In short
Nightcap Hour discussion blending NBA headlines and personal stories, including Tyler Kolek being briefly checked by NYPD at a parade, Jalen Brunson’s short “prove them wrong” message, and a rumor about a “no sex” rule during the Knicks’ playoff run. The hosts also debate roster-building needs around Luka Doncic (Lakers) and what it takes to win in close games.
Guests (as referenced)
No formal guests appear in the transcript. The “guests” are the sports figures discussed: Tyler Kolek (NBA player), Jalen Brunson (Knicks star), Jordan Woods and Kat (mentioned in relation to the “no sex” rumor), and Luka Doncic (Lakers star) plus team/roster figures like Austin Reaves, Deandre Ayton, Walker Kessler, Jalen Duren, and Joel Embiid.
Key claims
- Kolek was mistaken for a fan who jumped a barricade.
- Brunson implied opinions don’t matter once you win.
- Knicks players were allegedly encouraged to follow a “no sex” rule; Woods/Kat didn’t.
- For Luka, the Lakers need a championship-level, defensively capable center and defenders for clutch situations.
Notable examples
- Brunson’s parade quote: “I don’t have to say shit… I just gotta prove me right.”
- Hosts cite how close-game pick-and-roll defense matters, referencing OKC and Austin Reaves’ role.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VONostalgic Stories of Youth
2:31 to 4:35
Hosts share humorous childhood tales and lessons learned.
“I had to, hey, me and my homeboy, we had to get it.”
Teenage Experiences and Lessons
4:36 to 6:38
Discussion on teenage antics and the lessons from them.
“Hey, Ojo, he had to sit out there in the car with his girlfriend one time.”
Desires and Experiences in Nightlife
6:39 to 10:59
Exploring the allure of nightlife and what it means to experience it.
“Because you know, most of the time, see the thing is, if you think about it, Ocho, ain't a whole lot of teens travel with teens because they want to be the baddest one in the group.”
Freaknik Memories and Life Choices
11:00 to 14:00
Reflecting on the Freaknik festival and its impact on life choices.
“because something, there's nothing like a lived experience.”
Moving Plans and Housing Discussions
14:00 to 18:40
A conversation about potential moves to Houston and discussions on housing.
“I said, hey, because we had stayed at the Hyde before.”
Moving Plans and Housing Discussions
19:15 to 19:53
A conversation about potential moves to Houston and discussions on housing.
“You could wait agonizing hours just to get a doctor's appointment.”
Houston vs. Other Cities
20:41 to 24:49
A lively discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of living in Houston compared to other cities.
“And our podcast Point Game is about defying the odds.”
Tyler Kolek's Interaction with NYPD
24:51 to 28:00
Discussion about Tyler Kolek being checked by NYPD and reactions to it.
“Man, Joe, man, see, I keep telling y 'all, y 'all keep sleeping on Joe.”
Parade Highlights and Jalen Brunson's Speech
28:00 to 29:00
Discussion about the excitement at a parade and Jalen Brunson's impactful speech.
“Hey, they about to put it there right back over that gate.”
Brunson's Legacy After the Championship
29:00 to 30:20
Analyzing the significance of Jalen Brunson's championship win and its impact on his legacy.
“There's a lot of people who have a lot of opinions.”
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Meeting Jalen Brunson's Family
30:20 to 31:30
Sharing experiences of meeting Jalen Brunson's family and insights about his team.
“Yes, because it's so surreal when it's happening and you just caught up in it, you with your boys, y 'all laughing, y 'all joking like, man, we having a good time, X, Y, and Z.”
Jordyn Woods on the Knicks' No Sex Rule
31:30 to 32:30
Jordyn Woods discusses the controversial 'no sex' rule for Knicks players during playoffs.
“You know, him and World Wide West, they don't want to put this team together.”
Challenges of Maintaining Discipline
32:30 to 34:10
Exploring the difficulties of adhering to strict discipline rules in competitive sports.
“Yeah, put that salt, they put that, they used to call it salt, Peter.”
Superstitions and Personal Boundaries
34:10 to 36:10
Discussing superstitions in sports and the challenges of personal boundaries during playoffs.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Mr.”
Reflections on Athletic Performance
36:10 to 37:30
Reflecting on past athletic achievements and the importance of mental focus.
“oh i'm good day we do that right now hey joe you hey man you joe you be thinking about man man i remember i used to get up and down this cold hey i could run up and down this coat seven, eight, nine, 10 times.”
Competitive Mindset in Sports
37:30 to 39:10
Discussing the competitive mindset and how to channel anger for performance.
“And he pissing you off right now, huh, Joe?”
Physical Challenges and Injury Recovery
39:10 to 40:50
Conversations about injury recovery and the physical demands of competitive sports.
“Hey, what you described to me is sound like you playing a video game.”
Playful Banter and Sports Rivalry
40:50 to 42:00
Engaging in playful banter about sports skills and friendly competition.
“You think you could do something with me in any sport, let alone - Damn, Joe.”
Physicality in Sports
42:00 to 43:00
The hosts discuss physicality and contact in sports, particularly football.
“Oh, or he got the stab, hey, bam, a bam, turn.”
Podcast Recommendations
43:29 to 44:48
The hosts introduce and discuss several podcasts, highlighting their themes and guests.
“And I'm CJ Toledano, and our podcast Point Game is about defying the odds.”
Luka's Championship Aspirations
44:48 to 48:19
The hosts analyze Luka Doncic's desire for an A-list center to build a championship team.
“I'll be chatting with guests from all walks of life about the power of humor when it comes to facing difficult times.”
Lakers' Team Dynamics
48:19 to 55:54
Discussion on the Lakers' roster decisions and the importance of team dynamics.
“You better get your hands ready, because I don't know you ain't did a whole lot of SWATing lately.”
Building Around Luka: Challenges and Strategies
56:00 to 1:04:01
Explore the complexities of building a championship team around Luka Doncic and the implications of player contracts.
“now what are the other pieces that we build first that we add to Luca that makes us Spurs, Thunder, Nuggets, Minnesota?”
Transcript
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2:30Shannon Sharpe:She said, I heard that call.
2:36Shannon Sharpe:She had a stick. Man, please. I had to, hey, me and my homeboy, we had to get it. We got it in. Hey, everybody knew who I was. I just needed one to ride shotgun with me. Because I was going to get me, me. Now, I needed somebody. That's why you got to have that one guy that'll take one for the team, even if they're no team. He'll take it. Hello. I had him. But you know what? I got my girl. Hey, my father's going to take care of her.
3:15Shannon Sharpe:You gotta have one of them. You gotta have one. Got that. He was the one. It didn't matter. It didn't matter. It didn't matter who she was. She could be 500 pounds. Right. She could be 311 and 92 pounds. Yeah. Right up his alley. Damn. Take her down through that.
3:34Chad Johnson:Shit. I already know it. I already know it.
3:39Shannon Sharpe:so but that was them were the days Joe I was like Lord have mercy I was like cause I was thinking like I wonder if anybody else doing this
3:50Chad Johnson:everybody doing it bro
3:53Shannon Sharpe:but see I couldn't I couldn't like I'm you know my man I snuck such and such in the house my mom was working and so forth they were gone and I man I couldn't do it I went man please there wasn't nobody bringing them cast out and them iron ass bears, all that squeaky going on.
4:08Chad Johnson:Hey, you know, like, I tell y 'all, my oldest has been caught a couple times. I know he gonna be probably embarrassed because he be watching the show, but...
4:16Shannon Sharpe:No.
4:18Chad Johnson:You know, like, real talk, like, you know, we live in a little cul-de-sac where it ain't but, like, three houses in this gated community, so it's probably 10 to 12 cameras as soon as you turn on the block, so it ain't nothing you can do that ain't somebody gonna see. Even if my neighbors see it, they gonna come right there, oh, we see a car parked back there. And who was that? Oh, okay. All right, let me check on that. You know what I'm saying? Hey, Ojo, he had to sit out there in the car with his girlfriend one time. I guess they had been out there about two, three hours. And the car didn't cut off.
4:51Chad Johnson:It didn't stop. It wouldn't start. So her dad calling. But I don't, you know, I'm like, man, I don't know what the hell you talking about. Like, what are you talking about? Like, I ain't thinking my son out there. that man out there, you know. I said, man, don't you know, bro, I once used the car at times. I know what you out there doing, bro. You know what I'm saying? They think we crazy, man. I'm like, bro, why you think I'm so crazy? Man, I know everything that going on.
5:21Shannon Sharpe:For sure. And that's what I'm saying. I'm like, guys, y 'all trying to pull something that I did. Whatever you think about, I done thought about it twice. whatever you did, I did it three times. You can't boo me. I said, y 'all gotta realize, I said, the differences between, I was a star athlete. Everybody in the surrounding counties knew who I was. So it wasn't nothing. Like I said, I had a homeboy, I had a homeboy, but hey, we be walking the street. Well, you know, I want to, but... Hey, I called my homeboy. I should have, I should have, hell, Liberty have to call in and ask him. Oh, yeah, oh, man, I already know Sharp's gonna have him.
6:13Shannon Sharpe:He said, I take leftovers. Hey, hey, I still eat leftovers. To this day, I could call it right now. To this day. Hey, man, look here, I got something I need you to do, man. Hey, I'm telling me, she ain't no looker now. Like my grandma used to say, boy, she ain't easy on the eyes. She hard on the eyes. Man, Sharp, you know they ain't never father. Right, right. Yeah, you got it. Yes! Right to this day. Mm-hmm.
6:43Chad Johnson:Take it.
6:44Shannon Sharpe:You gotta have one. You need one. Because you know, most of the time, see the thing is, if you think about it, Ocho, ain't a whole lot of teens travel with teens because they want to be the baddest one in the group. Absolutely. Oh, yeah, absolutely. They gonna travel with a 10, they gonna be whoever the 10, they might be one more, but then you gonna go out of like eight, seven, six, you always have a two or three in there. Cause you know, guess what? They got one, they gonna need one to take one for the team too. Hey, hey, cause guess what?
7:15Chad Johnson:Cause she gonna be Hayden, boy. That two or that four in the group, he gonna be Hayden. Ooh, she gonna be Hayden. Hold on, yeah. Hey, Joe. Shut up! Yeah, hey you trying to talk You talking for Hey
7:31Shannon Sharpe:You know you used to be down there on the car Hey, you be down there like this here You on one leg in the passenger window You like this here She in the back Mm-hmm He ain't no Will you be quiet? Damn He's always one Yeah, ain't nobody talking to you First of all, you not driving You in the back seat for a reason Cause they don't want nobody to see you. I'm talking to her or the driver. Yeah, yeah.
8:01Chad Johnson:It's a, hey, your boy ain't lying, boy. Hey, it was a good day though, boy.
8:08Shannon Sharpe:I want them days to come back. Like I said, Lord, thank you. That kid ain't got nothing like they pop. Huh? That was a good day. That was a good day though. That was a fun time, they were. Cause you, but all you had was like, man, man, what you gonna be like, man, when you get 25, I said, man, I'm gonna be in the NFL. He'd be like, man, Sharp, I know, boy, I know you gonna have him. Ooh, boy, you gonna have him. My grandma used to tell me all the time, boy, good times ain't owe you nothing. It won't and it don't. That's why I was, that's why Joe, Ocho, we talking about, man, Ocho, you need to get out, you need to go.
8:44For what?
8:44Chad Johnson:Been done it.
8:47Shannon Sharpe:Done it.
8:49Chad Johnson:Ocho, he already threw that thing apart boy he didn't throw it apart at plenty of times look at it i think vegas i used to come to i used to come to vegas yeah oh lord hey joe see unk then had a time right but i never had the i never had the opportunity to have the kind of time he had i ain't you know i wasn't a clubber there's certain things i still want to do even at my big age that i was never able to experience even during my playing days. What you want to experience? I want to know what it's like to go to the club. I want to know what it's like, Joe, to pop bottles. I want to know what it's like to stand on the couch, Joe.
9:27I want to know what that feels like. I still have yet to do that. Joe, I done been in Miami all my life, Joe. I ain't been to club live yet. Joe, I done been to booby trap one time that because my older daughter told me.
9:38Chad Johnson:Hey, Ocho, Ocho, it's overrated. It's overrated, but when you go there and you hunt, like we used to do back when we were young, we should be hunting. We should be out hunting. You hear me? Yeah. For sure. We going in there thinking like, oh yeah, I'm gonna find me something new tonight. Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking for something new. Yeah. Now it can't be overrated, Joe, from the stories I be hearing, Joe. It can't be overrated.
10:01Shannon Sharpe:But once you've done it, Joe said, once you've been there and done that.
10:07Chad Johnson:See, Ocho, you go party now, you ain't gonna be hunting. You just gonna go out there. You got campoters in the house. yeah yeah yeah no more i i i want the stories that i hear the stories that i've heard over the years i want to experience that and joe you know you know why i ain't go i ain't spending no money they telling me how much the the table and the section what y 'all doing and i'm you telling me how good of a time you had i'm listening to the numbers that you paid i'm saying what you doing And here I go, you got them brother's food about the money you're wasting. I understand that, I understand that.
10:48Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, you got me with, I mean, it's over. You got, I mean, for you to fully get the concept of what it's like, you gotta be single. Absolutely. That's the only way you can experience because something, there's nothing like a lived experience. Somebody telling you something is one thing, you living it is something entirely different. I can tell people what Freak Nick was like, and unless you were there -
11:16Chad Johnson:Right, you'll never know. Hey, hey, and if you ain't single, that mean you don't give a damn. It's one or the other. Either you single, or you don't give a damn. Yeah, yeah. That's the only way you gonna enjoy it, O-J. And now, hey. Hold on, I'm gonna tell you, I'm gonna tell you mother half with me now. Oh yeah, yeah, okay. Well, you ain't going to get, I mean, look, and from what I hear,
11:41Shannon Sharpe:they be like that, but I, nah, I'm good. Yeah. I ain't nobody else, ain't nobody else getting on the team. Hey, Joe, why do you think I keep telling Unc, man, we got to get down to Area 29? Yeah. The small experience that I had, that a drill in the rush, that high, being that it's something that I don't do often, that was exciting to me. And I'm good. Oh, it's exciting now. You know, I went to the city and the girl's fine. I mean, I didn't go a whole bunch, but when I, hey, I can see why guys be marrying them. Because they be fine as a mofo. And I'm talking about tens. Hey, hold on, Monk. Joe, Chad.
12:25Joe, I did, I was in, I think I had a signing. I had a signing. I was in Houston for one hour. Had to go do a signing right now. One hour, but for one day. I did the show from Area 29. I asked the owner. I said, dude, I've never been here before. Would you mind? How's the Wi-Fi? Is the Wi-Fi here good? Can I do the show here so I can show Unk? Like, boom, I made it. Happy. I'm a grown man. Why am I excited to be in Area 29? Because I'm not used to being in that type of environment. Joe, we had three dancers on the show, Joe. Joe, they were so... Wait, I can't get myself in trouble. Joe.
13:05Shannon Sharpe:Like that? To my teeth.
13:07Chad Johnson:Yeah, they was on the show, they tell their name, yeah. Joe. Hey, I've never been to the area, what, 29? Yeah, hey, Joe. Oh my God. It's like that, oh Joe.
13:23Joe, I can sit here and cry right now on cue, Joe. I ain't never seen that. I ain't.
13:30Shannon Sharpe:Look, when I went to the Freak Nick and I saw those women, I said, I got to move here. I called an agent and I said, hey, I said, hey, tell them, hey. I said, I went home because I got there that Friday. And back then, we had no hotel. Me and my brother stayed right at the Hyatt, Joe. You know, the Hyatt right down there. Yeah. So, went to, hey, I said, hey, bro, meet me in Atlanta. I said, okay. He said, where we going to meet at? I said, meet me at the Hyatt. because back then they had no GPS, they had no MapQuest. I said, hey, because we had stayed at the Hyde before. Got there, I said, y 'all got any room?
14:04Shannon Sharpe:They're like, yeah, but you got to, I ain't have, hey, you got no credit card. I said, I got cash. How much you got to put down for the deposit? So how many rooms? I said, we need two rooms. I said, I give you$2 ,000 cash deposit for both rooms. Because you know back then, I ain't leave home. I ain't leave home without 10 bands on me. Ooh, okay, big money. Never left home without 10 bands. At least at the bare minimum. I don't carry money like that. I got credit cards now, so I ain't got to carry no kind of cash. Got the rules, me and my brother. I said, man, I said, what do you think, Spank? He said, man, shh.
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14:39Shannon Sharpe:He said, I'm going to stay in South Carolina. I said, I'm moving here. I said, I'm moving. Man, I got home Sunday night, Monday. I called my agent. Lady met me like on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Man, I was closing. I had me in the house that Thursday. Closed on that thing a month later. Yes, yes Lord. Hey, what do you think? What do you think about it? Let's get a place in Houston. Oh, hey, you talking about all three of us. Yeah, y 'all, let's get some, you know, probably in the same gated community, you know, some, you know, 10 ,000 square feet. No, absolutely not. No? Absolutely not. Hey, you know what?
15:16You get a lot of bang for your buck when it comes to, you know, your housing now.
15:22Shannon Sharpe:All I'm saying is this. is that I came this close to moving to Houston before I moved to Vegas. Looked at Austin, looked at Dallas, looked at Nashville, looked at Houston, looked at Vegas. Vegas won out because I spent so much time in L.A. It was only a 40-minute flight from Vegas to L.A. and I came forward. To be in Houston, that was the only reason. And then, Lord, have mercy. What happened? Take your time now. What happened? I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. I mean, I love it. I can't. You may look here. Look here, bro. Every day. Every day, I got to walk me straight and narrow. Every day.
16:13Yes, sir.
16:15Shannon Sharpe:Houston got. I used to thank Atlanta. And Atlanta got some nice looking women. Don't get me wrong. Absolutely. but Houston's on another level right now different I call it the devil's playground yeah
16:33Shannon Sharpe:so I'm good me and you know Vegas you know Vegas be popping it don't but I'm cool I don't need it to be popping I don't go down to the strip unless I got a function I got something got to do you know we doing something with you know X Y and Z other than that I don't go down to the strip
16:53Shannon Sharpe:Houston? Y 'all talking about get a place in Houston? Yeah. Hey, hold on. We gonna be out the way now. We ain't got to be in the mix.
17:00Chad Johnson:Can you imagine the opportunities, boy, we get in Houston? Yeah.
17:07Shannon Sharpe:What kind of opportunities you talking about? The kind of opportunities y 'all talking about? I don't want no part of it. Man, mama ain't gonna finish that. We talking about business.
17:17Chad Johnson:You know, we talking about business.
17:19Shannon Sharpe:No, I'm good.
17:21Chad Johnson:Man, you didn't even think about it.
17:22Shannon Sharpe:You answer so quick. I hear that man talking about, oh, hold on, Joe, he talking about, man, I call Houston the devil playground. You looking at the devil. What the hell? No, man, I'm good. No. Already know me. Every man, Clint Eastwood said it, every man gotta know his limitations. Yes, sir. Mm. Every man gotta know his limitations. Remember what Joe said, Joe?
17:49Chad Johnson:What you said about the menu, Joe? You can look at the menu, you ain't got to order nothing. There it is, honk, right here.
17:54Shannon Sharpe:You can look at the menu. We good. We good. How many times you done like, you know what? As a matter of fact, let me change that. Let me, instead of that baked potato, let me get the, let me get the groton potatoes. How many times you done changed your mind looking at that damn menu? Man, look at it for Joe. I ain't listening to that Joe.
18:17Chad Johnson:I already know.
18:22Chad Johnson:Yeah, just a thought.
18:24Shannon Sharpe:Ain't no thought. And plus of all, you in Miami. So we all go, go. We all go, go to Joe. Go get a place. You will get a place. I will get a place. That means I got three places. I got a place in Atlanta. I got a place in Vegas. You don't need your place in Vegas. because you're going to get you a big boy out there and use it. Oh, no. Copenhagen's spit-free pouches are packed full of American-grown tobacco. Made for welders. Stuck behind masks. More mechanics. Stuck on a fused spark plug. The long-haul trucker is stuck in gridlock. For foreman working late at the field office. Or any time there's no time or space to spit, there's Copenhagen's spit-free pouches.
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21:14He has to guard Julius Randle. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on a night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too.
21:24Chad Johnson:Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court, licking his fingers while he got the ball. Like, after you go through a training camp with that Isaiah, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You said to me, yo, you know, keep at it because you let me rap for you. It was magical for all of us.
21:50Shannon Sharpe:We made it. We made it. Yeah. I'm like, we? You know, I'm like, I know these guys, but who are you? I'm MC Jin and this is Laugh But Not Lease. I'll be chatting with guests from all walks of life about the power of humor when it comes to facing difficult times. Like the co-founder of Rough Riders, Darren D. Dean. Talking about as a kid. Do you remember that we met even way before that? Let me think.
22:14Chad Johnson:Did you walk up to the gate? That was me, D. That was you? That was me. The day we found out that you and the whole crew was at Hit Factory, the mission was to get me to go to the gate, start freestyling, and see if I could get in the studio. I'm rapping, and then suddenly I hear a voice. Hey, open the gate. Let him in. The gate slowly went. Come, come, come, come, come, come. They all, they're watching this, and they watch me walk into there, and that is a moment that I will remember for the rest of my life. Listen, and last but not least, with MC Jen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
22:45Shannon Sharpe:Oh, no, that's not finna be my main resonance. Listen, all jokes aside, if y 'all were to do it for real, I'd leave Miami. Because there ain't nothing but an hour and 40-minute flight. I leave. Kids come with me and all. No, I'm good. You know the kind of house I can get in Houston? Oh, I know. Man. I know. I'm good. I'm good. Joe, you stay in Atlanta? I think it works perfectly. Ocho, you in Miami? Joe in Atlanta? I'm in Vegas? We got a nice little... Nah. Hold on, but think about this. Think about if we all live in Houston and we all had a studio we can all go to. And do live. Live, every night.
23:33We right there.
23:36Chad Johnson:Good energy. Entertainment. You know, I don't agree with Ocho too much now. I don't agree with him too damn much, but. Yeah. The man got a point now. Hey, hey, hey.
23:47Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, he do got a point. Unfortunately, it's on the top of his head. And I ain't listening to nothing that man said. hell no hey think about it now no state taxes now ain't got no state tax in Vegas they didn't have no state tax in Tennessee that's why those are the states that's why I looked at Texas Dallas, Austin, Houston Nashville Vegas like okay Nashville was just too far Nashville is a place that once I'm done with this I can see myself in Nashville have me a farm, have me a couple of little mini highland cows and horses and some raccoons and stuff on the farm stuff like that, dogs running the property, stuff like that but nah, I can't do Houston guys, come on man man hey, one thing about it, my grandma said you only live once now and you know what, if you do it right that's all you need, I'm good if you live right, you don't need to live twice I got you.
24:54Shannon Sharpe:Man, I have to do that. You outvoted. Man, Joe, man, see, I keep telling y 'all, y 'all keep sleeping on Joe. Now y 'all see Joe doing colors.
25:08Chad Johnson:Yeah. Listen, listen. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Listen, I'm following you guys lead, man. I'm following Ocho lead.
25:18Shannon Sharpe:I ain't mention nothing. I ain't mention nothing about no big. oh joe oh joe did yeah i i'm just i'm just thinking about that we're gonna listen to ocho huh since we started that's what i'm saying i normally don't listen to him but he got a pretty good damn point right now hey hey hey i'm talking about taking nightcap to the next level can you imagine hey hey joe what's the name uh the texan stadium uh nrg i think it's nrg but think about You talking about the Texas play? Yeah. I think it's NRG. Let me tell you right. We moved to Houston, Joe. It's summertime. Yeah. We could do a live nightcap show and sell out NRG Stadium.
26:04I see that. I can see that. What we talking about? I can see that. What we talking about? Huh? Think about the business opportunities that we can have in Houston.
26:13Chad Johnson:Hey, Ocho, I'm with you when you're right. We just got to get one person on board. We got to get them on board. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. We could go do nightcap at Denver. I don't even know the name of stadium. I don't even know the name of stadium. We could sell out Denver Stadium right now. Like it's a football game. In Cincinnati. We can go sell out Paycourt Stadium right now. Nightcap. In Cincinnati live with the victory. Man, what are you talking about, man? We can come out to our own music. You talking about a time. You talking about a time. Oh, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta think, you gotta think business, man, business.
26:56Shannon Sharpe:Let me think about it. Yeah, okay. Hey, that's my dog. Let's go. Woo! The video made a round of a backup point guard named Tyler Kolick briefly stopped by police officers who apparently didn't recognize him as a player. Take a look at this video, guys.
27:21Damn. He lightweight looked like. He looked like one of the fans that jumped the barricade. He do. He went right in.
27:29Shannon Sharpe:I've seen him on the bench, but I can see. If they don't watch, they absolutely think he a fan that jumped the barricade and got in there.
27:40That's an honest mistake on they part. Yeah.
27:42Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, look. He out there jumping around running. Hell, I thought he was too at first. I ain't going to lie to you.
27:51Shannon Sharpe:Bro, how many white guys they got on the team? He don't look like Jalen Brunson. He don't look like Cat. He don't look like none of the ones that normally play. Bro, get your ass out of here. Right, right.
28:04Chad Johnson:Hey, they about to put it there right back over that gate.
28:08Shannon Sharpe:Exactly. Exactly. They looking at him like, bro, man, I play with the Knicks. I swear I do. Okay. Hey, Dix ain't got no mascot. So, now hell nah. But hey, he was having him a good old time. Let the man live.
28:26Chad Johnson:It was, man. Hey, they look like they thoroughly enjoyed themselves out there today, boy. Oh, hold on. It ain't over now. You know, they finna party what? He probably get that, guess what?
28:40Shannon Sharpe:He probably get that going to the games, Joe. They look at me like, who you? You don't play on the team. I ain't never seen you in the game.
28:49Chad Johnson:You're probably right. You're probably right. Yeah.
28:55Shannon Sharpe:Jalen Brunson spoke at the parade. Let's take a listen to what JB had to say. There's a lot of people who have a lot of opinions. But when you prove them wrong, you really don't have to say shit to them.
29:20nah they don't deserve it they don't deserve it appreciate y 'all thank you
29:28i liked it oh you can't he kept it short and sweet man he's supposed to talk issue
29:32Shannon Sharpe:no he said i ain't gotta hey i ain't gotta prove y 'all wrong i just gotta prove me right and then you'll be wrong.
29:38Chad Johnson:I ain't got to call no names. None of that. You know who you are. But y 'all know who you are. You know who you are. Absolutely right. Hey, that's dope, man. I can't believe him.
29:49Shannon Sharpe:Him winning a title launches him in a whole new stratosphere. I don't even know if he realized what winning that title does at his size in that city, what that's done for his legacy. I don't even realize. I don't know if he realizes. Probably not right now.
30:04Chad Johnson:You know, it's kind of hard when you write in a moment, to really understand what you've done. But after some time goes by, maybe even a couple weeks, maybe even a month, fellas, he'll probably think back and be like, damn, man, we really won an NBA championship. Yeah.
30:20Shannon Sharpe:Yes, because it's so surreal when it's happening and you just caught up in it, you with your boys, y 'all laughing, y 'all joking like, man, we having a good time, X, Y, and Z. And then when you get by yourself, you're like, man, Now everybody call you champ. What's up champ? What's up champ?
30:42Shannon Sharpe:You walk into a room, I don't got to take a backseat. Hello. I got a championship, I'm the finals MVP.
30:49Chad Johnson:Hey, not only do I have a championship and I'm the finals MVP, but I did it in New York, fellas. I did it in the Mecca. In the Mecca, bro. What is it, 53 years? I don't care what you're doing. 53. Yeah. 1973. Hey, bruh. Brunson's stamped. He's stamped, bruh.
31:09Shannon Sharpe:He's stamped. Mm-hmm. That's dope. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I had an opportunity to meet his dad. It's unbelievable. Like I said, as a matter of fact, oh, I was at Atlanta when I met his dad. I was at dinner, and I met the other guys, Wes and another guy. I forget his name. was it Rose?
31:36Chad Johnson:Leon Rose. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, him and World Wide West, they don't want to put this team together. Yeah.
31:43Shannon Sharpe:I meant both of them.
31:47Shannon Sharpe:Man. Yesterday, Jordan Woods was asked about the rumor, no sex rule, the New York Knicks players were allegedly encouraged to follow during the 10-week playoff run. The request reportedly came from the very top with team owner James Dolan, wanting players to fully lock in during such a critical stretch. Jordan made it clear. She and Kat didn't exactly stick to the plan, which what we talked about. Ain't nobody sticking to that plan, huh? It's easier to stick to the plan if you're like a boxer or you're like a fighter when you go away and they're not there. But if I'm there, I'm walking around, you walking around, you get out the shower, I see that water glistening off your body, it's going to go down.
32:32Shannon Sharpe:It's going to go down.
32:34Chad Johnson:it's gonna go down yeah yeah you need that reset that reset away from practice that reset away from all the media all the stuff going on man hey man i remember i remember being in college and coach nolan richardson was telling us about i think it was a time when he was playing so you know this was back in the day they would put stuff in they food they put stuff in they food to where they stuff wouldn't even get, it wouldn't even. Yeah, put that salt, they put that, they used to call it salt, Peter. I can't remember the name he said, but he said your junk wouldn't even get hard. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
33:15Chad Johnson:So you wouldn't have sex when you was competing? Well, you could.
33:24Shannon Sharpe:Hey, boy, you'd have to pour the gun at the beginning of the door.
33:31Shannon Sharpe:real dog joe tell you that
33:38Shannon Sharpe:man hey like i said if you go away ocho like like them boxers or people go away to train you go six eight weeks you at a camp ain't no women there no no no so it's easy i'm not saying it's easy it's easier yeah because the the temptation is not there but if you around
34:01Shannon Sharpe:I'm laying there and she snuggling, she back up next to me. Huh?
34:05Chad Johnson:You already know it.
34:07Shannon Sharpe:She got a t-shirt on, you know that, the best lingerie is a t-shirt, no panties. That's the best lingerie. What I supposed to do? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Mr. Dolan, I understand what you saying, but. Yeah, it sounds good. Look, I'm superstitious as well. Now, had we, look, we wore the same once we in the Super Bowl that year. We wore the same, everybody wore the same suit. So, the last, we won that game in Kansas City, we wore that suit to Pittsburgh. We wore that suit to play Green Bay in San Diego. But I don't know, I don't know, and I'm a very disciplined and I'm very structured.
34:51Shannon Sharpe:But, boy, I don't know about that. I don't know about that rule.
34:56Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, you got to be different, boy. Locked in.
35:03Shannon Sharpe:I mean, how many times the guy is going to go to the bar and knows that, you know, hey, he likes alcohol. He going to go to the bar. For 10 weeks, sit at the bar.
35:16Shannon Sharpe:Really? Guy got to get a problem. Ocho Joe, he going to go to the casino and sit at the blackjack table. He going to sit at the crap table. Man, come on. Let's be real. Like I said, if we go away, no problem. As a matter of fact, just to make sure, hey, don't send me no pictures. Hey, don't be talking. Hey, how you doing? I'm good. Blah, blah, blah. How the dog? Good. Hey, kid, if you married, hey, kid, good. All right, I'm going to call at you. But to be walking around, man, please. Because there's going to be a time that you're going to look back and wish you could. hmm they're gonna be a time and they're gonna be longer than 10 weeks it might be 10 months it might be 10 years when all you can do is think about what you used to be able to do oh i'm good day we do that right now hey joe you hey man you joe you be thinking about man man i remember i used to get up and down this cold hey i could run up and down this coat seven, eight, nine, 10 times.
36:27Shannon Sharpe:Let three, four threes go, get down, lay the ball up, get it back, do all that. All that is just a figment of your imagination now. Yeah, yeah,
36:38Chad Johnson:yeah. Damn.
36:44Chad Johnson:Hey, I'm gonna get back to it though.
36:48Shannon Sharpe:Well, you better get back to it for Ocho, for Ocho, cause you need to go ahead and get that leg back strong, Joe.
36:53Chad Johnson:oh if i'm gonna do nothing else with tears in my eyes you and ocho look at me with tears in my eyes yeah well i get this leg right ocho i promise you chat y 'all hear me out boy you gonna be i'm coming to miami you gonna be the first person i come see i tell you what them tears probably gonna keep flowing now you play me hey hey hey hey we talk about a mean demonstration on here with tears in my eyes, homie. You gonna put it down on the joke? Hey, he gonna be crying. If his ass, if he wanna go viral, damn it, he going viral that day. Yeah. Hey, Joe, it's so funny. It's so funny. I got a Mexican homeboy just like you.
37:37What you mean? What you mean? He got one leg. You know what he called? One leg.
37:49Ocho
37:51Chad Johnson:Ocho you know what I know we have a good time but I really ain't the one to play with I'm just going to keep it 100 with you I really ain't when I look at you it's a game hey Joe when I see you Joe you like an Xbox that's all I need see for a guy like me Ocho I just need one thing to piss me off and once I get pissed off it's a wrap It's a wrap.
38:17Shannon Sharpe:And he pissing you off right now, huh, Joe? Pissing me off. That man, Joe, Ocho, that man said you got him pissed to the highest level of piss-tivity. Hey, the funny thing about it, too, Unk, you know what I did before every game? 11, 12 years straight, Unk, I tried to piss my opponents off. I tried to piss them off because I want you. So you tried, so this is your tactic. This is what Ocho is known for. I want you as mad as possible. So when I do your ass in, you understand there's nothing you can do. There's no training. there's no film there's nothing to do to stop me from keeping me off hey hey it's gonna be
38:50Chad Johnson:see when i'm pissed off i ain't out of control i i have a control rage you know what i'm saying oh okay i see control rage where i know and understand how to how to keep things in the pocket and really do damage right like i'm i'm really i'm really not what you looking for i'm I'm just gonna keep it 100. Hey, what you described to me is sound like you playing a video game. That ain't real life. That ain't real life. Cause I got a set of skills, a peculiar set of skills that over time, that I've mastered - That you required over a finite period of time. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and I'm about to unleash him.
39:31Okay. He don't even know what he getting himself into because I laugh and I joke and I entertain. Yeah, yeah, he take you for a joke. He ain't even seen the other side. Ha ha. Yeah. Yeah, you ain't seen the other side, Joe. All right. Well, I'm looking for it.
39:45Chad Johnson:I'm looking for the other side. Hey, Joe, I'm taking my, I'm going to flip your ass. Okay, well, I want to see it. I want to see it. I want to see it with your look tough ass. I want to see it. Yeah, I want to see it.
39:55Shannon Sharpe:You going to see it? But Joe, you got to get the leg. I mean, you almost, you almost 100 pounds of pressure less on the left and the right.
40:04Chad Johnson:I'm working every day. I'm going to get there. Don't even worry about that. I'm going to get there. Hey, he been working in LA for about a damn year. Now, I ain't trying to hear that shit no more, man. Oh, Joe. It ain't been for 10 months. It been 10 months, bro. That two more months is a year. Yeah, that's it. Two more months, I'm gonna be right. What the hell you talking about?
40:23Shannon Sharpe:All right. All right. You rehabbing? How many days a week you rehab? Two, three, or five? Every day. Every day you rehabbing? Every day? It's so funny. he rehabbing just to be back in rehab when I'm done with it.
40:38Chad Johnson:All right. Okay. What you gonna see? Chad, Chad, I promise you. I promise you. Hey, look, if I don't put down a mean demonstration, boy, something wrong. You hear me? I promise you. But something wrong already. Something wrong. Hey, something wrong. You think you could do something with me in any sport, let alone - Damn, Joe. I'm better than you at your own job. You think so? And I'm a hooper, Joe. Ooh. Wow. Boy, a lot don't care. I'm ready, man.
41:07Shannon Sharpe:I know, I was thinking he'd get you in football, Joe, but he talking about - You think he'd get me - Hold on, hold on, hold on. What make you think he'd get me in football? You think because he get -
41:16Chad Johnson:Damn, Ocho. He didn't get me no damn football?
41:20Shannon Sharpe:Hey. Hey, Joe, Ocho. Joe, say, hey, all he got to do is put the hands on you because you know Joe got the long arms - What are you going to do with that? Tell the truth. What are you going to do with that? Hey, the same thing everybody else with long arms got done, too. Hey, I'm going to push his little ass down in the dirt. he ain't gonna be damn no ain't nobody finna touch me off that line joe stop joe so joe joe you go hey you what you gonna do you will do the creek and you gonna pretend like you walking off and freezing jam you gonna stab what you gonna do open up i'm gonna mix it up i ain't gonna never i'm gonna give him a little bit of everything oh joe hey he's a hey you know hey we saw a little bit of a song with Sneed did.
41:58Shannon Sharpe:Sneed did Tyreke. Yeah. You know that Ocho? Quick jab him in the slot. Step back and can't afford, yeah. But that ain't gonna work. Oh, or he got the stab, hey, bam, a bam, turn. Hey, Unc, as soon as he stabbed, I'm gonna grab him that wrist and pull it through. I ain't worried. Cause when I put my hands on him, when I grab him,
42:17Chad Johnson:I'm gonna lift his little ass up off the ground. And he, damn!
42:23Shannon Sharpe:Damn, Joe. Lift his little ass up, yeah. I mean, because you got five yards. Yeah, hello. Hello.
42:32Chad Johnson:You got five yards. And you know he don't like to be touched. He ain't physical. He don't want that. He don't want that contact. Damn, Ocho, that man said you don't want that contact.
42:41Shannon Sharpe:You ain't physical. He said you don't want that contact, Ocho. Come on up there with your bad self then. I tell you that. Matter of fact, the first rep, I'm going to just run right through you. That ain't possible. Just to set the tone to let you know. Hold on, Ocho. You gonna run over the top? Copenhagen's spit-free pouches are packed full of American-grown tobacco. Made for welders. Stuck behind masks. More mechanics. Stuck on a fused spark plug. The long-haul trucker is stuck in gridlock. Performing. Working late at the field office. Or anytime there's no time or space to spit, there's Copenhagen's spit-free pouches.
43:23Find them in stores today. Not all varieties available in all geographies. Warning, this product can cause mouth cancer. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm CJ Toledano, and our podcast Point Game is about defying the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luka and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows, without Luka and Austin Reed, I gotta manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reed.
44:02He has to guard Julius Randle. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on a night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history, too.
44:12Chad Johnson:Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court, licking his fingers while he got the ball. Like, after you go through a training camp with that Isaiah, you figure it out real quick. Oh, yeah. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You said to me, yo, you know, keep at it, because you let me rap for you. It was magical for all of us.
44:39Shannon Sharpe:We made it, we made it. Yeah, I'm like, we? You know, I'm like, I know these guys, but who are you? I'm MC Jin, and this is Laugh But Not Lease. I'll be chatting with guests from all walks of life about the power of humor when it comes to facing difficult times. Like the co-founder of Rough Riders, Darren D. Dean. Talking about as a kid, do you remember that we met even way before that? Let me think. Did you walk up to the gate? That was me, D. That was you? That was me. The day we found out that you and the whole crew was at Hit Factory, the mission was to get me to go to the gate, start freestyling, and see if I could get in the studio.
45:13I'm rapping, and then suddenly I hear a voice. Hey, open the gate. Let him in. The gate slowly went. They all, they're watching this and they watch me walk into there. And that is a moment that I will remember for the rest of my life. Listen and last but not least with MC Jen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
45:33Shannon Sharpe:Welcome to Sabora Football. The sweet and the spicy on and off the field. I'm Daniela Duran and this is where we get to know the people behind the game like never before. The pressure, the fame, and everything that happens when the cameras turn off. Enjoy conversation with guests like Mar Bartra. ¿Te gusta Marvito Oraldez o Casillas? Claro que. ¿Y qué Casillas? Puyol. ¿Y Piqué? En el Valencia.
45:58Chad Johnson:Sí, en las tardes. La verdad que siempre se formen los pueblos, se forman los partidos a las tardes, pero el sueño de ser futbolista ese, la verdad que no. Sharon Escobar. Pollo Bolliseño. ¿Andas o no con miro? Estás viral con eso. Estás viral. Estás viral. Estás viral. Mandé un mensajito nada más de saludos. If you say, I can't choose, you're going to be a fan. I'm not a fan. I'm a fan. I like it. I like it. I like it. And many more. Listen to Sabora Football on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
46:36Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is. Getting a racist statue removed. And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is. getting a new one put up in its place. As long as there's a politics of race in America, there's going to be a politics of remembering the Civil War.
46:53Shannon Sharpe:To get to school, I had to go down Robert E. Lee Boulevard. To get to the grocery store, I had to go down Jefferson Davis Parkway. If you're a historian and you leave out half of what the history is, you're not doing your job. I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit Season 2 goes deep on both of those things. The fights, the politics, the people who won, and my personal campaign to add something to the Kentucky Statehouse that's actually worth the wall space. We are more than our bodies. We contain essence. We contain spirit. How do you represent that? They are just fueling a fire that is really catching.
47:26You'll see what I mean. Listen to Rebel Spirit Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Run right through him. He think I'm a shake. I'm running right through him. Come on, man.
47:42Chad Johnson:Come on, keep it 100, bro. Keep it 100. Come on. I don't know. I don't know about that, Ochoa.
47:48Shannon Sharpe:I mean, Joe say 250 right now. What did that mean? What did that tell you? If he 250, he's slow. His feet going to be moving his seamen. I'm 6 '8. I should be about 250, Ochoa. And that 6 '8 don't mean nothing Jolly Green Giant? I don't see that. I don't see that, Joe. Listen, I'm not under them other little giant turkeys you be playing, Joe. I'm not one of them. Yeah, it's different over here, Joe. You know where I'm from? I don't know, Ocho. You better get your SWAT game. You better get your hands ready, because I don't know you ain't did a whole lot of SWATing lately.
48:25Chad Johnson:Listen, Joe, that's cookies. He thinks because he's been out there with them high schoolers. I've been out killing the high schoolers. High school? High school? Yeah, them kids you was out there working with. Those are premier college receivers. They high schoolers. and NFL receivers. Huh? Joe said he's a DB. Joe said he's a DB. Not only am I a DB, but you already know he damn sure can't guard me. You know he can't guard me. Hey, um.
49:00Shannon Sharpe:Joe said he want the ball in the red zone. He said just put it on top of you. Let me tell you something. Hey, um. If Joe is a DB, it's Stanford definitely burn. That's what it gonna be. He definitely burnt. You get out there in front of me with that boy's eye. Joe, Joe said, hey, Joe said the red zone, so he moths you every time, man. Chad know that. Hey, he not even gonna get off the line. All I'm gonna do, I'm gonna jump, I'm gonna jump, I'm gonna jump, Jammie. He ain't gonna get off. Oh, you're free, you're gonna free, you're gonna quick him, boss. And quick him, quick. Hey, hey, hey, hey, grab him right up in between here.
49:40right in between here. He gonna be, hey, he holding, he holding. Nah, I got five yards to do this. You got five yards.
49:46Chad Johnson:Y 'all gonna get to see it, I promise you. Y 'all gonna get to see it. Trust me. Hey, you been saying that for 10 months, Joe. I'm about to, I done, I done, I done, I done, I done stopped. Nah, now you ain't. Now you ain't. And then, now all of a sudden, now you hurt. Okay. Here we go. Okay. Hey, he ducking smoke. Oh, my knee hurt. Child, please.
50:15Shannon Sharpe:According to Dave McMiniman, Luka wants the Lakers to acquire an A-list center to build a championship caliber team around him as soon as possible. According to those close source from Luka, he wants it to be a championship team yesterday. Ever since the trade, they've always told us summer of 26. We'll show you in the summer of 26. So here we are. summer of 26 is here joe an a-list hold on hold on it's not deandre hayton hey excuse me before you go joe all a-list centers are on other teams because they are a-listers yeah they're not even available now i guess he's looking at walker kessler who uh we don't know that situation jaylen durin we don't know that situation are they gonna make a trade where they try to get Joel Embiid.
51:07Shannon Sharpe:I don't know. But like Ochoa said, most of the aliens, the only ones that's not on the contract would be Kessler and Duren. Hey, I like what you just said. Like Embiid? But Embiid is really not, he's not a mobile guy. Embiid is not a guy that's going to pick and roll and get, he's not a law threat anymore. He's a grounded sinner, guys. Everybody knows that, and that's not a knock on him. He's still a phenomenal player. but he's done lost all of his athleticism, a lot of his athleticism, his quickness, that gave him a decided advantage at his size, is not there anymore.
51:42Chad Johnson:Listen, granted, Luka said he wants a real big man or an A-list center. He already said he don't want to get rid of AR. He want AR to stay there. I mean, damn, what they supposed to do? What they want to make?
51:59Shannon Sharpe:But you know, Ocho, Joe, that's a lot of times, that's guys talking. because when they do what I wanted, they did what they wanted to do. But I want to know what they're saying behind closed doors because the likelihood of you signing AR and signing a championship, Kessler or bringing in Durant or getting into Joel Embiid, that's top of your salary?
52:18Chad Johnson:That mean you don't plan on having Bron back. No Bron, no Marcus Mark, no Louis. Like, damn. Like, bro, you're going to need those pieces if you're talking about contending for a title. let alone, hell, just playing in the Western Conference, bro. You know, I feel like the Lakers got to do what's best for the Lakers. Do they need a center? Yeah, they do. But who is that? I don't know. It's just hard for me to see Detroit letting Bigfella go. Yeah, it's hard for me seeing them Detroit. He better get the Supermax. The Lakers can't do that. You think they're going to give him the Supermax, Ojo? Yeah.
53:03Chad Johnson:The Pistons? Yeah. I don't know. I think they're going to be, I think.
53:10Shannon Sharpe:But, Harris, but the thing I go back to, Luka can say he needed a championship level center all he wants to. Right. Unless they can defend, they not winning.
53:25Shannon Sharpe:Luka can't score enough points. And then he and Austin Reed are liabilities in clutch situations. So unless you got a big lead, if it's a one to two point ball game, they're going to get whatever they want. Go back and look at the Lakers and watch them in close ball games. Who did they put in the pick and roll? Go back and look at OKC. Austin Reeves was in the pick and roll. Go back and look at the regular season before he got hurt. Look who was in the pick and roll. You got to have defenders. and unless you build a team because Luka's enough offensively but unless you build him a team like Jalen Brunson where you got three defenders that mean
54:17Chad Johnson:hell somebody gotta take a pay cut if you want that I mean you're gonna need Luka I know Luka came in in the camp in the season last year he had shed some pounds but But, Uncle, you're going to need him to be able to be durable throughout the season. That's the problem. You know, hey, listen. For me, I know he's a hell of a first-half player, especially that first quarter. He probably led the NBA in first quarter points. But when he comes down the stretch and closing games, man, you're going to need that boy to be healthy. You're going to need him to be healthy.
54:54And the thing is, he's never going to have a body
54:58Shannon Sharpe:that you look like you look at him and say, oh, yeah, he right. That's not how the European bodies are. Right, right, right. I mean, maybe AK-47, the only one off the top of my head, but when you look at Jokic and Manu and him, those guys, they're not presenting.
55:17Chad Johnson:They ain't cut up like that.
55:19Shannon Sharpe:No. No.
55:22Chad Johnson:The Lakers got some real decisions.
55:25Shannon Sharpe:They got some decisions. and see, this is where you earn your money. This is where you earn your money. Because when you've got to make tough decisions, because it's not guys that you've drafted, you've got to put a team together. And basically, okay, I got one big, I got, really, I got one big central piece. Because I think all things being equal, the most important thing to Lakers is Luke. He's their big central piece. If it's a jigsaw, if it's a hundred a piece jigsaw puzzle, Luca is 50 of them. With that being said, now what are the other pieces that we build first that we add to Luca that makes us Spurs, Thunder, Nuggets, Minnesota?
56:22that's what you got to deal with just in the west and that's tough why because uh uh uh
56:28Chad Johnson:the spurs okc they ain't going no damn well no time soon and they're younger than you yeah
56:40Chad Johnson:they got to figure it out
56:44Shannon Sharpe:but we're gonna see but I tell you what they're gonna have to win a championship with Luka yeah they got you
57:00Shannon Sharpe:because for as much as people have criticized LeBron in 8 years guess who's won exactly one NBA title LeBron Giannis Guess who else has won in eight years one of the NBA title? Jokic. And everybody talk about how great the same number as LeBron.
57:21Chad Johnson:Yeah.
57:22Shannon Sharpe:Now they won more MVPs, obviously. I think LeBron, the year after they won it, LeBron was on a great stretch before Solomon Thomas. Remember Solomon Hill? He got that high ankle sprain. He was never the same when he came back. But I just don't know how you build the requisite pieces around when your central figure is Luka and he didn't take a pay cut. And I think the thing is, everybody, general managers and owners are going to thank everybody to be like Jalen Brunson. And that ain't happening. Right.
57:59Chad Johnson:No. Because I don't got AR taking no pay cut. I don't see Rui taking no damn pay cut. Hell no. Mark is smart. Whatever the market is for him, I don't see him taking no damn pay cut.
58:13Shannon Sharpe:Right.
58:14Chad Johnson:Y 'all ain't taking no pay cut.
58:15Shannon Sharpe:He's like, I took a pay cut last couple of the last year.
58:20Shannon Sharpe:Which I don't blame him. So it's going to be very, very, it's going to be very interesting to see how they put this thing together.
58:27Chad Johnson:It is, man.
58:29Shannon Sharpe:McMenamin also writes, The Lakers are not expected to offer Bron anything close to the max contract. The Lakers could have around$50 million available, before negotiating with Reeves. But that's without factoring in James and fellow free agent Roy Hachimura. Joe, do you see LeBron taking a team-friendly deal?
58:50Chad Johnson:I don't, fellas. I'm sorry. I don't see it. I know he, you know, building a nice house he got out there in L.A., but I don't see that man taking no pay cut because, you know, for him, you know, the longevity that he's had in his game and the way he takes care of his body and the way he enjoys playing the game, playing at a high level, still at 41 years old, hey, man, he understands. Look, if you ask Bron, he the GOAT. He the best to ever do it. That man ain't taking no damn pay cut to where he the fifth, sixth, highest paid player on the damn team. He ain't doing that.
59:29Shannon Sharpe:Can I ask you a question, Joe? where can he go and get a max contract at 42? Because I think a max contract is somewhere like three years, somewhere between 150 and 180. Where can he go and get that? Tell me the team that's going to offer him that.
59:46Chad Johnson:I don't know if a team is going to offer him that. But I think if you're talking about doing a one-year deal, maybe even a two-year deal with a player option, I think that's possible, Uncle Ocho. Three years is going to be tough.
1:00:03Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, that's what I believe. I believe it's one and an option. Right. But here's the thing. How much is the one and how much is the option? You know what I think? What you thinking? Correct me if I'm wrong, Uncle Joe. If LeBron understood the team he was going to, as far as taking a pay cut, if he understood that it was actually a championship caliber team and he actually had a chance to win. No, I still don't believe it. I don't think – I don't think – If I actually have a chance to win another chip and add to my legacy that's already cemented and get another ring, I say I would take – There is nothing LeBron can do.
1:00:43Shannon Sharpe:People of mine are made up. You've heard – how many people, Joe, have you heard say, he can win five rings and he's still not going to be better than Jordan? He can score 50 ,000 points and he's still not going to be better than Jordan. So there's – in some people's mind, there's nothing he can do to supplant what Jordan has done. Right. Because they're going to say, well, yeah, you won five rings, but it took you 24 years. Jordan did it in 15. Kobe did it in 20. You see, the comparison is always going to be there. So me personally, looking at the landscape and hearing people talk, I don't believe there's anything LeBron James can do that will change people's mind.
1:01:24Shannon Sharpe:If they got Jordan as their GOAT, ain't no moving them off that square, Joe. Not just me personally. Joe, you might have another opinion. Ocho, you might have another opinion.
1:01:32Chad Johnson:I think you're right on that, considering the fact that Jordan got there six times and won all six. He has an unblemished record in the finals. Correct. But if I'm Brian, Brian wants that fifth title. He wants that fifth title. I'm almost sure of that. And he understands the legacy that he's going to leave behind when he's done. Like we talk about now, every point that he scores goes down in history, fellas. He's trying to put that record out your damn misery. Like you ain't even coming to the league thinking you finna even pass that. You know what I mean? I feel like he is one of those guys. So I think he thoroughly enjoys playing the game, and I think he wants to continue to put this scoring tight out of reach.
1:02:15Chad Johnson:And, yes, I think he does wants to compete and win a fifth championship. Oh, yeah, for sure. having to do that though think about it now having to do that and compete for another championship you can't go to another team and then take max dollars thinking you're going to be able to help that's not going to work it's not going to work that way now if you just want to go off into the sunset getting as much as you can based on what your true value is then yes okay I'll stay with the Lakers
1:02:43Shannon Sharpe:I think for LeBron LeBron looks at it it's not my job to fix your salary cap and put a team together you know what I bring you know what I bring to the table and I I said this before I like LeBron to the Spurs do you? he would have to take a pay cut well I think the only person that's really there for what you call him is Wimby. You got to do something with Wimby. Everybody else can wait another year. And there's your fifth title right now.
1:03:26Chad Johnson:The only thing about that Spurs, I don't like the Spurs, I'm going to tell you why. I think it slows the process of the growth and development of some of those young guys like Harper. Because I think as great as LeBron is, it's a learning curve to be able to play with him. You know what I mean? A lot of young guys,
1:03:48Shannon Sharpe:damn hell not because he needs the ball yeah because he wants to distribute playmate which
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Shannon Sharpe, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Iso Joe Johnson react to Knicks’ Tyler Kolek being stopped by NYPD at parade, Jalen Brunson has no words to hatters and Jordyn Woods on the “No Sex” rule.
Timeline:
00:00 - Ocho or Paul George sighting at the Knicks parade (cont.)
21:07 - Tyler Kolek stopped by NYPD, didn’t recognize him as a Knicks player
23:02 - Jalen Brunson spoke at the parade
25:57 - Jordyn Woods asked about the alleged Knicks ‘No Sex’ rule
39:47 - Luka wants the Lakers to acquire an A list center
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