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26:52Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, you took the word right up my mouth. I said, they're turning to Moses. They put the spear in the ground and it just weren't. Yeah. And the problem is, is that he's not a shot blocker. So like you said, Joe, the lane opens up and rebounds. How many opportunities did they get? They got the rebound and kick out for a three. Or kick out and they get a foul call. Yeah. Yeah. And it's like when Wimby goes to the – Shea is one of the few guys that you'll ever see in your lifetime that when he goes to the bench, their team goes on the run. Right. Absolutely. And that's not a knock on him, Chad. I'm not saying anything, but y 'all see it.

27:28Shannon Sharpe:So I don't know. I don't need to preface that with a caveat. When he goes to the bench, they go on the run. It's facts. Yeah. Dene, Dene's game is in San Antonio, right? Yes. Game six, Thursday night. Yeah. We got game six. We got game six. I think when Shea goes to the bench, they're less predictable. Yes. You know, because you got guys now, the ball really, really hops. And, you know, everybody can penetrate the paint and spray out for threes. And then you got Hardenstein with his activity, being on the rim, getting them second-chance points. That's what gets you over the hump, bro. It's the little things you're going to have to do to continue to win or to advance to the finals.

28:14Shannon Sharpe:So I think OKC, they willing to do that. They are. But I thought it was Hardenstein's activity early. Yes. Yeah. Shep too long. Shep being aggressive and a little bit more efficient than he has been in the past few games. Yes. What difference would make him? I still need more shots from Chick, though. I mean, I know he was grade six for nine. But damn, I need a few more shot attempts from him. Well, I think the thing is that when McCain took 19 and Shea took 19, that's 38. Hartenstein was 6 of 8, but you know Hartenstein is going to be dunked, lobbed, or it's going to be that floater. That thing to the moon.

28:56Shannon Sharpe:He's not going to get very many more shots than that. Nah, nah. He don't need more than that. He's shooting that floater to the moon over Wimby big ass down there. Andy, Caruso. Caruso 5 of 10, he 4 of 8. Caruso got to be shooting damn near 55, 60 % from a damn three. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he probably better than that. Yeah, he probably by 60%. And he cashed out. It's like every time he shoot is going in. I ain't going to lie to you. Swishing. It ain't no bouncing for haul up in the air. There's some suspicion or doubt. He's swishing. And when he come into the game, bro, it wasn't like they had control of the game.

29:33He made big shots to put him on runs.

29:37Shannon Sharpe:So Caruso is a huge part of what they do, bro. He play well. It's going to be hard to beat them. I mean, San Antonio won points in the paint, but second chance points. OKC was plus 11. Fast break points. OKC only had nine. And I thought OKC, for the most part, did a better job of taking care of the basketball. Yeah. It's just that all turnovers aren't created equal. I mean, because sometimes your turnovers kill your runs and give them life. Yeah. And so you can't just look at it and say, well, this guy only had one turnover. He got two turnovers. You have to look at when you turned the ball over and what did your turnovers lead to.

30:22Shannon Sharpe:Come on, Spurs. Don't do me like that. No, but I think, look, you got to look at OKC. They're not really trying to get up off this throne. When you've been king, you'll do everything that you possibly can to keep the crown. Yes, sir. but hey j-dub not even playing joe i did well here's the problem if fox or harper if both of them don't play well i don't think they got a chance of hell of winning the game no because they because both of them handle the ball too much you know careless turnovers you know not not really uh making shots it's gonna be tough for san antonio to win bro but i thought castle blood might have played one of his better ball game i mean think about it joe he was seven of 11.

31:06Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, no. He had 24 points, 3 of 5 from 3, 7 of 8 for the free throw line. He had 5 rebounds, 6 assists. The turnovers came early. He had 3 steals. Oh, that's why I say I'd rather have to pull him back a little bit. I'd let him go because he's playing well. Hell, he's a two-way player. He's guarding the two-time MVP and he's putting up these type of numbers with this type of efficiency. Man, we're going to have to deal with a couple turnovers. You know what I mean? Yes. I agree. And I think also, Joe, is that Kosei, look here, sir. I understand. I love your aggressiveness. But we can't have you.

31:40Shannon Sharpe:I mean, because he's at five fouls every game, Joe. He getting his money worth. But when you pick up those fouls, now it takes a lot of that aggressive out of you because you picked them up so early. Yeah. And picking foul up 94 feet. I mean, sometimes, I mean, the backcourt, Joe, he just run, slap over the man. He ran, slap in the back of SGA. Hey, he going to let you know he here. Hey, he running up every time, bro. Look, he wearing Shea down, bro. Shea is great that he has McCain there to handle some of the ball handling duties because it do come a time Shea be looking dead tired out there.

32:21Shannon Sharpe:And Castle doing his job, bro, making him work for any and everything he get. I mean, he played 37 minutes. Look, I mean, the Spurs had three guys with 20-plus points, but they only shot 40 % from the floor. They had some really good looks at some shots that didn't go down. It's a make-or-miss lead. Game four, they made those shots. OKC missed them. Tonight, the roles were reversed. Yeah. Now, okay, will the Spurs come out and play with that sense of urgency, with that sense of desperation that we saw from OKC? Yeah. They ain't got no choice. Well, hey, hey, hey, hey. Now we got to put it back on Wimby now because if he has one of the monster games, this is what changes it.

33:15Shannon Sharpe:But if he plays average like this. No, they can't win. Yeah, he can't win. No. If you look at the games that they won, he's been phenomenal. Look at game one. Look at game four. He didn't play bad in game two. He had 21 and 17. But his imprint, his fingerprint wasn't on the game like it was in game one and game four. He has to be that. There are very few times that your team can win a game without your superstar going off. Now, we've seen OKC win some games. But they're not there yet. They're still really, really young. As young as this team is, this is a veteran ball club now. Don't look like, well, man, this guy's only 24.

34:00Shannon Sharpe:But look, I mean, they're in the Western Conference Finals this year. They went to the NBA Finals and won last year. They were in the Western Conference Finals, if I'm not mistaken, a few years ago. So this is a veteran ball club when it comes to these type of scenarios. Been there, done that. And the more you're in these situations, the more calming and the more at ease you are of being in these situations. You know what, too, when I think about it too long? What do you think about? Wimby not playing well tonight, right? He had, what, 60? He had 19 tonight, right? He had 26 points, six rebounds, one assist, two steals, three blocks.

34:40Shannon Sharpe:He only had one rebound at the half, though. You can't do that. That's not going to cut it. And obviously the Thunder know that. If we can nullify Wimby, not allow him to get down in the low close, not allow him to do anything from mid-range, always have him out there at the goddamn arc, trying to play from out there. He wasn't efficient from three. So what do we do next game? We take that same formula and we try to do the same thing. So if they take Wimby away, that means everybody else got to step up, Joe. Fox can't have a night again like he had tonight. but sale can't happen tonight like he had tonight they just can't so what if they say you know what we not letting women get nothing everybody else is gonna have to beat us i don't know how it up outside of champagne and goddamn goddamn castle everybody else got to step up because they might go into they might go into the next game and say you know what, Wimby ain't getting nothing at all.

35:41Shannon Sharpe:That's what a problem you have. If he's not having one of those extraordinary type of games, Ocho, then, you know, you don't really, he don't draw all that attention. See, if he gets going offensively and he's affecting the game, then we're, okay, boom, now we got to double him, and he's spraying out, he's getting assists, you know, and he's scoring and getting second-chance points, that's when they're a much better team because he opens up the floor for the guys around him. I think the thing that they're doing that they didn't do the first two games is that they're finding him and they're putting a body on him.

36:17Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Whether it's Hartenstein, whether it's Chet, whether it's Lou Dort, whether it's Shea. Because Shea got a couple of fouls because, you know, he was trying to put a body on him. He's like, I got to hold it. Yeah. So if you notice, no matter where the ball goes up, somebody got to find him just like when you're in high school. Yeah. Find somebody and put a body on them. Yeah. No free – It's kind of easy when you got a guy and the shot goes up. But zone is kind of hard because you're just like, okay, I'll block out an area. And you let guys slip through the crack. But I thought OKC has done a great job since game two.

36:51Shannon Sharpe:Because remember, Joe, he was averaging 20 rebounds a game through the first two games. Yeah. Now that's gone all the way down. I don't think he's had maybe one. I don't even know if he had another double-digit rebounding game. Yeah. Because they've made a concerted effort to make sure when that ball goes up, be it offensively or defensively, we've got to locate him and put a body on him. Yep. Don't give his ass no free runs and hit to the rim. None of that. Chug him every chance you get. Put a body on him and look. Hopefully, throughout this series, it wears him down. Since game one and two, like, uh-uh.

37:31Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, since game one and two, he ain't really had really that type of effect on the game like that, you know, from a defensive standpoint. You know, 20 rebounds, if he gets you 20 rebounds and 20 points, bro, it's hard to beat him if he playing like that. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yes, sir. And the thing was, he was efficient with it. Yeah. Now, if he's going to have to take 25 shots to get 30 points and he's only going to make 11 of them, Now, he going 14 to 25 and getting you, Joe, getting you 18, 19, 23, 24 rebounds. You're going to have hell on your hand because now you've got to come. They haven't had to double him.

38:10Yeah.

38:11Shannon Sharpe:They didn't double him tonight. So he wasn't able to locate open guys. He had a couple of careless turnovers, but hey. And I think that physicality is messing with him, though. Think about it. He's 0 for 5 tonight from 3. Did he make a three? He made it. The last game? Did he make a three left? Yeah, I remember he hit the one from the half court. Yeah. 0 for 5. And he opened up the game with a three. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 0 for 5 tonight, though, seems as though, you know, he don't really have a lot of legs, which is why his rebounding is down so much. And I think the physicality is weighing in on him, you know, throughout this series.

38:53Shannon Sharpe:And if you OKC, this is what you want. We want to try to wear him down. That's all we can do, Ocho. We can't do nothing else. The boy too big, man. Right? Yeah. Yeah. If. If. If Hardenstein and Chet plays like this again, and Wimby plays like he played tonight, there will not be a game seven. They're low. It's really that simple. Dang. It's really that simple. Don't say it like that. Don't say it like that. No. Because, Ocho, he has to cancel those two guys out. Yeah. I'm not counting on Cornette to give us anything. I didn't count on him to give us anything coming into the series. And the problem that you're running into, Joe, like you're right, he is getting tired because you know why?

39:36Shannon Sharpe:He can't get a breather. Because if they're down four, by the time Cornette comes in there, they're down 12-14. And Coach Johnson doesn't want the game to get out of hand. So he's not able to get his normal allotment of rest because the game starts to creep away from him. Yeah, yeah. That's the issue. Shea gets his normal allotment of rest. He plays the entire first quarter, and he's not coming in to probably about seven and a half, maybe seven minutes. Every once in a while, he'll come in at the eight-minute mark. But for the most part, he's not coming in before seven minutes. Nah, nah. Hey, I don't think there's no way that OKC wins game six, though.

40:18Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to keep it real. Hey, Joe, you know what I'm talking about, Joe. I don't. Hey, you know ball. You know ball, Joe. I thought you said Joe didn't know ball. If I do not, you got the fact that he know that. The fact that he know that. Hey, you got to chill. Hey, you got to chill. You know ball simply because you know for the fact that they're going back to San Antonio. The nuns going to be in the stands, huh? Once they put them hands on goddamn Wemby, you already know what the result is going to be in game six. Go ahead. Go ahead. Finish. Well, I think that his support. If they put them hands on Wemby, Wemby might give you 40 and 30, Joe.

40:52Shannon Sharpe:Joe. Cornette gave you seven and eight last time and they put the hands on him. Listen, I think that his supporting can is going to play a lot better in game six. Yeah, way better. I'm going to have to show up to San Antonio and put these CDs on him. These CDs?

41:13So,

41:14Shannon Sharpe:they're going to need to play him. The one thing about, say about the OKC Thunder having been in this situation, they don't lose sight of the – they don't normally let opportunity slip away. Because, you know, look, I'm not trying to put off tomorrow for what I can do today. Yeah. Because I know I'm a twist ankle. I'm an overreaction or something.

41:39Shannon Sharpe:Anything can happen. Yeah. Anything can absolutely happen. So, I –

41:49Shannon Sharpe:You know what? Just give OKC credit. This is about OKC tonight. I don't want to take any – I don't want to say, well, you know, X, Y, and Z, but I think OKC took this ball game from the way they came out. Yeah, they got down early, but they weathered the storm, and when they hit back, and it seems like – I thought what you call them was making a run, what, that third quarter? Yeah, yeah. They cut it to six, Joe? Yeah, yeah. I was like, okay. I mean, they cut a 20-point lead to – how many? Five. Five. They cut a 20-point lead to five just like that. Yeah. That's the scary thing. And that's the scary thing because you know the potential that the Spurs have and what they could potentially do.

42:31Shannon Sharpe:It wouldn't be a lot of people surprised if the Spurs won this series, but I just think some of the mistakes that they make just come back to Haunted Bro because they're so young. But they're never out of a game because of how hard they play and they compete. So they're never going to be out the damn game. Yeah, like you say, they chopped back into their lead so quick, and then they say, you know, boom, a couple turnovers. Now you back down nine, 11. You know what I mean? And I think the thing is, is that what makes OKC so unique is that a lot of teams don't have the answer. Like when the Spurs go on that run, a lot of teams can't withstand that onslaught.

43:11Shannon Sharpe:Right. OKC, like, okay, y 'all just won on a 14-2 run. Watch this. Now they go on a 12-4 run. Yeah, yeah. And push the lead right back. You cut it down to five, now it's right back to 14, just like that. Yeah, but one thing we got to remember now, we're watching two of the best defensive teams in the NBA. They're probably one and two. Yep, I agree. So, you know, I understand the way the game is being played and how they are. You know, it's pretty typical. You know, two great defensive teams making it hard on one another. That's why you see so many peaks and valleys, like great performances, then, you know, not as great.

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48:07Shannon Sharpe:I just think it's going to come down to home court advantage for the next couple games. Yeah, they're going to have to do... Keldon Johnson had five fouls. Castle. Champagny. They got to do a better job. They got to do a better... They can't let Shea go to the free throw line 17 times, Joe. They can't. You got to keep it. I think a good number for him is probably about 10. It's hard. Huh? Hey, he done mastered being able to manipulate, getting to the free throw line. Well, he... He's manipulating the system. He found a loophole. Hey. He's playing it really well, whether people like it or not. He is, man.

48:50Shannon Sharpe:He's manipulating them dudes so good out there. Because, look, he's 7 for 19 from the field, so he ain't like he's shooting no hell of a percentage. Like, he missing his fair share of shots. Yes. But any chance he get, he feel a little contact, yeah, he going to give you a little flare, a little head back. Like, you know what I mean? He going to sell it now. He going to sell it, but I don't blame him. I don't blame him. I ain't going to lie. I've caught fish that flopped less than Shea. Hell, I didn't know there was a lie when I pulled the ass out the water. I mean, I ain't seen. Come on, Dr. Joe.

49:25Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah, but he got to be in the 30s, bro, for them to win. Yes, yes. He does. And it looks like, Joe, his 30 is coming from – a lot of it is coming from the free throw line because they're doing an outstanding job of forcing him to take – like you said, if you're going to make these difficult shots, if you're going to make 13, 14 of the 19 shots you take and they're going to be difficult, I just – hey, I just throw my hand. There ain't nothing I can do. Hey, I give up. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, you shooting them long twos, 17, 18, 19 footers. You think Shea can make enough of them to beat us? Well, we're going to see.

50:08Shannon Sharpe:And they play – hey, look. And they playing great defense on them, bro. Like, you know, they pluck them a couple times. Like, when last time y 'all really see that, bro? You don't really see Shea get his pocket picked or guys play great of defense. But it's the same way with Castle and Dylan Harper. You know, Cason Wallach comes in. He picks one of their pockets, you know, in open court. Like, bro, there's some good – these guards get to it. They're very good on-ball defenders. They got active hands. They're young, and so they got great lung capacity. Yeah. So, you know, that's what you got to have.

50:45Shannon Sharpe:I mean, because the thing is, Joe, I'm trying to wear you down. Yeah. Look, I understand I might not have an impact on you in the first quarter or the second quarter, but come late third quarter and fourth quarter, Now, can you still function when you're tired? Will you still have the mental capacity late in the ballgame to be as sharp as you were in the fourth quarter? Right. We're going to find out. You say yeah, we'll see. Yeah. Because I'm going to keep hounding you. I'm going to pick your ass up. Yeah. Yeah. And guess what? Yeah, you might get by me a time or two. You might cross me up once or twice.

51:22Shannon Sharpe:Cool. but you're going to have to do that shit for 48 minutes. Every time you're out here on the court, I'm going to make you go into your bag. You're going to have to show me. Of course. It's going to be very interesting to see who calls the game on Thursday. Obviously, we had Tony Brothers tonight. We had Capers and we had Wright. Yeah. Who we got? Oh, yeah, Tony Brothers, Capers, and Sean Wright worked tonight. Now, you got Ed Malloy, you got Zach Zarba, you got Tivins. I don't know who, you know, who's going to be, but it's going to be very interesting to see. I don't know if they get Scott Foster.

52:03Shannon Sharpe:He just had game four. They need to. They call Scott the extender. You want the game to go, little brother? I got you. Hey, they need to keep Tony Brothers out there, though, for sure. You see him and Mitch Johnson having a look back and forth today? Yeah. Yeah. Hey, this I told him, he told him he just like this here. Yeah.

52:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Hey, the coach, hey, Mitch Johnson, whole energy change once Tony leaned in, it was like, what'd you say? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I told him, there ain't nothing to play with. I'm trying to figure out when,

52:49Shannon Sharpe:when would they know the refs? Because like I said, Ed Molloy, Josh, Zach. Probably tomorrow. Do you think? Yeah. Maybe. But the Thunder, one win away to going back to back-to-back NBA finals thanks to a 127-114 victory. They have, what did they have? They had five guys in double figures. Isaiah Hardenstein, 12 points, 15 rebounds. Chet Holmgren, 16 points, 11 rebounds. Shea, 32 points. Jerry McCain, 20 points. Alex Caruso continued his hot play. Great shooting from the floor. 22 points on four of eight shooting from the three-point line. He was a perfect from the free-throw line. And they win this ballgame 127 to 114.

53:44Shannon Sharpe:What we bet, Ocho? What we have? What we bet on that? Bang. Don't do that, Joe. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. You know we ain't back because you ain't paying me my 500 from the last series. Hey, I'm like, D-Bo, when you see me coming, you better start tucking your chain, partner. You hear me? Yeah, because I'm padding your pockets. Yeah, all that. Like, oh, here come Joe. Let me just tuck mine in. Matter of fact, Joe, I'm going to do you one better. When I see you coming, I'm going to put my chain on you and dare you to walk away with it. Damn. You got the chain right here, dickhead.

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58:26Shannon Sharpe:I like it. I like it. I'm sure you - This isn't going to help to skip the chatter. Before the game started, fans noticed NBA store had two teams listed as finals bounds. Oh, man. Come on, man. Why they always trying to say our game rigged, bro? Hey, look, conspiracy theorists. Come on, man. Y 'all got to chill. They say the NFL is rigged. They say the NBA is rigged. Hell, they say. Well, how you get a misprint like that? This was before the game. They ain't got no crew like we got over here nightcap. They made a mistake, huh? You know what I'm saying? They made an honest mistake. That was a good one.

59:09Shannon Sharpe:I'll know how honest it is, but this damn show a mistake. But, hey, that's how I am. But while y 'all playing, y 'all know OKC going to be there, man. They going to win. They going to win. Oh, simmer down, Joe. I'm just keeping it real. I'm just telling you from my eye, from what I see. Well, your ass been bad. Your ass been like Ray Charles. Hey, you need to chill. You got to chill. You got to chill, bro. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm not being disrespectful. I'm just being honest. All right, man. Yeah. But I hope we can get a game seven. We had a few. We had a few. You know, we had the first round.

59:47Shannon Sharpe:We got Orlando and Detroit for game seven. We got Toronto and Cleveland go to a game seven. We got Cleveland and Detroit go to a game seven. We can definitely use another game seven, but we've had some blowouts along the way as well. Before we get to the next topic, Ocho, you were right. There was more footage of you playing in T's celebrity basketball game. Guys, let's take a look at this footage. Let me see, man. Ocho! Ocho! Ocho! Oh, Tijon. Ocho! Ocho! What happened? Oh, Tijon. Hey, hey, hey, hey, here you go. This what we do here. You had it. You smoked that one, partner. This was on you. You had that one.

1:00:37Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah. That went in. What y 'all talking about? No, it didn't. Man, come on, bro. What y 'all looking at? Joe, is y 'all black? No. Play it again. Man, what's wrong with this man? That man didn't touch the rim. Ojo. Hey, y 'all must be blind, huh? Ojo. It's going in. Ojo, come on, man. Yeah, when somebody else hit it, when somebody else shoot it, it probably went in. Not the one you hit, not what you did. Hey, them 6 '8 fellas be aggressive, be aggressive, Ryan, that guy. Man, nobody even touch you. You took eight steps. Nobody touched you. I took two steps, Joe. Don't play at me, Joe. I'm saying nobody, but you dribble from half court to the goal, nobody even touch you.

1:01:23Shannon Sharpe:You smoke the layup, bro. Oh, Joe, I was looking like Kyrie right there. Boy, you saw that filet? Man, you saw the filet, Joe? That shit pretty garbage. And the man, you missed the whole rim, Ocho. Yeah, you did. The guy came in and got the tip, bro. Man, I'm thinking you saying there's more footage. I'm thinking we're going to see this man get down. Man, come on. That's what y 'all are showing? I see how y 'all do. Y 'all, where's the footage of the rest of the points I scored? That's what I want to know. Oh, Joe, you do realize we're not in charge of the films, right? See? That's what they're seeing.

1:02:03Y 'all trying to sabotage me and make me look bad because I'm black. See? No, that was easy. Hey, y 'all might, you know what? Y 'all might as well put on some white hoods. That's what y 'all need to do. Hey. What do y 'all do to me?

1:02:14Shannon Sharpe:You don't need any help from Joe and I to make you look bad on the basketball court. Man. You're plenty good by yourself. Hey, matter of fact, you know what? Hey, Joe, you know, hey, chat, make sure y 'all watching tomorrow too now. You know we play tomorrow now. What time y 'all play? 12.30. 12.30. On ESPN? No, it's streaming. It's streaming. I'm going to see the link. Hey, now you want to see balling? Now watch me on that goddamn soccer field. Yeah, send me the link, bro. I want to see what you're going to do. Hey, because I, listen, basketball, you know I don't like that. You know how I feel about that.

1:02:51Now, that soccer field, where I got them feet from up. Oh, Joe, we saw you last year. Last year in what? Have you gotten better?

1:02:59Shannon Sharpe:In what? In soccer. I'm better at soccer than football. What are you talking about? I get that. But I'm saying, are you better than what you put on display? Remember the last time we saw you? No, I don't. At this very tournament. P-Mac did a bicycle kick. Which one? P. Mack did a bicycle kick in the same tournament. You remember that? Yeah, but what does that have to do with me being great? Exactly. That's my point. I was expecting to see you do that. You're telling me Pat McAfee doing a bicycle. He didn't do a bicycle. He passed it to somebody else did a bicycle. No, he did the kick. No, he did not.

1:03:31He passed it. I'm trying to tell you.

1:03:37Shannon Sharpe:Hey, what place? He didn't take a bicycle. He took it out of the air. somebody passed it to him and out the air he put it in. He was the one who assisted the pass from the right to the left. We're going to find it. That's all right. Ash been to find it. Yeah, fine. We're going to find it. Ojo, what play shot came in last year? That was year before last. That was two years ago. I didn't play last. He asked you what place, not what year. The place. Oh, I don't remember. Nah, he don't remember. Nah, he came in. Guess what? You know what you notice? People don't remember when they get first. Oh, we came in first.

1:04:17Shannon Sharpe:Now you didn't come in. I don't know. You do realize? These are all former professionals and professionals out here. You told me you're a professional. You told me you might as well have been a professional. I am. Honestly, right now I could probably be on it. I could come off the bench from Madrid right now. I'm talking about a raised hill. and raise hell. Oh Lord, have mercy. Hey, wait now. Hey Joe. What's up? Watch my feet tomorrow, Joe. All right, I'm gonna check you out. If the ball going in the net, all that feet ish ain't nothing. How many times we done seen guys run routes and can't catch the ball?

1:05:01We're here. Ball going in the net. Hey, um. Hey Joe. What's up? Who had the greatest feet of all time? I think they say it's you, ain't it? All right. Just watch tomorrow, Joe. Okay. You right, Ocho. I know I'm right. I'm never wrong. I'm never wrong. I told you that. You be trying to tell me. You loud and wrong. Okay, well, where you at? Pull up Ocho's. We're for the fire. We're for the fire of your highlight. I ain't had no highlights. I just told you the first game is tomorrow at 1230.

1:05:42Shannon Sharpe:You, Joe, I'm trying to figure out a man say that he was better. He's better in soccer at football. Now you're talking about a man that was a six-time pro bowler and a two-time all pro. Right. He's better at soccer. That's trash. Trash. Trash. What? I'm pro bowler. Huh? You hear me? I was a four-time all pro because of the footwork that I learned from playing soccer. I'm not in it. So that should be able, you should be able to go out there, get us a couple of goals, get us a couple of assists. That's all I'm saying. Oh, I had three assists. Well, you know how hard it is to score? That shit ain't easy.

1:06:19Shannon Sharpe:That ain't easy to score in the NFL? Oh, for me, yeah. Oh, yeah. But you said you was better at soccer than football. So it should be even easier. Right. It's not, I'm just telling you. And it's hard for you. It's hard for either one of you to understand anybody in the chat that actually it actually knows the game they know i mean i'm looking at messy they like it look easy look easy look easy it looks easy did you just messy it looks easy you do realize your name is some of the the best strikers of all time you do realize the ocho is one of the best receivers you do realize that right did you just compare me to holland You just compare me to Suarez, which of our legendary strikers like stop playing.

1:07:07Hey, you want the legendary receiver? I was all right.

1:07:12Shannon Sharpe:I was all right. Now he all right. You see that? All right. I thought it was him. I thought you was him. Well, you know, hey, my last name was him in high school. Hey, no, no, no, no joke. Yeah, you gonna like it though. You gonna like it. You gonna like it. The only thing I'm actually good at is playing soccer, ping pong, pool. I'll watch you in ping pong, though. I promise you that. I will watch you. I will watch you in ping pong, bro. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. Man, this man here. This man say he was better in soccer than football. I am. I'm just being honest with you. I am. We can't get no goal.

1:07:56Shannon Sharpe:So we should be able to at least get one goal. I'm going to give you a brace tomorrow. I'm going to give you two. You will give me two what? Two goals. You will get two goals tomorrow. I'm going to give you two goals tomorrow. You know who we playing? Y 'all don't know soccer team. We playing Cagliari, an Italian team from Italy. They flew all the way from Italy. They down here. Oh, yeah. Them boys should be jet lagged. Y 'all should run them off the field. I'm playing with a team from Spain called Villarreal, yellow submarine. Hey, I'm gonna keep it real. He ain't gonna get no two goals. He beat.

1:08:33Hey, Joe, let's bet something. Let's bet it.

1:08:36Shannon Sharpe:Let's bet it. How much? You bet his ass whooping, because I know you ain't gonna pay me. If you bet his ass whooping, that's what we can bet. Hey, Joe, why wouldn't I pay you, Joe? Yeah, because our track record, our history is bad. So, you know, I understand that. So, the only thing I can bet you is ass whooping. Hey, Joe, matter of fact, you know what? and we got the legendary World Cup goalkeeper Pepe Reina. Yeah. I mean, y 'all don't know who he is. I mean, maybe somebody in the chat might know. Y 'all know Pepe Reina, right? Those that watch soccer. I've heard of him. I don't know him, but I've heard of him.

1:09:09Yeah, he's not. That's our goalie. We got some good players. Some really good players. These are former players that played at the highest level.

1:09:17Shannon Sharpe:I'm sure they got some guys on their squad that are like you, right? That didn't play the game of soccer? No, no, no. Everybody's former players and some current academy players. So how you get on the team? because that's how good I am. What are you talking about? What you mean how? That's what I'm trying to tell you, B. Hey, hey, hey, Oto, you think I'd be a hell of a goalie? You know, with my 6 '8 frame. Hey, Joe, hey, Joe, you'd be like Courtois. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice and tall, but then it's all about angles, Joe. Yeah. Yeah, angles and making the goal small, depending on where the threat is coming from.

1:09:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. You got to shrink the goal the best way you can. You got to be big, Joe. make yourself big. I could do that. I could do that. I know I could do that. I could be a hell of a goalie. I'd be stingy as hell. You probably couldn't even get no goal on Breonna Scurry, Ocho. Huh? Ocho. He couldn't get no goal on who? Breonna Scurry. Hey, Joe, I swear, when we come on the show tomorrow, if we on tomorrow, if y 'all don't watch the game and y 'all can't tell me what I did, I promise when I see y 'all, it's on site. Oh, it's on site regardless. but... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I ain't gonna act like it don't exist.

1:10:33Shannon Sharpe:It exists. Yeah. It's on site, me and you, partner. Hey, Joe, you sure you wanna do that? You got a family and a wife at home. You know that, huh? That's okay. That's okay. Wait, why would you wanna go back to your wife and your kids and see, damn, daddy, what happened to your face? I'm not, that ain't gonna happen. That ain't gonna happen. That ain't gonna happen. I got something for you, though. Hey, Joe, and you got ice in your refrigerator? Do I got ice in my refrigerator? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, I just wanna make sure, cause you gonna need it. You gonna need it. Okay, okay. You gonna love him up on Joe?

1:11:04Hey, hey, matter of fact, I'm not even gonna ball at my fist. I'm gonna slap him open hand. Damn! Boy, that's the, Joe, that's the most disrespectful thing you could do to a man now. Oh, oh. Hey, hey, hey, hey, I call it salt and pepper. I mean, I'ma bring it east, and I'ma take it west.

1:11:25Shannon Sharpe:I'm gonna hit him square dead in his nose, make his eyes water up. His ass ain't gonna be able to see nothing. Yeah, yeah.

1:11:35Shannon Sharpe:He talking all this, right in his nose. Yeah. Hey Joe, hey Joe, I hope you in shape, boy. Yeah, boy, listen. Hey. Hey, boy, I'm gonna put you through the blender, you hear me? Okay. I'm gonna put you through the blender, boy. Man, Ocho, all you got to do is tell the man that you sorry that you stood him up. And I'm sure Joe, I'm sure Joe being the man that he is. Damn now. Like, you know what? Okay, it happened. Just don't let it happen again. Nah, I'm going to beat his head. Matter of fact, I'm standing on business. I'm going to beat his head. Yeah. Yeah. I want you to stand on business, partner, because that damn show what I'm standing on.

1:12:11Shannon Sharpe:You hear me? Yeah. Yeah. That joke, them 30-inch pythons. Okay, I see. When I rap him python's right on your dick. I see. When I rap him python's right on your dick. You gonna choke him out? Huh? You gonna choke him out? Man, he little ass ain't gonna be able to touch me. What? Joe, Joe, I got hands. My hands registered. And don't try to sue me either, Joe, when I beat your ass either. I know how y 'all beat me. Y 'all love to call the police and go to bed. He touched me. Don't sue me. Damn. Hey, do me a favor. Half ass write up a wave or something. Oh, you want a waiver? You want Joe to sign a waiver?

1:12:53Yeah, let him sign it, because he tight to run to the police.

1:12:57Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to whoop his ass, boy. I'll tell you. Chat, I promise y 'all. Boy, I'm going to put a mean demonstration on this boy. He ain't going to say Joe no more. Hey, Joe. I got y 'all, chat. Hey, Joe, you see how loose my shoulders is? See how my shoulders is walking? Hey, that's how you. I ain't setting them damn shoulders. What's he doing, huh? Yeah, he gonna say JJ, huh? Every time I hit you, I'm gonna say dynamite. Hey, it's gonna be bad. When I'm done with you, you're gonna look like a damn devil. All I need is three minutes. I really don't need that long, but I gotta keep them around for the chat so they can have a little fun with it, make a few memes about them and all that.

1:13:37Shannon Sharpe:That's it, that's all you need, Joe? Yeah, three minutes, three minutes. Hey, damn. You gonna be like Beasley, yeah? The man ain't gonna put down a mean demonstration, a mean demonstration. I'm having like bees, he tapping out.

1:13:51Shannon Sharpe:Hey, we got, who you got? You got Ocho, you got ISO. Man, we got one round, three minutes. What? One round? Yeah. Nah. And it don't matter what it is, I'm whooping his ass. Nah, Joe said that's all he needs, so that's all we putting up there. Hey, hey, Joe gonna be tired the first 30 seconds, man. You crazy as hell. Hey, the best thing I got is my breathing. My breathing, how to be calm and relaxed. Wait, this ain't yoga. This ain't yoga. I already got you. This ain't my fault. I already got you. I already got you. I'm already in your head. I see it now. Hey, that's what I want you to think. Yo, I'm the trash talker.

1:14:30Joe, you're not the trash talker.

1:14:31Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah. But I can beat you at your own game. That's the thing, though. No, you can't. Yeah. You can't. Hey, Unc, with every punch, I'ma talk to him. Then I tell you not to play with me. Hey, just like my grandma used to do when she used to beat me. When that bell hit me, she was talking. Hey, that's the kind of whooping you gonna get. Hey, Chad, I promise that boy gonna be in a heap of trouble. You hear me? I got you. They gonna put down a mean demonstration. Man. Well, hey, you talking about creating some content. Oh, you might need to put them cigars down for the next couple of weeks. Oh, I'm in shape.

1:15:09I play, I play, I've been playing soccer the past, what 10 years, every day, every weekend. I'm good. I'm gonna run through.

1:15:16Shannon Sharpe:Okay, I'm just trying to look out for the best interest. Ocho, look at the, look at the, the chat. What's the, what's the poll? The results, who you got, Ocho or Aiso? 74 % got Aiso, 26 % got Ocho. Hey, hey, hey. That ain't right here. I thought I'd be more like 95, 97. Hold on, see that's the problem. That's the problem with the people that voting. That's how the person who got in office got in there now because they always picking the wrong shit. Nah, nah, nah. Chet know what's going on. Yeah, okay. Hey, you see that side frame? You see all that? Yeah. Yeah, understand what come behind that too, boy.

1:16:04Ain't nothing but pressure, you hear me? I mean, hey, I'm going to pressure watch that boy.

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