
Loading summary
Juju Gotti
Flagged episode. And I want all of it.
Trista Crick
Gigi wants every dollar.
Juju Gotti
Welcome to the alley O. I am the kid Juju Gotti, joined by my sister, Trista Crick. How you doing, sis?
Trista Crick
I'm good. Now that juju got it's got a new single out. Like a bump in the shower.
Juju Gotti
Yes, sir. If you don't know, man, juju got it, man. Everywhere. You get your music available right now. Blue Flame featuring my boys King crazy and busy made neither here nor there. Let's get straight into this week's controversy, bruh. Kobe fans are big mad at the Bam right now.
Trista Crick
And me, they're mad at me.
Juju Gotti
They mad at you too? Oh, hell no. Talk about this. Why they mad, bruh.
Trista Crick
So I. I went to the YouTube juju to evaluate the 81 game performance to see if there was any shenanigans in the 81 points. And I have to say, although I am a Kobe apologist and an evangelist and a lover of everything mamba mentality, it was not pure ethical hoops for the all minutes of the game. Yes. Was it a close game for a lot of the game? Yes. Were the Lakers down double digits? Yes.
Juju Gotti
Yes.
Trista Crick
Did the lakers also at one point go up 20 and that man, Kobe Bean Bryant was steady still in the game saying, give me the God ball also? Yes.
Juju Gotti
Yeah. People are funny as hell this week trying to like, look, we love Kobe. Rip the Mamba, but come on, we conveniently forgetting that my boy used to shoot between triple teams, quadruple teams routinely, man. That was literally the. The. The stigma.
Trista Crick
And that the crazy thing is that people are like, well, but like, you want Smush Parker to get the ball? And it's like, who does Bam have right now? Andrew Wiggins isn't playing right now. They got multiple injuries. Like, yeah, we got. We got Davion Mitchell. We're giving the ball to Davion Mitchell's the same as Smush Parker, right?
Juju Gotti
And they got bro. Who they got bro. Who did the. The Dougie after he did won the dun Got bro. You can pass him the Bible. He intentionally missing free. So it's like, look, man, I choose to enjoy it. If you a hater of stuff like this, you need to look yourself in the mirror and realize, man, look, I'm tripping because it's a lot of stuff to hate on in this world right now. And Bam Mama crying on the sidelines, Asia supporting her man. The Heat having a great moment. This ain't one of them times, man, that like I said earlier on the Levitar show, man. The moon don't compete with the sun, man, for no shine, bro. They take turn. It take turns, man. You feel me? Just because it's the nights, it's gonna be morning in a little while, bro. You gonna be all right. So Kobe fans, you're good, bro. He's still a legend. Let Bam have a night.
Trista Crick
Yeah. And on top of that, like, it was Bam. And so number one, no one will ever use that to discredit Kobe in the greatest of all time top five conversation. Bam is not competing in the least with Kobe. Like, it would have happened if, say, LeBron would have done it or if another player that's in that same conversation would have done it. So that's number one. But number two, the human element of it all is enough to make you shed a tear. His career high was 41. Before that, you are five statistical pieces out from where he was. That would be like if Patrick Mahomes threw for a thousand yards in a game.
Juju Gotti
Yeah, right.
Trista Crick
Right about well outside the realm of what he's ever done. Also, this man grew up in a single wide trailer. Didn't start playing basketball until he was 13 years old. Didn't even want to claim his Nigerian heritage because he felt so bad that his dad was. Was a bit of a. A not a not present father. And he comes out, goes to Kentucky, is a feel good story, gets there with D. Wade, D. Wade leaves. Then you end up having Udonis Haslam, then you Donnis Haslam leaves, then you have Jimmy Butler. And he's the alpha now. He's got to be the alpha, which is not it. It's like not really a natural role for him. Yeah, he wants to be the second fiddle. He wants to be the Robin. He's not comfortable, like, being this arrogant, ego, Kobe Bryant esque type of a player. So for him to take that many shots was like, okay, Bam, I see you.
Juju Gotti
Exactly, exactly. Because you know, the whole time Eric Bolsher was about to pull his ass out every time he shot and missed that whole fourth quarter was trying to hell out Aris Boskerson. Well coached by Eric Spoelster, by the way. You did. But now, like you said, man, because it's Bam. I personally don't even have a feeling attached to it other than adulation. You did like, bro, knowing from where he come from, knowing his story, bro, if. If you hating on Bam, if you find yourself in 2026 hating on a good brother like Bam out of bio, bro, you need to turn TV on to see what's going on because boy, do I have a TV show for you. Like cnn. Don't put a.
Trista Crick
Unless you plan to bang bomb.
Juju Gotti
Right, Exactly. Come on now. But get well, look, get well to all the haters out there because it ain't going nowhere. So tell your favorite player to score 84 tomorrow then if it's so easy. Moving on. Man, speaking of your favorite player's favorite player, sga man, that boy put the cape on the other night. Two big shots to win the game. Against who that the Nuggets. Then it don't even matter who they playing. They beat the Celtics without Jay. As a matter of fact, I'm so glad we stumbled upon this topic right here. Jalen Brown was throughout the game the other night. How do you feel? Because you know how I feel.
Trista Crick
I mean, sometimes you have to use the largest microphone and the largest stage to make a demonstration. And so yes. Did we get robbed of watching the spurs play the Celtics and seeing what these two teams were capable of at full strength? Yes, but that's exactly why I think JB went od. Listen, this is the kind of I'm talking about, yo. And did he just get hit, bumped and was it not that serious of a push? Yeah, but again, I think JB has had it up to here. And so sometimes the. You flash on people a little more because you've been putting up with it longer than you wanted to.
Juju Gotti
Right? And I think that NBA referees moving forward, bro, we got to have some type of suspension farm in place for them boys. Like you're not going to just miss a call and then tell me I'm wrong and then later on tomorrow type up a report. Oops, my bad. NBA letterhead like no, no, no, no, no,. No, no. Two games without pay for that bull ass call. You found out somebody who I wanted to see that night. Also I had a little change. A little kiss on the Jalen Brown over. And now you've ruined that, sir. So one game for you referee for letting go down the same way you said, well, hey man, Thompson let this go down with Shangon. Nah, bro, you said that and let go down, bro. You're out.
Trista Crick
Sorry. You're. You're also out of here.
Juju Gotti
But yeah, back to sga. Man. Is it a foregone conclusion in that west that they at least get into them Western Conference finals?
Trista Crick
Yeah, yeah, yeah. They don't have anybody that are their current starters that are playing except for sga, right? No chat, no Alex Crusoe. I know he comes off the bench, but sometimes he Starts and no J Dub. And you're like, well, surely they shouldn't be favored by six and a half to three and a half over the Nuggets. And. And. And they were. And they won. And the Nuggets were fully healthy outside of Peyton Watson. And like, if you're, say, sitting here saying that Peyton Watson's more important than any of those players that I just named that were sitting in street clothes, sir, I just would have to disagree. So, yeah, the. The Nuggets are gonna, I think, turn it up. I think they're gonna be ready to roll in the playoffs. They bring a different level of intensity, and I think that Oklahoma City Thunder series is gonna be really tight and contested no matter who's out there on the floor. But, yeah, it's almost scary. Jew. And I don't know if you. You agree with this, but, like, the amount of injuries that OKC has had has only allowed them to get stronger, right? Because now Jason Williams, the other Jason Williams, can go for a 30 piece. It was like, whoa, I didn't even know you could do that.
Juju Gotti
Right, Everybody be still. Hold on now. Not that one, too. Yeah, bro. I think it's cheating, bro. Like, bro. Philadelphia 70 sisters investigate on Pablo Torre. Bria boys gave them Jerry McCain. And for some reason, y' all didn't understand what Jerry McCain was. I don't think so. They took him serious. Like, they took his injuries and whatever fingernails drama he had going on. They put that to the forefront. OkC putting his hooper skills to the forefront. You did be yourself. Go put the ball in the whole bit, bro. And he is good at that. I think everybody on that team is so fire, bro. Top to bottom, even. What's bro, Light skin. It's not. Well, Wiggins is also awesome, but they.
Trista Crick
Isaiah Joe.
Juju Gotti
Isaiah Joe. It's even one more who just AJ down Mitchell, bro. Couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
Trista Crick
He got that S curl going like it's 1997 juju.
Juju Gotti
Come on, man.
Trista Crick
You got that taper going. Come on.
Juju Gotti
Sexual chocolate, man.
Trista Crick
Like, he's on soul for real.
Juju Gotti
And he dripping like he got the soul glow sprayed across the street. Look. Why the soul glowing? He gave you 15 when you need them. That's if SGA feel like going this way tonight. You did. So I think the Thunder brother, them boys so scary. And they draft position next week. Let's move on. If I get really, really upset when depressed because the spurs as well, though, future looking so bright right now, dog. The spurs, like, if there's anybody in that west that I say, you know what? Hit him, brother. OkC. Thunder hit me, man. Can you get my lip back? I'm going to the Spurs. You did. Are they the top contender in the west in your opinion? I mean, outside of the Nuggets. Because I don't think Peyton Watson is as small of a deal. But it's not as big of a deal as people that's making it. You did well.
Trista Crick
And if they're the 2 seed, I don't see anybody's beating the Spurs.
Juju Gotti
Yeah.
Trista Crick
Before they get to the Thunder. So if the Thunder are there, then I think that, yeah, they're the biggest contender for them because I could truly see the spurs beating them. Feels like there's something about how that roster is constructed that makes it really difficult for Shay to get his. And we've seen Shay be as much shut down as you could possibly shut him down against that team specifically. So, yeah, I like everything that they do. I think we're going to need to see a lot out of Victor Wembanyama. Right. Wembley's going to need to be. He's going to need to have his feet planted like he can't get undercut and flail around and lose the ball. And like sometimes that happens with Vic. But man, how he played against the Celtics the other night. He was hitting 3, pull up, pull up 3 after, pull up 3 after, pull Up 3. Which by the way, Juju, we need to talk about. I don't like that style of basketball. Can I get at least. Can I get at least two or three passes before you shoot the damn ball?
Juju Gotti
Right. I like that from you because that's my only note on Wimy. Bruh, you be selling for a lot of jumpers that show. Tall ass has no business fading away taking Bruh. Like I will admit. And this might be early. This is very early. I don't know if anybody can hear this, Victor. When Miyama is the best basketball player I ever seen in my life. Oh, I'm not going out on right. I'm not going on a limb. It feel like I'm going out on a limb, but I'm not for real. It's the best player in basketball history, Victor Wimiyama. I'm stamping it right now. As long as he can stay healthy. You did. Come on, man. Because this is ridiculous what he be doing. But at the same time, I don't know about them Thunder, man. You gotta. You gotta beat the Thunder. To beat the the King, you got to beat the King. Whatever the state the saying is moving
Trista Crick
on to the you gotta beat the man you did.
Juju Gotti
Come on, man, you got to beat that man over there. If you want to be him, you did. Moving on lastly to the Cavaliers magic matchup the other night. You know what I mean? I don't know, but to me it seems as though the Cavaliers have a little work to do. And we know Jerry Allen is still out right now, but at the same time, is this thing gonna jail in time for the playoffs in your opinion?
Trista Crick
I'm concerned about this roster, truly. Not just because Jared Allen's not playing and they don't look the same without him on the floor, but I don't trust those wings, you know what I mean? Yeah, like I trust Magic City wings a lot more than the Cleveland Cavaliers wings. Like they're a lot more consistent to me and like they don't have guys that I believe are great perimeter defenders. You got Donovan, who I think has the ability to, to like pull his shorts up and decide to really, you know, have play this hard nosed defense.
Juju Gotti
Flat floor right stat.
Trista Crick
4. Come on, let's go. Yeah, he doesn't do it a lot, but I know he can do it.
Juju Gotti
Yeah.
Trista Crick
Harden is bigger than Darius Garland and so just for that simple fact, he's more of a physical presence defensively than what you're going to get out of Darius. Yeah, but, and like, yes, Jared Allen, rim protector, good rebounder, Beast Black, History month. Jared Allen was legendary run. But like who are, who else do we trust outside of that?
Juju Gotti
Right? No, no, no minutia. Right. I was thinking Tyson, Jalen, Tyson. All right. Dean Wade.
Trista Crick
I don't trust anyway. I think Dean Wade was in minus 17 in that game.
Juju Gotti
Oh, you know who I do trust? I trust my boy though. You know, my own the bench. They got my boy a legend. Thomas Bryant. I trust my boy. Yeah, I trust my boy. I trust my boy to get at least three files and six to ten attempts. One point Ju.
Trista Crick
I. I also think like playing Keon Ellis at the three makes no sense. I know you need defense on the perimeter, but he is, he's a legitimate non scoring off the dribble. One, he's a two. He's like a combo guard. He's not a three. He's too small to be a three. You start matching up with Boston, Orlando, you right now they're slated to play Orlando. How are you going to deal with Anthony Black and Paolo? Who are you guarding?
Juju Gotti
Right, because it's the scary part about them is as great as they are, when Desmond bang Going crazy. Hang it up. My boy. My boy hand threes from Steph Curry range with them little arms like my boy stepping up to be their number one player. A P5 had a such a slow start that it might be D. Bang. Team they panning like it is. And Franz Wagner, he out for the season, right?
Trista Crick
I. I think it looks like he injury is progressing. Lacks timeline.
Juju Gotti
Oh, damn. Yeah, we gonna say we. We gonna sing. Assume. My boy ain't going through this playoff run, but I think the magic looking good because once you got the New York Knicks in your way, man, the. The. The thumbs up Knicks, as they call them, it's. It's goofy.
Trista Crick
Think about this juju. Tristan Da Silva, 6, 8. Anthony Black, 6 7.
Juju Gotti
Yeah.
Trista Crick
Desmond Bain, 6, 5, 6, 6. Excuse me, Palo Banchero, 6 10. It's just a bad, bad matchup for a small perimeter team.
Juju Gotti
Dennis Fluter, five seven.
Trista Crick
Yes. You see what I'm saying now? You see what I'm saying?
Juju Gotti
Yeah, for sure. Right, Right. And then that ain't even. We ain't even mentioning the Pistons. So. Yeah, you're right. That east might get a little bit more interesting than I assumed it was, especially with my boys back in town. Moving on to a segment that we like to call. Boy Stop. What? Stop. Dejante Murray last night, my sister, did you see him disrespect my bo?
Trista Crick
I was shocked by this juju. Let's play the tape. Got a little New Orleans in him.
Juju Gotti
Yeah. One of the most disrespectful moves in history.
Trista Crick
That's a push off. Oh, oh. He lost him in your mouth. Made him touch earth. And you hit the shot. But. But.
Juju Gotti
Right.
Trista Crick
Oh, my God, the flex,
Juju Gotti
bruh. If you hit a shot on me and I happen to fall, do not flex on me. Or this is. I'm considering this. You're trying to kill me. I'm gonna defend myself. I'm gonna protect myself. Look at Bruh. Bruh look so damn goofy down there. He ain't understand what was happening. He thought it was play. Play.
Trista Crick
He looked scared, right?
Juju Gotti
He thought it was a plan. That boy is not playing with you. You think Bit weren't playing with you by his money. You say he had it with him when you seen him, right? Name one person in the hood that play like that. You did. Come on, man. That boy down there playing. And dejante Murray is not playing with my boy. Get up.
Trista Crick
Get up. I think that's what he said he did. I think the thing that people fail to realize about our Guy Dejounte Murray is his pretty face because he's a genuinely perfect skin, has one of the most modelesque faces.
Juju Gotti
Yeah. My boy a 90s, a black movie star.
Trista Crick
He's looking like. I'll be sure. Like he could have been, you know, the light skinned kid in. In the best man. He was. He's right there. Right? But he is. He is one of them ones.
Juju Gotti
He definitely is, bro.
Trista Crick
On the list had. Was in all kinds of trouble growing up, getting in with the wrong crowd. That was his crowd.
Juju Gotti
And right. You might see, considered the wrong crowd. The guy on the bottom around there, he think that's the wrong crowd.
Trista Crick
Yeah, that's the right crowd for Dejounte Murray. And you may say, oh, well, isn't he from Seattle? Listen, people need to stop disrespecting the hood of the Pacific Northwest, okay? People come up. People come up from California. We got cars, we got planes, we got horses and buggies, okay? And we're. We're sea ripping and you know, pie ruin all the way up to Canada, okay? I'm not se. Ripping. I'm not pirou.
Juju Gotti
There we go, there we go. There we go. Clean it up.
Trista Crick
But, but,
Juju Gotti
but they doing it. It's happening. It's happening, right? It's happening in all circles.
Trista Crick
I was in a 6.0Neighborhood, so that's naturally just net, cuz. Just naturally flows out of my tongue.
Juju Gotti
Come on, man. You got to know, bro. So, yeah, to she who didn't know all this background about Dejante Murray and decided to guard him and play. Boy, stop. You better. Like you said earlier, you better touch floor and guard up. That ain't the one you play with, bruh. Mr. Becca, what we got next?
Rebecca Donna Hughes
All right, next up, you got a guy basically who goes out of bounds having the best day of his life. Here we go.
Juju Gotti
All right, bro. Come on, man. We got my boy. He fell into the cheerleaders, bro. Lock in, lock in, cuz. Lock in, bruh. Get a. No, ain't no more talking.
Trista Crick
Hey, I'll be back. He touches that right one. Look at it go back. Oh. Touches the leg as well. Okay, I'm gonna need you to stop playing around, Zaga.
Juju Gotti
First of all, look at him.
Trista Crick
Watch it. Oh, Grace is the right one. She puts her palm in front. It's like, yo, you gotta back. You gotta back up now. Gotta back up.
Rebecca Donna Hughes
It's that look right there, though. Like, he doesn't leave. He doesn't want to leave this area.
Trista Crick
I'm so sorry.
Juju Gotti
He touched his chest. He like, first of all, happy International Women's Day. First of all, let me start there. Second of all, what is this? Bath and Body Works. What is this? I'm getting remnants of. What is this? The Body Shop?
Trista Crick
I'm so sorry, but I'll see you later. His. His team. I was like, come on, bring it. Bring your ass. Okay, Stop caking over there.
Juju Gotti
Snap his ass right up in there, boy. Bring your ass. Come on. Are you tripping, man? Hey, bro, to my boy who fell over there. Although I understand how it be, you know what I mean, you find yourself over there. But, boy, stop, man. It's the damn tournament time.
Trista Crick
Do your thing. Do your thing. Do your thing.
Juju Gotti
What we got next, Ms. Rebecca? One more video.
Rebecca Donna Hughes
All right. Up next we got. Well, Kawhi calling it like it is, right?
Juju Gotti
Oh, yeah, my boy Kawhi. Look, secretly, Kawhi might be the biggest greatest player in NBA history. Them boys start fighting, he said, hey, they fighting. You know, you already know. Kawhi is not going over there. He's not going for any of that.
Trista Crick
They fighting, right, bro? Hey, they fighting.
Juju Gotti
My boy got an appointment with the ice Packs on his knees in T minus one minute. Man, y' all better go grab them, boy. They fighting, man.
Trista Crick
Hey, you should probably go over there. They're fighting
Juju Gotti
this bring up what you were saying earlier though, bro. Timberwolves put this game down as well. And quietly, quietly. The Clippers are over 500 now. I don't know if you want to mess around and catch them boys in the play in or the six, seven seed. Hey, now, let's, let's. I know we panted to the Thunder and the spurs and Nuggets, but look out. Look, you don't give a damn about nothing I'm talking about, do you? Look at.
Trista Crick
All I want is a Lakers Clippers three, six matchup.
Juju Gotti
Three sit mafia.
Trista Crick
I need a. I need an LA home and home. I need a LeBron getting hit with the Kawhi. Step back. I need Luca versus whatever, whoever would be guarding him. I don't think it's Darius, girl. I need a Ben, right?
Juju Gotti
Luca do not want to see being in the playoffs. In my opinion,
Trista Crick
Ben is one of them ones as well. He's always. Do you notice that Ben has now been in two fights over a game ball for a rookie, right?
Juju Gotti
And I think it's been like this year, but since he's been with the Clippers, my boy, My boy is right at home. You said some folks did not belong in Indiana. My boy belong in Watts where he Is.
Trista Crick
Listen, he's a Caribbean kid. He's from. I think he's from Haiti, isn't he?
Juju Gotti
Yeah, yeah. Hell yeah. I think.
Trista Crick
Yeah. He's not. He's not playing either. Ben Matthew.
Juju Gotti
He ain't playing no games. And look. And he gonna. He gonna give you 20 points too. That's the problem with being. Cuz. You ain't going to play with being. He gonna flop. Yeah, he's Hatian be flopping his ass. Are you see him try to get that foul? Nobody, but. Yeah, man, that'll do it for another episode of that Alley. Oh, thank you as always to miss Rebecca Donna Hughes. This episode will not be on YouTube. Hey, You feel me,
Trista Crick
Mars?
Juju Gotti
Appreciate it, sis. You did. Come on, man. Uncle Flint, it. I'm so happy. I'm so happy you're showing love, but I already know we're gonna flag the hell out of this guy tomorrow. I'm just playing, man. We're not flagging nothing. It ain't it. All right. It's family over here, man. Any last words on the way out?
Trista Crick
Oh, man, Go ahead to get to Spotify, Go to Blue Flame. Put it on your playlist. Put it in your shopping list. Go ahead and find some alley oop merch. Go on dlshoops.com, get on our subscription list. I think we got merch coming. Hell, yeah. Juju's putting out songs, so it's a good day.
Juju Gotti
And check out my sister, man. My sister, as always, man. Come on, you catch her. Just turn your TV on. You'll see my sister. You ain't gonna mean to find her. You're gonna be like, well, damn, I didn't know she was on this too. I watched the NBC something. I'm like, wait, what the hell? I know that background. What is this? But, man, without the audience, man, none of this. What we talk about is, thank y' all for always tuning in. Without y', all, who the hell are we? Catch us again Next Tuesday on DLS Hoops YouTube channel. Same bat time.
Trista Crick
Same time.
Juju Gotti
That channel.
Trista Crick
Bat Channel.
Juju Gotti
You did the DLS oops channel. I gotta work on that.
Trista Crick
Www.alow.com.
Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (Alley Oop segment)
Hosts: Juju Gotti, Trista Crick
Date: March 13, 2026
In this high-energy, free-flowing episode recorded at the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Juju Gotti and Trista Crick dissect the wildest moments in basketball from Bam Adebayo’s historic performance surpassing Kobe’s single-game scoring mark, to the surging Oklahoma City Thunder, the evolving power dynamics in the Western Conference—with deep dives on Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs—and wrap up with NBA beefs, viral highlights, and classic “Boy Stop” banter. The tone is humorous, irreverent, and celebratory, blending sharp takes with plenty of references to pop culture and the real-life backgrounds of players.
Lively, forward-thinking, and poking fun in all directions, Juju and Trista keep the laughs rolling while offering genuinely sharp and personal NBA insights.
Final message: Support Bam’s moment, respect emerging teams like OKC and the Spurs, and don’t get caught slipping in the age of NBA viral moments—"Boy Stop!"