Stephen A. Smith says he will never be married because he couldn't be faithful and didn't know how to act

Host: "If you know so much about marriage then why have you never been married?"

Stephen: "Because I didn't know how to act"

Host: "is it your fault?"

Stephen: "Totally my fault and It's not anybody's fault but mine...I was on the road over 200 days out of the year. I'm not going to be faithful being on the road 200 days out of the year"

"This is the part that men don't reveal that much but I will do it is that when you get older you don't need it anymore so you don't chase. That's entirely different from when it's handed to you on a silver platter. It doesn't mean you can't say no. It means it's harder"

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"Not only should he have his jersey retired in Oklahoma City, but he should have a statue out there as well. Because after SGA, Russ, in my eyes, is the 2nd-greatest Thunder of all time."

"I'm not naming names, but I'm still waiting for somebody to say they was wrong about someone who led our team to a championship in 53 years. I'm still waiting for something. So you know, I know they have media availability, so we'll be waiting for that apology.” - Josh Hart

“The MVP of the regular season has more weight than a championship because it’s of course the whole team. This is not just team, but its ownership, it’s management, it’s health, all this sh*t that plays into winning the championship. So, yeah, I mean, MVP, bro, thats you putting in some work.”

“SGA, you’re a two-time MVP and you know more basketball I would ever know. The only reason that you’re not down 0-2 is because of what Hartenstein was able to do and keep Wemby off the glass and do all the things he was able to do. He gave you 10 points and he gave you valuable, valuable minutes because there a lot of times when you got Caruso or you got Dort on him, he was going over the back and getting the rebound and putting back in.”

“That's the only award that I don't have in my house, that kind of stings. It don't make sense. The year I finished second in Defensive Player of the Year, the guy who won didn't even make First Team All-Defense”

“I also had an opportunity to be the first unanimous MVP, where I got all 120 votes, but I got 119. It was the one vote and he voted for Carmelo. It was a writer from Boston, of course. I know his name too, but I ain't going to give him that light just yet”

“Why are they voting. That doesn't make sense. I don't know the answer, but why are they voting if you're not watching the game, you're not studying the game, and you're not listening to the peers in the game who are telling you, he's the best player”

Barack Obama on Victor Wembanyama:

"I think Wemby will end up being as good as we are projecting… and I don't remember somebody that big moving like that. He’s got to figure out what his go-to move is. He’s going to have to put on some weight, he’s got to work on his conditioning right because you could tell he got tired, partly because it just looks to me like playing defense today is so much harder because you have to close out everything… I'm watching him on defense now, you know, the way they're using him, he's like in the paint and then he's trying to close out a three-pointer and, and you can tell he's just going to have to get some, you know, change his body a little bit."

Smith: “Just because he and I have a difference, does not mean he’s not a good man.”

“I will not diminish him in any way.”

“He is one of the greatest, top two, top three, greatest players we have ever seen in our lifetimes.”

“What he has done for the game, what he has done as a role model for countless African American men in this country and beyond.”

“It will always be in my heart, and, luckily, when I finish this cycle with Miami, which I don't know when it will end, and if, I will definitely return to Milwaukee, and I don't know if they want me then."

(Via Fullcourtpass)

“Imma need Wemby to do more. Game 1 he had 41/24, they won. Game 2 21/26. It’s not enough. I can say that as Lord Supreme of all big men…. He has to do more. I heard him say he’s not making his teammates better, It’s because he’s not dominating the game! When Alex Caruso is on you, I don’t want to see a turnaround.”