Nightcap Hour 2: Jalen Hurts & AJ Brown BEEF?! + Unc Gets BOXING LESSONS from Claressa Shields + NBA early season INJURIES STACKING + KD Rockets THRIVING

19:59Shannon Sharpe:Okay. Boom!

20:05I'm eating that. You got power! That power! I'm eating that. So when you got this hand here, you get that hand up. Because you don't want to hang your chin. Yeah, you're right. So you're going to pull this shoulder back, switch positions, and put that shoulder in front. That's where the power comes.

20:19Shannon Sharpe:Okay. Boom! Almost. Try again. Go. It's fish. That was more stronger. Oh, no. And you sniffing the gingerbread. Your jab a little soft Boom boom, that's You see that? You ain't stopping it You ain't stopping moving yet You really don't want that jab You see the bag still moving So now that we got that jab, we got that right We gonna get our hook, we gonna pull this shoulder back Now and make a L with this hand An L, uppercase L Ah, ah, ah, ah, twist I need some wraps We gotta work on that You sweating already. Yeah, you see that? You sweating already. So last four is we're going to have that jab.

21:05Step with it. We're going to have that two. You're going to put that three on. And the uppercut, see everything that we're on top. One, two, three. But the uppercut, you're making a U here. So it's coming from here. Here. If you want to go to the body, then your legs, you're going to go to the head. You bring it right now. One, two, three. Uppercut here. There we go. Perfect. Hey, that's Stephen A. Smith's uppercut. They really not ready for shit. They really not ready for Unc. They ain't ready for Unc for real. Unc can't get you, he's gonna call me. And I'm coming. Hey, hey, Unc. Hey, man, hey.

21:46Hey, Joe. You gotta come work with your boy, man. We gotta come work with your boy. I'm gonna show you how that thing's supposed to look. Hey, hey, hey, ass. Hey, show Unc and Joe that clip, man. Hey, chat. Let me show you how you supposed to look. Hey, look at this. Look at this. Look at this. It's how it's supposed to look and look at look how smooth Yo, I don't play Joe Nice and tight everything had a handle handle up top just real sharp Hey, hey man, listen, hey

22:21Chad Johnson:I got so much admiration for boxers, bro. Yeah. Not only just the shape that they be in, but that's like a rhythm and timing sport. It is. That ain't nothing you can just pick up and go in there and know you're going to look like Muhammad Ali. You got to be putting in some work. Everything is tied together.

22:39Shannon Sharpe:Man, everything tied together. Hey, them feet, them hands tied to the feet. Hey, the funny thing about it is the whole body got to be working in unison. it does everything has to be working in unison and obviously that there's certain coordination that you have in football to be able to transition into boxing it's very difficult it is very very very very difficult but you know boxing that's my thing and and and you know when i when i fight devo a a joe when i fight devo when i fight devo and that y 'all just saw a nice little clip and that that's from three years ago so you got to understand i've been training for for the last five years now since I fought.

23:20And obviously, you know, it's my first time in there. So I'm not going to look nothing like that. I thought y 'all fighting in the octagon. Oh, Joe. I'm going to keep him at a distance, Joe. I'm going to keep him at a distance. Yeah, you got to use that. Joe, you just saw that clip, right? Yeah, them feet. I'm going to keep him at a distance. I'm going to hit him about 10 times and he'll never be able to touch me. Never be able to grab me, Joe. Hey, I'm getting around everything too. Hold on, Joe. Hey, Joe, I'm not running either. I'm not running. You staying now. You right there. You in now. I'm telling you what I'm going to do.

23:53I'm going to keep my arm out from my range, and I'm going to stay at mid-range the whole time.

23:59Chad Johnson:Like, both of y 'all got y 'all feeding that tire. You right there on them. Hey, Joe, I'm coming through. I'm parrying everything, whatever it may be, Joe. I'm doing whatever it takes, Joe. I'm getting in there. He's going to get that work. Hold on. You said your trainer told you something about staying on the phone or something. Hey, Joe, I'm on the phone every time because that's how I got knocked down in my first fight. You wasn't on that phone. I wasn't on that phone. Joe, I was tired. I couldn't. Hey, Joe, I couldn't. I swear to God. It was funny. Everybody be making jokes. Oh, you got knocked down, whatever.

24:29You got there. Boy, you haven't been in the boxer ring? The three minutes long, ain't it?

24:34Shannon Sharpe:Long ass time. Long, long, long time. Your arm gets so heavy, you can't even lift him up. Joe, we was in the fourth round, Joe. Oh, my honor, I swear to God, Joe, I was in hella shape. We got to the fourth round that last minute. Joe, I couldn't even put my hand up here if I wanted to. I couldn't. I couldn't put it up. I couldn't. I did everything I could. That's why you see them all trained. That's why they have their hands up. That's why they train like that. You get used to holding your hands up when you tired. Because if you don't, it's going to be night and night. And the thing is, Joe, anytime you throw a punch, you leave yourself open.

25:10Shannon Sharpe:because if I shoot the jab out here, yeah, I'm protecting this, but he come over the top with something. Pow! Pow! If you go back and look at how Bud Crawford caught Canelo, Canelo threw the jab, Bud would say, okay. Bud failed him out, they got to him later round, he shoot the jab, Bud over the top. Pow! Right away. And then you know you got to be so confident, Joe. You got to be willing to exchange. You got to take one to give one. You got to be willing to exchange. But I'm excited. I'm excited. Hey, hey, Debo, hey, James Harrison, and I hope you see this. I got too much muscle, Joe. I got to lose about 15, 20 pounds

25:45Chad Johnson:to be able to get them shoulders right. Yeah, man.

25:48Shannon Sharpe:I lift too much.

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29:26Shannon Sharpe:I get you. I got you. Joe, this is your subject. The NBA at large is having seemingly been hit with an injury and a disastrous rate the start of 2025. We're not in them a month into the season. Giannis, Wimby, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard, Zion, Paulo Bancaro, all sitting out and have already with meaningful lower bodies, either calves, groin, or Achilles. The league average pace of play by team is 100.5, which will be the fastest since the late 80s. Joe, have you ever seen this many stars miss this kind of time this early in an NBA season?

30:03Chad Johnson:No, I haven't, Uncle Ocho. I hate it for the game. But, man, listen, you know, back when I first came in, man, guys was working, man. We were playing. The guys were playing hard. You practiced hard. You weren't just revving it up for the game. And I feel like now in today's game, you know, guys are really just saving their legs for the game. and it's like you're revving it up so high during the game and then you're taking two, three days off and then you're revving it back up. I mean, you're bound to get some of these soft tissue injuries, the groin, the hamstrings, the calves. Some bound to give, man, at some point.

30:39Chad Johnson:I mean, basketball is strictly running. Sprints, sprints, quick sprints up and down the floor. So I don't know, man. I hate it for the game. But, yeah, I think I'm not sure if guys work as hard as guys used to. I'm going to just be honest with you.

30:55Shannon Sharpe:No, it's a different game. I mean, Ocho and I, we know it in our sport. They don't practice like they once did. Training camp, they don't practice like they once did. There are really no two-a-days where guys are out there pounding on each other twice. Practices mainly walkthrough. Now I think they can only have, what, 13 practices, Ocho, and during the season. It's just a different time now. Yeah, it is. I just think the thing is that you got to put your body through what you wanted to go through. The rigors of an NFL season is that you hit in practice. I mean, I ain't say you got to take the guy to the ground, Ocho, but you got to let them feel it.

31:30Shannon Sharpe:You got to thud up. Right. Yeah. Get your body used to that. You can't ask a car. I mean, to ask a car to just get out on the track and say, you know what? We're just going to be chilling. Just take it out the garage and say, okay, not go 500 miles.

31:43Chad Johnson:No, no. If you're only doing that every Sunday, then you're going to throw a rod on one of them Sundays.

31:50Shannon Sharpe:Exactly. But the pace of play, I mean, I saw the Lakers got 140. I saw a team the other night in regulation got 157. I mean, that's what it used to be. That's what it used to be. You saw easy a 160 to 155 ballgame, 170, 180. Teams just score 180 points on Joe. I mean, I think it was the Pistons beat the Nuggets 183, 181, 180, 183, 181, something like that. But teams would routinely get in the 140s and 130s, 140s. And then in the 90s, they shut it down, and then all of a sudden it was 73 to 68. And people were like, man, don't nobody want to see that bull drive. Now you got guys scoring what the entire team scored in the ball game.

32:41Shannon Sharpe:You got guys scoring that by themselves, Joe. You see guys getting 70 points. You see guys getting 60-something points in a game of one guy.

32:50Chad Johnson:When in the 90s, there were teams scoring 60-something points. Man, listen, every guy on the floor now is a threat. It's a threat. Yeah, for sure. To score, to shoot the ball. You can't be out there if you're a liability nowadays. Nope. You know, these teams putting up, they're going to give you them appetizing shots because they want the tempo, they want the pace. So you're going to play against some of these teams who get up and down and you get you a couple good free looks. But, man, listen, the game is played at a much, much faster pace nowadays because you don't have guys. Obviously, it ain't but three, four guys in the NBA who post up, man.

33:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, for sure.

33:27Chad Johnson:It ain't but three, four guys. I mean, then you look at some of the top guards like Luka, Shea, Bron. I'm talking about guys who are on the perimeter and they post up and they can play out the post. But it ain't but a few guys who post up in this league now. It's pick and roll, lead, catch and shoot, catch and go. Yep.

33:45Shannon Sharpe:But the guys that can post up can all shoot the three. You're looking at Jokic. That's crazy. I think Jokic had another triple-double at the end of three quarters. You look at Shungun. He can post up, but he can shoot the three. Giannis is not the most proficient. He can post up. Now, guys, it used to be every guy on the court, if you mess around and don't pay him attention, he can go get 30, 40 points on you. Yeah, why are you playing? Yeah. It used to be only your top two guys. Maybe you had one, two guys on a team. Now, Grayson Allen dropped 42 points. Crazy. Yeah. Now, I'm telling you, you don't pay attention to these guys.

34:26Shannon Sharpe:You're like, oh, man, don't worry about it. He with us. That Joe will go eight for 14 from the three. Yeah. And you look up and be like, man, that Joe got 40 on us.

34:36Chad Johnson:Yeah. You talking about you thinking Hardenstein can't play. You look up, he got 30 points and 17 rebounds. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. You're right.

34:45Shannon Sharpe:You're absolutely right. It's a different time now. These guys are – See, and I think the thing is, look, I'm not saying – I'm not saying – I look at it like this, Joe. I think the guys are more skilled in a softer league. So the numbers are going to get out of hand. Yeah. Because back then, the physicality, they're not letting you come – You might come down the lane one time. I bet you won't bring your ass back down there again. I'm telling you. I bet you wouldn't. I'm telling you right. And there wasn't no flagrant foul. That's play on. Now, you know, you go to block a shot and the guy come down on your foot.

35:24Shannon Sharpe:That's a flagrant. They're going to get the shot. They're going to get three points and they're going to get the ball. It's just a different game. So these guys are so skilled now. It's just like the quarterbacks, Ocho. You know, the quarterbacks now, they got throwing coaches. Hell, they're in junior high. Yeah, oh, absolutely. They're going to these 7-on-7 camps, and they're working with guys. So when they come in the league that's so skilled, now I'm skilled in a league where we can't punish the quarterback, we can't touch the receivers, we can't punish the receivers. So we got guys that are more skilled and not as physical of a league.

35:57Shannon Sharpe:You see what you're going to get? It's the same thing in the NBA. You get guys that are more skilled, that's in a softer league, and now you have these numbers. It's astronomical.

36:09Chad Johnson:I agree because the talent in the NBA now is so much different from what we've ever seen. I ain't never seen as many seven-footers who can play the point guard, who can shoot the three, who can post up, who can playmate. Man, I watched Singoon play the other night, the center for Houston. Yes. Listen, Ocho, that man's seven-foot. They inbounding the ball to him. He walking it up like he Magic Johnson. I saw him get dunked on the night too. Did he? Yeah, but it was a foul. What's the one with the afro? Oh, yeah, he pushed off Jared Allen. Yeah, Jared Allen, he mushed him, but he dunked on him, but he mushed him in the face.

36:50Chad Johnson:Man, listen, these dudes ate it. Even back when I came into the NBA in 2001, guys wasn't playing like that. You had two traditional bigs. Yeah, oh, yeah. None of them shot threes. You know what I mean? so the floor was a lot more clogged up. Now, there's so much space out there that if you're a great one-on-one guy and you can get by your man, man, you're going to always create opportunities. Yeah.

37:16Shannon Sharpe:And that's why the scoring is up. Look how many 30-point scorers we got. Man. Look at Austin Reeves. Austin Reeves averaging like 28 points a game.

37:26Chad Johnson:Man, Lakers look good. Yeah.

37:28Shannon Sharpe:You see Bron come in and take that.

37:30Chad Johnson:Listen, look, look, look, look, look what Bron tell you. Man, I ain't just no score. I ain't got to score 25 tonight. I'm going to settle for this little 11, 12 assists. Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to feel my way in. I'm going to get to where y 'all want me to get to. But right now, I ain't no need me interrupting with Luka and AR guy going on. Them boy ball out of control over us. It's so funny. As great as LeBron is, he has an understanding and a self-awareness to understand, listen, when I come in tonight, I'm going to facilitate. Yeah. I think LeBron is probably the best overall, overall, in every aspect of the game.

38:05He brings everything to the table. You know, he's not coming in, you know what, oh, I need the ball in my hands. I need to dominate. I need to be able to shoot. He has such a feel for the game to be able to come in and do what he did yesterday with all the time he's had off because of him and having a cicada. And that's crazy. He looked real good. I mean, look, and Luka, how you stopping?

38:29Shannon Sharpe:because you can't speed him up. He's bigger than you think. He's stronger than you think. Yeah. And there's not a shot that he can't make. I mean, you saw the guy make three half-court shots in a row. Where do they do that at? I mean, we've seen guys make half-court shots. Okay, fine.

38:43Chad Johnson:He made three in a row from half-court. Yeah.

38:48Shannon Sharpe:I mean, he can get the step back, and just when you fake, hey, he'll head fake you up, and then whoop, whoop, he'll, hey, get you up in the air, jump into you, and what?

38:56Chad Johnson:Yeah.

38:57Shannon Sharpe:He had 30-something tonight, and you look up, you're like, I thought I knew he was special when I saw him do what the Clippers, and they had this great defensive team. They had Kawhi. They had PG. They had Pat Bell. They had all these defenders, and he cooked every last one of them. They didn't win, but he cooked every last one of them. I say, well, with that defensive team, if they can't stop him, what happens if he goes against a team that don't have defensive guys like that? You're not stopping that.

39:24Chad Johnson:I agree. I agree. He cold. He cold. Yes. He ain't, like I said, he ain't moving fast out there, but he understand angles. He can flip his hips real quick to where, you know, he can cut you off and get to his spot. Right. And once he raises up, you so nervous that you don't want him to pump it. You don't want to jump. You don't want to get a foul that you're a late contestant. He probably going to make that nine times out of ten.

39:49Shannon Sharpe:Yep. But look at the guys. Look at Bird. Wasn't the fastest. He get to where he wanted to go, how he wanted to get there. Same thing with Jokic. You look at a guy, Jokic ain't going to jump over a credit card, but he's going to bust your ass for a 30-point triple-double on a nightly basis. Look at Luka. He ain't going to jump over a postage stamp, but he's going to give you 35, 10, and 8 on a nightly basis.

40:12Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. Boy got game, man. He good. Yes. I think, and for me, I think Bron is in a perfect situation. they don't have to count on him to score almost 30 at night he can settle for 22 you know what I mean 12 boys 10 assists something like that he gonna be able to kind of coast his way into this

40:36Shannon Sharpe:like I said guys look I'm old enough to remember and I remember those guys in the 80s but I just think it's called evolution they know more they got better training they got better supplementation they got better nutrition so obviously as things evolve you know and if i evolve something ocho and then you make it easier for me to do it these guys look superhuman yeah yeah i mean i'm looking at luca and and and and and some and shay and i'm looking at these guys they don't even look think about it do you understand the averaging 30 points was reserved for some of the best yeah these guys getting 30 points like it ain't nothing.

41:20Shannon Sharpe:Rolling out of bed. Yes! I mean, I think Shea has one game this year in which he hasn't scored 30. That's crazy. I'm just looking at these guys. I'm like, damn, pretty soon, I mean, 30 is the new basically the new 25. And pretty soon, Joe, I'm going to be honest. I'm not going to be surprised if somebody averaged 40 points a game. 40? 40. Luka averaged. Think about Luka averaging 35 now. Well, listen, whatever player come along, you know, obviously right now the European players are the best players in the NBA. Whoever comes along averaging 40 a game. Somebody going to be in the high 30s, 40s?

42:02Chad Johnson:Watch. He going to be in shape like Giannis, but he going to have a jumper like KD. Oh, yeah. If you're going to average 40 up, you're going to have to be in some shape.

42:15Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Think about Luka. Luka walking the ball up Luka ain't pushing no pace Luka walking the ball up He gonna get to his spot Yeah Boy, if Luka And let me tell you how If Luka shot 40 % Because Luka gonna shoot a low percentage Because he shoots so many step back threes So he gonna shoot a low percentage But if he see a couple of them things going early You might as well forget it It's like, hey, he gonna get 40, 50 on us tonight and just like, hey, we just going to try to contain everybody else. It's kind of like what Ty Lue said. Ty Lue said our job was to let Jokic score, but don't let anybody else do anything.

42:56Shannon Sharpe:Okay, 55, 12, and 6 later? Well, I ain't know he's going to score like that. Yeah. Yeah. They got that kind of ability. A big guy that can shoot, he can post. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

43:12Chad Johnson:And he done figured out your defense. Okay, cool. They ain't bringing the double team tonight, He going to cook zoo box. Me and big zoo box. I'm going to give him a little dream shake down here. Hey, Joe, he going to pump and up and under you.

43:25Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, ain't nothing you can do. Ain't nothing you can do. He just got to hope he missed. And now Aaron Gordon, who got injured, Aaron Gordon was knocking down three. So if you bring the guy off Aaron Gordon, boom, he kicking to Aaron Gordon. He make that hammer pass cross court. Boom, knock down three. Okay, you bring Jamal Murray can knock it down. It's just these guys now, man, they're just going crazy with it. It's just like, damn.

43:49Chad Johnson:Yeah, I think with Jokic, why I love him so much because he just kind of takes what you give him. If you want him to be a scorer, he'll score. If you want him to be a passer, he don't have no problem getting 17 assists. If you need him to rebound, he can get 20, boys. He ain't tripping. You know what I mean? He's going to average a triple-double again. He got a triple-double again tonight. Man, this is crazy. Boy, nice, bro.

44:09Shannon Sharpe:I mean, I would not be surprised when it's all said and done. This joker don't have 250, maybe 300 triple-doubles. Joe Inocho. Yeah. He's going to break Russ' record. I mean, he probably he done passed Braun, so he's probably behind

44:28Shannon Sharpe:Russ, Oscar, maybe Magic. I mean, he, look and see what Jokic is. He's probably number four already in triple-doubles. It was a second-round pick. The man got drafted into the Taco Bell commercial.

44:47Shannon Sharpe:he's three behind magic how many does he have okay he's on for the how many does yoke have 150 he got 172 already oscar had the record i think with 180 with 181 russ probably has like 2208 29 maybe 210 he might pass Russ this year let that sink in because he doesn't have wear and tear on his body Joe because he's not a race car he's a station wagon all he do is pick it up and drop the kids off the school slow and steady that's it and when he on the road he ain't going, hey, whatever the speed limit is, that's what he going. He in the school zone, it say 15, 20, that's what he going. It say 35, 40, that's what he going.

45:47Shannon Sharpe:He ain't going above 60. So y 'all might say, hey, he going to be in the right lane. He ain't going to be in that fast-ass lane. He ain't going to be in the center lane. But man, these guys, I'm watching this, Joe, they going crazy.

46:00Chad Johnson:Hey, look, the MVP is going to come down. I mean, I know it's kind of like a two-man race right now with him and Shea, but...

46:09Shannon Sharpe:But Yoki's gonna be... Luka's gonna be in there. The Lakers gonna win enough games this year. Luka's gonna be in there. Giannis is always gonna be in it. Yoki just had his 10th triple-double in 14 games. Damn. Joe, people don't want to give credit. It's hard for people to give up those old guys. But when it's said and done, it's gonna be hard. If he gets another championship or two, Joe, it's going to be hard to not have him in the top 10. Oh, yeah.

46:40Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah. I mean, he just, he covers every facet of the game. He's such a great passer, a willing passer. Right. And it's like, but don't get it twisted now because I dropped 50 on you now. Yes. You fall asleep over there now. I dropped 50.

46:56Shannon Sharpe:He's seven foot tall. Ocho, you laughing. He's seven foot tall. Who's seven feet tall? Jokic. Jokic. Why he looks so small on the court? he don't look small but he don't look like KD KD look tall as hell

47:11Chad Johnson:KD is slim he is slim tall like Jokic ain't like you know what I mean he got a little weight on him

47:18Shannon Sharpe:I mean there's a great chance I mean for me it's hard to say he's not a top 20 player already damn but when he's done Joe another championship I mean think about it he's finished He's finished second in the MVP to Shea and Joel Embiid, but he has three already.

47:44Shannon Sharpe:For the next five years, he's going to be one, two, or three in the MVP. Yeah.

47:51Chad Johnson:And if he can get Jamal Murray to continue to play at that all-star level, they'll have a chance. Yeah. They'll have a chance. He needs somebody to come along with him, though. He ain't going to be able to do it by himself.

48:03Shannon Sharpe:No, because think about it. Gordon got hurt last year. What would it have been in a game seven if Gordon doesn't hurt that hamstring? Yeah. Yeah. Because he go, hey, your two bigs, they got no chance against him. Because he go, whoever your big is, just say, son, we love you. And it ain't no shame in getting a triple-double, a 32-point, 35-point triple-double average, don't you? Ain't no shame in that. He does that to everybody. Right, you just do what you can. Because he cooking your big. Ain't nothing he can do. Do what you can.

48:34Chad Johnson:I actually thought, though, the Thunders, Hardenstein and Big Boy, what's the other one's name? The Big Tall. Oh, Chet Holmgren. I thought they played him pretty well. I know he still kind of got his numbers, but they long, athletic, active. You know, you would think that they would probably give him a little problem because they can kind of mix up coverages with him. You know what I mean? But I know he's going to get his numbers, but I just think, okay, so he's going to be two days.

49:00Shannon Sharpe:You know what happened, though? they played the best when they went that boxing one on him. They put Caruso in back of him. And let him fight him. And then everybody, we're going to swarm. Because now you don't have Aaron Gordon. We don't have Aaron Gordon out there. So we're not really worried about his replacement. Right. But if they got Gordon and they're clicking, it's going to be tough. Because you already know. You already conceding 30, 10, and at bare minimum, 8. Basically, you already conceding a triple-double to him. Now, if Murray go crazy like we know he can, oh, you got your hands full.

49:37Yeah.

49:38Shannon Sharpe:And now Gordon is giving you 20 a night. Hey, but I don't know if y 'all been looking over here in the Eastern Conference.

49:45Chad Johnson:You know, the Hawks been playing well. Man, the Hawks playing unbelievable without Trey. I know, man. They got a lot of like-sized guys out there.

49:55Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, they got a lot of 6 '9", 6 '10", 6 '11", guys, Joe.

49:59Chad Johnson:And they all defensive-minded. You know what I mean? They all defensive-minded. And they've been having success.

50:06Shannon Sharpe:And they got Jalen Johnson.

50:08Chad Johnson:Them boys been balling.

50:12Shannon Sharpe:They have. They have.

50:14Chad Johnson:They lost to Detroit yesterday. But Detroit, I got them. Detroit good. They hell in the East over here now. Don't worry.

50:25Shannon Sharpe:Speaking of Shingun, the Rockets. The Rockets ain't lost but one game, Joe.

50:33Chad Johnson:Hey, talking about since they kicked out, you know, they went 0-3. They didn't got hot.

50:39Shannon Sharpe:They won. They won. They won. Yeah, they lost it first. And then they went 1-2. They 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3, 8-3, 9-3. Now they're 10-3. They just beat Cleveland. They beat Orlando in overtime. KD hit a big bucket. And then they beat, what do you call them, tonight? by 10. They're 10-3.

51:01Chad Johnson:Man, I'm telling you, when I watch the Rockets play, I'm looking at Singun out there running the point while Reed Shepard come set him a pick. Reed Shepard, the little shooter, he'll come set a pick for Singun. Man, I don't know how you're going to stop that because you can't help off KD, obviously. You know what I mean? You got to try to make these other guys make plays, but man, they got guys stepping up playing big. Okay, Ocho, boy, they They finding a little fine-tuned rhythm and timing. You know, they getting their chemistry and continuity together over there at 10-3. It's probably got them, what, number two?

51:38Chad Johnson:Number two in the West right now? Oh, maybe. Nah, the Nuggets 11-3. Yeah. OKC. OKC ain't lost but one. Yeah, they 15.

51:52Shannon Sharpe:They 15-1. Yeah. They might be better than what they were last year.

51:59Chad Johnson:They been trying to beat the 70. What was that the Warriors had? 73?

52:03Shannon Sharpe:73 and 9.

52:04Chad Johnson:You don't think they going to try to get that?

52:06Shannon Sharpe:Oh, they going to try it. But, man, you know how hard it is? I mean, you lost nine games in an NBA season.

52:12Chad Johnson:That's crazy. Man, they got dudes coming in the game putting up a dub. I ain't even never heard of these dudes. Coming off the bench? Oh, yeah, they got there. Man, they got dudes. Oh, sure. They got dudes coming in the game who will drop 20 on you. You're like, hold on, where did dude come from?

52:27Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. and all of them they're never going to be on the court without at least three wing defenders

52:34Chad Johnson:and J-Dub

52:35Shannon Sharpe:ain't played yet

52:37Chad Johnson:and then every time you look up Shea got 33 Check Holmry I told you I told y 'all during the finals I said the biggest thing for OKC for them to be a dynasty is if Check Holmry can continue to improve and take his game to new heights. You know what I mean? Be efficient and be that rim protector, that Swiss Army knife that is hard to guard, and man, he been bomb. He'll probably be, not probably, he'll be an all-star this year, too. So, okay.

53:13Shannon Sharpe:You know, this year, Joe, they don't take positions. They just take the top vote-getters. So, basically, what y 'all are telling me is... Normally, you get the two backcourt and the three bigs. Ain't none of that, Joe. You might have obviously I think Shea, Luka, Steph, but you might have KD and Shingun. I mean, theoretically, I think Bron is going to be there with the both because of the fans.

53:40Chad Johnson:I'm saying if by the time I'll start breaking here, let's say they lost three games. They 38 and man, they going to have to get at least two guys.

53:53Shannon Sharpe:For sure Didn't J-Dub go last year?

53:58Chad Johnson:Yeah he did go last year He hasn't even played a game yet

54:01Shannon Sharpe:J-Dub nice boy Yeah Yeah he got some game But the Rockets are going to be tough Because they got a guy that can go one on one I mean Shingun can post KD obviously can post But they got a guy that can put the ball in his hand late And he can make it happen And that's KD And Shingun says I don't have a problem giving the ball up to a guy that I know that can make that shot. So they're going to be tough. They got Almond Thompson that can defend and can score. You got Big Adams, Big Steven Adams. He might not give you four or five points a night, but he's going to give you double-figure rebounds. He's going to see great screens.

54:39Shannon Sharpe:Hey, you know what?

54:41Chad Johnson:I think that's so underrated, especially in basketball. You get you a guy who can really set good screens. Uncle Ocho can get guys open. Or free him up. I want him on my team every time. I'm trying to get this jumper off. You hear me? What?

54:58Shannon Sharpe:All right. Joey, we need some help here. Time to play or fade presented by PrizePix.

55:15Shannon Sharpe:Here's the four-pick flex to play ahead of tomorrow's game. Desmond Bain more than 20. Basketball. We got basketball and football here. Desmond Bain more than 20 and a half points versus the Clippers. Where they playing? Where they playing at? Where they playing, Ash? I think the Clippers on the road.

55:45Shannon Sharpe:In Orlando.

55:47Chad Johnson:In Orlando. Desmond Bain and Clippers.

55:52Shannon Sharpe:But Carroll's out. So basically, Wagner and and Bain gonna be leading the scores. Anthony Black been playing very well. Oh,

56:02Chad Johnson:Ben Carroll out. Okay. Yeah, I say Bain. I say Bain. He'll probably drop a dud. The Clippers been struggling, man. They been struggling bad.

56:12Shannon Sharpe:I'm gonna go I'm gonna go more. James Harden more than five and a half rebounds. Okay. Yeah. All right, we're going more. All right, Ocho, Josh Allen, more than 225 passing yards against that stout, that stout Houston Texans defense in Houston. Listen, as stout as they are, as good as those two defense ends are, as great as Stingley is, he's going to get 225, huh? He's going to get 225. Ooh, damn, Ocho. Yeah, absolutely. Listen, Josh Allen is one you can't stop. He's one you can't stop. And they're able to impose their will when it's time to run the ball. They're able to impose their will. So he's going to get them yards.

56:57Trust me.

56:59Shannon Sharpe:All right, Ocho say trust him, so I'm trusting him. More on Josh Allen, 224.5 passing yards. Dalton Schultz, 38.5 receiving yards. Yeah. That's your area of expertise. Yeah. They haven't been getting him a whole lot of opportunities lately. I like Bishop.

57:25Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to say less. Less than 38 and a half receiving yards. $25 to win$150. Download the app today. Use code Shannon to get$50 off after you play your first$5 lineup. Prize picks. It's good to be right. All right. Final segment of the evening is time for Q and A.

57:58Shannon Sharpe:Pat Dubs and Ocho, Haiti qualified for the World Cup. How's the vibe in Miami? Hey, you know what? The vibe is crazy, right? I live very far. I live very far out west, but I'm sure if I was to go near the city where I grew up at, But I know they're going crazy in little Haiti right now. I know they're going crazy. Hey, Unk, you know what that means? It's been 51 years, Unk. It's been 51 years, if I'm not mistaken, since Haiti is qualified for the World Cup. Maybe any competition of this magnitude, if I'm not mistaken. But, you know, don't quote me. But, God damn it, that's dope. That's really dope, man.

58:36I'm excited for all my A.S. Shans. Sa pa se.

58:43Shannon Sharpe:Jason CJ099 Ocho you were always losing don't tell us you never celebrated obviously Jason wasn't listening very well I specifically said if we weren't going into a tire game or we weren't ahead I didn't celebrate if we were losing like listen I was very self conscious and self aware when I celebrated. Christopher E. Evans Jr. said, do you guys think the Chiefs just might be burnt out because they play so many regular season and postseason games? That's a good one. That's a great question. That's a great question. Think about Ocho. At this point last year, they've scored more points, given up fewer points.

59:34Shannon Sharpe:Patrick Mahomes has more passing yards. Last year, at this point in time, they were 7-3. This year they're 5-5. 5-5. But you got to understand, right? Each time they get to the Super Bowl, things are going to continue to get difficult. They're not going to keep running through everybody each year like they've always done. So now you get to a point where you're going to have adversity. You're going to have to get some hurdles. All those one-score games you won last year, this year those one-score games, you're losing them now. So I think anytime 15 has a chance to not only make it to the playoffs, but when the rubber meets the road, like you say, they're going to win those games when it matters most.

1:00:17I never count my homes out, regardless of them being 500 or not.

1:00:22Shannon Sharpe:They need to get on the ball. They got the Colts, and then on the short week they got the Cowboys. Ooh, that's going to be nice.

1:00:31Chad Johnson:No, we're going to take advantage of them. hey joe you feeling good about your cowboys huh come on now come on now hey now i don't blame you

1:00:39Shannon Sharpe:i don't blame you yeah henny h said max crosby is coming for him talking about your door yeah i just hope they keep him out oh joe you finally fixed the camera i'm happy for you but i'm upset it wasn't me who did it but congrats oh oh yeah uh matter of fact it wasn't even me she's watching right now she's the reason for it she told me what to do all my cable all my HDMI cables on? I wasn't using Apple products. So because I'm using the Apple camera, so I got all Apple stuff to go into the... So everything flows. All that, what, out of market? How do you say it? Aftermarket. Aftermarket stuff is the reason why it kept cutting off an hour into the show.

1:01:24Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, that's what you're supposed to do. I didn't know that. Yeah. why you laughing Joe hey bro you so good hey baby I know you watching hey girl alright alright El Prey says Ocho how was it playing alongside Steve Smith and Demetrius Posey back in college oh man rest in peace Demetrius Posey Demetrius Posey was the better of the three of us Demetrius Posey when we played in junior college he was the real deal he was the real deal he's similar to like Andre Johnson Really? Yeah, yes. He's like same body style. Wow. Very aggressive play. Good hands. Nice route runner. That's who he was at that time.

1:02:08Unfortunately, he passed away, if I'm not mistaken. I think it might have been a car accident. And it was me, Demetrius Posey, and Steve Smith. And the Steve Smith, which you see now, what he saw in the league, Steve was already like that in college. I'm talking about the little bad Steve Smith.

1:02:25Chad Johnson:Yeah. He was always like that in college. Mean as hell. Yeah, he was always like that, boy. Yeah.

1:02:33Shannon Sharpe:I bet Smitty, his first year in the league, he was a rookie. Yeah. And he made it as a returner. And if I'm not mistaken, I think his daughter, I think he had a daughter at the time. He had a newborn. But I've always liked Smitty. He was always cool. As a matter of fact, I voted for him for offensive player of the year. That year he won the Triple Crown. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Dad's react says, man, that's when you know you're locked in with her. When you fall asleep on the phone, that only happens when you see a future. It's been a few times, you know what I'm saying? It's been on the phone like four, five hours, Joe, you know what I'm saying?

1:03:16Shannon Sharpe:Back then, you know, when I was coming up, Joe, you had to keep putting that quarter in the payphone. You have one minute left. and the funny thing about it remember when we used to have the house phones oh yeah you know you know during the day your mama say man stay off that phone in case anybody trying to call me don't be so hey hey joe you wait till she fall asleep and you call your girl and you know ain't nobody gonna be calling the house past a certain time well you be and you be answered by laid up chilling fall asleep a fall asleep with the phone you pick it up in the morning hello hello you still You ready to go?

1:03:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. Oh, this was good days, boy. You get on the phone, Joe? Hey, you on one hand, you try to talk on the phone? My grandma, boy, get your ass off the phone and take me in the trash. Oh, crap. Hey. Are you waiting till I get on the phone to say that? You could've, hey, you could've just wait till I got your phone to say that.

1:04:12Chad Johnson:Yeah, hey, and I know y 'all ain't on here on this three-way time, my damn phone line, yo.

1:04:21Shannon Sharpe:See, originally, Joe, when we first got the phone, there was one line. So your neighbors, if you was on the phone, your neighbors couldn't get on the phone. But your neighbors could pick up and hear you talking. So if you wanted to use the phone, you would ask, like, Miss such and such, can you get off the phone? We need to make a call right quick. Okay, you Barney's boy, grand boy. Yes, ma 'am. Okay, okay. What? can you get off the phone, Ms. Such-and-such? Papa say he want to use the phone. All right, I'll be off in a few minutes, boys. Yeah. That's the way it was. Hey, and don't mess around and think you hung it up and the phone off the hook, because now it's going to ring busy.

1:05:03Shannon Sharpe:Man, what? Your web board, I've been trying to call you for the last 15 minutes. Who in the hell left that phone off the hook? It was an accident. Trust me. Nobody wanted to hear your mouth. If Shadour gets hot and wins a few games, they're going to flex the Browns to prime time in a meaningless game. They care about eyeballs. Who's going to watch? Yep. That's what they care about, views. People want to see that young man. They do. Dr. Frank M. Bellamy, Ocho, did you see Unk punching that bag on Club Sheche? You might want to pay up that$6 ,900. Just saying, love y 'all. Nah, based off what I say, I'm going to renege on paying that money, man.

1:05:48Shannon Sharpe:See, I'm going to have to hit it with them body blows, make it pee on itself, Joe.

1:05:55Shannon Sharpe:I was going to say, the coldest athlete quote y 'all ever heard, Georgia packing up one suit for game six in Phoenix because he knew it was over. Oh, nothing like that, bro. Hell, yeah. You seen that on last day? Yeah.

1:06:11Chad Johnson:Yeah, where that man said, hey, hey, I'm only taking one suit.

1:06:15Shannon Sharpe:Bill Parcells had the Giants. Because back then, when you won the championship game, the following week was the Super Bowl. It wasn't the two weeks off like we got now, Ocho, to build it up and sell it. Right. Coach Parcells said, y 'all pack for two weeks. Y 'all pack for next week because we're not coming back. They packed, beat the San Francisco and San Fran, and flew down to Tampa. That's when Whitney sung the national anthem. and the Jets were flying over and she had that track suit on. Hey, wait, if not the greatest national anthem ever sung for a sporting event. That is between her and Marvin Gaye.

1:06:55When he sang at the 84 NBA All-Star Game.

1:06:58Shannon Sharpe:That was in Staples too. No, it wasn't the farm. It wasn't Staples, it was the farm. Yeah, it was a great farm. Yeah, great Western farm. Oh, he killed that.

1:07:09Shannon Sharpe:Or you'll hoodlum. Kawhi Leonard ain't ish if we take them rings away. You can't, though. You can't, bro. He did that. I mean, Toronto, think about what Toronto's been since he left. Think about Toronto couldn't get over the hump. Now, granted, LeBron had moved out west, but he got Toronto to probably looks like going to be their own long championship. He did that. He won another championship with Tim Duncan now. He did that. He's a two-time defensive player of the year. He's done that. No matter how you look at it, he's a top 75 player all the time.

1:07:44Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm. Yeah. And when he's suit up, you know what you need.

1:07:48Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. He's going to give you what you want. Carla Libertone, shout out to Haitian soccer team for the World Cup qualification. Yes. Congratulations, Haiti, the great nation of Haiti. Qualified for the World Cup. David Florence, should ATL look to get Shadour? or how Dion is head coach. Man, I'm afraid if Raheem don't turn this thing around, they're going to make a move, man. Because that's not – I mean, you pay$100-plus million for Cousins. You take a quarterback with an injury history. Ain't no guarantee, Ocho, that Penning's Jr. is going to be able to start the season.

1:08:30Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. I mean – And he had a history. Yeah. He had an injury history. you know that you know that going into it that's why they have a scouting department they have the people that that you weigh you weigh your pros and your cons and obviously there was nobody else available at that time and when he was on the board that's a chance you can't pass up we got to take a chance on him and that's what they did hey uh jj said oh we need you to go back to 2026 on the dot, not a second later. I told you. I told you. You got to get the people what they need.

1:09:17Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, we got something coming for y 'all tomorrow. So be on the lookout. JJ Carver, ump, move like Pop-Tart crust. Just have security or a couple of YNs. I'm security. I don't really go places. Where they going to be? I'm going to a place, you know, we try to have a good time. You know what I'm saying? I ain't bothering nobody. Everybody just want to say, hey, how you doing, man? Blah, blah, blah. Hey, I don't go to places where there's something. I even think something might pop off. Yeah. I'd be there. You good? I'd be there. If it do pop off, I'd be there. You know, I'm security.

1:09:55Shannon Sharpe:JR Lux, how you mofos get over you think someone you think is cheating and you got that gut feeling? I'm assuming we're talking about card games or shooting dice or something like that Ocho. I think that's what he's talking about I need better context I don't think you can think about maybe I guess a video game I guess can you cheat in Madden or something like that Call of Duty or something like that can you cheat? Oh shit you can manipulate the games yes but look if I think somebody cheating I just ain't gonna play with them no more. I'm telling you that's it that's the end of for me because i i can't i can't because i know how i am i don't like losing anyway and then you cheat me on top of it and a lot of times you know with a joker cheating joe he's talking trash right don't eat cheating nah hell nah nah jay just hey just chalk it up to the game and say man i'm up out of here man i ain't i ain't fooling with y 'all no more 5-0 say it's my fiance's birthday on Friday can you wish her a happy birthday her name is Charity Charity happy birthday your fiance wanted to wish you a happy birthday he wanted to let you know also that you know what you completed the happiest day of his life is when he met you the second happiest day when you said yes you would marry him the third happiest day when it actually happens so Charity to you and your fiance say.

1:11:26Shannon Sharpe:Congrats. Many, many years of blissful marriage and happy early birthday. Man, got him a Scorpio, though. Yeah, I guess. I don't know about no signs. I just know Cancer and Leo. Okay. Yeah. My brother, I think my brother April 6th, I think he might be an Aries or something. That sound about right? April 6th, yeah. Yeah, he Aries, okay. I don't know about this. I don't know, you know. You know, I'm just, oh, Cancer, you know, soft, hard shell, nice soft. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? It took a while to get through, but once you get through, man, he's the nicest guy. Oh my gosh, he's really nice.

1:12:08Shannon Sharpe:He's a great guy. Right. I'll vouch for him. You know what I'm saying? I'll vouch for him, Mocho. He's a great guy. Yeah. Oh, Helen, I love what you've done to the place. Oh my gosh. Oh yes, me and we were in the Hamptons. You know, just a couple of bottles of wine, just some friends. It was awesome. You got to see it sometime. You just come up to the place. Oh, Joe, just come up. You and your girl come up to the place. Joe, hey, you have an open invitation. It's great. Oh, this time of year is magnificent. No, it's really the spring. Spring or summer. That's our summer home. You know, we got a place in the Hamptons, the south of France.

1:12:44Shannon Sharpe:We got a flat in London. It's awesome, guys. It's awesome. Thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Night Camp. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite uncle, Shannon Sharp. That is my partner and co-host Liberty City's own bingo ring of fame, honorary, a former pro bowler and an all pro. That's Chad Ochocinco Johnson. And the third member of the big three everywhere tonight. He joins us from he's an Arkansas alum. He's a Arkansas native, a seven time NBA all-star. I sold Joe Johnson. Thank you again, Joe, for joining us. Appreciate that. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button.

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1:13:59Shannon Sharpe:It's going to be a great game. I expect Shador to go out there and play well. He gets an opportunity to practice, gets an opportunity to throw the ball to the receiver. And guess what? They're going to call plays that he likes. He's going to get an opportunity to run an offense that he likes. I can't wait to see that young man in action. Again, thank you guys for joining us. Ocho and I will be back tomorrow after the Bills-Texas game so thank you guys for joining us Joe thank you I'm up I'm up I'm up Ocho that's ISO Joe we'll see you back tomorrow night after Thursday Night Football peace peace out

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