr." They got really emotional in it too. :oldlol:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS9QJ8SKtZw[/url]

I love that Steven A thinks athletes wants to do what he and Skip does for a living, meaning athletes want to be columnists and that they're starving to be in Jalen's position.

Skip is a genuine idiot. He probably exaggerates some of his opinions for effect, but he actually believes most of the crap he says. His knowledge of sports is limited, so he just uses arm chair psychology and cliches instead.

[QUOTE=Heavincent]Skip is a genuine idiot. He probably exaggerates some of his opinions for effect, but he actually believes most of the crap he says. His knowledge of sports is limited, so he just uses arm chair psychology and cliches instead.[/QUOTE]

With that said, lets be honest, every single sports fan is jealous of skip. His job is what we do for fun, and he makes $500k per year and has a net worth of $ 4 million.

[url]http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/skip-bayless-net-worth/[/url]

He is doing something right. If he is an idiot what the **** are the rest of us doing wrong.

and from my understanding first take gets good ratings so his job is safe.

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]Be it Lebron, Tebow, Romo, Westbrook, Manning, Durant, Mayweather or whoever...Skip doesnt much talk about sports. He talks about in vague cliches and about how he thinks people......feel.

Smith at least will try to explain himself within the confines of the sport in question. But neither are anything more than usual sports fans. Just happen to be on tv.[/QUOTE]

This.

They both suck ass.

[QUOTE=BlazersDozen]I think he's an actor. I've caught him numerous times with a grin after he has said something troll-like.[/QUOTE]
He's always trolling lol

When they had that scoring meter for lebron before game 4 Steve a Smith said 37 points for Bron and skip was scoffing rolling his eyes giving the smirk look away..he knows exactly what he's doing.

He's more educated and probably has a higher IQ than 99 percent of Ish

[QUOTE=Heavincent]Skip is a genuine idiot. He probably exaggerates some of his opinions for effect, but he actually believes most of the crap he says. His knowledge of sports is limited, so he just uses arm chair psychology and cliches instead.[/QUOTE]
Nah he knows exactly what he's doing :lol

You would think people would've caught on during the tebow fiasco..having crowds of people behind him yelling at Steve smith as everyone chants all he does is win..DJ khaled and rick Ross song coming on in between commercials..he is the ultimate troll

Skip has his agendas which can be annoying at times but he knows his shit.
SAS is an Ahole who doesn't know jack shit about basketball yet talks in a powerful, persuasive and convincing way (give credit to that). Reminds me a lot of one certain Coach Dick (or whatever).

I think they are both fun to watch, I like how Stephen uses his emotions. I think SAS is better but they're both fun to watch. I actually enjoy First Take as long as you don't get to mad at what they say.

I actually like Skip Bayless. Just take that show for what it is. It's not analysis or news. It's just fan opinions.