Alley Oop 156: Jason Kidd SNAPS at Reporters Over Flagg at PG, Jokic Returns, SGA MVP Talk & Wild Viral Chaos
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What happened during Jason Kidd's awkward presser moment?
Sis, did you see my boy hop in the ring with a system? I don't know, they used to call it a toupee, now they call it a system.
A system? That's a nice way of putting it. That's like when people used to call it the herp, and now people say, you know, they like call it like a cold sore, you know?
Yeah, yeah.
A system. A system.
Welcome back to the alley-oop. I am Juju Gotti, joined by my sister as always, my co-host, the lovely her as she is, Trista Crick. How you feeling today, sis?
I'm feeling good, Juju. These NBA topics have gotten me very locked in.
Locked in for sure, man. But let's get straight into it, man. The Joker has returned. The Nikola Jokic, I wanted to call him Giannis because I'm so used to talking about Giannis right now. The damn Joker returns, man. Payne Watson, big buckets. Against the Thunder, though, caught the L. What do you think that this means for the Nuggets season? With that little experience time they got for Payne Watson, for everybody to have a little bit more responsibility, what you think moving forward for them Nuggets?
I think everybody thought he would be back after the All-Star break. And he's probably back five games before the All-Star break. And so you're talking about a guy who really felt like he wanted to get back for his team. I think the fact that Nikola Jokic got injured got Jamal Murray his first all-star appearance because he was able to put the team on his shoulders and give you buckets and them get a lot of wins that I think people did not expect them to get. Listen, you just caught the thunder on a day where Shea Gilgis was... Like, Juju, you know that Shay's on a new level and maybe it's just me, maybe this is foul.
Yeah.
He's not shaving his sideburns anymore. He's allowing his facial hair to be whatever. That's a level of griminess that I don't think people really understand means I give two Fs now. I'm just hooping. It's the Kevin Durant, I don't comb my hair anymore swag. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, you feel me? It's black history month, so I got to correct you. Brush is hairy anymore, because I don't think my brother could ever run a cone through that piece of s***. You feel me? Not at one point, but at the same time, yes. KD, perfect example of, bruh, I don't give a damn about what you think is cool or not. I just put up 30. You did. And I got 30 to put up tomorrow. So, yeah, I definitely think this year's MVP is SGA's to lose at this point. You did. Especially with Jokic going out for that little injury spell. What you think? Is it locked in? Is it guaranteed SGA two in a row?
The only way he doesn't win it is if he was to get injured. I think if he was to, like, I don't know, tear something and he was out for the rest of the season, he clearly couldn't win it.
What does Jokic's return mean for the Nuggets this season?
But outside of injury, which we're hoping for him to not have, I think it's his to lose. Now, if it really – we've talked about this many times, and I will continue to say it. If it really was most valuable to his team, Jalen Brown should be in the conversation. But that's neither, as you would say, neither here nor there.
Neither here nor there. Nor there. Yeah, bro. I believe I'm 100% in locked up with you on that one for sure.
All right, so Jason Kidd, historically, for people who don't remember the lore, he got fired as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks because he decided to try to turn Giannis Antetokounmpo into a point guard. He put the ball in Giannis' hand, and Giannis has never wanted to take it out of his hands since. It actually turned him into one of the best players in the NBA at driving, at just attacking. And really, I knew it was going to happen again, Juju. I knew it was going to happen. I knew when Cooper Flagg got drafted, they didn't care at all about D'Angelo Russell. They were going to put the ball in Cooper's hand. And quite frankly, in the beginning, just like it was with Giannis, it was rough. And now our boy Cooper's been putting up 40 pieces like it's his goddang job.
And so they asked Jason Kidd about it, or somehow it came up in conversation.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened during Jason Kidd's awkward presser moment?
0:00–3:04
2
What does Jokic's return mean for the Nuggets this season?
3:04–8:29
3
Can SGA repeat as MVP this season?
8:29–11:00
4
How did Jason Kidd handle criticism about Cooper Flagg?
11:00–18:30
5
What are the implications of Paul George's drug violation?
18:30–20:38
Speakers
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