Desus & Mero talk Knicks Basketball | Dunk Bait

Desus and Mero joined LaJethro Jenkins and Seerat Sohi to discuss All-Star, The Knicks, and how to be a fan. With BOLT24 hosting a first-ever virtual awards show on Instagram Stories during All Star Weekend – the BOLT24 Real Star Awards.

Video Transcript

LAJETHRO JENKINS: We're here with the legends, Desus and Mero. What's good, G?

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

THE KID MERO: Number one basketball program on the planet. You heard?

DESUS NICE: Dunked on you. You know-- you know the vibe.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Yo, so let's talk about the Knicks. Y'all have an all-star in Julius Randle this year. You're a playoff team. You feel me? Oh, no, no, we ain't going there, are we? Yo, yo, yo, but look-- look-- look-- look-- Your Playoff Team of the Season ends today. How are you feeling about the Knicks right now?

DESUS NICE: You can't-- listen, we are out of control. We using forbi-- what are you-- we're talk-- we using the playoff word. We using the playoff--

THE KID MERO: Yo.

DESUS NICE: Bro, Knicks fans are at the point-- we talk-- we Tweeting wild stuff like, yo-- we Tweeting wild stuff like, yo, we might have home court advantage. Relax.

THE KID MERO: What's good?

DESUS NICE: Relax. Like, let's get at--

THE KID MERO: Quickly, Rookie of the Year. What's up?

DESUS NICE: Bro, bro, Knick fans, we up-- we up here, boo. We can't feel our face. You can't tell us nothing right now.

THE KID MERO: At all.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Y'all's relationship with the Knicks is, like, it's the most toxic relationship in the league. It's been--

DESUS NICE AND THE KID MERO: (TOGETHER) Oh yeah.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: --for, like, a decade. You feel me?

DESUS NICE AND THE KID MERO: (TOGETHER) Yeah.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: If-- if-- if-- your homie was dating the Knicks, you would be like, dump her. You feel me? You know what I mean?

THE KID MERO: But yeah, bro, like, stop. Yeah, this is not good for you, bro.

DESUS NICE: It's even worse than that. It's even worse than that.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: How've y'all endured this? Like, why-- why do you do this to yourselves? You feel me?

DESUS NICE: It's even worse than that. If our homie was dating the Knicks, we wouldn't say anything because we were like, "You know what? We already told you to leave her so many times. If you want to stay with her, you deserve that." So that's what we doing.

SEERAT SOHI: Are you guys at that place where it's like-- it's awkward now where your friends can't even say anything because they know that it's kind of forever? So if they talk too much, like, you might not get invited to dinners anymore. It's like, eww.

THE KID MERO: Yo--

DESUS NICE: It's very weird because like--

THE KID MERO: That it.

DESUS NICE: --people were trying to diss the Knicks, and, like, people would be like, oh, your Knicks are garbage. And I'm like, yeah. OK.

THE KID MERO: So what?

DESUS NICE: What-- what did-- what did you gain from that?

THE KID MERO: You know what I mean?

DESUS NICE: First of all, to punch down on the Knicks, that's-- that's like-- that means you'll punch a baby. OK? The Knicks are harmless.

THE KID MERO: Straight up.

DESUS NICE: They ain't hurting nobody. And now, you know what I'm saying? And like you said, we are nothing-- we will never leave the Knicks.

THE KID MERO: Never.

DESUS NICE: James Dol-- James Dolan could shoot both of us in front of Madison Square Garden, we still wearing orange and blue.

THE KID MERO: Straight up.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: After the Spike situation? You know what I mean?

DESUS NICE: Bro, our hands are tied.

THE KID MERO: Yo. Yo, listen, bro, we in a situ-- yo, listen, man, we in a situation right now with the Knicks where we got 5 kids with the Knicks. You know what I'm saying? We're in a common law marriage. You know what I mean? It'd be too messy to break up now.

DESUS NICE: Our Netflix accounts are mixed together. We can't-- we got one Spotify. Like, everybody's mix-- as all-- it's too hard to leave now.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Right, right. Too much. It's too much.

DESUS NICE: We on that Jagged Edge, "Let's Just Get Married" point at this point. You know what I'm saying? We-- we ain't getting no younger.

SEERAT SOHI: What was the day like when you found out that KD and Kyrie were going to the Nets?

THE KID MERO: You know I mean? I never wish ill will on nobody. You know what I'm saying? But maybe for, like, two minutes I did. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, it's all good because you know what it was? Coming into the season, in the off season, when they got those guys, it was like OK, a chip or bust. You feel me? Like, if they don't win a chip, it's like, yo, y'all failed. The Knicks are exceeding expectations like-- oh, D-- this season was supposed to be another take-a-thon. Like, yo, let's-- Faye for Kane. You know what I'm saying? And like, and we're not doing that. We talk-- like D said, we-- we talking about the P word. You know what I'm saying?

DESUS NICE: The day KD announced he's going to Brooklyn, I wasn't even in the United States. I was in London. I had no service. I left because I saw on Twitter, you know, people were like, oh, KD picked a team. I had to go outside and find Wi-Fi to find-- to read the Tweets to find out what team he's going to, and I let out a blood-curdling scream in the middle of London. All right? Everyone was like, what's going on, did you drop your beans? I was like, no, KD's not going to the Knicks.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Did you drop your beans?

DESUS NICE: But I got over it. I got over it. I sent out some angry Tweets. I said, I think I believe-- I believe I blame Jay-Z for gentrifying Brooklyn, and I said, the Nets need to be destroyed. But once I got over it, I was like, OK, I'll deal with this. I'm a Knick fan, we'll be all right.

THE KID MERO: It was just a quick-- you know what I mean? Yeah, it's-- but that's what's part of being a Knick fan is getting the rug pulled out from under you. You feel me? And like-- you know, it's commonplace. You know, it's been happening since 2010 when LeBron was just like-- you know what I mean? Like, you thought. You know what I'm saying? But, you know. We're here now.

DESUS NICE: That's what I'm saying. We had no chance of getting LeBron. Read those Tweets that Tori said. We thought we were getting LeBron.

THE KID MERO: Oh, 100%.

DESUS NICE: We thought we were getting LeBron.

SEERAT SOHI: But you make a good point. This is fun right now. Like, nobody can say [BLEEP] to you guys. Like--

DESUS NICE AND THE KID MERO (TOGETHER): At all.

SEERAT SOHI: If somebody wants to talk about the Knicks, you're just like, so what?

THE KID MERO: You thought we were going to be like 3 and 30 right now. Like, and we not. You know what I'm saying? We the 4th seed in the East. What's popping? You know what I'm saying?

DESUS NICE: There's another hidden talent of being a Knick fan is that other people get sick seeing you happy, and you are able to get joy from that. When you-- when you're just like-- when we throw up our little Knick memes, and we're like, yo-- like, Mero was always like, "Julius Randle is better than LeBron." You see people's heads on the timeline explode. You just see all the quote Tweets. They're like, 20 quote Tweets, 40 quote Tweets. You see the ratio, and you're like, I don't care. Mute.

THE KID MERO: My work is done here.

DESUS NICE: I don't care. I don't care.

THE KID MERO: Just pour gasoline on the TL and be like, yo.

DESUS NICE: That's right. Just burn the timeline down. Just burn it down.

THE KID MERO: Julius Randle, MVP.

SEERAT SOHI: Mero, you-- you had a KD jersey already made. Was that true?

THE KID MERO: Yes, I did.

SEERAT SOHI: What-- where is it now?

THE KID MERO: I had it in the cart. No, no, no. I didn't get it made. I had it in the cart, and I was ready to go. You know what I'm saying? But I was just like, I'm not doing this. I'm not going to look like the bozo with the official Kevin KD Knicks jersey. You know what I'm saying? I mess around and somebody find that [BLEEP] in the crib, you know what I mean? Like, I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. So it was in the cart. It did not get made. You know what I'm saying? So.

DESUS NICE: Only-- you can only buy Knick-- you can only buy Knick jerseys for actual legends. So I would like to point out, I bought a Ron Baker Knick Jersey.

THE KID MERO: That's right. Got the Lou Amundson game worn joint on tack.

DESUS NICE: Exactly.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Let's go. I got-- I got a question about vampires versus the Bronx, Mero. Was it your idea to throw the boot? Because that's a very Mero thing. I'm like, yo, that had-- he had to write that in. You know what I mean?

THE KID MERO: I just-- I just said it. I just said it, like, [BLEEP] around, like, you know, just like, in between takes or whatever. I was like, yo, you know, come on. You know what I'm saying? Like, you got to do it.

SEERAT SOHI: So you guys are hosting the Bolt24 Real Star Awards. Tell us where and when we can tune in.

DESUS NICE: Well, first of all, you can view it Saturday, March 6th at 7:00 PM on our Instagrams. On @desusnice and @thekidmero Instagram. That sounds wild. That sounds very unethical. That sounds like we don't know what's going on. But before you judge us for that, I want you to know the awards take place in a bodega. So mind your business and just watch it. It's going to be fantastic. It's not the regular All-Star Awards. We hooked up with Bolt24. Bolt24 is like carbonated Gatorade, baby. I mean, caffeinated Gatorade. You know what I'm saying?

THE KID MERO: Yo, fib like vitamins and electrolytes and antioxidants and all the stuff that's at Erewhon. They put it in the cup. They put the-- hood flavors like cherry lime.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

SEERAT SOHI: You guys drink it every morning, right?

DESUS NICE: Well, no, but we-- we were drinking it all through filming this. So you will see our energy levels keep going up, and you're going to be like, wow, they are wilding. Them boys is out of control. But, that is proof that it works, and it's not like a regular award show. It's like, no one's getting, like, best rebound or best defense stuff.

THE KID MERO: Yeah, or most Improved player. There's none of that.

DESUS NICE: So it's a fun time. You know, and we got professionals. We got Obi Toppin coming through.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: There we go.

THE KID MERO: Dame Dolla.

DESUS NICE: Sue Bird. Dame Dolla. Robin Lopez. We got Danilo Gallinari a.k.a. The Rooster. [MIMICS ROOSTER]

THE KID MERO: (SINGING) Danilo Gallinari.

DESUS NICE: Once a Knick, always a Knick, which-- depending on who you are --could be a slur, but you know it's all good.

SEERAT SOHI: Yeah, best hangover drink. Gatorade or Pedialyte?

THE KID MERO: That Bolt24 now. Now the Bolt24. You can drink that juice in the morning. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

DESUS NICE: Thank you for the oop. But seriously, you know when you wake up in the morning, you groggy. You got that Gatorade, you like-- you drink the Gatorade, you like, all right, I got my time, I'm going to lay back down. Maybe on a Saturday or a Sunday, you like, all right, I'm a-- I'm a reach-- I'm going to come back. Sometimes you got to go to work. Sometimes you need that caffeine. So sometimes if you're a fan, down that Gatorade, get on the train, and let it do what it do, baby. You'll just be sitting there like, yeah, my boss don't need to know I got in that fight last night. Like, no, no, no.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: All right, man. Appreciate you all for spending your time talking to us, man. Best of luck with everything. I'm a fan. I got the book. I preordered it, you know what I mean? It's sitting up there in the bookcase. You know what I'm saying?

DESUS NICE: Appreciate you. Appreciate you.

LAJETHRO JENKINS: Best of luck with everything. I'll definitely be tapping in with y'all, for sure.

THE KID MERO: Yo, love, bro.

DESUS NICE: Thank you, man. Thanks for having us on.

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DESUS NICE: Ya'll who sporting the Dunk Bait get dunked on.