In short
NBA officiating/social-media scrutiny of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s foul-drawing style; WNBA recap of the Las Vegas Aces’ win led by A’ja Wilson; controversy over Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorby’s court ruling/injunction tied to alleged sports betting; plus lighter Q&A (Kyrie Irving rule debate, basketball rule changes, tanking talk, and sports/celebrity banter).
Guests (panelists)
The episode is a sports talk panel with recurring hosts/voices including “Sam Presti” as a quoted interview subject (not a guest), and multiple commentators: Joe, Ocho (Ochoa), Unc, Chad, and Shannon. No formal guest list with bios is provided in the transcript.
Key claims
- Sam Presti defends SGA: he says SGA “plays against six people” including social media, and that his contact/space creation is legal even if he exaggerates sometimes.
- Social-media clips “break down” players and can influence referees.
- Aces beat the Storm 101-91; A’ja Wilson posts 34/12/9/3 and becomes fastest to 6,000 points.
- Sorby’s injunction reportedly keeps him eligible; Big 12 teams allegedly plan to boycott Texas Tech games due to perceived bias (notably judges allegedly Texas Tech alumni) amid Sorby’s admitted betting.
Notable examples
- Comparisons to flopping vs playing through contact; Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook explosiveness.
- Aces milestones: Wilson fastest to 6,000; Jackie Young 29; mention of adding a 3-ball.
- Sorby: alleged $90,000+ betting, including 40 bets on Indiana football while a freshman.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VONews and Trust Issues
0:23 to 1:28
Discussion on the current state of news and the importance of clear reporting.
“Not all varieties available in all geographies.”
Sam Presti Defends SGA
2:35 to 4:40
Thunder GM Sam Presti addresses the criticism regarding Shea Gilders-Alexander's game.
“Relative to Shea and the narrative on that, you know, he's playing against six people.”
Debating SGA's Playing Style
4:40 to 7:00
A discussion on SGA's playing style, including foul baiting and social media's influence.
“No, Joe, that's not a problem, which you just explained.”
Evolution of Player Techniques
7:00 to 8:10
Examination of how players refine their techniques and its implications in the game.
“But like you said, anytime somebody finds out how to do something, over time they get better at it.”
Derrick Rose's Impact
8:10 to 9:10
Discussion on Derrick Rose’s unique playing style and its influence on the game.
“Well, hey, I'm going to think somebody throwing stuff.”
Comparing Athletes: Rose vs Westbrook
9:10 to 9:50
A comparison between Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook's approach to scoring.
“He going to shoot that mid-air all day long.”
The Role of Physicality in Basketball
9:50 to 13:20
Exploring how physicality influences basketball gameplay and player effectiveness.
“he got nice quads on him to be as angular and as slim as he is.”
Understanding Free Throws and Scoring
13:20 to 14:00
Insight into scoring dynamics and how player performance affects free throw opportunities.
“But look, I think the thing is also, guys, if OKC is still playing or if OKC had, you know, what Sam Preston is not having these comments.”
Analyzing Player Performance and Free Throws
14:00 to 17:08
Explore the impact of player positioning and scoring on free throw rates.
“So every night you're going to probably have a different challenge.”
WNBA Update: Aces' Dominance
17:08 to 19:10
Updates on the Las Vegas Aces' performance and key player statistics.
“34 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks.”
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Evolving Game of Women's Basketball
19:10 to 23:25
Discussion on how women's basketball is evolving with players expanding their skills.
“And that's why a lot of them girls coming from overseas to play over here in this league, them girls can shoot that ball old boy.”
Texas Tech QB's Legal Ruling
24:52 to 28:00
Analysis of the legal ruling regarding Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorensby.
“Texas Tech quarterback Brandon Sorensby has reportedly been granted an injunction he requested by a judge at the District Court of Lubbock.”
Debate on College Athlete Betting
28:00 to 31:00
Discussion on the implications of college athletes engaging in betting and its consequences.
“They probably, man, you know, he probably can make a nice little piece of change in college, you know, by staying in college.”
Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorby's Situation
31:00 to 36:44
Analyzing the repercussions faced by Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorby regarding his betting admissions.
“Oh, the love at bar association takes a bar association.”
Kyrie Irving and NBA Rules Discussion
36:44 to 42:00
Exploring the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving's decisions and their impact on NBA rules.
“Now it's time for our final segment of the evening.”
Nightcap Banter and Audience Engagement
42:00 to 46:20
The hosts engage in a humorous back-and-forth, responding to audience questions and comments.
“sports were played and the guys were really good yeah the guys were really good there's some good ones alright let's take a listen to the next one yo Nightcap fam what's poppin with y 'all man Mr.”
NBA and NFL Discussion
50:20 to 56:00
The hosts analyze the performance of various sports teams and players, including the Wizards, Knicks, and Spurs.
“Lil SGA Bro, was on the ground damn near as many times as the ball.”
Spurs Game Analysis
56:00 to 56:48
Discussion about the Spurs' performance and challenges in closing games.
“Every time you come in the game, they go on the run.”
Tribute to Stacey King
56:48 to 57:54
Conversation about Stacey King's passing and memories from his career.
“whether the players tell you or not, that should be overwhelming, bro.”
Player Performance Insights
57:54 to 58:57
Insightful comments on player performance and their impact on the game.
“Yeah, thoughts and prayers about Stacey King's family, friends and loved ones.”
Miami Restaurant Recommendations
58:57 to 1:01:09
Discussion about dining options in Miami and personal anecdotes.
“That's why you think about it, Kobe and Jordan and LeBron.”
NBA Playoff Predictions
1:01:09 to 1:03:15
Predictions and analysis of the ongoing NBA playoffs and team strategies.
“Your stomach don't hurt because you full of ish.”
Passionate NBA Fan Debate
1:03:15 to 1:04:46
Heated discussion on player attitudes and competitive spirit in the NBA.
“But the thing is, I underestimated the mentality of this team.”
Passionate NBA Fan Debate
1:10:20 to 1:10:48
Heated discussion on player attitudes and competitive spirit in the NBA.
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Transcript
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0:33Chad Johnson:I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait. It feels like it's trying to divide people. If we got clear facts, maybe we can calm down a little. NBC News brings you clear reporting. Let's meet at the facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News. Reporting for America. Discover a spectacular island destination with crystal blue seas, endless sunshine, and the cool Bahamian breeze. Baja Mar, located in Nassau, Bahamas, offers your choice of three luxury hotels, over 45 fine dining and nightlife venues, John Batiste's all-new jazz club, the Caribbean's most luxurious casino, and one-of-a-kind experiences for the entire family, like our 15-acre tropical water park, wildlife sanctuary, world-class golf course, and so much more.
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2:34Shannon Sharpe:Thunder GM Sam Presti spoke on the criticism towards SGA. Let's take a listen to what Mr. Presti had to say. Relative to Shea and the narrative on that, you know, he's playing against six people. He's got five defenders and the sixth defender is social media. And, you know, that's a reality. And he's not going to be the last player that the machine decides to target. But no one's going to handle this gracefully. Because when they turn it on somebody else, they're not going to step up there every night and not acknowledge it. I mean, what do you mean the machine? What do you mean social media? What the machine is talking about, what social media is talking about is exactly what he does game by game.
3:24He does it every night. What are we talking about? I'm sure, Mr. Presley, that's your player. You have to defend your player. But the eye in the sky doesn't lie, Joe.
3:32Chad Johnson:You saying what you saying? You saying he got that foul bait? Yeah, of course. Listen, listen, listen. Is Mr. Presley lying? Listen, listen. I'm not saying sometimes, you know, he don't over-exaggerate, you know, and try and get calls. But, man, that damn game seven, he didn't do no damn foul bait. That man was getting straight buckets. I understand that part, Joe. But what I'm saying is, this is a part of who he is and what he's done over the past three to four or five years, fellas. You know what I mean? He's a bucket getter. He creates a lot of contact. He plays through contact. He actually plays off of contact by lowering his shoulder, not overextending, but using them bumps to create space.
4:17Chad Johnson:That's legal. Space separation. That's legal, bro. That's what people don't understand. You can use your forearm, your shoulders, your hips to create space. Long as I don't overextend, I can brace myself.
4:29Shannon Sharpe:The same thing with us, Ochoa, how we do that, how we get that deep in that field.
4:33Chad Johnson:Yeah, I just think he's so good at it, bro, and he's perfected it that now it's a problem. You know what I mean? No, Joe, that's not a problem, which you just explained. There are a lot of players that have that in their toolbox. What's about the flailing? They're throwing your body all over the place, trying to create the fouls and get the foul calls. That is what he does all the time. I see it. You see it. Ray Charles can see it. I don't know if Mr. Presti watches. Listen. I know you have to defend your player, but the point to where everybody is mimicking some of the stuff he does globally around the world and making fun of it.
5:11Chad Johnson:Yeah, I mean, look, Ocho. It's a part of who he is, but he's right when he say that machine because social media points out they break down your game, bro. They break your whole game down, and they may clip farm you all the way up for five, ten minutes of you pushing off, creating space. And now, quite naturally, if a referee sees it, he going to watch it. You know what I mean? So he's just planting that seed. Yeah. Hey, hey, hey, Joe. Like you said, Joe. It's too many seeds out there, Joe. It's too many seeds being planted. because we continuously see the same thing over and over and over, as great as he is.
5:54He's one that knows how to manipulate his body, manipulate defenders, and get calls. Yeah, he does.
6:02Shannon Sharpe:And I think the thing now is that what Sam is saying is that because you have social media and because you have everybody that has a platform, even though obviously some people's platforms are larger, some people have five followers, some people got 500 ,000, some people got millions. And so now when you get everybody, they feel they're a head coach, they feel they're a former player, they feel like they're a GM or an analyst, and they can put a compilation together and say, look, look at this. I guarantee you if I go back over to your Ocho, I can find something. See, I told y 'all Ocho was nasty.
6:40Shannon Sharpe:I told y 'all Ocho was nasty. Look at it right here. Look what he's doing. And so that's what they do, Ocho. They take all your faults and they compile them together. And they're like, well, damn, y 'all do realize this is over a span of a year, over a span of over two years. Y 'all make it seem like it's all in one game. But like you said, anytime somebody finds out how to do something, over time they get better at it. And so now you get a situation where guys have perfected it. And it almost looked like a play. It looks like they normal. Like, damn, bro. How you do that? But they've gotten so good because they've seen so many players do it, and they get better and better.
7:29Shannon Sharpe:It's just like medicine. Can you imagine the first guy that got his ACL worked on, Ocho? Boy, that joke ain't never worked with you. The first guy that got his Achilles, they done gotten better. Think about it, Ocho. That was a death sentence. If you got an ACL, it ruined Gale Sayers. It was ruining players. Now guys coming back and having Tom Brady, ACL, you never know it. Adrian Peterson, you never know it. Guys have ACLs now, and there's nothing. Hey, Ocho, man, you've been the ankles out and tore up with that shoulder,
8:04Chad Johnson:hitting them with that shoulder and creating that little space, knocking them off balance, huh? Come on, man. When you going to do me like that? Well, hey, I'm going to think somebody throwing stuff. When I hit you with that shoulder, I'm telling you. Hey, Joe, when I'm sitting in that chair, I ain't going nowhere. Once I anchor down, I ain't going nowhere, Joe. But hey, one more thing. One more thing. Yes. I love Shea and Joe. Yeah, for sure. I love his game. I like it. I would love for him to play through contact a little bit more without flailing. I mean, that's what I'm saying. He's too frail to do that.
8:36He is so great at what he does. It's one thing to be able to create separation, and it's one thing to flop when creating separation. There's a huge difference. It's a huge difference.
8:48Shannon Sharpe:It's like a receiver. All receivers can't play through contact now.
8:54Hey, listen, I'm picking up this one down. Everybody can't play through contact. I like that one. I like that one.
9:03Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. He overdo it a little bit. He just overdo it just a tad. That's because, you know what, you've seen him play so much, and that's just his game, bro. He gets his mid-range. He creates the space. He going to shoot that mid-air all day long. He ain't going to shoot a whole lot of damn threes. He'll get to the cup, shoot a couple floaters. He may dunk every nine in, you know, get you a couple layups. But for the most part, he operating right in the mid-range area, and that comes with a lot of physicality, meaning him using his strength or using your strength against you, using your aggressiveness against you.
9:38Chad Johnson:You know what I mean? He is the best at that. Yeah.
9:44Shannon Sharpe:And look at it. I mean, his lower extremities, if you look at him, if you have been at a game and you look at him, his quads, he got nice quads on him to be as angular and as slim as he is. Now, his upper body is really nothing. But if you look at him from waist down, you're like, okay, I can see. I can see how you move. Got a nice, strong base. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Ja is another one. You look at Ja, if you look at Ja from waist up, you're like, damn. You look at Ja from waist down, you're like, okay. I can see why you can elevate like that. I can see why you can play off contact the way you does, contort your body.
10:23Shannon Sharpe:Because, man, I ain't never seen nobody contort. The only guy I see, and I never see him play in person, was Derrick Rose. How he can contort his body. He get up in the air and he twisting. He all over here and he all over here.
10:35Chad Johnson:Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh. Ocho, it wasn't none of them better than him at that. D-Rose. D-Rose. Oh, man. When you're talking about attacking the rim, bro, I'm talking about it may look like he out of control, but he in control. Like, he was so explosive. He had so much torque to his body, bro. Yes. You know what I mean? I think that's kind of ultimately why I end up giving out. He was just, he had so much torque in that body, bro. I'm telling you. That boy was mean, man. I played a playoff series against him the year he won MVP. He was the youngest MVP. We played against him in the second round. And that boy, that was serious, man.
11:16Hey, Joe, who was more explosive going to the basket or putting the ball in the floor going to the basket, Derrick Rose or Russell Westbrook?
11:22Chad Johnson:Russell Westbrook was, like, more ferocious. He was just, like, he trying to straight go through you. Like, it just, like, he was just. Yeah, he beast mode with a basketball. Yeah, he just was sick with it. He just had that mentality. D. Rose, you know, he had a real pretty floater. I don't know if y 'all really know, but he had a hell of a floater. Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He had a hell of a floater, but he would dunk you. But he would lay you even though he could dunk you. You know what I mean? As opposed to Westbrook, every night, I'm coming, uh-uh, you know what I mean? Yeah.
11:54Shannon Sharpe:That man ain't kidding. Russ said, I'm getting to the rim, and I'm not going around you. Yeah. I'm going to the rim. He's like, hey, you see that right there behind you? I'm going there, and I'm not going around you. Absolutely, absolutely.
12:07Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, this almost, for my dog lovers out there, it's like Russell Westbrook, he's a Belgian Malinois. You tell him to go get that dude on, he's jumping through the window. A dead road more like a German Shepherd, he gonna figure out how to get around it without, you know what I mean? Like, yeah. Yes. Hey, hey, hey.
12:28Shannon Sharpe:Well, bad, man. Also, I recommend do not get a Belgian Malinois unless you got time. unless you got space. That is not a dog. For somebody that's just, oh, I just know he'll tear your house up. That dog has boundless, boundless energy. It's meant to be to burn that energy. And if it doesn't burn that energy outside, it's going to burn that energy in your house, and it's going to tear your house up. So I'm just giving you a little advice on all these little cute and cuddly dogs that you see. Ooh, I like him. understand what that dog, that dog was bred and do something. And if you're not going to allow that dog to do that, leave it alone.
13:10Get it.
13:12Shannon Sharpe:People get dogs and they run away. Well, why the dog hurting my kids? Because that's what it's doing. You won't let him do that outside. So it's going to do that inside. You're going to have your kids huddle up in the corner. Yeah. But look, I think the thing is also, guys, if OKC is still playing or if OKC had, you know, what Sam Preston is not having these comments. He's trying to take some of this off. It's like, look, don't even worry about it, Shea. Continue to do what you do. Let me fight this battle.
13:46Chad Johnson:Yeah. And like Shea said, Shea's like, oh, I'm going to hear it. I'm not the first guy that they said Jordan got called.
13:56Shannon Sharpe:They said Braun got called. They said Kobe got called. They said James Harden. great players normally get calls who the hell you think gonna score 30 points and don't shoot no damn free throws a guy averaged 30 points more times than not unless you KD you're shooting about 10 free throws a game for sure
14:18Chad Johnson:yeah
14:20Shannon Sharpe:I don't care if you're Jordan I don't care if you're Kobe I don't care if you're LeBron you're Shea you're Luka James Harden you're shooting that many free throws unless you Kevin Durant, unless you Steph Curry, oh, you're shooting at that free throw.
14:33Chad Johnson:You got it. Because those guys love to score the ball so much that you have to find different ways to create points because when you're at the top of the scouting report, everything revolves around you, not letting you get comfortable. You know what I mean? Denying you the ball. So every night you're going to probably have a different challenge. You know what I mean? And, Unc, I don't know. I think if they were still playing right now, Unc, I think that music right there will be a little louder because people will still be talking about him foul-baiting and all that because his game ain't going to change.
15:07Chad Johnson:You know what I mean? He is who – No, no. Why would I change it? I'm having success. But I'm saying if they had made it to the finals, I think that's – You're probably right because people are going to say that's how they made it to the finals. There you go. So he can't win. You know what I mean? He just got to continue to keep dominating.
15:23Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. That would be like, Ocho, that would be like you trying to change your game to play like Julio Brandon Marshall or one of these big physical receivers trying to play T.O. Trying to play. Hell no. My job, I'm playing with edges. I ain't letting you get your damn hands on me. Hey, you know I would end up trying to play with them? Play with them? On the sideline? Over the body Gatorade. You gonna be a gunner. You see how them guys have them gunners hemmed up? Throw their ass all on the bitch? Yeah. You gotta realize the guys that play physical, look how big Julio was. Look how big T.O. was.
15:57Shannon Sharpe:Look how big Brandon Marshall was. Look at the size. Brandon Marshall, 6 '4", 230. Julio, 6 '3", 225. T.O., 6 '3", 215. Megatron, 6 '5", 241. Yeah, they can play the contact. Yeah. But why am I going to try to play like that when I'm 185? Man, please, get out of here. Man, you scared the boy. Yeah, I am. You're right. Go ahead. Yeah. But guess what? Them playing physical and me playing on edges, we're getting the same results in the end zone on you.
16:29Chad Johnson:Yeah.
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16:31Shannon Sharpe:So that's what I tell people. Look, I have to use what I have to be successful. I can't play like everybody else. I mean, yes, if I'm going up against a corner or safety, yeah, I'm going to play the contact. I'm going up against a backer. Why would I play that way against a backer and he's outweighing me by 10, 15 pounds? To try to prove a point? How tough I am? Why am I in the league? I'm plenty tough enough. Damn y 'all. We don't get no points. Right. Y 'all got me beat. Aces topped the storm. 101-91. Aja Wilson had herself a game, guys. 34 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks. Jackie Young added 29 points.
17:16Shannon Sharpe:Aja became the fastest player in WNBA history to score 6 ,000 points, doing it in 13 fewer games than Diana Taurasi. Asia did it in 271. I mean, excuse me, 278. DT did it in 291. She was 10 of 19 from the field. I don't know if y 'all noticed, but she's working on MVP number. What's their record?
17:39Shannon Sharpe:I think they lost three. They lost three or four games, Ash. Oh, yeah.
17:45Chad Johnson:Jackie Young got it going now.
17:48Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I guess she has some things off the field, off the court. She got that rectified. She been cooking ever since. Yeah. You been cooking ever since. They got a nice squad, bro.
17:59Chad Johnson:They got a nice squad. Well, I always expect the aces to be there. I mean, when you got a big, I feel like if you got a big in the WNBA and she is dominant as age is, it's shit. You know, you're going to be projected, you know, be one of the top teams if not the top team every year. Yeah. and they got to figure it out they got to figure it out
18:26Shannon Sharpe:oh man they got Jackie had 29 Chelsea had 12 Asia 34 Smith had 16 when they get Kennedy Carter back because Kennedy Carter was going to be the 6th woman what she did she got hurt I think so I think so Joe but you know what I'm looking at Asia if you notice Joe she's added that 3-ball to a game
18:52Chad Johnson:Yep, shoot three for five tonight. Yeah.
18:56Shannon Sharpe:Remember the other time? Damn, I wish you could have got that. That triple-double. That one-one season. That triple-double. Yeah.
19:01Chad Johnson:You know, in today's game, bro, it ain't just the men out here expanding their game. These women, man, they taking the game to a whole other level, okay, Ocho? Hey, hey. These big girls ain't just out here. They ain't just in the paint no more. You know, you get a lot of girls.
19:16Shannon Sharpe:And that's why a lot of them girls coming from overseas
19:19Chad Johnson:to play over here in this league, them girls can shoot that ball old boy. Yeah.
19:26Shannon Sharpe:Man, look here. And she's still the best defensive player. Why y 'all bull jibbing? Yeah. Hey, two-way, give it to you. Like I said, I've seen, look, I'm older, the NWNBA came in and I know all the great players. To me, now, if you want to say college, I would say Stewie is probably more accomplished when you win four championships in college, four most outstanding players, you are a two - or three-time player of the year, and she's a two-time MVP, and she's won finals. Okay, but I'm talking about this right here? Now that she got that three ball in the bag, you know she got a mini. She got the three ball now.
20:14Shannon Sharpe:You know she got as good a postgame as that we have currently in the WNBA. Yep. and she give it to you on the other end. Bring it in if you want to. No, sir.
20:25Chad Johnson:And she got a mean pump fake, too. Her pump fake. That shot fake she got, that thing mean, boy. That thing mean. Hey, she'll pump that thing up and get on eight. Yes, sir.
20:35Shannon Sharpe:And what she got, her competition in the offseason is bam. She said, if I can score two, three points on bam, y 'all ain't got nothing. Y 'all chicks ain't got nothing. Y 'all got no chance. Zero. Bro, all I need is to see two or three go in. Yeah, yeah.
20:52Chad Johnson:Y 'all ain't got nothing for me. Yeah, yeah. Bam, hey, hey. Y 'all got left of zero. Bam, taking it easy on Ocho on the court. Well, she said, bam, hold on now.
21:02Shannon Sharpe:You gotta realize now. Come on now, hey.
21:11Shannon Sharpe:Hey, if you don't wanna sleep on the couch, back your ass up a little bit. He didn't jump off. Because you know Babb is an outstanding one-on-one defender against guys. But I'm saying, she's like, hey, I'm working on him, and I'm working on my postgame against him. I'm working on my punk thing against him. Well, if I can do anything against Babb, what you think I'm going to do against you? But she's my favorite player. She's my favorite player to watch. I always try to watch her. I got to get to a game this year. Man, this story breaks my damn heart. I don't know what to do. Copenhagen Spit Free packs American-grown tobacco into pouches.
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22:30Chad Johnson:I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait. It feels like it's trying to divide people. If we got clear facts, maybe we can calm down a little. NBC News brings you clear reporting. Let's meet at the facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News, reporting for America. Discover a spectacular island destination with crystal blue seas, endless sunshine, and the cool Bahamian breeze. Baja Mar, located in Nassau, Bahamas, offers your choice of three luxury hotels, over 45 fine dining and nightlife venues, John Batiste's all-new jazz club, the Caribbean's most luxurious casino, and one-of-a-kind experiences for the entire family, like our 15-acre tropical water park, wildlife sanctuary, world-class golf course, and so much more.
23:25Visit BajaMar.com today. When it comes to advancing your education, you have more options than you think. At Rasmussen University, we find ways to remove barriers, not build them, like a new laptop if you're eligible, and enroll in select online or on-campus programs. That means flexible and engaging online courses and resources, tuition savings options if you qualify, exceptional student support, and much more. Online nationally or check out their 20 campuses across six states. Start when you're ready and get the support you need. Visit rasmussen.edu. This is Tab Ramos from Inside American Soccer.
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24:53Shannon Sharpe:I have a spanking. Texas Tech quarterback Brandon Sorensby has reportedly been granted an injunction he requested by a judge at the District Court of Lubbock. Okay, there you have your answer. Sorensby is not expected to be eligible for the 2020 college football season and will not have the NFL supplemental draft. The judge reasoning granted Sorensby injunction. The courts find that Sorensby will suffer a probable and imminent an irreparable injury without the injunction because he'll be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University 2026 football team. And according to Rob Reiner, the majority of the Big 12 teams are boycotting the games against Texas Tech next season due to Brandon Soresby ruling.
25:36Shannon Sharpe:I'm told multiple board members have also motioned to eject the Red Raiders from the league. Only current holdouts are BYU. The athletic officials from Nebraska, Georgia, sent department-wide memos today instructing their coaches and sports deputies not to schedule Texas Tech. If games are already scheduled, the schools may work to cancel the matchup. All four justices on the seventh court of appeals in Texas, guess where they graduated from? Texas Tech.
26:12Shannon Sharpe:Hold on. Don't nobody want to recuse themselves. Don't nobody say, you know what? the look of this if we were to grant this day yeah can you imagine what this is going to look like so nobody thought anything nobody said you know what you know what Ocho Joe I'm just going to recuse
26:34Chad Johnson:myself the man
26:37Shannon Sharpe:admitted that he betted on games in which he was a member of the team when he was on that team and he said I wagered at least If the reports are true, reading what I read, Chad, and if y 'all read it, you read it. He bet$90 ,000 when he was the quarterback. Not one time, but over bets, multiple thousands of bets. Damn. He admitted it while he was participating. And y 'all say, you know what? He going to suffer irreparable harm. What have you done? Hey, so teams that have Texas Tech on the schedule, they're declining? We ain't nothing with y 'all. We ain't nothing with y 'all. Would they really do that, you think, Oc?
27:29Shannon Sharpe:Yes. I mean, Joe, how do you – who thinks this is justice? all three all four of these judges graduated undergrad at Texas Tech they're hearing a case involving a current student
27:53Chad Johnson:athlete at Texas Tech and you don't
27:57Shannon Sharpe:think that there's an impropriety you don't think there's a bias you see old church remember I told you when you everybody's ever been to a courthouse you look at what does Lady Justice she got a scale but she's blindfolded but they say sometimes when you walk up they're peeking to see who is actually walking up in steps I'm with you when you're right but I also have a question is young bull really that good is he that good
28:26Chad Johnson:is this the kid that was he at Cincinnati at first
28:31Shannon Sharpe:I think he was at Cincinnati I think he was at Indiana he's a lot of different schools I think he's been a couple of places why he keep bouncing around like that hey Hey, they find out he bettin' he gotta go somewhere else and play another bet. You can't keep going.
28:47Chad Johnson:Hey Chad, is he good, Chad? They probably, man, you know, he probably can make a nice little piece of change in college, you know, by staying in college. Yeah, for sure. For sure, absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, but for them to grant him the bench and play after he admitted to that, yeah, man, that's foul, bro. But in a situation like that, he throws a pick and they lose the game,
29:12Shannon Sharpe:a close game. How do you convince the people in the stands? How do you convince the people that's watching that he didn't do that on purpose? See, once I cast doubt, I've got to believe what I see him is on the up and up, Ocho. I've got to believe what I'm seeing is on the up and up. if it's not on up and up. What do we got here? Tell me what we got, Chad. Right.
29:40Chad Johnson:Damn. Man, hey, listen. Look, but why y 'all talking for real? I heard that, you know, they caught a lot of student athletes this past season, football and basketball, as far as like guys point shaving and things of that sort. Yeah, this is big, man. This is huge. Like, these people ain't been, hey, there's been some cats out here throwing games man hey yes hey Joe I don't understand why they doing it you already making good money and you trying to double up on your money I mean for what you know what Ocho
30:17Shannon Sharpe:I don't know what an individual situation is so I don't want to say but me I mean to like know my teammates and to know the type of work that we put in and to go out there and deliberately drop a pass or deliberately go out there and do something. Bro, that ain't going to rest.
30:35Chad Johnson:That ain't going to sleep well. That ain't going to – As hard as we worked – as hard as I worked in college, bro, as hard as I know my teammates worked, boy, we going to jump your ass. We fine as you don't. We going to whip your ass. I'm serious. Boy, we worked too hard for that. Man, man, run us to death for now. Man, please. What? it. Wow.
31:00Shannon Sharpe:Oh, the love at bar association takes a bar association. It's a boy. He gonna suffer irreparable harm. He's sure. Yeah. Yeah. He should. You, you, you got that. They've got without consequences. What lessons can be learned? Oh, no. none at all and you get listen you got to make it yeah yeah somebody you got to that's the whole point in order for someone to learn a lesson they had to have suffered some level of consequence he suffered nothing he gets to play even after admitting that he bet almost 90 000 if the reports of what I've read is true. That's what he said. Allegedly, he said that. And then, hold on, let me make sure I...
32:00Shannon Sharpe:The court finds that Sorsby would suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury without the injunction because he will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University 2026 football team. He should. suffer intermittent and irreparable injury because of what he did.
32:20Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. I'm with you, bro. Think the team going to let him back, huh? Especially with all that. Come on, man. You think, hold up. So you think if people raise enough hell, they going to still keep him on the team? I do believe it. I don't know. unless he's the next Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen.
32:49Shannon Sharpe:Man, man, being a fool. Ocho, Ocho, why you fake Texas Tech? Who put the money up for the pill to be heard? Oh. Hey, Texas Tech got that bag too over there. Yeah, they got the money down there.
33:04Chad Johnson:Come on, man. Damn. They don't make it right here because they got the money. They don't make it right. Oh, no. It definitely ain't right. Oh, hell.
33:13Shannon Sharpe:Absolutely not. Sorensby acknowledged he had wagered at least$90 ,000 on pro and college sports over the past four years, including 40 bets on Indiana football while he was a freshman with the Hoosiers in 2022. Again, chat, he acknowledged that he wagered at least$90 ,000 on pro and college sports over the past four years, including 40 bets on Indiana football while he was a freshman on the Indiana Hoosiers team in 2022.
33:54Chad Johnson:Come on, man. Hey, hold on. Hey, that ain't number eight, Joe. Didn't they just take – I know it's two different sports and Terry Rozier is an NBA player. They took all their money. Yeah, my whole 26M. Yeah, arbitrator rule. It's probably going to be hard as hell for him to get back in the NBA.
34:14Shannon Sharpe:and you mean come on man joe joe joe but you gotta help me understand joe you're making 28 okay i can't i can't help you understand now oh joe okay well help me out joe you're making 28 million yes sir and you potentially allegedly what's being reported is that you took a hundred thousand dollars hey um so how you how you how you drop how you drop how you jump over a stack of money to pick a dime up. Can I tell you something? Yes. That ain't nothing, but being in it with the wrong crowd and the wrong people. You right, Joe. And you ain't got no choice. You hear me? Are you picking up with a little down?
34:51Yeah, yes. Come on now.
34:54Chad Johnson:No, bro. I still, I can't even fathom that, man. I'm sorry.
34:58Shannon Sharpe:Listen, I wouldn't be with that crowd. I don't, look, Ocho, you know when we play, hey, man, who you think gonna win? Who you think? Bro, I don't wager. Because you go pick these games and you get pitched, the first name you're going to say, man, Shanna Sharp told me such and such. Yep. They don't care nothing about you. They want a big fish. How many times have you seen somebody have a perch, have a crappie, have a bluegill, have a red breast held up? Now, how many times have you seen them have a largemouth bass or a tuna or a stripe? They want the trophy. You ain't no trophy. Ocho, Joe, Unk, we the trophies.
35:40Shannon Sharpe:They want to try their ass out there. Make an example out of us. How you admit that you gabbled on pro in college, you played 40 best when you were a freshman, and they're going to talk about you a fuck sufferer. What about the irreparable harm that you've done? What about the imminent harm that you've done?
36:03Chad Johnson:Yeah, man. I don't know how they can continue. I don't know how he can keep playing, bro, behind this.
36:12Damn.
36:13Shannon Sharpe:He better declare for the draft. That's what – but the problem was it was too late. So he had to enter the supplemental draft. I can't remember the last player that's gone in the supplemental draft. The supplemental draft used to be a thing. Yeah. Bobby Humphrey went in the supplemental draft. Steve Walsh went in the supplemental draft. There have been guys that's gone in the supplemental draft. But – I'm sorry. This is great. This is outrageous. I'm curious to see how this is going to play out. It ain't going to play out well. All right, guys. Now it's time for our final segment of the evening.
36:46It's time for Q and A.
36:58Shannon Sharpe:Before we get to our Super Chats, we have three video voicemails from our Discord. Let's take a listen to the first one. The first question is for Shannon. Based on how critical you were of Kyrie during the COVID and missing games, saying he didn't need a coach, do you think that you were too critical on him now looking that he's had a finals run and how good of a player he's become now and how he's put that behind him? And where would you rank Kyrie Irving now? Would you put him in the top 75?
37:26Chad Johnson:And my last question for all of you is, if you could change one rule about basketball, what would it be?
37:35Shannon Sharpe:For me, I think two things can be true. You understood in order for you to play, and I think a lot of this had to do with they never forgave Kyrie for what he said, you know, about the book and that he, you know, I guess he admits. I forget because it's been so long ago, and they held that. My problem was is that they went overboard with it because he had to write all these apologies and he had to do all that when no one else in history has ever been critical of another race and had to do all of that, had to jump through all of those hoops in order to return. So that's when I started siding with Kyrie.
38:12Shannon Sharpe:No, everybody had to take the COVID shot. The rules were, I didn't want to take the COVID shot either. But Fox said, if you want to work in this, you're going to take it. You got a choice. You can take the shot and work, get paid, or not. I chose to take the shot. it's really simple you didn't want to take the shot you couldn't play I think two things can be true and he didn't want to take the shot so they say you couldn't play but I think a larger part was the thing that transpired with the book I don't know anything about the book I don't but I don't think I was overly harsh on Kyrie I think everybody understood the rules the NBA said in order for you to play you got to take the cold shot, Joe.
39:05Shannon Sharpe:So, Ocho, what? You got to. Ocho, if you want to go into a foreign country, you got to take this shot. You got to take, okay, you can't come. I ain't taking no shot. Okay, you don't come. Right. We're not changing the rules for one individual when everybody else has had to do it. So Kyrie had his stance. Okay, fine. I ain't going to beat the guy up about his stance, but you have to understand the NBA had the rules and they said you got to take this shot. Yeah.
39:40Shannon Sharpe:Top 75. No, because I think there's some guys. I think Dwight Howard should be in the top 75. I don't care. Nobody say Dwight Howard is a top 75.
39:46Chad Johnson:I agree. I agree with you.
39:49Shannon Sharpe:That's just me personally. You don't think Kyrie is? No. Of who? Because you know where you put somebody in. You got to take somebody out. Yeah, I know. I'm just asking. I'm just asking. Dwight Howard was the best player on a team that went to the NBA finals. He's a three-time defensive player of the year, and in his prime, he was a top five player in the NBA. He was that. Now, you could say, well, all he did was jokes, and he didn't work on his shot, and all. You can say all of that may be true. But also, what else is true, he's a multiple-time defensive player of the year, He's a five-time All-NBA selection, and as the best player on his team, he took a team to the NBA finals.
40:36Shannon Sharpe:Bad boy. And in his prime, he was a top five player.
40:40Chad Johnson:Bad boy, man. What rule would you guys change? What rule would I change in the sport of basketball? Damn.
40:56Chad Johnson:Maybe if you get a challenge right, you get an extra one.
41:00Shannon Sharpe:Okay, I like that. Kinda like to do an NFL, Locho. Yeah, yeah. You win the challenge, you win the next challenge. Oh yeah, yeah.
41:07Chad Johnson:See, that don't make no sense to me. You win the challenge, but you don't get another. I might need another one down the track because y 'all calling these bad ass calls out here. Yeah, had you not made that bull job call, I would have had to use this one. I could have still had to. I mean, there's gotta be some repercussions or something for the rest messing up, man. You know, come on, man. I agree
41:34Shannon Sharpe:Boy, stop Somebody talking about Kyrie over Moses Malone They ain't seen Moses play, y 'all Man, Moses was a three-time Moses was a three-time league MVP Went back-to-back out of finals MVP Man, y 'all better stop
41:47Chad Johnson:Moses was a real deal
41:49Shannon Sharpe:I promise you guys Sports were played before the internet Sports were played I know you 20 and 30 something year olds think that I'm telling you sports were played and the guys were really good yeah the guys were really good
42:06Chad Johnson:there's some good ones
42:11Shannon Sharpe:alright let's take a listen to the next one
42:13Chad Johnson:yo Nightcap fam what's poppin with y 'all man Mr. Hell when I was well the Bujitsu slash Tungfu master and Mr. Keepin 100 I got a question for you, Joe. Because based on these last few shows, dog, something's just not adding up. You ain't been keeping it 100 for real. Like, I've been seeing, you know, all these people come asking an old show about eating groceries and all this and that, bro. And you talking about breathing techniques and all kind of stuff that you got to have. Like, you know, just to, you know. The chat know what I'm talking about, man. The chat know what I'm talking about. I can't even like, I can't.
42:56We need answers, Joe. We need answers.
42:59Chad Johnson:Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, hold on. I ain't trying to put words in his mouth for none of that. But is that man, was he trying to throw me in first place? Yeah. I told you, Joe. Like, you know, I've been trying to tell you the whole time. I'm not sure if the chat was picking up what I was putting down, but finally somebody said. Hey, chat. Chat, y 'all know better than that chat. Y 'all see what's going on, chat. Y 'all know A.A. chat. Come on now. Come on, man.
43:29Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, he talking about breathing techniques. You see what I'm saying? Everybody, the chat already know I'll be out of breath. I'm all out.
43:35Chad Johnson:Listen, listen, listen.
43:40Chad Johnson:He jackrabbing as soon as he get in there. He jackrabbing. Yeah, yeah, I'm all out.
43:46Shannon Sharpe:I'm like the Kenyans. I run as hard, I run as fast as I can as long as I can. Nah, nah, nah. See, I'm with the monks.
43:51Chad Johnson:I'm taking my time, baby. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm slow rolling that thing. Yeah, yeah.
43:56Shannon Sharpe:I mean, it come from the days back in the day, Joe, you ain't have a whole lot of time. Now you had to sneak a peek when you could. You know what I'm saying? Hey, somebody coming home. I'm hungry. Hey, see y 'all. Somebody coming home. See, see y 'all, y 'all wild. Oh, here, here, here. Hey, hey, hey. I ain't gonna lie to you.
44:13Chad Johnson:See what I'm talking about? I ain't gonna lie to you. Energy stinks tonight. I ain't gonna lie. I just gotta keep it funny. Energy stinks. Ever since you got on here tonight, Tonight, your energy, it been real low. Yeah, you been a diamond. My energy is great. I'm just saying, y 'all talk about what y 'all do in the bedroom and behind closed doors.
44:32Shannon Sharpe:Ain't nobody said nothing about it. I just said I had to pick up the pace because somebody might come home abruptly. That's the exact same thing. Or a car might pull up on you. Okay, my bad. I'm here. My next loss. My next loss. And y 'all talk about - I know. You been a diamond ever since.
44:50Chad Johnson:Come on, man. Yeah. Bad juju and all. Come on, Unc. Hey, get the man right, man. Hey, y 'all, matter of fact, Joe number one, Unc, you number two. And I'm in the last spot.
45:02Shannon Sharpe:Hey, everybody know Unc last. Unc, Unc, everybody know Unc. Hey, hold on.
45:07Chad Johnson:We got to talk about it. I bet if you throw a poll up in the damn chat, I bet they let y 'all know who won two or three.
45:15Shannon Sharpe:Hey, y 'all got to think about it, man. Y 'all was five, six years old. I was up out of high school, so man, y 'all know I ain't got no kind of motion no more. Boy, please.
45:25Chad Johnson:They ain't got no motion like I used to have. I do something so. Yeah, they ain't got heard you in motion. What you mean? You ain't got no - There you go, Joe. I just gotta keep it real. I thought we keep it real. I thought we keep it real.
45:37Shannon Sharpe:I thought we keep it real. Like my grad used to say, stirring up old issues. I thought we were keeping it real.
45:44Chad Johnson:Nah, sometimes it's 40 % real. Hey, what dude call Ocho? He said booty something. What'd he call Ocho? He called him something.
45:55Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, he called you something. Bujitsu? You just said he just said - Tongue food master and Bujitsu.
46:00Chad Johnson:Yeah, he said, nope. I ain't, I don't know what that. Yeah. Tongue food master and Bujitsu.
46:13I just be playing. Yeah, right. All right.
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49:35Shannon Sharpe:Whether we're building themselves or commands we're building themselves. I want to answer their show and please believe me peace
49:43Chad Johnson:he talking about the Wizards and Commanders who is the worst at tanking yeah probably the Wizards because the Commanders are good now hey hold up though hey listen hold on I expect the Wizards to be fighting this year if they gonna keep Trae Young AD and draft AJ I expect the Wizards to be in the playoffs this year next season I mean they tanking over with they didn't carry that it's over with
50:17Shannon Sharpe:there's no reward
50:18Chad Johnson:there ain't no reward no more we're all Nick fans with the brooms
50:25Shannon Sharpe:laugh my ass off this ain't no walk in the park that disrespect in the house with the president and the mayor stopped playing Spurs let's go
50:33Chad Johnson:put them damn brooms up Ocho you, Fat Joe Spike Lee I never mentioned a broom yeah you did you mentioned a broom I said Nixon Six grab you a twix listen you, Fat Joe, Spike Lee all y 'all yeah you can put them brooms up partner yeah
50:58Shannon Sharpe:Reggie say is that a swing set behind you hell no in shades. Jayden Brunson, a.k.a. Lil SGA Bro, was on the ground damn near as many times as the ball.
51:11Chad Johnson:They making him work, boy.
51:18Shannon Sharpe:Josh McLean said, looks like the refs met this summer with the monks, too.
51:26Shannon Sharpe:They let him play tonight. You got to get them to play tonight. I was holding that whistle. Shout out to brothers Nelson, Marco, Gumbo, Fieldtown, CJ, and Tyshawn for watching the game, seeing history. Jujitsu Ocho, I'll admit you look nice shadow boxing with them hands. You don't think you look pretty shadow boxing, but you get folded in them clothes, though. I mean, you be peeing in and popping, and it just look good on camera. You don't say, ain't none of that going to work on him. No, it look better with a body in front of me. I'm going to show you. All right.
52:05Chad Johnson:It's going to be coming straight through that little week. Whatever it is, they ain't going to get it. Whatever you throw, I'm going to parent and count them. All right. All right. You better go get you some contacts. Hey, Joe, I'm right down the street. You know that, right? Yeah. Huh? Listen, my fight ain't until 7 a.m. I could come down there real quick and look you up. Hey, send me a location. We can link up. It don't matter however you want to do it, buddy. All right. I'm right here on Peachtree. What you talking about? I'm going to meet you there. Just go outside and stand on the corner and send me your location.
52:35Chad Johnson:Watch me pull up. All right. I'm going to text you to you.
52:41Shannon Sharpe:Castle carried the game, guys. Come on. Castle was amazing. So we ain't going to talk about what Wimby did, huh? So Wimby was some stir fry.
52:49Chad Johnson:It was a good two-head monster tonight. I thought there were spurts where Castle was carrying them. Then I thought it was a spur where Wimby had a good little spur were going, I thought they all played a major role in obviously them winning tonight. But that Castle 3?
53:08Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah. Wimmy kicked it
53:12Chad Johnson:to him and he shot that D3? Yeah. That Castle 3 and that Fox middie towards the end of the game.
53:21Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Huge. Wimmy missed a point back layup that would have put him up to him. I said, come on. You should have seen me over there. Nick fans. Go ahead, Ojo.
53:33Chad Johnson:You should have seen me over here when he missed that damn layup.
53:37Shannon Sharpe:Man. Nick fans might storm the capital after this game.
53:45Shannon Sharpe:Ojo and Steel Keith Isle, longtime fan, fellas. I want to know your top five New York celebrity role versus L.A. role, celebrity role. Damn. That's for you. Yeah, I don't want to. Yeah, I don't want to throw yours out there.
53:58Chad Johnson:Yeah.
54:02Jack Nicklaus Jack Nicholson Oh Nicholson my bad Jack Nicholson The man that always wear the hat and them boots
54:10Chad Johnson:Who you gonna match up with New York With New York With the gray hair Jerry Seinfeld Ben Stiller Spike Lee Yeah
54:31yeah well
54:32Shannon Sharpe:Spike is number one in New York Spike Ben Stiller Tracy Morgan yeah Chappelle I mean not Chappelle Chris Rock Chris Rock do you say Jerry Seinfeld
54:51Chad Johnson:yeah I said Jerry Seinfeld yeah Hey, he's coming to a lot of our Brooklyn games, by the way. Oh, yeah.
55:01Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I can believe that. Woo-woo. Demzell, Jack Nicholson, Diane Cannon.
55:16Shannon Sharpe:Ooh, ooh.
55:18Chad Johnson:Shit. Shit.
55:26Shannon Sharpe:Eddie Murphy. Yeah.
55:37Shannon Sharpe:I guess I go Jimmy Iovine. I mean, a lot of us, the slips, they don't pass on. The Lakers.
55:48Shannon Sharpe:Unc, your favorite player, Harrison Barnes, was a DMP coach's decision. You can rest it. You know what, Joe?
55:57Chad Johnson:You got to chill. You got to chill. You got to chill. They didn't give them no clock tonight?
56:05Shannon Sharpe:Nope. Ms. Johnson said, you know what? Every time you come in the game, they go on the run. Now I'm going to keep you over here with me. Don't get mad now that your neck's lost. I'm not crying. Oh, hey, I'm not crying. I'm not crying. I'm just saying. Don't simmer down a little bit. The Spurs got to work on closing each half strong. Blowing these leads can be costly for two Spurs.
56:28Chad Johnson:Yeah, it has been costly.
56:31Shannon Sharpe:Absolutely right. Great physical game by the Spurs tonight. Control the pace without forcing things. Ocho, your neck's starting to look gassed.
56:42Chad Johnson:They're definitely making Brunson work for everything. And I just think with all the buzz in the city, whether the players tell you or not, that should be overwhelming, bro. I bet it's overwhelming. You know what I mean? It's just so much that you have to deal with, not only physically, but mentally, staying locked in. Like Josh Hart said, I seen in his interview, he said, hell, you can't even go nowhere without them praising you. And if you hear too much of it, you know, you have a tendency to relax. You start to leave it. Yeah.
57:19Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, we got your back. Nixon six.
57:26Shannon Sharpe:Let's go. Oh, man, you need to step your glass game up. Ocho, an ISO I hear competing on the slide. I love the show. Dedicated face. Man, I'm just trying to see you. That's all I'm trying to do, bro. Because I can't see nothing without these glasses. That's a good one. Anybody on the panel met Stacey King before? Said that he had a fall at his home. Sad. Yeah, thoughts and prayers about Stacey King's family, friends and loved ones. He had, by his sudden passing, being reported as an accident in his home. No, I've never met Stacey King. I have not. I remember him at the University of Oklahoma. Yeah.
58:13I think, yeah, they ended up, I think he was on that team that ended up losing. I think they ended up losing to Kansas because Kansas ended up winning it in 88.
58:26Shannon Sharpe:Danny in the miracle.
58:27Chad Johnson:Hey, hold on. He used to work for the Bulls, didn't he? Wasn't he working for the Bulls?
58:30Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
58:31Chad Johnson:I think I met him before. I just can't really pinpoint when, but I think I have met him before, though.
58:39Shannon Sharpe:When they put Cornette in, Catsey ain't nothing.
58:42Chad Johnson:That boy went straight to the basket, didn't he?
58:46Shannon Sharpe:Hey, he got us a couple of rebounds tonight, Joe. I was like, okay, okay. I'll leave you in a little while. Talk about Cornette?
58:52Chad Johnson:Yeah, he's down there fighting for his life. He's trying to get him a few minutes in there. It's hard to take Wimby off the damn flow, man.
59:00Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.
59:01Chad Johnson:Ooh.
59:03Shannon Sharpe:But that's what normally happens, Joe. That's why you think about it, Kobe and Jordan and LeBron. You go back and look at early in their career. Them y 'all was playing 42, 43, 44 minutes. Yeah, look, this is the time. If you go back and look, look how many minutes Jordan and Kobe and LeBron was playing early in their career in the regular season. Them girls were playing 40, 42 minutes a night. I don't know when this 32, 35 minutes came into effect. But then go look at their stats and see how many minutes they were playing. Every minute. Ocho, me and my wife are going to Miami in July. Any restaurants you make a man, and will you meet us there?
59:43uh yeah yeah yeah i'll meet you i definitely meet you man you know when the time come you know come on back on the show and let me know i mean july if it's around world cup time uh i'm gonna be gonna be difficult because you ain't gonna be home yeah i'm doing a lot of traveling my traveling i'm more i didn't already started so but if i'm there man definitely is as far as restaurants to recommend you know you're with the wife you know you're you know you're usually your nice five-star restaurants uh prime 112 uh stk um carbone uh poppy steak i mean you'll like i ain't i ain't never been a carbone it's like that i mean it's cool i i go once a year i go once a year you know uh me and me and my baby you know i don't i don't frequent those type of places often you know but uh when people come in town i do suggest you know they go to some i came in town
1:00:36Shannon Sharpe:you didn't take me to poppy steak. I mean, I came to Atlanta. You didn't want to hang with me for breakfast. Man, I told you I had to be somewhere. Oh, Joe, you would see what I made. Hey, that could have waited. That could have waited, huh? The fact that you don't get to see me often outside of nightcap means I got a chance to see my co-host. He's in my city. You know what? I'm going to change what I got to do in Denver just to show him some love and hang out and probably take a little bit and talk about the show and talk about how far we've come. It's been three years and we couldn't imagine the success we've had without the, you know, I mean, but that's just me.
1:01:08Shannon Sharpe:This dude here, Osho. This dude here, Osho. I mean, that's just me, you know.
1:01:17Shannon Sharpe:Your stomach don't hurt because you full of ish.
1:01:25Shannon Sharpe:Nick's brick drumsticks. Spurs and six. There you go. I feel we got a crazy uncle. Do y 'all have any funny stories about y 'all uncles? My uncle wasn't crazy like that though. I got his back.
1:01:38Chad Johnson:See, mine was. Mine, my mama was the only girl. I got four uncles. And they all different in many ways. But hey, so I done seen it all. I done seen it all. Trust and believe. Man.
1:01:59Shannon Sharpe:Spurs have answered the call. They needed the wake up game. One and two. Go Spurs, go. Ocho's team didn't even make the playoffs. He shouldn't be saying basket or ball. I know, he get mad at Joe and I. But he been gloating. He gloated, Joe, you remember he gloated the whole OKC and Spurs. Yeah. Yeah. I told y 'all. See, y 'all don't know ball like Ocho.
1:02:27Shannon Sharpe:I swear I saw Wemby grab Bunsen by the neck, shove him, and somehow no call. With John Jones' elbow, too. Low key, he's Dre my level. Where were the money?
1:02:38Chad Johnson:Hey, get your ass off of me. I'm sick of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All this physicality y 'all bringing, this flopping and flailing. Man, you trying to set a pick on me? I'm going to meet it. Get your ass out of here. Yeah.
1:02:59Shannon Sharpe:Nah, you said they ain't coming back to San Antonio, super cap. I didn't think so. I did not think. Especially because remember how demoralizing that was for the Cavaliers when they had that big old lead in game one, Joe, and they really never recovered. But the thing is, I underestimated the mentality of this team.
1:03:19Chad Johnson:Yeah, they're a far better team, obviously, than the Cavs. I just think, you know, they have so many different guys who can beat you. Obviously, Wimby and Castle playing great tonight. but you never know. Next game, hell, Champinney and Vassell could both go for 20 and be able to eat fish. I just think, you know, they don't just depend on one guy. Obviously, Wimby is a catalyst, but bro, when you got all these young thoroughbreds, the way they playing, look at Harper, man. Hell, like I said, he couldn't hit nothing, but boy, he wasn't scared. I'm talking about he was steady putting them up, but he may win you the game next game.
1:03:57Chad Johnson:So, so.
1:04:01Shannon Sharpe:Unless you're Nick fan, I don't know how you can hate on a 22-year-old with the mindset he has. He wants it. You can't. You got to respect it, bro. Go ahead. You got to respect it. Everybody wants it. What'd you say, Ocho? Everybody want it. What are we talking about?
1:04:18Chad Johnson:Oh, here he go. See, do you see what I'm talking about? What's that? Everybody that's playing in his final want it. Josh Hart want it. Yeah, bro. Ocho want it. Brunson want it. Because they don't conduct themselves the way Wimby does and him want it. Hey, get your heart out of him. I thought you were going to keep it 100, man. You ain't keeping it 100 acting like that, man. You juju off and everything. Everybody playing wants it. I mean, what are we talking about?
1:04:45Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to end the chat if you keep yelling.
1:04:50I'm just saying. I'm keeping it 100.
1:04:55Shannon Sharpe:What's good, Nightcap crew? Hey, I just wanted to let y 'all know I saw the video of Xavier Hutchinson and it was a keep or cut best wide receivers of 2000. He cut T.O., Megatron. He cut T.O., Megatron, and Randy Moss. Well, those are the pretty many guys. I mean, obviously you sprinkle in Marvin Harrison. I mean, look, the 2000 was really good because you got Megatron, you got T.O., you got Randy, you got Fitz, and you got Marvin. you got Steve Smith in that era you got Anquan Bolden in that era you got Reggie Wayne in that era yeah I mean you got a bunch of guys that got a thousand catches in that era yeah Randy don't have a thousand but he got I think Randy has the most Fitzgerald has the most yards but I think Randy got a bunch Unc Ocho you have to stay away from Houston my question is, do you guys not have self-control?
1:06:03Shannon Sharpe:If not, I feel sorry for your future wives. I know you guys are better than that. Love the big three. Who said that? Huh? Who said that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what?
1:06:15Chad Johnson:Somebody said exactly what I was thinking. I'm like, yeah, yeah. Okay, Ocho, y 'all ain't got no self-control when we go down to Houston? I ain't got no problem. Shit, everybody in Houston ain't got self-control. Ain't got nothing to do with me. I mean since the beginning of time everybody been having issues I ain't got no problem you just stay out there yeah we staying out here Joe
1:06:48Shannon Sharpe:that concludes this episode of Nightcap we got ourselves I believe we have ourselves a series as the Spurs take game 3 on the road 115 to 111 Wemby and Castle, the first two players, 22 years or younger, to score at least 20 points or more in a finals game. Thank you guys for joining us. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite uncle. That's my partner and co-host. That's the rock runner extraordinaire, the Bengals' Ring of Fame honoree, a former Pro Bowler and an All-Pro. That is Chad Ochocinco Johnson. And the third member, a seven-time NBA All-Star, the smooth shooting guard, the clutch bucket getter.
1:07:23Shannon Sharpe: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 podcast from we would like to thank each and every one of you for your support tonight and many many nights before tonight and many many more nights to come it's all because of you the success that Nightcap has been able to enjoy for almost three years is solely in your hands again thank you for your support and your continued support those looking to purchase a bottle of shade by Laportier Head over to LaportierCognac.com.
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1:08:25Chad Johnson:Ocho, send me that low.
1:08:28Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, all right.
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