The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Juju's Victory Lap

Episode Date: June 20, 2024

Juju is here for another edition of SpliffNotes and he is fired up after the Boston Celtics won the title. Before he gets to his victory lap for predicting The Finals perfectly, he takes out the show for being cowards after the Florida Panthers went from 3-0 to 3-2 very quickly. In a way only he can, he encourages the show to be confident in the Ice Cats and also shares his thoughts on the McOverrated celebration. Then, it is time to get his flowers for his spot-on prediction of The Finals and he does not hold back. Let my boy cook! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is one of the great mysteries at Metal Arc how do you do you get to all access to all things that is better than any of the access that anyone else gets uh... what are some of the other criticisms that you have of today's show do you do uh... i'd i was stunned that you are wanted less greg cody talk i thought that you were uh... the world's leading authority on wanting simply more Greg Cody talk wherever it is that we could put it. Now, it's not that I don't, by the way, it's not that I don't want Greg Cody talk. I want

more. I want all of us to be on one accord and know that this is a fantastic idea to put the billboard up if we don't brother We want all these we want to make fun of everybody tears. We wake from a tailor We see him on the bus to New York We make funny everybody tears until it's our turn so this has a potential to this has a potential to skyrocket The numbers to YouTube numbers to the views media following. Nah, because not my team, uh-uh, you're gonna jinx them. That is the lamest thing I've ever heard from other grownups in my life, in my opinion.

But I love all y'all. No, I'm with you. But what do I do? Juju, I'm not kidding here. I think people think that some of this stuff is a bit. And sometimes we turn up things that are true at an eight. Sometimes we turn it up to a 10. But the things that generally happen around here

tend to be true. And what's happening around here is, as the founder of this company, I don't actually have power over this because Chris and Roy and Mike are gonna genuinely be mad at me, genuinely hurt, and genuinely not forgive me for doing what it is that you're saying Which I think is not only a must

I think it's the easiest thing in the world juju for us to risk becoming the big joke at the end But there's just cowardice all around me and they are genuinely bothered by the fact that I'm genuinely bothered by the fact that I'm considering any of this and I don't know what to do at this point because I just want to do it but they're not going to forgive me. Look at Chris Cody shrinking in his seat right now. I just don't understand what's the difference. Why can't we do it after? Because one is cowardice and one isn't.

We've never put a billboard predicting losses. One is brave and one isn't. One risks egg on the face and one doesn't like like what do you mean? What's the difference in the same people in the same people who wanted to put Josh Allen has a stupid face slash Billy Gill when the football season but now it's they team now they care about something they want to be all I get it Bra I understand just this call it what it is. We don't disguise it in I think it's not funny right now don't't disguise it in that. You scared, say you're scared. I'm very scared.

Don't put all on us. We wanna make money, cause we a business. Putting up billboards, brand business for us, the company that y'all spend so many tireless hours dedicated to your life too. Missing out on your daughter's functions and stuff, dedicating your life to this job. And then when we can capitalize the most,

now y'all care about y'all damn team more if they win or not. I don't understand that from some grownup man who like money, but maybe y'all don't like money the same way I do, so salute. I love all y'all though, y'all my brothers. And if somebody jump on y'all, I'm coming full force. No, I think that your criticism is fair.

I too think it is weak. And I think that I'm torn here, Juju, because look at what they're doing to me on it Right, you notice what they're doing. Hey Dan at the arena. They're saying F you you got seven or eight People say F Dan to me. I was at the arena and somebody said Dan. You're a bad guy for jinx in my team I love so much that I don't play for it. I just love them. Oh my god Dan I have to endure 20 whole people saying they didn't like you yesterday while I was spending thousands of dollars on the team. I love

what we talking about. That's why you're mad, Mike. I love you, Mike, but you're mad because you spent all that money. Thought you was going to see the cut that day. Be patient. The cut coming tomorrow. Be patient. Don't turn on the company though, just because because you don't like or you want to jinx your teams I actually got the exact opposite of that I got a lot of people being like your dad dude like funny like people kind of get it like I got I didn't Get a lot of people genuinely mad I got a lot of people like how funny is it that your dad's at the center of Canadian news? Oh, maybe might just a good actor. Maybe he just no no no no no no no capacity because I underestimate his acting chops nope nope this is all real he has a quick he

says I've already ruined it and I'm that one that one juju I'm so genuinely confused by because I jinxed it allegedly by approving the McOver rated t-shirts on lebatard af.com after which the Panthers won the next three games. You jinxed, right? The next three games and held Edmonton to four goals, which is about as much as you can ever do over the course of the season over three games. But I legitimately don't know what to do

if there is a game seven, because I'm gonna have to address this next week I know people are tired of this, but I'm torn juju between look at the allegation. They're making it me Dan You've never been against the South Florida team. I don't know how this becomes against the South Florida team Like I'm just at a total loss for how that happens as much of a loss as I am for how it is that this happens With Steve Levy when I didn't have anything to do with this. Now he's doing it on the biggest stage. Leave Buckle Up!

Yeah, I'm buckled already. Don't get me going. It's all world, this guy. I think last week, I was like, what's going on? Dan Levatore! Shut it, Messier. Oh, overrated? He was so on? Dan Lavatar. It's overrated. It's overrated. Oh my god. Shut it, Messier. Overrated, huh? I'm so happy to do that too.

It's like, brother, salute to them brothers. Excuse me, sorry, man, it's $10 for me. But yeah, salute to those brothers. Because at the end of the day, however it makes you feel like, this is the height of the hockey world. This is the biggest thing in the entire world of hockey. And they are mentioning our show during that broadcast.

If you can't find the cool in that and you're more worried about what he's saying, I don't think you could out for this industry, brother. They hated Jesus. Come on, brother. We gotta keep it going. And speaking of Jesus on sidebar, it's amazing to hear how much

grace McJesus got for a couple of the games during this series because he gets assists and he just does more. But the game, a couple of games in the playoffs, Jason Tatum was receiving a lot of hatred, but he had 11 assists, 9 rebounds, 18 points. Excuse me, I'm sorry, when did that become something to snark at in the finals? 11 assists, 9 rebounds. points. I'm still excuse me I'm sorry when did that become something to snark at in the finals 11 assists 9 rebounds he's not doing enough at that point so I'm glad neither here nor there but you see how with this graces being showed in certain places Aaron Rodgers do some shit oh can't redo it ah so it's like hey man we got to remember what we're saying into these microphones people can hear and remember and speaking of such I told the world

Celtics in five we are gonna go clean these boys up Nobody is like I said a tree fell in the damn woods Because if they mean they'll have to have said that we will set up a dump tape in Milwaukee for all his haters If Charlotte Wilder said that oh my god We probably have to angel, probably couldn't wait to sell those T-shirts, but the kid said, and it's just nothing, ah, he just, I've been doing an NBA show all year long, the Alley Oop.

It's been going wonderful, I've had nothing but expert after expert come on and be wronger than me. I told Zach Harper and my sister Claire this exact thing would happen. Oh Luca doesn't foul. Oh so did the Clippers. The Clippers tried that. The Timberwolves they were the number one. Get the hell out of here expert who's working for all these esteemed companies and he deserves it because he's a such a great analyst but not better than your boy sitting here in front of you has been telling you these things all year.

You keep paying these folks to come on your show and I'm telling you, just have your boy on neither here nor there. But I think Conor McDavid will go down tomorrow against the Panthers. I think it's both here and there. It is not neither here nor there. It is both here and there I want to get some of your other criticisms from today's show but something that I hadn't mentioned about Dallas that I think is interesting because Luke is

getting killed and I don't know how many I'd read reports about shots to the ribs shots to the leg that he needed you know pain medicine extraordinary but one of the things that happens with the finals, because we have to blame the loser, is no joke, the Dallas Mavericks are one of the most improbable teams to ever make the NBA Finals. It is one of the rarest things for a team to make the NBA Finals when a lot of people

didn't have them getting to the playoffs, because they didn't make the playoffs last year. The idea that Dallas' season would, I know you're about positivity, the idea that Dallas' season would crumble in a heap of criticism when it's one of the more improbable runs that we've ever seen in playoff basketball. Again, Juju, this doesn't happen where teams don't think that a finals team is worthy of making the playoffs. There were plenty of people who didn't think that a finals team is worthy of making the playoffs. There were plenty of people who didn't think Dallas was going to do anything by returning

Kyrie Irving. Right. And I think it just goes to show you how much those trades at the end of the, in the middle at what, all-star break, they made the trade for Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington. Those were the pieces that stepped up early in the playoffs against the Thunder, against the Clippers, against the Timberwolves. Those guys stepped up and contributed in such a way that once you have Kyrie and Luka go off, that plus that equals a W. But when the lights are so bright, some of these folks is they getting all this attention for the first time in NBA

finals. Live Lee Ger, and the gang. Who else? Tim Hardaway didn't even really touch the floor other than that one blowout win when he went crazy. It's like the structure around Kyrie and Luca were the things to me that did not show up in the series. Luca, I mean, he did his best as he could, but certain people like myself, I remember you asked me,

who would I rather face in the Timberwolves versus the Mavericks? I said I would rather face the Mavericks because of this right here We could attack the only weakness you got that they had which was Luke Adonis defense And he got he complained to the ref so much It's like he has a couple of things to grow from which a lot of people who make the finals for the first time experience from which a lot of people who make the finals for the first time experience. Jason Taylor and Jalen Brown a couple years ago experienced it. He had no left hand. All that, bro, go work on your left hand.

Go work on this. You feel me? And then it will happen if you stay dedicated. I think that the Mavericks are in that sweet spot that now that PJ Washington, Gaffer, and the gang, and Derrick Jones Jr., now they feel like, nah, I was in the the gang and Derek Jones Jr. Now they feel like, nah, I was in the finals and I came up short, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. And I feel like moving forward, it will help them.

But that Western Conference is so tricky and so amazing, they might not even make the playoffs next year. So I definitely think this loss is gonna hurt Dallas as long as, the longer we get into the future is gonna hurt more and more but Some people called it You keep coming back to that juju I feel like you're getting plenty of credit in the mirror for what it is that you correctly predicted

What other criticisms do you have of today's show? I am definitely having some difficulty between the people who do like hockey who listen and the people who don't like hockey who listen with the amount of hockey we're talking because a team they don't care about is a team we're obsessing over. Right, it's so much people,

it's so many people in the chat today. I would say 10% of the people who tweeted us took the time out to tweet us and I'm not speaking for 10% of the audience 10% of the people who took the time and tweeted us They'd say that you were wrong. Dan for for all of this stuff 90% of the people say that might need to calm down and Realize that this is good for the show. Some of the sentiment we got, you know what I mean? It's just, it's so many other people saying that. I don't want to just point out one or two because it's on one

of core. I think that we should lean into it. What should you say to Chris Cody here who's sitting here, we've got Greg tomorrow. Chris is sitting here and he's sort of shrinking into his seat because he sides with Mike. I, no no listen, I see both sides to this. I don't think it's like I just don't see the value in Putting it up before the win not everyone listens to our show you act like if in Edmonton after let's say we lose this series If they see a billboard that says Greg Cody was right like they're not gonna be like all this love it They're just gonna be like these dumb, did they put it up too soon?

Like it just. Who cares? You know what they're gonna say? Look, and you know what's rich, Dan? Coming from him, Mr. Zion's shoe exploding was good publicity. Mr. Everything is good, Mr. Come on, brother, what we talking about, Chris Cody,

you my brother, and I hate to do this to you, but you are the exact wrong person to be having this stance right here, my brother. Don't you see it in it? I get any pub is good pub, but it's just like if the pub is these idiots, like what? No, this is the, we're the joke, us risking becoming the joke.

I'll leave it on this, okay? But the part that annoys me the most about this genuinely is everything you're describing, Chris, is my favorite joke. The one only our audience Chris is my favorite joke the one only our audience gets is my favorite joke the one that people are driving past a billboard and we're like what's wrong with these idiots I don't have a our best joke the best joke this show does is annoy Dan that's the best joke that we do Lord knows I'm tired of that one the fact that you guys won't

let me make my favorite joke because you're cowards is pretty infuriating. Exactly. And before we get out of here, Dan, this is one thing from the show today. I have to say this and when did y'all become the joy police? I'm, excuse me. I'm sorry. Jason Tate can celebrate however the hell he want to celebrate whenever he win a damn championship. I seem to remember you, when you signed your DraftKings contract, you went to the roof and popped a bottle of Prosecco with Stu Goss with his shirt off of your damn daddy.

So we can be like, look, some people win championships some way, some people like to beat around Stu Goss with his stomach out. I don't know what the hell going on. No, we just- We're all gonna be the jewel police now. The Celtics are the champions.

Deal with it. It's over with, no more. We definitely sounded like haters during that segment. But Juju, you have to admit though, we did it! Felt a little forced. Bright and feel forced. That's what you, when you win the championship,

you can be as lame as you wanna be or cool as you wanna be. He made his decision. Whatever the heat got going on right now, just deal with that. Pat Riley, find somebody, hell. SOS, Colt Red, because you're gonna need it next year when everybody better.