Best of NBA News Part 2: NBA Combine results + Spurs DOMINATE Wolves to SET OKC matchup + UNC details his HISTORIC HS Basketball Career + AJ Dybantsa Record Breaking 42in VERTICAL

19:37Chad Johnson:All that damn smoke he had over there.

19:43Shannon Sharpe:And look, you can't fault his effort because he be trying. I'll never say Rudy wasn't trying because he – Absolutely. But he's limited on what he can do, Joe. Yeah. And look, like I said, I think everybody, you know, you remember that, Joe, you weren't on here with us, but he had that one game where he had 27 points and 20 rebounds against the Lakers. And everybody say, see, I told you, Rudy. Look, that's an anomaly. He was never going to have it. Ocho, you back? Can you hear me? Yeah, we hear you. Is timing good? Hold on.

20:20Chad Johnson:Dum-dum, dum-dum.

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24:00Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead and finish it up. But you were talking about how efficient the Spurs were when you look at Champaign. It was 5 of 10. And Wimby was 6 of 11. Go ahead. No, I was saying, if there was a game where everybody needed to be efficient to close out this goddamn series, it was a night. I was saying Fox had 21 points. I think it was 8 for 10. He was 3 for 3 from 3. And hell, would everyone else playing well? And Wimby didn't even have a crazy night tonight, Joe.

24:29Chad Johnson:He didn't have to. Collectively, everybody played so goddamn well. the goddamn Wolves didn't even have a chance. Yeah. I mean, look, when you think about it, he didn't have to be heroic tonight when you got Champagne with 18, 5 for 10 from the field. Hey, look, I love Harper coming off the bench. He don't play like no rookie to me, fellas. He plays like a guy who's been in his league three, four, five years. He understands the moment. He's one of those guys who great and poised and patience and precious situations. You know, they trust him with the Rock as a rookie, bro. You don't really see that, man.

25:02Chad Johnson:You know what I mean? And he's had big moments, you know, not just in this series, but throughout this whole playoffs. So I enjoy watching him play as well. I just think collectively San Antonio has the team to compete with OKC. I'm talking about from top to bottom. You name it, from the guard standpoint, all the way to the bigs. Boy, it's going to be, hey, it's going to be some fireworks in this next series.

25:26Shannon Sharpe:Because both teams have about four or five guys that can defend at an elite level on the perimeter. Yeah. That is what separates OKC. That is what separates because of Vassell, Champagny. You look at Castle. You look at those guys. They can defend. Now, Kelton Johnson, he's not the best defender, but he a tried defender. And sometimes that's all I need. I just need some other teams that's not in the playoffs that got swept. I need those guys to be tried defenders because they give up to us. Go ahead, Ocho. What you want? I'm glad you just said this, right? We talk about how well OKC defends. We talk about the depth that the bench has.

26:06And we talk about the depth that the Spurs have. But the one difference maker is they still have Wimby. Yes. Now, as well as the goddamn Thunder can defend, who's going to be the answer to be able to stop Wimby? What's going to be the difference now?

26:20Shannon Sharpe:Well, they're going to try to throw it. They're going to lose Chet. And they're going to switch it up to Hardenstein. Because they got two seven-footers. 6 '11", seven-foot. They got guys they can throw at them. That's a lot more athletic. And plus, Chet can shoot the three. Chet can bring him out to deep waters. And get him in space. What you call him, he ain't worried about that. Now, the same thing with Hardenstein. He's not worried about Hardenstein. Hardenstein is a lot quicker. And so, he would sit and pick and roll. He can dive to the basket. They do a great job. They put him in the pick.

26:51Shannon Sharpe:They throw him the ball. And then here comes Chet from the dunker spot. And boom. Hey, but then the Thunder going to have the same issue. Shea loving to get to the midi. Shea loving to come off the dribble and drive to the basket. Hell, Wimby's still going to do what he's done to everybody else in altering goddamn shots.

27:07Chad Johnson:Well, hey, hey, hey, hold on now. Shea is a mid-range. Shea is a mid-range. Shea is a mid-range. You know, I agree with you. They both got guys who can defend, but they also, both teams, got guys who are great going off the dribble, great creating space, great scoring the basketball, great penetrating, and getting into the teeth of your defense and making plays. I think it's going to be a pretty even game. Now, I know the Spurs are going to come in with a lot of confidence because they beat them four times. They won 4-1 throughout the season. So they're going to come in with a lot of confidence.

27:43Chad Johnson:And considering the fact that OKC is not going to have the other Jalen Lee.

27:46Shannon Sharpe:No, he said he's healthy.

27:48Chad Johnson:Yeah, he said he's healthy.

27:53Chad Johnson:It's going to be interesting, fellas. It's going to be very interesting to see what they do. because you know Mitchell, A.J.

27:59Shannon Sharpe:Mitchell has played so well, like, ooh, maybe take a game or two, take another game or two. We want to make sure you're fully healthy.

28:09Chad Johnson:I think they're going to bring A.J. Mitchell off the bench, and he's still going to continue to get money. I think that's going to be the difference maker in this series, meaning OKC and San Antonio, it's going to be the bench play. It's going to be the bench play.

28:24Shannon Sharpe:The question is, and I think they're gonna probably start Lou Dort on Fox, but he's gonna have to, man, Fox is so quick, man. That joke, that herky-jerky, that J.

28:37Chad Johnson:Nah, you think they gonna start him on him?

28:40Shannon Sharpe:Who are they gonna put on him? They can put him on Castle. So who go, so I wanna know who go, so you gonna put Shay on Fox? Oh, yeah. Man, he gonna go right around Fox, man. Man, that joke was so quick. I watched that joke of the night. Oh, no, no, no, no.

28:57Chad Johnson:He can't quit. Hey, I think they're going to give each other problems. I think Shea being a little bigger.

29:04Shannon Sharpe:Stephon Castle is going to be on Shea. Him, I think him, Bissell, probably Champagny. I think those guys, that triplets, that trio is going to rotate and try to show because all of them are different. But Castle is uber, uber physical. He's quick. And you saw tonight, Fox was giving Jaden McDaniels all he could handle. Everything that he wanted.

29:32Chad Johnson:He nice, bro. He nice. You right. So listen, Joe, out of the four times they played during the regular season, the Spurs won what? They was four and one against the Spurs, won four, the OKC won one. Now that's regular season basketball. Now come playoff basketball. Now who y 'all got in the series? based on, you know, it's all about matchups. It's all about matchups. Now, the one common denominator that separates both of these teams is goddamn Wimby. I know, man. OKC got home court advantage. I'm going OKC. I picked them to win it. I think San Antonio is there. Obviously, you know, they looking to win now.

30:12Chad Johnson:You know, even though they're a young team, they got what it takes. Obviously, they showed me a lot throughout this postseason. but hell OKC has showed me just as much man you know the fact that they're still hungry coming off a title they ain't knowing this postseason I'm sure they want to continue that it's going to be hard for San Antonio to go in OKC and get a game fellas I mean yeah I'm just

30:33Shannon Sharpe:Uncle what you got huh I mean if you if you the thing I can see is that I still think San Antonio might be a year away. The turnovers. You cannot turn the ball over against the Thunder. They punish you. They make you pay a premium. You pay double for turnovers in the postseason. And I just think the thing is that Chet and Hartenstein, I can see Chet averaging somewhere between 18 and 22, which they did not get from Rudy. Hartenstein you know Hartenstein he gonna get you efficient he ain't gonna miss more than two shots because everything is gonna be a lob or a floater from about five six feet away

31:24Chad Johnson:his ass gonna have double figure rebounds yes yes he's a hustle he's a hustle guy who gets a lot of his points off of hustling hustling you know putbacks things that sort of getting you extra possessions

31:37Shannon Sharpe:create second chance points because when Wimby going to challenge it. And so guess what? So when Wimby goes to challenge something, they're saying, okay, whoever Wimby's guarding, when he goes to challenge, take your ass to the rim.

31:50Chad Johnson:Absolutely. Absolutely. You're absolutely right.

31:54Shannon Sharpe:I mean, you make me pick if I had to pick some money. If I had to put some money down that meant something to it in hell, if I'm putting money down, it's my money, so it means a lot to me. I would take the Thunder. I think I can see the Thunder in seven. I can see it being a home and home series, Joe. I really could.

32:13Chad Johnson:I know Ocho a rebel. He going to go San Antonio. I already know. I mean, listen, I like the Thunder. Obviously, what they've been able to do, even when Shea was injured, I mean, them young bulls kept the ship afloat. But that goddamn Wimby's so special. He's so special. I think he's going to be the common denominator. I don't think Shet would be able to do anything with him, even though Shet is seven feet tall. wouldn't be so dominant regardless of who you put out there on them. I'm just giving the edge to the Spurs slightly. Okay. All right.

32:46Shannon Sharpe:Joe, I'm just looking at these numbers. My starting four and five gave me three points and ten effing rebounds. At home. At home. That's disgusting. In a closeout game.

33:01Chad Johnson:A closer.

33:03Shannon Sharpe:A closeout, yeah.

33:04Chad Johnson:Hey, everything.

33:05Shannon Sharpe:I done batting down the hatches. I done boarded up the house. I'm hunkering down. I ain't leaving. You know how the storm is coming to say you need to leave? I'm batting the hatches. I ain't going no damn where.

33:18Chad Johnson:You know what I think? I think Minnesota, I think coming into next year, they probably going to find a way to kind of give Nas Reed a starting job. I just think he plays well. and I think he played well against Wimby, obviously being able to stretch the floor. And he ain't really look like he was nervous and scared of the moment tonight. You know what I mean? He just came out and hooped, bro. Where am I getting them points from on the bench now, Joe? Well, you're going to have to change your roster up a little bit. You might have to make a couple of trades. You know what I'm saying? With what?

33:53Chad Johnson:You know we still got to give up the picks that we gave for Wimby.

33:56Shannon Sharpe:I mean, for Rudy. We gave up five first rounders, Joe. You don't think nobody want Rudy? Look here, Fat Albert game don't even want Rudy back. You remember Rudy was in Fat Albert? Rudy kept some bull jive going. Fat Albert game don't even want Rudy back.

34:17Chad Johnson:Just a bad matchup for Rudy, bro. It is. It is. It's just a bad matchup.

34:22Shannon Sharpe:And that's the problem that he has. Any matchup that has a big that's athletic is going to be a problem for him. Yeah.

34:30Chad Johnson:They can space the floor and shoot. Yeah, that's a problem. See, what you call him. He would have a problem with Embiid because Embiid is so physical.

34:40Shannon Sharpe:Embiid's going to put that big body on him. That's not what Jokic is. Jokic is a finesse player. Rudy is long enough to bother him, especially, especially if he can't get him in foul trouble early and he can't knock down threes to pull him away from the basket. Because you see, even when Rudy wasn't blocking the shot, he was making him shoot it short. because he was working. He put so much arc on it that the ball was coming up short. But at some point in time, Joe, you got to make a look. I'm looking. I'm like, hold on. Randall gave me three. Randall been coming up real small in big moments, Joe.

35:22Shannon Sharpe:He been coming up real small.

35:24Chad Johnson:I know. And they needed him tonight.

35:26Shannon Sharpe:And the problem that you got, Minnesota, y 'all thought this was going to be a better answer than Cat. That's the problem that you're running into. And they're seeing what Cat is doing over there. Cat done had two postseason triple doubles. I'm going to keep my mind shut. That ain't got none of my business. I don't even know why I brought it up.

35:51Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey. But Minnesota was hampered with injuries. So I'm going to give them a little pass in this series. I thought Ant-Man kind of got a little better. You know, the series went along. He didn't play great tonight. But, hell, I thought at least his intensity was there, understanding the moment. You know, he was aggressive. He was trying to get to the cup. But San Antonio too much, bro. They coming at you with too many waves, too many guys who can really shoot the basketball, defend at a high level. And once they bust that thing open, it was hard for Minnesota to keep coming back. and being at home, I think that's the most impressive thing about San Antonio, bro, the way they played on the road, the way they came in and closed that thing out.

36:35You know, one of the most important things, too, is having that advantage, being able to play at home, helping, allowing your crowd to get into it, to make things easy for you, offensively and defensively. The Spurs didn't allow the crowd to get into it at all.

36:49Chad Johnson:They didn't, bro. At no damn point. They really made it a home game, even though they were playing away.

36:55Shannon Sharpe:When you think about this trade, Joe, let me tell you why this trade doesn't make sense to me. Because you got a guy in Ant-Man that wants to attack. He can shoot, can get to the mid. He got a three-level score. But Julius Randle, Julius Randle's not a better three-point guy. Cat can pull you. Big cook pull. Now, see, Cat can pull Wimby away from the basket. Yeah. Now, if you take Rudy out, you bring Cat in and Cat's in. Now Rudy's got to go out there because Cat can knock the three down. Yeah. Yeah, he'll turn his back on Rudy. Go ahead and shoot. I dare you. He up there boxes out. I get the free throw line.

37:37Shannon Sharpe:Rudy at the three-point line. He ain't worried about Rudy shooting that damn shot. And he knows Rudy. How many times you see Rudy dive to the basket and dunk? Rudy going to get put back dunk. He'll get a lob dunk. But I'm not throwing with them hands. He's tall. He's awkward. So I ain't worried about him bending down and getting the ball with Ocho and Joe. I ain't worried about none of that. He going to kick it with him size 20, kick that thing dead in the front row, Pop. So I'm not worried about that. Because Ocho, you said all he has to deal with is Wemby. The problem is that OKC and the Spurs, for the next three to five years, they're going to run to West unless something unforeseen happened.

38:22Shannon Sharpe:so even if he's having his way with Jokic and some of these other bigs he's still got to go through them yeah even if you're going through purgatory in order to get to the championship you got to go through hell which is San Antonio and OKC and this is the bad thing though because if you get rid of Rudy who's the answer there's still no answer that you can go and get that can make a difference against Wimby He oughta goddamn thunder. Well, I think the thing is that I got to get points from somewhere. I got nothing from Drew Randall, and I got nothing from Rudy. So that puts so much pressure on Ant that he feels.

39:04Shannon Sharpe:Ant had 24 points, but it took him 26 shots. I'll give him that all day long. And think about this. If you do get a big, right, Uncle Joe?

39:15Chad Johnson:Yeah. If you get a big, that's, you know, our offensive big. That can get you points. Hell, that could shoot the three. Okay, trade him. Trade him for Joe Embiid. Hey, but then, you know what the problem's going to be? He's going to be a liability on defense. Trade him for Embiid. Because you're not going to get a three. Okay. What a thing that I'm thinking is if I can keep Wimby honest, you know, versus him not even paying attention to Rudy. Right. I mean, I think that's a pretty good job. Meaning if I can have a threat out there that he has to guard, Ocho. Yes. instead of just sitting close to the paint, not guarding this man who out at the three.

39:54Chad Johnson:Man, you have a better chance versus going in there challenging him every time, bro. Like, it's just too much. It's too much, man. So I'm sure Minnesota will get to the drawing board this summer. They're going to have to come up with something. I know they got some mean contracts over there, but, boy, they got to figure it out. Yeah.

40:13Shannon Sharpe:The Wolves, the last five postseasons, lost in the first round, lost in the first round, lost in the conference finals, lost in the conference finals, lost in the second round. And I think the thing is that with Wimby, you can't outskill him. You got to get somebody that's physical, that's willing to bang with him. Because his skill level is, I mean, first of all, they're in a whole lot of fives. I mean, you look at Jokic, if you look at Hardenstein, you look at, you want to say cats of five, There are not a whole lot of them that has a skill like Wimby that can be able to score. The only five that really can score is Embiid and Jokic.

40:58Chad Johnson:Yeah. Those are the really only ones.

41:01Shannon Sharpe:Those are the really only ones. That's why I said there is no answer. So in the West, Wimby's going to continue to dominate because there's really nobody you can go and get that can match them offensively at the five. We know that, but we got to get some scoring. That's the thing. That's the thing. Ocho, he only gave us 19. But his counterpart gave us nothing. So he beat us 19-nothing. What if he gave us nine? Get off to a great start. Jew didn't do any better. He gave us three. Remember the last game? Remember the last game? How many points did Jew have the last game? He didn't have that many last game.

41:42Chad Johnson:Hey. And when you think about it, Wimby just got too many pretty good damn players next to him. Meaning guys who really know and understand okay, boom, we gonna feed big fella, we gonna play through big fella, but boy, when they come out of it, I'm getting to it. You know, they got guys who really understand their role in Fox, Castle, Vassell, Harper, Champagny, like, I'm talking about guys who play key, like, look, they'll have games to where some of these guys won't be as productive offensively, but then they'll have games like tonight to where collectively as a team, everybody done beat you.

42:20Chad Johnson:You know what I mean? It ain't really, yeah, Castle was, you know, he was terrific tonight, but everybody was super solid around the board. And I just think it's hard to beat a team, bro, who has guys like this. And the only team I can think who is like this is OKC.

42:34Shannon Sharpe:But Joe, think about this. You know the last game, last game, game five? Guess how many points Rudy had? Four.

42:41Chad Johnson:What he had?

42:41Shannon Sharpe:So in two games, he's averaging two points a game. Game five, Drew Randall has 17. So in two games, he's averaging 10 points a game. How many points did he take? Because it took him like 14 shots to get those 17 points, if I'm not mistaken. I think he was five or 14 from the floor. Six or 17, my bad. I was off a couple. Oh, four from three. What was he tonight from three? Oh, two. One of eight from the floor. Oh, two from three. and see Ant-Man's like hell I can get funky like that if I know my guys I can count on if Rudy can give me a consistent joke if he can give me a consistent 10 to 12

43:26Chad Johnson:he ain't gonna be gonna do that that's assing a lot that's not what he is Joe that's what y 'all told me when I said maybe he can have one of those games but Rudy

43:38Shannon Sharpe:You love that when Rudy was giving it to the Lakers. Man, Rudy had a 20-20 game. I said, you'll never have another one of those in his life. Hey, and you was right. He's a defensive player. How many times has he won that defensive award on? Four times.

43:51Chad Johnson:Well, look, the Lakers couldn't match up with him. He was just too damn big. The Lakers ain't had no answer for him. You know what I mean? You got LeBron and Rudy trying to guard the man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This here is different, bro. This one, the Spurs are a little different. Hey, boy, look. Y 'all better get your popcorn ready. This is going to be a great series.

44:11Shannon Sharpe:Man. Have they decided when it starts?

44:16Shannon Sharpe:Monday or Tuesday?

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47:40Shannon Sharpe:NBA draft prospects measurement. Joe, AJ DeBonza, six, eight and a half, two 17 with a seven and a half foot wingspan. Darren Peterson, he's 6 '4 1⁄2", 199 pounds, a 6 '9 3⁄4", wingspan. Darius Acuff, 6 '2", 186 pounds, a 6 '7", wingspan. Unofficial Max Burke for A.J. DeBonza, 42 inches. The highest mark recorded so far this week. Let's take a look at some of the video. What about Wilson? Oh.

48:18Chad Johnson:He did good. I watched it.

48:22Shannon Sharpe:I wish they let NFL players run and jump like that. Take a step. I guarantee you see some 50s. Take a step. Yeah. Yeah, you can take a step. Joe, with them guys doing, they doing 45 and 46, they just standing and going up. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

48:38Chad Johnson:No, no, no, no. Hey, look, I give y 'all football catch credit, bro. I'm talking about that's a gladiator sport, And them dudes train like gladiators. Listen, man, I'm telling y 'all. When I was in college, bro, I used to hang out with a lot of football guys because I was Prop 48. I wasn't eligible. So I hooped in the hype. I hooped in the hyper center with a bunch of football and track guys. I'm talking about all over the rim. All over the rim. You hear me? All over the rim, bro. So I know. Hey, Joe, the fact that you got experience, you know, playing dudes, you know, when you was Prop 48 and still want to play me, It's beyond me.

49:15I don't understand. I'm just saying it's beyond me. You don't understand what's going on in thinking, Ocho? I don't know. I don't know. I don't think he understands.

49:25Chad Johnson:Ocho, I done slayed many dragons, homeboy. Hey, one thing about it, boy. I ain't a dragon. I done slayed many dragons, homeboy. I ain't no dragon, boy. You talking all that. You spitting fire. I done slayed many dragons, partner. All right. It sounds good. Don't worry. I got something for you. I got something for you. You see how they putting that elbow and Wimby forehead and his back and all that? Yeah. Hey. Oh, you going to elbow me? All that. Oh, it's going to be physical, Ojo. It's going to be me and you, partner. It's going to be real physical. I hope so. Yeah. Joe, I play physical. I'm on that.

49:57Chad Johnson:I'm on that type of time. All right. Damn. I'm glad you're on that type of time. So please hit my line, partner, because I'm ready. Yeah. Oh, so you healthy? Yeah. You sure? Yeah. Hey, I know you got your wide receiver camp going and all that. Keep doing your thing, man. I'm going to catch you. I'm going to catch you. Okay. I'm going to catch you. I might sleep out there this weekend, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You think shit's sweet, boy. It's cotton candy. Dang.

50:30Shannon Sharpe:So the Bonds is 6 '8 1⁄2. Darion Peterson is 6 '4 1⁄2. Darion's Acuff is 6 '2.

50:36Chad Johnson:Oh, man, listen. Them boys were getting to it. They was showing the dudes doing the shooting drill. Like, you know, they may shoot 25 threes. I watched Acuff shoot the blood out of that. I think he won, like, 18 for, like, 24 or something like that, 25. I watched Peterson shoot the blood out of it. You know, obviously you ain't got no defense, but it's standing there, catch and shoot, and then you go to another spot. Yeah, so, you know, you can kind of see what you're working with. Man, I think the NBA is going to be in great hands. I mean, it's going to be a nice crop of young dudes coming in this year, fellas.

51:09You got to watch, I mean, Chad, I just wish you guys could go to an NBA game

51:15Shannon Sharpe:and watch these guys warm up. Because in the second, because the first half, the Lakers were in front of us shooting at that goal. And so the second half, obviously they switched. The Lakers go down to the far end. The thunder down here. Yeah. I watched Chad make 17 straight threes. Yeah. The one that he missed, somebody hit, he shot the ball and somebody knocked it out. Yeah. And then he hit another five straight. Yeah, that boy shooting like me. If you just watch these guys, I'm like, you got to be kidding me.

51:51Chad Johnson:Crazy. Hey, but listen.

51:52Shannon Sharpe:I mean, and the motion's the same. Yeah. Whoop. Whoop. Whoop. I mean, nothing, nothing changes. The motion is identical. it's almost like you replaying it you hit replay like damn he did that again damn he did that again but it's not replay it's the same shooting motion I was like god

52:23Chad Johnson:what we talk about muscle memory bro if that's your job all you do everyday you wake your ass up you come in here you get these jump shots up until you can burn that shoulder up. I'm talking about until you really feel it, until it's just second nature. You know what I mean? So now he's been doing it for so long as a professional. That's his only job. So, yeah, you think, damn, how he make all these shots in the world? Man, practice his ass off every day to do this, bro. So when I do hit the big stage and the lights come on and you smell that popcorn popping when you walk in the arena, you know what I'm talking about, Ochoa?

53:00Chad Johnson:You know it's time? I know. Let me lock in real quick. Muscle memory. This left hand, just a guy hand, Ocho. It just barely touching the ball. That's it, huh? That's it.

53:12Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey, Joe. But that left hand boy, see, when I was shooting that thing in high school, I didn't even need that left. I was flipping the ball with the left. Hand. That's what I was doing with the left, Joe. I don't need the left to touch. Don't even touch it. I just flipping the ball. Ah, ah, ah. What's wrong with you, man? You know what I dropped that 52 on Joe? Yeah. I dropped 52 in three quarters. Damn, you, from all levels, threes, twos. Hey, Joe, Joe, you got to realize I came out before the three-point, the three-point came in after I left graduating.

53:42Chad Johnson:Hold on, you ain't had no three-point in high school.

53:44Shannon Sharpe:I ain't had no threes. It's all twos. Hey, Joe, now that gave you a better understanding of how sorry the people was he was playing. That ain't they sorry. Nah, they sorry. You're not doing no two. Hey, Joe, 52 points in three quarters. Come on, Joe.

54:04Chad Johnson:What you trying to say? Who are you playing against, old Joe? Some kids.

54:12Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Derek Miller went to Kentucky. I dropped 25 on him. Mm. Mm. Give me that. Hey, let me see your shot again. Yeah, you did. Look there like that now. Because I used to jump. See, it wasn't no set shot, Joe Ocho. I used to jump. I used to be like two, three feet off the ground when I was shooting that thing. Ain't no blocking my jumper. And you used to be eating that glass too, rebounding. What? Oh. You know, sometimes, Joe, I pull up the cool 3119, something like that. Oh, man. 3119? Oh, yeah, you eating glass, boy. Yeah, yeah, Joe. You was a little young horse back then when you were in. Hey, Joe, you buying that?

54:54Shannon Sharpe:The all-area team, go look it up. Guess who on there? Me and Ole Purvis Ellison. Y 'all ever heard of him? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, Big Purvis. Yeah! Yeah! Y 'all a joke? Oh, Joe, I know, look. I done got all big and muscular and top-heavy now. But then your boy used to be silky with that thing now. Y 'all used to be silky with it. I ain't buying it. Silky with it, Joe. I need to see footage. I can kind of believe it. You didn't believe I scored 52, but it's in the Georgia Athletics. They said it. 52 points. I mean, y 'all ain't playing nobody. You ain't got no competition over there. What's your plan?

55:35What's that, 2A? I was a single A.

55:38Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, single A, yeah. Single A. But if you go back and look at the top players, Herschel Walker, single A. Garrison Hurst, single A. George Rodgers, single A. Shannon and Sterling Sharp, single A. Champ Bailey, single A. All those guys, top 10 players in Georgia high school football history. We talk about basketball. Y 'all just said that. I was like that. Three times state champ in the triple jump. The best performance, the best triple jumper in the state of Georgia from class A. We have 53 students graduate. 350 students in our whole high school. The best triple jumper in the state of Georgia came from a class A high school.

56:25That was you?

56:29Shannon Sharpe:Best performance trophy, high point winner, most points accumulated at the state track meet in class A. I got that trophy on my grandma mantle. Best performance trophy my senior year. I got that trophy on my grandma mantle. Show me how you triple jumper real quick. Let me see. That's what got my knees messed up. Hey,

56:49Chad Johnson:you ain't passing them genetics down to your kids. None of your kids play sports.

56:53Shannon Sharpe:My kids ain't want to play no sports. Joe, you got to realize, when I was playing, my kids knew what their daddy did. They knew that thing. But if your daddy would have caught that pass, my son said, daddy later for that. My daddy said, man, I ain't trying to hear all that. Hey, look, everybody ain't wild. Like, people always compare me to my brother because I'm three years younger. So he's a senior. I'm a freshman. I'm my brother's backup. Man, I get in the game. Oh, Joe, Joe, them juggers will block her down for me. Hey, that juggers, he done came out of the game. He got a buck 50 on like 15 carries.

57:33Shannon Sharpe:They stopping me in the backfield. What the hell?

57:41Shannon Sharpe:I'll be there later for y 'all. Later for y 'all. Let's go, y 'all. Nah, but me Boy, my sister used to get so mad My sister said, Shannon, you need to stop this I said, stop what? Why you want to be like Spanky so much? You know, we call my brother Spanky Nobody called him his real name I don't know I've never heard somebody in my family call him his real name Everybody called him Spanky He's been Spanky since he was a little boy And he was like My brother, whatever my brother got, I got My brother I don't know if y 'all got, y 'all don't remember Bobby Danridge. Bobby Danridge, he won a championship in Milwaukee, but he also won a championship with the Bullets.

58:22Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. And his nickname was Mr. Clutch. My brother got a shirt with Mr. Clutch. I went and got me one with Mr. Clutch on it.

58:30Chad Johnson:Yeah.

58:31Shannon Sharpe:Everything my brother did, I did.

58:34Chad Johnson:Yeah.

58:35Shannon Sharpe:My son said, Shannon, you need to be your own man. This is ridiculous. But what she didn't realize, and she tells me, I used to get so upset. That's who I wanted to be. I ain't idolized nobody else The person that I want to be I saw him every single day That was it. That's what I want to be so when people compare me like some people shrink I embraced it Oh, yeah, I'll be good. Oh, yeah, I'll be good boy. You ain't gonna be like your brother. Oh boy You ain't gonna be like your brother. I'm telling you boy. Your brother cold Yeah, hey Because they all all all his friends call him certainly only people in the family call the spanking certainly your little brother man I don't know, Sterl, your brother.

59:17Shannon Sharpe:Your brother. Now, I couldn't run fast like he could because my brother ran like 10, 4800 meters. Oh, that's moving, boy. Yeah, he can run. He run like 21, 2, 21, 3, 200. Yo, he can run now. I couldn't run like that. Couldn't run like that. But I can hit that thing. Get me on, Joe. Take that with you. Hey, Joe, he ain't got no support on the ball. He got his hand. He's shooting like this. Didn't I just tell you, Joe, what I tell him I do? That's to flip people off. Take that. And that's what I'm doing. Oh, Joe, them jokers at Savannah State, they wanted me to play on the basketball team. They ain't have nobody on the basketball team that can outjump me.

1:00:05Shannon Sharpe:They ain't have nobody on the basketball team. Because guess what? When them guys graduated and they came and played at intramural, I cooked them all.

1:00:13Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah. Intramural, that's the best part when you're in college, boy. Cooked them all.

1:00:18Shannon Sharpe:Intramural. Go to Savannah State and ask them who got the most points in the intramural game, Joe. Drop 48. In the intramural game? In the intramural game, 48. Oh, my goodness. Come on, man. Ask them who got the championship game record in intramural. Shannon Sharp. The dude before me, they team lost. He dropped 40. I come back behind him. I dropped 41 with six minutes left and sat down because we was up 28. I don't want to score no more. I could have got 50, but I thought that would have been undercoming of me. I'm just rubbing it in. I ain't that type of guy. Yeah, they definitely, Joe. Hey, Joe.

1:00:55You can tell. You can tell.

1:00:57Chad Johnson:You ain't had intermutes when you was at, Ojo? Ojo can't play no damn basketball. Okay. Hey, Joe. I do everything, Joe. I do everything. I ain't really, I ain't really played no basketball, though. I'm going to whoop your ass.

1:01:13Shannon Sharpe:Anybody that went to Savannah State from 1986 to 1990, ask them what a team to beat. The Juice Crew All-Stars featuring Oh My Goodness. Juice Crew All-Stars featuring Oh My Goodness. Who is Oh My Goodness? I play no joke. I'm too big of a kid to be playing with like a kid. Hold on. Time out. Who is Oh My Goodness? You talking to him. Every time I did something, they talk about, oh, my goodness. Y 'all better stop playing. The Juice Crew All-Stars featuring, oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Okay. I'm finna steal that. He finna steal that. I like that. I'm going to see if I can find it. But I got a trophy.

1:02:05Shannon Sharpe:I got robbed of MVP several years. I should have won the MVP for like three years.

1:02:13Shannon Sharpe:Hey. What a better muse. I was like that, Ocho. For real, though. For real, though. I keep telling you, Ocho, I was a better basketball player in high school than I was football. The only reason I played football is because my brother played. That's the only reason. I was like that. Listen, I'm going to need visual reference of all these wild accusations that you said you've done. Now, I don't know. I got a VCR. If you got some VHS tape, I need something. Joe, I would like that. Joe, I would like that. I would like that, Joe.

1:02:50Chad Johnson:Hey, what my Louis Vuitton ball at, man? Uh-oh.

1:02:56Shannon Sharpe:You ain't going to get this, Joe. You ain't going to get this.

1:02:58Chad Johnson:I see. I know you talking about. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, hey, hey, hey. You look like, hey, you look like.

1:03:04Shannon Sharpe:Look at the rotation, Joe. Look at the rotation. Look at the rotation. Man, that man can't hoop, man.

1:03:15Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Joe, you ain't never felt that kind of power. This 255 solid.

1:03:20Chad Johnson:Hey, I'm just making sure you keeping it clean for me. You taking care for me over there.

1:03:25Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, Joe. Yeah.

1:03:27Chad Johnson:Yeah, I'm going to shoot your eyes out for that. Don't worry about that. Who say that?

1:03:32Shannon Sharpe:Never going to get it. Never going to get it. Never going to get it. Woo-woo-woo-woo.

1:03:39Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, put down a mean demonstration on you, Ocho, and. Ocho,

1:03:47Shannon Sharpe:I can't let you get the Louis Vuitton ball.

1:03:49Chad Johnson:They ain't made like 200 of these. I'm going to still have it on nightcap when we on. Don't worry about it. You're still going to be in the picture. Yeah, I can't. It's just going to be at your location. I'm going to put a little hook up there so it can sit right up in the... I got some stuff I'm doing, man. Yeah.

1:04:05Shannon Sharpe:Look, and I got the... What you call it? And I got the little case that came on. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Joe, you in trouble, boy. You in trouble. Mean demonstration on you, boy. Hey, boy, you done bit off more than you can chew over here, boy. Oh, please. I'm telling you now. I already know what's going on, man. I'm telling you what's going to happen is when I'm in front of you, whether it's on offensive defense, and you be like, God damn this old motherfucker quick as hell. You're going to be like, what the hell I done got myself into? I'm telling you now. You'll see. But I'm telling you, Joe, in the mural, they tell you.

1:04:42Shannon Sharpe:I shot the line. Hey, I dropped 48. Yeah. 48 record. Had a bunch. I mean, 30 was nothing. but that championship game I was like ain't no way I'm gonna let no common student have the record an athlete's supposed to have that record in the intermural if a basketball player would have got it or another baseball or a track athlete okay I'm cool with that ain't no common student finna have no intermural and all the athletes, baseball basketball players that don't play no more bruh please

1:05:18Chad Johnson:I've been him

1:05:19Shannon Sharpe:I told him, man, you can't play no basketball I'm telling you, man, you can't play no basketball

1:05:26Chad Johnson:Hey, I still be giving these boys hell around here You go to Lifetime over here in Sandy Springs You gonna see ice

1:05:31Shannon Sharpe:Oh, you go to that one up there by the perimeter Right outside the perimeter

1:05:34Chad Johnson:We got balance and everything up there Unc from winning championships Man, I'm housing cats around here You hear me? I used to see them guys That's what I used to go through It's some cats who can play too I'm talking about some of these cats straight out of college and did it. Four years, they got nice teams. Okay. It be some good runs up there. It be some good runs. Hey, Ocho, I seen you with your round receiver crew. I'll route your ass up. Damn. Route your ass up. I see how you out there. I say, oh, yeah. That boy ain't no way in there. He can guard me. Joe, Joe, don't do that. Boy, I'll run that tree up.

1:06:12Chad Johnson:First off, I'll mosh you. That's nothing. Damn. Damn, Ocho. Hey, Joe. Yeah, look, look, look. Check him out, Unk. Out now. You think he going to? Oh. What? Hey, play over, boy. Hey, strap. Watch this. Hey, Unk, I'm too quick. What? I don't know. Where you going? Where you going? Give me that. You picking, don't you? Hey, Joe. I see. I see. I'm strapping. Hey, Unk, Unk. You know, see, them boys still wet behind the ears. You know, he know too much. He left too much room and your Ocho just faded with him. He got to stack Ocho. You can't stack me. Look, look, look. Look, check him out. Check him out.

1:07:01Nothing. Nothing. Unk, I'm strapping them boys. And we ain't talking about anybody. Georgia, LSU, Texas, Florida. Yeah. Ohio State, we got some of the best receivers out there. Man, the boys came to get some work.

1:07:21Shannon Sharpe:And you put the lock on them.

1:07:27Hey, that's all right, Ocho. Hey, all jokes aside, we got some good work today. We got some really, really good work today. It looks like y 'all got some good work out there. Yeah, some good work. So we back at it again at 10 in the morning. You know, we'll be doing two days. And we had to do the wide receiver workshop a little early this year because June and July, obviously, we got the World Cup.

1:07:47Chad Johnson:Yeah. So last year, I did the wide receiver workshop in June right before it's time for the players to go to camp. But I got to move it up this year, and now most of the receivers, they had OTAs.

1:07:59Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. You know, they got them incentives. You got to find that sweet spot. Yeah. So next year, we'll be back. I had Deontay Johnson was there. You just got to find that sweet spot. This is an anomaly year, Ocho, because of the World Cup. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you got an anomaly year. But I still think June is the best time for you to have it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, once they get done with their minicamp, because their last training minicamp, before they get their six-week break, before they come back for training camp, I still believe the best time for you to have it is in June. Yeah. So I had about four, five interpeer receivers, and I had about maybe 11 college kids.

1:08:34I'm talking about Fennie V first-rounders. That's what's up, bro. We got young Bull from Ohio State. Jeremiah. Jeremiah. No, not Jeremiah. Jeremiah, he got a little injury right now. Ennis. Oh, OK. OK. Hey, he nice. He nice. He nice. All them boys nice, man. So I'm excited. I can't wait. I can't wait tomorrow.

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