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Yes sir, Thursday Thunder, man. One away once more last week, man. I hate being the one away kid, man, but luckily I am having the best week of gambling known to mankind. Gambling, so you feel me? So we gonna start off with tonight, Donovan Mitchell over 25.5 points in a must-win to me bounce-back game versus the Pistons. Second leg, I'm going with the veteran, the contract year slayer, Tobias Harris, for over 15 points. Lock that in. Next leg, Austin Reeves, P.U., last game. So I'm expecting my brother to correct that and get 15 points tonight in the game against the Thunder. Still gonna catch that L. But lastly, Marcus Smart, 4 assists. Lock him in, man.
Not bad, Juju. I like it.
You don't think Austin Reeves gonna be put in that torture chamber with the warden named Kayson Wallace. He had the cuffs on him. Austin Reed's never seen that in his life.
He hadn't, but he also ain't never seen this type of scrutiny online for people saying that he shouldn't have came back. So I think he at least going to do what he can do to get to that free throw line.
Juju, you're a learned man, a deep soul. Answer me this. I'm excited for the, the game that will— the rubber match going on in the desert, the Diamondbacks and the Pirates trying to settle that, that series. I'm excited now at 20-17 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. When is it too soon to be looking at the baseball standings?
Too soon is any time before June, in my opinion, because I don't see people go on streaks. I don't see people put together wins here and there but then start stinking it up come hot outside time. Salute to the Atlanta Braves. So give it a little bit more time.
I feel like it's the Fourth of July. That's when I do it. Like when they're doing the hot dog contest, that's when I'll check in on this.
What's the quarter? We're just about at the quarter pull of the regular season.
Marlins were kind of hanging in there and now they're taking a big fart. Dang.
You know about that big fart, Jeremy?
Nice weekend ahead here against the Nationals and then a road trip that you can turn in on Marlins TV where I will be in Minnesota as the sideline reporter for the broadcast.
Wow.
How many trips are you making this season?
This is my one and only, and I've never been on a road trip with the team before, so I'm very much looking forward to it.
So why is this the case?
Because they assigned me to this road trip.
I'm picturing Jeremy like walking down the aisle of the plane and it's like players like, can I sit? And then they're all just, they're moving bringing their bags to like— sorry, not here, buddy.
Can I sit with you guys?
One word.
Okay.
Sleep tight, Mulligans.
Really looking for— I'm actually really looking forward to kind of just wandering around Minnesota on my day off.
You would.
Great city.
Great people. Wait till I find out that you sleep in the nude. Just on occasion.
My preference would be to sleep wearing briefs.
That's me.
But if I had to choose between nude or wearing basketball shorts, my issue with the basketball shorts is if I move around, they're gonna ride up and then I'm gonna wake up because of that. I'd rather just sleep nude.
All right. Juju, do you have a top 5 for us here today?
Yes, sir, man. When y'all was talking to David Sampson about people who could break into coverage, I was thinking A-list, A-list, A-list. But then you also mentioned we should maybe take a look at fringe people who could break into coverage. So I got top 5 fringe celebs that I'll allow to break into my NBA Finals coverage.
Okay.
All right. O-L-I, Corey Feldman. Come on, man.
Come on, man.
Salute to the fail dog.
Now, is he doing his Michael Jackson impression when he cuts in?
1,000%. He is wearing glove, going 100 down La Brea. Also, O-L-I, Queen Latifah. Boy, if I saw Queen on the street running, I'm locked in. Number 5, Tyrese Gibson.
That one's happening. That one is on the schedule somewhere.
Number 4, Shane Gillis. This is my boy on the run. Lock me in, I'm tuned in.
Does he— now, does he have a microphone while he's doing it? Because I kind of want to hear what he has to say.
And he got, he got his mustache. That one commercial, he ain't have no mustache. I ain't know what to do with myself. But number 3, Seth Meth Rogan. Number 2, Joe Rogan. I'm definitely tuned into that, man. And the number 1 person, unfortunately, and this is my first time saying this name since all this started, man, because I'm a loyal person, but if my sister Diana get on that highway, goddamn, they breaking up the car. Sheesh. The news won't stop.
There you go. Juju, can we give out some post-show awards today?
Oh, yes, sir, man. First and foremost, I want to give the Player Hater Award for his NBA take last night to Dave Damshak. That was a good game, man.
I'm just telling the truth. Juju, sorry to hurt feelings. Congrats.
You won an award.
And Little Jack.
Yeah.
However, though, I still would like to give the Firefighter Award to Chris Cody. Damn.
Yeah, that's great. He's not a firefighter though.
I was last night.
He wishes. Hello. I'd like to give the Best Mortal Kombat Preview Award to my brother Mike Ryan.
Good job.
Finish him. Uppercut, tiger style. And next, I would like to give the MMA Hangout This Saturday Award to my brother Tony. Yes, sir. And my brother Louis. Yeah, yes, sir. Yeah, you got to know, man. And lastly, I like to give the Holy Draws Award as well as the Pulitzer Award to my brother Amina Hassan. Keep wearing them Holy Draws, bro.
Good work. Let's do some polls. Any polls that we need to update for today, Juju?
Yes sir, man. While I pull it up, I will agree with, uh, y'all from earlier. Nick Nurse is a wizard, and I think he found something with Barlow last night. If Embiid is healthy and you can play Barlow alongside of, uh, Embiid, now you got something. I like Barlow. Do dreams really mean things? 56% of the audience says yes, they do. Split. Do you enjoy movie theater seats that move along with the movie? Aka the 4DX? 67% of the audience says no, they don't.
Damn, I'm actually in that group of 67%. I don't like it. Yeah, but I think for this movie it'll be fun.
It's for the right movie.
Yeah. Yeah.
Is Miami a better living experience than Orlando? 61% of the audience says yes, it is.
Of course.
And last poll, the most important poll: does Dave Damshack's wiener look like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining? 96% of the audience says yes. Wow! And those are your polls.
Good job, people!
Congratulations!
Good job for your winner!
You did it!
4% said no.
Well, Mike's gonna prove it. All right, let's do it. Here we go.
Get—
I got— it's gonna work its way around the material. Here's Johnny.
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JuJu delivers his Thursday Thunder, lists his Top 5 Fringe Celebrities Who Could Break Into His NBA Finals Coverage, and updates The Polls.
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