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The Sports Junkies debate who the best current athletes are in DC sports.
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00:00Hey, give me your current ranking of D.C. athletes' popularity.
00:06Are you going to say the athlete?
00:08Do you want me to say Ovi?
00:09Ovi won.
00:10Ovi's won over Jaden?
00:11I don't know.
00:12Jaden's probably the most popular.
00:13I would say Jaden might be won.
00:15Football's bigger.
00:16I'm going to go Jaden won.
00:17If you ask people right now who's your favorite D.C. athlete,
00:22more people would say Jaden than Ovi just because football's bigger.
00:25Yeah, yeah.
00:25All right.
00:26What about McLaurin?
00:28He'd be in the top 10.
00:30But not top 5.
00:31Is A.J. DeBonsa, even before he makes his summer league debut, number 3?
00:38He's not well-known enough.
00:39Because clearly guys like James Wood more accomplished, but...
00:43Yeah, he's going to get there.
00:45I think A.J. DeBonsa's over James Wood.
00:48He is.
00:49He's got more.
00:49All right.
00:50If you had an appearance, if you had an appearance at the conference center,
00:57or whatever, wherever you're going to have an appearance, right?
00:59And you said A.J. DeBonsa's going to be there for an hour.
01:02And James Wood will be there for an hour.
01:03And you said James Wood's going to be there for an hour.
01:05Who are more people going to go see?
01:07Probably DeBonsa.
01:08Yeah.
01:09Yeah.
01:10I mean, James Wood's great.
01:12He didn't even make All-Star Game starter.
01:14Yeah.
01:14I think...
01:15This may be unfair, but he just didn't.
01:17I know.
01:17He should be a brand of Marsh.
01:18This is not to knock Wood.
01:19It's just...
01:20No.
01:20But it's also the nature of the sport.
01:22True.
01:22Right.
01:23The nature of the eyeballs.
01:25Is A.J. DeBonsa greater than Tom Wilson already?
01:29Oh.
01:30Like, Willie's pretty popular.
01:31Probably.
01:32Just because of the nature...
01:33The guy's been here a minute.
01:35Yeah, but the...
01:35I don't think I can say that.
01:36But it's the popularity of the sport.
01:39Basketball's more popular.
01:40If we had dueling appearances, if Tom Wilson was at Applebee's,
01:44and A.J. DeBonsa was at Chili's,
01:47who's going to draw more today?
01:49I think DeBonsa...
01:50So you think DeBonsa would draw more than Anthony Davis?
01:55Or Trey Young?
01:57That's a good question.
01:59I'd have to...
02:00I think he would.
02:01I think there's more buzz on the kid than those old guys.
02:06We've done these WJFK deals before, right?
02:08Remember where we would do the 106-7, the fan day, or whatever,
02:11and they have a bunch of Redskins out there.
02:12And it'd be like, Santana Moss signing autographs.
02:15And there'd be like, Joe Theismann signing autographs.
02:17And then there might be like, who's your boy that...
02:19Walks around and wears his jersey, and he trains people.
02:22Sometimes in Ashburn, he would wear his own jersey.
02:25Ricky Irving.
02:26Ricky Irving.
02:28Like, Ricky Irving's going to lose, though.
02:30He's not going to have to make people in line.
02:30No, but I was thinking of...
02:31Didn't you do one with Cakes, where Bryce Harper was there?
02:35Well, we hosted him.
02:36No, it wasn't like an autograph signing.
02:37We hosted him for a car show, and we interviewed him.
02:39I want to say this.
02:40But I've done stuff before.
02:42Cakes has done stuff before with guys from Manchester United.
02:45Right.
02:45And Cakes is signing autographs, and Manchester United...
02:48Cakes got, like, one guy.
02:50Manchester U was a mile down the road.
02:53Cakes got Peter from Burke.
02:54Yeah.
02:55Right.
02:56And then Manchester United is two blocks.
02:58Yeah.
02:59I mean, you're throwing AJ out there just because of the recency, and he's kind of the top...
03:02Well, it's relevant tonight.
03:03It's relevant tonight.
03:04I think Sonny Stiles would get a lot of people out.
03:07Yeah.
03:08You know what?
03:08Sonny Stiles, I think, would...
03:10Also, because it's the Redskins.
03:11It's the commanders.
03:12That's why I'm saying that.
03:13But I still think McLaurin would, too.
03:15I want to throw it out to people.
03:16Maybe not top four, but...
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03:20Give me your top five in D.C.
03:21I think Ovi and Jaden, 1A, 1B.
03:24Right?
03:25You can make an argument, Jaden, just because it's the commanders.
03:29You're saying your current, not current time.
03:31Current.
03:31Just current.
03:31Right now, your top five sports guys in D.C.
03:35Yep.
03:36Well, DeBonta probably is in the top five.
03:38I think A.J. might be number three, but Sonny Stiles, because...
03:41Sonny Stiles has got to be up there.
03:44It's...
03:44I mean, he wasn't number one overall pick, but he was pretty high, and he was, you know,
03:48he's playing for the commanders.
03:49Pretty much.
03:50He's an NFL player.
03:51Do you think, what percentage of commanders fans, if you ran into them at 7-11, the guy's
03:55wearing a Skins jersey, so you know he's a commanders fan, what do you think the percentage
03:59is, if you asked him who was their first-round pick this year, would know the answer?
04:03If they're wearing a Skins jersey.
04:04Knowing this show.
04:05If they're a commanders fan?
04:06If they're wearing the jersey, wearing a jersey.
04:0860%.
04:09They better know.
04:10Only 60%.
04:10I don't think it's high.
04:11You've listened...
04:12We've done this show for 30 years.
04:14People are calling to our show.
04:16But they're self-identifying themselves wearing a jersey.
04:17I know, but they'll just...
04:18If you're a jersey wearer, you're a step-up than the average guy.
04:21I would think higher than that.
04:22Yeah.
04:23What percentage of Wizards guy...
04:24You see a guy with a Slurpee and wearing a Wizards jersey, if you asked him who was their
04:29number one pick, what do you think the answer would be?
04:30Very high.
04:31Do you think a 90% would know it was A.J. DeBonta?
04:33Do you think a national should be in this top five, or just not going to be in it?
04:38Well, in terms of popularity...
04:38So, you're going to be Sonny Stiles and Terry McLaurin?
04:41Then I'd say, okay, that might be the top five.
04:43But I might argue for Willie.
04:45Willie's got kind of...
04:46Yeah, Willie's popular.
04:46Is that too niche?
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04:51That's a good question.
04:52Valdez, what would your top five be?
04:55Current...
04:57Did you guys mention Ovi yet?
04:58Yeah, we said Ovi and Jaden are 1A, 1B.
05:01So, just 1-2, whichever order you want to get.
05:03Give us your 2-3-4-5.
05:05Terry?
05:053-4-5.
05:06Terry?
05:07I think Terry would be up there, too.
05:11I think Sonny Stiles would be up there.
05:15I mean, literally, he hasn't even played a scrimmage.
05:17I know, but there's so much hype, and there's excitement.
05:20But, like, in 2012, if you asked this, it would have been Robert before the draft.
05:24Right.
05:24Oh, yeah.
05:25RG3 before the draft was...
05:26I'm telling you...
05:27He might have been the biggest.
05:28I think A.J. DeBonta's there already.
05:30I think DeBonta's probably up there.
05:31Is DeBonta in that RG3 2012 realm?
05:35No.
05:35The hype?
05:36No, because football's a different animal.
05:38It's just so much bigger.
05:39Yeah, football's just a different animal.
05:41DeBonta's up there, but I don't think he's up there above Sonny Stiles or Terry.
05:45His Q rating's pretty high.
05:47You saw, obviously, at the anthem, the way people went nuts for all of that, when he did
05:53the subsequent appearances.
05:54Right, but if there was an NFL draft party at the anthem, it would have been just as popular.
06:00I'll say this.
06:01And people wouldn't go nuts for sure.
06:03If Peterson was selected over A.J., his Q rate...
06:08Would be lower.
06:08Would be lower, just because A.J. is more polished.
06:12He's got a little more riz.
06:13Yeah.
06:14If you had to say, though, if it came down to it, who do you think right now would get
06:20more people in an appearance?
06:22Willie, who I think is the second most popular capital, or DeBonta?
06:27DeBonta.
06:27Oh, DeBonta probably.
06:28I think so, too.
06:29The Sonny Stiles one is interesting.
06:31If you have Willie at Chili's, and you have DeBonta at Applebee's, those are going to be
06:37more people at Applebee's.
06:38But Anthony Davis hasn't played a minute yet for this team, but I still think he would
06:41be a huge draw if you're doing some sort of...
06:44I don't know if people have embraced him yet.
06:45They haven't.
06:46But I'm just talking about the name.
06:47The name is huge.
06:49Or Trey Young.
06:50And also, with the perception that he's maybe reticent to play here might hurt a little
06:55bit.
06:56Yeah, I'm just basing it on the name.
06:58James Wood, he deserves to be.
07:01Abrams deserves to be.
07:04Abrams is starting for the National League for an All-Star.
07:07Just apropos nothing, but we're kind of talking about popularity, you know, and sort
07:11of in D.C.
07:12Did you see the number that that disastrous U.S. soccer game did?
07:1646 million.
07:18I thought it was 42, but let's go with 46.
07:20Oh, that's sick.
07:21Either way, over 40 million.
07:2246 million, which I believe was quoted as being bigger than any college game of any sport.
07:30Yep.
07:31Any Major League Baseball game.
07:33I mean, it was like, maybe only the Super Bowl bigger.
07:37I think only the Super Bowl and maybe the championship games, AFC and NFC championship
07:41game.
07:41Yeah.
07:42But just a massive number.
07:4446 million.
07:45And it wasn't even on the weekend.
07:47And it was a big disaster.
07:49Right?
07:51Imagine if it was a Monday night.
07:53Dude, that's how hyped up it was.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Imagine if it was on Sunday afternoon.
07:57So, in that sense, maybe the future's bright for soccer in the sense that you drew that
08:04many eyeballs here in the United States.
08:07Look, I mean, yeah, I mean, there's a...
08:09We're mocking Pulisic for saying the future's bright.
08:12Well, the truth is, the whole World Cup, like, if you just pulled a random...
08:16The countries embraced it very well.
08:16Like, the England-Mexico game had, and I might be off on the numbers, but I remember it
08:21was super high.
08:22It had, like, 20 million people watching it.
08:24It was because it's great for us TV watching.
08:26Right.
08:26It's not like we have to get up at 3 in the morning.
08:28I know.
08:28I love it.
08:29It's because it's here.
08:30Yeah.
08:30That's why people are so invested.
08:31Yeah.
08:32If it's in Russia or Spain...
08:34Of course.
08:34Well, of course.
08:34But I'm also very sensitive, though.
08:36The point is, the NBA Finals is here, and it's not getting those numbers.
08:38Yeah.
08:39Well, yeah, but this is a national team event.
08:40Of course, it's going to get big numbers.
08:42I don't think...
08:42The Olympics don't get this number?
08:44No.
08:44No.
08:45I think it was great.
08:45I thought it was a great viewing event.
08:46I don't think it's going to have any carryover.
08:49No, not unless it's here.
08:51Dravity, give me your top five.
08:52No, it's not going to carryover in the sense that next time it's in Russia.
08:54No.
08:54If they're playing in four years against Spain, in Spain, they're not going to get $47 million.
09:00But does it elevate soccer to more kids wanting to play in it, more kids want to be better
09:06at it, more kids want to go to Europe to play in it?
09:08Does it elevate it that level?
09:09I don't know.
09:10Probably not.
09:11Dravity, who's your top five D.C. athletes right now?
09:14Is A.J. DeBonce in it?
09:17By popularity?
09:18I don't think most people could pick Sonny Stiles out of a lineup.
09:21If he's just a headshot, I don't think most people know who he is.
09:24Probably A.J. too.
09:25But they know the name.
09:26I would say O.V., Trae Young, Anthony Davis, and Terry.
09:31And put him five somewhere else.
09:32Yeah, I think Davis and Young would be up there.
09:33I think he'd be able to pick out A.J. DeBonce just based on height.
09:38Face.
09:38Face.
09:39Face.
09:39I don't know.
09:40DeBonce got a lot of hype here the last couple weeks.
09:42That's a good question.
09:45Maybe.
09:46I just put Stiles up there because he was a first-round draft pick, and he went to Ohio
09:49State, and he's playing for the commander.
09:51Got a cool name.
09:52Got a great name.
09:53But you're right.
09:53I mean, if Sonny Stiles walks into an open road.
09:57Boy, you're going to know he plays something.
09:59You're going to think he's an athlete.
10:00Oh, he's a special one.
10:01He plays something.
10:02That's for sure.
10:02Yeah, it's going to be a lot of, who is that?
10:04Take a picture of him.
10:05Send it to your friend.
10:06Who is that?
10:06Okay, let me write this.
10:07But, Drav, if you put an appearance.
10:09Hey, Grok, who is this?
10:10If you marketed an appearance and you said, Sonny Stiles is going to be at Circuit City.
10:15Okay.
10:18And AJ is going to be at Kitty.
10:22What did I write down, Shaq?
10:24James Way.
10:24James Way.
10:25Caldor.
10:25Yeah.
10:27Who do you think is going to draw more?
10:28DeBonce.
10:29Than Sonny Stiles?
10:31Yeah.
10:31The number one pick against a linebacker?
10:33I know.
10:34For sure.
10:34I know, but it's a commander versus a wizard.
10:37I know, but basketball is an individual player sport as far as, like, superstardom.
10:43He's got a chance.
10:44Anybody's going to do a Bobby Wagner signing?
10:46All right.
10:46What if it, hold on, hold on.
10:47No, that's different.
10:48What about if it was, that's different if you had an aging veteran at the end of his
10:52career and meant nothing here.
10:53Suck that.
10:53By the way, also sucked here.
10:56What about, what about RG3, though?
10:59What if it's 2012?
11:00That was next level, yeah.
11:012012 RG3, AJ DeBonce, 2026.
11:04RG3.
11:05Yeah.
11:05Yeah.
11:06RG3 beats Ovi.
11:08RG3 beats Jaden.
11:09RG3 beats everybody.
11:10Yeah.
11:11The number one answer is actually Jaden.
11:14Yes.
11:15Yeah.
11:15I would agree.
11:15If you had an appearance at Montgomery Mall, it's a Macy's.
11:19Just Brandon Ayuk.
11:20Okay, but hold on.
11:21Hey, just Brandon Ayuk cracked the top five.
11:26Ooh.
11:26Brandon Ayuk had an appearance at Dick's.
11:30They'd just open up a new Dick's, right?
11:32What's so funny is people hating on him, they would show up.
11:34He'd be a line of donks.
11:35You would show up.
11:37Team Ayuk would show up.
11:38Well, I gotta make sure he'd look out for his best interest.
11:40No one's looking out for a guy's best interest.
11:43He'd have a line of donks with footballs and jerseys.
11:46Signed up.
11:46Line of donks.
11:47But I think Sonny Stiles was at the...
11:50He did the Gaithersburg Dicks.
11:51Dicks in Rio just a couple weeks ago.
11:53How many people were there?
11:53It was a big line.
11:55It was a lot of people there.
11:55Yeah.
11:56A lot of people.
11:56But I think Brandon Ayuk would command the line, too.
11:59I'm gonna ask my buddy.
12:00My buddy's one of the managers there.
12:02Because I think Tom Wilson was there, too.
12:04Yes.
12:04It was William Stiles.
12:05Who drew more?
12:06That's the answer.
12:07Why not run it?
12:08Yeah.
12:08If Ayuk was at Blockbuster, how many people would show up?
12:12Yeah.
12:13And Tom Wilson was at Errol's.
12:16Toys R Us.
12:17Yeah.
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