Postgame Show: Chris Impersonates An Italian Guy (feat. Amin Elhassan)

Summary

"Postgame Show: Chris Impersonates An Italian Guy"

Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
Featured: Amin Elhassan
Date: November 25, 2025

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, the crew delivers their signature mix of irreverent sports analysis, playful jabs, and cultural whimsy. This postgame show centers on NBA “tough guy” arguments—specifically the Kenyon Martin vs. Draymond Green kerfuffle—before unraveling into playful ribbing, inside jokes, and a much-anticipated Italian guy impression.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NBA Tough Guys: Kenyon Martin vs. Draymond Green (01:09–05:39)

• Amin Recaps the Drama: Amin Elhassan details a recent spat between Kenyon Martin and Draymond Green. On Marcellus Wiley’s podcast, Martin listed NBA players he wouldn’t want to fight—omitting Green. Martin’s reasoning: Draymond only picks fights with players unlikely to retaliate, such as Rudy Gobert. (02:46-03:37)
• Dan’s Analysis: Dan draws a parallel between Draymond’s reputation and past criticisms lobbed at Kevin Garnett, namely, picking on “softer” targets. (03:37-03:51)
• Cerebral Toughness: Amin argues this isn’t quite the same as calling Draymond a “fake tough guy”—it’s more a compliment to his cerebral gamesmanship, comparing him to Dennis Rodman (“I don’t think anyone was afraid to fight Dennis Rodman, but he had a way of getting under guys’ skin…” 03:51-04:15).
• Social Media Escalation: The crew laughs at how sports beefs snowball—Draymond shot back at Martin’s career statistics, then Martin countered by naming 44 “tougher” players, some obscure (e.g., Danny Fortson, Reggie Evans). They agree the original beef has devolved into “disrespect for disrespect.” (04:31-05:39)
• Memorable Quote:
  • Amin: “The original discussion is out the window now. We're just playing disrespect for disrespect.” (05:11)

2. Offbeat Moments & Crew Banter

• Tony Insult Watch: Early on, the team riffs on Zaz’s most savage on-air insults, debating which is best and the real-world meaning of “you’re out to lunch.” (01:09-02:16)
  • Notable Quote:
    • Amin: "You're out to lunch is a funny one." (01:51)
• Podcast Blindspots: Chris calls out Dan for not knowing he’d guested on a popular podcast that blew up among NBA players:
  • Chris: “Keon Dueling. Yeah, Dan, that’s pretty bad. Yeah…crazy interaction, crazy engagement, particularly from NBA players. Lots of NBA players interacting with that clip, but not Dan.” (02:19)
  • Dan (playfully self-aware): “Super disrespectful of me.” (02:40)
• Photo Gags and Long Johns: A brief detour about Zaz’s “long johns” photo and their expectations (“You had pictured you in the red long johns, like lumberjacks from the 1800s…and then you're running with the butt flap…” 05:48)
  • Amin: "Soda drinker's body." (05:44)
  • Dan: “We got pepperoni nipples. Let’s move on to stat of the day.” (06:05)

3. Stat of the Day & The Italian Guy Impression (06:14–08:34)

• Football Stat Gone Off the Rails: Stat of the Day: Jameis Winston had five completed passes of 20+ air yards Sunday; the Steelers, by contrast, had zero in the entire month of November. (07:21-08:20)
  • Interjections and technical difficulties continually derail the delivery, with the crew riffing and re-trying the punchline.
• The Italian Guy Impression: The segment morphs as Chris (and others) lean into botched Italian accents, repeatedly referencing “not a complete-a one” for Pittsburgh’s failures. It quickly becomes a running gag, with “Mama mia," "A completo one," and, “He’s all Shakop”. (08:19–08:34)
  • Amin: "You're going to love his Italian guy impression." (07:38)
  • Dan (exasperated): “Don’t do this. Can I go home for the weekend?” (08:21)
  • Chris: “Sicilian. A complete.” (08:28)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Amin Elhassan on NBA beefs:
  • “It’s fascinating watching you work, pal.” (06:45)
  • “The original discussion is out the window now. We're just playing disrespect for disrespect.” (05:11)
• Chris, about Dan’s lack of podcast awareness:
  • “Crazy interaction, crazy engagement, particularly from NBA players. Lots of NBA players interacting with that clip, but not Dan.” (02:19)
• Dan and Crew on Body Type:
  • “Soda drinker’s body.” — Amin (05:44)
  • “We got pepperoni nipples.” — Dan (06:05)
• Italian Impression Sequence:
  • “Not a complete-a one.” — Multiple, 08:20+
  • “Mama mia.” — D (08:20)
  • “He’s all Shakop.” — D (08:34)

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Timestamps of Notable Segments

• Kenyon Martin vs Draymond Green breakdown – 01:09–05:39
• Insult banter & podcast acknowledgment – 01:09–02:40
• Long johns photo detour – 05:39–06:13
• Stat of the Day & Italian Impersonation – 06:14–08:34

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Summary & Tone

With their typical blend of absurdity, pop culture, and real basketball talk, the crew transforms a simple NBA dispute into an extended bit full of silly tangents and levity. Their communal teasing—about insults, podcast snubs, laundry, and failed Italian accents—serves as connective tissue, turning ephemeral sports headlines into a running inside joke that fans will relish.

Perfect for listeners who crave sports banter that's as much about friendship and comic rapport as the games themselves.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

I mean, I don't know if you heard earlier in the show, I want to get to your story because I don't know the details of Kenyon Martin and Draymond Green. Although I would imagine just from what little I've seen around it, that Draymond Green would evidently publicly back up a little bit on Kenyon Martin. Uh, we will see what it is that that story is. But before I get to that, Zaz hitting Tony in the speed bag face with you are high. You are out to lunch twice. Get a clue. You played yourself. Yo. Ben Stiller looking like a fool. Adam Silver doing nothing. It was a rat. A tat tat barrage of Zaz at his best. And my question to you is, which do you like best there?

[C]

Hmm. You're out to lunch is a funny one.

[B]

What does that mean?

[C]

It's like you like we're working and meanwhile you're over at Chick Fil A waiting for your name to get.

[B]

But as far as insults go, it's just not even close to the edge. You're out to lunch. You are high Is feels almost cliche. It's not starting strong, but you are out to lunge twice. Is him trying to escalate that you are high.

[A]

My favorite Tony insult today was when Dan didn't know he hosts a podcast.

[C]

Keon dueling. Yeah, Dan, that's pretty bad. Yeah, you know, I was. I was on. And not only was I on it, the clip I did with them is doing crazy numbers. Tony, I don't know if you noticed. Oh, no, I noticed crazy interaction, crazy engagement, particularly from NBA players. Lots of NBA players interacting with that clip, but not Dan.

[B]

Super disrespectful.

[A]

Not an NBA player, not a Hooper.

[B]

Super disrespectful of me. What is the Draymond Green, Kenya Martin story before we get to our stat of the day?

[C]

Okay, so basically, Kenyon Martin went on Marcellus Wiley's podcast, I believe, and he was asked, guys you don't want to see, right? Guys you don't want to fight, basically, because they're about that life. And so he names a bunch of players all time. Charles Oakley, David west, yada, yada, yada, James Johnson. And Marcellus says, I noticed a name you didn't say was Draymond Green. And Kenyon Martin said, look, I've always felt like Draymond was a guy whose. His fights are calculated. He's picking on people. He's trying to get a reaction out of people. And most importantly, the. The people he picks on usually aren't going to be the ones that he's afraid of or aren't trying to fight. Right? So it's Rudy Gobert. It's guys like that. That's what he said it was. I thought it was. I didn't think it was disrespectful in any way to Draymond Green's basketball. Certainly not. And it was more, I thought.

[B]

But it's not being. It's not accusing him of being a fake tough guy, but it is accusing him of some of the same stuff that Kevin Garnett got accused of, which is he would only go after the Europeans or guys who are weak or he perceived as weaker than him. Not real.

[C]

Yes, that and also what I would almost call a compliment of the cerebral level, like the Dennis Rodman. I don't think anyone was afraid to fight Dennis Rodman, but Dennis Rodman had a way of getting under guys, skins and getting reactions. Alonzo Mourning, Karl Malone, Shaquille o', Neal, all these guys. And so that's how I interpreted it. I don't know if Draymond didn't listen to the whole thing or didn't listen to the clip or didn't even hear it at all. Someone gave him secondhand information, which happens a lot. Happens a lot to athletes. They. They hear it from someone else who puts their own little crazy spin on it. So Draymond comes out and he's basically just killing Kenyon Martin's career. Like you were the number one overall pick. You were a disappointment. You're only a one time all star. You sniffed a couple of finals, but you never won the big one. And basically who are you to tell me with your resume, which wasn't ever what Kenya Martin was doing, but of course, once you do that to Kenyon Martin, Kenya Martin comes out with the list of 44 guys. So many guys were better than Draymond Green, including Daniel. Love this. Danny Fortson and Reggie Evans and the Nay Hilario and some other guys, you know, but I don't know.

[B]

No, but there are no. There are no insults in there to say all of those guys are not people that anyone would want to fight.

[C]

No, no.

[A]

Better players. Better players than a better player, than better players.

[C]

Because now the original point, the original discussion. Dan, Reggie Evans, come on. The original discussion is out the window now. We're just playing disrespect for disrespect. Which is the same thing with the John Moran and Klay Thompson thing. If my theory is correct, I think he was talking about Pat Spencer, but Klay Thompson thought he was talking about him. And so now Klay Thompson says disrespectful stuff. So John Moran's like, well, you gotta disrespect me. I'm gonna disrespect you back. But it's. We've strayed away from what the original point was.

[B]

Put up the photo of Zaz and his long johns. Thank you. They.

[A]

They're impressive.

[C]

Soda drinker's body.

[B]

What's impressive?

[A]

Look at all that laundry needs to be folded.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Yo, I'm going say this. When you were talking about it earlier, I had pictured you in the red long johns, like, like lumberjackers from like the 1800s and stuff. Yeah, I thought. Yeah, I thought you were going to be like one of those guys. And then you're running and with the butt flap, you know the flat. You thought wrong about the butt flap.

[B]

We got pepperoni nipples. Let's. Let's move on to stat of the day. Thank you. Good seeing you, Amin. Talk to you next week. Happy Thanksgiving, sir.

[C]

Happy Thanksgiving.

[B]

Let's go ahead and play the Stat of the day music. The long version, please. The long version.

[D]

Start of the day it is.

[B]

Start.

[D]

Of the day Start of the day it is the start of the day Start of the day Start of the day it is the start of the day Start of the day Start of the day it is the start of the day. It's fascinating watching you work, pal.

[A]

Start of the day is presented by Amazon Prime Video. Black Friday football is back. This week, it's the Chicago Bears take on the Philadelphia Eagles. Coverage begins Friday at 1:30pm Eastern, only on Prime Video.

[D]

You know how Homer Simpson was in charge of a nuclear reactor?

[B]

I love how you said 1:30pm I.

[A]

Was also presented by Amazon Prime Video.

[B]

Yeah, that.

[A]

Of the day. Dan, I have it.

[B]

We'll get to it in just a second.

[A]

It's not how this works. Are you gonna do another topic in between the read?

[D]

Yeah, you gotta. You gotta hit it. You gotta hit it. That's the feedback that we've gotten from our partners.

[C]

You just gotta hit it.

[A]

On Sunday, Jameis Winston against The Lions had five completed passes over 20 air yards. Five of them he had on Sunday. The Steelers did not. A complete.

[C]

Not a complete.

[D]

You're going to love his Italian guy impression.

[B]

He's a legend. He's a legend.

[D]

Not a complete Italian one.

[A]

Like, we're losing the punchline of this. Stat now.

[D]

Stat now.

[A]

I made this about me. Let me do it again. Jameis Winston on Sunday. God, I crushed this first part about Jameis Jameis Winston on Sunday against the Lions had five completed passes.

[B]

It was not a complete.

[D]

It did not.

[B]

It was not a complete.

[A]

Over 20 air yards on Sunday. He had five of them.

[B]

No, it was not a complete.

[A]

Think about this. He had five just on Sunday. The Steelers did not complete a single one in the month of November. The Steelers. Not a one.

[C]

Did not.

[A]

A completo one.

[D]

Mama mia.

[B]

Don't do this. I'm.

[A]

Can I go home for the weekend?

[C]

Sicilian. A complete.

[D]

He's more to it.

[A]

He's all Shakop.