The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Lying To Your Uber Driver

Episode Date: May 24, 2024

Dan and the crew kick off the Big Suey by dissecting the Lost-All-Respect-For-You-Off between Draymond Green and Stephen A. Smith before watching a clip of Skip Bayless saying he does not miss his deceased mother. Give it up for people with mommy issues. Then, Amin hijacks the host chair and kicks Dan out so we can get to the real important discussions of the day. The rest of our show includes lying about your Uber driver about your job, Lucy and Amin's friendship, the Year of Lucy, the potential of Roy being on a Panthers championship float, takes on tonight's Mavs-Wolves game, and the reason why J-Lo and AROD were a perfect couple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcasts. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries that if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face and the habitual liar.

I want to talk to Roy in a second about what can be a pretty fun hockey game tonight. But before I do that, we have one of the great things in sports media, a I've Lost All Respect for You Off, where Draymond Green has lost respect for Stephen A. Smith, and now Stephen A. Smith has lost respect for Draymond Green. Draymond Green appeared on the big podcast with Shaq and I legitimately don't know what Draymond Green has lost respect for Stephen A Smith for. Does anyone here know why it is that no is the answer based on all the faces I'm looking at, no is the answer.

So Draymond Green went on Shaq's podcast and Draymond seemed to be upset at the fact that Stephen A, he says that he knows Stephen A as a person and Stephen A are cool off air and Stephen A's this good guy and all this stuff, but he didn't like the way that Stephen A spoke about him on one of his recent suspensions back in December. And he was accusing Stephen A almost of being fake,

it felt like, because he was saying that, you know, he's this good guy off the air, and then when it comes time to being on the air, he gives these takes, and it's not the way he kinda talks to me or about me when we're speaking in person. So he didn't like that Stephen A wasn't defending him after one of his recent suspensions.

And then Stephen A took offense to that characterization, and you'll probably hear in this clip, because he was saying, that's not what I said, that's not how it happened. And then even went so far as to play back the clip of him talking himself and what he said on first take. All right, but is it a lost all respect situation or lost some respect, lost a fraction of respect in the video

Let's find out together Draymond green Just went on a national podcast with Shaquille O'Neal my brother It said that he lost respect for me Well, I've now lost respect for him. Wow. There it is. I love this brother. Wait a minute.

I got mad love for Draymongre. Wait a minute. I have an abundance of receipts where I can show you, and Molly, you can be a testament to this. Okay. How many times have I spoken up for Draymongre? It's been countless times. This man has been ejected from games 20 times in his

career. Only Rasheed Wallace, another brother of mine, has been ejected for more games in his NBA career. When you had people talking about anger management, talking about he needs help, Talking about all these things. I was the one that said, yo, that's going too day and far. I was the one that had a problem with Kevin Durant saying quote, I hope he gets the help he needs. I said, that's a brother, that's another teammate. You know he's a black man. You know what that connotates.

How are you gonna say something like that? We're on first take. We have about 12 to 15 segments a day. About 70 to 75 takes a week. I give over 3,000 takes a year on this show alone. I've given over 40,000 takes throughout my career. You would think I'm not gonna make everybody happy with every single syllable that comes out of my mouth,

but I pride myself on being fair. That is tremendous. I didn't hear Molly be a testament to anything there. She said yes and made some sort of sound. It was a lot longer. It was like a nice four minute thing. I also heard, by the way, we don't have it because I didn't think this would come up,

but I heard a clip of Skip where it was like his podcast and they're like writing in, like asking Skip questions and like, Skip, do you miss your mom that passed away? And he starts with, I don't. And then he went, he goes on this long thing, like eulogizing his mom that passed away, I think in 2017, and he goes, you know what? Maybe I do miss her a little.

I thought listening to that clip, I did see that clip, and I think they have that clip. It just made me both sad and explained how Skip Bayless became what Skip Bayless became because he was articulating that his mom didn't treat him correctly and didn't give him something that felt like love, and so he's saying on his podcast,

he's using his mother and a flawed relationship with his mother to try and get the podcast clicks you get that rescue your career at the end. Listen to this. I was the oldest and I was never ever close to my mother because she really wasn't capable of being close to anyone, even to her three children, especially to her three children.

So last Saturday, when Ernstine asked me that question, I thought for a moment and I answered painfully, honestly, no, I don't miss my mother. I mean, how do you miss someone who never loved you? Never told you or showed you one time issue or growing up that she cared at all about you mommy talk that bummed me out though it did it's just it's a heartbreaking because right at the end is like maybe

but yeah i didn't hear the part where he says you know maybe i missed her i i just hear the sad stuff but it does explain why it is to me that he's chased LeBron James around criticizing him for 20 years. Is that the most honest and most vulnerable you've ever seen Skip Bayless? Has he ever been vulnerable in a way like that? I have not seen that before. I have not felt sad for the circus performer who goes out there and

makes a career out of you know hating on athletes. Anytime the Cowboys lose he's very emotional like cries into the camera on social media I feel like that's a pretty vulnerable point for him. He's thrown away a jersey about seven times. And his microwave is low remember he's got a low microwave. Yeah you guys know his brother is like a famous chef. Yeah Rick Rick Bayless. Yeah, it's like one of the best places to eat in O'Hare It is an actual restaurant. I went to city, but that's like But O'Hare is lacking food O'Hare needs to get its shit together What has like 17 McDonald's what more could you want it is it needs it needs help it needs a lot

It needs more frontier of that airport. I used to really like it and now, ah man. It's a struggle. It is the worst airport in America. It is a struggle getting through there, man. O'Hare, get your shit together. Put it on the poll at Lebatard Show, does O'Hare need to get its shit together respectfully? I'll fly into fucking Midway, all right?

I'm sick of O'Hare. If you fly into Midway, then you won't see those eight billion billboards with Breiner Locker with hair. But if you fly in the midway, then you won't see those eight billion billboards with brighter locker with hair. Yeah. Baylis, do you guys find anything amusing about the fact that Skip Baylis has a brother who is a world renowned gourmet chef, but he eats exactly the same thing every day and has the, and it's just chicken and broccoli.

His life is maniacal exercise, chicken and broccoli, and what are the sports takes I have to make tomorrow to hate everybody. They don't get along, by the way. That's what I heard. Rick and Skip Bayless, they're not cool. Maybe it's because of their mom. I mean, that clip, I wanted to laugh at it.

Yeah, it's hard to laugh at. Relatable content, not gonna lie. Mommy talk! I don't know what you guys are apologizing, or what you guys are applauding there. Mommy issues, yeah. Okay, applauding the mommy issues? People that have them, join the club.

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he's always been a not nice guy. I don't care for him and I hope he has the day he deserves. Stugats. I hope he has the day he deserves. That's how I get people when they're really mean to me. I'm not like go f yourself. I'm, I hope you have the day you deserve. It's a great kind, it's a great kind insult. Yes. It's beautiful. It's leaving it to the cosmos to sort it out. That's a less Southern bless your heart.

This is the Don LeVatar Show with the StuGuts. We had to get Dan the **** up out of here, man. Come on, man. We did. I had to deliver that with that sort of phrase because he was bringing the vibes down. We're having fun. We're talking about dick filler. We're giving asterisks.

And then here he comes with the grief. He wants to talk about Skip Bayless' mom. I'm not here for that. And Pat Sajak. And Pat Sajak and his questionable friendships. What are you here for? I'm here for fun, man. Huh.

I wanna start with my good friend Lucy. Oh, good friends? Yes. I didn't know we were at that level. We're good friends. Me, you,? I didn't know we were at that level. We were good friends. Me, you, Charles Barkley. That's how it works. So is she good friends with Charles Barkley too?

By the transit of properties. Next time you see Charles, be like, hey, my good friend. Lucy, what do you classify as like a friend? Like, as you said that you didn't know that you and Amin were good friends, but Amin thinks that you are good friends. I thought we were friends, but I didn't know you are good friends. I thought we were friends, but I didn't know we were good friends.

But now that I've heard that, I have the validation and I agree. Even though I met Lucy through the Dan LeBretard show, I know Lucy through prior to being part of the Dan LeBretard show. Wow. We have a mutual. Mutuals.

Charles Barkley. Can we salute Lucy right now for making the, what's this list? The sports media stars for 2024. Oh my God. What? And you're on the big what's this list? The sports media stars for 2024. Oh my God. That's my sister. What? And you're on the big game boomer list

of top 30 college football, it's a big year for Lucy. Lucy, you're not just my friend, you're my sister. I was honored to be on the list and then I, and I'm still honored to be on the list, but they listed like Bill Belichick and Nick Saban as like rising stars. Yeah. And I said, oh. Were they on the Big Boomers list too?

They were not. Well, there you go. To be fair, they are rising stars. They're finna take that media turn into commentary. So they're rising, but not as fast as my sister. And to be fair, also, you're on a list with Nick Saban and Bill Belichick for being the best in something. No, no, no, Billy.

They're on a list with her. Yeah. Boom. Lucy, you said something earlier today when we were mobbing out there in the sitting room that perked my ears because it is something I feel very passionate about, which is, when you get in an Uber and the Uber driver asks you, what do you do for a living? Your answer is?

I lie every single time. There you go, that's my sister, that's my sister. If you go into an Uber driver and you're like, I work for the Dan LeBattard show, million and 10 questions, they wanna ask me about Poppy? I don't know Poppy, so I really can't give an answer there. They wanna know who's on the show, and wow, why did they leave us behind?

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I am not in the mood for that conversation. So when they ask me, what do you do, Lucy? And I would lie about my name if my Uber driver app didn't already connect with my actual name. Usually when I lie to people about my name, I say my name's Julia. I think I can password Julia.

Yeah, I think it works. I always say I'm a fourth grade teacher and it's a really tough job, but it is so rewarding Bang and that's how they know you're lying. No No, that's just kidding. That's the not the little spice of nuance You need to give a texture to give a texture because I for a long time now Have had three different professions that I go with Depending on how I'm feeling that day the first, which is the first one I came up with,

was I'm a regional sales director for the Tonka Toy Truck Company. That is awesome. The southwest region, which is Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, not California, that's its own region. Pacific. What about Nevada? Wow.

Oh, and Nevada too, yes. Oh, okay, thank God. My Uber name is Raul. Yeah. They don't know who the hell I am. I be lying, Wow. Oh, and Nevada too, yes. Oh, okay, thank God. Yeah. My Uber name is Raul. Yeah. Yeah, they don't know who the hell I am. I be lying, like you say, I be, they be like, so what are you,

what are you doing in Miami for? Ah, I'm just out here visiting, man. I would never give them that, because like you said, I don't know who I'll pop me up to, whatever, who am I, you know? I usually lie about the city I'm from too, because I'm not normally taking a ton of Ubers in Miami,

and the way I get away with it is I just choose the city I've been to, and then when Ubers in Miami, and the way I get away with it is I just choose the city I've been to, and then when they start asking me questions about the city, I say, oh, I just moved there from Iowa, I'm just a small town girl, so I don't really know the city very well, but I'm excited to learn. I'm in a lonely world.

I was in an elevator on a cruise recently, and I was wearing an ESPN LA hat, and they had a lovely person ask me if I worked there. And if you want the rest of the story, you have to listen to God Bless Football, because that's how I met someone that changed the world. Changed the world? Changed the world.

Wow. Or just look on Twitter, Instagram, because I'm gonna put it out later. Story. Okay. You guys changed the world, you don't even realize, we changed the world. We did?

The Demotard Show was the first gambling company that did a media deal, or a content deal with the bad things. And now look at the world. We changed the world, bruh. So salute the hats off to us. Yeah, there we go. A round of applause. Your hat's still on though. I mean, I didn't get a line up. There you go. Roy did it. I also like to say- Roy got the at home line up. I don't do my boy like that bro. Roy would you ever throw your hat on the ice for a hat trick? No. Yeah you psych me as someone that would want to keep your hat.

Would you bring a separate hat? No. Hmm. No that's not my thing. I'm sorry I like my hats. Roy Panthers game 2's tonight. Yes! Yes absolutely. Yes the Panthers game twos tonight. Yes, yes, absolutely. Yes, the Panthers played the best game of the playoffs on Wednesday.

So yeah, but I expect the Rangers to bring the best. But if they can shut them down like they did on Wednesday, I mean, series is a wrap. Well, yes, if you don't allow them to score any goals, the series is a wrap. They can't win a game when they don't score. I'm not even talking about goal team, I'm talking about defensively.

They limit their shots like they did on Wednesday, then that's it. Was that an aberration, or was that like, I mean basically was that the equivalent of the Timberwolves clamping down on the Nuggets in game seven defensively? I wanna say it's an aberration. They did it all during the second round against the Bruins,

they did it against the first round, against the the Lightning so that's part of the game. The four check is going to shut them down in the offensive zone. It's very hard to exit the zone, the defensive zone for the Rangers so yeah that's that game. That's the Panthers game doing the four check in there. Four check, that's the word. You see what I'm saying? You said foursling. I said four check, foursling, I'm not, well I'm from the ghetto man. We don't know about them force

The the the great thing about this is win or lose this is unequivocally the greatest stretch of time in Panthers history Right these last three years like yes, they their first ever Stanley Cup final game last season. Before then, 1996 was the last time they went to the Stanley Cup final. They got swept by Colorado. And they had the best season they ever had the year before winning the President's Trophy. So yes, this is it.

You're living in the golden age. Yeah, five straight playoff seasons for the Panthers. Beforehand, it was 10 total. 10 total before their entire franchise. So five straight playoff appearances is almost like a dream for this franchise. So it's weird because most of the time, when you talk to fans in the moment,

and you say, yo, this is it, but y'all ain't never gonna win a championship. They don't think of this as like a great stretch. It feels like a disappointment, I feel like, to fans. I know for the Celtics it's different, but I talked to Charlotte about this a lot. You know when you think about the last like seven years, been fucking amazing, excuse me, for the Celtics, right? It's like, if you look at that, what they've done.

Given their history. Given their history. Given their history, but also given that most of the people who are watching and are fans, like they don't remember the 80s and they definitely don't remember, unless you're Bob Ryan, you don't remember Bill Russell and stuff. So you got a little bit of KG and Paul Pierce

in your memory banks. This is without a championship, it's a pretty good run. But they all look at it as like, man, what a bunch of bums. They couldn't get the job done. So I'm wondering whether like for Florida, is that because there's no like history or track record of success, do people appreciate this even without a championship?

I would hope so. In the moment. I mean, I don't believe that this generation of fans remember Bill Lindsay or Johan Goppenloff or Brian Scrutland from the 1960s. Oh, forget it. So Goppenloff. They appreciate him as much as Roy.

Look at his face. He don't show no happiness. That's the pulse of South Florida hockey right there. Yeah, I mean, this is a fun time. That's why they need you to turn up, bro. This is exciting, bro. I'm more excited about the Panthers than you feel there. Yeah, I mean this is a that's why they need to turn up, bro This is exciting, but I'm more excited about the Panthers do you feel like yeah? I don't want to get ahead of ourselves Roy But if they do win the Stanley Cup your name should be engraved on it. I

Don't know. No, no, well, let's be real Roy. You should be on a float. Oh, that's the plan. That is absolutely That's the plan. That is absolutely the plan. You get on the floor. Hold on. Who's got that plan? Hold on a second. But I had that plan. Hold on a second.

Roy likes to fancy himself a journalist who's impartial when it comes to hockey and the Panthers. So you do not belong on that float. You need to turn that invitation down as an impartial journalist. Here's the thing. I'm gonna be on that float interviewing players. No.

He's gonna be working as a guy of journalism. That's true. I'm gonna be filming it for you. Thank you. Interviewing players. Yeah Caprio inception exactly. Yeah, what if this is a dream? I Was actually hoping that we started this segment with Dan was never here. You guys dreamt that None of that was real What's that the Chicago Chicago Sky took down the New York Liberty. Liberty, Biberty. And the Jugees had 13-9.

They literally tweeted Liberty, Biberty. Come on, man. These young ladies are coming in the league making noise against Stewie. Everybody play. Yes, Juju, it was a really good game and it was Liberty's first loss of the season. And the Sky are playing already so much better and they don't even have

Camilla Cardoso Who's gonna make a huge impact when she why why does she play she has a shoulder injury? She she should be back in like a couple weeks like she's starting to practice again I think so hopefully she'll be back soon So he's saying she's a quick healer, which I want to know the science behind what that means So did you dream this or did this actually happen? Yeah, I play I spent the top and it fell over what that means. All right. So did you dream this or did this actually happen? This happened. Oh, okay. No, she said you dreamed it. The dream played on Tuesday. Yeah, I played, I spent the top and it fell over.

Oh, gotcha. Oh, man. That's real. Juju, how cool is it though for Teaspoon to get a win? Right in New York. She went back in New York and got that done. She's throwed out like done last night. She was like, yeah, good game ladies.

All right, I know that locker room was turnt. Salute to Teaspoon. Exactly. It's her first year, right? Yeah. This is maybe like two navel gazing of myself, but there's three Notre Dame players on the sky. That's how navel gazing works, by the way.

But this might be extreme. And I've heard people call this guy the Skyrish. Oh, okay. If anyone out there is a graphic designer and can make a Skyrish logo and put it on a shirt. I will pay you money. Real hard cash. Do you? Challenge accepted.

Why do we navel gaze? Like what's the meaning behind navel gaze? Because it's like you're such a narcissist, you're like, look at my belly button. You're staring at yourself. Oh my God. Staring at your navel? So like your navel area?

This is the most inner you. You're gazing at it. Gazing at it. Gazing at my navel area? Yeah, yeah. It's the most inner you. You're gazing at it. Yeah, gazing at it. Gazing at my navel. Naily button, basically. Well, it's kind of what's in the sight line. It's all you, basically.

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This is the Dan Lebatard Show with the Stugatz. What are your other two fake Uber jobs? Oh, there's one where I say I am an administrator at a hospital at HR. I help the nurses who have RNs get BSNs and if they have a BSN, I encourage them to get MSNs. You get one in nursing education, nursing practice, or you could do, what's the other one? Basically, I just do hospital talk and as you could tell, it's like no one wants to hear the hospital talk. So that usually kills all conversation very quickly. That is so good.

You give just enough detail where it's so believable, but it's the perfect boring job. Exactly, like the amount of detail where it's believable, and also I don't want to hear this anymore, right? Like as I'm talking, I'll talk about, I help the nurses get the RNs if they have their BSNs, if they don't, then I help them get the MS, like I talk like that and they're like, you know what, we got it, buddy.

Do you ever like go off the rails with it? Like sometimes if I'm really feeling it, I had an Uber driver that just was like kind of being like a dick, like he was just saying like stuff that I was like really out of pocket. So I just kept extensively lying more and more and more and I was telling them about my twin brother and how we just got separated for the first time

and how distraught I've been since then. Rose was in the car for this and she could not hold it together. I was like, girl, you really gotta be tougher. Rose poker face is nonexistent. Does not exist. Number two, see Lucy, now this is where we diverge because my mission in the uber is to not talk

So anything what I'm trying to do is to kill any part of the conversation. It's it's not even hey, where do you work? I don't want them to talk about asking about poppy which happens all the time as well It's I don't want you to ask me anything. I want you to be like it's the most boring person I've ever had in my car look Stephen Stephen Kober on YouTube says what happens when someone asks you to save their sister? Or like help, you're the doctor. What do you do? Oh no, I'm not a doctor.

No, he's an administrator. I'm an HR. Stephen Colbert asks us that? Yeah, big fan. Yeah, he don't lie, he don't, I mean, Colbert, not Colbert, it's Stephen Colbert, salute. Colbert. The third job, Billy.

I try to flip it on the driver, and I ask them a bunch of questions. That's still talking though, I don't wanna tell you. I was fine talking to people. That tracks. I asked them. I learn a lot about people. What'd he ask?

Well, I mean, one time, I think Tony, you were in the Uber, right? When we were in South by Southwest and the guy was just telling us about all the guns he had and we're like, oh, okay. Oh yeah, well no, that guy was ex-military though, so he was a PI and I think he gave us a card, didn't he? He's like, hey, if you ever need some private investigating, I got you we're like, oh, okay cool. Really? I think that is interesting

I wouldn't mind that one if that's what's well, I got the Glock 9 in the car But I mean if you really want the arsenals at the house, I carry a knife with me, too I'm really like, oh sure I don't think it made air and I'm gonna be as vague about this as possible because I don't want to put anyone's business Out there, but do you remember the guayabed a store guy like what I was asking to show me in the back of the store? I love talking to people What do you have a okay? They're pretty big gun a couple. You know I'm not saying anything I'm just saying don't rub big Draco. You're like I like that good. You knew I like that

Don't rob that store. You know who else likes talking to people? Anthony Edwards, and they got a big game tonight. Do you think that they can bounce back and pull even tonight, or do you think that the Mavs have their number? No. In my opinion, go ahead. No numbers, no numbers, no numbers. This is a really tight series,

this is gonna get tied up tonight, and here's why, man. Because a lot of people are looking at it like, what happened? I said, well number one, there is an emotional toll to going seven games, let alone going seven games and winning game seven on the road. Let alone going seven games,

winning game seven on the road after you were down more like the biggest comeback basically in the history of a game seven. And also at altitude, and also they're the defending champs, right? They pulled that one. So it's hard, even though it's two days in between, it's hard to kind of recalibrate for a new series the other part of it is

anthony edwards i think we're gonna see some different coverages cuz they have the edwards guard a carry and kary went off in the first half in second half not so much but that's it is tiring i like it like people think it's a walk in the park like all you got lit up is all you not like you got lit up, well alright let me go over here and score. That's really, really energy consuming and so I think they're gonna figure out some different coverages.

He'll guard them sometimes, but not as exclusively as he did in game one because dude, like how else are you supposed to keep energy and also be the best offensive player on the other side? Right, it's like chasing Richard Hamilton back in the day. Is it easier for Ant to guard Luca? It's a crazy question, because the thing is, Luca is not as mobile as Kyrie, right?

Kyrie makes a lot of things happen. Luca feels like gets a lot of stuff above the three-point line and then kind of just goes in. I don't know if it's easier because. Not easier, but you know what I mean. It's different, right? Because Luca has the ball more. So now you're actively defending for more,

and that takes a toll. Number two, Luca's physical. People will look at it because he's kind of doughy or whatever, but that shit hurts, man. These aren't like love taps that he's hitting you with, and he's not just purely crossing you up like Kyrie. He's putting his shoulder into you. Tacking you down. Yeah, and he can get you in foul trouble too, crossing you up like Kyrie, he's putting his shoulder into you. So, yeah.

And he couldn't get you in foul trouble too, more likely to. Cause he's trying to, he's hunting for it. So, I think there is, cause to me there's always two types of exhaustion you get on defense. One of them is the one that we all know, is like the physical exhaustion. I had to run around and chase him,

he was crossing me up, I had to go and navigate screens, I got hit by the screen, he was posting me up. But had to go and navigate screens. I got hit by the screen. He was posting me up. But then there's a mental exhaustion. I'm just tired of thinking because you can't just guard them. You have to be thinking about everything else that's happening around you and where's the help and where are they trying to do and what's his exit strategy. If we trap him here, he's going to try to throw this pass over.

Right. And if it gets out, do I rotate? Am I in rotation? All these things. Making a defender think is, I think, the biggest thing a star offensive player can do. Like, if you're in a case where, like, the defender doesn't have to think, all I gotta do is just guard you.

There's a physical exhaustion for sure, but the lack of mental exhaustion makes it easier for them, I think. And the problem with the Mavericks is both of those guys beyond the physical exhaustion, they make you think. I gotta think about what's gonna happen next. Right. Like Jason Tatum, he don't make you think, bro.

Don't make you think. At all. He's like, hopefully he shoots his up. Yep, fade away. Yep. Thank God. Is Ant too good of a defender to not have on one of those two guys Having playing kind of like safety. I'm gonna say no

He's not it's not that he's not that good of a defender. It's that they have so many other options He doesn't need to do that. That's why I said in spurts in moments in okay, like he's going off All right, and shut it down and then we hand it back off to McDaniel's or you know Yeah, like those guys you had like that's the beauty of the Timberwolves is they actually have a lot of dudes that can do that stuff you don't have to have him doing all the time which is by the way what Michael Jordan did everyone talk about Michael Jordan being a great defensive player which he was but they put him on like the easy cover because he didn't need to he didn't need to they had Scottie they had other options defensively kind of let him freestyle yeah even Mike Connelly on like the easy cover because he didn't need to. He didn't need to. They had Scotty.

They had other options defensively. Kind of let him freestyle. Yeah. Even Mike Conley can stand as a buffer until the hill comes or something. We're talking about, you know, 23 feet out, right? As soon as it started getting to paint, now we can collapse and peel off

and do all those other things. Did you guys see A-Rod? And I hate kind of saying A-Rod's corny, but A-Rod's kinda corny. So he has his situation with the Timberwolves where he's a minority owner, but we're not exactly sure what's going on there. He put out a video yesterday on Instagram

where he says that he has this new lunch routine where he has to make a shot because he's working on his basketball. So he has to make a shot because he's working on his basketball. So he has to make a shot before he can go and eat. And his court has a giant Timberwolves logo in the middle of it. And he has to go and he misses a bunch of times. Then he goes and he makes a shot

before he goes upstairs to eat like a salad. So this is what I'm gonna say. Yes, is that corny? Absolutely. But then I thought, I mean, if you owned a team, like you'd be doing corny shit like that. That's the whole point of having these things at your disposal, is I can do this corny shit

and you can't say nothing to me. Also, he's got a court in his backyard. Why does it have not even the college streets? That's a high school 3.1. Come on, bro. I don't like how you say yes, and some of us say no. That's making it a week, like you celebrate, that's a high school 3.1. Come on, bro. I don't like how you say yes as soon as he says it.

That's making it a week, like you celebrate, now I can eat my salad. I tell my kid all the time, don't celebrate making shots. You just made shots. Let's just make the shot and keep it moving. I want him to have like a villain turn. Like I want him to just drop the act. I want him to just be real.

He is a villain. No, but like he doesn't like admit it. You know what I mean? Like I want him to just be like a real for a little bit and like hey How about we stop working out and we get rid of the abs and we have a little gut But how about we have a little fun and how we're not just so polished all the time How about we just turn it off for like three weeks that would make him more likable though. I know that's what I want I want like a likable bad guy. That's not a villain. I want nwo a rod You know what I mean? Like I want like a likable bad guy. I want NWO A-Rod, you know what I mean?

Like I want him to be the bad guy that everybody likes. I want him to be, the villain turn I want is the LeBron, you gotta go back to your miserable lives. Like I want him to come. Like you pours. Yeah, like the, oh yeah, you mad that I get to shoot Jays in my backyard and then go upstairs to eat my salad with my abs out? You mad?

Like I want him to be like that. Not like, hey guys, this is like my little summertime routine. I've got to get better at basketball. I really want him to get back with J.Lo. I feel like they matched each other so perfectly. Yeah. And both being the worst. I cared about them together,

but didn't care about either one of them separate. And I don't know why. Did you see that birthday cake that she got for him that one year when he was doing the baseball tonight I cared about them together, but didn't care about either one of them separate When he was doing the baseball tonight and she bought the baseball the birthday cake for him what was it it was the plainest birthday Not the only birthday cake you got him a right Yeah, cuz she's famous for her but. I thought they slept in separate rooms. Did they? What? She was in that booth, remember?

She just like, they turned on the Sunday night baseball and like, oh, JLo's just hanging in the back row for some reason, she's helping a pro. Do you remember those videos where she was like quizzing him on the teams and she's like, here she is in a dry erase board. She's like, what do you know about the Orioles? Backup shortstop is like, guys, come on. No, there it is. Get dry erase board. She's like, what do you know about the Orioles? Back up shortstop.

It's like, guys, come on. No, there it is. Get the cake. That's a public's cake. That's a public's cake. That's it? That's real? That's a public's cake. That was for A-Rod, bro.

Just happy birthday. That's it. It's a white cake that says happy birthday. Not even a name. Not even candles to give us an idea how old, right? She brought it up to baseball tonight in front of Adnan, whoever the hell was up there, everybody.

I'm like, bro, don't bring this up here. Ha ha ha! Adnan! That's a great name drop right there. Yo, I was going to disagree with you guys. As I know, I like her with Ben because I like the dichotomy of he just doesn't give a shit, and she clearly gives a shit all the time.

But now you guys reminded me all these fun stories. Like, there is something about two frauds being together. Wait, hold on, do I need to put the sounder on? It's fine. She hasn't checked her history dating, but. I'm not even, just talking about like the fact that there's a manufactured layer that faces the world. Yeah, like Ben Affleck, I won't say he seems like crazy real

but he seems more authentic than she does. It seems like he's just over, like he's just over everything. He's over it all. Yeah, like. He's so done. He seems so sad. Guys, he was so into that. He was in her movie, I'm sorry,

and he played a weird character in a costume. Like he was into that shit. You cannot tell me that he was like, oh, I'm so embarrassed about her movie that she's making. No, he was like the second main character. No, but he like in the documentary about the movie actively was like, I really wish you wouldn't make this. Like, why would you be in it?

In a dumb costume? It's your wife. I feel like you just kinda gotta do it. He sound like Dan. He come in here complaining about wearing costumes, knowing good and well you wanna wear this costume. Exactly, Juju, exactly. No, I'ma fight back on this.

Jessica, you ask why a man would do something that his woman asked him to do? But like, he'd get mad into it. It's not just like, oh yeah, I'll do it because it means a lot to her. Like, no, it wasn't like he had a little cameo as himself. He was into that shit, I'm telling you. Watch the movie, or don't.

No, he was just a news guy. He was barely in it in a costume prosthetics. It was weird He was doing a bit. I'm not talking about is all day like No one's seen this movie Mark it Roy. I got it actively It was so funny because he was the one who when she called it the greatest love story like ever told he was like Well, you're or never told he was like, well, you're telling it now. You're telling it. There's like an actual quote of him saying that.

See, now I'm back. Now I'm back on J-Lo and Bennifer. Yeah, me too. Oh man, this is- They're on the rocks though, allegedly. This is heartbreaking. What? Yeah, there've been rumors.

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