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Postgame Show: Didn't It Fail? Big. (feat. JuJu Gotti)

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Juju Gotti: 我认为WNBA球员现在清楚自己的价值,她们不会接受低于应有价值的待遇。联盟的扩张需要谨慎,不能过快,要考虑市场潜力和球队的竞争力。索菲亚·坎宁安的言论可能更多的是出于个人偏好,她可能只是想住在迈阿密或纳什维尔。过去的迈阿密WNBA尝试已经失败,我们需要从历史中吸取教训。莉萨·莱斯利的评论有些不合时宜,但我相信会有人提醒她注意言辞。总的来说,WNBA的未来充满机遇,但也面临着挑战,需要各方共同努力。

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Juju Gotti and the hosts discuss Sophie Cunningham's perspective on WNBA expansion, considering factors such as player preferences, fan engagement, and the potential for rapid expansion. They also touch upon past expansion failures in Miami.
  • Sophie Cunningham questioned the WNBA's expansion plans, highlighting the importance of player preferences and fan engagement.
  • Concerns were raised about expanding too quickly and the risk of teams dominating the league.
  • The discussion referenced the unsuccessful WNBA expansion in Miami.

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Zazz is on an incredible hot streak all over sports media and all over Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam is where this journey began for Zazz. He won tickets when the Heat won a playoff game, the last good thing that the Miami Heat did. They then got summarily trounced in the playoffs, embarrassed by Cleveland. If they lost that game, they would add Cooper Flagg to push.

It's a push for you. You could have had Cooper Flagg for the next decade, or you could have gone to Pearl Jam, the amazing shows that we saw. And now on the Facebook homepage, Zazz, the fan page for Pearl Jam. This is so cool. Zazz looked the other day and was startled. Couldn't believe that it was his face on the Facebook Pearl Jam celebration page. I'm on Facebook. I go on Facebook sometimes.

And I'm on Facebook. And I'm part of a Pearl Jam official fan club page on Facebook. And they changed the profile picture of the fan club page to a picture of me wearing a Pearl Jam shirt. And that's all you're wearing. You're very confident in that photo. Well, yeah. And, you know, I put on it, hey, that's me. And the very first comment was a guy saying... What'd they have to say? Go on.

He's got two signature lines there. Go on and what's that guy got to say? Oh, he's got a few of them. He's got a few, but those... I'm workshopping some. Those are in the same family. Go on and what he's got to say. How do you know that? Yeah. Juju is with us now. We've got an assortment of things to talk about to end the week here, July 4th week. Does it feel, Billy, a little more like July 4th week to you now? Yeah, we're getting there. Yeah, because... Almost there. The skeletal crew today, makes it feel a little more like that? Yeah, I don't know.

we're getting there. It feels like July 4th. Want to talk July 4th movies or best movies to watch on July 4th with Juju? Want to update the polls as well before we open up the club. But Juju, what do you have for us on the WNBA front? I meant at some point here to get to the Sophie Cunningham sound. Do we have the Sophie Cunningham sound from earlier this week? I would like to play it for Juju and the audience. We'll get to that in a second. But what else do you have for us, Juju? Yes, the

for the WNBA players have rejected the league's first CBA offer that they sent last week, Phoenix Mercury star and WNPA player representative Sato Sabali described the proposal sent to the union as a slap in the face. There we go. More to come. I mean, it's worth a lot. The WNBA knows now the players know they're worth a lot and they're not going to accept a lot less than a lot, uh,

or what it is that they've developed as one of the great streaming sports options that had been undervalued before now. Do you have that Sophie Cunningham sound? Can we play that for Juju, please? I also think that you want to listen to your players, too. Where do they want to play? Where are they going to get excited to play and draw fans? I do think that Miami would have been a great one. Everyone loves Florida. Nashville is an amazing city. Kansas City, amazing opportunity. There's a huge arena downtown that no one's choosing. I think that the Women's Soccer League is showing that light.

people draw, you know, and so I'm not so sure what the thought process is there, but at the end of the day, you also want to make sure that you're not expanding our league too fast. I think that's also another thing that you don't want teams to totally dominate and then have teams that aren't, and so I just think that it's kind of a hard decision-making situation, but man, I don't

don't know how excited you are. Too much ambient noise there. You've got to be able to do an interview without so many people not interested around you and what it is that you're saying. Yammering. What did you think of Sophie Cunningham talking about expansion there, Juju? First of all, that's coming from someone who plays in a sellout

arena every night in Indianapolis. So there's that. Also, Lisa Leslie took to Twitter and said, I need to have a meeting with the WNBA players ASAP because Detroit, they had one of the highest attendance. I think they had the record-breaking attendance for the WNBA and their expansion team back in the day. So she's a little tone deaf, but she'll get it together. Somebody will get in her ear soon. That's my first takeaway. Does she know where she plays? Ha ha ha.

It's a strange league sometimes, the things that they complain about. They're adding – those three cities that they're going to be adding before the end of 2030 is going to combine for $750 million in revenue. $250 million to purchase for an entry fee. How about we just accept them into our league? And didn't it fail in Miami? Big. She just wants to live in Miami or Nashville, it sounds like.

All right. That's what it is. She wants that unrivaled invite.

Didn't it fail? Big. It did fail. It was a different league at the time. Big. Big time. All right. Very good. So the top five movies to watch on July 4th. I've got a nominee here. I will see if it's on. I'm going to write it down and we'll see if it's on Juju's list. Any OLI or are you just going to go top five raw? I kind of got a lot of OLI, so I might need to expand it to a top 10 and go through them pretty fast. All right. OLI. Go ahead. Inglourious Bastards.

You got to check that out. Number 10, Armageddon. Number nine, Saving Private Ryan. Number eight, Terminator 2. Just a good movie. Number seven, Independence Day. I have that one. That's the one I wrote down. Went on a limb there. I know, but Terminator 2, though. What's he doing? What does Terminator 2 have to do with July 4th? Absolutely nothing.

Number six, do the right thing. Wait a minute. Number five, roots. I don't know what he's doing now. Number four, coming to America. These are just movies that he wants to watch. Number three, Rocky IV. Number two, glory.

And number one, Django Unchained. This list makes no sense. It's just what Juju wants to watch on July 4th. Let's update some polls here at Levitard Show before we open up the club. What else you got, Juju? It's ridiculous what you just did there. Independence Day was like the only... Does Do the Right Thing count just because it's a summer movie?

They don't even mention July 4th and do the right thing. Look, make your own list, Dano. Does Rick Carlisle look like a retired member of the Blue Man Group? 95% of the audience says yes, he does. That's a March Sadness entry right there. That's really good.

Hell yeah. If the umpire is daydreaming during a check swing, is he going to hold out his hands and just do the safe signal? Got it. 97% of the audience says yes, he is. Big week for Chris Cody. Like your takes this week. If umpires aren't allowed in casinos, can they walk through a casino to get to a magic show? 57% of the audience says no, they cannot. Can't do that.

Dang it. But then we learned they are allowed to do both. Is lunch money still something that bullies take? 54% of the audience says no, it is not. I really do have this question for you guys because I don't have children and you guys are in the non-Jake Paul dad demo. Are kids still going to school with lunch money?

We've been packing lunch over here. Are kids all over America going to school with cash for lunch? They have digital accounts and stuff now. You put money in their accounts. So it can't be stolen. So a bully can't steal your digital money then. Then stealing

digital money stolen all the time the only time we sent my daughter to school with cash was like a book fair it was like we put $25 in there in a little zip lock and like go big sale for me and lunch is only like $1.50 it's a weak score for a bully so you could steal you could steal the book fair money

That's still okay. I'm glad we got all those clarifications. Keep going. Speaking of daughters, I want to wish a happy birthday to one of our top listeners, Billy Gill's daughter. Early birthday coming up on Sunday. Salute, my brother. She listens. That's nice. Thank you. How many Jake Paul fights has she bought? Oof. She's seen like eight of them, I think. You will forgive me here for not having the... Happy birthday to him.

I don't care. Good luck. You nailed it. Didn't even tell the difference. She shares a birthday with Juju. So Juju's birthday is actually this weekend as well. Really? Happy birthday to him. I don't care. Good luck. Thank you, guys. Are you automatically awarded first base if you kill the umpire with the line drive?

77% of the audience says, yes, you are. New strategy.

More primitive, first down chain links or umpires drawing the protest P? 63% of the audience says first down chain links. So wrong. Jake Paul's demo, 20 to 30 years old or 30 to 40 years old? 78% of the audience says 20 to 30 years old. But what about for boxing?

I know for his YouTube channel what it is. I'm well out of that. All right. So at Levitard Show, please put that up there. Jake Paul's boxing demo so Mike can avoid being wrong. We still haven't had a single member in the YouTube chat say they bought this fight. 20 to 30 years old or 30 to 40 years old. Do you think a quarter million people ordered this fight on DAZN? Nah, I think a million bought a quarter. Okay.

of that quarter. If someone gave you 100 chances, could you catch a fly ball with your bare hand? 89% of the audience says yes, they could. You're way off. You give me 100 chances at most things, I'm going to do it. I'm telling you, it's got to be two tries. You give Pat Riley 100 and he'll come back with Munson.

Which does a regular civilian have a better chance at catching, an NFL punt or a fly ball? No, with your bare hand it has to be. It's got to be with the bare hand, not just a fly ball. Well, I screwed it up anyway. Let's change it so Dan can be right. Fly!

What do you think that's going to come back? Stop town. Rerack. 66% of the audience says yes. That's on me. All right. That seems like a very poorly done poll by you, Junior. I was rushing. Does Bronny live with LeBron? No.

Definitely. 79% of the audience says, yes, he does. And do you know what a rotary phone is? 54% of the audience says, yes, they do. And those are your polls. It says phone in there. That's the part that gives you away. Thank you, Juju. Happy premature July 4th and happy birthday as well prematurely, sir. Yes, sir. Thank y'all.