Transcript of Alley Oop 150: Trae Young on the Move?! Peyton Watson Buzz, Deni in Portland & MJ Hate Talk

Juju, I got to start the show-Hold on, wait, wait.

Happy 50th episode.

It's so right.

Happy 50th episode. Come on, I didn't know that. I need to get a trophy or something. How are you feeling today, sis?

Well, I'm a little anxious. By the time this episode comes out, maybe Oregon will be playing against Indiana in the whatever bowl. It's Peach, Peach Bowl. It's in Georgia, right? I almost came through and pulled up and said, Hey, Juju, I'm coming to stay over, but I'm too afraid. I want us to just go to the Natty, play Miami, play our former coach, Mario, moves Cristobal, and try to get this thing- Come on, no.

Don't move, my boy, man. Don't move, my boy, bro. Come on. The people be He's not insecure about the moves, bro.

You feel me? Maybe they should get rid of them if they're insecure.

You're right, because he do try his ass out there with that damn green shirt, prancing up and down that sideline. A tight one, too. All right, you're forgiving. I have to solve you.

So I'm a little nervous. Other than that, I'm feeling really good about the Blazers right now. I'm feeling really good about Denny right now. I think Denny is going to be a top 10 player in the league. Let's just go right to it, Ms. Rebecca.

Who did I get so tough tonight to defend? It seemed like he was able to get the traditional three-point play every time you guys got within one or two.

Zebras.

Zebras.

That's what made Denny hard to defend? Zebras.

How does that look?

They say, What makes Denny Abia hard to defend? Tyra Easton says, The Zebras, meaning, a. K. A. The Referee. What you think? Does Denny get the soft wisdom? He do be flopping his I guess I was. Listen, as someone who sees Denny up close, he's impossible to defend.

I was just thinking about this yesterday. I even put a video out about it. He's 6 feet 9.

Okay.

He's 2'15. He has all of the skills of a guard that's 6'5, even like smaller guards. He can pull up on you from deep. And his ability to get into the lane around multiple defenders, Euro Step, Heziz, all that, his bag is super deep. And then he's 6 feet 9. So I don't know who's... He's the same height as Rob Williams. That's what actually made me think about this the other day. Juju, I saw him and Rob Williams standing next to each other. And I'm Denny's actually a little taller than Time Lord.

Time Lord.

So for him to be the starting point guard at that height, there's only probably two, three players in the league that fit that comp: Jason Tatum, LeBron, and Luka. And that's the list. So it's not just the Zebras. It's all of the things that he does in order to get to the line. Do you think the Zebras just have Denny at the top of their superstar whistle list? Are we effing joking?

I mean, but we're not going to act like my boy in Flops City, though. That's what I'm saying. We can't appreciate how good as GA is, but we can also appreciate he be got down in the space of Flops City daily, serving them things in Flops City, too. On the corner, pitching them. You did. And it's like, when I see Denny drive to the lane, he He's going to try to get the foul more than he going to try to get the foul- No, that's a lie.

Most times. No, that's a lie. That's a lie, Juju. I know you don't watch a lot of- No, you're a damn lie. I know you don't watch a lot of West Coast basketball at 10: 30 PM at night.

Why do you think I got these glasses on? Because I keep bags under my eyes because I got to watch the Blazers in the 3: 30 AM.

It's facts. The way he goes to the rim is with force. He's trying to yam on you. Yes, if he gets hit, he will do the arm flop thing. But he's not going to do that to sacrifice a bucket. He still wants the animal one. And so to me, as somebody who's scoring 27 points per game and leads the league in free throw-You score 27 points a game yourself? No, him.

I thought you were about to say, damn.

No, as someone who scores 27 10 points a game and leaves the league in free throw attempts, he's doing more than just flopping.

I feel you. Do you think he's an outstar this year?

Oh, 100 %. It's happening. It's happening. It's happening.

The buzz.

There was a lot of people who were a little reluctant about a month or two ago, and now the buzz is firmly like an infestation. Firmly through the Ringer. It's firmly through all the basketball media podcasts. I'm listening intently, intently, and everyone's like a resounding yes. He was top 10 on Western All-Star voting from the fans. I think he had 1. 5 million votes already from fans. Tel Aviv is showing out right now.

Right now is firmly through the alley-up as well. And another blunder by the damn Wizards for some reason. I don't know what the Wizards was doing when they traded him, but hey, get well soon, Wizards. It's neither here nor there. Speaking of the Wizards. It's about to get chilly in Washington. Ice Trey Young is on the move to Washington, bro. Bro, where were you? Put me in your chair when you got the tweet came down on your phone that Trey Young prefers to go to Washington. What did you think first? I know it's funny.

I was sitting in my office chair about to record, and I thought to myself, to me, that means he prefers to go somewhere. And the only place that's anywhere is Washington. Because no one prefers the Wizards.

Exactly, bro. To me, when I saw it, I was like, Oh, it's a Dandada. It's a Dandino. Because ain't no way in hell you're finna say that into a microphone if the ink ain't already dry on the actual deal.

Trey Young got traded mid-game.

Yes, sir. You did.

Which is- You know, the new injury for Bouse to be traded is a quad injury. Him and C. J. Mccollum both had quad soreness. And it was like, no, that's about to be traded.

And Cory Kisberg, too. He had the same quad stuff going on. Look at my boy.

Yeah, got my glasses on.

He got them Jeffrey Dumer guys on, bro. You got somebody in the kitchen. This game comes, doing down. This was hard, though. This was hard. Salute to the cameraman for this. Showing him walking out one last time, bro. That's hard. If I'm the usher right there, I'm getting that doubt, though. How awkward is that?

He gives high fives one last time. They follow his ass down the tunnel. They let him walk past them, and then they just follow him walking through the tunnel.

Look at this usher right here to the left, right here. She should have got the doubt right here.

Yeah, she should have.

She was too nervous. It's all good. We understand, sis. The watch on Trey Rich, though. We got to just speak on that one time. Salute to the watch on Trey Rich. He is Trey for sure. You did. Go ahead, since.

Yes. I thought that Boosy's response, and we'll play that in just a second. And I want to get your perspective on a juju because you live in the city. We could talk a lot about Trey Young as a hooper, but culturally, in In my opinion, Trey Young really was connected to hip hop culture. And a lot of rappers and artists clung to Trey as their figurehead for what Atlanta Hawks basketball was. And you could tell in this clip that Boosy was just genuinely just heartbroken by the Trey midgame.

Right. Go ahead, Ms. Rebecca. They just traded to Trade Man. He down there dribbling the basketball with his clothes on. With his clothes on. Damn, because not with the clothes on.

Damn.

Look, Boosy acting like this man got hit with a pump. Yes. That's exactly how he came out. Bro, that man is still a millionaire, still a multimillionaire on the move to Washington.

Yo, he acted Juju like he caught a case. Right.

Damn. Like, damn, they done cancel my boy.

They be like, Yo, Tris just got arrested. Damn.

Right. Bro, I think what it is, though, too, though, like you were saying earlier, what Trey mean to Atlanta. Trey didn't come to Atlanta too Head for the City. Trey came to Atlanta willing and ready to be a part of Atlanta. He embraced like D'Amigo. When D'Amigo put him on the song, Ice Trey Flooded. If we run a mouth, call him Joe Button. You feel me? It was a Joe Button They threw Ice Trey, and then he embraced it. Over this last summer, he did a song with Quavo in the studio. So it's like Trey ingratiated himself in the culture. He would be at Atlanta Dream Games. You'll see him there on a random Wednesday. He just was a great person, a part of the city. He wasn't too big. He dap off the kids. A real true superstar, he did. So I know that he get a bad rap as far as the media, what they say, teammate-wise. But even Jalen Johnson quilled that yesterday. He was like, Bro, I don't know what you all be talking about. That's my dog. That's one of the best teammates I ever had. So Washington getting a good one for however long they're going to have them, they got a good one, Brin.

Ice Trey. Salute.

So let's pivot to Washington here because I had a bunch of people ask me, What is this that are Washington residents? What does this mean? Is Trey good still? Should we be happy about this? Basically, I'm like, I don't really know what is going to occur. I don't think he's going to play many games this season. It feels like Washington wants to lose as many games as possible. They had already went seven and six in the last 13 games, and that was seven games, too many wins with CJ McCollum. They're like, Yo, we like the three wins that we had. The 10 wins we're starting to get. But the end of the conversation shifted to this. Washington, DC is a big market, and nobody, outside of the fact that they don't win, because there's plenty of places that don't have a winning culture. But people, players, do not want to go there. And the question that I was asked is why. And what's your reason?

Because they ain't never been to the damn... They ain't been to the conference final since they won the Championship when they were the Bullets and the damn Harlem Gloves. I'm trying to just rock it around still. Every now and then losing to the generals. That's why I wouldn't want to go there. I know Chocolate City is a great place to be. Salute. You already know DMV stand up.

That's what I'm saying.

I don't know.

That's That's what I'm saying, Juju. Exactly. Okay, we're right there. We're locked in. Yes. But you can do that in Utah. Utah hasn't won. The Clippers haven't won. There's plenty of places that... Orlando hasn't won. F. New York hasn't one. Brooklyn hasn't one. Plenty of places are like, I'll go to Brooklyn. It's like, you know you've got no... But it's Brooklyn. It's New York City. It's all of that. Washington, DC is getting too much reputation for government. And I think when the players come into town, they're either at Barcode or whatever the replacement for Barcode is, and they're probably staying in the government district. But we need to make sure that everybody in the NBA knows what you know, Juju, and what I know, Juju, is Chocolate City. So I think we need to rename the Wizards.

Uh-oh, we need to rename them.

I want to get your We need to collab on this. The beginning of the name, we're not using Washington anymore. That sounds too much like Washington State.

Yeah, over with.

It needs to start with Chocolate City.

Chocolate City. How about the DMV somethings? Yes. You know what I mean? Because that'll bring the whole tri-state together anyway. Yes.

The DMV stars or something.

The DMV players. Yes.

Or like the gogos. We need to lean in to gogo culture.

Yes, sir. I like the DMV gogos. Hey, get the Washington Bullets on the phone right now. You all need to change our name to the DMV gogos, bro. Right down now. Get slim to get a new gogo song. Get them boys, Pretty Girls. As some do they smoke. My boy, who saying that? Pull them out.

We need Mumbo Sauce at every game. We need to reinvigorate the But around the arena, I have been deep diving into how we can fix this. Because if OKC can be a destination, Oklahoma City. Right. Then the DMV needs to be... Because the closest thing to Atlanta for Trey Young is going to be Washington, DC.

Yeah. I mean, I'm not telling you what- It's not going to feel like that much of a difference. Yeah, you're right. I like that. We need to get on the horn. Ms. Rebecca, I don't know who you need to contact, but you need to go ahead and lock them in because we didn't spit the 50/50 highway. You did.

Someone call Ted Leonsis and say, We got the plan.

We got it. You did. Also, moving on to another person who deserve a little credit that I don't hear too much The screen is supposed to be buzzing by this, brother, in the Joker's absence. Paying Watson, bro, for them nuggets. Come on now. My boy putting on bloody balls. He ain't getting paid like Chris and Brown got paid. I'm going to call him Braun. How you feel about that? Brown or Braun?

Listen, I want to call him Braun, but because everybody gets weird. Everybody gets weird. They're like, Don't you know it's Brown? I just say Brown.

But really- Okay, cool.

He's a coffee maker, okay? The Braun coffee maker needs to start drip, dripping. He needs to- Look, my boy got his money, and I feel like my boy Payne Watson shining in the Joker's absence.

Now, I know that Brown is hurt, you dig? And they got injuries on the board, but even Bruce Brown, huh? Then he just come back. He just got back, you dig? But I'm just saying, with your best ability, you dig? What have you done for me lately? And Payton Watts is not that. He earning a check to me. Next year, he going to have a bag. Hopefully, it's from them boys. Hopefully, they're loyal to him. But what I'm seeing from him, nothing but big salutes.

You remember Remember that commercial Juju where it's the Joker and Payton Watson at the pool?

Yeah. They need to-Yeah, they're trying on.

Yeah. Once he gets his money, he was over at the kiddy part of the pool, and Jokich was at the big boy part of the pool. They need to be sitting next to each other at the pool in the next commercial once he's got the money. And Payton Watson is like, No, bro, I got our lunch. I got our lunch. He That's legit. He's a big kid, too. The thing that people don't realize about Payton Watson, because people aren't really thinking about him that much, is he's a legit, strong, tall, athletic, explosive wing.

Yeah, he is. Bright future for my boy.

Do you up? And Denver has been pretty good in Jokuj's absence. If they can stay right here, that gives me a lot of hope for the development of these role players who they're going to need in the playoffs when Jokuj comes back. Could this be a blessing in disguise, Juju?

It could be. Not here nor there. Or maybe it's here and there. I need to start saying it might not be here nor there so much, I think. I just be throwing it in there. I know. She be there in here. I know. I know you do. Moving on to a segment that we like to call, Boys, Stop.

All right, Juju. Well, I feel I have to share this video that you just sent because I looked at this and I was like, What in God's name? So we're going to do it. Here we go. I guess when you go down under, all puns intended.

Oh my God, bro. Exactly, bro. What the hell is going on? What would you do if you look over there. Jesus. Bro. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Bro, why is this kangoo just in the street? Like, he coming from getting coffee. Why are you casually on the sidewalk across the walkway, bro? Ain't no grass over there. Is that a coffee shop?

Is it a restaurant? It looks like a restaurant.

Right. Do you know this man?

Yeah, he's got beef. He's like, It's one's on site, Juju.

I mean, those kangaroos, man. I mean, he swept the leg. Like, he, Karate Kid, swept the leg, he squared up with him. I mean, like this is... But then the kangoo, he's going for a headbutt and a hump.

I mean, that is... But see, right there at the end, I don't know. At the end, the kangaroos in trouble. I love Peter, so I hope... Peter, look, I love the kangaroos, but I'm just saying at the end right there, they're like, Kangaroos in little trouble right about here. Hold on, hold on, hold on. You feel me? I don't know, bro. That's why they cut the video off. I feel like Buddy might have got his legs back on the point of.

I honestly think the guy was putting up a good fight. He has him locked up like MMA.

Yeah, for sure. I don't know what I would do in that scenario because I'm like, We're down. Ron, what Right. Stop playing, kangoo. Stop playing, bro. Stop playing. But as I'm running away, for sure.

That kangoo is fighting like a human being. Yeah.

Right. He's fighting like he know, brother, from somewhere. Yes. I don't like what you did. You know what you did.

You think that guy's 6 foot, 5'9, 5'10? I mean, that kangoo is as tall as him. That's what's bananas.

How tall is an average kangoo?

Right. How tall is What's your average kangoo?

I'm looking now.

Is it Muzzie Bowes or is it Trey Young?

Five foot, six with males reaching over 6 feet tall. They're 600 pounds. Jesus. 200 pounds. 200. 200 pounds.

Yeah, you got a bob and weave on them kangaroos, bruh. All righty. You know how you grow up sometimes and you just got this hater in high school. You got that one person that it don't matter what's going on, bro, you're not going to like this. You're not going to like this guy, brother. This is how Isaiah Thomas is with Michael Jordan, bro. My boy, Isaiah Thomas is never going to get over it. Forget about it. So quit asking. Did you see this, Trista?

Before we play the clip, queue up the besmircher, because that's basically what he is. Play that button. Go for it. The besmircher.

Our era is considered to be the golden era. This is what I don't understand about your era, right? You guys are playing with arguably the greatest player to ever play. And, excuse me when I say this, but you all treat him like he ain't nothing. And I'm talking like, wow.

You all act like, all right.

Well, you all, instead of pulling your era up, You all go back and say, Oh, our era was the greatest. Michael Jordan was the greatest. Nobody could ever be greater than Michael Jordan, right? Okay. And then you turn around, but in your era, LeBron James sitting there, he holding every single basketball record. I mean, every single one of them. And you're looking at a Kevin Durand, and you're looking at a Steph Curry. But then when you all say who the greatest, I'll talk about the guy that gave you some shoes and gave you to walk. Whoa, hold up.

Okay, first of all, I'm happy bigging up LeBron James. And the argument can be made that the man who's been playing for 20 damn years probably is going to hold every record. That's just what it is. Greatness sustained over a longer period of time. You want to make that comparison all good.

Some people say sustained greatness, some people say compiler. But hey, I'm not saying compiler. I'm just saying what some people say. I say sustained greatness.

But to say, Oh, you want to rock with the guy that gave you some shoes? Are you joking me? To reduce Jordan down to a jump man logo and some kicks is absolutely insane. I don't know why that wasn't the part that got aggregated juju.

Right, bro. Come on. Some kicks. You mean you left out some jewelry as well, my brother? You left out a lot of jewelry talking about the man who gave you some kicks, the man who gave you what it feels like to fly, the man who says, Sometimes I want to be like Mike. That was the commercial. Come on, bro. You're playing games. You're hanging. I see it on you. It's disgusting.

It's ugly.

And gave you the business, Zeke. Bro, come on now. He gave Isiah Thomas, the business. Right. Come on, every up and down the court, bro. You just mad because he wasn't on the dream team. And we get it, bro. You should have been on the dream team. You should have been, bro. If his impact was your shoes, then how was he able to keep you off the dream team? Boom. She said it. There it is. You did. Because for real, for real, what he said about LeBron is not all the way wrong. You did. People do be playing with LeBron name a little too much. What my boy did ain't great. You did. But at the same time, you put LeBron James' rings in a box and you put Michael Jordan's rings in the box. This one is clinking a little bit more. I'm not sure what we're I'm talking about. It sounds a lot more noise coming from over this box. So it's like you got to keep respect on the goat, even if you're going to put your cape on and try to get LeBron to help you out. You still got to keep respect where it's due, man.

You got to go back. These people who discount Michael Jordan have to go back, especially to his defensive possessions over time. To be a two-way player of that magnitude over time, to basically retire, come back in the middle of the year and still ball out, to have multiple dynasties throughout your career.

Right. It's just insane. It's just insane, man. So long story short, Azea Thomas, boy, stop, man. Boy, stop.

The hate is so ugly, Juju.

Boy, stop. And that is It's another episode of The Alley. Thank you all so much for joining, as always. My sister, any last words before we get up out of here?

I love you, Juju. That's pretty much it. That's it. That's all I have.

I love you, too, my sister. And everybody out there, man, always be encouraged. Believe in yourself, man. It's a new year. It's time to go get it, man. Let's stop putting that one thing off Let's go ahead and do that thing right there because that thing might be the thing that take you over that hunt, bro. As always- Oh, wow.

You just turned into Tony Robbins in 2026.

Oh, yeah. You got to know. As a matter of fact, I got by four more for you. Damn, a hater. A hater ain't got nothing to say to you. If you see somebody hanging on you, damn them. If you see somebody look... Go ahead, go ahead, sis. I took the thing you put on your story, Juju.

Stop being scared of being disliked by losers. It's all my screen savers.

See what I'm saying? My sister, Tanya Roberts. You dig it. Come on now. I appreciate that. A message to everybody out there. If anybody hanging on you, guess what? They're a loser. So don't worry about them. Dunk on them. Like Matas Buzeles. As always, though, thank you so much to Ms. Rebecca Donahue and my brother, the Distinguish Dylan. You got to know. And with you all out there, the audience, the listening world, who the hell are we?

Who the hell are we?

Come on, man. Catch us the same bad time, the same back channel. Bad channel. Peace out.