The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Alley Oop 153: LeBron vs Jeanie Buss?! Lakers Drama Sparks NBA Chaos | Giannis, Ja Morant & WNBA Fallout

Episode Date: January 23, 2026

The NBA drama meter is OFF THE CHARTS. JuJu and Trysta break down the alleged tension between LeBron James and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss—and why the entire league is watching closely. From there, things only get wilder: • Giannis Antetokounmpo reportedly questioning his future in Milwaukee• The WNBA dropping its schedule in the middle of heated CBA negotiations• Ja Morant back in the headlines after another fight• And how ALL of this connects to power, leverage, and chaos across basketball This episode is part NBA news, part league-wide side-eye, and 100% Alley Oop energy. Tap in. 0:00 Intro1:39 Giannis6:55 WNBA Schedule10:55 Jimmy Butler12:01 CJ McCollum16:20 Lebron Jeanie Buss22:37 Boy Stops23:27 MLK27:17 Ja Morant28:46 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Visit medcan.com slash moments to get started. The reins have been handed over to the kids. Freddie Kruger. You did, D. Brown. Them two, you got to know, man. We're going to be coming to your live. Bro, lock in, man. That's all I'm going to say, man.

We're on a whole different platform. We're running with scissors, Juju, just like the kids. You got to know. Welcome back to the alley, oop. I am Juju Gotti, joined by Freddie Kruger himself, aka herself Trista Crick How you doing my sister?

I'm doing good juju I think this is Kashmir It's cashmere Oh excuse me Pardon me It's cashmere And the pants You can't see the pants

The pants are suede So I'm sweating out of my mind In the studio right now You cannot mention suede pants And not show us to sway pants I'm so sorry I was rolling She's getting them together right now

I'm listening audience Oh okay Okay I see what you're saying I see what you're saying I understand way more clearly now. It's called sauce. You're born with it.

You feel me? If you ain't got it, you're lost. If you don't know. Listen, it has to all kind of, you know, do it together. Red and Brown was never a combo I ever thought about putting together. And then it came in. I said, with these sway pants, family, come on.

Come on. Come on, man. Mushroom belt, man. Got to coordinate. Anyway, speaking of mushroom belts and coordinating, Janice Anta Tocompo, bro. This brother done been booing the fans back. He done been saying a lot to the post-game reporters.

Last night he shot 11 shots only. I ain't never known Janice to shoot 11 shots. And then after the post-game, here's what he had to say. We're not played together. Archimistrice not there. guys are being selfish. Look, cut it off, Mr. Brett. Cut it off, man.

I don't need to hear no more, bro. Come to trade this man now, bro. Get him out of there, bro. You're a hero to the city. You bought a championship to Milwaukee. So respect got to be put on your name. Anybody not putting a respect on your name is a goofball. But at the same time, we don't need to hear all this, man.

I'm good on all this, bro. Send my boy somewhere, bro. I'm over it. What you think, sis? I don't like the inconsistency. You know what I mean? Yeah. It's like,

have you ever dated somebody, Juju? And like on Tuesday, they're like, we're locked in. It's us for life. I can't, I got this, I got these Harry Potter, this whole Harry Potter chronology for our soon-to-be kids. You know,

we're putting them in the vet. You know what I mean? Like I have all these. plans what you think about this ring etc etc and then then like by Friday they're like man see this is why this is why we're never going to it's not going to

make it you like what what did you say Janus is that way with the bucks okay he goes on and says there's never any world where we're going to be traded where I'm going to be asked to be traded there's never any world where I want to go anywhere else besides Milwaukee

and then he goes out and does his best Trista Crick impression be smirching the entire team. We know you're talking about Kyle Kuzma. We know that. But we know when you say guys are trying to get their own shots. This has already been documented between Kyle Kuzma and Spencer Dinwiddie when they played in Washington together.

We know Kuzma's out for himself. We saw that pink sweater put that into the B-roll. That's a man who only thinks about himself, okay? We know that. Yonis, but you're getting to that point, too. Everything's about your legacy. Everything's about how a team needs to be comprised around you. And you're only shooting 11 times and you're besmirching the rest of your teammates.

It's time for you. You know this roster's trash. Put the Superman cape on. Go usage rate 45% like we all know you have to do. And get the damn job done because you're losing to the Brooklyn Nets. Boom. Roasted. Next.

Come on. Is it facts or not facts, though? It's facts, bro. I'm over this shit. Like, bro, anybody got time to hear this, bro. Like, every time you get on the mic, you're trying to enlighten us. You're trying to kick knowledge. Brough, go shoot some hoops, bro.

Like, you're looking ass out there. Your team is ass. That's what's more important right now. You getting paid too much money to keep big, making pleas to us. Don't tell her how sorry your team is. get in practice and practice with them boys and tell them. You feel me? And they're post game,

are we doing this wrong? My tax is bad. The team, we ain't selling the honey buns for the right price. The concession stands selling hot dog. We don't need a hot dog. We're actually need vegan meat. Bro, trade this man, man.

This is bad for being this at this point, bro. You got young talent on the team, for real. Like outside of yonness, you got some talent on the team. Look, what's the point guard name? What is it? Hollins? Ryan Hollins. Ryan Hollins, bro.

You feel me? You got some pieces there? Man, I don't need to be hearing this no more, bro. This man, Yanis is like over here being like, oh, the conversation, you know, the relationship with the bucks is taking me to a strange and dark place. Right, right. Come on, bro. You got too many M&Ls for all this, bro.

Nobody give her down. She ain't put the toilet seat down. I don't know if it's going to work out. Br, bro. Come on, bro. You play for the books. You're the hero in Milwaukee. Put pressure on them folks to make some trades before the deadline or tell them folks to trade you.

I'm over it. I don't give it down anymore because you still play for the Bush. You're boring to me. How about this, new flash? I never liked you anyway. How about that? I'm just going to just put it out there. I never liked the butts anyway.

The championships you won. I thought it was some BS because you played the sons. I don't, my bet. The besmirch got a hold of me right quick. I'm so sorry. I got to calm myself down. You did. You got infected.

We do need to point out, though, that if Kevin Durant had a foot size, one half smaller, you wouldn't even got to the finals, but that's, as you would say, Juju, neither here nor there. Nor there, you did. Moving on, man. Neither here nor there should have been the WNBA schedule release, bro. Just when I think the WNBA can't possibly be more goofy or whoever's making the decisions, This can't possibly get goofier than this. Don't folks one up me every time.

They'd be like, uh-uh, checkmate, my brother, I am goofy. Don't folks release the schedule release in the middle of the CBA negotiations. WNBA players from all over the nation responding online. Like what the hell, even Asia, Asia putting up posts. Come on, bro. You saw that sis? Kathy, sis. Strike seven

What's crazy And first of foremost I will say As a Portland native I'm very conflicted about this Did you Did you ever watch Portlandia? You got to no idea

Salute to Fred Armistin The goat So they brought They brought Fred Armistin back for the WMBA schedule release. Again, I hadn't thought about this. Miss Rebecca, can you play this?

And I want Juj's reaction. Like, they actually didn't even really release the schedule there. They just, they did the schedule announcement based on bringing back Portlandia. Bray, and I also saw that they bought back, one, two, one, two, three, released them. Like, you know what I'm talking? Come on.

Yes. I don't know how to have a size of that. Go ahead, roll at it, Miss Rebecca. Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you hear? Did you hear?

Here. Look at me. Did you hear? Hi, Sonia. Hey, guys. Did you hear the Portland Fire WMBA team is coming back this season? What do you mean? They haven't been a team since 2002.

Yeah. They're coming back. 2026 is the debut season. Big seal. That's awesome. Portland Fire Reignited. Should we get season tickets? Yeah.

All right. I wonder when they're going to announce the schedule for next season. That's crazy. By the way, I feel like it's a lot when we don't know if there's going to be a season. Bro, come on, man. That's a slap in the face. If I'm at negotiations and you putting up the schedule, bro, you're playing with me right now. Like, hold on.

Y'all boys actually playing. Y'all got dates that y'all think. So y'all just confident with this shit can work out. Y'all are confident we ain't fin to go on those. strike. Oh, oh, oh, say less. I'll be back. Stay, stand right there. I'm right back. Stand right there, though. It's a tough scenario right now. The CBA negotiations are feeling like they're at a standstill. Unrival said they could play all 12 months that they needed to. It's goofy, it's goofy season over here in the W.

Brough, speaking of unrival, man, I don't know the folks, no, bro. Those folks don't pull it the kids over there, man. This is an impromptu announcement within the show, man. The show Goodfellow. The reins have been handed over to the kids. Freddie Kruger.

You did, D. Brown. Them two, you got to know, man. We're going to be coming to you live. Bro, lock in, man. That's all I'm going to say, man. We're on a whole different platform. We're running with scissors, juju,

just like the kids. You got to know. Scray forward. First interview with Nefis to call you yesterday. Come on, man. How did it go? Went well?

Brough, it went fire as hell, bro. I promise it so cool, bro. And then, now they're here nor there, locking in, it's on Goodfellow. I think, act good follow on YouTube. Act good follow wherever you follow your follows. You got that. Moving on, though.

Jimmy Butler, went down with an injury, kind of derailing the entire Warriors' situation they had gone, the plans, proceedings, the outlooks, the pot charts, the path graphs, the bar graph, it ain't the same no more without the boy over there. Did you see this? How do you think the warriors should move, moving forward?

Is it over for them boys? Or does this open the door for a major trade? I can only hope to you, but to me, it's over. It's over now move over It's my turn now Move over It's over now Damn sorry

Damn Brough say less The besmircher has spoken Moving on Bro I'm gonna just say this right here This is impromptu This is on our topic sheet

But it just crossed my mind Free CJ Column, man. What? Free C.J. McCollum, bro. What are you talking about? I'm sorry. I, look, just go with me here.

Follow me. Follow me now. If you won't get on. Salute at ease and carry on. Okay. Let's go on. I had to play for the Portland Trailblazers. Salute. They're on the rise. Harlem World. We on the rise.

I had to play for the New Orleans Pelicans. Salute. I had to play for the Washington damn bullets Salute Now I don't got shipped off to the house Man come on man stall me out Debo bray like come on get the boot off my neck Man please allow me to be free

Let me choose who I want to play for one time Send this man to a contender I get it It's not as horrible as it seems here in Atlanta He's a great compliment and repeats here in Atlanta Because Jalen Johnson is our all-star I don't know if he knew Newsflash, Jaylon Johnson is an NBA I'll start this week.

I mean, this year, if you don't know, now you know it. I'm breaking that news. But at the same time. So I've got something here that is going to change your opinion. Mr. Rebecca, I sent a link. Go ahead and play it. Ms. Rebecca, free CJ McCollum and until he's backwards. See, CJ McCollum is out here feeling very free.

You can tell he's feeling a little too free. I don't give a damn how he's feeling. I'm saying. Oh, yeah. This is why he got a friend. A tune can tie. McCullough, working, lost the ball, scoops it back up, forces up a prayer. Shot is no good.

Oh, my God. To lose the game. That game was such a duck fart. You right? That's what I'm saying. Free my boy, bro, right now. Because he don't ever act like that. But I ain't never seen her act like that at the end of the game.

My boy has to win. Kobe. Because he's like, bro, this is my career now. If I don't do it here, then when am I going to do it? Send them to the Lakers. Oh, send my boy to the Rockets. The Rockets need a point guard. No, they do.

They do. Come on, bro. Imagine CJ over there. If I was to ask you how much, we're not pocket watching. Okay. I'm going to put my blinders on. But if I was to ask you, how much money, C.J. McCollum, a six-foot But to combo guard, who's really not a shooting guard because he's too small, really not a point guard.

I'll detect this besmirching in here. Is this besmirch area or does you give me facts right now? Okay. If I was to ask you how much money combo guard, C.J. McCollum has made in his career in all these places he needed to be freed from, how much money would you say? Man, look at here, man. I want to answer your question. but I feel like that's neither here nor there in the grass game. I feel like my boy is happening.

You don't think 300 million is enough to stall me out? It's enough. And he was the player, what, the president for a little while? Yes. It's definitely enough. I'm just saying the little kid that he been bawling. C.J. McCallum would never have a day in his life where he's not bawling. It don't matter.

Moving forward. Pass the ball to Jalen Johnson when it's the end of the game. And he's open and you have multiple defenders hanging on you like earrings, like dreads. Okay? Like they're so deep. They're so deep in your head. They're stuck to it.

My dad said erinks. Hey, talking about. Moving on, man. Last subject before we switch to the boy stop. You better, yo, you better bring up this LeBron article. If you don't bring up this LeBron article. I'm going to be mad. And as a matter of fact, on cue

the LeBron article. Jeannie Buzz has been making a fuss. I'm out of, I rap. I'm here all week. Yeah, I mean, and I didn't even know it. But I'm going to let you take this one away. I feel like I've been hammering a lot.

No, you've been good today. You've been really good. Let me just start by saying for anybody who doesn't know this, because you've got to be really focused in on NBA news. to know this. If you read any article, you haven't read the headline,

you haven't read the article, you haven't seen the thumbnail. All you need to know is the byline says Baxter Holmes, you are, get the dump button ready, you are

so f*** because he's coming with receipts and none of them are good. Remember the last time we checked in on Baxter Holmes, he was ending the ownership of Robert Sarver as the Phoenix Sun's owner for all the isms. Now he's coming after the bus family. And I know that he's probably, essentially the headline is, Jeannie Bus fired all her brothers when she sold the team and she hates LeBron. Damn.

First off, right? First off, I want to start this by saying happy ends international. women's day. First of the foremost. Is that what today is? Real hoopers know exactly whatever he'd. But neither here don't know.

Oh, I remember that. With LeBron and Jeannie Busson. Oh, when he was laid up with her on the bench. Right. Then he would have a care in the world. It ain't look like she was too mad at him then. And that looked like around the time that they talking about.

But hey, ain't none of my business. Moving on, man. Wait, wait. Before the thing that's crazy. Hold on. Let me grab this for Mr. Rebecca as I'm doing a little on-on-par situation so that we could pull it up so that they

can see. I don't think that's the right word for that. I don't think um-par is the right so that they're on par with us. Like we've got some non-sports watching. I don't think that's how you used it. I'm pretty sure that's not how you used it. Jeannie Bus came out after the fact

and she was like, I'm so sad that this family drama that's the one he was sitting with the rambus. First and foremost, happy International Women's Day, man. Like, come on, bro. Like, how can I not say this?

If you don't hear from me, who won't tell you? He was sitting with him the whole game, and he was Kikiin a lot. And literally it was like, oh, happy International Women's Day. Sitting next to the baddies. One more, one more production. One more production.

Now, here's another one. Don't do too much key in, you feel me. I saw your key can over there. And it was, you know, you know that LeBron's wife would be like, hey, what was that about when you and Jeannie and you and Linda Rambus, like that's your harem and these snow bunnies are over here

running their hands through your receding hairline? Come on, right. That's what I'm saying, man. It's just the same person that's sitting down. like my boy. Mr. Rebecca, you are a freak bowl. She found the most sensual.

No, I said that. I said that. I'm about to say. I'm about to say, Mr. Rebecca, you'd be your own point, man. That was, that one just happened to be that good. I really, I didn't know.

I didn't blind. It was a blind link send. Right. Yes. So Jeannie Bus said, Genie Bus said, though, she said, um,

what was the quote it's not really right given all the great things LeBron has done for the Lakers that he has to be pulled into my family drama to say it wasn't appreciated is just not true

and completely unfair to him what you think I think I'm playing the world smallest violin right now for the entire situation all these millionaires and all these M&Ms. The superstar, the guy who bought you the championship

not act exactly like you wanted him to act. The guy who you got the son, he didn't appreciate you having this. I don't give a damn. How about that? Win some games. That's where I'm at. So in the article, Baxter Holmes said that Jeannie was not happy

that clutch sports was so involved, which we knew was going to happen. Exactly. She didn't like that LeBron wouldn't take accountability for the awful Russell. Westbrook trade. That was going to happen. Today also is a 12 month or no, not 12 month, but it's whatever the, it's the anniversary of LeBron James lying about the 81 point Kobe Bryant performance. So happy International Women's Day, do you, Juju. And then thirdly, she said in the

article, she said that they were not, the James family was not grateful enough that they drafted brawny when nobody else. Essentially, the context is that we were. the only ones that would draft him and we drafted him for you. These are quotes. Is this her saying this to the camera somewhere? No. I mean, somebody's saying that she said this. Somebody saying that she said it.

That's what I'm saying. The lie maker halfway around the world for the truth get out of bed, man. I need to see her say this. I need to see what she's saying about this. Why is your ground with this? You feel me? As a person that's of of that ilk. Like, I hear you reporter right now with your first

initial report, but there's been a lot of initial reports. out here that's been debunked, if you will. So salute to the report now, but I'm ready to hear what Ms. Jeannie got to say by all this because I'm pretty sure her tone won't be as harsh as they're making this scene. As my opinion, maybe it is. Maybe it's worse. Maybe she'd come out and be like, you know what, bleep LeBron. I never liked them.

I was being fake as hell on Women's Day. Sorry, you're calling me. You figured me out. Let's get to these boy stops. Yes, sir, man. Boy, Stis. What I did not know is that Jeannie Buss is married to comedian Jay Moore. Yes, who we definitely need on the show.

Interesante. That one. We need to give him the boy stop where it's LeBron next to Jeannie and the Remus. What's going on there? Maybe LeBron is her hall pass. I don't know what the fucking is going on there. Hey, hell no. We have to get Jay Moore on my, on mama's own neighborhood.

Oh my God. That is intersante. Okay. I think we should do this one from, from Trista right here. And then I think I got one, too. Here we go. Here we go. Let me pull this up. I can't wait for Juju's reaction to this. Okay. Here we go. Who is this? Some random. Pause it. Hold up.

It says, pause it. It says, y'all repost him on social media. I painted him on the walls of my script. And you got to expand this so that he can see the full screen of her with this song making gun movements. Play it. Bray. Play it more. Play it one more time.

Play it one more time. I'm pretty sure we cannot play this. I don't know what sis got going on. Look, I don't know who sis is. She's an attorney. Attorney Sierra Norris, salute. You got a shot with sis if you need a lawyer. But I don't know.

It might have been a goofy move, man. you're sitting there to it's a big girl stop on my Luther King Day first of all don't don't tribute me this way with Rich Homie Kwan Like can we not Can we leave Rich Homie Kwan out my tribute

And I love Kuan Salute come on rest in peace Rich homie Kwan Come on now But still This is Martin Luther King Day Even without the sound The gun

The gun movements For a guy that was known for anti-violence non-violent movements for a guy who was gunned down that's an elephant in the room let's just let's just keep the gun

but look since attorney at law I'm pretty sure you're a file attorney but you are a horrible decision maker when it comes to what to post on social media I'm going to say this right now if I ended up you need to disclose this video

to your clients because it shows me that your decision making is all messed up. You painted him on your wall. You got Rich Homey Kwan in the background. You got the gun movements. And you made a second post with your son reading all the comments that I literally broke my neck to read. I literally ran to the comment section so fast. I tore in ACL. And you had your 16 year old son reading the comments of you getting fried and you doubled and tripled down and said, if it was, if Martin Luther King was alive right now,

he would love me. Also, hasn't MLK been to enough? It's like, it's not even a good painting. Like, how about a good painting also? Like, did she paint it itself? That's what I want to know. I feel like the lawyer did paint it. That's a low blow.

Marvin Luther King. You got a Jack of his sister. Marvin Luther King. It's the off brand. I'm okay. That's hilarious. Come on. You can't say sis talent, bro. She's talented, man.

Come on now. We ain't doing all that. She paid. Rebecca from the top roads, ladies' gentlemen. Frogs. Right on her talent. She paid for the same artist that did the Cristiano Ronaldo statue.

Y'all mean his hair. Boy, stop, though, sis. Yo, where is that? If you had to guess where that lawyer, I don't even know. I have no idea. Where is that lawyer's office located? But she's no matter what in that.

Atlanta. I don't give a damn. A thousand percent. I don't care what. Nobody tell me. I know she in Atlanta, no matter what. I just know it. It's like God came down and told me she's on peach tree. And she grew up with Rich Omicuan. That's the tribute. Next video, Ms. Rebecca. And she's an accident attorney because that pain is an accident. Oh, yeah. She's an ambulance chaser for sure. Or is on that one. I give myself a flag on that one. That was a mom joke. It was. But I like him now. I like him from time to time. All right.

John Morant going to the whole thinking he's filed, complaining to the referee. I don't think he was foul. And then he pushed Moe in the back. Damn, Moe ain't having none of that, bro. Bro, I've been there before, bro. You're messing around and push the wrong person and you realize all you could do is smile.

because you realize, oh, damn, what did I get myself into? He pushed them first. Here it is. There we go. Right.

It's looking like you shouldn't push my boy. That's it right. There it is. Let it right. Let it right. And then guess what happened? As soon as you do that, you get jacked up.

I'm jacking you up by your jersey. Jiam my dog, bro. I love Jiam Moran, but you were tripping right here, bro. You tried that man and then you realize, holy moly,

what have I gotten myself into? Jersey, the quickness at which he came up on, it was like he had already knew in his brain he was going to be pushed. It was, it was like a spray, it was Usain boat level quick. What?

Brough. It's a no. Jack that man up instantly, bro. John Moran, we were selling them wolf tickets. Boy, stop, man. Sometimes you're pushing.

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