Alley Oop 145: Giannis & the Bucks Are Breaking Up?! | Wemby Dominates Off the Bench + Steph’s Sneaker Era

you feel today, sis?

Sometimes I just look at you right before we go and like we both kind of like lock eyes like we're at the get out party, the get out barbecue, and we just start we just start cracking up and I don't even know if we're cracking up at the same thing.

What numbered jersey do you have on for the Orlando Magic? It's not five. Is it Penny? Oh, man.

Is it Penny? It's Penny. Penny Hardaway.
Yes, Sersky.

I thought it was maybe going to be Jalen Suggs who talked about man that needs to come on home was absolutely going bananas in the NBA Cup

before he ended up getting hurt, Juju.

Exactly, bro.

We're going to go straight to the cup, man, because the bruh, this cup has become entertaining. And I know around the world, we get flack about, man, this this NBA Cup don't count.

Or the Lakers, they hung up the banner in their damn thing.

News Flash, America, you only call it the Super Bowl because one day they called it the Super Bowl and they still doing it. I got more news.
You know, all those messy raising the cup over there.

Oh, international La Liga. I don't know what none of that shit mean.
I just respect the cup being raised. You feel me?

So I feel like in 20, 30 years, we ain't going to be like this don't count, especially if we getting this type of tournament involved every single season. You already know who I want to go.

You got that look on your face. A person that you saw in person the other day.
Bruh, take it away, sis. So, I mean, first and foremost, shout out to the Knicks.

They're going to be in the cup finals tonight against

the Oklahoma. Nope, Eric Psych, the San Antonio Spurs, who Wemby, despite he respects the cup, obviously, Juju, because he comes back his first game off of injuries.
I think he missed, what, 12 games?

That's the first one. He decides to come back in a very competitive setting in a crowd that was so pro-San Antonio.
We didn't know how many minutes he was going to get, Juju.

And I had the, I don't even know how I got just locked up into sitting right in front of Sam Presti. Damn.

AA section six, AA, seat one, and seat two. And I had a front row seat as the whole crowd was screaming, Wamby, Wamby, Wamby.
And they were down like 15 points.

And I'm like, well, why did he even bring Wemby in? At this point, just let him chill out. And no, Wemby comes in, Juju.
He is a plus 20

in seven minutes. And right before halftime, I saw, I even videotaped it and put this on threads.
ISO on me, baby. I see, I saw on me.
Three cuts to lead to three at halftime, Juju.

Let's, uh, Miss Rebecca, play some of this Wemby insane highlights.

Coming off that capstream. Harper, pull up, Jay.
No.

Go-go-gadget arms.

Wimbanyama will bring it up. Harper now.

Sam Penny flicks the wrist. No good.
Go go gadget knee. Bench aboard for Wimbanyama.
It's a different game now. Harper is lonely.
Wow. It's a different game now.

They forgot. That's the first round people.

Uh-oh.

Uncle Gadget arm showed off the reach and then had it stolen away

by A.J. Mitchell.
San Antonio is quite a listen. Here's the thing.
This is what stuck out to me.

When Wemby is in the game, it doesn't matter whether you have monsters from the mid-range like Shake Yildis Alexander, like AJ Mitchell, like Chet,

like any of these people. The paint is under construction, Okay, there are cones all the way inside of it.

They've got people standing there with the stop sign in your mind because you're not going anywhere near there just based on his go-go gadget arms.

So, what that means, Juju, is I don't mean to get all nerdy, put my glasses on in terms of how the basketball-like chain reaction goes.

But then the guards on the perimeter, the stuffed castles of the world, the Dylan Harper's of the world, the Arison Barnes of the world, they can get super aggressive and get up into your gym shorts, go body to body with you because the game is already physical from Oklahoma City's perspective, and then cause you into a 24-second shot clock violation because now they're not worried if you cook them.

Wemby's right there with the Go-Go Gadget arms. It is incredible to watch his impact where he is before our eyes.

I'm not saying he's the best player in the NBA, but I think he's the most impactful player in the nba because they just turned into a team that you're like i want to see them go seven games with oklahoma city and they were getting blown out before he entered the game right it's like as soon as he entered the game the music changed it was like the crowd went crazy they was down yeah yeah yeah okay see normally up again like you say what 15 points it's all going to plan then

oh

hold on wait he ain't on the he on the roster tonight and then from that point again like you said, bro, he just persisted to dominate in every facet.

Not just shooting, not just rebounding, not just blocking, not just dribbling up the court. All of them together like that.
You did. Which, to me,

and we're going to switch the subject a little bit and stay the same.

This proves to me why the San Antonio Spurs don't even need to worry about what's going on with Giannis Anza Tacumpo. They don't need to worry about none of that.

They got a young core, the rookie of the year. Two of them, last two in a row, could be going on three right now with Young Dillon.
He's looking that good. And you know what that salary look like?

Rookie contract after rookie contract. You got him young.
Like, okay, C got him. You feel me? All you got to do is pay De'Aaron to be De'Aaron.

I don't think they should even worry about Giannis, the sweep states. I think what they got right now is good enough to compete for a championship very soon.
What you think? Good point.

De'Aaron Fox, by the way, when you see him live up like close, close, he has these jets, these afterburners, where like everybody's sprinting, right?

And then like he pulls away where you're like, wow, is that even possible? His speed is unreal. They've got guys like Devin Vessell who are just getting into the flow of the game.

They're turning into 3nd D guys, even though he's got one of the deepest bags, I think, underratedly in the league. He can even

do everything. You've got Harrison Barnes there on the perimeter shooting threes.
You've got two guys that can put pressure on the paint in Dylan Harper and Steph Castle.

What they're able to do when they're putting pressure on the rim

is very Oklahoma City-esque. And defensively, they're Oklahoma City-esque.
This thing was a very physical battle. You had Steph Castle getting to plug up his nose.
He's bleeding.

They're scratched in the face. So, yeah, I think you're right.
Why mess around and try to get Giannis? Giannis is going to change the entire recipe. It's going to be like putting

like tri-tip in the gumbo. We don't need any tri-tip in the gumbo.
Tri-tip's great on its own. We got this whole thing working as a masterpiece, Juju.
Speaking of which, Juju, we need to ask,

are the Milwaukee Bucks the most delusional franchise?

Because they believe they can do something to keep Giannis.

The new news that is trending right now, new news, the Milwaukee Bucks are looking to make a significant addition with their assets and their talent to convince Giannis onto Takumpo to say, to stay per Milwaukee Bucks reporter, Eric Neem.

Bruh look.

You ever been to the,

you know when you be at the club? Well, this is for guys kind of. You be at the club late.
Now, at around 12 o'clock, you saw something. Y'all locked eyes, and you can know you can go over there.

But she, she, you know what I mean? I don't know if she's exactly your type. So, you're going to wait for the next one.
And then one o'clock coming, you get another one. Oh, my God.

She is on you, too. And you know what, but I don't know.
Oh, girl over there giving me the eye. You mess around and wait till three o'clock.

The club come on, the lights come on, and now everybody's done got taken. Nobody is messing with you.
Nobody's available for you anymore. That's what the books are going to be.

They're going to mess around and go home alone. They're going to mess around.
The next year is going to start. They're going to be with the desert

in their bed with them. Nothing's going to work out.
You feel me? And that's what I see for them. They're not the goofiest because the Mavericks are still right there in front of our faces.

We see them. But at the same time, bro, the butts are going to mess around and find out.
ASAL. They are.

I mean, ultimately, you have to trade him before the value is so ludicrously low that no one will give you anything that you want.

My analogy is different. And I think you're right.
You're totally on par. But like, the Bucs to me feel like that husband or a wife that has been told by their partner, I'm done.
We need to start.

Getting lawyers, separating assets, figuring out a schedule with the kids.

And then that other partner comes back and is like, well, I believe we can salvage this.

a third, I've got a third therapist for us to go to couples counseling for. This one's got crystals, this one's got acupuncture.
I'm willing to change. You know what?

Maybe we can add somebody else into the mix. I'll go open if you want.
Just reeks of desperation. It's over, Milwaukee.
It's never going to happen.

Once he is a free agent, you will lose him. He is not extending.
And also, Juju, what assets do they have?

Kyle Kuzma? What picks do they have? They gave them all away for Dame Lillard and for Drew Holiday. Over and over and over again, they've been depleted.
There's nothing left for you. Have no moves.

The only move is to trade beyond us. Yeah, that's the only move.

My boy Steph Curry has been wandering inside of each arena every night on a generational shoe run. First of all, he put the Asia Wilson's on.
He put the Ant-Man's on. Go ahead.

He's going crazy. Is there a better?

Like, I never knew how much I needed Steph Curry in a pair of AE1s. Right, bro.
I never knew how much I needed Steph Curry in a pair of Sabrinas, in a pair of

Asia Wilsons. And what that's telling me outside of the Ant Everest shoe is that what's super important to steph is elevating the women's game in ways that only, and maybe even more, than Kobe did.

He wanted to add Caitlin Clark to the Under Armour roster. They said no.
He wanted to add Sabrina Ionescu Yonescu to the Under Armour roster. They said no.

Over and over and over again, he's trying. AZ Fudd, he's recruiting.
And you just lose over and over again. And you're whack-ass sneakers, they've got to go.

And now he's on a generational run of not just putting on heat on his feet, but showing us that he is maybe AI in the human being.

He said, Throw it to me.

Yeah, he needs to pass. We want him to have that assist.
Come on, man, from downtown. He's on fire.
What the hell is going on? Now, hell no.

Because imagine doing that motion with your arm in the basketball. Like, I don't even know if I could throw any kind of accurate wave that way.

Juju, where it's curved in the air.

Exactly, bro. I'm talking about wet.
Like, draws. He draws from the other tunnel.
What in the world is this? What are we watching? Wimby is an alien, and so is Steph Curry.

Like, that's what's going on right now. Because ain't no way in hell.

I got to see that with my own eyes. And now that brings us to a section of the show we like to call Boy Stop.

Okay, the first one, I think there was some debate over who should have taken the technical here. I just walked into the free throw line.
Why wouldn't I?

I mean, I'd have been okay with Luca taking it too. We've both been in pressure situations.
But I just took it. I mean, unfortunately, I missed it, but I made up for it.

Why did LeBron shoot that technical after that? Whose decision is that?

After the Brooks attack. So guys were out on the court.
We had kind of left. Luca and I talked.
I thought Luca was going to shoot it. I walked back.
LeBron was in the free throw line. He shot it.

I don't know what the dialogue on the court was. And,

you know, we did this

at some point last year.

You know, early in the season, we kind of designated, here's who's going to shoot the technicals. And, you know, every team is different.
Sometimes it's the superstar.

Sometimes it's the best free throw shooter. Sometimes it's a guy who maybe needs to see the ball go in the basket.
Like it's all situational.

But Lucas should have shot that. Yeah.
First and foremost, Juju, aren't you guys like designating who takes the free throw for technical fouls? And

LeBron's just like, well, I just walked up there and took it. I didn't F it.
Like, why not? Why wouldn't it be me?

It's like, LeBron, because you're 41, you're coming off of injury, and it's not your team anymore.

And you shoot like under the allotted amount of percentage that a technical foul free throw should shoot.

That's what Scott Bayless used to get on to him about like at the end of the games, he pass it because he don't want to get fouled and shoot them pressure free throws.

So now you turn into the man who wants the pressure free throws.

I knew he was playing games and boy, stop laying whenever he said, why wouldn't I?

Okay, Rich, relax.

So

you're going to be in the day, LeBron. Boy, stop.
Stop playing with us.

Right, Brad. Come on, bruh.
You're the kid. I like how JJ is like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
They could all take it, but really, Lucas should have taken it. Not like, hey, he could have took it.

That was the plan of him to take it. I don't mind that, LeBron.
It was really like, no, Luca should have took it. So

you guys, all the Lakers are needing to boystop except for Luca and Austin Reed. So you guys are all playing with us right now.
Right. What do we got next, Miss Rebecca? All right, next, we got a

pick and roll gone bad. What's happening here? A pick and roll gon bad.

We got the Cavaliers, Darius Garland.

Oh, my God, bro. Come on now.

He's sent to pick on his damn self, turn the ball over.

Wild Obalaya.

And did he break his neck?

Also, what is this? I mean, let's pause it there. I mean, that is a prostate exam check, if I've ever seen one.

It's easy to ask him to cough. Turn his head and cough.
Does he have his fingers in there? Yeah. I mean, that is how you grab a six-pack.
I'm not feeling good about this.

I was more curious of his whole face looking

against Jared Allen. That is like a...
We got it for both sides. I mean, honestly, like.

That is honestly.

I don't know if that's a pause here.

Facts.

How do you not know where the screen is? It's right there. How do you look into your own screen?

I don't know.

Against the hardness.

Right. That's

the biggest piece of evidence left from the table. We buried the lead.
This is against the damn harness.

How dare you?

Long story short, boys, stop, man. What kind of pick and roll is that?

Cavs, what is happening here? It is getting really disconcerting for this team when your point guard can't run a simple pick and roll. All right, we're on the tape.
What's the next one, Ms. Rebecca?

All right, here we got a no look pass going horribly wrong here we go

oh my come on market smart okay here we go fbi just threw it in fbi and who is investigating terror rozier

the ghostra and ostra

nah wide open layup i'm talking about wide open dunk whatever kind of dunk you can do Like if you were able to do a between the leg dunk behind the back, you could have done that in that scenario because you was wide open.

My My boy decided to go no look behind the back to the other team. Marcus Smart, you, sir.
I'm not going to say

that if there was one person on the Lakers that would get caught in a cheating scandal, it would be Marcus Smart.

But what I will say is if it was Market Smart,

he's sort of Terry Rozier adjacent.

Former Boston Celtic, a little gritty,

one of those guys who didn't feel like they got enough respect. Not a true point guard.
Definitely has a lifestyle where I would maybe imagine that the mob could get their fingers and claw into them.

Right. Might not make it.
Rockstar lifestyle, man. Look, Mark and Smart, you better straighten up because that's your last strike.
After that, you done had a couple of them this year.

We ain't going to go back and just give folks. I'm not going to snitch on you.

But you done had a couple of them. And we ain't reported.
My sister Trista is reporting reporting live today from the mansion of Ace.

I don't know if it's a serial killer, but it might be the serial killer. I don't know what movie we in.
But where are you today, sis? That background is pretty cool.

I'm in Los Angeles, and I've got a guard dog. He's five pounds.
And if anyone comes near the window or near the sliding door, he is going to lose it. And I've told people, stay away from the windows.

Put a little sign out. Anyway, let's go to the next clip, Wemby.
What What is he doing? Is it a boy stop or is it a boy? Go? Play the clip.

Why they got you under the stairs like Harry Potter? Like, why they got you under the stairs like Harry Potter? They don't got anything to say. Because the white is coming at me from the ocean.

Otherwise, it'll be backflip. And, you know, I'm a prospect.
I'm a compliment professional. Okay.
All right. So in this clip,

in this clip, is this Wemby using his God-given gifts or is this him teasing the vertically challenged? All right, let's check it out.

Walking to the locker room. Oh damn the gate isn't up wait

Come on, bro

What's happening? That is crazy that walked over the gate that gate the thing that keeps you

to my neck

That's the same type of gate that we had to get you into the NFL honors party

That's the same size gate. That is it's literally to my neck.
I would have to literally like try to like, you can't hurdle that. And it's too wobbly for me to do that.
I mean, you're dead.

You're dead. No, I'd be dead if I went over that.
Yeah, he's in that. That's crazy.

Yeah. Yeah.
Great show.

Too many boy stops to hit. Too much stuff happening in the NBA.
We're officially in trade season. It's December 15th, Juju.
All the rumors are going to start coming out.

So we'll be able to dissect those.

We'll be live on the ground in Miami for the next episode of the Alley U. The first one live in in-person juju I don't even know what jersey you're gonna wear

will it be a heat one

hell nah

spoiler alert hell nah but thank y'all for tuning in with the kids man as always thank you miss rebecca donahue we love you thank you for not messing up too bad today because you were still very good and we love you also the distinguished dylan and

thanks to the listeners. Without y'all,

where the hell are we?

All right, y'all. Peace out.