Nightcap Hour 2: Kyrie Irving COOKING at Top 100 Camp + Los Angeles Sparks BEAT Storm + Brittany Sykes GOES OFF For Toronto Tempo + Patrick Mahomes LANDS $500M CONTRACT + DeShaun Watson on BROWNS Fans NOT Supporting Him + AJ Brown CLAIMS He’s BEST WR to Play in PHILLY + De’Aaron Fox EXPLAINS Late Game BLUNDER

10:02Shannon Sharpe:Cameron Brink. I'm looking at that. 2.5 or 7. Erica Wheeler had 10 points.

10:12Chad Johnson:What's the L.A. Sparks? What's their record?

10:16Shannon Sharpe:6 and 6.

10:18Chad Johnson:6 and 6. All right. hey did the w nba 82 what was um w nba how many games they played they're gonna play like 40

10:32Shannon Sharpe:something mocho yeah i think they're in the 40s i think

10:41yes it's in good hands the girls game moving in the it's moving in i don't i don't if i'm not

10:47Shannon Sharpe:off the top of my head, I don't remember her being on the Olympic team. Like I said, they're big normally, obviously, the last couple, the last two, it's been Stewie and Asia with BG. And then you had Sylvia Fowles, and then you had BG on that squad. CP, I think she was on one.

11:11Chad Johnson:What about Della Dunn?

11:14Shannon Sharpe:Elon Deladova? That was over?

11:17Chad Johnson:Yeah. She could play.

11:21Shannon Sharpe:You know, she transferred out of UConn. Did she? She'd have been there with Maya Moore.

11:27Chad Johnson:I didn't know that.

11:28Shannon Sharpe:Yes. She has, if I'm not mistaken, a special needs sister. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She wanted to be close with her sister. Yeah, yeah. So she left and she went back. I think she's from Delaware. Yeah. Can you imagine her and Maya Moore on the same team, Joe and Ocho?

11:45Chad Johnson:Man, they girls, hey.

11:48Shannon Sharpe:If I'm not mistaken, I think Tina Charles was there too.

11:50Chad Johnson:Yeah, hold on. Hold on, is she still playing though? Is Della Dunn still playing?

11:54Shannon Sharpe:No, no, no, she retired. No, she retired. Yeah. She had injuries. I think her knees. Yeah. Damn. Yeah. But hey, she could get it. She was, ooh, she could get it. Yes, sir. She could flat out score the basketball. Yes, sir.

12:13Chad Johnson:Whew.

12:17Shannon Sharpe:Elena Deladon.

12:18Chad Johnson:Yeah.

12:19Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, not Deladon, Deladon. But congrats, NECA. Brittany Sykes matches a career high with 38 points. The expansion Toronto Temple outlasts the Sun, 106-102 in OT. The Temple won the fourth time in five games. They trailed by 14 points in the second quarter. The sky was 13-13 from the free throw line, making four in the final one minute and 19 seconds of regulation. Marina Marbury added 21. Man, I got to check out the tempo. I mean, you know, I know they're a new team, Joe, but I had really played a whole lot of attention to them.

12:59Chad Johnson:Hold on. My girl Sykes, when we went off, she – I don't know if she live out here in Atlanta, but I know – what was me and her working out at together? We was working out at a gym together. She done went off with – what, she had 38 that night? 38, yep. That girl got some gay.

13:14Shannon Sharpe:Perfect from the free throw line. Marina Marbury had 21. Zabali.

13:30Shannon Sharpe:Had 15. Oh, yeah. Oh, son. They're 2-12. Temple not doing too bad to be an expansion team

13:42Chad Johnson:nah man Brittany can go though real tough she can play she got some real game she had 38 tonight she got some real game

13:51Shannon Sharpe:the next segment is brought to you by Tommy John where comfort is the new power move according to Adam Schefter the Chiefs pulled a power move added two more years to Patrick Mahomes contract tying him to Kansas City through the 20-33 season at a value at 504 million $75 504 million $75 This will make Patrick Mahomes the first NFL player to have a deal worth over a half a billion dollars When the new money kicks in starting in 2027 Patrick Mahomes will earn an average of$64 million a year and if I'm not mistaken the first four years of that contract is guaranteed Ojo Are you surprised the Chiefs gave Mahomes this type of money coming off the serious injury that he suffered just last season?

14:38Absolutely not. Absolutely not. You understand the importance and the value of Patrick Mahomes, and you're not paying him for what he's already done. You're paying him for what he's going to do moving forward. Patrick Mahomes right now arguably still, while active, probably is top five, top three, depending on who you ask quarterbacks to ever play this game. And you know, as long as he's healthy, as long he's there, he always gives you a chance to win. Kansas City Chiefs are going to always be in contention. You understand how important your quarterback is, especially that position. If you look at some of the other teams, look at the landscape of some of the other teams that are continuing to struggle year in and year out, it's because they don't have any any...

15:13Because it's to play at that position. To play at that position. Once you get your quarterback, Joe, especially when you get one this good, and you're able to build around him and put pieces around him and allow things to flow through him, it makes everything most easy. And a quarterback like Mahomes is one you don't have a problem having to make$64 million a year because you know what he gives you in the season and in the postseason. Hey, I agree.

15:36Chad Johnson:Go ahead, Joe. I agree. I think Mahomes, he will continue to be one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. And for Kansas City, there's no way in hell, you know, you let him get out of there. So you take care of him, bro. You know what I mean? And I think, you know, with him at the helm, hell, you're always going to have a great chance.

15:57Shannon Sharpe:Always.

15:57Chad Johnson:It don't surprise me.

15:59Shannon Sharpe:Always. And guess what? Remember, Joe, they're moving. They're going to this new arena. How did that happen? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 15, 1-5. Yeah. You were in five of the last seven Super Bowls. How did that happen? You do realize they didn't want to, I mean, who did they beat? The Vikings? I think they beat the Vikings at 70. And then it was 50-plus years before they even got back to another one.

16:27Chad Johnson:Yeah.

16:27Shannon Sharpe:And why was that? Right. 1-5. Yeah, he good. He's as good as advertised. I didn't think he was going to do this. I mean, I watched him. I saw two games. I saw him that night. Him and Baker Mayfield lit this guy up, and he threw for damn near 800 yards. Yeah. And I saw him in another game. But I remember watching him. I watched him one time. He played the Broncos the last game of the season. They rested their starters. And he lit the Broncos up. Yeah. I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, Alex Smith. you gone. I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, you gone. You gone. Yeah, yeah, you're not gonna be there next year. And he's been, they saw something that they like.

17:13Shannon Sharpe:Andy and Brent say, look, because think about it. Andy says, we're really good. I mean, we're running 10, 11, 12 games a year with Alex Smith. But just imagine if we had a guy that would really push the ball down the field. Because Alex Smith didn't really want to push the ball down the field. We called him, well, I gave him the name Checkdown Alex because he was looking to check the ball down. He wanted a high completion percentage. He ain't throwing, hey, at the end of the half, Joe, he ain't throwing that ball. He checking that ball down. He ain't going to, hey, cut the incompletion. He's going to go against my completion percentage.

17:42Shannon Sharpe:He'll go against my quarterback rating. Mahomes firing it. Look at the offense. You don't care. When you got that guy that can push it down the field and can make those throws like Mahomes boy can. What's that? Hey, Joe, Mahomes give you hell, man, because you look at a quarterback and what he's able to do. You look at his strengths and weaknesses, which you always want to play with your strengths. Mahomes don't really have a weakness. He can be on the center. He can play in the gun. You can roll him left. You can roll him right. He can throw him multiple slots when it comes to angles and being able to release the ball.

18:19Do anything. And the fact that, okay, he's coming off a torn ACL. Well, hell, he can still do everything else from the pocket. It's not like he was Michael Vick. It's not like it was Lamar Jackson. He can run and still be a dual threat quarterback, but he can do everything else extremely well as well.

18:34Chad Johnson:Yeah. I'm excited for him, bro. You know, hey, anytime they get these guys their money, man, they deserve it, hey, man, kudos to you, brother.

18:43Shannon Sharpe:Most of the time, quarterbacks are the only position that don't have to fight for it. More times than not, they're going to take care of the quarterbacks.

18:49Chad Johnson:Yeah.

18:50Shannon Sharpe:Well, except for number eight, he had to fight for you. As a matter of fact, he still fought about that. Hey, hey, hey. I don't know what that's about. I ain't going to bring it up. I ain't going to bring it up. I'm just saying he fighting for it right now. Y 'all know what it's about.

19:01Chad Johnson:Y 'all know what it's about. What you mean? Yeah, you're right.

19:05Shannon Sharpe:I mean, I don't know why. I don't know what else he can do. I mean, he hasn't done any less than some of these other quarterbacks. And they ain't got no problem getting any money.

19:16Shannon Sharpe:He said, I know. If y 'all want to compare me to them, okay, I get that. And I get it. Ochoa, to agree, I understand. Because what you and I have talked about, Joe, before we joined, I said, Joe, Ochoa. they hold Lamar to a different standard because he has two MVPs. Yeah. All the other quarterbacks that have at least two MVPs have gotten to a Superbowl. Yeah. Whether they want to not, it's something entirely. We can discuss that a later date in time. You talk about Peyton Manning. Talk about Tom Brady. Talk about Brett Favre. Talk about Aaron Rogers. Talk about Joe Montana. You talk about, um, what's the guy?

19:51Shannon Sharpe:Uh, Kurt Warner, Steve young. Those are the guys that have multiple MVPs. Think about the guys in our name. Y 'all heard the list. Yeah. That's why they hold Lamar different than what they hold Josh Allen, different than what they hold Joe Burrow, different than what they hold Justin Herbert, because they don't have – he gets compared to those other guys. That's why they don't compare Josh Allen to Steve Young and Joe Montana and Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, because he doesn't have two MVPs. Right. That's why. Yeah, you know what to enjoy, you know, can you think about it now that now you lump in Josh out in that conversation?

20:33He might not have to but he does have one so now his

20:37Shannon Sharpe:He'll to a different standard with the Trevor Lawrence. He gets held to a different story standard But think about it Ocho only by sick that I mean, uh Who will? Johnny Unitas You talk about a guy you talk about Pantheon guys that have multiple MVPs Lamar Jackson has that. And all of those guys have been to a Super Bowl. So that's why people are so critical or harsh on Lamar because they're like, bro, you realize in 100 plus years, there are probably not but 10 quarterbacks that have multiple MVPs. And you're the only one that haven't went to the Super Bowl. He gets to a Super Bowl, even if he doesn't win it.

21:18Shannon Sharpe:But if he wins it. Oh, it's a wrap. He can play. He can play. He can play. He can play. He can play freely. I call it playing free. You get that monkey back, you ain't got nothing to worry about because I've already heard what everybody is criticizing. Yes. I don't know if you guys remember, but when Steve Young won the Super Bowl, when they beat the Chargers, he came to the sideline and what did he say? Get that monkey off my back. Yeah. Because he had two MVPs.

21:50Chad Johnson:Yeah.

21:50Shannon Sharpe:He couldn't get over. He couldn't get past the Cowboys. Yeah. All that completion, that leading the league in completion percentage and quarterback rating and passer rating and winning MVPs. And he followed Joe.

22:09Yeah, that's some big shoes on there.

22:11Shannon Sharpe:Hey, he comes to the sideline, and when he knows the game is over, and you see Gary Plummer, like, taking him off his back.

22:20you guys that win multiple mvps they get held to a different standard yeah because there's so few guys that have actually won that award multiple times and so if he can now that doesn't excuse

22:37Shannon Sharpe:baltimore from giving me this damn money i'm just talking about as we critique him that he got that That ain't got ish to do with him getting his bread. He's earned that, damn deserve, he's earned it.

22:50Chad Johnson:Yeah, pay that man, bro. He gonna get it. The fact that it's gonna take a little bit longer because obviously his representation is himself and Moms. They do a great job, so they're gonna take a little bit long. Shoot, Josh might get one too before the season.

23:07Shannon Sharpe:Josh, shoot. Oh, Jaburro. Are you Jaburro or Josh Allen? Just did he just read it last year. Oh, Joe Oh, so that mean the marlin margill yes somebody somebody would even even though Mahomes is in the bracket of his own. Yeah, yeah That's why they did Lamar that's why they did uh, oh boy. They don't they don't judge about somebody else No, no, no he really was he really said he resets the mark and everybody else follows up right up to him oh you know who else up to um because justin herbert got here trevor lawrence done got his oh and tam oh baker mayfield baker mayfield probably gonna probably be he's gonna gonna go across that tick in a minute too but buccaneers gonna keep him there yeah the bucks better oh absolutely he's not going nowhere he ain't got nowhere yeah he ain't going nowhere you know it's it's it's it's a mega buka's time right now so he gonna need a quarterback.

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24:48Shannon Sharpe:At the end of the day, I can't control who some people support. Those are their own opinions, and all I can do is be the best person I can be and showcase who I am as a person, player, and a teammate, and what I represent as an individual. Outside of that, I can't focus on outside saying anything. Ocho yeah what you're thinking hey you agree or damn that support Deshaun had to say excuse my language hey Uncle Joe damn that support damn that support right now we brought you here for a reason you know the reasons we did bring you here you haven't lived up to those expectations but the money you got that has been guaranteed things that you do off the field that upsets some fans and obviously you understand what Shador brings to the table looking at what he does off the field and the energy he gives that team.

25:37But, Deshaun, you're being paid a hefty ransom and you haven't given the Browns fans anything or the organization to cheer about due to injuries. Rightfully so, due to injuries. But this year, it should make it a break of year. You're going to be the starting quarterback. It's not going to be a quarterback competition. I don't care about what the fans say or what the coaches say who always want to be politically correct when they ask questions about who your starter is going to be. Deshaun Watson is going to be your starter and it's going to be his job to lose. If he's not playing well by the time they get to game six, they're going to make that switch to Shador.

26:09And when that switch happens, it's not going back.

26:11Chad Johnson:Yeah. It's not going back. Listen, he can't do nothing about what the fans say or think about him and Shador. But all he has to do, man, is come out and play great football at the end of the day. You ain't got to worry about all that other stuff, bro. You just got to come out and handle business. Now, I don't know if it's going to result in the wins, but you got to give them some hope here. If he plays, I guarantee you, they win a game, he throwing touchdowns.

26:40Shannon Sharpe:They'll support him. They'll support him, absolutely. They've been bad for 30 years, and they've supported other quarterbacks. So if they win games, they're going to support it. Not everybody. Not everybody, and that's okay. Your job ain't there to be liked. Your job is to win games. And if they like you in the process of you winning games, oh, well and good. but if they don't oh well and good too yeah hey if what you're doing on the field as a quarterback is resulting in wins they're not gonna like you they're gonna love you right because they've been starving for that they've been starving for that consistency in the wind column hey don't know how good it can be with what he got to work with hey they didn't bust over that you got um concept yeah you know hey what's the time i love that goddamn tight end oh yeah i used to last right way uh fanny fanny fanny fanny fanny jr yeah hey man boy i like him he tough any old choy hey another year or two he gonna be in that conversation with one of the better tight ends maybe top five with the way he's playing if he continues to play the way he played last year uh jerry judy

27:51Chad Johnson:you got coming hey jerry this year you got you got hey hey we we talking about best case scenario for Deshaun Watson. But y 'all know damn well, if them wins ain't adding up, Shadur is love. He's beloved, bro. Them folks want to see Shadur now. Hey, they want to see number two. He done changed his number to two. The deuce is loose. Wait, did you see what he made on Jersey City? That there alone lets you know. They want to see that boy out there. Yeah. that boy 17 M's off of Jersey Seals yeah 17.7 off Jersey off a team that really wasn't with just based on last name alone so imagine if he get in there and change man

28:45Shannon Sharpe:whoo check this one out on children as you think about this according to Mike Graffalo NFL Network when AJ Brown went to pick up his things at the Eagle facility he signed a picture of him in the building with the message, the best to ever play here. Always open. The Browns are the only all-time eagles of receiving yards. Sitting behind Harold Carmichael, fellow pass catchers, Zach Ertz, Pete Retzloff, Tommy McDonald, Bobby Walson. Ocho. Yeah. That was a really, a really, really weird interview last week where he says, you know, hey, I did what I did. Okay. But then, you know, about leaking stories and trying to get his team motivated.

29:33Shannon Sharpe:But... Right. AJ, before you even know Joe go, bro, I think you're phenomenal. You're not the best receiver to play there. You ain't seeing T.O. ever.

29:46Chad Johnson:Mm.

29:47Shannon Sharpe:I mean... Ever. I mean, shoot, ain't nobody seeing T.O. I think you're phenomenal. T.O. is one of the three best receivers to ever play in the NFL. One of the three best. I ain't got him one, but I ain't got him three either. I believe it in that. I think you're phenomenal. You did an outstanding job in your tenure there. Y 'all went to the Super Bowl. You won one. You were a thousand yard receiver. You went to the Pro Bowl. But T.O. was a different animal. Yeah. I mean, listen, AJ Brown is good. For the times that we're in, when it comes to playing the position of receiver, at one point, when the conversation of the best receivers in the NFL came up, Uncle Joe, you know, AJ Brown was top five.

30:34Let's not forget that. Him not being coverable, he is right. There's really nothing you can do with him. You can play off, he's going to dice you up. You can play in his face, he's too strong. He's running right through you playing. You talking about T.O. or you talking about AJ? Okay, okay, okay. What he's been able to do, you know, when he's been in the conversations, when things were going well in Philly, he was, you know, talked about being revered as one of the top five players in the game. Things kind of fell off a little bit, but he's still extremely good. And I love the fact that he still has this confidence to even say what he said.

31:08And he's supposed to believe that. He's supposed to believe he's the best that's played there. Now when we talk about facts and some of the some of the players that's played before him that's been there Obviously T.O. rain rain so what we gonna do with D. Jack Are we just go kick D. Jack out? I Why would that I would just say Sean Jackson he was there the Sean Jackson one of the best You know two or three greatest deep threat receiver to ever play.

31:34Shannon Sharpe:I mean you can look at Bullet Bob Hayes you look at Randy malls you look at a uh uh reek there ain't there hasn't been five better receivers at the deep ball better than d jack right right no no not not at all but in this in this totality playing the position of receiver i understand what he means but then when when when we break it down you know uh in his totality when it comes to receivers that are playing for the philadelphia eagles a conversation needs to be had but that doesn't take away how great he is when he was there yeah and how great he has to feel to be able to do what he's done. I just don't know.

32:10Shannon Sharpe:I only know we have a conversation about number one, because for me, I don't know if he, I mean, T.O. and D. Jack. Yeah. I think the thing is, is that people allowed some of T.O.'s antics on the sidelines and stuff, you know, Joe and Ocho. I think that they allowed that to overshadow. I don't think people realize just how good T.O. was.

32:34Chad Johnson:And I do.

32:35Shannon Sharpe:They don't. Well, you got to know football, Uncle. You got to know ball. You got to understand and be able to separate the antics and you not liking it personally. Yeah, man. Yeah. Hold on. This is the funny thing about it, Uncle Joe. Hold on. How great he was on the back end when he came to Cincinnati. Brady was in Buffalo in his short stand there. What he did in Dallas. What he did in Philly. Yeah, what he did in Philly. What he did in Cincinnati. Hey, hey, hey.

33:03Chad Johnson:He broke his leg in Philly and came back and played in the – Yes, and got a hundred. Joe, in seven weeks, he had 142.

33:12Shannon Sharpe:22. Nine for 122. Seven weeks. 122. But the mere fact that he had 100 yards of a broken leg in less than three months. Yeah, yeah. Crazy. Like I said, I think sometimes we allow a person antics. Because even though – look, AB's antics drove me crazy. but that don't take away what type of player that he was.

33:36Chad Johnson:Right.

33:37Shannon Sharpe:Two things can be true. Somebody can be a jerk off the field and have boorish behavior on it, but his talent is undeniable. Yes, sir. No matter what you think of T.O., his talent is undeniable. Go look at everywhere he went. There's only been three guys that's ever been a first team, all pro on three different teams. Deion Sanders Ted Hendricks and Terrell Owens think about it how many guys have played in the NFL how many guys that have played on multiple multiple teams only three have been first team all pro on three different teams

34:21Shannon Sharpe:go back and look at even when Jerry was still in his prime go back and look at T.O. numbers back in 97, back in 98. Go look at his numbers when Jerry was still putting up his numbers. T.O. had 14 touchdowns a year. Jerry was still putting up big-time numbers. Y 'all better stop playing with that man. You might not like some of his antics. You might not like some of the things that he said, but you cannot deny his talent.

34:50Shannon Sharpe:The reason why I respected him so much, I always know he gonna give me everything he got he might get mad because he didn't get no and I know as a defensive coordinator I'm gonna double him early because I'm gonna take him out of the game because if he doesn't get the ball early I already know how it's gonna go and that's my job

35:08Chad Johnson:yeah

35:09Shannon Sharpe:I want it to go sideways I'm doing everything I possibly can don't try to make it go sideways but boy

35:19but honestly Uncle Joe to get back on context and what we were talking about and to give people that are in the chat to give you perspective on the mindset of A.J. Brown saying what he said is one of the reasons why he is who he is. It's one of the reasons why he's still one of the better receivers in the league. There's a reason why he was in the conversation for being top five before things soured over in Philly. The mindset alone and actually believing I am the best. Even if we have a conversation and the people in the chat have a conversation and say, well, actually, no, you're not. It's the mindset and believing that I am in general.

35:51First, of how we feel about it, this is why he is as good as he is. This is why he was able to get the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl because of the mindset.

36:01Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, two Super Bowls. I'm sorry. My bad. Ocho, Ben Goliver, Joe, stop De 'Aaron Fox in the locker room and ask him about the decision to shoot the ball instead of running up the clock. Let's take a listen to what he had to say.

36:15I started being able to outrun him. I said, how do you get to have him scored? Try to get a layup, get a three. No. I wish you made a good block.

36:28Chad Johnson:Was there anything you could go in on those these chickens that you guys wanted to? No.

36:36Chad Johnson:He said he thought he could outrun him. See, in basketball, even if you the damn fastest, the court ain't but so damn big.

36:46Shannon Sharpe:Thank you.

36:48Chad Johnson:I'm saying, but you think you're going to get to top speed, that man ain't gotta take but two steps, he gonna be right there on the damn glass. Right. Like, bro, that don't make sense, man.

37:02Shannon Sharpe:You know what, Joe? Did you say that, Ocho, you know what it's like? It's like Tyreek Hill. Try to, how fast can he run if the ball's on the 10-yard line going in? Do it. So the further back Tyreek is, the more I can use his speed.

37:20Chad Johnson:right

37:23Shannon Sharpe:but Fox in that situation bro

37:34hey you know what despite what he just said Uncle Joe if he made him you're not having this conversation

37:40Chad Johnson:of course Ojo that's just like saying no Ojo

37:43Shannon Sharpe:see there it is right there that's the thing what I'm talking about you see what happens you see you results based that's still the wrong play even if he gets it it's the wrong play game game three game three at the end of the game remember that that floater that quick he had to take that shot to Ocho he made it he made it I give you the prime example it's like a guy scoring a touchdown and then all of a sudden he gives the team the ball back and what do they do Ocho they go down score the touchdown You got a two-point conversion, and all you had to do was go down to the one-yard line. You see?

38:23Shannon Sharpe:The right play was to make them foul you. Run time off the clock. The clock is your friend. He turned it into his enemy.

38:39Shannon Sharpe:That's – that's – and see, that's what happens. We talk about this all the time, Ocho. What we say? But we, what is it? Ocho, we won. What you talking about? We won. See? You accepted something in the win, you never would in the loss. Yep. Yeah. I had to learn that the hard way.

39:09Shannon Sharpe:Ooh, but hey, Joe, this is a hard one to overcome, Joe. This is a hard one to overcome on Joe.

39:14Chad Johnson:It is, it is. This is gonna be tough for him.

39:15Shannon Sharpe:The Falcons ain't been right since. That was a decade ago.

39:20Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, hey. That's what he said. Hey, after that, they built that Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It's nice, too. That Mercedes-Benz Stadium's so nice, but boy, listen. They thought they would have been, yeah.

39:32Shannon Sharpe:But just imagine if you had that big old banner hanging down. Super Bowl such and such champ, Joe, right there in the middle. Ooh.

39:41Chad Johnson:They thought they was going to be.

39:42Shannon Sharpe:You up 28-3, Joe.

39:46Shannon Sharpe:And guess what What cost him the game, Ocho? Turnovers Turnovers And still passing the ball Like you behind Yeah

39:59Chad Johnson:Don't say it Trying to extend the lead Don't say it too loud, man They still hard-pressed about that loss You ain't gotta tell me nothing, I know You gotta tell me nothing

40:12Shannon Sharpe:Hey That was still steam, boy It's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q. Hey. Copenhagen Spit Free packs American-grown tobacco into pouches. Made from when your elbow's deep in an engine block. They're masked up, torching deep cuts into stubborn pipes. Her helmet's on, riding deep into backcountry. When there's no time or space to spit, grab Copenhagen's spit-free pouches. Find them in stores today. Not all varieties available in all geographies. Warning, this product can cause mouth cancer.

40:54Chad Johnson:Damn.

41:01Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, spend some money, son. Next Super Bowl night, get that five-star one time and hook your uncle and nephew up. he's a super bowl i guess he say the knicks the super bowl right i guess this you know he wants you to go ahead and pay for him and his son to go and holla out there okay but what a super bowl in la this week this year huh yeah i got i got i got some i got some connections that's so fly champagne is a defensive liability coach trying to put him in for harper to tell him not another three goes up.

41:40Chad Johnson:Yeah, if Wendman ain't back there, I seen because he kept getting beat off the dribble, giving up layups.

41:46Shannon Sharpe:Yes.

41:50Yep.

41:54Shannon Sharpe:We need Nocho to be a ratings adjuster for NBA 2K27. LOL, child, please. Yeah. I don't want to do no rating adjuster for any play as an NBA. I just want to let those that like to gamble and bet your money who's going to win important games and playoff series. I do.

42:14Chad Johnson:I need to hear Ronnie 2K. I need to get on the... You know how to play? Who? Me? Boy, I'm serious on 2K. I know you don't want none of this mess.

42:25Shannon Sharpe:Man, Ojo, he like that, Joe.

42:27Chad Johnson:That man can't play no 2K. I could beat him in Madden, too.

42:30Shannon Sharpe:Damn, Joe! Ojo! Timeout, timeout, timeout. Listen, Joe, I'm about a lot of things. But what I'm not going to tolerate, I'm not going to tolerate disrespect and things that I'm really good at. Hey, Joe, when it comes to that stick, bro, you're going to piss me off. Now, don't piss me off.

42:46Chad Johnson:Hey, we're going to have a game off, me and you. We're going to play 2K. We're going to play NBA 2K. We're going to play Madden. We're going to play NCAA football. Damn. All right. So you want him on all the games?

42:59Shannon Sharpe:You want him on Cod? You want him on everything, huh, Joe?

43:01Chad Johnson:Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. That man prick garbage. That man can't play no game, bro. That man ain't talking about nothing. Joe, do you understand? I stream on Twitch. I am a gamer. That's what I do first. What you playing, FIFA? You playing FIFA. Oh, FIFA, Magic. I mean, what do you mean? I'm a part of Madden for a reason. I'm a developer in the game, not just the ratings. You probably, just because you're doing the ratings just don't mean you can play? No, no, no, no, no. I'm a developer in the game. When you read the credits, huh? It don't mean you can play, though. It don't mean your stick work like that, bro.

43:32I stick where I've been playing matches 1988 on Sega Genesis. I ain't never seen none of your work.

43:38Chad Johnson:I don't think you did good. That's all I'm saying. Because you're not in the gaming world. You're not part of your game attack. I bet you I'll tear you up.

43:46Shannon Sharpe:Damn. All right. That man requested your time.

43:49Chad Johnson:Go to them talking. I'm a senator. He probably gonna stand me up like he did when I was in Atlanta. I love it. He probably gonna stand me up. You know, he probably ain't gonna accept my request. Yeah, hey Joe, hey, hey, ump, hey Joe sitting here talking, talking, you know, spicy about beating me in video games, which is something that I do. He play for recreational purposes. I play as a way of life to survive, to pay bills. You know, that's the way I do it. You say he be making money on that, old Joe.

44:16Shannon Sharpe:Huh? You say he be making money on that.

44:18Chad Johnson:I don't care nothing about that man making no money. He can get this work. That's what his ass gonna get. Hey, Joe, you can't even beat me in your own stuff. Damn.

44:26Shannon Sharpe:Huh? Old Joe. He can't beat you in 2K? He can't beat you in 2K? No, he can't be me in real life basketball, let alone video games.

44:35Chad Johnson:Come on, come on, keep it 100. Come on. Yeah, I ain't keeping nothing 100. You ran for me when I was in Atlanta, so that let me know you scared.

44:46Yeah, yeah. Okay, all right. I came to your city to see what you on, to see what you about and what you did. You took your tail and ran.

44:56Chad Johnson:In due time, young man, in due time. yeah that's what they all say you knew hey hey he knew that knee wasn't healthy because when i saw him the first thing i would say let's go hit the gym you knew haha yes sir the uh the spurs

45:10Shannon Sharpe:kept making dumb mistakes in the third quarter trust first winning game five so the nba can set up a finish at nyc oh y 'all need to be there game six nah nowhere i ain't spending that kind of money to watch no game i ain't happening me neither i i i i i watch the game better here on my tv

45:28Chad Johnson:Yeah, no interruption. You know what I mean?

45:33Shannon Sharpe:And then I got to, I mean, think about it. I have to leave at the half in order to get back to the hotel because there ain't no way I can leave in the third quarter in New York and make it back to the hotel. No.

45:43Chad Johnson:That ain't happening.

45:44Shannon Sharpe:And to spend that kind of money and to have to leave? I'm good, Cubs. Yeah.

45:52Shannon Sharpe:Or get ISO steaming and Ocho kicking back smoking on that alien pack. No, no. Ash is the one, cause Ash is from San Antonio. So Ash is really, Ash is going to work tonight. Oh man. Y 'all know Ash ain't here tonight.

46:07Chad Johnson:She didn't come?

46:11Chad Johnson:Hey, it's all right, Ash. It's all right.

46:15Shannon Sharpe:I'm sorry Ash, I had to dive you out.

46:17Chad Johnson:Yeah, I feel the same way.

46:21Hey, y 'all, it's so funny. Y 'all shouldn't feel bad. It's just cause y 'all don't respect my analysis. and NBA takes. Man, hey, hey, hey, damn your analysis and your NBA takes.

46:30Chad Johnson:Ain't nobody trying to hear all that. Hey, listen, hey, listen, I know, you know, some people, they want me to sit here and break the game down and, you know, talk about X's and O's and picks and pop outs and all that. I don't do all that. I'm going to tell you who going to win and who going to lose. That's it. And I've been right.

46:48Shannon Sharpe:Every time. Spurs need a dog like ISO to get a bucket and win. Lastly, Ocho and ISO are Hall of Famers. Kiss the baby.

46:58Chad Johnson:Hey, I appreciate you. But all they had to do, bro, when, especially in that third quarter when things was getting a little out of whack, maybe Fox needed a damn break because he turned it over too many times in a row that led to them buckets. And next thing you know, that 29-point lead was down to 15 so fast, bro, going into the fourth. And it's just, I'm still in disbelief, fellas. I ain't going to lie to y 'all. Hey, I'm not. Hey, I was gonna come on here like Joe Clark from Lean On Me. Yeah, you smoke crack, don't you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't believe it.

47:43Chad Johnson:I can't believe it.

47:44Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man. Hey. Would you rather live in Houston for a decade or eat booty once a week for two years straight? What?

47:59Shannon Sharpe:Hey, huh? How's it going? Hey, Jordan, I sure hope you got a lease month to month. Hold on. Because we about to move to Houston. Hold on. Hey. Hey. I sure hope Jordan lease on month to month. Or he got to break that.

48:19Chad Johnson:That's funny. Hey. Damn.

48:28Shannon Sharpe:oh you gotta stop calling that man Ananobi OG Ananobi that's his name Ananobi you'll get over you know who I'm talking about if the best college football team or basketball team plays the worst NFL and NBA team 10 times will they win one game they gonna get broke up yeah I hate when people make that comparison and that's just basketball I hate when people say oh Alabama could be Could beat the Cleveland Browns. This team could beat the Bengals. Okay. And they get their stuff hurt, man. They get their stuff hurt. Jason, I'm trading Fox as soon as the season ends. Win or lose.

49:12Chad Johnson:You ain't been trading, man.

49:17Shannon Sharpe:You know that they're going to be able to trade him?

49:18Chad Johnson:Nah, his money going to kick in next year.

49:22Shannon Sharpe:It's going to kick on somebody else's payroll. Nah. Not there. Nah. Look, I mean, y 'all both said it. I mean, Brother Hoffa going to have to be inserted into that lineup next year.

49:34Chad Johnson:Yeah, I think they're going to take Champagne over Sale. One of them going to go to the bench. But them three, if Fox still there, I can see all three of them starting. That three guard rotation.

49:46Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but that makes you so small, though, Joe.

49:49Chad Johnson:Well, how you going to keep this young man on the bench?

49:51Shannon Sharpe:I told you to trade him. You told me I was crazy back then. You talking about trade him? I broached that something to you way back when about trading Fox. And you told me, nah. I said, Joe, he too good, man. How you going to keep the man coming off the bench?

50:08Chad Johnson:That's what I'm saying. He played bigger than his size, so he can play the three or the two. Him and Castle going. I just think with Fox still being there, man, you going to have to find some more minutes for Harper. I'm sorry, man. I agree. I agree. And he play well off both of them. He can catch and shoot. You can give him the ball. He can operate in the ISO, get you a bucket. Like, he just got so much in his game, bro. It's hard to keep that man on the bench. It is.

50:35Shannon Sharpe:I coach an eight-under AAU team, and they know if we're up one with five seconds left and we get a steal under our basket, we dribble the ball out. Fox blew it at the end. Yes. It's simple, Joe. It is so simple.

50:50Chad Johnson:I told you I told you on Ocho He's saying he thought he could beat that man And get a layup He did not want to shoot no free throws bro Hey everybody do not Hey listen They'll say the right things But everybody don't want that pressure down the stretch I promise you I done seen it bro I seen guys run from that ball I seen guys that want nothing to do with it Yeah

51:20Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all got a live stream from the Ticket Tape Array. You ever get a chance to do that with the Knicks again in your lifetime?

51:33Shannon Sharpe:Fox, Miss Johnson, I don't know what to say, bro. Fox F up all the playoffs and he a max player.

51:41Chad Johnson:No, he got – hold on, hold on. Let's not act like he can't play now. He can play.

51:46Shannon Sharpe:Yes, he can. There's a reason he got that.

51:49Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, Fox can play. He's an all-star. I think he's been an all-star before, ain't he on?

51:53Shannon Sharpe:I think so.

51:54Chad Johnson:Yeah, he's been.

51:57Shannon Sharpe:Was he one last year? I mean, not last year, but the year before.

52:02Chad Johnson:In Sacramento? Let's see. In one of the years in Sacramento, I think he made the all-star team. But he a hell of a player. Let's not get it twisted. He done just, you know, he done made some bonehead mistakes down the stretch. but for the most part.

52:19Yeah. Whoo.

52:23Shannon Sharpe:That's the thing though, Joe boy. They remember stuff like this. I mean, you know, this, I mean, he's a two-time NBA All-Star, 23 and 26.

52:37Chad Johnson:Yeah.

52:44Shannon Sharpe:to be a two-time all-star to make a play like to do to do that

52:51Shannon Sharpe:the spurs without coach can't blame the spurs players i can i can blame everybody and i did yeah miss johnson but let him go on that run and not calling time out i i think he gave i think sometimes don't you know you can give your players too much credit yeah you know they'll figure it Bro, the average age is 25. Your two best players are 22. And they've never been in a situation like this. And I understand Castle has won NCAA championships, but NCAA championships and finals are two different things.

53:20Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. I agree.

53:28Damn.

53:29Shannon Sharpe:And, Miss Johnson, you've coached your ass off. you're more than you're more than earned the right to coach the Spurs but you blew it tonight and that's okay to say

53:45whoo

53:46Shannon Sharpe:is right Spurs play dumb ball Mitch is so inexperienced remember the Bucks in 2021 but Giannis got them over the hump after a bad coaching all series

53:57Chad Johnson:right yeah

54:03Shannon Sharpe:I said it before. I said this before. Fox is the Spurs downfall. Bench Fox, then find a guard next season or try to Kyrie Wimby needs another ball handler with him. You have to give up too much. You probably, I mean, they're going to, nah. They're going to walk a castle.

54:21Chad Johnson:Yep.

54:22Shannon Sharpe:First round pick.

54:24Chad Johnson:They're going to make it the way you don't, where you ain't get, nah. Yeah. They stuck, bro.

54:35Shannon Sharpe:and what we don't even notice is that Fox was one of the ones that was supposed to guard OG on the last possession this one hurt yeah because ain't nobody blocked him out ain't nobody block

54:43Chad Johnson:out because he came over to double and when he doubled the shot went up he never got nobody

54:50Shannon Sharpe:and normally what you know they teach you to find somebody to box out yep he just watched the ball and give OG credit because he's just like, well, hey, I'm way out here. But it's the same thing, Castle. Because who missed that shot? I think it was Fox missed the shot. Yeah, yeah. And Castle came in from the side. Yep, yep. And got it. Yep.

55:18Shannon Sharpe:The Spurs' only weakness is coaching. The Spurs have won this game despite... The Spurs have won games despite bad coaching.

55:28Chad Johnson:Gotta break momentum, man. Yeah, and sometimes, Joe, you don't let them make a run.

55:33Shannon Sharpe:You see you out of sorts. You up that many points and you just take bad shot after bad shot, man, give me a timeout, give me a timeout. The hell are we doing?

55:42Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, Popovich would never let that shit happen, boy.

55:47Shannon Sharpe:Hell no.

55:48Chad Johnson:Hey, Pop call, he'll use all them damn timeouts he got over there. You go on a 4-0 run, timeout. Yeah.

55:54Shannon Sharpe:I mean, it is not so much the run Joe is how the run started is how the run is going How you play it? Are you guys getting back on defense? Are you guarding your guy? Go ahead, Ocho I mean, I'm just saying that the coach had to have got to have a feel for the game Yes I mean, if you can see it at home, Joe, if you can see it, you play the game Being a coach and knowing that another team is going on a run You want to stop that momentum? How do you stop the momentum? Call timeout. Give me one real quick Now, if you call that timeout, you allow everybody to, I call it, recalibrate and regroup, and you go back out there and everything start over and they still have that same momentum, hell, you might have to call it again.

56:32Chad Johnson:They had them boys' hearts, boy.

56:35Shannon Sharpe:Yep. The actual turning point was Wimby's flagrant, and that's the actual run started, and that wasn't a flagrant foul. It was. He hit him in the chair. He didn't mean to. Man, they got to get – Go ahead, Joe.

56:47Chad Johnson:Come on, come on, man. man, come on, they getting out of control with all these damn replays. William McCain, he just trying to get out the way, man. That man ain't doing nothing.

56:56Shannon Sharpe:All he's trying to do is get his arm over. That's it. But they're going to call it now, Joe. If you touch that guy's chin, you get the foul.

57:05Chad Johnson:Especially when you sell it like you done got shot here. Yeah, yeah, you're right.

57:15Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, come on, brother. The Knicks didn't win the game. Spurs lost the game. Too many threes in the second. Why did the box not hold the ball? So, I don't want to. So, he said the Knicks didn't win the game. The Knicks won the game. Hey, Joe. Win the game? Who won the game? Come on, Joe.

57:32Chad Johnson:Come on, man. I'm just asking. I'm talking about with the young fella just sitting in the chat. You can say, oh, he should have held the ball. No, the game was won by the Knicks. The series is 3-1. going to San Antonio and they're going to win the game in San Antonio and the confetti is going to fall out there in the stadium. Huh?

57:52Shannon Sharpe:I'm telling you how it's going to go. Yo, when you see this replay, ain't no way in hell Fox thought he was going to outrun OG. Because he was right behind him. OG's going to go in the whole way.

58:01Chad Johnson:Yeah.

58:03Shannon Sharpe:And the fact is that he's running so fast, he actually has to slow down to lay the ball up. And that's what gave OG the opportunity. So he had no chance in hell of outrunning OG.

58:14Chad Johnson:that's why I'm saying how he thought he was going to outrun him it's only so damn fast you can run you got to slow down at some point yeah we OG two steps away from the goal thank you

58:25Shannon Sharpe:yes sir

58:33Shannon Sharpe:whoo hey when the last time you been to Indy last last year last year? Joe, you been here before? Yeah, Country Kitchen. Hold on, hold on. I have no disrespect to Country Kitchen. They got a new spot just opened up. Black-owned by the name of Besties Table. What's the name of it? Besties Table. Besties. Besties Table. I think they've been open about two, three months right now. Right off the train tracks. I'm not sure what the street is. Boy, that food was so good. It's us. Yeah, yeah. So full-type style breakfast. I got the catfish. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was really good. I had to come out here to Indianapolis with the NASCAR driver, Ryan Blaney.

59:25Okay. We did a few laps on the course for a show we had going on. Hey, it was dope. It was dope. It was dope. I mean, my flight, not... Hey, Unc, you in LA or you in LA? I'm back in Vegas. Okay, okay, yeah. My flight again, back-to-back. My flight is 6 a.m. I'm going to L.A. I'm headed to L.A.

59:44Shannon Sharpe:Bad coaching on the Spurs end. Didn't get his guy under control. Absolutely no coaching. Miss Johnson, games management, leaves a lot to be desired.

59:53Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah.

59:56Shannon Sharpe:Nah, ISO, and keep it 100. This ain't over. Let's go Spurs. I said it. I believe wholeheartedly that they're going to be a game six. But, boy, we could have really had some type of series, Joe, if this ain't 2-2 going back to San Antonio. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Would have, could have, should have. Damn. Ocho put foots in him. Ocho ain't did nothing. It's so late. The Spurs should be leading this series. They just can't make too many boneheaded mistakes, especially in big moments. Greg Popovich wouldn't stand for this. Agreed. Hey, Spurs should. I should have won the lottery. If I'm the coach, I'm hollering, drive the ball the whole second half or come sit down by me.

1:00:45Shannon Sharpe:The same way I was hollering, run the ball with the Falcons. I said this. I mean, I'm tweeting it real time. And sometimes I'll show you, hey, okay, captain, obvious. I said, well, damn, ain't nobody else said it.

1:01:00Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:01:01Shannon Sharpe:But I can just feel, Joe, I can honestly, I can just feel this game slipping away from the Spurs.

1:01:07Chad Johnson:I know, man. They just didn't have the same type of energy and effort that they had in that first half when it came to moving that basketball and being on the string defensively, closing out the guys' continuous closeouts. They weren't giving them no damn wide open shots in that first half, bro. They were so stingy in that first half. And then it's like at the end of the third, that fourth quarter.

1:01:31Chad Johnson:I don't know what happened to him.

1:01:42Shannon Sharpe:I don't know Joe I don't know is this worse than the Falcons blowing the Super Bowl versus the Pac well here's the thing they lost this game they didn't lose the series blowing that league cost them the game so if they lose this series let's just say for the sake of argument they lose this series and they lose it 4-3 yeah I think you're going to look back and say you know what that game 4 we're up 29 points. Yeah. The players are good enough to get big leads. Is this coaching malpractice? I would fire him on the plane ride back to San Antonio. Let them nuns coach. Hey, that's funny.

1:02:29Shannon Sharpe:OG is amazing, but the difference at MVP is Cat. The way he stretches the floor to keep Wemes honest. Zero points or 30 points? I think the Spurs have a higher upside than New York, but I didn't think they would play this stupid in the NBA Finals. Ocho, you picked Minnesota and cheering your team rivals, but you were right. Joe, I've been preaching this. We've been preaching this when they played the Thunder. I said, Joe, they won the game. But I'm saying, I say, playing like this is going to cost you now.

1:03:06Yeah.

1:03:08Shannon Sharpe:You can't keep playing dumb basketball.

1:03:10Chad Johnson:You can't, bro. You can't.

1:03:11Shannon Sharpe:I said, I'm watching them, and they're shooting threes with 18 seconds on the clock. Yeah, yeah. You're in the bonus, and you're taking shots. You're not even trying to get the ball in the paint. You're not even trying to draw fouls.

1:03:24Chad Johnson:And then – It just – it confused me. Yeah, and then you get an offensive rebound after offensive rebound. Instead of jacking up threes, damn, let's milk this clock, bro. Who?

1:03:37Shannon Sharpe:Wemby. Did it three. They got three offensive rebounds, kicked it to Wemby, and he shot a three. And each three was deeper than the previous one he shot.

1:03:47Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:03:52Shannon Sharpe:I don't have much to say, but can you imagine if this was LeBron?

1:03:56Chad Johnson:Ooh.

1:03:57Shannon Sharpe:That would never happen.

1:04:00Chad Johnson:LeBron ain't going to let him come back like that, is he, man?

1:04:03Shannon Sharpe:No, because he's going to hold the ball. He gonna control the game. The one thing that we know he can do is control the game.

1:04:09Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:04:14Shannon Sharpe:He not gonna pass you the ball to shoot it until about five seconds to go on the clock. So ain't gonna be no quick threes.

1:04:22Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:04:24Shannon Sharpe:Ocho got Iso and Unk feeling like Craig is smoking when Deebo came around the cone on that red beach cruise. Guys, Keldon Johnson is Lou Dork for the Spurs. Dude has not lived up to the six-man award. He hasn't.

1:04:39Chad Johnson:He hasn't, bro.

1:04:40Shannon Sharpe:He hasn't played well.

1:04:41Chad Johnson:He be making some bonehead mistakes out there, too, sometimes. I be like, damn, man, what the hell he doing?

1:04:46Shannon Sharpe:Nothing. Like a blind dog in a meat house.

1:04:53Shannon Sharpe:Joe, I'm watching him, Joe. I love his effort. I love his energy. But, bro, every rebound you get, you don't have to put it back up. You can kick it out.

1:05:06Chad Johnson:Hey, my thing is he can't be thirsty to score. It seems like he'd be so thirsty to score that it kind of keeps him off rhythm. I mean, if you're going to play hard, play hard. But one thing about it, bro, that ball will find you if you're in the right spots. But when you're searching and really trying to put your imprint on the game, It's just hard, man, especially when it's kind of – when it seems as though you're kind of predicating it off scoring. Like some of them offensive rebounds, bro, you're supposed to kick them out. We're supposed to be milking that clock.

1:05:36Shannon Sharpe:He ain't no chance. He don't make it.

1:05:39Chad Johnson:Nah. You're supposed to be –

1:05:41Shannon Sharpe:And they're not giving you ticky-tack fouls.

1:05:43Chad Johnson:Hell, nah. You run another 20 seconds off that clock, man.

1:05:51Shannon Sharpe:And plus the thing is, Joe, you say play hard, but see, he don't play smart. and that nullifies his playing hard.

1:05:57Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:05:58Shannon Sharpe:Because guess what? He plays hard and guess what he does? Turn the ball over. Guess what? He plays hard. Guess what he does? Take an illy by a shot.

1:06:06Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:06:06Shannon Sharpe:So you've canceled out the good that you've done.

1:06:09Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm.

1:06:14Shannon Sharpe:Flagrant two versus T-Wood. Flagrant one game three. Flagrant one this game. Women's supposed to be suspended. Even the league cheating. Knicks up three-one. Nah, bro. the league ain't cheating. OG for MVP. Like I said, it's going to be very, very interesting, Joe. If he can put another good game like this, it would be no question. Yep. We had a good first half, but all hype around him, he's going to have to have one say, I'm your guy in crunch time. He's going to have to get in better conditioning. And he can't do nothing by the conditioning now, Joe. No. That's an off-season thing. And you got to stop playing him freaking 29 minutes, 30 minutes in the regular season.

1:06:54Shannon Sharpe:You got to play it. Because in other words, you've got to build up a callus in order to play, Ocho. Imagine if you just go out there. That's how you get blisters. When you don't put the work in in the offseason, and then you try to take your ass to training camp and go out there and do all that playing, starting cutting, and now you got quarter-sized blisters on the bottom of your damn feet, and you wonder why.

1:07:14Chad Johnson:It's fact.

1:07:15Shannon Sharpe:It's fact. And now you're walking around like you're stepping on hot pokers. what's wrong son and now they ain't got no skin they got this bow dollars on the bottom of the feet

1:07:32Shannon Sharpe:Hanson Barnes did not pay DMP so Fox getting all that ass chewing that Unc would have been giving him damn I just cannot believe D 'Aaron Fox did this play and when he looks at it ain't no way in hell because Fox you got to slow down you're going so fast you got to slow down Joe he gathers because he's realizing he's going so fast and the thing if you go back and look at it and they cut but it looks like two guys are coming but the other guy peels back because he thinks he's going to pass it he has no idea I think it's Alvarado I think it's Alvarado because OG is right here and then Alvarado is like over here.

1:08:21Shannon Sharpe:Alvarado peels back because he thinks he's going to pass it.

1:08:30Chad Johnson:Unfortunate.

1:08:33Shannon Sharpe:Mr. President, we need the National Guard. We need as many men as you can spare because we are killing the Spurs.

1:08:38Chad Johnson:Oh, man.

1:08:40Shannon Sharpe:Spurs are deflated. Knicks are elated. Legends created. Knicks in five. New York, stand up. Fox pulled a brawn. He ain't want to go to the line.

1:08:52Chad Johnson:I'm telling you.

1:08:55Shannon Sharpe:You're talking about Harrison Barnes would have won him this game.

1:09:02Shannon Sharpe:Man, see, y 'all got jokes. Mitch could have played our boys Harrison Barnes for what the Spurs did. He couldn't have done any worse than what they did. Spurs of the new Cowboys in Texas Fire Mitch tonight Whoa What's up y 'all This was a pure miracle I'm not even from New York Go New York Go New York Go Ah why did Wimby run from the ball Like he wasn't an outlet He a superstar And he's talking about Fox I'm disappointed What's up y 'all Saw a debate Who's a better wide receiver Reggie Wayne or Hines Ward for me as Hines. He does the little things really, really well. What do y 'all think? Ocho?

1:09:48Hines did the dirty work really, really well. And in the passing game, he was there too. Yeah, boy, Hines wasn't no joke, man. He blocking, not saying that Reggie didn't block as well. But, man, Hines was nice. Hines was nice. He wasn't very pretty, but he got the job done. He'll lay your head, boy. He'll lay you forward. You better keep that hand. He played high and played with a smile. Boy, he was dangerous out there.

1:10:18Shannon Sharpe:Nightcap, they just signed 24. Y 'all just signed an entire state with one move. We run as one Razorback. Welcome to the Hogg family. Congrats.

1:10:32Chad Johnson:What the? Whooping. Whooping.

1:10:35Shannon Sharpe:So, Nightcap, I think you just signed 24. Y 'all just signed an entire state with one move. We run as one Wazer back. Welcome to the Hog family, congrats. What was that? 24th?

1:10:48Chad Johnson:I was number 24 in college bro. I've been number 24 my whole life until I got to the pro. Yeah, hey, hey, hey, my people welcome me y 'all, man. You know, y 'all say what's up to my people, man. You know, back in Long Rock, back in Arkansas. What's happening? What's happening? Hey, yeah. What's happening in Arkansas?

1:11:04Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. Miss Johnson is the Knicks 11th coach. He's with them. Come on, man. Talk about a nail bottle for a game. Anyone, who's the next live, when's the next live show? We should, for real, do a night camp cookout. Meet and greet, tickets should include a buffet-style plate, a photo op, everything's to plate, just an idea.

1:11:28Chad Johnson:Hey, don't sound like no bad idea, though.

1:11:31Shannon Sharpe:Nah, we already saw what you bringing, so nah. What'd you mean? Bad idea, you don't bring, nah, we know what you bringing. this man told me I bring a chocolate cake Ojo to a cookout we gotta have some sweets at the cookout now yeah that's for dessert we need to know what's on the main course

1:11:49Chad Johnson:I said I got the dessert I got the dessert nah

1:11:58Shannon Sharpe:I'm still shocked bro Ms. Johnson need to be out or relegated to an assistant Spurs play like they don't have a coach

1:12:07Chad Johnson:damn man

1:12:09Shannon Sharpe:big three if you want to see the best foot work in boxing laser sharp accuracy and timing with slick defense tune in Saturday to watch Bam Rodriguez move up and take the baton weight title I'll be ringside I'm going to check him out I'm going to check him out yeah we're going to check it out he can go I'm going to check him out well obviously we'll be back the game is on Saturday night So thank you guys for joining us, man. Down by as many as 29 points. The Knicks fight all the way back. Take game four. 107 to 106. OG Ananobi with a tip in with 1.2 seconds left. And they hold on and they take that.

1:12:53Shannon Sharpe:They're one step closer to winning their first NBA title in 53 years. Outstanding performances by OG. Outstanding performance by Jalen Brunson. Cat played huge in the fourth quarter. Alvarado came off the bench and gave him a smart, but it was just too many turnovers, too many ill-advised shots, poor coaching. Everything that could go wrong went wrong from the Spurs. Everything that could go right, one coach pushed all the wrong buttons. One coach pushed all the right buttons. And that team that was down 29, their coach pushed all the right buttons, and they ended up winning and are one step closer to being an NBA champion.

1:13:30Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite Unc, and that is my partner and co-host. That's Liberty City's own. The guy that has bragging rights for the night. He's a former pro bowler and an all-pro. He's Chad Ochocinco Johnson. And the third member of the Big Three, y 'all see him. University of Arkansas alum, seven-time NBA All-Star from the Atlanta Hawks. That is ISO Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. Thank you guys for your support and your continued support.

1:14:02Shannon Sharpe:Those looking to purchase a bottle of Shea by LaPortier, head over to LaPortierCognac.com to purchase you a bottle. If it's currently unavailable in a state or city near you, here's a premium VSOP cognac, the best tasting VSOP cognac on the market, and it drinks like an XO. Please drink responsibly and stay safe. Again, the New York Knicks are one win away, winning their first title in 53 years thanks to a 107-106 come-from-behind victory. By down as many as 29 points, the Knicks fight, scratch, and claw their way back, and they take the victory 107-106, and they're one win away from being the champs.

1:14:38Shannon Sharpe:I'm up. He's Ocho. He's Aiso. We'll see you. We're off tomorrow, but we'll see you on Friday. Thank you guys for joining us. Peace.

1:14:46Chad Johnson:Peace out.

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