DLS HOOPS: Juju Talks His Rap Career, the Aces, and Ellie the Elephant

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joey chuck 92 says as a fan without a w team how should i choose i'm a sixes fan do i wait five years for the philly team if you don't have a team already i got two words for you Ryan Howard, you feel me?

I encourage you to go ahead and hop aboard the Atlanta Dream Dream Train right now because think about it.

You're not a bandwagoner.

We haven't won in a while.

We're not necessarily the top of the list.

If you go with New York Liberty, guess what you are, sir, opposer?

You just got here.

They're the champs.

What are you doing?

Even if you go with the Aces, I feel like, okay, we've heard that before.

Now,

the Minnesota Lynx.

If you want to go there,

if you have a problem with Atlanta, don't like the players or anything, I suggest you go with the links because they have,

of course, MVP number one.

But they got the stud boys over there, man.

They be having such a good time.

I think they're so easy to root for that anybody in any walk of life just tuning in, you will like them links.

So, yeah, links, but my bias opinion, give the Atlanta dream some love, brother.

Salute.

R.D.

Mancini says, Alyssa Thomas and why she's an underappreciated all-time great and should be getting louder.

MVP chatter.

Yeah.

I think her MVP chatter should be a dab lighter, even though she loses to the dream every time she steps on the court with them.

But I think she should also get way more credit.

Sis ain't got no shoulders, bruh.

Sis' shoulders is like out of here.

She refuses to get the surgery.

I don't know what it's called, torn labrums.

Whatever it's called, it's torn on both of them.

And she did be shooting that thing like this.

I think she hit one three-pointer her entire career because, heh, and she still, she got a triple-double yesterday.

She still does everything that coach asks her and more.

Never really not an all-star, all-star performances.

Like she, USA squad last year, she is definitely, definitely one of the stars of the league who should be talked about more.

And just for her, man, a lot of people are so focused on scoring these days and so focused on being the man.

Man, in that world, bro, she be dishing it.

She could get 10 more points a game if she really, really just wanted to go for stats.

But since we got that dishing it, oh, my wife opened up, up, K-COP.

And so, yeah, you right, bro.

She should be mentioned way more right now in that MVP chatter.

but I don't know if she will get it just because you get spanked by the dream every single time I seen you go out there, neither here nor there.

Salute.

Red and gold 24, and the Mad Sailors say Vegas is four to one since Jewel Lloyd went to the bench, but the one game they played against a good team, they lost by 50 plus.

So, are we looking at a turnaround, or did they just benefit from a soft schedule?

And have we ever seen year to year drop off as drastic as the Aces?

Yeah, man.

the aces

i definitely don't think that their schedule is the reason for them putting it together as well as

that 50 point loss came against the links like you got to be fundamentally sound you got to have a plan you got to be working and running on all cylinders when you go against the links links ain't gonna play with you you see they new york liberty is still trying to beat the links for the first time this year still this day i mean they play tomorrow night so i don't know when you're going to hear this, but the Liberty have lost to them, what, three straight times already this year on home court, on another court, wherever.

It don't matter.

So I think that the Aces, we can't fault them for

50 points.

Yeah, you're right.

I was finna try to make up a little soliloquy, but you can't get beat by 50.

I don't give a damn who you're playing.

I don't give a damn if you're playing the Bulls.

You're not finna be losing by 50 points.

So you're right.

They got to get it together.

But I do see more promise in them because Jewel going to the bench voluntarily, might I add, has been a better look for them.

They made that camaraderie get together, especially after you lose an all-star guard and Kelsey Plum.

That's what people don't necessarily talk about enough when it comes to the aces.

Kelsey Plum was a dog, is a dog.

If Azure ain't got it for this quarter, for this stanza, Kelsey going at you to the hole, no matter what, and one, and foul, getting contact.

Miss devoid of that, they're still trying to get it together.

But I don't think

50-point losses, 50-point loss, but I don't think that their schedule has anything to do with that 4-1.

I think it's just this part of the season.

You can get it together if you're a together getting it team.

If that makes sense, if it don't make sense, find me $2.

But salute to the question.

Dale 305 says, I'd love to hear Juju talk about Deja Night Carrington finding her joy in Minnesota.

Yeah,

I mean,

it's easy to find your happiness when you jump on the number one team up seven games in the playoffs standing.

I find me some happiness too.

You go from Dallas who getting the dog behind kicked out of them every game almost.

Salute to Paige.

I see you.

You know, you already know what time it is, but it's not your fault.

It's just ran in a certain way that's just not

working for me.

Like, I don't know what's happening in Dallas for real.

It'd be times where back when they had Nelissa Smith, her girlfriend, you feel me?

Like, they would have her on the bench and times.

I'm like, put list in.

Like, what's happening?

She ain't played but two minutes in the second half.

So, imagine going from that, even DJNA, excuse me, pardon me, three Janae these days, because

what?

At the end of the day, you go from having a what, battle for minutes with Grace Berger.

Salute to Grace Berger, no disrespect.

But you go from there to

the number one team in the league.

Down on the list, Nafisa call you right now.

And them girls say, you know what?

We need you right now.

They're making her feel like we need your toughness.

We need you a part of what we got going on.

We need you to do the bus stop after the game.

We need you, sis.

And she bought in because you have an option to buy in or think all that shit goofy or whatever.

Nah, sis got the pink hair now.

Courtney, everybody showing a love.

Jessica Shepard, everybody showing her love when she got there.

So I think that it's a great move.

And it's not hard to be motivated when you're around love.

And I think that's a message, even to Dallas.

Bruh, lead more with some love.

And then you won't have fans in the crowds.

We won't know La Chance was coming from the crowd because they're sick of the coach.

When you got that going on, Maisha Hines Allen had to go and tell the fans, hey, come on, man, we love our coach.

That's when you get away from stuff like that, you can find a little happiness no matter where you go.

I feel like if sis would have gone to Connecticut, she would have been more happy than she is right now.

But great question.

Salute to you, dog.

718 Chocolate and Dickie, Tikki Tembo, say, is Ellie the Elephant the best mascot in the W?

And best mascot in sports might be a debate, but Ellie boat races all others in the W.

718 chocolate, you feel me?

What a name.

You got to know, man.

Salute.

Is Ellie the Elephant the best mascot?

I don't know, bruh.

Blooper from the Braves is hilarious.

The Fanatic in Philly is pretty awesome.

The Phoenix Sun still got that gorilla.

I don't know.

Work on that, y'all.

We need to get that mascot together, brother.

We can't still be with the gorilla

in 2025 as your match guy.

Neither here nor there.

Let's see, football.

Rampage for the Rams.

He's pretty awesome.

I don't know.

You might have a point because no one I'm mentioning is as awesome as Ellie.

Ellie come out

clocking T.

She got on fans.

She boots on the ground.

Ellie got the Beyonce moves down pat.

You might be courtside.

Ellie might just be twerking on you.

Oh, I mean, we'll get in there like Ellie got it going on for real, for real.

So, you might be right that Ellie, you know what?

I'm gonna agree, I'm gonna agree because Ellie got a championship ring, too.

That's what folks don't even know about.

Ellie got her Ellie size championship ring from the Liberty that she just be rocking, man, because she's just a big, a big part of that team as the fans are.

You feel me?

A little bit more, probably, because she be hyping them up.

I seen Ellie on the all-state commercial, man, with John Quill.

What the hell?

So yeah, she's the best mascot in all the sports right now.

Now,

a lot of teams don't have a mascot.

I'm not pointing any fingers or any elbows, but some teams don't even have a mascot.

And I think that if some teams could find themselves a mascot, we could get in some running because

I feel like a mascot from this place right here

will be like, bro, we'll have it all together.

We'll have the best mascot hands down.

But for right now, in reality, in this plane that we live in, Ellie got it.

Salute to Big Ellie.

Tethered Urkel says, Who is considered the best coach in the WNBA?

All-time and current.

I'll hang up and listen.

Oh, my goodness, the all-time is scary.

I don't want to leave out people.

All-time best coach in the W.

Oh, my goodness.

Van Chancellor, I mean,

four in a row

with swoops, big swoop, dog, with uh coop, dog, team, the Tina Tomp, dog.

Like, bro, I don't know if you can go,

you can't beat four in a row.

So, salute to Van, bro.

Van, the all-time.

If you go four in a row, then talk to me.

But you ain't went four in a row, can't.

I don't, I don't,

that's how

you feel me now.

These days,

man,

I like what sis out there.

She's doing out there in Golden State.

I love what she's doing first year and contender.

But Sandy Brandello,

Becky Hammond,

Minnesota coach, Cheryl is the best coach in the league right now.

I'm going to go ahead and go with Cheryl.

I would say for damn sure it ain't the Dallas coach.

Coach Coke Lannis, it ain't too big, bro.

So you don't got to worry about that i also like my sister though fever coach right now stephanie white bro like what she did with connecticut cannot be understated like connecticut was never like that but they were always

like that

you feel me like she definitely she look she went over and replaced miss christy sides for a reason because she's just that good of a coach so stephanie white definitely deserves like an honorable mention in this.

But Cheryl, man, Cheryl Reeves, bro.

I think like she done been there, done that, won with these folks, brought it back.

Yeah, man, Cheryl, salute.

Jay Felici, 3089, says, Can Juju speak on his early music career that involved the God Fahim and Mark Hammy?

Juju's contributions were great.

And wonder why he hasn't continued collaborating with them.

Yeah, salute, man.

The God Fahim, Mark Hami, man.

And look, them my dolls.

Like, we came up together as far as like

a specific time in life.

You know what I mean?

Like, them boys still rapping they behinds off right now, too.

So, go check out Machami on every platform you can right now.

And the God Fahim on every platform, the 50 tape legend.

I think it's up to about 70 of them boys right now.

Always forever gonna ride for them.

Whenever I started doing this sports stuff,

we just moved to different places and moved to different areas in life.

And you know, my dog Mark got the deals on

you feel me.

My boy going crazy, and my dog Phi, he done started a family, so yeah, bro.

We, we still, I'm still cool as hell with the game, but at the same time, I just haven't had time enough to focus kind of on that side of life, which is my one of my downfalls.

Like, I think that I want to do music so bad,

but waking up every day, if you don't know out there, we tape our show, what

we go live at 9 a.m.

and finish around noon.

And for some reason, I haven't got my wiggle together, my pace together to be as confident as I supposed to be while I'm doing this show.

That has taken up a lot of my mental health space, you dig?

And so, times where I'm used to writing and spinning and going to the booth, which I still do, I'm usually these days spending time in therapy.

I'm spending time working on my mentor, working on myself, chilling with my girl.

You feel me?

Like, I'm giving them pretty much all of my time.

And I've neglected that part of myself for real, if I'm being honest, that I do need to dust off.

You feel me?

Because that's where my true happiness lies.

Even though I love doing the alley oop, I love doing this sports thing, but it's not my true passion.

So I think that's a great question.

I think that question is a great reminder to wake the hell up, Jew.

You know, your passion is that music.

You know, you want to spit.

Whether it's bars on bars, dunk tapes, or whether it's Atlanta music that make you feel good.

It got to be something coming out more than what I'm putting forth.

You're right, bro.

I did a song for the Atlanta Dream right now to kind of shake off some cardworks.

Them folks been playing it in the arena, you feel me?

Salute to all the DJ, DJ Chalet, DJ Mohawk.

You got the no, man.

Let's go back down a dream.

Let's go back down a dream.

Let's go back down a dream.

You're right.

I'm going to get back in the booth.

I'm going to get back in the booth like I post to, but because that's the ultimate goal for me.

That's where my ultimate happiness lies.

So I got you, family.

Salute.

I don't give a damn like an idea with no time to kill.

I'm a fearless.

Hey, Tony.

Hey, Mike.

Hey, man.

The summer's almost ending, man.

I can't get that.

There's no way.

There's no way.

I am excited about cooler temperatures, but down here in South Florida, that just means slightly less boiling.

Hot.

It's been a pretty incredible summer.

We've had a parade down here.

We've grown our family down here at Metal Arc Media.

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