Alley Oop 131: Victor Wembanyama DOMINATES While NBA Gambling Scandal Explodes

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Alley Oop 131: Victor Wembanyama DOMINATES While NBA Gambling Scandal Explodes

Date: October 24, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, with guests/analysts (Trista Crick and JuJu)
Recording Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This episode covers two major fires in the NBA:

• Victor Wembanyama’s jaw-dropping dominance in the season opener
• A rapidly expanding NBA gambling scandal involving coaches and players, including Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier

The hosts’ signature mix of expert basketball breakdowns, humor, and blunt takes delivers an episode that spans everything from on-court heroics to off-court chaos, with memorable digressions on sneaker culture, broadcast graphics, and the mob’s surprising presence in modern sports.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Victor Wembanyama’s Meteoric Performance

Segment: [02:33—07:34]

• Historic Night: Wembanyama puts up 40 points, 15 rebounds, 0 turnovers in just 30 minutes.
• Effortless Dominance:
  • “That was like one of the most effortless 40 point performances I’ve ever seen...whenever Wemby wants to score, he will score. He can get the ball, and then he’ll be at the three point line. And I think it's one step, and he’s dunking on you.” – Trista Crick [04:10]
  • Multiple highlight plays, including a coast-to-coast, “Kevin Durant-like” sequence:
    “Goes coast to coast. Takes it like a guard, takes it like his name is Kevin Durant. Tween. Tween. Step back. And one, sir.” – Trista Crick [06:39]
• Elevating the Spurs: Wemby is making his teammates better, and early chatter about Spurs overdelivering.
• Betting Regrets: “I really should have actually physically bet him to be the points leader of the NBA season, which was yesterday, before that game, 100 to 1 and today is 14 to 1.” – Trista Crick [05:36]

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2. Cooper Flagg, Kyrie, & Rookie Point Guard Drama

Segment: [07:34—10:42]

• Flagg Miscast: Jason Kidd starts rookie Cooper Flagg at point guard—
  “That is not his natural position…He needs the ball in specific spots...He’s not a point guard. He’s a 6’7 defensive monster.” – Trista Crick [07:54]
• Team Needs: “They don’t have the cast member that they need, which is Kyrie Irving...it might be a little ugly while Cooper Flagg adjusts.”
• New Balance Sneaker Roast: Flagg’s shoe line gets razzed— “They look like you supposed to cut your grass in these, only you don’t play for real in these.” – JuJu [09:30]
• Fun banter about swaggiest New Balance athletes, Tyrese Maxey, and Cameron Brink.

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3. Rookie Breakouts, The Sixers, and Joel Embiid’s Decline

Segment: [10:42—14:29]

• VJ Edgecombe’s arrival:
  • “34 points, 13 for 26, 5 for 13, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal...in a W, by the way, in Boston.” – JuJu [10:42]
  • “I think they won the draft. VJ Edgecombe is really benefiting from a pro style spacing perspective.” – Trista Crick [11:51]
• Joel Embiid’s Woes:
  • “Nor the end piece of the process...Joel Embiid and his knees, bro. Like them rag last knees was looking trash last night, dog.” – JuJu [12:05]
  • “He doesn’t, it’s like he can’t jump over a deck of cards right now, right, bruh?” – Trista Crick [12:35]
• Would you even trade Embiid? “A snack machine? Maybe one with Frito barbecue Fritos in them.” – JuJu [13:48]
• Sixers embracing a youth movement while Embiid’s trade value plummets.

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4. Kevin Durant’s Return to OKC & Point Guard Crises

Segment: [15:16—18:31]

• Durant Booed in OKC:
  • “OKC fans, you don’t understand the Constitution. You don’t understand liberty. You don’t understand the Louisiana Purchase. This man is an American hero...He made Oklahoma City cool.” – JuJu [15:25]
  • “I love that he booed back." – Trista Crick [16:40]
• Stat Watch: “The Rockets have played more games for the Oklahoma City Thunder than all of the Oklahoma City Thunder has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder.” – Trista Crick [17:04]
• Point Guard Panic:
  • Both Dallas and Houston have no true point guard; Cooper Flagg and Amen Thompson are both miscast.

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5. Marcus Smart’s Laker Arrival & Team Futures

Segment: [19:32—21:25]

• Smart’s Defensive Antics: “He almost pulled Steph Curry, showed out his socket...My boy is back.” – JuJu [19:32]
• Lakers Outlook: “Outside of Luka, it’s a team that...really is a paper tiger. Golden State is...going to win some regular season games, they’re going to do not a lot more than that.” – Trista Crick [20:30]
• Golden State’s possible 4 Seed: “Them Golden State Uncs...they’ll make way more noise than we think. At least the 4 seed.” – JuJu [21:25]

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6. EXPLOSIVE NBA Gambling & Organized Crime Scandal

Segment: [22:31—27:40]

• Chauncey Billups Arrested:
  • “Chauncey Jerome Billups has been arrested by the feds for cheating at poker—now, he wasn’t betting on NBA games...Did you see? ...Some reporting is accusing him of alerting gamblers that Damian Lillard was going to be out of games nobody knew he was going to be out of.” – Trista Crick [22:57]
  • “He was like the honey trap...if you wanted to play in this poker game with all these, like, former NBA legends...Apparently, they had X-ray technology where you could see through the cards...and they had like IFBs in their ears or something.” [23:41]
• Mob Ties Exposed: “That’s how you know it’s real when the feds say the Gambino family and La Costra Nostra, all bets are off, bro.” – JuJu [24:50]
• Multiple NBA Figures Implicated: Damon Jones, Terry Rozier—allegedly orchestrating prop-bet under schemes (“bet my unders…those unders hit”).
• Possible permanent bans: “Do you think Terry Rozier plays another second in the NBA after this? ...No. Not a second.” – [26:33]

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7. Media Reactions & Breaking the Story

Segment: [27:40—28:33]

• Pablo Torre scoops the story: “Our brother Pablo Torre had this story first, he scooped Shams on this...we gotta keep respect on the boy Pablo’s name...” – JuJu [28:05]
• Shams taking the TV glow, “That’s why they pay me the big bucks, right, to break this stuff.” [28:27]

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8. Brief NBA Roundup & Shout Outs

Segment: [28:33—31:41]

• Game Notes: Suns over Kings, Jazz dominate Clippers, Magic beat the Heat (“I think Orlando Magic might be in the Eastern Conference championship this year...against the Knicks.” – JuJu [29:21])
• NBC Broadcast Praise: “Big shout out to our...NBC family. They did a phenomenal job with all the graphics, the slam thing, the Michael Jordan interview where she didn’t say anything at all, but I still was completely entranced. Mike Tirico on the broadcast makes everything better. And shout out to Carmelo Anthony for not getting bullied into wearing a suit.” – Trista Crick [29:45]
• Closing Gratitude: Warm shout-outs to behind-the-scenes staff, and comical fashion props—“give my sister an award for a perfect bow tie on her hoodie today.” – JuJu [30:42]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “That was like one of the most effortless 40 point performances I’ve ever seen.” – Trista Crick on Wemby [04:10]
• “Whenever Wemby wants to score, he will score.” – Trista Crick [04:15]
• “He can’t jump over a deck of cards right now, right bruh?” – Trista Crick on Joel Embiid [12:35]
• “Chauncey Jerome Billups has been arrested by the feds for cheating at poker…” – JuJu [22:57]
• “That’s how you know it’s real when the feds say the Gambino family and La Costra Nostra, all bets are off, bro.” – JuJu [24:50]
• “Do you think Terry Rozier plays another second in the NBA after this? ...No. Not a second.” – [26:53]
• “Without us, what the hell are we? You feel me?” – JuJu, closing [31:47]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• Wemby’s Historic Night: 02:33 – 07:34
• Cooper Flagg Rookie Drama & Sneaker Roast: 07:34 – 10:42
• Sixers Rookies & Embiid’s Decline: 10:42 – 14:29
• Durant OKC Return / Point Guards in Crisis: 15:16 – 18:31
• Marcus Smart Joins Lakers / Team Outlooks: 19:32 – 21:25
• NBA Gambling/Mob Scandal: 22:31 – 27:40
• Media Reporting on Scandal: 27:40 – 28:33
• NBA Roundup & NBC Praise: 28:33 – 31:41

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Closing Notes

A wild NBA opening week reflected through sensational highlights (Wemby’s stardom) and sensational headlines (federal raids and mafia involvement). The episode balances basketball Xs and Os with genuine scandal coverage and the distinct Le Batard Show levity and sharp wit. Listeners get both a taste of the future of hoops and the dark complexity of sports betting in the 2020s.

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Next episode: Same bat time, same bat channel — Tuesday!

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[Sports Analyst 1]

I look forward to this every single week. Well, two times a week, actually.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Welcome to the alley. Oop. You got to know, you got to know, you got to know. I'm joined every single time, as always, by my sister and the Lord. Trista Creek. How you doing today, sis?

[Sports Analyst 1]

I'm doing fantastic. I just watched one of the most dominant performances by someone 7ft taller or higher. I don't know, actually she of any size in Victor Wembanyama, which I'm sure we'll get into. And Then the head coach of my favorite team got arrested today.

[Sports Analyst 2]

I'm glad you said that, because at 8:22am Eastern time, I got a tweet that came out from Hrista Creek, whoever that is. I don't know who this is, but at Tristacric on Twitter, it says, blazers are for real, folks.

[Sports Analyst 1]

And then literally, I think 30, 20 minutes later, they arrested the head coach.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Literally. Come on.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Who is that Tristan Crick girl? Because she, she is a bad omen. Anytime she says anything positive about the Blazers, something bad happens. Now we got Thiago effing Splitter running the team.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Tiago Splitter?

[Sports Analyst 1]

Is that even a real name?

[Sports Analyst 2]

The entire world glitched last night after seeing Victor WIM Benyama in 30 minutes. Now, not a whole game, not a whole practice. 30 stinking minutes. That's longer than the episode of Seinfeld. Barely. You get your episode of Seinfeld. Get you an episode of Friends when we got 40 points, 15 rebounds, zero turnovers. What do you think of that performance against AD all day? What did you come. What did you get from that game last night?

[Sports Analyst 1]

That was like one of the most effortless 40 point performances I've ever seen. Because like you said, it was only in 30 minutes. Wemby was sitting on the bench for large portions of the first half specifically. And I had him to go over 25 points. And I was like in the first quarter kind of worried because he had like seven points, nine points or something. And then I'm like, oh, no, no. Whenever Wemby wants to score, he will score. He can get the ball and then he'll be at the three point line. And I think it's one step and he's dunking on you. The way that he pulled up over Derek Lively was like, I don't even see Derek Lively. I can pull up, I can turn around, I can go back to the basket, do the dream shake. And I'm elevated and. And I don't like. My chin doesn't see you. My chest doesn't see you. I can go up, up and under dunk. There was one move he made where he turned. He did like a turnaround and then did the up and around dunk with one hand. I was just like stunned. Okay, so yes, Wemby is strong. Yes, Wemby's been in the weight room with the Shaolin Monks. But at the same time, Wemby's also just elevated the rest of the team because all the other San Antonio spurs were balling out as well, including our Man, Stefan Castle. I thought to myself, man, I really should have actually physically bet him to be the points leader of the NBA season, which was yesterday, before that game, 100 to 1 and today is 14 to 1.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Ah, damn. Damn. Yeah, I definitely feel you. Because throughout the night, it was like, I would say like four or five times where I rewound what I just saw. I'm like, let me. That didn't just happen. Rewind.

[Sports Analyst 1]

You're like, what is that right?

[Sports Analyst 2]

My boy blocked the out of Derek Lively. Not. He just didn't block Derek Lively shot. He blocked the out of Jerry Livesley's shot. Came down. Same sequence, gave him one of these. Allen Iverson, come here. Oh, you over there. You lost your ankles. Come here. I got something to tell you. In your mouth. A wetness. A. A wet popsicle. Look at this. Look at this. Okay.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Goes coast to coast. Takes it like a guard takes it like his name is Kevin Durant. Tween. Tween.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Oh, my God.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Oh, you're gone. Oh. Step back. And one, and one, sir.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Goodness.

[Sports Analyst 1]

The M1 over ad was also effortless, right?

[Sports Analyst 2]

Some people call it. Stephanie.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Oh, my God. Stephen T. Oh, my goodness. This game was outrageous. You know that the San Antonio spurs were actually underdogs in this game by like three points. And they blew the out of Cooper Flag. They made us forget all about Cooper Flag, bro.

[Sports Analyst 2]

We seven. Well, how many minutes we in? We five, six minutes in. And I didn't even mention Cooper nor flags, nor the national anthem. Nothing.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Because no flags, no stars, no stripes, nothing. Only Wimby.

[Sports Analyst 2]

How do you feel, though? Okay, now that we bot him up, how do you feel about Cooper Flag's first game? Because Jason Kid had the boy at point guard last night, and we all know that ain't gonna last. We know Kyrie's sitting in the wings waiting, but I didn't think he was going to start at point over. Dlo, what do you think about that move from J. Kid?

[Sports Analyst 1]

Well, that's kind of the problem is it shows that there is a complete lack of trust in d' Angelo Russell if because Cooper Flag, first and foremost, is a rookie. Second of all, that is not his natural position to play point guard. So you are not putting him in the greatest position to succeed. He needs the ball in specific spots. Now, Cooper Flagg is very talented. Cooper Flag can handle some ball handling responsibilities. But Cooper Flag is not a point guard. He's a 6, 7 defensive monster who's cleaning up the backside.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Hey, yo.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Hey, yo. And blocking shots. He's like a catch and shoot shooter. He's not like a pull up, distribute, organize the offense creator type. And so I think he's miscast, but really, I think it's just that they don't have the cast member that they need, which is Kyrie Irving. So in the meantime, it might be a little ugly while Cooper flag is adjusting to this new role. What you think?

[Sports Analyst 2]

Yeah, speaking of ugly and Cooper Flag dump New Balance. That my boy put out salute like you look. It's. It's a great accomplishment to have your own sneaker. I. No one dreamed of even give me one. Nobody ain't look nobody knocking down their door to give me my own sneaker. I get that part. Thank you, sis. What are we gonna get? Sakonis?

[Sports Analyst 1]

You could be an anta. Why not?

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[Sports Analyst 2]

Salute to Kyrie. I'm gonna give me a little antimocassins, but don't Cooper Flag New Balance, bruh. They look like you supposed to cut your grass in these, only you don't play for real in these. Cut your front line in these and only. Who is. What's the. What's the conference sec? They look like some SEC shoes. That's what they look like.

[Sports Analyst 1]

They don't look like big ten shoes.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Ooh, you might be right, bro. Big ten.

[Sports Analyst 1]

They're big ten shoes. Who is the swaggiest New Balance athlete?

[Sports Analyst 2]

Br. It might be Cameron Brink.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I'm like, right now.

[Sports Analyst 2]

I think it's sh o Tiny. Sh o Tiny just got all the swag from Japan. Tyrese.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Maxi. Tyrese. Maxi's a. A swaggy little one.

[Sports Analyst 2]

I don't know how much swag my boy got. I know my boy is shifty. He's shifty as I'll get out. And him and VJ Edgecomb got some cooking right now in. In Philadelphia. Tyrese Maxi and VJ Edgecomb. Man, is. Do you think VJ Edgecomb is rookie of the year material? I know we speaking very, very, very early, but 30.

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[Sports Analyst 2]

34 points in this.

[Sports Analyst 1]

34. 34. 13 for 26, 5 for 13, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal in a.

[Sports Analyst 2]

W, by the way, in Boston, you already know Boston got a long year ahead of him. But still, Boston had that big win.

[Sports Analyst 1]

That's a big win. Nobody's really expecting anything out of these Philadelphia 76ers. And so if he's the one and you have injuries popping up like whack a mole like we see from Philadelphia all the time. And really, I mean, we've even seen this with Maxi going Out, obviously. Embiid going in and out. And then the role players, Paul George, we. We'll never see him play a full healthy season. I don't think so. I think. I think they won like the draft. I know Cooper flag long term is going to be excellent, but VJ Edgecomb is. He is really benefiting from a pro style spacing perspective because Baylor and, and college basketball is just like very tight lanes. You're, you're, you're sort of playing in a crowd much more in the NBA.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[Sports Analyst 1]

And man, he looks really freaking good. And Daryl Mory looks really freaking smart, bro.

[Sports Analyst 2]

You know who didn't look really freaking good nor neither the end piece of the process.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Oh, no.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Joel and be and him. His knees, bro. Like them rag last knees was looking trash last night, dog.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I feel I'm wearing off on you and not in a good way. Honestly. I really feel like maybe I am getting nicer and you're getting more blunt. I'm not saying you're getting meaner, but you're getting more blunt about what you're saying. Yeah, he. He doesn't. It's like he can't jump over a deck of cards right now, right, bruh?

[Sports Analyst 2]

I'm talking about one card. You can't jump over the ace of spades right now.

[Sports Analyst 1]

No, he. He looks like a shell of himself. He does look cooked. This team though. I mean, when you have multiple players that are not Joel Embiid and not Paul George that you are excited about. You've got Jared McCain, first of all. He's a brand. He's a star. He's got the, the Sally's beauty supply sponsorship. You've got him as a bucket getter and he absolutely is. You got VJ Edgecombe, you got Tyrese Maxi. That's enough right there.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Right?

[Sports Analyst 1]

That's two guys on rookie contracts and a guy on a very team friendly Max deal.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Right? Right. I like how the boy boner be in the. In the paint getting boards, blocking shots, causing havoc on the defensive end. They got something in Philly for real.

[Sports Analyst 1]

This is how you do two timelines.

[Sports Analyst 2]

This is how you do it. Would you. Would you trade my boy right now? Joel Embiid, what can you even get.

[Sports Analyst 1]

What can you even get for Joel Embiid?

[Sports Analyst 2]

A snack machine? Maybe one with Frito barbecue Fritos in them Moon Pies, you know, deck of cards, chewing gum.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Chewing gum. I mean, yeah, I would trade them if I could trade them. I don't know who. Maybe somebody thinks they have a better training staff. Than you. And they say, hell, you know, Mitchell Robinson. Maybe the Knicks say, okay, well, we don't think Mitchell Robinson will ever be healthy. And so, like, it's just better to have Joel Embiid there in the paint holding it down. Him and Carl Anthony Towns. I don't know. I mean, yes, I would. I just don't know where you would. Where. Where. Who wants him?

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[Sports Analyst 1]

He's like an asset. That's like a pinto right now, bruh.

[Sports Analyst 2]

How the mighty have fallen, bro. I would have never thought we would say that about that man. He's still so.

[Sports Analyst 1]

He's good when he's good, right?

[Sports Analyst 2]

And he's still a national hero. He was on the team that Steph Curry was on.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Oh, here we go. I don't care about Earth.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Steph Curry saved Earth from Villains, and he was on that team, so he's always a hero. Salute to Team usa.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Are the Serbians always considered a villain?

[Sports Analyst 2]

I didn't say that.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Well, who are the Villains? Anyone but us. The Americans.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Just the. The Collection, Right? The collective world against Earth. They are the Villains. Salute to Bug. Don Bagnanovic. Never a villain in my book. Salute to the boy.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Salute to him.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Moving on. We had some more action in the NBA last night. We had a lot of action, but I'm gonna go before tonight. That first night, Kevin Durant returned to OKC on championship night. Larry, I see you day booed my boy so ferociously. OKC fans, you don't understand the Constitution. You don't understand liberty. You don't understand the Louisiana Purchase. This man is an American hero. He was on the team that beat France and Serbia. You don't boo this man. He made Oklahoma City cool. I understand. He left. Get over it. Put Oklahoma City's rings in the box. And put Kevin Durant's rings in a box. Shake them by your ears, huh? This one seems more rattly because there's two in this box and there's only one in this box. How dare you. Shame on OKC fans. Salute to that little baby he picked up before the game. But reports came in that that same baby was booing his ass 20 minutes later. How you feel?

[Sports Analyst 1]

I don't think I. I love Kevin Durant. I love everything about him. I like that he booed back.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Yeah, boo.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I like that he's like, you guys don't like me. I don't like you. Honestly. I don't like the fans. I don't like my former teammates, except for my current teammate, Stephen Adams. I saw a stat juju that the Rockets have played more games for the Oklahoma City Thunder than all of the Oklahoma City Thunder has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

[Sports Analyst 2]

That's a ridiculous stat. Stat of the damn day. Put the music behind it. I'm not gonna bother you, Ms. Rebecca today.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Neato. Stat of the day. What was that like? Yeah, that's crazy. Steven Adams and Kevin Durant are OKC legends, and I think they need to get respect, put on their name forever. They were there, I mean, Kevin Durant there, excuse me, when they transitioned from the Seattle SuperSonics to the Oklahoma City Thunder. And without him, this team would have nothing, really. They would not have ever been cool. Him, obviously, Russell Westbrook and Harden, but I just think that the. The business is kind of dirty in general. He's been passed around a bit and like, he left on his own terms from the Thunder because they traded to James Harden. We talked about this last. Last episode as well. So, yeah, I just think in general that that matchup was so fascinating in terms of the basketball because you talk about a team that has no point guard. I mean, Dallas. Dallas has no point guard, but, man, Houston really doesn't have a point guard. I think Amin Thompson may be worse as a point guard than Cooper. Flag.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Oh, damn.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I love Almond Thompson. He's really good. He's really, really good, but he's not a point guard. My man Reed shepherd looks very much undersized as well. So they need to figure it out and go out and get a guard asap. Like I find a way to get de' Aaron Fox. He's just a down the road, find a way to get, I don't know, somebody. Just get somebody.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Right? Paul George. But the look in the eyes of Shay Gillis, Shane Gillis Alexander as well as, yeah, Shane Gillis Alexander. Anybody who reads shepherd switched up on Lou Dortch was like up ISO. And they proceeded to take his behind to the who every single time. It was so bad that in overtime they had the kind of offense defense with Reed like, okay, we.

[Sports Analyst 1]

You.

[Sports Analyst 2]

We can't leave you on Shea. Absolutely not. Which Shay still proved to be Shay and got KD to foul out on that halfway last couple of seconds, which Katie came out and said, you know what? That was on me. And you know what was it? What else was on him? That timeout that he called that they didn't acknowledge salute to the rest. For that they get a lot of bad flack.

[Sports Analyst 1]

They said, we like free basketball. They said, we like free basketball. We're not going to Chris Weber, Kevin Durant right now in his first game in Houston.

[Sports Analyst 2]

That sounds like an ao, but it's not. It's not. Moving on. Also, the return of Marcus Smart. Mr. The breaking news. Marcus Smart is a LA Laker and he is up to his old antics. I'm talking about a hundred miles an hour. He almost pulled Steph Curry, showed out his socket, put his arms like, hey, that wasn't. I don't know how his shoulder got there. It wasn't me. Like, my boy is back.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Defense Player of the year, former defensive player of the year, Marcus Smart. Put a little. Do not besmirch him.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Yes. You feel me? I would never besmerge. Marcus Smith's not. Because he's a lifelong Celtic.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Lifelong Boston Celtic. I know.

[Sports Analyst 2]

He didn't get one.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Exactly. He. They said he was the heart and soul of the Boston Celtics and that the team would never be the same without him, but yet they did win a championship without him. But he is still a legend. That was a part of the process.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sports Analyst 1]

No, he's. He's cooked. I mean, I think all these Lakers juju are cooked. Outside of Luca, it's. It's a team that I think a lot of people are going to be rooting for and looking at and betting on and talking about on tv and. And they are a team that really is a paper tiger. And to be honest, this. This will come out tomorrow after this matchup concludes. And maybe I'm going to be proven incorrect, but I see juju. The. The Denver Nuggets are underdogs to the Golden State warriors tonight. And to that I say, is Nicola. Yeah. No. Is Cam Johnson out? No. Is Jamal Murray out? No. Aaron. Aaron Gordon out? No. So why the hell are they underdogs? Maybe tomorrow I'll look like a complete fool, but as. As of now, I think the Golden State is a team that's going to win some regular season games. They're going to do not a lot more than that.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Damn. I got. Look, this coming out tomorrow, so I'm going to try to sound very, very brilliant right now, bro. Jimmy Butler last night. Oh, my God, he. When he snaps into that mode that he snaps in, snapped into last night, it's trouble. Them Golden State Uncs, I promise you, they gonna make way more noise than we think. At least the 4 seed. I said they're gonna get the 4C earlier, but 4C and what they did.

[Sports Analyst 1]

To the Denver Nuggets was very impressive.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Right? And Brandon Pozemski, you cannot shoot that shot, bro. Come on. Man, neither here nor there. Look, that's. That's from the future right there. But we teased it earlier, but we got to get into it, man. Your team, your head coach. Chauncey Jerome Billups has been arrested by the feds for cheating that poker. Now, keep it, Keep respect ish on his name. He wasn't betting on NBA games. He wasn't doing well.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Did you see? Did you see? More stuff has come out juju that they're saying now online. There's some reporting that is accusing him of alerting gamblers that Damian Lillard was going to be out of games that nobody knew he was going to be out of. So that is also coming out big win or big not win. It was a. Basically a win for the Portland Trailblazers. And Edwards had to hit like a go ahead last second three to win the game against the Blazers at home. Game one. And Chauncey Billups after the game said, I'm just gonna let the chips fall where they fall and not think about anything else. And then like six hours later, he was pulled from his home by federal agents, like, literally pounding, pounding down his door with the barricades and all that. Now he's gonna stuff, excuse me, sorry, Ms. Rebecca and all, and gonna get rained today. And they're saying he was like the. He was like the. What do they call that? Like, honey. He was like the honey trap.

[Sports Analyst 2]

You know, not in a honey trap, my boy. Come on, bro.

[Sports Analyst 1]

He was like the honey. The honey pot. Where they were like, oh, do you wanna. Do you wanna. Do you want to play in this, this poker game with all these, like, former NBA legends? If. Do you want to sit next to Chauncey Billups, hall of Famer? We've got Chauncey Billups at this poker game. And then apparently, allegedly, according to Cash Patel and the rest of them boys on in the FBI, that they had like some X ray technology where you could see through the cards and there was some like aftermarket shuffling machine and they had like IFBs in their ears or something, some way to communicate with the people who are not getting their money taken from them. And this apparently was happening nationwide.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Nationwide. How many poker games was my boy playing?

[Sports Analyst 1]

I guess there was like six different cities that this was occurring in. And Damon Jones, who played with LeBron James, was involved not only in that scheme that was apparently backed by the mafia, the Gambino crime family and some other ones. I don't. I didn't know.

[Sports Analyst 2]

That's how you know it's real. That's how you know it's real when they. When the feds say the Gambino family and La Costra Nostra, all bets are off, bro chassis. Good luck, my brother. But we gotta stand on this side because we don't need the Costa Noscra bothering on us.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I was like, I thought La Costa Nostra was a caffeine brand. I didn't know that it was a mob that was also in connection with the Gambinos as an alliance. The whole thing, crazy.

[Sports Analyst 2]

In the triads, in the tribe.

[Sports Analyst 1]

But I guess Damon Jones was also involved in the Terry Rozier scheme with the Mafia, which was, hey, my foot, my back, my neck and my back. I'm going to be coming out in the first quarter, bet my unders. And. And then those unders hit. And that was, like, thousands of dollars that was bet against the legal sports books. So the whole thing, we got Terry Rozier getting locked up. We got my head coach getting locked up, and I was supposed to go to the game yesterday, and I wasn't feeling good because apparently I got genetic cataracts, and they put a bunch of eye drops in my ears. Or in my ears. In my eyes. Yeah. So, I mean, the whole thing, juju is just, like, kind of baffling and historically unprecedented.

[Sports Analyst 2]

That boy said he gonna let the chips fall where they file. Terrible pun. Terrible coincidence.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Where they fall. When you're about to get involved in, like, a poker. A poker thing is rough, man. Let the chips fall where they fall.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Salute. Oh, get well soon and welcome Thiago Splitter. Do you think Terry Rose, NBA NBA.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Champion, Thiago Splitter, right.

[Sports Analyst 2]

With your San Antonio Spurs? Neither here nor there. But do you think Terry Rozier plays another second in the NBA after this?

[Sports Analyst 1]

No. Not a second. Nope. When the feds come, it's a wrap for you. I think Gilbert Arenas might have snitched on everybody when he got arrested and said he was gonna sing. Listen. He said he was going to. And then, allegedly, he did say it on the Internet. He said it with. I heard him. I saw him. He said, I'm. I'm snitching on everybody. And then we got Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones probably played with Gilbert Arenas for the Wizards because Damon Jones played for, like, half the league. And now we've got. Now we got people going to jail. So congratulations on Gil's arena getting picked up for another season.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Allegedly. And salute to. No, chill.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Allegedly. And salute. So, yes.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Niche Gill, you know who've been having a great couple days, bro. I Ain't never seen this brother glow like this, bro. On tv. Glowing right now, bro. Oh, yeah, that boy can't wait to break the news. He said, oh, some fun news out of it. This is not fun news, brother.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Did he say fun news?

[Sports Analyst 2]

He said fun news on his IG story.

[Sports Analyst 1]

No, he did not.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Right answer to Pablo Torre. My. Our brother Pablo Torre had this story. First he scooped Sean's on this. So we got to keep the respect on the boy. Pablo name, man. Terry Rozier, bro. Damn. It was our. It's that one video out there of Terry Rosier shooting. Look at my boy Sean's right now. This boy look resplendent.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Yeah, he does. He said, that's why they pay me the big bucks, right, to break this stuff.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Moving on, though, we got some. We're gonna update some more scores right quick. Like the. The Suns came back on the Kings. The spurs, of course, did their thing. The Jazz put a foot. A foot up the Clipper's ass. I'm talking about size a hundred foot up the. It was never a chance for these boys in the game. Is the Kawhi story affecting these boys like that or what's crazy?

[Sports Analyst 1]

I heard he was doing just as much on the floor defensively as he did for aspiration.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Okay, here we go. Look, for all the uninitiated out there, that mean he ain't do a damn thing.

[Sports Analyst 1]

He didn't do a damn thing.

[Sports Analyst 2]

The Magic, Orlando Magic over the Heat. I think Orlando Magic might be in the Eastern Conference championship. I'm gonna say that again for my glitching computer. I think the Orlando Magic might be in the Eastern Conference championship this year, okay? Against the Knicks. Your Knickerbockers. Not mine, yours. You got me those tickets.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I. Well, sort of. I won you those tickets. Hey, we didn't pay for them. Neither here nor there. Good stuff. Great. Oh, big shout out to our brothers and sisters in Christ in the NBC family. They did a phenomenal job in the first night of the NBA with all the graphics, the slam thing, the Michael Jordan interview where she didn't say anything at all. But I still was completely entranced. Mike Tirico on the broadcast makes everything better. And shout out to Carmelo Anthony for not wearing. Not getting bullied into wearing a suit.

[Sports Analyst 2]

There we are. Come on. The real legend salute to Cayenne, too. I'm ready to see my boy Cayenne this year. Syracuse. I think he gonna be one of the ones. But yeah, bro, great, great start.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Great show. Great start. The show. Great start. To the season. What a clean show. Lots that we got to lots of storylines. And also, like, get my boy Chauncey Billups out the clink. Somebody bail him out.

[Sports Analyst 2]

You feel me? Come on, get him out. Also, give my sister. Give my sister an award for a perfect bow tie on her hoodie today. That is how you. That's how it's done, ladies and gentlemen, if you want.

[Sports Analyst 1]

I had to do it multiple times before the show started.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Come on, man. Brown on brown on brown, man. Any last words? Getting out of here today.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Listen, don't. Don't tell everybody to bet your unders unless you don't want to play in the NBA anymore. You make $27 million a year, Terry Rosier. Just. And we know you're on the list. Okay? I've seen. I've seen your Instagrams, posts and your stories. We know you're affiliated, allegedly. So, like, don't get yourself involved in the mob as well.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Right? And also, it's a good time to remind y' all Taro's here doing music, so he might be finna go through a little bit of a financial situation. So let's. Let's run his streams up right now asap. I'm not sure his name or his handle.

[Sports Analyst 1]

In the arms of an angel.

[Sports Analyst 2]

Thank you always to Ms. Rebecca Donahue. I see you. We love you, Dylan Hoang, as always with the. With the D's. Come on, man. Big salutes as always. And thank y' all for tuning in without us. Without y', all, what the hell are we? You feel me?

[Sports Analyst 1]

Same when we be back Tuesday. Same bat time, same bat channel. Lock in.

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