Mark Cuban Eviscerated Skip Bayless on First Take [Video]

All, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, Video Jason Lisk June 22nd. 2012, 12:14pm

Bravo, Mark Cuban. The Mavericks’ owner went on to First Take, a show populated by people with psychology degrees, and eviscerated Skip Bayless’ inanity. Of course, we are talking about the dumb show, and it will get attention, so just get ready for more of it. The good thing about being a revisionist historian is that you can always re-write things again. Skip will never run out of things to claim, history books to re-edit, and trolls to dig out from under bridges.

Here was just one exchange:

Cuban: You guys were just saying Miami wanted it more or less, that is such horse-you know what-right? … It’s not that Oklahoma City don’t want it more, I think that Miami was better prepared to play the game in terms of adjustments and changes … but you’re saying they wanted it more, that’s ridiculous!

Bayless: Who played harder the last games? Miami did every game. LeBron played harder than Kevin Durant did the last four games.

Cuban: That is the most ridiculous thing that any sports writer has ever said.

Kudos, Mark. But you apparently haven’t listened to Bayless very much. That was nothing.

Previously: Dumbest NBA Finals Tweet of the Night Belongs to This Assclown at ESPN
Previously: Jalen Rose Called Out Skip Bayless On His Made Up High School Basketball Accomplishments on First Take

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53 Responses to “Mark Cuban Eviscerated Skip Bayless on First Take [Video]”

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chocolatedunker Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Good Job Mark!
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Ben80123 Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:22 PM
That’s the single longest piece of First Take that I’ve ever seen. It was also the most fantastic. Even if the Bayless nonsense is just a schtick and a false personality, it’s still good to see it shut down. I’ve also never seen SAS talk or move less; he knew to stay the hell out of the way.
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Shafter Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:26 PM
+1 to Mark for ripping Skip. -1 to Mark for ending every sentence with “Right?”
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YYSA Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:26 PM
I’ve also never seen SAS talk or move less; he knew to stay the hell out of the way.
Most black men know not to get on a sinking ship.
/because they cant swim
//thass raycess’d
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Who played harder the last games?
Based on his non-stop worshiping of LeBron, I’d say no one was harder than Jeff Van Gundy.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Isn’t being better prepared part of wanting it more? Suggests more work and more study.
/watched Mike Miller get wide the fuck open again
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jthussler Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Isn’t being better prepared part of wanting it more?
Coaching = preparation.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Mark Cuban, hero
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ButtersBC Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Mark Cuban, hero
Just between you and me, all this animosity towards Bayless is a self-aware bit of sarcasm, right? I mean creating a talking point and bending new information to conform to it no matter how illogical is kind of your bread and butter
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Nada Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Of course, we are talking about the dumb show, and it will get attention, so just get ready for more of it.
That makes you an enabler.
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cursedcleveland.com Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Mark Cuban, hero
Judging by how Mark looks in that t-shirt..you mean Mr. Hero right? Right? Right?
Cuban is dead wrong about one thing, all these guys definitely pay attention and know what Bayless says about them. The guy has three quarters of a million followers. People care what he says.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Why didn’t he call out the other idiot sportswriter to his right?
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Scalia Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Cuban made some really good points about how some “analysts” treat their job. So many of them go about it with generalizations. It’s really easy to play The Mentalist and analyze the game based on psychoanalsysis instead of actually watching the game and breaking down the X’s and O’s. I love when he asked Skip about how the Thunder defended LeBron in the post and he stmbled and stammered.
It’s also easy to say, “I was not wrong. Player A changed…I’ve actually been right all along.”
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YYSA Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Just between you and me, all this animosity towards Bayless is a self-aware bit of sarcasm, right? I mean creating a talking point and bending new information to conform to it no matter how illogical is kind of your bread and butter
But Skips shenanigans are cruel and tragic. Young Jasons shenanigans are cheeky and fun
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Walking Underwear Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:39 PM
billionaires wear whatever the fuck they wwant on first take
also, seems like SAS had a better takedown, calling bayless on his HS stats
is skip really the brother of the famous chef? i’d love to read about their relationship if so. egoville usa
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Nada Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Judging by how Mark looks in that t-shirt
I like Cuban, but someone needs to inform the dude that he ain’t 25 anymore.
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ButtersBC Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:41 PM
also, seems like SAS had a better takedown, calling bayless on his HS stats
That was Jalen Rose…really a strong 2012 shaping up for the Fab Five, now TNT just needs to replace Shaq with Chris Webber full time
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Tim Ryan Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:41 PM
That was a clinic.
Also, I enjoyed the classy embrace between LeBron and Durant. Wasn’t expecting that.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Isn’t being better prepared part of wanting it more? Suggests more work and more study.
no, it just means your strategy and wasn’t the right preparation and you were outsmarted.
teams with bad strategy can play just as hard and want it just as much as the winning team with a better strategy
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Walking Underwear Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
I enjoyed the classy embrace between LeBron and Durant.
as james was hugging every thunder player, the camera cuts to wade standing on a table
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karma Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
uban made some really good points about how some “analysts” treat their job. So many of them go about it with generalizations. It’s really easy to play The Mentalist and analyze the game based on psychoanalsysis instead of actually watching the game and breaking down the X’s and O’s. I love when he asked Skip about how the Thunder defended LeBron in the post and he stmbled and stammered.
This. I don’t like most ESPN guys that analyze and provide commentary on more than one sport. If you’re doing that then you’re not watching enough games to comment, and will resort to generalizations about “trusting teammates more” or “taking too many shots.
this is especially true of guys like Rick Reiley, Skip (with anyone other than Lebron), and any other analyst that only half watches the games.
Its why I like the TNT guys more…they can break down the game at higher levels than just “he wanted it more”…well, except Shaq, he’s just a moron.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:43 PM
no, it just means your strategy and wasn’t the right preparation and you were outsmarted.
like i outsmarted myself with that sentence.
it just means the strategy you prepared for wasn’t as good as the strategy the other team had.
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scripty Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:45 PM
I like Cuban, but someone needs to inform the dude that he ain’t 25 anymore.
He’s ranked 546th in global wealth.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:45 PM
I followed kaiser. Makes sense. Just seemed to me that of all the stupid shit Skip says about sports, the cliche of someone wanting it more, which every single sports writer ever has used at some point, is an odd point to focus the attack.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:46 PM
billionaires wear whatever the fuck they wwant on first take
Cuban can do whatever the fuck he pleases. Bob Knight on the other hand looks like an asshole on TV. Where a tie like everyone else you arrogant prick.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:46 PM
He’s ranked 546th in global wealth.
out of almost 7 billion people and he only ranks as the 546th richest in the world?
he doesn’t want it enough.
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karma Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Also, the cool thing about the NBA is that teams always take their lumps before winning. Still think OKC is too young to win until about 2014 when Durant hits 25-26, but they’re going to be beastly after this experience.
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scripty Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Remember when Cubes went fishing with Derek, Chris Daughtry, Jeff Probst, & super chef Bobby Flay? I mean, it was insane, it was almost too much.
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Walking Underwear Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:48 PM
He’s ranked 546th in global wealth.
pssssh
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Walking Underwear Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Where a tie like everyone else you arrogant prick.
while conforming has its time and place, i think the problem here lies with the tie itself. always boggled my mind that sports shows have hosts wearing them
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Also, the cool thing about the NBA is that teams always take their lumps before winning. Still think OKC is too young to win until about 2014 when Durant hits 25-26, but they’re going to be beastly after this experience.
See that’s what I think when I hear the statements like “the Heat wanted it more.” Not just in hindsight, but after they won their respective conference titles Miami was rather low key, Oklahoma was celebrating like crazy. Losing is a great motivator, I don’t see why that’s a crazy statement.
Though I don’t know what context Skip was making it in because I don’t watch his show or follow him on twitter like everyone else who claims to hate him but can’t get enough of him because they’re idiots.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:51 PM
I followed kaiser. Makes sense. Just seemed to me that of all the stupid shit Skip says about sports, the cliche of someone wanting it more, which every single sports writer ever has used at some point, is an odd point to focus the attack.
i think there are examples of players wanting it more, but it’s very specific to player match ups and it’s normally clearly evident due to lack of effort despite innate talent and superior game plan.
see Haynesworth, Albert and Moss, Randy (circa 2005-2006, 2010)
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Tim Ryan Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:52 PM
He’s ranked 546th in global wealth.
Hot.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:52 PM
while conforming has its time and place, i think the problem here lies with the tie itself. always boggled my mind that sports shows have hosts wearing them
The ESPN sweatshirt and sweater vest is much more appealing. I agree.
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karma Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:53 PM
“the Heat wanted it more.”
they wanted it more in the sense that they already blew the opportunity and were more focused on the task at hand. But the games themselves showed that OKC wanted it to. It had nothing to do with will, more with execution and performance. Harden fucking up hurt OKC big time.
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Walking Underwear Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:54 PM
all i know is that when i saw the heat were underdogs gambling wise, i jumed all over it for the series. if anything it should have been thunder minus 120, not 145. happy me, only wish my guy would not have a 100-dollar cap on any one bet
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Caribou Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Eviscerated – Disembowel (a person or animal)
– the goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated
The goat, that’s perfect, that’s what Skip Bayless is…..a goat.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:56 PM
they wanted it more in the sense that they already blew the opportunity and were more focused on the task at hand. But the games themselves showed that OKC wanted it to. It had nothing to do with will, more with execution and performance. Harden fucking up hurt OKC big time.
I can imagine that isn’t the context Skip put it in.
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karma Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:56 PM
all i know is that when i saw the heat were underdogs gambling wise, i jumed all over it for the series. if anything it should have been thunder minus 120, not 145. happy me, only wish my guy would not have a 100-dollar cap on any one bet
Whoever ESPN picks as favourites, bet against them.
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BFFredo Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:57 PM
The circus must roll on. Regardless of how many clowns the small car ran over.
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karma Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Of course, we are talking about the dumb show, and it will get attention, so just get ready for more of it.
?
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Jason McIntyre Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:01 PM
FWIW, new, longer video has been added
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vajayjay redick Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Cuban made some really good points about how some “analysts” treat their job. So many of them go about it with generalizations. It’s really easy to play The Mentalist and analyze the game based on psychoanalsysis instead of actually watching the game and breaking down the X’s and O’s. I love when he asked Skip about how the Thunder defended LeBron in the post and he stmbled and stammered.
If they talked about X’s and O’s nobody would watch.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Cuban made some really good points about how some “analysts” treat their job. So many of them go about it with generalizations. It’s really easy to play The Mentalist and analyze the game based on psychoanalsysis instead of actually watching the game and breaking down the X’s and O’s. I love when he asked Skip about how the Thunder defended LeBron in the post and he stmbled and stammered.
to be fair, analysts have to analyze multiple games and do so in a limited amount of time.
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FrankHackettCCA Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:13 PM
If you don’t like something, just ignore it and it will go away.
/or comment on blog about how you don’t like people watching what they say they don’t like but actually do
//am I doing this right?
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Jay V Of Considerable Influence Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Calling Mark Cuban a hero for this is comical…I’d wager a lot of dough that this was all orchestrated in advance, and he and Skip Bayless shared a good laugh about it later.
First Take is more scripted than a CBS procedural.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Calling Mark Cuban a hero for this is comical…I’d wager a lot of dough that this was all orchestrated in advance, and he and Skip Bayless shared a good laugh about it later.
Like Bill Maher and Ann Coultur being best friends in real life.
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MP Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:17 PM
If they talked about X’s and O’s nobody would watch.
I have zero facts to support this, but I bet most of the sheep in this country clicked away during those segments that Mangini did during the NFL season where he would break down video of a particular team’s offense or defense and point out things that none of us would have looked at.
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Scalia Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:20 PM
to be fair, analysts have to analyze multiple games and do so in a limited amount of time.
I have zero facts to support this, but I bet most of the sheep in this country clicked away during those segments that Mangini did during the NFL season where he would break down video of a particular team’s offense or defense and point out things that none of us would have looked at.
You’re both right … and it sucks.
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A.P. Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Was reading twitter..even some ESPN people are publicly blasting Bayless. Awesome.
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Der Kaiser Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Was reading twitter..even some ESPN people are publicly blasting Bayless. Awesome.
Really? I thought they weren’t supposed to publicly criticize colleague. Any links?
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cracker jack Says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 2:01 PM
I KNOW Trey Wingo did earlier today, because I had to do a double take. But I just went back to look for it to link it, and it’s gone. Hmmmmm.
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Superman32 Says:
June 25th, 2012 at 1:42 AM
Better prepared? With the kind of video and stats these teams keep in todays game I find it hard to believe that OKC or the Heat were suprised by anything the other team threw at them. It just came down to making shots, rebounding and the Heat having the best player in the game…period. I mean the guy nearly averaged a triple double the entire playoffs…..I thik Skip was on to something.

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Mark Cuban Eviscerated Skip Bayless on First Take [Video]

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