Alley Oop 170: LUKE KENNARD WINS IT FOR THE LAKERS | March Madness Chaos, Luka Suspended & Curry Returns

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Alley Oop 170: LUKE KENNARD WINS IT FOR THE LAKERS | March Madness Chaos, Luka Suspended & Curry Returns

Date: March 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this episode sees Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and company dive into a weekend of wild sports action. Trista Crick joins Juju for a rapid-fire, energetic conversation on March Madness upsets, controversial coaching calls, college basketball legends-in-the-making, the drama-filled Lakers game, a strange technical foul on Luka Dončić, and debates about three-point greatness. The tone: playful, irreverent, and unsparingly honest.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. March Madness Recap & Coaching Decisions

[00:00–04:15]

• Juju opens by hyping the episode’s energy, while Trista admits she’s playing injured:

  "I'm not gonna lie. I'm playing hurt, but... I'm just happy to get your energy and soak it right up." – Trista Crick [00:04]

• Florida vs. Iowa:
  • Juju questions Florida’s late-game strategy: Why full-court press when up two? Why no real shot at the buzzer?
  • Trista: "You have to be able to get a quality shot off. There was longer than 2.9 seconds, Juju..." [01:28]
  • Both slam the failed play design and clock mismanagement.
• Kansas vs. St. John’s:
  • Rick Pitino’s St. John’s pulls off a shocker; questionably gets into the penalty late, but survives:
  • “That kid was like 1 for 17 on the day... and ends up getting that layup.” – Trista [02:49]
  • “Gotta put some respect on Rick Pitino's name... He could go to any of these places and turn them into Sweet 16s, Elite 18s.” – Trista [03:22]
  • Juju playfully likens Pitino to a “vampire” who only coaches in the daylight. [04:15]

2. Almost-Legendary Moments & College Basketball Lore

[04:15–07:09]

• Vanderbilt vs. Nebraska:
  • Tyler Tanner’s near-buzzer-beater: Shot nearly drops, but heartbreak ensues.
  • “We were this close to having Tyler Tanner become a March Madness legend.” – Trista [04:40]
  • Juju draws comparisons to Tyrese Haliburton and Christian Laettner, underscoring how March can immortalize—or humble—players instantly.
• Miami’s Exit & Chicken Tenders:
  • After crashing out to Purdue, Miami’s Renew is spotted in full game kit chasing chicken tenders:
  • “My boy say, nah, bro. If they out here at the bar, I want them to see it's me. ... Player move from me, ‘cause like Snickers say, bro: hungry? Why wait?” – Juju [07:09]

3. NBA Weekend: Chaos and Clutch

[08:01–13:36]

• LA Lakers’ Wild Finish vs. Orlando Magic:
  • Lakers win on a Luke Kennard buzzer 3 after an intentional missed free throw.
  • Trista: "I forgot they even got Luke Kennard at the deadline... boy, has he been good." [08:01]
  • Juju and Trista roast Stan Van Gundy’s claim that Kennard is a better shooter than Steph Curry:
    • "Bro, wake up Stan Van Gundy... What the hell wrong with you, man?" – Juju [08:42]
    • “Your lens on hoops is clearly mayonnaise.” – Trista [10:11]
• Luka Dončić’s Suspension Drama:
  • Luka earns his 16th technical foul after a heated exchange with Orlando’s Goga Bitadze, who allegedly threatened to 'F his whole family.'
  • Trista supplies context about Goga:
    • “Like a 15,000 foreign currency... He has been pulling shenanigans for ages. Remember he almost... tried to bite Gary Payton the second or headbutt.” [12:05]
    • “We're talking about the threat of rape.” – Trista [13:21]
  • Both agree Luka showed restraint and the league should address such egregious trash talk.

4. NBA Fans & Fandom

[13:36–18:40]

• Hilarious LeBron Injury Reaction:
  • They play a viral clip of a fan panicking as LeBron gets knocked down:
    • “He acted like he was out there with bullets in his chest, leaking out on the concrete from a drive by. Get up. No, no, not Bron. No.” – Trista [15:17]
  • Juju: “If when you got love like that from random strangers, bruh, you the goat, right? You the king.” [15:39]
• Jersey Layering Scandal:
  • Magic fan wears a Goga jersey over a LeBron jersey, switching post-game:
    • “You can't have two jerseys on underneath. ... Goga Batats and then LeBron? No, no, no, no, no.” – Trista [17:43]
    • “My boy did the Denzel. I'm leaving here with something.” – Juju [18:17]

5. Quick Hits: Celtics, Timberwolves, OKC, and the Warriors

[18:40–23:40]

• Juju dons a Stefan Marbury jersey as his Celtics fall to the Timberwolves.
• OKC’s Jalen (Williams) Return:
  • “[He] looked like he was himself instantly. ... OKC has so many players off the bench that would start on pretty much any other team.” – Trista [19:35]
  • Thunder’s injury adversity may make them “scarier” for the playoffs.
• Steph Curry’s Comeback & Warriors Outlook:
  • The West’s play-in race is brutal:
    • “Tar Eason hasn’t hit a bucket since Christmas. His own mom is trolling him...” – Trista [22:07]
    • “Yes, Steph Curry is back, but guess who he's swinging the ball to? Guy Santos... Salute. He got to know.” – Juju [23:17-23:40]
  • Doubts expressed about the Warriors’ ability to advance as an 8th or 7th seed.

6. Closing: Players to Watch & Sign-Offs

[23:40–end]

• Trista shouts out Arkansas’s Darius Acuff:
  • “He's got ice water running through his God dang veins... going to be one of the most interesting players in the 2026 NBA Draft.” [24:02]
• Salutes to Kevin Durant for passing Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list.
• Warm thanks to supporting crew and listeners—it’s all love.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On questionable coaching:

  “Why you full court pressing when you’re up two? ... You're not even going to get a shot off, sis.” – Juju [00:23]

• Pitino as the “Vampire Coach”:

  “The only place I know my boy Rick Pitino can coach is Transylvania in the daytime.” – Juju [04:15]

• On Stan Van Gundy’s Kennard take:

  “Your lens on hoops is clearly mayonnaise.” – Trista [10:11]

• On Goga’s alleged trash talk to Luka:

  “We're talking about the threat of rape.” – Trista [13:21]
  “You need to get off my memo. Right. Right the hell right now.” – Juju [13:28]

• LeBron Superfan Reaction:

  “Get up, Brian. Ricky. No... Is he dead? No.” – Trista [15:17]

• Jersey double-dipping:

  “You can't have two jerseys on underneath...” – Trista [17:43]

• On OKC’s depth from injuries:

  "Now what does that mean in the playoffs? I think it means they’re more ready to go. ... The injury to OKC probably makes them scarier than if they’d been healthy.” – Trista [21:16]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:00–04:15 – March Madness coaching controversies, Florida & Kansas
• 04:15–07:09 – Tyler Tanner’s almost-legendary shot, Miami’s chicken tender moment
• 08:01–10:24 – Lakers’ wild finish, Kennard vs. Curry, Stan Van Gundy roast
• 10:24–13:36 – Luka Dončić controversy & suspension drama
• 13:36–16:21 – LeBron injury fan reaction
• 16:21–18:40 – Jersey drama & cross-sport fandom
• 18:40–21:38 – Celtics, Timberwolves, OKC’s playoff threat
• 21:38–23:40 – Steph Curry’s return and the play-in race
• 23:40–24:24 – Draft prospects, closing thoughts

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Summary Tone

Irreverent, candid, and community-driven, this episode balances sharp analysis with sharp comedy. Juju and Trista's chemistry keeps the session lively and unpredictable. They mix real hoops breakdowns with the show’s signature playfulness and cultural references—a perfect flight across March sports mayhem.

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Transcript

[A]

Trista Crick, how you doing? How you feeling today?

[B]

Well, Juju, I'm not gonna lie. I'm playing hurt, but.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

Yeah, Juju, I'm just happy to be here. I'm happy to get your energy and soak it right up, man.

[A]

My energy soakable, you feel me? If you're out there listening to this, come on, man, get you some of this. This is some good energy I got today, you dig? It's also boyfriend material. I love you, baby. Wherever you are, I see you. I got some joker moments from the weekend. I feel like it's a lot of. A lot of stuff being celebrated right now on espn, other networks, all the sports, Fox Sports, whatever. But I want to talk about some of the low lights, some of the questions I got from the weekend because you my college expert, sis. I don't know if you know that. And it's the food game too. I also don't know if you know what happened to MJ that time he had the flu and what performance he put up. So I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure you're gonna be bobbing and weaving today. First up, the Florida Gators lose to the Iowa. What are they, the Hawkeyes, Bruh, down the stretch. Play calling from the coaches to me was questionable. Why you full court pressing you're up to. Why you. Why are you trailing the man? Boogie flan. Yeah, you're up to. And then the last play call, you're not even going to get a shot off, sis. Did you see that game?

[B]

No, that. That part really pissed me off. I felt like if you're Florida, you have to figure out a way to get down the court. You saw that happen with Kentucky in round. In the. In the second game or the first game when they ended up getting down the court for almost a three. It was like still deep, almost half court, but like they did that in 2.9 seconds. There was longer than 2.9 seconds. Juju, you have to be able to get a quality shot off.

[A]

And at that point, yes, absolutely, bro. I don't know, like, why would you call a play that takes that long to develop when your season is on the line questionable for me, as well as pressing the full court either way. Moving on, Bill Self and them Kansas with the Jayhawks. The Jayhawks went down to the Vampire. The Vampire, you dig? Or St. John's man, Rick Patino choosing to file umpteen times in the last, what, 20 seconds or so just to get in the penalty. I don't understand that why would you want to get in the penalty? Just to be in the penalty. And guess what? Okay, game winner in your mouth. Let's go home. Did you see that one, sis?

[B]

I did. And also that kid was like 1 for 17 on the day.

[A]

Come on.

[B]

And ends up get take getting that layup. And they, they, they pan to Rick Patino Juju after they've won the game. And he is looking just completely unfazed, almost mad looking like, what? What are we doing? Yeah, sweet 16. So this is like I think the first sweet 16 appearance for the St. John's Johnny since 1999.

[A]

Come on, man.

[B]

Listen, man, real quick. Gotta put some respect on Rick Patino's name. It doesn't matter where he goes. He literally could go to High Point, he go to Auburn, he could go to Cal Baptist, he go to any of these places and turn them into Sweet 16 Elite 18s. That's just what he does. You know who also does that? Sean Miller figures out a way for Texas to be like NC State was a couple of years ago, where they're in the first four and all of a sudden you're like, I think this might be a Final Four team. So Sean Miller, as much of a scumbag as he is, he's still an excellent coach at the X's and O's and his team always over performs. So shout out to my man, the vampire Rick Pitino, because, wow, they're really now set up to give the Duke Blue. Blue Devils a nice little punch in the mouth.

[A]

Exactly. The only place I know my boy Rick Patino can coach is Transylvania in the daytime. Because them boys got stakes and silver and everything. You dig it? Come on, man. Moving on, man. Vanderbilt versus Nebraska. Oh, my God. The half court shot that did go in, but didn't go in. Did you see that one, sis?

[B]

You know what's crazy is like I posted that on Threads and I said we were this close to having Tyler Tanner become a March Madness legend.

[A]

Right?

[B]

And there were so many idiots that did not watch the game that thought that I was referring to when Tyler Tanner got the shot off. No, I don't care when he shot it. It didn't go in the hoop. I showed you. The ball is inside the cylinder, but did not go down through the net. That's kind of an important piece of making a shot. It was kind of like a little like the reverse of Tyrese Halliburton going up and then down during the finals. Or. Or actually it was the Eastern Conference finals.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Against the Knicks Conference finals, game one against the Knicks. So he was really close, but also Vanderbilt. What are you even doing in that moment? Like you shouldn't even be in that scenario.

[A]

Exactly. And like you said, for those who wasn't watching, My boy had 27, almost 30. If my boy would have had 30 points, that would have went down as one of the greatest college basketball March Madness guys in the history of the world. Deal with it. We, we still watch Christian Layton in that weak ass fade away free throw, don't we? So imagine this. You did. Come on, man. And before we move on to the NBA, bruh, did you see Miami? The U was. It was back for a little while, but they went down in a great game against Purdue Boilermakers after the game though, you know what I mean? Salute to the season. After the game, dog, we Miami's Renew. That's how you say his name. My boy had a. A thirst for some quick. Some chicken tenders, man. My boy. My boy smelled no tenders, man. I know how it be. You be in them arenas and that, that waft over you in the arena you like. What's that?

[B]

Sometimes you just need something. I don't know what the deal is with. They're not, they're not feeding these kids. He's got to go up and get the chicken tenders as well. He's not able to end up getting the catering for the college kids. Did they, did they run out that he have a hankering? The fact that he came up in there in his jersey, right, is absolutely insane.

[A]

That's the choice, bro. Because you could have slipped on your hoodie, your little warm up shirt and your warm up pants. My boy say, nah, bro. If they out here at the bar, I want them to see it's me. I want folks to see me or any tenors just in case. Yeah, baby. That was me out there. We just lost, but I had 23. You did well. However many renew had. But yeah, bro, player move from me because it's like Snickers say, but hungry. Why wait? Goddamn. Take your ass to the concession stand. You dig it? Moving on to the league, man, we had a lot of drama over the weekend. A lot coming out of Orlando, man. Did you see any of what happened in Orlando between the LA Lakers and the Magic?

[B]

Yeah, I think the Lakers doing the intentional missed free throw again. Like it's just kind of wild. It worked for him once. Somehow they still found a way to make it work. I forgot that they even got Luke Canard at the deadline. Juju, I'm not gonna lie to you, but boy, has he been good for them. 2.6 seconds left to go. Go. Ball goes into his shot and it's just wet. Goes in, gives the Lakers another dub. And I think that's the reason that they got him, is for moments like this is to have a sniper one of the best 3 point shooting percentages in the league. But just the way it all went down was chaos.

[A]

Right? Did you know that Stan Van Gundy came on the show and said Luke Canard is a better three point shooter than Steph Curry? And so I just want to take this time right here and say, brother, we love Stan Van Gunny at this show. We will not besmirch his name at all. We would never hear that here, but Stan Van Gundy, boy, stop. Wake up Lawrence Fishburne in that one movie. Was it school days? Wake up Stan Van Gundy. What the hell wrong with you, man? Have you not seen Steph go over and save the world in France? He saved us. Let's not do that. What you think about him saying that, bro? Is that even kind of fair?

[B]

No, no.

[A]

There we go.

[B]

I don't think that's fair. I mean, I think that Steph Curry will be the best pull up shooter off the dribble we've ever seen in our life. And then Damian Lillard is probably after that. They just happen to be in the same generation.

[A]

There we go.

[B]

Steph Curry, obviously great off ball, like catch and shoot shooter as well as is dame. I love Luke Canard, but it's like Stan man Gundy. So little YT bias, fam. It's a little YT bias.

[A]

See, that's why you had the show, sis. It'd be. It'd be right there in my face. I'm like, you cannot say that, boy, you better not say that. And then here come my sister. Literally the same way.

[B]

It's like, listen, don't put him in the same category as Steph Curry. Like, we love you, Stan.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Your lens on hoops is clearly mayonnaise.

[A]

You need to wipe it off with the. With the thing of your shirt. Wipe your lens stand. You ain't seeing her.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

But so moving on to this game, bro, during the game, Luca Donches got his, what, 16th technical file, meaning that he should be suspended for the next game.

[B]

They're going to need to rescind that.

[A]

He had this to say on why he got the technical file.

[C]

I'm definitely hoping. You know, obviously I let my team down, you know, getting that last stack but honestly I wasn't trying to. You know. He set it free to. He will. My whole family. And at some point. You know, this is basketball court. At some point I just can't stand. I gotta stand up for myself. But I know I gotta do better. My teammates. I know they have my back. So I let them down today.

[A]

No matter what I'm doing in the world. I don't care if I'm playing foosball. I don't care if I'm playing the World cup for the penalty shot. You can't tell me you finna f my whole family. Cut like. Bro. What you think about that? Brazil. Go. God. What's his last name? Batasi. Go ahead, sis. The floor is yours.

[B]

I just. I feel like. What? Number one. There's clearly some eastern European beef.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That something occurs and it's really personal. We saw this when Georgia played turkey and Goga jumped furcon pork moss. And they literally. The police were involved in the jumping. Like they were also like. And one. Yeah. And GOG is still on probation.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like a 15,000 foreign currency. Don't that. I don't recall what it is. C R H C A R F whatever it's out of. And so he has been pulling shenanigans for ages. Remember he almost. He tried to bite Gary Payton the second or headbutt. And we don't really know what it was. He kind of is a little bit violent and a little bit of a stirrer and starter. And I know that we make fun of Luca for complaining and coming after the refs and getting too many technical fouls, but at what point does your manhood and your self respect and your honor and your dignity and your integrity come into play? The man said in his foreign tongue. I will your whole family. That's like his daughter. That's his ex wife that he's in the middle of a custody battle with. This is mama. It's any siblings they have. It's male siblings.

[A]

You better leave my granddad alone. I know that.

[B]

I mean we're. We're talking about the threat of rape.

[A]

Juju bruh.

[B]

You're not about to threaten me that you're gonna rape my whole family. Because they're not doing that willingly. Okay.

[A]

Exactly. You need to get off my memo. Right. Right the hell right now. That I promise. Gogo. You leave my little cousin bro.

[B]

I'm surprised Luca did not swing on him.

[A]

That's where I'm coming from. Like at a certain point. You telling me that that's why you got the technical. I feel like we should have been pulling you off him bit, bro. The only reason that we not pulling you off of him is because you must know he still ain't the one to run up. It's very clearly right, right. For you to put that sentence together in front of all these people in here. And you know these folks can hear you at the free throw line, bro. What's wrong with you, man? I'm not messing with you. You don't. Hey, hey, man, I'm gonna protect myself. Back up. Go, go. Is all I'm saying. But also during that game we had, bro, that game was so fun, bro. We had fans in the. In the audience that I don't know if they ever saw LeBron play at all this, brother. I think LeBron got fouled going up. I forgot who fouled him, but it was a hard foul and LeBron hurt his elbow. Ms. Rebecca, you got that video of the Brian lover? Hell no. That's a flagrant bro tripping, bro. Hey, my boy ready to go out there, man. Brian, get up. Get up, br. Get up, br. Get up, br.

[B]

He walks down there too. Get up, Brian. Get up.

[A]

Get up, Brian. Ricky. No,

[B]

exactly. Exactly. He acted like he was out there with bullets in his chest, leaking out on the concrete from a drive by. Get up. No, no, not Braun. No. Is he dead? No.

[A]

No.

[B]

Get up,

[A]

bro. I hope somebody love me like that, bro. If when you got love like that from random strangers, bruh, you the goat, right? You the king, man. Look, here you go, Brian. You drop this. My boy was ready to crash out on security, the other security, this little girl who keep looking at him. Just because LeBron is out there and he is down and he is flopped again. LeBron got up, by the way. Shot both free throws. It was okay the rest of the game.

[B]

He did. He did get up. He is still alive.

[A]

He's still alive, bro. But look to that, brother. We salute you at the alley because that's the kind of passion we need from every fan in the NBA arena moving forward, damn it.

[B]

No doubt that enthusiasm. The Lakers have just been rolling though. They came out, they got into Miami at like I want to say, five in the morning.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

The day of the game. And they put questionable on Luca Braun and Austin Reeves and they all played and they all balled and they came back and they won. I think they were three and a half point or four and a half point underdogs and they ended up smacking Miami on the second night of a back to back Cross the country is 60. I don't know. I don't know.

[A]

Get what? Get what else? 60.

[B]

Luca gave him six. Oh, like the Crips, bruh.

[A]

Come on, bro. In your face too, Luca. Don Chicks.

[B]

What up, bruh?

[A]

Did you see the fan in the crowd that had the jersey on? He had a Goga jersey on because I guess, hey, Goku is respected in the Morelando streets. But as soon as the game went and went down, look what my boy did. Loot for three. Snatch the Goga jersey on LeBron jersey up under. Oh, my God, Bruh, look at it. Look, that fan right there. Do you command that joker, or is he committing one of the worst offenses ever?

[B]

You can't have two jerseys on underneath one or the other. You can't especially. You got to go like o', Neill, Penny.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Cole, Anthony, Paolo, Ben Carroll, Wendell Carter, Jonathan, Isaac. You can't go go Batats and then LeBron. You can't like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's what he's trying to say. He's like, I'm coming up into Orlando and I'm repping for Goga. But really inside my heart. Yeah, it's Lakers all day.

[A]

My boy did the Denzel. I'm leaving here with something. My boy leaving here with a W. Either way it go, bro. He hitting the bar. Yeah, but salute, bro. You already know how I be because that's. Look, you see me today. My. My Celtics went down to my Timberwolves, so I felt like might as well pull out old Stefan Marbury.

[B]

I see that. I see that.

[A]

She did neither here nor there. The Celtics, we gonna get it together. They working it out. This ain't the playoffs. We can lose that one. Who cares if ant man wasn't there? You know, moving on. Lastly. Well, not even lastly. Just right quickly. Jalen. Jalen is coming back to OKC right quick. Does it matter? Does this make them back the team to beat? Or is it going to be like Jason Tatum getting back, integrated, take a little bit?

[B]

I think he's gonna be good right away. We saw when he came back the last time, it looked like he was himself instantly. And I felt like OKC has been able to slow play him and allow him to get completely ready and to be an explosive player. That's, you know, how he normally wants to function. So there's no real, like, on ramp.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Of trying to get back. Right. So, yeah, I think okc, you've got so many players that are eighth or ninth off the bench and those Players would start on pretty much any other NBA team. Like, AJ Mitchell is a starting point guard for 27, 28 teams.

[A]

You know, you see my boy AJ over the weekend, though. Come here.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

Come here. Julian Champagne, Justin, whichever one, y' all take these. But now he almost got his ass.

[B]

He kind of likes to. They like to get in the mud a little bit. They like to piss you off. They like to irritate you. They like to get under your skin. Doesn't really matter who. And it's working. I mean, you've got Lou Dort there, who somewhat is a bit of a dirty player. He's just cut, not a throwaway. But like, Casen Wallace is kind of taking his shine a little bit. You make the trade for Ax Crusoe. He hasn't been healthy. Isaiah Hartenstein hasn't been healthy. Chad Holmgren hasn't been healthy.

[A]

Nope.

[B]

And then you've got guys, Cuban chat,

[A]

hungry, matter of fact, Cuban Chat. You seen his profile picture?

[B]

I didn't. I did not See, they put.

[A]

They put the. They put the. The sexy filter on my boy, the AI Filter, to go in the commercial. And he was like, who the hell is this? This is AI. But he made his profile picture.

[B]

You've got Aaron Wiggins, you've got Isaiah Joe. They just come off the bench. You got Jared McCain. I mean, the list goes on. And Kenrick Williams, he doesn't get a lot of run, but he's played awesome against the San Antonio spurs, specifically. So I think he'll get some run. Like, this team is just. Not only are they loaded now, you've got players who normally don't get heavy, heavy minutes, who have gotten those regular season heavy minutes because there's been so many injuries. So now what does that mean in the playoffs? I think it means that they're more ready to go. I think it means that they're more seasoned. In fact, I think that the injury to OKC probably makes them scarier than if they've been healthy this whole year long.

[A]

Yeah, bruh, Sound like it's about to be trouble, trouble in that West. Lastly, Steph Curry, also on the mend making a return. Now, the warriors have been damn near P. You got awful. But at west bottom still has it so that they will be in that play in. Is it gonna be dangerous to face Steph and them boys, or is it a little too little, a little too late?

[B]

If it would have been one of those scenarios where Houston wouldn't have fallen down in the standings, and if they were a Two seed. I would feel a lot better about the warriors chances. I mean, you're talking about a team that's struggling offensively. Guys can't get their own shots. Tar Eason hasn't hit a bucket since Christmas. His own mom is trolling him online saying, hey, lethal shooter, could you help train my son how to shoot? It's bad. It's bad out here.

[A]

It's bad.

[B]

You know, Jabari Smith hasn't looked that consistent. It's really like, can we get the ball to kd? And now we got controversy whether Reed Shepherd's playing or not. So if the warriors were going to play a Houston team that was a two seed, then I would say, yeah, like, the warriors are very seasoned. They've got guys with multiple championships under their belt. And you say, okay, well, like, I'll give it to them. But against the spurs or against the Thunder, anyone who's eight or seven, it's a wrap for them. Completely done, right, bruh?

[A]

Like, yes, Steph Curry is back, but guess who he's swinging the ball to? Guy Santos. Salute to my boy. Salute. He got to know, right? You feel me? We already know it's Jerry. The best Jerry curl in the game. Let your soul glow, Let it shine through. But looking like

[B]

snowfall.

[A]

And look like that, bro. My sister been playing sick the whole episode. That what you don't know. And now you know, bro. Three pointer in your mouth. Still Jerome Snowfall. Yeah, yeah. Come on, man. That's gonna do it for another episode, man. Any last words on the way out, sis?

[B]

Listen, keep watching the tournament. Root for Arkansas. Root for our guy, Darius Acuff. He's got ice water running through his God dang veins. Juju, I'm gonna tell you what. He going to be one of the most interesting players in the draft in terms of where he gets selected. I think that's probably the biggest question mark for the 2026 NBA Draft right now.

[A]

Yeah, bro. Salute to him. And AI just signed with Rebo. You got, you know, man, also on the way out, salute to KD for passing MJ on that scoring list, brother, you say you got four more to go, and I believe my boy, you did as always. Thank you, Ms. Rebecca Donahue. Come on, man. We love you, sis. And my boy, the distinguished Dylan Huang. You got to know, brother, we love you, man. And all the listeners, man. Without y', all, who the hell are we? Catch us again this Friday on the Len Friends page. Same bad time. That damn.

[B]

That damn channel. Lock in, lock in www.alleyoopshow.com.