The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Episode Date: December 9, 2024

Dan's got something going on with his throat, but he wants to hear about Mike's horror story from the weekend involving a 70-year-old man trying to charm himself into a DJ event and asking Mike to get him in. Wait until you find out who that man actually was... Then, JuJu Gotti is here for Spliff Notes and has a variety of topics to touch on with his hot takes including NBA jerseys, NFL announcers guessing penalties before the referees announce the call, Pat Forde's TV backdrop, his Buffalo Bills, Jim Rome on South Beach Sessions, and Anthony Jeselnik's comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. Five, four, three, two. Okay, hold on. Five. Five, four three two One juju will be in with us in just a second But Mike Ryan was trying to tell us store. Let me let me start again because I can hear my throat Damnit I predicted that we were gonna get a good noise from you that back caches Cashed it out early the very, it's a no action. I cashed it out early. At the very least, it's a no action. No, it doesn't count.

If he's the one that bails on it because he's fearing that, that's a tainted bet. Trap kings refunds. I had three pieces of chicken during the break. Sad grilled chicken. There was going to be something special there. Yes, okay. So hopefully, I'm not even going to count again. Just leave all of that in.

Mike was trying to get to a story I'll show that we couldn't get to that He said made his skin crawl from yesterday from we went out to Dolphin mall on the cusp of the Everglades and we watched dolphin jets That game did make my skin crawl. Yeah, that was because Aaron Rodgers playing quarterback and playing well at quarterback and made Stugats want him again I do I want him back because of the fear that he's gonna be good somewhere else It is so hard watching Sam Darnold throw five touchdowns for the Vikings It's so hard to watch Geno Smith be good 15 years after he played for the Jets

I would rather Aaron be bad with the Jets than good elsewhere All right. Well, I mean you cited Sam Darnold, and he's pretty young. So I think it's a little bit different, but OK. But I had a great time at Vivo. Thanks again to Smirnoff DraftKings, everybody that made that event happen. I left that event before its epic conclusion, because I had to go support some friends downtown.

I'm friends with the guys that run and operate space, and they had this really cool event for Basel Week. They had a beautiful sage that was designed between the courthouse building downtown, and it's just a real cool thing that this DJ, Michael Beebe, was performing at. Michael Beebe had just really survived, not the Sacramento Kingsguard.

He had a really scary battle with cancer, and he overcame it. So this was gonna be a cool crowning moment for his career. So I'm going over there with my buddy Moe. We're at the guest list. Moe gets his pass. There's a little issue with mine. I'm getting it cleared up.

As I'm doing that, on my peripheral vision, I see a person approaching security, peripheral vision, I see a person approaching security, trying to charm their way inside this building, and it's just like, you know, it's giving off like icky vibes, but you see that always at either a club or at a concert, and I recognize something about it, and I turn to my left, I see this 70 year old man with bad posture trying to get inside this incredible cool DJ event.

No, no, no, no. It was my dad. No, no, no. Yes, yes, yes. It was my dad. No. My dad was trying to charm his way into this event. You could see the look on the security guard's face

because he was just like, this guy's trying to like grease me up to get into this event. It could see the look on the security guard's face because he was just like, this guy's trying to like grease me up to get into this event. It doesn't end there. Let me tell you something. This courthouse is- Your dad is the best, okay? No, no, this is the worst.

Slimy cheese, but still the best. This is the worst. Slimy cheese in packaging that can pass is not being slimy cheese. Trust me, I've been following him all week in Basel. Like he lives for Basel week. He owns Basel. Your dad and his dad and his different lady on his arm every day or dad man he told us like every year he's like there's one week a year where

you can't use me for babysitting it's this Mike Ryan I would love to turn your father into the character that Greg Cody and my father are here he is more of a lethario he's a single man in Miami, still living big Miami. You know what's around the courthouse? There aren't Basel events around the courthouse. I'm like, what are you doing here? He's like, I was at Art Miami. I'm like, that's far.

What are you doing over here? He's like, I wanted, why? And so it doesn't end there. I have my bands figured out. I'm going in and my dad is standing behind me in line thinking that he can just walk in with me. I'm like, I literally stiff arm him in the chest. I'm like, what are you doing?

He's like, oh, I'm going in with you. I'm like, absolutely not, dad. You're gonna be the oldest person here by a good 30 years. Get out of here, go home. What are you doing out? He's your dad. But this is the text message Mike sent me yesterday. It's all adding up to me in my brain now.

I have a mortifying story to tell. Someone who was loitering nearby tried to get me to get them in. I had no idea that the someone he was talking about is his father. It's the best person it could possibly be because here's the thing, and I will say this about all our fathers. We do not look at our fathers the way

that others look at our fathers. So I will tell Mike that among our fathers his is the coolest. No, that's not not at all. That's not saying much It's just Greg Cody and my dad. Not at all terrible company. You never met my dad Don't talk to my dad that way. He handles his business. I have met your dad. My dad handles his business I handle mine and he's Tony's dad might be the coolest I handle mine and he's Tony's dad might be the coolest Cuban gangster that guy is old Cuban gangster that guy would have dragged to gods by the sports radio back of the hair Across a highway 20 years ago. My dad actually hit me with like a what are you doing here? I'm like, what am I doing here?

What the hell are you doing? That guy was competing with Stu gots for every sports radio slot in South Florida with the Cuban hustle that he handed down to his son. And who won? Yes, you did win, but I suspect that me and Tony Kalani, whose dad would have also conquered things with the rest is Distrada if I'd taken the deal he was offering at the same time that you were offering it.

That is wonderful and mortifying. I wanna talk to your father about this tomorrow and I want Somebody Sullivan get a hold of Mike's dad. I want to create more fire here. Nope Juju Gotti is with us to begin another work week It is always good seeing him even though he is wearing the gear of the most irrelevant franchise that there's ever been in the history of sports I Mean am I you think I'm wrong there? What do you just wearing as a throwback and that was a very popular

Jersey way in color way back in the day in the night Larry Johnson Alonzo morning Charlotte, but it's That's the last time they were a good day and one postseason with jamal mashburn where they beat the heat and they haven't done anything since then correct they've got like london ball it's uh... i'm sorry uh... the melo ball is wasting his career there is he not well i mean there was that you remember when they went to the plus a loss of the heat because the purple shirt guy

that was another good year in Charlotte's history. But yes, for the most part. Look, Lamar Ball, Lamelo Ball. To say that he's wasting his career away there, I think kind of removes his complicit behavior in why the Hornets are the way they are. So. You think his immaturity is the number one makes it

So they'll never be any good. I think it contributes I don't think never he might mature people grow up But I think but you're saying handing over a franchise to someone of that maturity level you cannot win. Yeah pretty much Okay, very good. Hmm. Juju Gotti is with us and he is making those colors look good from a different time I'm glad we snuck the hornets in Yeah, we did I wanted to get to Portland losing by 42 at home against Utah and getting booed off the court without Laurie marketing by the way Why because Portland Portland the Dame Lillard trade has kind of been a disaster that deserves for everyone who runs things in Portland to be

run out of town Portland I mean football was played yesterday. Slugats, a couple of weeks ago, Chauncey Billups said in a post game that we, if you lose, you should not be able to sleep. Anyone who's able to sleep after a loss is a loser. Jokic says that in his country, if you're not playing well,

because he scored 58 the other night and a loss to the Wizards, he says paychecks start getting cut. maybe they need to start doing that over here where they cut paychecks from game to game let's get to Juju Gotti please because surely he has critique and observations from the football weekend and from everything we're doing around here today thank you Juju sorry to keep you waiting. That's all good brother I appreciate you for having me I definitely can't talk basketball and then throw it to me and then like move on the foot no we're

gonna hit this basketball right quick just right quick like away teams and home teams let's take this shit back to the 992 thousand with a home team well white and the away team wear the color because you add in the mix of this NBA court I'm going in and out of seizures on the couch like, oh, I forgot I'm watching the Celtics. You feel me like, please let's just take it back old school if you can, brother Silver, I love you big bro, but it's getting ridiculous. Everybody got full city jerseys,

they cost $2,000 each, you can't tell who home or, please, sorry about that, I just had to keep it on. No, no, that's a good point. No, Juju, get rid of all of them. What else do you have? Last week, look man, it is hard to rid of all of them. What else do you have? Last week, look, man, it is hard to get at the trough that everyone else is talking about

and have the take that no one else had. When he came out here and said everyone needs to flag plant, he went the exact opposite of everyone in sports. So what else have you had simmering all weekend that we need to hear about? Because your takes seem to be a little bit hotter than everybody else's. Yeah, I also have this one. For my brothers and sisters, the Ross Tuckers of the world,

the Tom Brady's of the world, the Troy Aikmans of the world, even Joe Book's. Stop guessing what the flag is into the microphone. Let the flag get thrown and let the referee tell us it will add to the drama and the suspense of sitting down watching it in the field game. And then half half of the time y'all that's be wrong anyway oh it looks like a hold on 76 coming back it was a hands to the face Troy come on brother you you ruined the suspense I'm hanging on every word of the referee and now here come Tony Romo oh Jim yeah it's coming back this one's coming back let me find out

Chris said he sit on the couch and tell his wife what the flag was he guessing it Troy you ruined the marriages Yeah, bro. Let my boy cook on the cows. Let him guess for his wife You see how wrong is he'll talk about a holding? No, man. It was a legal hands to the face. Sorry about that as well So right to Rico does the same thing to Rico's always super eager to tell you what the flag is And it was illegal hands to the face. Sorry about that as well. That's all right. Toreko, he's so right. Toreko does the same thing. Toreko's always super eager to tell you what the flag is. It's like, just let it happen. Yeah, but the thing Juju did would shock me is he put Ross Tucker in some pretty lofty company.

I saw that. I noticed that as well. Yeah, it was amazing. We gotta do it for our family. That's right. Right, that's our brother. We gotta look out. That's right, Juju.

Supporting others. What else? What do gotta look out. That's right, dude. You're supporting others. What else? What do you have from today? Critique, observations. What do people have a problem with today? Before I get into what people got a problem with, I think we should ease up on Buddy with his backdrop. Salute to the guest.

He had his Sports Illustrated backdrop. Yeah, Pad 40. It was ass for sure. But we need to ease up on that. We need to send him a replacement backdrop since we framed him on camera. We need to make sure Brad get a good one. You're right, we do need to do that.

Let's send Pat 40 a gift, the Metalark. Metalark, get on that right now to improve his Sports Illustrated backdrop because Sports Illustrated is out here selling vitamins and Metalark is doing well. We need his measurements though. I mean we do. To get it right. That's fine.

We can ask him. Thank you, Juju. We will for Christmas. Stu, I can see the actual picture that's coming. See your house. I wish I should have asked him to pull that picture out and show us what it was that was back there. You're right.

What else you got from today that we could've done better? We didn't talk dolphin jets enough, I didn't think. That and also we had a dunk in women's college basketball last night, Ashley Watson, salute to Lil' Six, you got to know Don Staley in them South Carolina game calls, they've never failed to amaze me. Every year, something crazy going on, so salute to them. Yes to dolphins, I was was as a Beals fan yesterday

rough day on the ranch rough oh but Juju no Juju you gotta feel good about the fact that your team's so good though like it you might lose and you might lose like that in the playoffs but you know your team's good you know and you know your quarterback is someone everyone in the league fears yeah but I agree with Stu guys bro like even further like why decline that penalty and give them another chance at the third down? I don't care if it's third and 30, let's get the fourth and seven. And then you compound that by, like he said, you cannot run the ball with that time like that.

That's, and then you compound your mistake, cutting off your nose to spite your face, whatever that, what that saying goes. You can't waste a time out and run it. Eat it, if you chose to run it, let that clock tick and get everybody up. I think Sean McDermott did a poor job yesterday, but I know he gonna turn it around. As great as the Bills look, they can't stop the run.

And that is going to show, in the playoffs, they're just- Ravens everyone can run the ball in them so it's like it's good I'm with you like they look so good they can get after the quarterback their offense is really good but they cannot stop the run and that will show in the playoffs. Juju one of the things that Stu got to sit on the show today was that the Bills will never win as long as McDermott is the coach do you hold with that statement? Oh that that's a very bold statement. I'm not gonna go that far. I definitely feel my brother

because I said a lot of words in the air last night when he was making those calls to that same sentiment. But now that I've had a day to kind of process it, digest it, I think he gonna get it on the right track, bro. I think he will. Side note, someone, Magnum Prime from Twitter says that the Jim Rome and LeBretard show South Beach session is phenomenal.

He grew up listening to Jim Rome in the deep, deep South and he never heard him speak about what it takes to become one of the OGs in the goats and sports media. So thank you. Salute to Magnum Prime, and I agree, bro, that was a great listen, dog. It's always good to see you there, like actually talk to your peers and be vulnerable,

and like, bro, bravo to all that South Beach sessions you done had over the past couple weeks. Star V, Jessel Nick, salute to Jessel Nick. I listened, I took y'all's advice, and I went and watched Anthony Jessel Nick's special, not the movie, I learned about that, but with movies. But watching that special, it gave me an opportunity to kind of reflect and I realized that, dang,

we live in such a diverse world and diverse cultures. We don't need to be judging each other as much as we do. I don't care if you root for Trump, Biden, we all got the same goals, you feel me? We all trying our best. Nobody woke up today and said I'm feeling ruined his day. Rarely that happens. Some people do that, but rarely that happens. And I realized that while watching Anthony Jess on that special because woof. Salute though to everybody who liked that. You feel me?

But I just didn't, I didn't crack one smile during the special, you feel me? But it doesn't matter because my brother likes it so I like it. So I salute Anthony Jesselnik and you guys for putting me on that recommendation. Juju's right, we gotta come together. But he mentioned the Jim Rome,

I love the clip we put out of that, of Dan talking to Jim Rome, and then Jim Rome interrupts, so he's like, what's up, Dan? I didn't know you liked me, man. What's up with that? It was just a funny of him just being like, holy crap, I didn't realize you liked me, man.

Jim Rome, thank you for the kind words. I will say that Jim Rome is both a titan and totally nuts. Just cares so much about being great at that thing and wasn't going to take no for an answer on whether he could be great at that thing. And I don't, I didn't even ask him, Mr. Gotts. There was a time that Jim Rome was making more annually than any athlete in sports, LeBron included. Like, where his, what he, whatever he did with the business of syndicated radio made

him the most lucrative star because he could talk shit on the radio, which is crazy. Well, he was the biggest national star at the biggest time for sports radio. I can nail the timing on it. And to the degree it was good to talk to him in an intimate setting because Stugatz, I don't, he doesn't do that. Like people, he's been hiding in plain sight for 30 years. His fans don't know very much about him I do a four-hour show a day with people like

knowing you a little bit but not really take calls that's one way to do it yes juju thank you we'll talk to you tomorrow buddy yes sir