The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Alley Oop 8 | Knicks Take On The Celtics, Predictions, and Non Predictions w/ Josh Smith

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

Juju Gotti and the King of Nephewtism, Josh Smith (Stephen A’s nephew), discuss the Knicks versus the Celtics and what is wrong with JJ Redick. Alley Oop talks all things basketball and hoopers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My ears were called Recollectly, he said the Knicks up. I just thought I thought I heard that. I don't think that's what he said. My big dawg, salute to the stinkiest fan in the world. The Knicks, you feel me? My dawg Josh Shreve. What's happening dawg? How you doing? This is lowkey a W. They never even really noticed that, my dog Josh Smith. What's happening, dog? How you doing, man? This is low-key a W.

They never even really noticed that, but they know now. Man, how you feeling about these playoffs, bro? Jalen Branson, the cat became damn near a tiger at this point. What you think, bro? Yeah, I mean, the playoffs is unpredictable when you don't know the game. Because you know, I mean, the playoffs is unpredictable. Yeah. When you don't know the game. Cause you know, I called Minnesota,

getting rid of them Lakers, you know, everybody wasn't for that pick, but, you know, me, you and Trisha did the whole panel. So, you know, that's a W we took right there. Yeah, that is a W. What you think finna come up next with these Celtics versus Knicks, you feel me? Cause I ain't gonna lie to you, Knicks looking good right now, but it's just something about that Knicks franchise that I always have me thinking

Y'all gonna find a way to screw it up, man. What you thinking, bruh? Tibbs looking at like, bruh, he beating them players, running them in the ground these days, bruh. What you think? I really don't understand and it's like we might have to break our team down into like a football situation where we have a coach just for substitutions and a rotation because Tibbs doesn't pay attention to that. And you see J.J. Ruddick went the other day, leaving all five starters in a whole second half. It's just what are y'all doing? Right.

What are y'all doing? Y'all getting paid a salary and y'all just not doing nothing. Like go out there and be superheroes is what they asking of them. And that's why they losing in five and four in some cases. Right. Meanwhile, Frank Vogel get fired quick.

Darvin Ham get fired quick. Y'all bring these boys in cause they what? Darlings, media darlings and look what they do. That's what I said. I said if Darman got the boot, then JJ Reddick deserved the other one. You ain't do nothing and you got a top three player. Right, storming out the interview. Along with LeBron and y'all was looking good during the season

and losing five is a coach job, I think. Yeah. Well, we know why JJ got the job. Yeah. But really, as the Lakers though, how do you hire someone that's never been a coach nowhere ever? Right. Because he talks, he has a nice vocabulary. Because at the end of the day, I'm Luka Donsik and you, JJ Reddick, and you telling me, hey, man, come on, you got to give us more effort. Yeah. I'm Luke Adansi and you JJ Reddick and you telling me hey man come on you gotta give us more effort yeah I'm gonna look you up and down like you ever had 30? You ever average 30? Talk to me and and that's how I think it's gonna go that's why somebody I be feeling like somebody like Gilbert should be a coach because I could teach you how to be a star I've been in them

trenches as the man JJ you can't talk to me like 200 say to me. Talk to Dalton, connect one of them. Yeah, that boy was a pure shooter. But that's all he was. Yeah, exactly. When they say you pure something, that mean you ain't do much in that nuts. Damn. At least my boy got the slit back hair down pat, you feel me? Like, at least it ain't going no down where. Moving on, bro, I got to say Knicks versus Celtics, dawg. I imagine the Celtics, like, it's not going to be as easy as I thought because that Magic skit series got me a little, I don't know, it was certain games where the Magic was looking

a little too much at certain times. What's not going to be as easy as you do it? Being the Knicks' ass. I thought it was gonna be maybe like, what, four, five sweep damn near a gentleman sweep. But now y'all might push on the six if y'all play right. We yawning this out, right? Yeah.

Who has the best big left in the East? Bruh, I feel like- Just answer the question, just answer the question. The best big, but can you call Kat a big? Just answer the question, just answer the question. Who's the best big in the East, love? Demiles Turner, God damn. We know it's Kat, so-

Oh, but I don't know, Evy Mobley, Evy Mobley. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on now. Who's the best point guard left in the East? Come on, we ain't got a lot. I'm just asking questions. Jalen Branson, bruh, Michael Jalen Branson. So when you got the best big and you got the best small,

no funny. Yeah. Yeah, that usually equals, we gotta do something. You know they call our wings wing stop. Yeah, you know that. Come on, bruh. They call us wing stop. Yeah, yeah. Come on, bro. They call us wing stop. So long as they do they job.

Yeah, they call them wing stop. They delicious to go through. You feel me? Lemon pepper. Lemon pepper sprinkle, salute the Red Rouse. Don't do that. Yeah. That was crazy.

Yeah, no. The Knicks, I feel like if we use our whole team, I'm not understanding the bench press Yeah, but... That was crazy. Yeah, no. The Knicks, I feel like if we use our whole team, I'm not understanding the benching of Precious Atchewitt and nobody's calling out Tivolo but me, but how's he getting all these DNPs? Right, right. He contributed in the season whenever everybody would hurt. Y'all relied on that boy.

Yeah, he got 10 starts and he averaged 13 and 10 in those starts. So it was like, how are you just missing out on that production and we choosing to run with a tired cat and Mitchell Robinson and I'm like, I don't know what he doing. I just feel like Drew Holiday, Jason Taylor, Jalen Brown, Porzingis, they're going to have something to say about them wind stocks you did. You can do a lot on the point guard, but y'all going to need more than just a point guard,

more than just them... Kat going to have to get in that paint if he really want to get the job done against the Celtics. All that three point shooting shit go out the window with the Celtics because they're going to go right down the court and shoot the same. You're going to have to really bang or get somebody in fire trouble. And I just don't see Cat being that fierce no more. He show flashes that he can, but then at the end of the game against Detroit, you see he hit them long ass threes, and I think that's going to come back to bite him, you feel me,

in the later rounds, because you can't just rely on that. You missed that shot. But New York turned on you, sir. And he ain't never had New York turn on him like they turned on Julius Randall. First of all, you talking about the mayor of the situation of whatever you talking about right now. I decide when we turn on people and Kat got us until we out of here. And that's it.

That's our best player. He's been our best player all year. Jalen Brunson right there with him. And listen, man, I don't believe that Peyton Pritchard and players like that. Y'all don't gotta know. Bro, sixth man of the year, Peyton Pritchard, bro. Respect on that man name, bro.

Yeah, those awards that these people vote for and stuff like that. Yeah. That don't matter when you got to play the same team seven times. Yeah. You're not playing. Yeah, you're playing a good team seven times. So Payne Pichard, you're going to have to outplay Deuce McBride.

Deuce is suing you. Come on, bro. You tripping out. Deuce, bro. Come on, bro. Deuce barely seeing the flow, man. This is what I'm saying. Deuce got to take it personally. Deuce gotta take it personally.

You gotta take it personally. You're not better than Peyton Pritchard. Tibbs don't even believe he better than Peyton Pritchard, bruh. And I don't believe Tibbs is better than, a better coach than me. That's a good, I don't believe that, so. Yeah, they gonna have to get the job done. I predict Celtics in five, I would say Celtics in six.

Matter of fact, Celtics in six. I give y'all six games you did because I see y'all being fierce enough, but y'all have to show me because that Detroit series wasn't enough for me. Y'all looked too pie in certain scenarios, bruh. And I don't trust Tills more than you don't trust him. Boy, good, good.

But yeah, keep playing them boys like that. They gonna run out of gas. I think Rick Brunson should get more involved in the situation. You think Tibbs is the type to be like, yeah, stay in your lane? Hell yeah. Hell yeah, Tills will say that to that boy, man. That's his problem. Tills ain't never had nobody just talk to him like, bro, this ain't working.

Let him move it on. He gonna do what he wanna do, run Miles Bridges into the ground. Y'all lucky, Miles. Y'all so lucky, Miles Bridges be hitting them little cone of threes. Bro, that's what I'm saying. Y'all the luckiest team in the league thus far. This is finna run out of gas. What's your prediction, bro?

What's your prediction? His name is McAlbridges, get it right. See what I'm saying? I don't have one. Don't disrespect my roster. That's number one. And number two, don't ask me to predict nothing. Don't ask me to predict.

I need a prediction. I'm here for a show. I'm not talking ahead to be looking stupid if something happens in Detroit. Nixon 7, we're built for the Celtics. I didn't want to play nobody else. We need a prediction. We're Nixon 7. We're built for the Celtics. I didn't wanna play nobody else. This is right, we fell right into the laps of what I wanted anyway.

Playing them in the second round and not the third. We getting hurt playing the Pacers last year in the second round. No, we need to beat them while we healthy and then we gonna wash up Cleveland or the Pacers, whatever it's gonna be. Can't. That ain't no confidence saying nicks in seven.

You talk, you're confident talking about some nicks in seven. Boy, I'm confident. DeCeltics in five, damn nicks four. Yeah, because y'all got, y'all got 10 plays. It's five against 10. No tips ain't playing nobody. There we go. There you go.

The execution machine crank it up already. And you're feeling me. NY stand for next year already. We see it. You dig it. DeCeltics, they healthy like that? Look, NY, stand for next year already, we see it. You dig it. The Celtics, they healthy like that? Look, nah, we not healthy. They a little knackered right there.

Stop saying we, I said they. Come on, bro, we healthy right now, bro. We healthy enough to clean up the Knicks. The Knicks healthy as Jalen Branson gonna follow. Madison Square Garden got holes in the floor, let's talk about that. Dead spots in the Madison Square Garden, the Mecca. Hurting your boy. You feel me?

Ain't even nobody touching him. He getting hurt by the damn flow. James Dolan, do your damn job and clean up the flow, man. We got Jaylen, look, we got Jaylen Brown, we got Jason Taylor coming in the building. Get that flow right, bruh. You feel me? Y'all boy playing on the damn rec league flow, man.

Come on, bruh. Listen, they got they ring. I think they satisfied. We hungry. And when they come to New York, it's a lot of pressure on them. I don't know. Jason's hating them like crack. You know what they say about them?

Yeah, man. Moving on, man. We already understand. Josh say Nixon's seven, which is pretty rich to me because I say Celsus in four, five, maybe six, you feel me? Just according to what's happening. We ain't going to argue all day because you already know he think the Knicks are whoever he think they are.

They're not that though. Just look at him in his eyes. If you're at the house, punch your fingers and your hands straight up towards the screen. Say get well soon to my brother, John. Send a prayer because we already know what that NY stand for. Next year, you dig it. And nothing changed this year.