If the Earth suddenly opened up and a giant sandworm consumed the studio where they film “First Take”, the following clip would be played at Skip Bayless’ and Stephen A. Smith’s memorials. It was about as “First Take” as “First Take” gets. The question at hand: Having made his sixth-straight NBA Finals this year, is LeBron James now better than or equal to Michael Jordan? And like two adolescent boys talking shit in the back of a school bus, Skip and S.A.S. went at each other over the most esoteric topic in basketball, arguing entirely in unprovable generalities.
“I host a national radio show, Skip,” Smith shouted, as if his credentials were being questioned.