Nightcap Hour 1: John Harbaugh INKS DEAL with Giants + Rich Paul SUGGESTS Lakers TRADE Austin Reaves + TIME for Ja Morant TO GO

25:03That's LeBron's agent. LeBron says, well, y 'all know how I feel about how I feel about AR. Yeah. And I think LeBron does hold him in very high regard. But I just thought in this situation right here, if you want to have a podcast, have a podcast. But when you're talking about, I just looked at this, I don't know how professional this is. Yeah, I would have a problem with that. From an agent standpoint? Yes, yes, I would have a problem. about that, about you talking about somebody else's client.

25:37Shannon Sharpe:Obviously, AR is repped by AMR. Jaron Jackson Jr., Triple J, is repped by CAA. Yeah. I'm just like, so what's the play? Hey, he's looking out. I guess he called himself looking out for the Lakers because when you think about it, really, if that trade could happen, it obviously would be super beneficial for the Lakers. How? Jaron Jackson, he might give you 25 one night. He might give you 12 and 7 the next. He's not a consistent big man like Giannis. If he was going to give me what Giannis, or he could give me what Jokic, or he could give me what Embiid was in his prime, I'll make the trade tomorrow.

26:25Well, you never know. Think about this. You got to think about Jaron Jackson, Luka in pick and roll, LeBron and Jaren Jackson in pick and rolls. I just think when the playoffs come, to have three top scores like that, it's just going to be so tough on them three to be able to carry all that weight. For AR to average 25 to 27 points, Luka averaging 30, LeBron averaging 25, that's going to be a lot, man. Because your interior is going to suffer. Your interior is going to suffer. They're going to have to make a move. They're going to have to do something. But when Jabba – but here's the thing. But when Ja was there in Memphis, Jaron Jackson wasn't in pick and roll.

27:04Ja was in pick and roll with 80. Ja was in pick and roll with Adams. He wasn't in pick and roll with J.J. J.J. want to shoot threes. Yeah, he want to shoot threes. He can go off the dribble. He a little versatile. He a versatile big at the five spot. He probably going to have a mismatch every night. He probably going to have a mismatch if he playing the five. But what is he going to do with it? Well, you put him with LeBron and Luka, you never know. You never know. But the problem that I have,

27:35Shannon Sharpe:Joe, is that when we say that, everybody can't handle those expectations because you know the expectations on a nightly basis. He's never had, even when Memphis was at their apex, he never had the expectations he would literally have playing in LA. That's why everybody can't play with LeBron. I agree. You see guys be making threes? I mean, guys be throwing it over their head like Curly Neal. Excuse me, metal-locked lemon. And they get with LeBron, they can't throw it in the ocean. Because that pressure, the expectations, or is championship or bust. And now you put him with Luka also? Yeah. I just think, look at this.

28:14LeBron and Luka, they require so much attention. You know what I mean? Like, you think about it. Aiden gets so many easy baskets. And if you could put, if you could. What happened? man I don't know you don't know what you gonna get with Aiden

28:31Shannon Sharpe:I mean excuse me Aiden Joe

28:37Shannon Sharpe:ain't no way I could be that ain't no way I'd be 7 foot tall oh I'm I'm getting 20 and 10 20 and 12 every single night yeah yeah what he get he get him by what 15 he get him by 15 and 8 a night yeah but the thing is Joe but what night one night he might give me nine and nine it should be so easy with him because you know first of all luca and lebron's gonna take up so much attention with ars off the court yeah and when ar comes back you got three guys everybody's focused everybody's focused on those three guys put him in the dunking spot put him in pick and roll let him pick and pop let him let him roll down hill I don't know his motor.

29:23Shannon Sharpe:His motor is just not what it needs to be. And I think, look, I don't think Jaron Jackson is fine. He's a solid player. But, excuse me, I don't know what you guys think, Chad, but he doesn't move the needle for me. I don't think he makes it. Does he make the Lakers better than OKC? Does he make the Lakers better than the Nuggets when they get them back based on the way Jamal Murray and now Peyton Watson is playing? Does he – with Jokic? Hey, you know, chemistry and continuity is everything. You never know what the chemistry may be with him and them guys. Because I think Jaren Jackson is more of a rim protector than Aiden is.

30:06Yeah, he is. Absolutely. Yeah, you know what I mean? So defensively, Aiden ain't going to give you no four, five blocks, three, four, five blocks. You know what I mean? He probably give you double-figure rebounds, but defensively guarding his man, help defense, you ain't going to get much out of him from that. Are we going to get Aiden at the rim, or he going to be out there ready to shoot threes? Plus another thing, Joe, foul trouble. He might have four fouls by halftime. Hey, listen, the Lakers going to shake something up, man. They got some great, valuable assets. And if they want, look, LeBron ain't getting no younger.

30:45They got to try to go for it this year. But the thing is, you said they got valuable assets.

30:50Shannon Sharpe:They're not, first of all, they're never trading Luka. They're not going to make, because the Lakers, you need to draw. Yeah. He'll draw. He's not going to play any defense, but you know that. There's two things you know about Luka. He's not going to play defense, and he's going to argue with the officials. So just stop telling him to play defense and stop telling him to stop arguing with the officials. Those two things, they're like taxes. They're going to happen. they're gonna happen this is what JJ told the athletic Joe at first I didn't think it was real you have to figure out if it's real usually now I'm not as versed in technology wise as those people younger than me I was figuring it out if it's AI, deep fake all that stuff then it wasn't it was the first time Rich had publicly played GM on his new podcast in December as speculation ran Rampart over Giannis possibly asking out of Milwaukee Paul said the Bucs should demand rising star Jalen Johnson in return.

31:49Shannon Sharpe:Anyway, that's his client. Johnson is a client of Paul, and the agent admitted Johnson wouldn't want to play in his hometown of Milwaukee. Well, why would you throw that out there? Yeah, they ain't. Why would you even comment? Joe, why would you even comment on stuff like that? If I'm a team, honestly, and I thank the world of Rich Paul, I would be hesitant to talk to Rich because I'm afraid he might leak something. Yeah, and but Rich also knows in the power of having a podcast and knowing his voice he knows it's going to be sound bait he know people going to pick this up and talk about it you know what I mean?

32:24But Jalen ain't going nowhere they ain't letting that boy out of Atlanta, it's a wrap They let him out of Atlanta for Giannis? Jalen Johnson? They'll let Jalen Johnson out of there for Giannis absolutely How old is Giannis? 31 31? He 31. What, Jalen? 23? 24? They not letting him in. 31.

32:49Shannon Sharpe:31. Jalen Johnson's 24. Atlanta ain't going to do that. Okay.

33:03Because I already know Jalen's going to give me 30 and 15. Okay, my bad. I'm too high.

33:08Shannon Sharpe:30 and 13 with five assists on 60 % shooting. Yeah, he going to give you that. But Jalen going to give you just as good as numbers as Giannis going to have. I personally wouldn't do it either for the simple fact you completely trained the dynamic of your team. Yeah. You in sync now. Now, look, Joe, y 'all not going nowhere. Who, the Hawks? Yeah. You might be a move. Now, can y 'all, first of all, see, you got to think in a series. Can you beat the Knicks in seven?

33:45When April get here, we don't know who going to be healthy. We don't know nothing. All we know is right now, what we got, we got to get rolling. And when March, April get here, we hope these guys be, you know, trending in the right trajectory. And you never know, when the playoffs come, you know how this thing amp up, these injuries started to happen. All it takes is for one guy to go down. One guy go down, boom. It could be a wrap for a team.

34:12Shannon Sharpe:Atlanta, that means you'd have to beat possibly the Knicks. You'd have to beat possibly Cleveland. Boston is playing really well. I did not expect Boston to be playing as well, but JB is playing out of his damn mind. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You still got Philly because Tyrese Maxey should be an all-star. He's playing great. I think the thing is because they're managing Joel Embiid, but I don't even want to bring that up. Hey, listen, listen, listen, listen. All them teams you talk about, don't none of them dudes scare me. Don't none of them teams scare me. Hey, listen. Once Atlanta gets some chemistry and continuity with they guy, with CJ coming back, I see the second game.

34:51He kind of found his footing. But I think once they really get an understanding of who they are and who they're trying to be, yeah, they got a couple months to figure that out. They got to get rolling.

35:04Shannon Sharpe:So, Pistons. Pistons look good. Man. And the Pistons went to the playoffs last year, and they got confidence, man. Hey, Cunningham, he going to be an all-star. Oh, no, no. He going to be an all-NBA. He going to be an all-star. It ain't just him. I like Duran. Duran probably going to be an all-star this year. They got a bunch of guys. They got some blue-collar, hard-working dudes. They going to get after you from start to finish. They kind of pick up like OKC, pick up full court, be pesty. You know, they kind of took a page out of their book. I love the Pistons. I love the work that those guys have done down there and what they're doing.

35:39Shannon Sharpe:They should have, what you call them, they should have beat the Knicks. They had the Knicks dead to right and gave it up down the stretch, yep. They were young. They were young. It was a learning experience from them. But this year, oh yeah, them boys gonna make some noise. That's one team I don't want the Hawks to see. I ain't gonna lie to you. I don't want the Hawks to see the Pistons. I tell you what, even, Would you be willing to trade Aiden for Joel Embiid? Aiden for Joel Embiid? Hell yeah. What? I would too, but I can't count on him. I ain't really counting on him after April. Hey, you get him in that environment, in that atmosphere, put Bron in his ear, you know, get his weight down a little bit, that sunshine, get the beating on him.

36:21You know how it is out there in L.A. Yeah. That boy be playing different. You look like Prime Shaq out there. Man, you think that can happen?

36:31Shannon Sharpe:No, I don't think. No, no. The salaries. I mean, he's still on the book for another two to three years at 60-plus million. You got Luke on that number. AR is going on max contract. AR is going north of$200 million. I just don't see a scenario where it happened. That's what scares me with the Lakers and AR because the market is going to demand that he gets paid max dollars. Yes. I don't know if the Lakers are going to be able to pay that. I don't think they are either. And he's going to want it. And he's gotten better and better every single year. And I want guys to get paid, especially a guy like him that put so much work into it.

37:10Shannon Sharpe:And you can tell that he's put work into it. Oh, yeah. Hey, I'm with you. That's an Arkansas guy as well. I know he would probably love to stay in L.A., but his value is going to be so high. Yeah, he'll be more valuable as a first option somewhere else. Now, he probably won't get the glitz and glam that he gets in L.A. Right. But the one thing he's shown is that he can flat-out play. Oh, yeah. That's why I say Lakers got some good trade bait over there. Because you might have to trade him. If you ain't going to be able to pay him, you ain't going to let him walk for nothing. You got to get something from him.

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39:18Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, doing shoot-around in Berlin. I keep an Ocho joke. Yo, during shoot-around in Berlin this week, there was some heat between Ja Morant and Vince Williams. According to the legend, this was the dialogue. Ja, Ja, I don't mess with y 'all. I'm with whatever, Vince. Let's go to the back. Why? I'm right here. That's what Ja said. Vince, let's go to the back. Ja, you've been here for five minutes. You're not like that.

39:49Hey, get my dog out of there. Yeah, good job out of there, baby. Yeah. It's tired. It's over boiling. Hey, hey, the bings are burning, baby. Get that man out of there. Hey, look, when you start getting into it with your teammates like that, it's time to go, man. Y 'all got that man frustrated. He ready for a new scenery. And he said, I don't F with y 'all like that. I don't know. Maybe you have, Joe, but I've never been on a team where a teammate said, I don't mess with y 'all. Now, I've heard teammates say, I don't F with you. But he said, I don't mess with y 'all, meaning more than one. You're not the only one.

40:24I definitely don't mess with you, but I don't mess with none of y 'all, really. And I agree with you.

40:30Shannon Sharpe:Everything you just said, when it gets like this, it's time to go. It's time to break it up before somebody really, really do put hands on somebody. One or another. Yeah, I think. Look, it's over with. Ja's tenure in Memphis is over. And I'm sure Memphis, I mean, some Memphis fans might hate that. Some Memphis fans might love that. But it's over. It's over. When he got benched this year, I knew something. Joe, remember early in the year? Yeah. They took him out and sat him down. He said, well, ask coach. They probably think they can win without me. I was like, oh, yeah, he ready to go. Yeah, he ready to go.

41:13And I'm not so sure they're not ready for him to get up out of there. Right. I think, hey, look, why did he even go on the trip if they weren't going to let him play or if he wasn't going to play? That's what I didn't understand. That's what I'm saying. I think at some point, you know, due to this coming out, they may even just send him home until they get a trade for him. I mean, because if you ain't going to let him play and you see all this going on with the players, I mean, obviously, you don't want that going around, man. Nah. And that thing out in public, they knew Camber was there. Yeah.

41:48I mean, it's open court, shoot around, whatever the case may be. And he's like, hey, let's go out back. No, Joss is like, I'm right here. He said, you been here five minutes. And you ain't really like that. You ain't trying to get no fade. Yeah, he said, hey, look, he's singing them boy, man. I went to barber school. I fade you up right quick if that's what you're looking for.

42:11Shannon Sharpe:But I agree with you, Joe. I just think it's time for Ja. For whatever reason, whatever reason, maybe when they suspended him the first time for the incident that happened in Denver. Yeah. But he lucky. David Stern, you took a gun on a trip? Oh, man, you done. You might have been done for a year and a half. Yeah. David Stern played that man. No, you can't. Well, maybe he got it in Colorado. the mere fact that he had it in the locker room. Let's just say he didn't transport it from Memphis to Denver. Somebody passed it along to him. He had some homeboys out there, and they gave it to him. Bro. And then you would have thought, and then he has another situation where I don't understand why your homeboys know that you shouldn't be happy with no guns based on what has happened to you just a few months earlier.

43:07Shannon Sharpe:And then they videoing you? I don't understand it. Man, you gotta protect the money, man. You gotta make sure he good. You can't have him out here doing all this wild stuff. No. You shouldn't be around it. You shouldn't be condoning it. Nope. You gotta keep bro clean. Especially after you done already got caught once or twice. Man, you gotta chill. That was the thing you would've thought. Like, you know what, man? Hey, things slipped out of my pocket. I made shotgun wheelies. It slipped out of my pocket. Okay, hey, my bad, hey. And you came to the commission and said, hey, that won't ever happen again.

43:45And then you were in the car with that fire, and then your homeboy recording it. You should have said, first of all, if my homeboy's with me and any recording going on, they got to go. Yeah, hey, I'm like that too. But, you know, a lot of these dudes, man, especially these young cats, you know who their influences are. to, you know, they listen to this rap music and that's pretty much what it is. You know, so he mimicking. But it hurt NBA players. It hurts your brand.

44:20Shannon Sharpe:So I'm just, look, I think Ja's phenomenal. Having watched him play several times when Memphis came to play the Lakers, he's sensational. Yeah. But I do believe, but at the end of the day, you could say, well, he got the wrong people around him. Ja's a grown man, though. You know, I had a conversation with Mike Vick, and I say, Mike, I say, your boys. He's like, he's like, shut up. You know, he's like, oh, you think I'm going to listen to them? I'm making the money. Right. Why I'm listening to them? If I'm going to listen to them, they should be where I'm at. Right. He said, I wasn't going to listen to them.

45:02Even if they had told me I wasn't. it may be because at the end of the day yes sometimes you have homeboys that's like hey joe

45:10Shannon Sharpe:come on now we're not gonna do that joe no come on now hey hey you know what hey you know i'm dirty i don't even want to put you in that situation because the mere fact you got out we get to watch you i get to tell even when i go to the pen i get to tell that my homeboy right there man you lie you don't know that man i'm a homeboy we went to school together yeah And some homeboys are like that, bro. I'm dirty. Get on from around here. You finna get out. You finna do. You going places. I ain't going nowhere. Right, right. That's red. I'm going to stand right on this corner and wait for somebody to come and try to get by this dime or this neck up off me.

45:47Shannon Sharpe:That's what I finna do. Yeah, that's red. That's red. That's why the guys who you keep around you, man, you got to make sure everybody super clean, super squeaky clean and tight. You don't want to have none of that BS going on. Because I just think we're living in a time now where it's so easy to get caught doing anything. You know what I mean? Because everybody got their phones out, Joe. It's hard to get away with anything. You got to automatically assume people got their phones out. Yeah. Automatically. Any little thing. Any. I got heated this morning. Joe, I went to Chick-fil-A. Go to Chick-fil-A, get my normal order.

46:27Shannon Sharpe:But my sister's in town. So my normal order, two sausage biscuits, large hash brown, grape jelly. This time my sister's in town, I get an extra biscuit, sausage biscuits, small hash brown for her. She don't like it because I bought a large last time. She threw half of them away. You ain't finna waste my money. It ain't that much, but you're not finna waste any of them. Right. So I don't mistake my bag. I didn't check the bag. I get home. I got three sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits with two small hash browns. Oh, no. Garage up, gate open. Went right back up there. Right on back up there. I said, ma 'am, I said, I ordered three sausage biscuits, large hash brown, small hash brown.

47:17Shannon Sharpe:Okay. She said, I was like, sorry, sorry, sorry for any confusion. Hey, can you, what's the term they use? On the fly. Can you make those two sausage biscuits and hash browns on the fly? Which means in a hurry. She has them too. I'm sorry about the confusion. I'm about to go out the door. So I'm going to say she's going to check the bag. I got two sausage biscuits in there.

47:45You know what I'm saying, Chelsea? That's the old devil. See the devil, a couple of months ago, devil would have got me. Devil would have got me. Devil came out to Vegas looking for a soul to steal. There he go. He had trouble in mind. He drove the line. Look at the deal. I said, oh no, devil. You ain't finna get me. You ain't finna get me. Oh no, get back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because see, I told you. I've been praying. I pray every night. I said, God, give me patience. See, God is not gonna directly give you patience. He will put you in situations that will require patience. Hello. Hello. Yeah.

48:18I said, Lord, have mercy. You're gonna take a deep breath. I did. I did. I said yeah

48:26Shannon Sharpe:I can't turn back around she said what's wrong sir I said ma 'am you gave me two sausage bits because I asked for three she said I'm sorry about that

48:44I said you know what and he's working today he's working over time. He worried. He worried. Over time. But you know, hey, patient. You see, you see this joke? I see. changing my ways. Yeah. Wisdom. But man, and, and, and, and, and Ja, you groan, bro. I don't, I don't know why. I mean, if you think about it, why is it that most people that are in a profession always try to be, like, athletes want to be rappers, rappers want to be athletes. Rappers want to be athletes. people in jail would give anything I ain't never all I wanted to be was what I was I ain't never look hey y 'all do that that's y 'all thing y 'all want to slang and you feel that's your way I ain't here to judge I ain't judging nobody but I'd be damned if I would make$100 million $200 million$300 million and want to be hard I ain't finna be sagging I ain't finna have no stick on me I ain't finna do nothing If anything, I got$300 million.

49:49I'm hiring somebody to carry that stick for me. That's his job. He got a license to carry. You handle all that. See, you thinking with a 57 mind. He ain't made it there yet. See, all the time and growth, you know, you done been through, it even grew you into this. He's learning from his mistakes. And plus, you know, if you carry that thing on you, somebody put you in a situation you gonna have to hey you reach for it I'm gonna keep it real them boys really don't want to have to use that thing no you don't want to really have to use it you gonna have to spend so much money getting up out of something like that man you don't want to have to use that thing nope

50:33Shannon Sharpe:so that way don't even put yourself in a situation don't put yourself in a situation like that John bro you got too much talent you too good and baby hey and i get look memphis is not the the eaters place but bro i me why why i want to be down there where i would need that stick if i got to go somewhere oh uh joe and i got to carry the stick yeah why i need to be there oh i'm going if i got a farm on me joe i'm going hunting I'm looking to take something down These young boys Carrying that stick like it's a cell phone You hear me? Oh I believe it Yeah these young boys ain't playing man They really not playing Seriously And like you say You got athletes want to be rappers And entertainers and vice versa You know entertainers and rappers Want to be athletes And it's unfortunate because You got some of these cats these rappers who are so big who are like mega stars and a lot of cats implement uh uh try to be yeah yeah they're very influenced by these guys so it's unfortunate man but i think he'll learn from this situation obviously if they can move him i think he'll be a lot better i think he need a fresh start he needed first i i i do i do i i do also yeah you need a fresh start But there's not a city that you can go to that if you're looking for trouble, you can't find it.

52:07Oh, no, no. People say Memphis. Oh, if you want trouble in Atlanta, you can find it. If you want trouble in Miami, NYC, there's not a city that you can't go to. If you're looking for trouble, oh, you can find it. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm who I am. I'm Shannon Sharp. I'm a professional athlete. Man, why you don't come? For what?

52:34Bro, I'm not like that. I'm not trying to impress nobody by saying, man, you know, sharp down here in the hood. No, bro, I'm not finna hold y 'all. Nope, I'm not. I might go get a haircut or go get me some oxtails or something because a lot of times the restaurants and the barbershops, that's where they're located. But that's what I'm there for. Point A, point B. hey man let me grab a picture hey you better hurry up get me with my head out the window I'm getting up out of there man I don't want no trouble I don't want no problems I ain't arguing they start talking about football games what you think I don't think nothing bro I don't even watch football no more hey we in different time you're right

53:25Shannon Sharpe:the Miami Heat have been the team most frequently mentioned as trade partners for Ja. Joe, Ocho, I told you, I told you. Yeah, man. Would you like Ja in Miami? I do like Ja in Miami for a number of reasons. Obviously, you know, the strict system that Pat runs, I think obviously Ja thrive in it if he buy in, you know, because accountability is everything in Miami. You know, whether you're in there in the weight room, before practice, after practice, before games, after games, them dudes in the weight room all day. And just to be able to see him get his body right, get his mind right, I think Miami will have a lot to offer, man.

54:10I think Miami will have a lot to offer. And like I've said, I think that he will learn definitely from those mistakes that he made in Memphis. I don't think he will make mistakes like that in Miami. because in Miami, they're going to know everywhere you're at. You can try to be on the low if you want to at 2-3 in the morning. Them folks are going to know. Yeah, it's –

54:36Shannon Sharpe:But what – John's played 18 games this year, averaging 19 points, 7.6 assists. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are 7-23. I mean, he's only 24. He's about to be 24. He young. He's super young. And sometimes some people are mature. You look at a LeBron James, 18 years old, already got grown man maturity. And you see some guys that it takes them a while. They got to get 26, 27 before they mature. Josh 26. Josh 26, okay. My bad. but some guys are mature beyond their years and then some guys aren't yeah and it takes them a while to reach that maturity level yeah you put them around yeah you put them you put them around guys you want to put them around guys who already naturally have that hard work ethic and you and hopefully that it rubs off on him I don't really know who he had to look up to or look to you know through adverse times in Memphis.

55:43But if you go to Miami, man, you're going to have plenty of guys who work hard as crap. Obviously, a dope coaching staff who you can go to. I just feel like they'll definitely open up the doors for Ja to bring out his greatness, man. But Memphis got to get him out of that. From that conversation, I think it's time. It's time. Yeah, when I saw that, I was like, yeah, it seemed like they were taking the time, hopefully, that he would come around, Joe. but after watching this video and to see teammates like that like this here? Yeah. Now maybe on the bus or something in the locker room ain't no cameras around but at this point they're like F it.

56:20What you trying to do? Right. Yeah I couldn't believe it that they was actually having that conversation right there so it was surprising to me. I ain't gonna lie. But that's when I was like oh man yeah this thing is probably gonna get worse before it gets worse. Oh absolutely. And I don't know what was said. Now, for them to get to that point, now, if you messing with somebody, girl, or something like that, you owe somebody some money, I've seen it get like that. But they had a whole lot of talking. See, they doing too much talking, so that way I know ain't nobody really wanted to do nothing.

56:54Right. Nobody had no barber's license, but nobody tried to fade nobody. They was trying to see what this misunderstanding was about. It looked like they had a real misunderstanding and they were trying to figure it out. Yeah. So in a situation like that, all that talking, that let me know that y 'all ain't really, really, really, really about that. And I get it. I understand that. Everybody, you know, two dogs just, you know, they're on the fence. And everybody woofing really, really hard. Right, right, right, right, right. But ain't really nobody trying to do anything like that because all that talking, all I know is that the fights that I've seen ain't a whole lot of talking.

57:32It's straight to it.

57:36Cause at that point, it's a different mentality

57:40Shannon Sharpe:in football, Joe. You ain't finna scare nobody. Right. Nigga, boy, I'm about to be like Ocho. I'm about to be like. Hey, a ninja take one, but you not about to punk it. Yeah, already, already. No, sir. Already. No, sir-ree. I done been in too many locker rooms from high school to college to professional, two different set, no, sir. yeah yeah and a lot of times sometimes you make a mistake if you want to i just saw some receivers lump up some some d lineman yeah okay yeah okay yeah it depends on what they getting into it for the long it depends on what they get into it for yeah yeah and so yeah but if i'm if if i'm the grizzlies front office and i saw that that's all i needed i i I was thinking, Joe, we needed to move on.

58:37Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. But now he's made it abundantly clear. It's crystal clear. Yeah. He got to go. I agree. I agree. He got to go. I'm saying they – hey, look. It's sooner the better now. It's not going to get any better. And before it gets physical, let's just go ahead. Yeah. You're not going to get equal value for it. The guy's a two-time All-Star. What you going to get? They're not giving up Norman Powell or you're going to get Tyler Hero? I'm not. Who's talking about Miami? Yeah. Yeah, you're going to have to give up Hero?

59:15Miami got some pieces I wouldn't want to give up.

59:18Shannon Sharpe:Well, first of all, they're not giving up Bam, they're not giving up Powell, and they're not giving up Ware. Yeah, that's what I'm going to say. I wouldn't give up Kalei or Ware, man. They're going to have to figure that out. I don't know how they're going to figure it out, but they got to figure it out. They got to figure it out. but I know Memphis got to get Ja from over there. They got to get him from over there. And I was wondering because I was like, damn, I wonder why he ain't playing. Is he hurt? Yeah. Because he came back and he's played in a few games and he had some good games.

59:54But he's came. They keep it a track on how many times I call you Ocho. They say I'm up to eight, but I think I'm at four. Hey, look, he came back and had some good games on. Yeah. But they hadn't translated into wins. No. You know what I mean? So I think they're definitely going to move on from him. I wonder, I wonder has this situation diminished his trade value? When I know you got it. If you want to sell something,

1:00:23Shannon Sharpe:the best way to keep the value up is to let somebody inquire about it. If you come to me and say, hey, shop, I got this pool table I want to sell. Oh, you either finna move or you about to get a new pool table. Right. I want you looking to ask for it. Because that's going to determine, because I'm coming in low. I just want you to know, Joe, I'm coming in low. You either get a new pool table or you about to move, and you don't want to carry it with you. Right, right. So if you want me to come, I'm charging you a moving fee, even though I'm going to buy it. I'm charging you to come move it up your property.

1:00:56Right. They know they want to get rid of job. Absolutely. A lot of times you want to trade somebody, you got to trade them before you really want to. Right.

1:01:09Shannon Sharpe:Because the value is high. Yeah. That's why I know they're going to do something way before the break. They're probably just trying to figure it out right now. But what I'm saying is because of this latest situation, Do you just send him home and just tell him that we're going to wait until we have a trade for you? Because from the looks of it, it don't look like it's going to be beneficial to have him around those guys. I mean, for the most part, a lot of times, NFL, if you're not healthy enough to play, they don't let you travel. Now, if John's not going to play, now if he's close to playing, close to returning, so forth and so on, I get it.

1:01:51Shannon Sharpe:but if he's not close to returning, it makes no sense. And plus, you guys know what's going on in that locker room. You know the animosity. You know the angst between those players. So why put him in that situation? That's what I'm wondering. Knowing that him and the head coach ain't really seeing eye to eye, you ain't going to get the best out of him right now. So, man, listen, find him a nice landing spot. Hopefully you can get some great pieces back, but it ain't going to be beneficial to keep them around, especially if they're going to be acting like that. Yeah, yeah. It's going to be a situation where you end up – somebody's going to end up – something that could have been prevented.

1:02:34Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Is that it's going to end up sparking up, and you could have prevented this. Go ahead and move it. Look, you moved on. This ain't the same team. You let Desmond Bain go. You let Dylan Brooks go. Yeah. You might as well, you might as well just go ahead and let the linchpin go, let Ja go. Y 'all not winning, y 'all not going nowhere. Right, it's hard. Y 'all had y 'all opportunity, y 'all squandered it. Y 'all did all that talking. They hadn't been the same since Ja talking about he ain't worried about nobody in the West. But with OKC. Yeah. Hey, hey, that's why you gotta keep your mouth shut.

1:03:12Just hoop, just hoop. You don't want no bulletin board material. Or Boston, I think he said,

1:03:17Shannon Sharpe:I don't know if it was OKC or Boston or somebody he said. Yeah, he said he wasn't worried about nobody in the West. Nobody in the West. Yeah, that's what he did. Yeah, he said he wasn't worried about nobody in the West. And boy, the West, they been on them boys ever since. LeBron done beat them. Remember LeBron? Rui went down there and had that outstanding game and then AR went crazy. And then when they came back to LA, GOAT took them out. They got rid of that. Unless he give me 40, I ain't shutting up. There you go. See, they got rid of they muscle, man. And you took it for granted. You know, Baines, Dylan Brooks, guys who can help out with their scoring, toting their scoring load.

1:03:59Shannon Sharpe:Well, Dylan Brooks was never gonna be this in Memphis because they was never gonna allow him to do what he's doing in Phoenix. Right, right, right. He was always gonna be the fourth option. It was gonna be Ja, it was gonna be Bain or Triple J in some combination, 2-3 or 3-2, and then it was going to be Dylan Brooks. He was always going to be the fourth option. So this Dylan Brooks that we see now, man, he was not going to be allowed to. See, he don't have a choice now. Right. They don't have anybody but Book. Yeah, and Green been hurt all year. Yes. Green been hurt. I think they got a guy named Gillespie.

1:04:38Yeah, Gillespie. He stepped up.

1:04:40Shannon Sharpe:He's played great. Let's give him some minutes. but basically for the most part of the season, Dylan Brooks has been their number two option. Yeah. And he's always felt he's able to be good to be able to, you know, everybody's tense up or wince when I shoot the ball, everybody's saying no. Now he has freedom, and he's playing unbelievable basketball. Averaging like 20, 21 points a game, he's playing really well. But he wasn't going to be that in Memphis because they weren't going to allow it. Nah. He still would have been the agitator that he is. Yes, he's still that now. Yeah, he wouldn't have been able to advance his offensive skills the way he's done over the past year.

1:05:23So, you know, ever since they got rid of those two dudes, Dylan Brooks and Baines, they hadn't been the same, huh?

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