Nightcap Hour 2: Nightcap OUTSIDE EPISODE 2 Trailer +David Griffin says LEBRON BENEFITED from WEAK Eastern Conference + Ron Harper TAKES SHOT at LEBRON + Jaylen Brown EYES COMBAT sports after NBA + NFLPA report cards NO LONGER PUBLIC

7:52Shannon Sharpe:If we go to Russia, let's go to Czechoslovakia somewhere.

7:55Joe Johnson:Nah, that's too far. That's a long flight. That's a long flight. Hey, Joe, look at my bio, Joe.

8:01Chad Johnson:All right, I'm going to check you out.

8:02Joe Johnson:Yeah, on Wednesday nights at Boxer Gym, I have a Zumba class I teach. You teach, man. Yeah. No bull job. That class right there alone, it helped me pay my card notes.

8:19Chad Johnson:I don't see no Zumba on here, but whatever.

8:23Joe Johnson:You on Instagrams?

8:25Chad Johnson:Yeah. Oh, it do say Zumba instructor.

8:29Joe Johnson:Yeah, I told you.

8:30Chad Johnson:It do say Zumba instructor.

8:32Joe Johnson:You see You see I'm a six-time last. You know, I do lashes, esthetician, and I'm a Zoom instructor.

8:40Shannon Sharpe:Nah, we got, Ocho, all the places, the amenities that they got there.

8:45Joe Johnson:Yeah.

8:46Shannon Sharpe:We can find them right here.

8:48Joe Johnson:Right. Wait, where's right here?

8:51Shannon Sharpe:We can find them in Atlanta. We can find them in Miami.

8:54Joe Johnson:Okay. We can find them in Vegas. You know they in Miami. You know they in Vegas. It just depends on where we want to go.

9:00Chad Johnson:They ain't in Vegas like that. I'm looking for a reason to go to either one. Miami, Vegas, it don't even matter. Yeah, come on, come on. Hey, Joe, it ain't nothing but an hour flight now.

9:10Joe Johnson:Come on now.

9:12Shannon Sharpe:I think I got to come to Miami in March or the beginning of April.

9:16Joe Johnson:Well, come holler at your boy, huh?

9:18Chad Johnson:You can stay here at my place. You say he can't bring nobody with him, no. Oh, he ain't bringing nobody. He's just coming just by himself. He might have this lady with him.

9:29Joe Johnson:You bringing somebody with you, Unk? Those that know won't tell.

9:33Shannon Sharpe:Those that tell won't know.

9:35Joe Johnson:Oh, don't worry about it. You can get your hotel in. Yeah, I can't have no company.

9:40Shannon Sharpe:Hey, we family. Ain't no company. We family.

9:44Joe Johnson:Yeah, hey, man, listen. Now, I'm -

9:46Shannon Sharpe:Treble lead time, Treble lead time.

9:57Shannon Sharpe:Joe, man, check this out. Cal's general manager, former general manager, David Griffin, says LeBron benefits.

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12:28David Griffin:Bigger network. The combination of T-Mobile's and U.S. cellular's network footprints will enhance the T-Mobile network's coverage. Price guarantee on talk, text, and data. Exclusions like taxes and fees apply. See T-Mobile.com for details.

12:37Shannon Sharpe:From a historically bad conference. Let's take a listen to what David Griffin had to say. Best man of the current state of the Cavs.

12:45David Griffin:Well, one of the things that we really benefited from was we were in a historically bad Eastern Conference. And all through those years, we really knew the target is the Western Conference team. There was nobody in the East who was really going to be in the way. The East was the LeBron Invitational for all of those years. They're not that now. Yeah. And so the thing that I think people need to appreciate a little bit more is Kobe is doing what he's doing. And this Cavs team with Donovan is trying to do what they're doing in an Eastern Conference is significantly more competitive than what we had.

13:25David Griffin:So just making the finals will be significant. Mm hmm.

13:34Shannon Sharpe:hmm so you mean to tell me if i took lebron james with the eastern conference i have this constructed right now so if i put lebron james and i removed donovan mitchell from that class team last year you mean to tell me they losing to the paces david griffin you need to be so if that's the case so if that's the case all i know is that when lebron left david griffin hadn't been able to put a team together. I don't know why people want to take, and we're going to talk about Ron Harper. What is it about this man that people feel they need to take shots at him, Joe? Every chance they get, nobody passes an opportunity to take a shot at LeBron.

14:18Shannon Sharpe:And I just want to know why.

14:21Chad Johnson:He's been great. He's been great for so long, Ocho, that it seems as though people just are starting to despise it. For whatever reason, I know Griff. Griff was in Phoenix when I was in Phoenix. He was our day-to-day guy. I really know Griff. And for him to say that, obviously, the Eastern Conference, it wasn't as strong as it is now, but for him to make it eight straight times, man, to the finals, bro, like that's an accomplishment in defeating itself. So look at what he had.

14:56Shannon Sharpe:Once you removed Kyrie, look at what he was going against. So now, if you put a healthy Kyrie, a healthy Kevin Love, and a healthy LeBron James, you mean to tell me, and this is LeBron James 2016, 2015, 16, 17, 18. You put those healthy guys, who beat them in the East right now? Nobody. The Celtics not beating them. Indiana not beating them. The Knicks not beating them. Toronto's not beating them. Miami's not beating them. Stop this notion, man. The man was so good, Golden State got him with Kyrie injured and Kevin Love. When everybody was healthy, he chased them down from 3-1. He did such a – they knew Golden State said, we'll never be able to beat that man again.

15:45Shannon Sharpe:Let's go get the third best player or top three player in the NBA currently. That's the only way nobody else could see him. I agree.

15:56Chad Johnson:I agree. If they didn't have KD, Braun would probably have another championship or two under his belt. For sure. At least two? Yeah. For sure. Damn. For sure. He was dominant. Hey, Ocho, them finals performances he was putting on, man, against the Warriors. How many times have they played against the Warriors in the final? Three. I'm talking about if it wasn't for KD, them last two. Yeah. Because his numbers were still like crazy.

16:24Shannon Sharpe:He averaged a 30-point triple-double. and there was two assists away from averaging another 30-point triple-double. And the one they lost, he was 35-13-9, and then he come back and averaged, what, 27-11-8. He let every player in points, rebounds, assists, block shots, and steals.

16:46Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah.

16:48Shannon Sharpe:I just don't know what – look, whatever you want to say about LeBron, you can say this or that, but I don't know why people feel they need to take a shot at the man. Why? You benefited from it. You wouldn't even have a job. You got the job, cause people thought you could do a good job because you had LeBron. And once you got, LeBron wasn't with you, you went to Orlando, and you stayed about as long as Skippy did in the military. Skippy never meant to the military, cause Skippy was peanut butter. So that's how long that mofo lasted in New Orleans. And he wanna take a shot. So if that's the case, why weren't you able to put a team together without LeBron James?

17:25Shannon Sharpe:Just tell me that. 1-0. 1-0, huh?

17:30Joe Johnson:It's only one chosen one. It's only one chosen one.

17:37Shannon Sharpe:So if that's the case. So, oh, you know, it was – look at what he was going against. There was only a handful of times that he was the number one seed. He was getting to the finals as the fourth seed.

17:50Chad Johnson:Yeah.

17:52Shannon Sharpe:Joe's team, your team won 60 games that year. I understand the Celtics were young, but look at what he was taking. So name another player. Name another player that could have got those Cavaliers teams, even in the East, out of the East until the NBA Finals.

18:09Chad Johnson:Man, you know, couldn't nobody else done that.

18:15Chad Johnson:He was special on them Cavs teams, bro.

18:18Shannon Sharpe:Go back and look. That man from when he first got back to Cleveland, that four year stretch and I think he was he was probably more efficient in Miami he was more dominant the second time around in Cleveland because he had to

18:36Chad Johnson:take the initiative to shoot a lot more than what he was normally used to being he ain't normally that aggressive offensively but he knew he had to shoot at least 30 times almost he had to get them FGAs up in order for them to win, man.

18:52Joe Johnson:Yeah.

18:53Chad Johnson:And he answered the call. I agree.

18:57Shannon Sharpe:Larry Bird reported saying he wouldn't trade with anybody from Cleveland. They said, well, why? He said, them guys are not that good. He said, they're good because they're playing LeBron, but they're not that good. He said, he got your food. Thank you, them guys are good. But if Kyrie – I believe if Kyrie and Kevin Love are healthy the first time, I don't think Golden State beat them then.

19:23Chad Johnson:Absolutely, when Kyrie blew his knee out. Knee out, yeah.

19:26Shannon Sharpe:That first go around, yeah. And remember, Kevin Love was already turnting because he had got his shoulders separated against Boston.

19:32Chad Johnson:Yeah. Is that the year De La Dova stepped up and he was playing?

19:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

19:41Chad Johnson:He doesn't have enough.

19:42Shannon Sharpe:But think about the year that they go seven games and he did what he did in Boston. Think about what he did to Toronto. They named it Lebronto.

19:53Chad Johnson:Yeah.

19:54Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Indiana. Man, people don't, I mean, I think the thing is that he's been so good for so long, and no matter what you think of him, your best player was never this good this long. Right. Whoever your favorite player is, whoever, I don't have to mention any names, they were never this good this long. Right. And it rubbed some people the wrong way. But I just, there is no possible way I could take a shot at a man that helped me. He did more for me than I ever did for him that I could take a shot at him, Joe. I just couldn't in good conscience.

20:40Chad Johnson:Yeah, I understand. I understand. I don't understand that neither. Okay, O-Tron, why he would take that shot at Bron, or why any of these guys would take shots at him. Like I always say, bro, when a dude decides to hang him up, he going to be missed, bro. Everybody going to miss him. And they won't understand until he hangs him up.

21:00Joe Johnson:They won't understand how special he was until he's gone. Most of the time in life, you get used to something, and you never understand his value until it's no longer there.

21:11Chad Johnson:Right.

21:12Shannon Sharpe:Absolutely. Ron Harper was asked whether he envisioned his son following his footsteps and playing in the NBA. Let's take a listen to what he had to say.

21:21Joe Johnson:This is a vision you had.

21:24Shannon Sharpe:I'm not LeBron James. I'm not going to tell my kids what they have to do. I just want to play and enjoy the game. If they can get back out of the ballgame, we will take it. Once upon a time, I told them whatever opportunity that you have, you should have a chance to play in the NBA.

21:46Shannon Sharpe:you see that Ocho? yeah LeBron has already said that look I want him to do whatever he wants to do he ain't got to do nothing if he doesn't want to he can be the CEO of my company

22:01Shannon Sharpe:nobody asking that so now LeBron told his kids y 'all got to play in the NBA even though they know it's an uphill battle because no matter what you're going to get compared to your dad your dad is historically Your door is transcendently great. Yeah. Yeah.

22:18Joe Johnson:That's messed up. It's unfortunate.

22:22Shannon Sharpe:Ron, do you realize it's easy for your kids to make it in the NBA than LeBrons? Because we've seen, we've never seen, think about it. Ken Griffey's dad was a good player. He wasn't junior. Bobby Barnes was a good player. He wasn't Barry. Barry. Nah. So Kareem got sons. Michael got sons. Name a historically great player that the kid was also historically great.

22:52Chad Johnson:That's tough, bro.

22:53Shannon Sharpe:That's tough. We've seen a lot of guys that dad was okay, and then the kids been superhuman. We've seen dads that been super great, and the kids were okay. That's okay. You think God finna bless you, so he finna give you – Well, in other words, he's about to give you LeBron and then turn around and LeBron's son going to be Jason Tatum. Or Peyton Manning. Or Tom Brady. Right. Or David, or Aaron Judge. Come on, people. Damn. Yeah. Why? Did you think, did you think your son, LeBron on your mind, they ask you about your kids and do you take it to LeBron?

23:37Chad Johnson:He was holding that one. He was holding that one. Yes! He been holding that one. Thank you. He been holding that one.

23:45Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I mean, somebody asked you, hey, somebody asked Ocho, hey, Ocho, you thought your kids would play? Well, you know, hey, my kid, you know, he ain't like Jerry. You know Jerry, right? You know Jerry make his kid. Ain't nobody ask you about Jerry. They ask you about your kids. Yeah. Not somebody else's kids. Right. Oh, Lord have mercy. I just don't know why people. Did you see the reactions these kids had?

24:17Chad Johnson:That's what I was gonna say. You see how they put their head down? Yeah.

24:22Joe Johnson:Hey, come with the territory, huh? LeBron used to it by now.

24:27Shannon Sharpe:They asked Dale Curry about his boys. He don't mention any other fathers. He say, hey, you know, Steph, mainly, you know, they would come to practice and they do stuff like that. and Vance and guys would talk about how they'd be out there shooting and playing one-on-one with Steph. He don't mention anybody else because they ask him about his kids.

24:48Chad Johnson:Yeah.

24:49Shannon Sharpe:His kids ain't got nothing to do with anybody else and their kids.

24:52Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm.

24:53Shannon Sharpe:There are other kids that maybe that was on the team, on his team, that have sons that play in the NBA. Mm-hmm. Yeah. But I just don't get that. I don't. Hey, maybe it ain't for me to understand.

25:11Chad Johnson:I don't know. I think maybe, you know, he's probably just explained. He's probably what he was trying to get to is that, you know, he didn't have to push any buttons or make any calls to get his sons drafted because, you know, maybe he feel like they really, really got game. On count with Ocho. The boys can play. They can play.

25:31Shannon Sharpe:But I don't think LeBron James said Bronny. I don't either. You got to play.

25:36Chad Johnson:I don't either.

25:38Joe Johnson:Nah.

25:38Chad Johnson:I don't either. I think he just supported him in a way that maybe nobody has ever seen before. That's what you do. If you have access.

25:47Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, if one of your kids wanted to play football, okay, I'm going to support you. Yeah. I'm going to get you a strength and conditioning coach. I'm going to get you somebody that can teach you all the ends and outs. Maybe they don't play the position that you play. Right. So I would get you somebody that knows how to teach a DB skills or a tight end skills or a quarterback or whatever position you want to play. I have the means. Right. I mean, there are a lot of people that have means. I mean, LeBron James ain't got the only kids, the only boys, that didn't follow in their son's footsteps. They have access to the resources to get personal chefs and training and physio and all that.

26:25Shannon Sharpe:He wanted to do that. He said he wanted to chart his own path. and a lot of kids do they understand who their dad is but I want to make a name for myself

26:35Joe Johnson:yeah a lot of pressure comes behind a lot of pressure comes behind that bro

26:40Chad Johnson:and growing up in that environment since he was a kid you know was just coming into the NBA so he was raised in this environment you know what I mean like been in the gym his whole life yes been in the gym his whole life man working on his game Carving out his craft Like I don't know, I like Brunny I think Brunny got some talent I think the only thing when I watch him play, Uncle Ocho You know, he just He has to have a swag And a sense of confidence about himself When he's out there on the court He has to go out there Knowing that he's one of the best guys That he's one of the best Out of the ten guys that's out there on the floor He has to go out there and play like this I think he got the tools, Uncle Ocho He has elite athleticism.

27:27Chad Johnson:He can shoot. He can defend. He just got to believe he wanted the best. Right.

27:32Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. You look, you know how it is. I knew guys were going to attack me because of my brother. My brother's in the league. Okay, let me see how good you are. Well, your dad's in the league. Let me see. I might not get your dad, but I'm going to take it out on you. I've always had that My brother's three years older than me So they couldn't fight him So they tried to pick on me I ain't the one I gotta fight in the basketball game Dude tried to punk me Outside No we're in the gym They playing basketball in an actual game Man dude He can't beat my brother He and my brother in the same grade He picking on me.

28:24Shannon Sharpe:He pushing me. What you did to him? What you did to him up? Tina Gibson. She told my sister a story about a year ago. Said, Tina don't tell that story. I'm gonna tell it now. So she was down there, what is she saw me going? He pushed me. I ain't wanna do this. It's a game going on. Man, Tina holla down there. Lil Sharp, hit that C word. You know what black people call white people in the South. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It seemed like it was from God's lips to my ears.

28:57Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Uncle, you hear him, man? Swo-wop-wop! They stopped the game and everything.

29:03Joe Johnson:Okay, okay, that's my dog. Hey, I ain't know you had to hear him, man.

29:07Shannon Sharpe:Nah, he was, hey, nah, nah, nah. Right. Nah, Sharma. He was by the little shop. He was picking, he was trying to start something with him. Yeah. I saw the whole thing. I don't know if they saw the whole thing, but they just, I said, hey, I sure did. Okay, okay. My aunt was out there throwing the fame, bro. I just swung on him. I just, hey, I see, hey, my grubber used to always say, boy, if somebody do something to you, you hit him as hard as God a legend. That's all I had in me.

29:34Joe Johnson:And I bet he didn't try you no more. I bet he didn't either.

29:37Shannon Sharpe:I bet he didn't try it no more. That's my dog, that's what I'm talking about. I bet he didn't try it no more. I ain't no one. Now listen. You ain't finna get no reputation on me. I'll take a L, but I tell you what, I bet you don't want to do it again.

29:50Joe Johnson:See, this is what we need to do. Now, the next time we get somebody on the outside that talk crazy like that, when it come to us, this duo, this trio, we need to, you know, come on. No, but the thing is, Ocho, in that situation,

30:08Shannon Sharpe:we're trying to log into our algorithm. Oh, you know what? I got you.

30:13Joe Johnson:I got you. I got you.

30:14Shannon Sharpe:That's why we don't address anything anymore. Sometimes they try to manufacture beef to go back and forth. Nah, I'm very mindful. My audience is our audience. We're not going to lend their ear to somebody else.

30:31Ron Harper:Right, right.

30:32Joe Johnson:Okay, okay. You're right, you're right, you're right. I forgot about that. I forgot about that.

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32:59David Griffin:Bigger network. The combination of T-Mobile's and U.S. cellular's network footprints will enhance the T-Mobile network's coverage. Price guarantee on talk, text, and data. Exclusions like taxes and fees apply. See T-Mobile.com for details.

33:08Shannon Sharpe:Jalen Brown says he's toyed with the idea of competing in combat sports once his professional basketball career is finished. Brown told reporters that he's even talked to Dana White, adding, to be honest, I toyed with this. I've talked to some people, maybe post-part career of my career, I love to partake in something like UFC or even boxing. I talked to Dana White about some stuff, but we'll see how things go on. We'll see.

33:32Joe Johnson:I like that, hey, Uncle Joe. Hey, the light bulb them went on. Ocho versus Jalen Brown. UFC, boxing, the heavy wanted.

33:42Chad Johnson:Not no UFC.

33:44Shannon Sharpe:No, Michael Westbrook did it. You remember Michael Westbrook? He played with me in Cincinnati. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah. No, he could fight for real. Oh yeah. Hold on, then I see - No, no, no, no, he could fight for real.

33:57Chad Johnson:Hold on, then I see old school cat, Hershel Walker, am I right?

34:02Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Hershel, he was out there in UFC, wasn't he? Yeah, but he, no, no, no. Michael Westbrook could really, no. Michael Westbrook could really, really fight, Joe. He could go, boy.

34:12Joe Johnson:Yeah.

34:13Shannon Sharpe:Yes. Yeah, he can go. Yes.

34:16Joe Johnson:I think Johnny Martin, didn't Johnny Martin do UFC 2? Yeah, Johnny, he got hurt. He got knocked out. Yeah. The way I be seeing him do. Johnny got big as hell.

34:28Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

34:29Joe Johnson:He got big.

34:29Shannon Sharpe:But Brooke was always cut up. Yeah, he was real ripped, boy. He was big. Always, Joe. I'm talking about like six, Brooke probably about 6 '3", probably about, what, 215, 228? Yeah, I'm talking about Rip Shreddy. I'm talking about Carl Dada Granite. What? I'm talking about eight. Oh, he walked around probably with like 4 % to 5 % body fat. Boy, that's so hard to do, boy.

34:54Chad Johnson:Hey, when he played in Colorado, didn't he?

34:56Joe Johnson:He played in Colorado with Cordell?

34:57Shannon Sharpe:Yes, yes.

34:59Joe Johnson:Yeah, he was with me. No, he was. hey if i'm jb go to wwe nah nah jb come on come on down here to the box

35:13Shannon Sharpe:hey joe it's hard to get oh joe it's hard to get started in that sport so late yeah that's all right you got to be you got to be able to i mean the wrestlers i mean guys that have been wrestling guess what they wrestle the high school wrestling guys that you bjj they've been doing that all their lives. That's all right. Look at the joker's ear.

35:35Joe Johnson:I'm going to show him the ropes. Let him come on down into that boxing ring.

35:40Chad Johnson:Hey, that will automatically put him at heavyweight, right? At 6 '6", 6 '7". How much does he weigh? He probably, I mean, if he get down to 205, he could be a light heavy. I guarantee he will weigh way more. Like when I say way more, I guarantee JB probably about 220.

35:57Shannon Sharpe:What you still doing up? He don't want to deal with them heavyweights because they go up to 265. Ooh-wee. And they heavy-handed. Boy got C-Bit in the club. He heavy-handed. They heavy-handed up there. They turn the lights out of a building.

36:18Shannon Sharpe:I don't know. Hey, man, that UFC?

36:25Joe Johnson:Mm-hmm.

36:27Shannon Sharpe:No, no, no.

36:28Chad Johnson:I'm telling you.

36:30Joe Johnson:Tell Uncle Joe Tell Uncle Joe you met James Harden I met James Harden He was very nice And he knew your name He was a D Look cute Hey You sure you don't want one more of these Who Joe

36:51Chad Johnson:Nah I said Unk Oh You ain't snip snip over there You know I practice now I just know I ain't gonna get back in the game

37:01Joe Johnson:I practice You gotta get to one more She look just like her daddy Don't she Yeah

37:11What

37:14Joe Johnson:No no no mommy No don't mention mommy This is only daddy Don't do that

37:24Shannon Sharpe:Yeah you know Hey, I'm practicing. I get a little practice, you know, a couple of practice rounds in a week. You know what I'm saying? But, hey, I already know I ain't going to be on tour. You know what I'm saying?

37:36Chad Johnson:Say, this is all you're doing is practicing.

37:39Shannon Sharpe:That's it. That's it. That's it. NFL Players Association report cards have a long fixture of the offseason, with teams being assigned letter grades on various amenities and organization aspects each year by the Players Union. However, the league's memo released Friday. The NFL announced it won a grievance against the NFLPA regarding report cards, with an arbitrator determining that the reports violated the collective bargaining agreement. Moving forward, the report cards as we know them have been stopped, as have public release of the NFLPA's grades. NFLPA later announced in a statement that they will continue to do the report cards with the players, but they'll keep those results away from the public.

38:20Shannon Sharpe:J.J. Watt responded, hold on, NFL won't let actual players grade workplace they attend every single day, but they'll allow a third-party grading service to display the rankings of players on national television every Sunday night. Cam Jordan, NFL is upset teams have been graded, judged, and coerced to update the facilities, training staff, weight rooms, necessity to keep the modern athlete top tier. Alvin Kamara, Cam, I think you need to tell everybody how you really feel. Cam Jordan also said, one third of the time I get upset in the NFL and remind myself a majority of the players accepted or didn't vote during the last CBA after we had a resounding no vote in a preliminary polling with the NFLPA shaking my head.

39:08Shannon Sharpe:Ocho. Yeah, talk to me. I agree. so I don't know how much the PFF pay to be able to grade the players that's the third party that's grading players and some teams look at that grade and say that's the 25th rated guard that's the 112th rated safety that's all fine and good but players saying you know what we need our weight room upgraded the training staff is subpar and you know what the waiting area where the family is it's a little small and it's really not conducive right that's a problem go ahead ocho i mean listen you're right

39:46Joe Johnson:you're right they're having a third party do it not the players do it obviously the owners don't really want that because obviously you know the players are going to always have an issue they're always going to have something to say about something in general where it doesn't see fit or conducive to them but you got to think about how the owners think listen we pay you millions of dollars we're we're we're doing as much as we can to to to appease you guys and give you the the best amenities so you guys can compete on sundays but i think as players on i don't think they will ever ever really really be happy so they will always find something wrong or something that can be fixed or something that can be done to improve whatever the situation may be but owners don't want to do that they definitely don't want to do that no because if i have to upgrade something

40:32Shannon Sharpe:go to what would that cost more money the the objective is is that i keep costs down while increasing revenue so if i have to upgrade my wait facility if i have to hire more staff if i have to do this uh uh this waiting area that's gonna cost money yeah now if i could just keep it as is and as the salary cap goes up the the the the tv revenue goes up i get

41:01Joe Johnson:the pocket more. Ta-da! I get the pocket more. Hey, hey, have you seen the Denver Broncos facility lately? Yep. Hey, the Bengals facility now, locker room and amenities and training room, as opposed to when I was playing, Unkdom boy, it looked like goddamn Dubai.

41:24Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Jesus Christ. That is ridiculous.

41:28Joe Johnson:Hey, I ain't never seen nothing like that. They got red lights, sauna. Yes.

41:32Shannon Sharpe:What the hell is all this? You got charging ports for all your mobile devices and all. Yes.

41:39Chad Johnson:Unbelievable. When I was playing here for the Hawks, we practiced in the arena we played in. Boy, they got a whole big boy practice facility. Oh, yeah.

41:47Shannon Sharpe:I got that thing out there by Emory facility.

41:50Chad Johnson:Big boy facility out there.

41:52Shannon Sharpe:It's nice. I've seen it. That's really, really nice. Yeah, they just spent

42:02Shannon Sharpe:they spent a lot of money Ocho they spent a lot a lot of money you talk about the wealthiest NFL owner Rob Walton

42:13Joe Johnson:oh Mr. Walton he got the money to be able to do that hey Joe you gonna take me out there Joe yeah

42:20Chad Johnson:I'll take you out there man let's see the facility they'll let me in yeah Okay. Yeah, they'll let you in. Hey, who's the Hawks' best player?

42:32Joe Johnson:Right now? Yeah.

42:33Chad Johnson:Jalen Johnson. Jalen Johnson. He made the All-Star game.

42:36Joe Johnson:Yeah, hey, I'm going to be in his ear. Ocho, y 'all did get an A for locker room.

42:39Chad Johnson:A plus.

42:40Joe Johnson:Hey, that locker room is unbelievable.

42:42Chad Johnson:Oh, they really came out with these grades, Ocho? Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.

42:47Joe Johnson:Oh, yeah, absolutely.

42:48Chad Johnson:So who had one of the worst grades? The Cardinals, the Commanders? What they had? Browns? I'm saying, what was their grade? F-minus for locker room.

43:00Joe Johnson:Hey, the Bengals locker room, Joe. Boy, hey, all the lockers light up. They got, oh, man, it's unbelievable. Unbelievable. Hey, tell Jalen Johnson, man, I want to see him when I come to Atlanta too, Joe. What you want to see him about? Just a little one-on-one to five. No, you got to play me first. Joe, you can't do nothing with me, Joe. Yeah, you got to play me first. Don't worry about it, Jalen. Joe, you can't do nothing with me, Joe. I'm telling you now, I done been nice all this time. You gonna wake up another animal, Joe. Like I really do this, Joe. I know how to deal with you. I'm on that type of time, Joe.

43:36Joe Johnson:That's okay. All right, I'm telling you. You think they call you ISO, it's gonna be a different story. You're gonna be calling for help. Okay. Chill, Joe.

43:47Chad Johnson:Okay, March. In March. What? April, April, April. You be ready to go in April, Joe? What? No holds bars on this boy. Hey, respect is earned. It ain't given. I understand that. You know what I mean? Yeah, I understand that. That's why when I show up, I show up right. I show up correct. Yeah.

44:09Shannon Sharpe:But the thing is that, look, and plus if you get the ownership, the Jeff's got an F for ownership. The Jeff.

44:21Shannon Sharpe:but you but you know but you know you all everybody i'm sure every owner think their facility is top notch they just do i don't think i don't think i don't think everyone that's never

44:31Chad Johnson:praised his own pond right i don't think every owner they do they think that even though we know

44:38Shannon Sharpe:that's not the case because oh joe joe the frog gonna praise his own pond we got the bluest waters We got the best fishing. We got the greenest. We got the best lilies. Right. Bro, this clay hole you got is muddy as mud. And you ain't got no mud fish swimming in it anyway. And so the thing is, like I said, if I can get by skimping, knowing how much the TV revenue that we're generating, knowing how much in regional revenue we're generating, we ain't sold no tickets yet, Ocho. We ain't sold no parking. We ain't sold no concession.

45:16Joe Johnson:No hot dogs. Yep. Not yet.

45:20Shannon Sharpe:We hot dogs. Hey, you know Atlanta, they give you that stuff. You get stuff free, Ocho. You get hot dogs and you get stuff, and then you go get refills and food for free.

45:30Chad Johnson:Refill. Hey, man. One last time you been to a game, a house game, honestly. Ooh. I ain't never been to a home game. Hey, Boosie, you got that cut up? I used to go, Joe. You know I used to go. Oh, Ocho, this thing be like the club, man. They done upgraded this arena, man. Y 'all gotta come check it out, bro, for real. Hey, you heard me, Joe? What'd you say? Hey, Boosie really be out there cutting up

45:52Joe Johnson:on the court side like that?

45:54Chad Johnson:Well, Boosie be over there acting a fool. Swag surfing and everything. Yeah, yeah. Hey, we -

46:00Shannon Sharpe:It's a different vibe. Now, every arena ain't like that. Nah. Just like every arena ain't the Mercedes-Benz on.

46:06Chad Johnson:They get crumped. Nah, hey, hey, hey, Ocho. Yeah. They come dressed. They come like they going to the club, partner. You hear me? Oh, so, Joe, when we go to the game, we got to be on point.

46:17Joe Johnson:Oh, man. Oh, Joe, they don't be playing. I'm going to wear these pants because I know anybody going to have these, Joe. What pants?

46:27Joe Johnson:My cheetah pants.

46:28Shannon Sharpe:I sure hope you don't wear them.

46:32Shannon Sharpe:I sure hope you don't wear them no more.

46:34Joe Johnson:You don't like my pants? You done got your$45 out of them, cool.

46:38Shannon Sharpe:No, they cost$25. Oh, yeah, you done got your money worth out of them.

46:43Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, you shop on Shein?

46:45Chad Johnson:Boy, I was just going to say, you shop on Shein? Shein. Yeah, hey, hey, hey, my girls over here, they shop on Shein. Hey, I throw me an outfit in or two on that. Yeah, that's what he's from, too, boy. Hey, hey, Unk, I let him get a cart, you know, on Shein. Everything's so dirt cheap. So if they spend$500, boy, they got a gang of clothes. Hey, make sure y 'all put your boy a couple outfits in there for me now.

47:17Shannon Sharpe:Man, hey. No, I only shopped there. Shelly ain't really got me nothing over there. I just, hey, all I know is I get a box show up. I try stuff on. She come out here. She said, what I like, I keep. I haven't been to a store. I can't remember last time. I've been to an actual store to actually try something on in the store. Right. It's probably been seven, eight years, nine years probably. Damn. I don't even want to show my shoes on. Okay. Ocho, I told you my life is simple. So is mine. Aren't we the same lifestyle? For A point B. Yeah, that's me.

48:00Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I look. I just look. Guys, it is what it is. And instead of using the criticism in a constructive manner, they suppress it.

48:18Joe Johnson:Yeah, they have the power to do so. They do.

48:24Shannon Sharpe:They do.

48:30Shannon Sharpe:But I agree with all these guys saying. I agree with what JJ said. I agree with Cam Jordan saying. two guys from the 2011 draft class, Cam Jordan and Cam Hayward, and J.J. Watt was all in that draft class, unbelievable draft class. But that's the NFL. It's like, look, y 'all make us look bad, and we can't have that. All right, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Chew and X.

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52:01Shannon Sharpe:Hey! Hey.

52:12Shannon Sharpe:Give me nowhere, Junior. My question is, are you team Luca or team Ant-Man after LeBron decides to retire because I'm always going to go be Goat James?

52:24Chad Johnson:He got to go Ant-Man.

52:27Shannon Sharpe:Ant-Man from the crib, man.

52:31Chad Johnson:He got that it factor too.

52:34Shannon Sharpe:He does. I love his reaction when they say MVP is Anthony Edwards. He's like, who is that?

52:43I got it.

52:44Shannon Sharpe:Let me get him up here. Ant-Man had to sign the jersey, gave it to change. He didn't have no jersey on. That's why he kept his jacket on the whole time. He gave his jersey, weighed everything. Hey, I love it. I love it. Look, I love Luka, but when Bron go, I'm going from the Lakers. I guess Ant-Man and Yoke going to be my guys. Yeah, you come on down here, big Heat fan with your boy, huh? Nah, he ain't going to do that. When LeBron left the Heat, I left the Heat. He's going to go. Queen, when you really like a guy, what's the best way to let him know that won't scare him away? I'm struggling out of these dating streets.

53:30Shannon Sharpe:Ocho?

53:31Joe Johnson:What's happening? He wants to know what's the best way

53:35Shannon Sharpe:to show a guy you like him without scaring him away.

53:40Joe Johnson:Oh, man. Just tell him straight up. Don't even play no game. We in 2026 too? Ask him, hey, listen, fellow, I don't mean to be aggressive, but I think it's in my best interest to be assertive and let you know I'm interested in you. Are you looking for anything serious? If not, I just thought I'd let you know I like you. If you're not looking for anything serious, I'm still curious. Curiosity killed a cat. You know what that means. Satisfaction brought him back though. Come on now. Just be straight up. It eliminates all the confusion too. If you like him, just tell him. man listen man i'm digging you homie you know get it out the way joe what you got i think maybe

54:26Chad Johnson:she maybe she throwing signs but you know when a lot of women ain't aggressive like that nah they

54:32Joe Johnson:not they gotta be assertive huh i mean joe i know we're in different times but they ain't moving

54:37Chad Johnson:like that they they want to still be chased you know they still want to be the catch

54:43Joe Johnson:you know what i'm saying sometimes when you want something you got to go get it

54:47Chad Johnson:you got you gotta go get it i mean maybe buddy ain't picking up no hints maybe she throwing hints and he ain't picking them up yeah probably not something wrong with his hands

54:57Shannon Sharpe:i don't know hey you here to stay or you here to play you saying that's what she you say that's a good one because here it is look you hit a stay or you hit a play i'm here to play whatever you Now, if this a one time, I'm cool with that. But you won't forget me.

55:19Joe Johnson:Ooh, oh, I told that shit. Hey, oh!

55:24Chad Johnson:The boy go, hey.

55:25Joe Johnson:What are you gonna say?

55:26Chad Johnson:You already know what he gonna do. I'm just saying. Hey, hey, hey, hey. That's why they can't get it. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

55:32Joe Johnson:Come on with it now. Yeah, talk that shit, boy. Yeah, that was eight. Clock that team. Hey, I gotta write that down. Wait, hold on. Oh, how you say it again? How you say it? I got to use that. What'd you say? You hear the stare, you hear the play. Right, okay, I got that part. What's the one you said something after that?

55:49Shannon Sharpe:She said, look, if this one time, I'm cool with that too. Right. But she said, you won't forget me. Ooh!

56:01Chad Johnson:Mm.

56:03Joe Johnson:Hey, that's my kind of talk right there, boy.

56:07Shannon Sharpe:I said, huh? but you know hey hey joe hey yeah i'm like scooby doo i'm like oh hell no t.s car watch detail service iso is kawaii in mvp talk dame didn't miss a beat Ocho, the dunk contest, over with. Nah, it ain't no.

56:37Chad Johnson:I don't think the dunk contest is over with.

56:42Chad Johnson:They won that third game, but if they'd have won it, Kawhi probably would have won MVP. Oh, he'd have been the MVP, for sure. Yeah, but.

56:49Shannon Sharpe:Hold on. I guess he's talking about the regular season. They ain't not going to win enough games.

56:55Chad Johnson:Nah, nah.

56:57Shannon Sharpe:They done lost 100 games. Yeah. Had the stripes won, yes, I agree with you, Joe. Had the stripes won, couldn't nobody be an MVP but Kawhi.

57:06Chad Johnson:Right. Right. Mm.

57:14Yeah.

57:18Shannon Sharpe:Why I'm so hungry. Lee Mason. Curry going to put belt BTA to Dame just like Iso did Ocho and O. Oh, man. That's going to be a good one. That's why I want Dame and Ice. That's why I want D 'Azo. I want Dame and Steph in the finals.

57:33Chad Johnson:I agree. I want to see that, too. I want to see it, too. Dame going to be going for three, and it ain't but, like, two people in history, I think. It was Bird and Hodges. Even Craig Hodges, the only one that went three. I think Bird. Didn't Bird win three? I thought it was Bird and Craig Hodges or somebody else.

57:48Shannon Sharpe:But Dame has won three. He won two back-to-back, right? Yeah, he going for the tiebreaker. He going for a four. Steph will go for three.

57:56Chad Johnson:Yeah, that'll be a good one.

58:00Shannon Sharpe:That'd be a good one. It's, whoo. I think you made, well, we know Steph, but I think it's hard to see me somebody say that somebody's a better shooter than Dane. And I know guys got more threes, but that shot-making ability, his ability, the thing that separates Steph and Dane is their ability to put the ball on the floor and still get that shot off, that three. Yeah, can they catch a shoot? Yes. But their ability to ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, and still.

58:32Joe Johnson:It's so funny how when I watch Steph and I watch Dame and I watch some of these NBA players that are twitchy, it's reminiscent of your boy, Joe.

58:46Chad Johnson:Who? You? Yeah. See, the thing about that, Ocho, we done seen you in action. And then when you come on here talking about some youth, they remind you of...

58:56Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe. Hey, Joe. You saw me in action at 50 years old. We seeing them in action in their prime. There's a big difference. At one point in time, I look just like that, Joe. I think we fair to realize I'm 58. Y 'all don't understand that.

59:13Chad Johnson:Man, you'll be lying for no reason.

59:15Joe Johnson:And then you talk about you saw me in action. You saw me in action as Dennis Rodman.

59:20Chad Johnson:I see. Listen. Oh, Joe, you can play on my team because you hustle man, rebound. Yes, that's me, Joe. That don't even go in the same sentence as Dame and Steph Curry, man. Oh, no, I'm telling you what I used to be, Joe. No, I'm talking about what I seen you do just some odd months ago.

59:39Joe Johnson:Oh, yeah, hey, I was locking them up, Joe. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Hey, Joe, I'm talking about I'm in your face, I'm in your grill, I'm here, Joe. Hey, rebound, I'm grabbing them.

59:50Shannon Sharpe:Joe did you say that man grabbed a rebound That man grabbed a rebound

59:57Joe Johnson:Like this is Joe Hey Joe Let me tell you See I can tell y 'all now It's a long time from now though But Heddy God and Gilly had a$20 ,000 bet So Heddy God had to have more points Than Gilly and Gilly was scoring like crazy So I told you Hey boom just get that thing to me man I need to make sure I win this money. That's all it was.

1:00:22Chad Johnson:Who was supposed to score the most points?

1:00:24Joe Johnson:Yeah. Not only score the most points, whether you won or lost, whoever had the most points at the end of the game. Yeah, so that's all. So I didn't really want to show nobody up.

1:00:35Chad Johnson:I still expect you to leave your imprint on the game. Be like, yeah, Ocho was out there doing this one-two, boy. I did. I did. Defensively, I did. I did. What'd you say? You think he was out there doing this? I was out there chilling

1:00:49Joe Johnson:yeah we saw it hey Joe that's what I took from it too Joe hey Joe you doing a whole lot of talking now when I sauce your ass up and you be like well damn how come I ain't see this because it didn't call for me to do that it didn't call for me to do that

1:01:06Chad Johnson:talk to me hey Joe mind your mouth now I done seen you write a lot of chicks and I done cast that that you did not cash. I'm the least, hey, look, I'm not worried about you, partner. You hear me? Trust me. Hey, you might want to tone it down over there just to keep it 100 with you. You might want to tone it down, see? Because once this gorilla wake up now, don't you start talking about something. I don't hear talking spicy. Hey, hey. Hey, you see?

1:01:38Joe Johnson:You see?

1:01:39Chad Johnson:You see, hey, we done created a monster. Yeah. You see how he talk to me, Chad? I'm just saying. I'm just saying I'm chilling. I'm being cool. You know what I mean? But you go, hey, you make me turn this volume up a little bit now.

1:01:53Joe Johnson:Hey, listen. One thing you're not going to be able to do is when we on the court or when we competing in any sport, you will not be able to out-talk me. And I'm going to talk you out your game. I'm going to be able to out-score you.

1:02:04Chad Johnson:I'm going to be able to out-score you. How you going to score?

1:02:07Joe Johnson:Joe, how you going to score? You're not going to be able to get by me, Joe. You too low. You too low, Joe. I don't care about you being 6869, Joe. Oh, Joe. Oh, Joe. Hey, Joe, this right here? This right here?

1:02:21Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:02:22Joe Johnson:Boy, I don't play that, Joe. I don't even see you, boy. I'm telling you, boy. Now you got me talking like I'm from the crib right now. Man, I don't see none of that.

1:02:30Chad Johnson:Boy, you really going to make me do something to you, boy. I'm telling you. Come on.

1:02:34Joe Johnson:Come on, Joe. Hey, Joe, you ain't got enough rocks in your back pocket, boy.

1:02:39Chad Johnson:OK.

1:02:39Joe Johnson:All right. Not for me. Not for this. Come on, man.

1:02:43Chad Johnson:I ain't going to chew the fat with y 'all tonight. What do we got? Let's keep it going.

1:02:47Shannon Sharpe:JJ Carver, I think the All-Star game should hold more weight. Let the MVPs, all NBA battle it out and take into consideration when voting. If you want the MVP, show up. It's not promised this current format will keep them motivated. Well, I think as long as you got a win being an Ant-Man, they set the tone. In the old format, the old guys set the tone. Not their bull jiving.

1:03:11Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:03:11Shannon Sharpe:Guys laying on the court, guys shooting from half court, guys throwing timeline hook shots. The guys came out to play.

1:03:20Chad Johnson:They did. They did. Like you said, hey, Wimby set the tone. Ant-Man followed his lead, and he took over, and that's what we want to see, bro. We want to see the competition at the highest level on the biggest stage. This is what the fans want. And the tickets to get in them games so high, man, give the fans something to cheer about. I agree.

1:03:42Shannon Sharpe:Furious Styles, remember what Edward said to the commander-in-chief. Yeah, he said he hung out with former President Obama. Yeah. He said, hey, he saw him in the stands, and that's his favorite person. Hey, he wanted to put a show on for him.

1:03:56Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:03:57Shannon Sharpe:And he did it.

1:03:58Chad Johnson:He did. What did that?

1:04:01Shannon Sharpe:JJ underscore zero, fellas, just had my first child. Roe Sparks, hashtag Roe Sparks. Also, can you give me a shout out to my lady Alma, please? And thank you, Unc. I think it's time you had told ISO about the woman who held that pistol at your head. What? Alma, congratulations. Jay, you and Alma, congratulations on your child, your first child. Congrats. That's unbelievable. Hopefully, mom and baby are doing well. But I want to thank you for your support because it's things like this that makes it special, make Ocho and I and Joe's job make what we do seem really, really special and appreciated that you reach out and share this great news with us.

1:04:40Shannon Sharpe:So we can't thank you enough and hey, the Rose Bar have you right. They do, but hey

1:04:46Joe Johnson:you got to tell him and give him the whole story. Now you also have to understand Oh, you talking about which one? He having his first child. That's a good thing. That's a good thing, but he also has to understand. The Rose Barks will do that

1:04:58Shannon Sharpe:for you though.

1:04:59Joe Johnson:You have another one if you ain't careful. That's the whole point he need to pop another one because odd numbers are bad luck it's no need to have one child run around the house no need to have one child so get on back in there now and let's make it two hey hey them rose sparks they make you a little more fertile than what you normally are yeah yeah joe i got i got i got two on the way now yeah hey hey hey hey if if mama feel it right

1:05:27Shannon Sharpe:if it's that time for her yeah she got like a three-day window yeah and you all them sparks

1:05:31Joe Johnson:yeah yeah joe hey joe i got twins on the way joe you ain't got no twins on the way right i tell

1:05:39Shannon Sharpe:you rose spars boy they do wonders hey twins don't even run in my family joe but i i think i think once it once it got in my bloodstream had a mind of his own now i got twins on the way

1:05:53Joe Johnson:I'm done now though Joe I'm done you gonna let that man keep getting on nightcap like this

1:05:59Chad Johnson:acting like this man nah for real

1:06:02Joe Johnson:Joe she watching Joe come on Joe who would lie about pregnancy Joe that's a beautiful thing

1:06:09Chad Johnson:how far along is she huh here you go I hear what you said

1:06:17Joe Johnson:you supposed to keep that a secret until she about what 16 weeks Joe hey Joe Hey, Joe, she about 72 hours, 72, 73 hours.

1:06:26Shannon Sharpe:They do about 73 hours.

1:06:28Joe Johnson:No, she took the test like three days ago. She don't come out like that, man. He's 72 hours. Oh, man, that's 72 hours. I promise you, ask her. Baby, tell him, baby. If you're in the chat, just like blink.

1:06:43Chad Johnson:Lord, have mercy.

1:06:44Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, thank you. Y 'all can say congratulations.

1:06:47Chad Johnson:Congrats, man. What's that? Twins going to put you at what?

1:06:49Joe Johnson:What are they going to? 10. damn yeah I'm done I'm done I mean you know 10 and impossible sound like a nice little book I might go again

1:07:00Chad Johnson:boy 3 down in 2 minutes for me I'm gonna keep it 100 the worst thing

1:07:06Shannon Sharpe:you can be is child poor

1:07:11Shannon Sharpe:oh no bad

1:07:17Chad Johnson:yeah boy ooh

1:07:21Shannon Sharpe:Spurs legend McClung would put Ocho on a t-shirt. Who? He would.

1:07:26Chad Johnson:Matt McClung. Matt McClung, dude won dunk contest a couple years in a row.

1:07:30Joe Johnson:Oh, he nice. He nice at dunking, but dunking ain't got nothing to do with playing one-on-one. That ain't got nothing to do with playing one-on-one. Hey, how you going to jump if I'm in front of you the whole time? He's not even going to be able to get to his shot. He's not even going to be able to get to his spot. Joe, you have to understand. I play up I do this

1:07:50Chad Johnson:Ocho he got a little game now

1:07:53Joe Johnson:I know he got game Joe I got game too I know I be out there playing around but like if it's like it's really time and I'm competing and I got to ramp it up and I got to I got to I got to go so I don't get embarrassed Joe I can I can hoop for real now okay

1:08:10Shannon Sharpe:Raider Nation my only complaint this weekend was the events were way too early all-star is a primetime event. It probably will be. But what do they have going on NBC? The Winter Olympics. So, I mean, when you spend that kind of money, you're going to put the Winter Olympics, and the Netherlands been doing a Jake Paul's fiance. She won the 5, what did she get? She won the 1 ,000 meters. She won the gold and she won the silver. Her teammate. Man, I thought Aaron Jackson. Man, that girl came out. She came out hard and I know when she came out like that with the top end speed she got. Yeah. Is all she wrote?

1:08:54Shannon Sharpe:She was cooking. And that Norwegian skier, Claybo, the one that was running up the hill, did you see him running up the hill? Yeah. I seen it. 11 miles an hour?

1:09:05Chad Johnson:Yeah. I seen him, what's them ice skaters? I was watching them ice skaters.

1:09:12Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, that was What's the name, last name?

1:09:19Joe Johnson:You talking about Ice skating

1:09:21Shannon Sharpe:You talking about speed skating or figure skating?

1:09:24Chad Johnson:The speed skating, John Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

1:09:27Shannon Sharpe:The Netherlands, they went 1-2 Reverse order this time They went 1-2 in the thousand meter With Jake Paul's fiancé winning And this time, Jake Paul's fiancé Got silver is she she run for she run for the she skate for the netherlands netherlands yeah dutch

1:09:47Joe Johnson:yeah i mean it must be a repeat on that i got the the speed skating on right above my head

1:09:53Shannon Sharpe:well they moving oh yeah oh yeah they be they be hey why you know i just hey i like with hey they be in that curve they be leading that curve on yeah and then they come out of that thing Yeah.

1:10:08Joe Johnson:Yeah. If they ain't be looking smooth. And I like, hey, what's the one where they put their hands behind their back, that's the same thing, right?

1:10:15Shannon Sharpe:Oh, you talking about Apollo Anton Ono. Yeah. Oh, you talking about when they got about four, about five or six of them on the track. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:10:23Joe Johnson:That's short track. Hey, they be looking smooth. That'd be smooth as hell, boy. Hey, can y 'all skate, man? No, sir. Yeah, I can skate.

1:10:32Chad Johnson:I expected you to say that.

1:10:36Joe Johnson:Joe, I can skate. There are plenty of videos of me ice skating and playing and roller skating. Plenty of videos.

1:10:43Shannon Sharpe:Leardom. That's her name. You the Leardom. That's Jake Paul's fiancee. You the Leardom. She won the gold in the 1 ,000 meters with an Olympic record. And then a teammate came back and got the gold in the 500 with an Olympic record. But Clebo, that dude from Norway, he might have done passed. Johan Olofkos, the boss. I don't know. I think it was Calgary or Lillehammer where he won all those gold medals. But this dude here, he got nine goals, man. He got the most, and he still got like three of this to go. Hey, we should go do that. Do what? I can't skate. First of all, I can't skate on roller skates.

1:11:24Shannon Sharpe:I damn sure ain't going to be able to stand on no blade and have my foot.

1:11:28Joe Johnson:That's the whole point.

1:11:29Shannon Sharpe:I'm already getting the MII next week on my knee.

1:11:32Joe Johnson:Them blades hurt. I ain't going to lie. Hey, I think we should do it. We should allow people to see us in vulnerable positions doing things that we're not able to do. Ice skating, water skiing, jet skiing.

1:11:44Shannon Sharpe:When they see Joe eating all this food, you and Joe eating all this food, y 'all gonna be in a vulnerable position. He want food. Yeah, tell him what he eating, Joe. Tell him what he eating, Ocho.

1:11:56Joe Johnson:Bull, dick, and onions. Come on, man.

1:12:00Shannon Sharpe:You got that cow hoo-ha?

1:12:01Chad Johnson:Cow hoo-ha and cabbage? Hey, the enzymes in my stomach, you ain't even going to digest it. They won't try to tell you.

1:12:07Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, they got you.

1:12:09Chad Johnson:You just stay there for a while.

1:12:12Shannon Sharpe:The enzymes in my stomach ain't going to go. Hey, Joe. Hey, this stuff, you're going to be eating eyeballs and all that.

1:12:21Chad Johnson:Hey, look, and y 'all talking, I know y 'all ain't eating all that.

1:12:25Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, listen, I put everything in my mouth, Joe. Don't worry, I'm eating everything. Pause on Joe, pause. Oh, my bad, my bad, my bad, my bad. I'm sorry. I ain't mean to say it like that. I'm talking about food-wise. I'm talking about food-wise. Oh, so you saying you can eat eyeballs and all that? Yeah, Joe, all that, man. Joe, I done been all over the world. You done ate worse, Ocho.

1:12:50Shannon Sharpe:I mean, Ocho. Nah, nah. Yeah. I can't wait. But he get mad at me. He get mad at me. You eat all this, but you won't eat no booty. You won't eat no toast. No. Hey, I mean, that's what it's there for. No it ain't. No it's not. No, no, see there you go. See, I can hang with Joe. See, I can't hang with Ocho. See, I already know growing up, see, Ocho was that guy. Joe, you know you had to have that one homeboy to take one for the team? Yes, sir.

1:13:18Chad Johnson:Oh yeah, oh yeah. That's Ocho. Oh yeah. You got to keep one of them in the group.

1:13:23Shannon Sharpe:You know what I'm saying? Yeah. You know, I've been known, Ocho, you know what I'm saying? If you 198, you underweight. You know what I'm saying, Ocho?

1:13:31Joe Johnson:i like you know 198 you underweight i like that about 233 just right for me

1:13:37Chad Johnson:there we go there we go i like that i like that that's a big girl 233 oh yeah yeah joe you ain't never had nobody to 230 and up joe 230 that's a big person bro that's all right

1:13:53Joe Johnson:that's all right hey joe you ain't live till you had your bbw joe you ain't live at your bbw I'm telling you, boy. Hey, it's different. You know what? I don't want to get myself in trouble. All right, let me stop.

1:14:05Shannon Sharpe:Don't get yourself in trouble. But I'm just gonna say this. Hey, 200 and up, real flexible. Just say it.

1:14:18Joe Johnson:Hey, them some good days, boy. Them some good days, boy. That was just old memories, old memories. That's all, that's all it is. Okay.

1:14:25Shannon Sharpe:You know, my knees done got bad, got artificial help. I can't hold it like I used to. Can't hold it like I used to.

1:14:37Shannon Sharpe:Papy Ray 9445. Ocho, did you ever meet or see Kimbo Slice or Jorge Masvidal in Miami?

1:14:44Joe Johnson:Boy, I used to see them boys fight all the time. What? In the backyard joint? What? Boy, that was right there in Opelaka, Hialeah, in Miami Lakes. They used to do the backyard brawl way back in the day. They still doing it now. No, I mean, I'm sure they probably do, but it's a different era of dudes. But back then, hey, Uncle Joe, boy, them boy used to knuckle up. Boy, them boy used to knuckle up, you know, bet they love money. Martha's dog, man, got, hey, Kimbo was so goddamn man. Fergie. Mmm. I owe them some good days. Boy, I was a little shorty too.

1:15:26Shannon Sharpe:I was young. Mike, Mike, what's up, big three? Iso has to match y 'all energy y 'all put out. And still, man, Mike, don't get him started, man. Don't. Hey, don't. Mike. There you go.

1:15:44Shannon Sharpe:Isabel Rivas, who's the biggest steal in the NBA draft history, I think is Jokic. What do y 'all think? Absolutely. Yeah, he won second round draft pick as a three-time MVP, a finals MVP. Yeah, yeah. There's a chance. Hey, he got another MVP of the championship. It's going to be hard to keep him out of that top 10. Man, it is, bro.

1:16:03Chad Johnson:I think it's going to be hard to win another championship, but I definitely think he can win another MVP at some point. It's just because his game, he plays under the rim. He's not an athletic big, and he's going to be able to play for a long time. Be able to play for a long time.

1:16:19Shannon Sharpe:If he get Jamal Murray, get Aaron Gordon back. There's a good chance. Hey, they gave the Thunder all they could handle. Yeah. He did and took him seven. Yes. Yeah. Slick James, you can't have a million-dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic. That's so true, Slick. Hello.

1:16:43Joe Johnson:That's a good one right there, boy.

1:16:45Shannon Sharpe:Yep. Boy. Ace Wade, my high school football coach, used to tell us without struggle there is no growth. Right. Bingo. Thanks. Tay Tay to Wave A. Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 22. Had fun. Yeah, 22. That's a – I remember them days. 22. Yeah. R. Pew at 9189. Love the show, and I'm happy for my Florida brother, Ocho. So have you ever been to Melbourne, Florida, Reggie Nelson's hometown?

1:17:19Joe Johnson:Melbourne. I probably didn't drove through Melbourne. I can't recall. I ain't never been there to stop through.

1:17:27Shannon Sharpe:Melbourne, Florida. Spurs legend, I'm spending facts tonight. Taking a shower once a week, changing my life, and helping my pockets. Thanks, Ocho.

1:17:35Joe Johnson:You're welcome. I told you, boy. I'm telling you, boy. They do wonders for you. You look up and not realize how much money you save. when you look back at it.

1:17:46Shannon Sharpe:Juice 1976. Hey, guys. Unc, I agree with Ocho. If you go back to TV, it's got to be a package deal like the Kaminga family, Gloria's sister. Family got to eat too. Yeah. I like that.

1:17:59Joe Johnson:I like that.

1:18:00Shannon Sharpe:Brendan Thomas said, Hey, y 'all. Tomorrow's my wife's 32nd birthday and our eighth year anniversary is next month. I was wondering if y 'all can give her a shout out. Thanks in advance. Absolutely. You didn't give us a name, But Brennan, tell your wife happy 32nd birthday and congratulations on the eight years together. Happy birthday. That's great. Eight years, got a birthday and an anniversary coming up.

1:18:24Chad Johnson:Man.

1:18:24Shannon Sharpe:Got to have deep pockets. Will Victor, the top NFL players doesn't stand up for each other like the NBA players to get their needs. We agree.

1:18:36Joe Johnson:Yeah, it's too many of them too. Yeah.

1:18:38Shannon Sharpe:Yep. Too many people. I mean, 24, Joe has the best trash, has to be the best trash talker you ever played against. Joe, who was the best trash talker you ever played against? The best trash talker. I mean, man, listen, when I, Gary Payton, bro.

1:18:58Chad Johnson:Like, it wasn't even just to, it wasn't even just to the players, Uncle Ocho, it was to the refs. Like, he would talk trash to the refs. They wouldn't even take him, call him all kind of M-Ls and Bs. I'm like, yeah, he was hardcore, bro. He was hardcore. Like, he definitely was the best trash talker.

1:19:22Shannon Sharpe:That completes this episode of Nightcap. We want to thank each and every one of you for joining us. The All-Star Game was great. Team Stars ended up winning. They beat the world, and then they beat the Stripes in the championship game to basically Kawhi was on fire, but Ant-Man ended up winning the MVP. But this was very, very interesting format. I think this is something they can build on, so hopefully it gets even better for years to come. Thank you guys for joining us. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite and my partner and co-host, Liberty City's own, Bingo's Ring of Fame honoree. That is Chad Ochocinco Johnson.

1:20:06Shannon Sharpe:And the third member of the Big Three joining us on a Sunday night because of the NBA All-Star Game and to lend his expertise on basketball, University of Arkansas alum, seven-time NBA All-Star, and nominee for the Basketball Hall of Fame, ISO Joe Johnson. You're... 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. Thank you for your support and your continued support because it's because of you that all this is possible. So again, thank you. Guys, those looking to purchase a bottle of Shea by Laportier, head over to laportiercognac.com if you cannot find it in a state or city near you.

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1:21:31Shannon Sharpe:We look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow night. I'm Unk. He's Ocho. He's Aiso. We're out. I'm going to Waffle House.

1:21:38Joe Johnson:I'm going to Waffle House.

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