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19:58Shannon Sharpe:The NFL is covered so much different than it was when I played and when you played, Ocho, and even in the beginning when I first got into the league. But I don't remember guys getting injured like they get now. I don't remember it. And I'm not saying that it didn't. So, Chad, don't beat me up too bad. I just don't remember it. Did the guys have ACLs? Yes. Did the guys have Achilles? But not these non-contact injuries. Not the injuries that we have that we see now. Look, look. Yeah. And definitely not to the stars. That's what I'm saying. It's happening to the stars, fellas. So it lets you know that obviously they're playing a substantial amount of minutes.

20:36Shannon Sharpe:It's obviously wear and tear on their bodies to where they're breaking down. Yeah. I mean, Uncle Joe, you know, my whole thing is obviously, for one, it's hard for me to even have, you know, input on conversations like this. being that I didn't have any injuries, but I always say, I know I play around with nutrition, but forget nutrition, you know, for this point, but I think people or players, regardless of what sport you play, you have to learn to build a callus in the body. The body has to get used to, you know, ramping up to a certain amount, to a certain degree that you do on Sundays, which is why when I did practice, I always practiced full speed as if it was a game.

21:17You know, there was no relaxing. and there was no taking a play off. Hell, the funny part, I used to get cursed out, Unc, and walk through because sometimes I would do walk through full speed. I mean, I wasn't doing it to be funny. I was doing it just so to continue to make sure my body stays activated and always at a high rate of speed at all times. And for some reason, I think it's those small things that I did, that one of the reasons why I didn't get hurt. And obviously, I played the same sport Unc did, Joe. a barbaric sport. I played very reckless, Joe. You know, crossed the middle, you know, diving and hitting people even though I lost every time I tried to hit somebody.

21:57I lost every single one. Joe, but I still never got hurt. And I'm at that talking and everybody trying to knock my head off and everybody trying to kill me. Joe, but I still never got hurt.

22:07Shannon Sharpe:You know? I mean, they call it walkthrough but I was a brisk jog. It wasn't no walking. And they was like, hey, pick it up. I said, you said it's a walkthrough. Nah, that's just in title. Ain't no walking. Right, right, right. You know, And I'll say it was, nobody walk but the mailman. That's why he don't make what you make. And they done gave that joke a call. The mailman don't even walk no more. Hold on, hold on. I don't know about y 'all, but here in Georgia, boy, they got some new mail trucks in the month of June and July. Them boys are AC. Yeah. You see, they sit real low, right, Joe? They sit real low.

22:41Shannon Sharpe:The mail truck is made different. It look almost futuristic now. So it ain't nothing like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It ain't nothing like that. Nah, nah. Yeah, they got to be a two joke. Yeah, because them old male trucks, they had a little slide door. No, no. And had the one seat in there. And the guy had the male right there. He pulled up there, talking about, oh, here you go. But he knew everybody. I mean, that joke, I was like, how do you know everybody? He done sorted the male before he went out there. He know the route that he's going to go. And the first boxer I stop off, he can put the male right here.

23:11Shannon Sharpe:But yeah, man, them male, them jokers. Hey, they got on short sense. Be sweating. They had the hat. They had sweat all in their uniform. They ain't having that now, Ocho and Kelly. Hey, they living good, boy. They be clean now. But, yeah, look, and the thing is practice. See, I enjoy practice. Practice was really the opportunity, Ocho and Joe, for me to really work on because this guy that he sees me every day in practice, he knows all the little nuances of my routes. He know that little wiggle at the top. He know the little head nod to the top or the three steps to the – Like, nah. And the thing is, I give credit.

23:50Shannon Sharpe:Ronnie Bradford, Derek Dodge, Tony Veland, they would always give me great feedback. Yes. They're like, Sharp, you got on your toes. I knew you was breaking it. Because I would ask, I said, bro, how you knew that route? He said, man, I saw you get on your toes at the top of it. So I just took it. I know you're breaking in or out. So I just took the thing up for myself to jump under it. Okay. So it kept me, okay, make sure I stay off my toes. I would, you know, BP would have it cut up. And so I look at it like, damn, I gave it away. I gave it away. But I'm saying to myself, he don't know this. The guy that's in the game don't know this.

24:27Shannon Sharpe:But even then, even though he don't know it, I'm trying to cut out because I don't want to give away no tendencies. Because we're a tendency. Look, we study tendencies. We're going to get TV copy. That's why they're trying to get the cadence of the quarterback. We're trying to get that. We're trying to get how you stagger your stance and jump off the ball. We're trying to get that. Whether you're dropping, whether you're coming, whether you're doing a TE or ET, whatever the case may be, we're looking at all that. That's how the game has evolved. That's how the great players, they know, oh, we got a bird over here, which means he about to fly.

25:00Shannon Sharpe:He about to fool. Yeah, he's sitting like, hey, because, and I had a thing where it was like, because I didn't want grass to get on my thing because, you know, I had those all tactified gloves. And I was like, if it was a pass, I'm down like this here. If it's a run, I'm like this. Oh, Sharp, you don't think we know, huh? What you know? Don't worry about it. So I had to – sometimes you have to self-scout yourself. But I agree with AI. But I tell you what, Joe, just think, if that 65 games wasn't in place, how many more games would they have missed? Let's just say for the sake of argument, the 65 game isn't the cutoff.

25:43Shannon Sharpe:A lot of guys came back just to make the 65-game cutoff. Right, you're right. So we have other guys like Wimby. Wimby going to get that 20 minutes in the last three games. He ain't finna miss that defensive player of the year. He's not finna miss in the All-NBA because now that puts him in line for the Supermax. Right, yeah. Jokic ain't going to miss no more games because now he's in line for a Supermax. Ant-Man is going to come back next year and do everything he can to make All-NBA because if he makes it, now he's in line for a Supermax. And guess what? In 2025, in 2027, 82 million. When's Shea up again?

26:20Shannon Sharpe:Shea just signed four years, 294. Last summer? This year. Yeah, he has it in effect now. Hey, that's crazy too, Unc. When I think about it, Joe and Unc, I'm talking about the top players, you know? Yes. You know, the Cades and the Wimbies and some of the players that you know that deserve Supermax based on their value and what they bring to the team, skill set, and what they're able to do, and the fact that, well, if they miss this amount of games, that means we can't reward you for what your true value is. That's, in a sense, that's messed up. It is. That's messed up. The fact that they even agreed to that when, listen, injuries is a part of sports.

27:00Injuries is a part of anything, any sport you play. And the fact that now they're kind of punishing players where if you miss this many games or you don't play this many games, you know what, we're not going to reward you with what your true value is because your ass always hurt.

27:15Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. And guys were just sitting out and see, here's the thing. How do you – that's their body. You don't know. They could be hurt. They could be telling the absolute truth. But, Ocho, when I got a game on a Saturday night and it's supposed to be a big game, or I got a game on a Sunday and guys sitting down in their street clothes and they got the – NBA said, no. So don't worry about it. Yeah. we gonna fix this yeah the NBA PA signed off on it yo they couldn't have done anything this has to be you're right see the player signed off on it and then it's like oh I got Bob's remorse this is really this really hurt me it's hurting the game bro it is I don't think I've ever seen a year to where we've had this many of our stars out.

28:14Shannon Sharpe:Missed a significant amount of time. I don't think I've ever seen it, man. I'm telling you for real. I think this is probably historic this year. Seriously. And the guys are getting bigger, stronger, faster. So, they're going to have to get themselves in better condition. Yeah, they do, man. They do. Hey, Joe. you been in the gym yet? Come on, man. Come on, I stay in the gym, baby. What's up? I'm talking about like, you know, getting some shots, working on your lateral movement. I need to see you some footage when I go tomorrow. Nah, hey, hey, Joe. Hey, I got to show these shoes I got just for you, Joe.

28:51And I got them literally just to play you to make sure. What kind of shoes you got? Hey, Joe. Hey, hey. Hold on, hold on. I don't want to leave and go get them. Okay, okay, okay. Let me make a call and tell them to bring my shoes. Hold on.

29:06Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey, look. I'm going to tear his ass cat raggedy. He don't even know that. Hey, Joe, I promise you one thing, Joe. I promise you one thing. The way you think and you talk like you finna drag me, oh, my mama rests in peace. Don't bring your mama in this. Don't do that. I'm there telling you. Joe, I'm telling you how it's going to be. Joe, I know you wanted to grade it. Joe, I'd have studied you. Oh, Joe, hey, hold on. I made a DVD in there, right? I made a DVD in there. I have all your clips, right? Your best moves. So I've been watching your tendencies. The move you like to do, hey, one, two, and come back to the left and pull up.

29:46Joe, I've been watching it, Joe. I've been watching. No, you laughing. I'm serious. Tell me I'm lying. Dribble twice to the right, come back, cross over with the left, and pull up right away. Tell me I'm lying.

29:56Shannon Sharpe:Hey, who raised dude, man? Okay. For real. For real. Who raised this dude? For real. Joe, I got, I got the whole breakdown, Joe. I'm ready. You ready for it, Bojo? Matter of fact, let me go get the shoes. Hold on, hold on, because she's sleeping. Hey, Joe, did you watch LeBron tonight? Did you see how he came out tonight? Hey, boy, I'm playing with him, man. Did you see how he came out tonight, Joe? That's what we've been looking for. Man, damn them. Get it how you get it. Look, the man, what do you got? 26, 8, and 11. 26, 11, and 8. 11 for 17. Oh, 11 of 17, 3 of 5. That's what I'm talking about, Joe.

30:33Shannon Sharpe:But that's what I'm saying. If he gone just assert himself early on, them rest of them dudes will catch up, man. The game will be easy for them, too. You know what I mean? Like, you ain't necessarily got to just come out and beat Magic Johnson right off dump to where you just facilitating the whole first quarter, man. Damn all that. I need you to get to it. Yeah. I mean, he's like, you tried to break Scottie Skiles' assist record. Try to get 31. Hey, you see. Hey, hold up. We need 35. You see Bronny in there with 10 points, 4 for 7 from the field. You see Bronny out there. Hey, look, I don't know about nobody else.

31:07Shannon Sharpe:Chat, y 'all let me know what y 'all think. But for me, when I watch the Lakers play, I love seeing Bronny out there with LeBron. For whatever reason. You know, I love seeing them pick and roll together. I love to see Bronny get an assist off Bronny. Bronny get an assist. Like, because I feel like this is so historic that it's happening in real time, and a lot of people can't even appreciate it. But I can't even imagine being in the NBA, me and my son on the same team, bro. That just sounds crazy. What's that you got, bro? And LeBron don't look at him as his son because LeBron, he gave LeBron that bad pass against Dallas.

31:44Shannon Sharpe:He's like, darn it.

31:49Shannon Sharpe:He probably got home with Savannah like, hey, don't you yell at my baby no more. Hey, you know what's funny? All that cursing they do on the court, Joe, when you couldn't play with your son because the first time he cursed you, he was mad. Oh, you got them Kyries, huh? Yeah, Kyrie sent these to me. Kyrie be watching the show. Let me see what they look like. Let us see what they look like. Hey, ump, Kyrie be watching the show, right? And he told me he gave me his blessing to give Joe that work. I'm going to knock them damn tassels off them damn shoes, boy. When I get done with your ass. Hey, you see that, Joe?

32:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I see. Hey, that's what you're going to see. You're going to see them tassels going right by your ass. That's what you're going to see. Kyrie going back to his heritage. Hey, Kyrie, I appreciate that. Boy, I love you. You hear me? I ain't going to let you down. I'm going to get Joe that work. I'm telling you. Hey, they're fine, but what I'm hooping in, they ain't going to be able to mess with what I got. I ain't even going to show you. You're going to see them when you see me, partner. Yeah. That's how I roll. Hey, hey, hey. Okay. Okay. Hey, mind your mouth, Joe. Mind your mouth now. Chet has finished as the number one seed his entire career.

33:02Shannon Sharpe:In 2018, 19, and 20, in 21, at Miaha Academy, he was the number one seed. In the 2021 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, number one seed. Gonzaga, number one seed. OKC, OKC, OKC, number one, number one, number one. I told you. What I told you on Ocho during the playoffs, I said... the better check becomes, the better OKC will be, and he will determine whether they be a dynasty or not. Because if he play great, it's going to be hard to beat him. Look what he did yesterday, Uncle Ocho. He had 13 and 14. Yeah. Four blocks. You know what I'm saying? So he rim protecting. Not only is he scoring, but he rim protecting.

33:47Shannon Sharpe:He's making the game easy, you know, for the guys around him as well. I think his growth and maturity for OKC will determine how great of a team that they are. Yeah, we know Shea going to put up 30-plus. We know Jalen Williams going to do his thing. But if Chick can play at a high level, man, they going to be almost unbeatable, fellas.

34:13Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, look, they just got so many. They just come at you. It's just going to be hard for somebody to beat them. unless they have... And the thing is, what is the likelihood of them having four bad nights? Not likely. Four bad nights because they got guys that can shoot it. McCain was a great pickup. Caruso. Yeah, what's the lefty? What's the other little lefty who be balling? A little light-skinned. Oh, yeah. I know who you're talking about. I can't think of his name, Joe. Is his name Mitchell? It might be. It might be. Man. But Jerry McClain was a solid pickup because, remember, he was playing really well in Philly before he got hurt.

34:54Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no, no. He was a great pickup. You know, a very underrated pickup. You know, a guy who is hungry, ready to prove himself. Obviously, he feels slighted for what happened to him in Philly. So, you know, he coming over there with, you know, with Avengers, bro. He look good out there. Ready for a different take on Formula One? Look no further than No Grip, a new podcast tackling the culture of motor racing's most coveted series. Join me, Lily Herman, as we dive into the underexplored pockets of F1, including the astrology of the current grid. Lewis Hamilton, Capricorn Sun, Cancer Moon.

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39:19Shannon Sharpe:Kevin Durant scored 29 points as the Rockets beat the 76ers 113-102 for the eighth straight win. And Philly was missing Joel Embiid after he had an appendectomy. The 76ers, who was fighting for a playoff spot, would be without Embiid indefinitely. He had surgery in Houston on Thursday after being stricken with appendicitis overnight. The Sixers have lost three straight and dropped into a tie with Charlotte for the eighth seed in the East. Joel Embiid is just like, you know what? You might as well just call him Slept Rock. I don't know if y 'all remember the cartoon Slept Rock where every time he come around, bad stuff just start happening.

39:58Yeah. Hey, Unc, that appendectomy, that's not, that's not, you're not out that long with that though, huh?

40:04Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you ought to be there for a minute, boy. They got to go inside and get them things up out. Damn. That's your appendix, yeah. They open you up, Mocho. Yeah, I know they open you up, but I'm just saying the time that he has to miss. Obviously, he'll be back. It's not, I mean, not too long. Maybe a week. Okay, that's not bad. That's not bad. That's not bad. As long as it's not a significant amount of time, especially with him getting ready for the playoffs. I think the thing is, though, Ocho, is that, Joe, is that it seems like every time this time of year is something. Yeah. You remember last year it was his knee, and it's been his knee, and it's been his back, and it's been his ankle.

40:42Shannon Sharpe:And like I said, I've never seen anybody with – the only people that I've seen with more stomach issues than Joel Embiid is babies. I ain't never seen nobody have issues like him. It's something I don't know what's going on. And, you know, I'm saying that tongue-in-cheek, but he's had issues with his stomach before. Appendicitis, there's nothing you can do. I heard it's very painful from people that have had it. It's like, oh, bro, they got you. Hey, if they have you doubled up, and clearly you do emergency surgery. But it's just like it's one thing after nothing. I don't know. I'm trying to think the time, maybe once in his career, that he's entered the postseason and he's been healthy.

41:18Shannon Sharpe:in his career, and he's been in the league 10 years. One time of all those years, because we see what he – boy, when he's healthy the regular season, that joke alone. He's the hell to deal with. That joke alone. Hold on. Has there been a season – if he's been in the league 10 years, I'm not sure how many years he's been in the league, has he had a complete season where he's been able to play an 82-game season? No. He ain't never played 82 games, and he ain't going to ever play 82 games. Yeah, because of the size. There was a couple of seasons, Ocho, and Joe, when you remember that he was having MVP caliber year, he ended up winning one that he was playing probably 68, 70 games.

41:54Okay, okay, okay.

41:55Shannon Sharpe:But then come playoff time, knee, because remember last year, he was like, what was it, last year or two years ago that he was like barely getting, that might have been, was that last year? Might have been last year. Might have been two years ago that he was like 30, looked like he was about 40%. But when he's healthy, and that's a big win, and that's probably why they haven't enjoyed the success that they wanted to have, even when Harden was there, because he couldn't stay healthy. And then when they had Ben Simmons, he had some issues, and then Ben had the issue with the Hawks, and they had the issue with the Hawks, and they ended up losing to the Hawks in seven games.

42:38Shannon Sharpe:And I said, they're never going to be the same. It's over for them. They're going to break that team up. I said, Joel, Ben Simmons, come on. for Doc to say what he said for Joel to say what he said I said it oh man you don't know what you're talking about I said okay and then Philly Philly you know how internet is Ocho and Joel man they had a trash can going down it was flooded and there was a trash can and people talking about this Ben Simmons I said oh yeah so it's definitely over now that's what it gets the baby and you gotta trust the process the process is over with hell you talking about that process that process is over with hey listen and this is why I'm talking This is what I'm talking about.

43:16Shannon Sharpe:This is what I'm talking about, though. When Embiid don't play, you look at Max and Edgecombe numbers, they be totally different, bro. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. Embiid is a ball stopper, Uncle Ocho, meaning there is not a lot of movement. Yeah, he going to get you 25, 35 points a night, but the rest of these dudes around him, they ain't going to really be doing a whole lot. You know what I mean? Because he's so stagnant offensively, and there's no rhythm, there's no flow. So, you know, you got a rookie like Edgecombe who thrives in transition. You ain't going to get many transition buckets, bro.

43:50Shannon Sharpe:You know what I mean? You saying Embiid taking up space? I'm saying because he's so ball dominant. When the ball gets in his hands, it stops. It don't move. You know, he ain't moving around, setting too many picks and rolling. You know what I mean? It's just not a lot of flow and rhythm in the game. So, it hurts everybody else around him. Yeah, he can score in a half-court set. You know, that's what he can do. But you know, the glaring thing is he doesn't give you much defensively. You know what I mean? He's spending all his energy on the offensive end, you know, letting you know that, look, I can still get 30 at night, you know, and we know that.

44:27Shannon Sharpe:But defensively, you don't see a whole lot of shot blocking from him. You don't see a whole lot of great defense. And that's kind of got Philly behind the eight ball. So I don't expect much from Philly. I'm going to be honest with y 'all. They're going to be a first-round exit. I mean, and, and, and what, you know what? I got a question. Because they're in the, right now they're in the play-in. Go ahead, Ocho. Now I'm going to say, why are we on the topic of Embiid, right? That year he won MVP. Who was the other person that went right behind? Who was run up? If I'm not saying. If Yoko was just running up, right?

44:56And think about Joe, think about all the things you just said about everything becoming stagnant offensively when, when Embiid is playing, right? So when you look at, when you look at Joker and when he plays, what's the difference in what Joker does and what Embiid does, being that he's a defensive liability as well. Because still put up 30.

45:13Shannon Sharpe:You don't see them assist number Jokic got? Obviously, he's not the passer. He's not the passer that Jokic is. Jokic is, if you ask me, he's a pass first center. Who can score? He's a looking scorer. You know, okay, boom, he ain't open on the cut. Y 'all playing me one-on-one. Okay, cool, I'm just going to go for 50 tonight. Don't even worry about that. You know what I mean? Right, right. I think Jokic's IQ for the game, Ocho, is just... Much better. Oh, man. Hey, hold on. Hey, Jokic's IQ for the game is basically like LeBron. Yeah, correct. Yeah. Yeah. Because when you come with the double team, he knows where you come.

45:54Shannon Sharpe:Depending on who comes, he knows where he's supposed to be. Yeah. So his man is open. That's why he throws so many passes behind his head, because he knows the man came from the weak side. Right. And so he knows that whoever's in the dunker spot, whether it's Christian Brown or whether it's Gordon or whether it's Strother or whether it's Peyton Watson, he knows they're there. So I can go behind my back because I know somebody's feeling from the dunker spot. Yeah, and that's just – he gets that ball at the nail. He knows you can't come double him. If you do come double him, you double somebody in the middle of the court?

46:27Shannon Sharpe:Are you crazy? Nah, you can't do that. And give him both points? And that's just having a great feel for the game, fellas. You know, knowing exactly where your guys are supposed to be at all the time, that's what a point guard does. Your center never really operates like that. This is why Yoke is just so great. It ain't, you know, he going to put up a triple-double. It's because he going to do what he can. I mean, he going to score the ball if he had to score it that night. If he need to get 20 assists, hell, he going to do that. If he need to get 20 rebounds, he going to do that. He going to do whatever it takes for them to win.

47:03Shannon Sharpe:And that's why they've been successful. And that's what makes him so unique. He's about to lead the league in rebounding and assists. And you might not ever see it again. Because normally when guys lead, most of the time when guys obviously lead the league in assists, it's a guard. To ask a guard to lead the league in rebounding. So think about it. Now you've got a center that's leading the league in rebounding and he's going to lead the league in assists. Check this out, guys. Here is Joel Embiid's playoff injury history. 2018, he had an orbital fracture and a concussion. 2019, he had an illness, knee tendinitis.

47:39Shannon Sharpe:2020, COVID bubble. 2021, torn meniscus. 2022, orbital fracture, torn thumb ligament. 2023, knee sprain. 2024, Bell Palsy. 2026, appendicitis one week before the playoffs start. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, another 25. So basically eight out of nine years, he's had something going into the playoffs. Hey, who the hell is Bell Palsy? It's a debilitating bet that called, sometimes you see it, the mildly crook. Right. Yeah. Okay. I think it's a neurological. Stink had it, Marks Loren. Yeah, I think it's... No, he had Gillian Bure. He had Gillian Bure. He didn't have Bell Palsy. But sometimes you see guys and their mouths be crooked.

48:31Shannon Sharpe:It's almost like it reminds people of a symptom like a stroke. You know, sometimes people have a stroke and they have a speech or they have hands or something. It's kind of like that. Okay. But I don't think anybody's had more crooked than Joey B. That joke got buzzed looking. Man, it's unfortunate for him too, man, because, you know, it seemed like all this really, really started happening after their MVP year too. You know what I mean? after this MVP year, it's like everything started going downhill for him. Nah, Joe, he was hurt before the MVP. Yeah, I know. 2018, he had an orbital fracture and a concussion.

49:05Shannon Sharpe:2019, he had an illness and knee tendinitis. 2020 was the bubble. 2021, he had a torn meniscus. 2022, he had another orbital fracture and a torn thomney ligament. 2023, he had a knee sprain. 2024, he had Bell's palsy. 2026, he had appendicitis. Damn. So, I mean, If you think about it, Joe, think about coming out of college. What was it? He'd have been the first pick in the draft. If it's back, if it's injuries, it wasn't the only. Yeah. So normally when you come, if you limp into a league, you limp out of it. You limp out of it. You limp into the season, you limp out of it. Because you know, Joe, being injured during the season, it's hard to get healthy, man.

49:43Shannon Sharpe:It is, bro. It's hard to get healthy. Because the games come too fast. You know what I mean? Especially in basketball. Yes. In football, you know, you make your injury injuries a little better. But in basketball, hell, if I'm playing four games in five nights, hell, I'm probably going to have to sit out with one or two of them games. To get yourself back right. Damn. That's crazy. Man, it's tough. Look, I've dealt with injuries. I mean, I played 14 years and, you know, had some success. But Joe, I missed 16 complete games. That's a season. Yeah. That's a season. Damn. Damn. That's unfortunate, man.

50:31Shannon Sharpe:That hurts Philly a lot, bro. Because, you know, MB will be great in the postseason, in the playoffs, because there you go. But without him, they definitely ain't got no chance. Joe you said something very interesting you said like when Joel Embiid is out you look at Max and you look at Vijay yes because he caught the lane up Max can take you off the dribble but Joel Embiid is right there yeah yeah is explosive Embiid is right there the difference is if you notice they rarely if you look at where Jokic post up at he always post up he's either at the nail or at the top cause And even if he ever gets down on the block, he's looking to go across court.

51:18Shannon Sharpe:He's looking to pass first. You better not bring no double team money. He's looking to pass first. You're right. Absolutely. And the difference.

51:29Shannon Sharpe:Chicago Sky have traded two-time WNBA All-Star Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream for first-round draft picks in 27 and 28. Angel is the only WNBA player in history to average at least 12 rebounds per game in a season, which she did in 2024 and 2025. Angel's dream jersey sold out fast. Not even her mom was able to get one. Lisa Leslie gave Angel the nickname ATL Peach Barbie. Joe, seems like Angel got what she wanted. She's a perfect fit. Is she a perfect fit for the city? Hell yeah, she's a perfect fit. These people going to get behind me. Y 'all already know it. Y 'all know how they... Listen, this is Black Hollywood, brother.

52:12Shannon Sharpe:Rob Markman, Jr.: Yep. They going to embrace her in everything that she does. You know, whether she... She may even come out with her own shoe now. Does she already have a shoe? No? Rob Markman, Jr.: Yeah, I think... Rob Markman, Jr.: She got a Reebok. She was shot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She got a shoe. Yeah. Hey, but hold up though. Yeah, yeah, you're right. She does. She does have a shoe with a Reebok. You're right. But if we can keep Britney Griner and her Angel, hey man. And with the chick from, what's her name? She went to Kentucky. She's number one over draft pick. Ryan Howard. Yeah, yeah. Ryan Howard.

52:47Shannon Sharpe:We got a great, hey, they got a good team, bro. Absolutely. They got a good team. And adding her, rebounding machine, play hard, hustle. Yeah, man, this is going to be a great fit for her. I like it. I like it. I think everybody got what they wanted. I think, you know, after kind of some of the comments that she made last year, I think Chicago was ready to move on. I think she was ready to move on. Ideally, I think this is – you can't get any more perfect than this. Yeah. Hey, she's from the DMV. You can't get it any better than this. Yeah. Only thing – I think Washington has a team, but this is where she needed to be.

53:27Shannon Sharpe:This is it. And that's the reason, hey, this is heaven for her. Yeah. This is it. She going to love it here. And you know what's funny, bro? My daughter 12, and she love Angel Reese. That's like our favorite player. I swear I can't even make this up. So we definitely going to be in. You're going to be in all the games. Yeah, we're going to be in some games. Hey, Angel Reese, if you're watching this now, I need to give my baby girl a picture with you. We're going to come check you out, support you. So good luck in the A. These people going to get behind you for sure. I'm in the city where they at.

53:59Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Hey, Angel. You know who I got? I got Asia. Yeah. I got Asia, I got Chelsea Gray, I got Jackie Young. Hey, I'm about to come down there, man. Come on, we go to a game. Yeah, yeah. What's up, Joe? Where we going? Man, let me be this week. Hey, Joe, you ever been to a Dream Game before? Hell yeah, I've been to a few. Hey, boy, I went to one. Remember I went to the Dream Game that one time? Yeah, you told me it was lit. Man, Joe, I ain't never - I'm going to hit this thing like my boy DJ. Yo, I ain't never seen nothing like that, boy. I'm telling you, Ocho, it's different. It's different. I'm talking about the women's games, the dream.

54:42It's different out here. It was nice, Joe. It was like you in the club, but it's a basketball game going on. And don't let it be no time out, Joe. That's how the horse game is, Ocho.

54:53Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, that's how the horse game is. Can you imagine? On steroids. So imagine the horse. That's how it is. Yeah. What? They dressed up like the club, Ocho. Yes, Lord. Oh, it's going down. Damn. Yeah. I know you - Just like the club. Yeah. I know you happy. You know, you're going to have Cambodia with you. You ain't - You're going to have them blinders on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, Joe. I should have - Cambodia, we ain't doing nothing. We're going to keep it clean, Cambodia. Yeah. Even if you're trying to get us to go to Houston, but I like - Hey, Joe, I could have walked - My credit card declined any Houston thing.

55:27Shannon Sharpe:Anything that got Houston on it, it declined. Yeah. Hey, Joe, I could have worn my cheetah pan to the game, huh? Yeah, you could have worn them, Ocho. Hey, when nobody had these things on weight. Hey, look, because it really ain't going to hurt you to look at the menu. You ain't trying to order nothing. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. Matter of fact, Joe, I ain't even going to look at the menu, Joe. You ain't going to look. I mean, you got eyes, Ocho. I got eyes, but hey, the stuff on the menu ain't nothing like what I got now. Yeah, I know. I know. I get it. I get it. I mean, Ocho, just because you order the Wagyu, but sometimes you look at the chicken and bomb.

55:59Shannon Sharpe:You're like, damn, maybe I should... I'm just saying, Ocho, you just looking. That's all I'm saying. Ocho, just because you done ordered, it doesn't mean you can't read the menu. You just can't order again off the menu. That's all. I can't read, huh? I can't read. I can't read. I ain't mad at you, Ocho. You know what I mean. Boy, hey, Joe. You know, I been in Atlanta, Joe. We might have to go on and do something, Joe. Yeah, we gotta go check them out, huh? No, Ocho might be in, you know, You know, me and you hang the weekend. Oh, yeah. Say less. What you want to do? Oh, we going this weekend? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

56:36Shannon Sharpe:Hey, we going to go by you. Joe, I talked to y 'all lying. Yeah, all right, all right. Hey, Joe, yeah, yeah, but as we were saying, I think this is a great fit. ATL, Peach Barbie. Yeah, hey, y 'all put me in the group chat. Hey, hey, I do want to check out that little spot you were talking about, though. That one little spot. You know what I'm talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah. Say no more. I pay. I pay for us. No. No. No. I pay. I pay. I pay. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Hey, Joe, you got my message today on Instagrams and Twitter? Yeah, I see. Okay. I see you in there doing your little, you know what I mean?

57:20Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, Joe. Boy, that shit ain't enough, though. I'm going to keep it real with you. Okay. Ain't enough. I'm just letting you know. My reach. You know, my reach. My reach. You know what I mean? Hey, Joe. Joe, I'm coming up under that. I'm coming up under all that now. You hear me? You seen how Fedora done... Hey, my last name ain't Thurman. My last name Johnson. But I... Hey, I was talking basketball. I was talking basketball. But if you want to go that route, I mean... We just got to get... In order for us to really hang out, we got to get the fade out the way. That way I can feel good about myself because it's going to be hard for me to hang out with you, you know, knowing you the high side of me.

58:03Shannon Sharpe:You the high side of me. And I'm supposed to just live with it. Like, I just need three minutes, bro. Then, you know, I give you a hug. I still love you. You know what I mean? Hey, hey, hey. Honestly, Joe. What's up? Like, you probably ain't going to want to be my friend, you know, because I'm going to turn your ass every way but loose. You hear me? Hey, Joe. Hey. Hey. Listen. I love you like a little brother, man. But I mean, it is what it is. I'm trying to hoop. Okay, we can hoop. We can hoop. Hey, what I want to see is I want to see you catch that ball in the block, in the low post or the high post, and try to do all the moves you be doing.

58:41Shannon Sharpe:That's cheating. I ain't going to even post you up. No, no, no, no, no. It's not cheating, Joe. My strength is my lower body, my lower extremity. So I'm ready. Up here, I'm good. I don't think I don't think your lateral movement that great that's why when I get you moving side to side and I get to hit you with that that you ain't gonna Joe time out time out Joe you talking to you talking to the person with the greatest feet ever ever ever ever ever ever yeah you good in a straight line like no straight line Joe I'm good you said he got football feet there Joe you said he ain't got no boxing feet yeah he ain't shuffling he ain't keeping nobody in front of him alright ain't doing nothing All right.

59:22Okay. You know, I don't even want to talk about it anymore. I don't want to talk about it anymore. All right. Let it go. You're going to get what you're looking for.

59:28Shannon Sharpe:Okay. Say the last part now, I'm right here, baby. You're probably drunk right now. That's all. No, no. I ain't drunk. I'm feeling good. Yeah. We got a little buzz going on too, baby. Hey, you see me. I got my little portier too. I see. I see. I see. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Joe reminiscing about high school Ocho talking about college Y 'all tripping bro High school was fun man It was But once I left I really you know That was it for you boy Not me You know like I said when I left my girlfriend Was still in college I mean still in high school Yeah

1:00:15Hey damn I wonder Is it weird to wonder where your girlfriend from high school lives at this point?

1:00:22Shannon Sharpe:No. I mean, I haven't thought about it. Right. I mean, we talk about it. I just wonder how she's doing. I wonder if she's okay. I'm curious. Well, I mean, last I heard she had two kids. I mean, her kid's grown now. Right. So, yeah. I mean, my high school, my college girlfriend, she had two more kids. Right. They're grown. I mean, are close to being grown. Yeah. But no, I mean. Hey, that's crazy, Joe. When I think about it, Joe, I only dated two people in high school. Yeah. Yeah, literally. Like, dead serious. Really, only two people. I mean, dating, that don't mean you ain't shag nobody. Just because you date, okay, date, you had two girlfriends, but that don't mean you ain't put it down.

1:01:06Shannon Sharpe:I know. No, no, no, no, no. Okay, okay. I'm talking about serious dating. Obviously, my oldest daughter, I dated her mom in high school and one other person after that. and that other person after that, I'm curious. How old is your oldest? 27. Oh, so you got a child with your high school sweetheart? Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, she took advantage of me, Joe. You were young, didn't know no better. No, no, no, no. I mean, I was irresistible back then, Joe. If you think I look good now, you should have seen me in high school, Joe. Hey, hey, hey, you laid up with your man. Yeah, I was. I was. Hey, I was a little funny.

1:01:44I was a little funny-looking dude back then. I'm funny looking back I could dress I put that thing on Joe I'd be out there clean With my clogs And my ballys My polo sets You know my Tommy Hill figure set Joe You know my jeans Starced up to the tee With the white tee With the Hey Joe I was clean Joe

1:02:01Shannon Sharpe:But you had Weak pull out game Than your man Yeah I couldn't even Pull out a driveway Joe You hear me But you gotta understand Oh yeah you know that Joe There Hey but you gotta understand there was a method to my management. I only had kids with people that were athletic. That's what's up, bro. Only. I don't care how fine you is. I ain't care nothing about you being an IG baddie. I ain't care nothing about having that. Everyone I have a child from understand their athletic background. They give me an advantage when it comes to my child being an athlete. That's all. Hey, Ocho, your kid's pretty competitive when they come to you?

1:02:37Yeah, every last one. Yeah.

1:02:39Shannon Sharpe:Man. Every last one. Mine is too, bro. All three of them. Hey, the funny thing about it, the funny thing you said about playing your son one-on-one, he was talking about you be cursing. Yeah. You let it go? Yeah. Yeah. And in the midst of battling, in the midst of competing, yeah, I don't want you to lose that edge. I don't want you to lose that competitive nature. I don't want you to lose that. Listen, I don't want you to lose expressing yourself in that moment. I don't. I don't. You know what? But you know what, for me, Ocho, you know, my oldest son, I just feel like he can control his emotions around me.

1:03:16Shannon Sharpe:You know what I mean? Like, don't tell me you can't. Bro, we just playing pickup. This ain't no real game. Obviously, we want to win. We competing. But for you to just be F-bombing and... Yeah. I love that. I love that, Joe. That ain't happening. Because listen... Ain't no way, Joe. Ain't no way my kids would talk like that in front of me. No, sirree. That ain't going to happen. Ever. Hey, we playing a sport. I ain't trying to hear all that. I don't give a man what we playing. Hey, Joe. What's up? We playing a sport. I want you acting the same way I act. I ain't got time for all that. Don't be cursing and all that.

1:03:49No, I ain't got time for all that. Be you. Express yourself.

1:03:55Shannon Sharpe:I'm sorry. I can't do it, Joe. I got you. I got you. I got you. You like me, Joe. No, sirree. Yeah. Nah. Hey, yo. Hey. Say it. Anybody let one sit? I was like, what you saying? Hey, go to bed. What are you doing up? Oh, my bad, daddy. Okay. Okay. What are you still doing up? No, don't do that. Hey, I understand. You're in bed, man. It's 1 o 'clock. Yeah. You don't talk like that in front of me now. Nah, hell nah. Hey, I'm the same way, man. Hey, look. Nah, bro. I'll tell you, it's been three years since me and my older played pickup together. He was 16. Yeah. Yeah. Joe, I'm about to be 58. I pay my mama bills.

1:04:31Shannon Sharpe:I don't cuss in front of my mama. That's what I'm saying. You think you finna cuss in front of me? I still pay half your bills. Hell no.

1:04:43Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Ocho, Ocho, why I ain't cursing in front of my mama, my grandma, my grandma? Hold on, I ain't cursing in front of my - hold on. You think I can curse in front of Betsy Mae Flowers? Or I can curse in front of Paula Johnson? I ain't cursing in front of them either. But when it comes to competing on that field, man, mm-mm. Joe, I told you, Joe, I ain't wear a mouthpiece for a reason. And it just didn't start when I got to leave. Man, that started an optimist. Boy, my grandma look at me sideways when I say ass. I say, great, it's in the Bible. But it ain't in there like that. Oh, no. No, sir.

1:05:20Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I don't know. I wouldn't even think about my mouth. I couldn't even fix my mouth to say SOB or MOFO or what? GD. No. Nah. That ain't what happened. I'm sorry. Yeah, it don't sit well with me neither, Unk. I'm talking about it. Hey, look. I can't even focus on the game no more. He out there dropping them F-bombs and Bs and all. I'm like, hey. Hey, see? Hey, you know what? You know what that tell me? Hey, Unk. And, and, and, hey, Unk, this is what it tell me. When I'm playing him, all I got to do is cuss his ass out. See, I'm going to be in your head, huh? Man, you grown as hell. I'm talking about my damn son.

1:05:59Well, you're going to be my son when I'm done with you. You hear me? Okay. You're going to be my son when I'm done with you. I'm going to get in your head, Joe. I'm going to get in your head.

1:06:08Shannon Sharpe:I'll play like that. Okay. Joe, I think, you know what? I own you from the South, but me and your background, we got a lot of similarities, Joe. We got a lot of similarities. I'll play like that. I think it's the canceling us. You know, we good people, bro. It's just some stuff we just ain't going to tolerate. I'm a good person too. I'm a Capricorn. I'm a good person too, Joe. Hell no. I know. And the funny part, Ocho, I know we always talk about this, but damn, I worry about my son because y 'all got the same birthday. So he kind of, you know, I want to - That's my dog. That's my dog, Joe. Sometimes I can't even form a complete sentence without cursing, Joe.

1:06:49I can't. You know, it's hard for me because it's always been a part of my vernacular. Okay? I have an extensive vocabulary, Joe. I just, I just, whenever you curse, hey, it's like me, it's like me, right? I'm talking to y 'all and I say, you know what, Uncle Joe, man, I love y 'all, man. Now, it means something, but when you say, hey, Uncle Joe, man, I fucking love y 'all. See, that effing, it adds emphasis on the meaning of what I'm trying to get across to y 'all and it means a lot more. Now, I consider and call those sentence enhancers. So, when you cook, Uncle, you know how to cook, Joe, you know how to cook.

1:07:27It's like cooking with no seasoning. Curse words is nothing but the seasoning and it adds flavor to what you're trying to get across. That's all.

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