Nightcap Hour 3: Vikings Jamal Adams TEARS ACL + 76ers EASY Schedule

17 Aug 2026 · 56 min · 20 chapters

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In short

The hosts react to Vikings linebacker Jamal Adams tearing his ACL in the preseason and debate whether grass or turf contributes to ACL/Achilles injuries, citing a long list of recent examples. They also discuss NBA storylines: Damian Lillard’s potential return and the idea that LeBron James still “moves the needle” (including schedule timing/Christmas Day). They add NBA/76ers schedule talk, plus Big 3 Championship hype and a Q&A segment with sports banter.

Guests

No named guests appear; it’s a two-host/crew conversation (Joe Ocho and Uncle Ocho/“Ocho” referenced repeatedly). Other voices are only chat/Q&A callers, not identifiable guests.

Key claims

Turf vs grass is debated; one host says he personally never cared and prefers turf for traction/ability to run in rain, while acknowledging grass is “more giving.” Stadium multi-use economics make grass hard to maintain. LeBron’s decision timing is framed as the reason the NBA schedule release waited.

Notable examples

Malik Neighbors (ACL), Jalen Phillips (Achilles), Aaron Rodgers (Achilles), Nick Bosa (ACL), plus multiple ACL tears listed; also Dame Lillard’s 62–63 point games and 76ers having few back-to-backs/3-in-4s.

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Big 3 Championship Announcement

0:00 to 0:25

Get the scoop on the upcoming Big 3 Championship and All-Star Game.

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Big 3 Championship Announcement

1:41 to 2:33

Get the scoop on the upcoming Big 3 Championship and All-Star Game.

“Ice Cube's Big 3 season has come down to this.”

Jamal Adams' Injury Discussion

2:41 to 4:29

Analysis of Jamal Adams' knee injury and turf vs. grass debate.

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Injury Analysis on Turf and Grass

4:30 to 8:31

Discussion comparing injuries on turf vs. grass with player perspectives.

“You play in Arizona, that Bermuda grass was unbelievable.”

Damian Lillard's Impact and NBA Insights

8:32 to 14:00

Insights on Damian Lillard's potential impact and NBA dynamics.

“Yeah, I don't know if Denver is grass still.”

LeBron James: The Face of the NBA

14:00 to 18:09

Explore the significance of LeBron James in the NBA and the impact of his decisions on the league's schedule.

“LeBron James is still the face of the league because guess what?”

Christmas Day Games and Family

18:10 to 24:35

Discussion about LeBron's Christmas Day game narrative and the importance of family during the holidays.

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Food and Fun After the Show

27:05 to 28:01

Casual talk about food cravings and plans for dining after recording.

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Discussing Tussie's and Magic City

28:01 to 29:50

The hosts share their experiences and thoughts on Tussie's restaurant and Magic City club.

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Survival Skills and Jurassic Park

29:51 to 31:36

A playful debate ensues about who would survive longest on an island like Jurassic Park.

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Starter Jackets and Growing Up

31:37 to 33:59

The hosts reminisce about the challenges of wearing starter jackets in their youth.

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Boxing and Celebrity Matches

34:00 to 36:08

The conversation shifts to celebrity boxing matches and the seriousness of the sport.

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Clarissa's Future Fights

36:09 to 37:59

The hosts discuss the future fights of Clarissa Shields and her potential in boxing.

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Competitive Sports Banter

38:00 to 39:56

The hosts engage in humorous banter about their competitive skills in various sports.

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Start, Bench, Cut Challenge

39:57 to 42:00

The hosts play a 'Start, Bench, Cut' game with basketball players and coaches.

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Coaches and Career Decisions

42:00 to 45:45

Discussing past coaches and pivotal career decisions in basketball.

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Fun and Personal Stories

47:20 to 56:00

Engaging in humorous banter and sharing personal anecdotes.

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Relationship Advice and Personal Growth

56:00 to 1:00:41

Learn how to navigate relationship endings and personal development.

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Guest Highlights and Upcoming Podcast Features

1:00:41 to 1:01:06

Hear about the special guests and upcoming episodes on Nightcap.

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Guest Highlights and Upcoming Podcast Features

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1:41Shannon Sharpe:Ice Cube's Big 3 season has come down to this. The Big 3 Championship is coming to Charlotte. Who will be crowned the Big 3 Season 9 champion? Plus the Big 3 All-Star Game. The biggest names in the game, all on one court, one more time. Two games of the most physical, competitive, and nonstop three-on-three action. The game played the way you love. Watch live Saturday on CBS at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific, and catch replays Monday on BET. Presented by iHeart. A yay yay? 16 years ago, I started working as a CNA in the hospital. I loved it. On the day I decided to enroll in the nursing program at Rasmussen University, because afternoon, my 35th birthday, I was hanging out with a friend and they had just questioned me what I was going to do with this next chapter of my life.

2:25I immediately had said, I want to go to nursing school. So I actually had contact information from an advisor at Rasmussen, contacted her, and actually ended up starting like three weeks later. My name is Cherish Adams and I'm a Rasmussen University graduate.

2:38Chad Johnson:Learn more at rasmussen.edu. Oh yeah, we locked in on you boy, man. Y 'all done messed up.

2:45Joe Johnson:Hey Joe, you feeling good, huh?

2:47Chad Johnson:I like the energy that's coming out of Dallas. You hear me? Yeah. I like the energy, old Joe.

2:52Shannon Sharpe:I like the energy.

2:53Chad Johnson:Yeah.

2:54Joe Johnson:All right. Hey, Joe, I like the energy out of Dallas every season. Every all season. I like it.

2:59Chad Johnson:There you go, Slick Hayden. There you go, Slick Hayden.

3:02Shannon Sharpe:Joe. All right, guys. Here it is. Vikings linebacker Jamal Adams suffered a season-ended knee injury yesterday in the preseason, which reignited grass versus turf. The national soccer teams played at MetLife Stadium grass for the World Cup all summer, but it returned to turf. In 2025, Malik Neighbors Tore his ACL In 2023, Jalen Phillips Tore his Achilles Aaron Rodgers Tore his Achilles in 2023 Kyle Fuller Tore his ACL in 2022 Sterling Shepard Tore his ACL in 2022 Wondell Robinson Tore his ACL in 2022 49ers Nick Bosa Tore his ACL in 2020 49ers D. Lyman Solomon Thomas Tore his ACL in 2020

3:43Chad Johnson:All on turf?

3:45Shannon Sharpe:Is there a difference? playing on grass versus turf, Ocho?

3:50Joe Johnson:Hey, I'm the wrong one to ask. I'm the wrong one to ask because I haven't had any issues. And obviously, you look at all the names that you just named that have had injuries on turf, but you can also do the same thing for people that have tore the ACL that had the same injury on grass. You can do the same thing. Obviously, I don't have it in front of me. I don't have the numbers or the names of people that have been injured and tore the ACL. For some that you do ask, a lot of people say, yes, there's a difference. They prefer grass. Some people do. I was one of the few players where it didn't matter, Joe.

4:20Joe Johnson:You know what I mean? Listen, we playing on turf. We playing on grass. And I enjoy the turf. Why do I enjoy the turf? Because I understand even if it's raining, I'm still going to be able to run full speed and transition and stop on a dime. I'm just telling you how I feel. I'm Joe. I swear for God. I was okay with that. I had no problem playing on grass. You play in Arizona, that Bermuda grass was unbelievable. When I played in Houston, that Bermuda grass was unbelievable. It was dope, Joe. You didn't even know. So I didn't really care what I was playing on because I enjoyed either surface. Joe, my black ass was playing in a pair of Chuck Taylors yesterday.

4:57Joe Johnson:Going full speed. So you know I don't care nothing about no surface. Oh yeah, you was tripping. I care.

5:02Shannon Sharpe:I want grass, Joe.

5:03Joe Johnson:Yeah, so depending on who you ask, there are certain people that care. If you ask some of the players today, yes, they prefer to play on grass.

5:09Chad Johnson:Hey, hold on, hold on. I don't care. But what's the biggest difference in playing on grass and turf?

5:14Shannon Sharpe:grass is more giving

5:17Chad Johnson:oh okay that turf ain't giving in

5:20Shannon Sharpe:nah even if in the field turf they say with light grass nah I don't want nothing that's like I want what is

5:29Chad Johnson:oh it tastes like chicken

5:31Shannon Sharpe:nah I want chicken

5:33Chad Johnson:so on that turf is that how y 'all get them big cherries on your arms and legs and all that

5:37Shannon Sharpe:yes

5:41and they hurt too

5:43Shannon Sharpe:and you don't realize you get them until you got to get that shower. Until that water hits you. Hey, matter of fact.

5:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but look, I think the thing is, is that I understand the players want grass, but a lot of these stadiums are multi-use. They got concerts. They got other football games. They got track to pools, and they got rodeos and all kinds of things going on in there. So it's just hard. It's just too hard. yeah it's just too hard uh uh go ahead Ocho I'm gonna say this hey Joe and people in the chat

6:18Joe Johnson:that'll listen this is also what makes it hard for teams that obviously want grass if you if if you get into the the late season yeah you got cold weather you gotta deal with the cold weather and being able to maintain the feel as well because it's gonna be it's gonna be it's gonna be messed up it's gonna get bad it's harder to take care of a grass field if you play somewhere like Cleveland. You play somewhere like New York.

6:40Chad Johnson:Yeah. Stuff like that.

6:42Joe Johnson:I mean, it's really bad. So having turf and also from a business aspect, being able to have other events there as well where it don't take you.

6:51Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. To have a concert. You know, a Jay-Z or Beyonce to sell that concert out. Oh, you see Shane Gillis, he had a concert in Philly Stadium. What is it, Lincoln Field, Lincoln Financial? I think that's the name of the field. 73, 70-plus thousand at a comedy event. And then you got tractor-truck pulled, Bigfoot coming in there. They're jumping over big old mountains of dirt. And you got bull riding. I mean, so you got so many things. That stadium got to pay for itself. And owners are like, bro, how can I speed up the process of paying for this? They have bowl games in there. sometimes they have a you know the stadium they free free part of it over and they have a hockey game in the ocho yeah so it's it's a lot going on that i understand and everybody say oh oh you say that but when you run a business and you try to keep calls down matter of fact there have been a few there have been a few injuries if i'm not mistaken early in training camps and everybody

7:59Joe Johnson:in training camp right now is on grass. There have been some ACL injuries, haven't there? I think. If you're not mistaken. If you have somebody go back, if you have somebody the same way you just did and went down the injuries where people got hurt on turf, you can do the same thing. But there's a whole lot of people that actually play on turf.

8:18Shannon Sharpe:I mean, play on grass. There's a whole lot of teams. They're probably less than, probably out of 32, probably less than five, if that many. Yeah. Play on turf. Play on grass, natural grass.

8:28Joe Johnson:Arizona, Las Vegas. Houston. Those are the only three I know. Unless they change it so far.

8:34Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I don't know if Denver is grass still. Because they used to have, it used to be mainly grass, but some synthetic sown in. So I don't really know now. I didn't really pay that much of attention when I was down there. I didn't even think, didn't really dawn on me. But hopefully these guys, hopefully Jamal has a speedy recovery and he comes back. But boy, ooh, damn. Hey, what he heard again?

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9:00Chad Johnson:What he heard again? The knee.

9:04Joe Johnson:That's crazy, man.

9:07Shannon Sharpe:Damian Lillard says NBA fans better pray, pray he doesn't win a championship. They'll never give me the credit for what I've actually done. They better pray I don't win a championship for the Blazers. They don't know that side.

9:21Chad Johnson:Nah, listen. If he win one with the Blazers now, come on now. They going to, hey. That's going to be special, bro. But see, the thing that I don't like is that they make it seem like the guy a bum

9:34Shannon Sharpe:because he ain't won no championship. He ain't no bum. He far from that. Far from it. He elite. He elite elite. Yeah.

9:42Chad Johnson:Far from it.

9:43Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah.

9:43Chad Johnson:Far from it.

9:44Shannon Sharpe:Look, but see, the thing is, is that sometimes, Joe, when you play in the air with Steph and you shoot the ball, everything gets lost.

9:53Chad Johnson:Yeah.

9:54Shannon Sharpe:But this young man here, I call him, He's an agent of my kids. He's a couple of kids.

9:59Chad Johnson:But this young man here can shoot it, can put the ball on the floor,

10:03Shannon Sharpe:get to the mid-range. He got a smooth A. He can finish at the rim.

10:08Chad Johnson:You talking about –

10:10Shannon Sharpe:I've been – I've been known he been like that.

10:12Chad Johnson:Hey, I'm talking about he's one of my favorite guys to watch. Uncle Ocho, Dame Lillard, the way he approaches the game, the way he plays the game, the way he competes, the way he takes his matchup personally, bro. Yeah. That's what I like to see. At the end of the day, when we play sports, as a fan, when we watch, we want to see competition. We want to see guys competing at the highest level. And every night, bro, he's never going to disappoint. He's going to come out and put on the show. I'm talking about, I mean, I tell you all about the games he gave us, 62, 63 points when I was playing in Utah.

10:45Chad Johnson:It's just he's so dynamic because he can shoot three, four steps behind the three.

10:52Shannon Sharpe:Yep.

10:53Chad Johnson:And when you got guys who can shoot that deep, Uncle Ochoa on a consistent basis, you got to guard their ass out there. And when you start to guard them out there, that's when they start to use the pick and roll and they have all this real estate to where they can work. And it's hard to stop guys like that in the NBA, bro. And if that man get back to playing at that high level like that, Portland's going to be something to deal with in that Western Conference. I'm glad to see him back healthy. I'm glad to see that his body looks great. He looks like he's in great shape. and he and he focused and ready bro because he know he hear the whispers too he hear people talking our dame ain't gonna never be the same him why that boy gonna come back he come back with avengers

11:30Joe Johnson:partner he's gonna come he's gonna come back here if he comes back anything close to what he was like before that injury they the the blades is gonna be special now they're gonna have hell to deal with now and they got damn western conference yeah they got yeah they got hell to deal with but

11:43Shannon Sharpe:hey him and him and him and joe because i think they need some pieces but as long as he come back it look like the dame that i that i remember but when he left oh yeah i'm gucci on that yeah it's gonna be nice it's gonna be real nice wall he can flat out fill it up man think about you know what i'm gonna have to go back to a lakers game to see him play because i've never seen him play in person

12:03Chad Johnson:oh you know if he you know when he go to la now he show he shows out when he go to la i told y 'all man when they when kobe passed away when that kobe i remember that game and they had that kobe tribute game ocho they played against the blazer yeah i said dame was the most disrespectful person I ever seen in my damn life. The way he went in LA and put on the show, bro. But at the end of the day, Kobe wouldn't have wanted no other way. No other way. Coming there, no hoes, bars, going at them boys. That boy's special.

12:35Shannon Sharpe:Man, when he get it going, that's the if he turn it on, ain't no turning off.

12:42Chad Johnson:And guess what? I ain't telling you something somebody done told me. Hell, I'm telling you something I know. Okay? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:50Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Hey, when he get it going, so I'm definitely going to see him. I might have to bite the bullet and go see the Lakers, but I'm going to get the jersey. That's what I'm doing. I'm going to get the jersey. I'm going to get the jersey. Hey, Dollar, I know you watching. Yeah. You be watching. I need that jersey when I come see you at the Lakers. Oh, yeah.

13:12Joe Johnson:Oh, yeah. We kind of play it like a little bit, huh, Joe?

13:16Chad Johnson:Who? You or who? Huh? Who you talking about? You ain't talking about no damn Dame Lillard. No. Nah, not you and Dame. You probably play more like...

13:30Chad Johnson:Yeah, who he play like? Matthew Lillard.

13:32Shannon Sharpe:The guy that plays Scooby-Doo in the movie. The guy that plays Shaggy. You remember him? Yeah. The 76ers this season have the least amount of back-to-back games. They have the least amount of three games in four nights. Don't play their first Western Conference game until the 18th game of the season. That's how it's supposed to be. What y 'all bad for? Hey, hey, hey. Y 'all, they talking, but I tell you what, this is what we know. This is not speculation. This is not conjecture. This is not innuendo. LeBron James is still the face of the league because guess what? If he wasn't, they'd have came out with them schedules anyway, wouldn't they, Joe?

14:14Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man, what are you talking about? They waited until the man decided where he was going. All I know, for the three years leading up, three, four years before LeBron got to the Lakers, they wasn't on Christmas. LeBron come to the Lakers, they there eight straight years they play on Christmas Day. Guess who don't got no Christmas Day game this year, Ocho? Guess who ain't playing on Christmas? Lakers. They doing all that talking. Oh, he done. He need to retire. But don't nothing move without go. Not only do they open it up, they open up and they got Krimaday.

14:49Chad Johnson:Hey, they got a mob over there though, Uncle Ocho. Hell yeah, hey. Everybody want to see them boys play. And you're right, LeBron does move the needle, bro. He's still the face. Yeah, he's still the face.

15:01Shannon Sharpe:Who's going to be the face? Until he retire, let's not have that conversation anymore. Until he's done.

15:06Joe Johnson:I'm not sure anybody will push back on that, huh? Who's going to push back on that? about him not being the face. Him not moving the needle. There'll be some people push back. They push back because they push back.

15:16Shannon Sharpe:They keep moving the needle.

15:17Joe Johnson:Hold on.

15:18Shannon Sharpe:You can't be great if you move. If you go to more than two teams, you can't be great. You see the hurdle they keep. Yeah. All they do is every hurdle they put up, he clear it.

15:31Chad Johnson:Yeah.

15:31Shannon Sharpe:They keep raising the ball. Pretty soon, he got to be Javier Soto-Majorna. To break the eight foot, he got to go over eight foot and a half inch. and he'll do it. Javier Cleo said eight foot a quarter inch. He got to be eight foot and a half. Yeah. Look. Now, I ain't no fuck you wrong. All I know is what did Adam Silver say? He didn't say that about anybody else. He didn't say, I hope somebody, I need them to hurry up and make a decision. He wasn't worried about what Luka did. He wasn't worried about what Shea, he wasn't worried, they could have made the schedule any way they wanted to. Why did he wait on Goat James if he ain't the face.

16:10Chad Johnson:Come on, man. You see who that man been doing? Don't be mad.

16:15Shannon Sharpe:Don't be mad, Tito. I know it hurts. I know it hurts. Damn. I'd be glad he retired. I know you will. But until he retire, he going to be on Crima. Yeah. He going to be on Crima until he retire. And guess what they did? Guess how they put him on Crima, Joe?

16:37Chad Johnson:What?

16:37Shannon Sharpe:They put him on Crimba's in L.A. so he can open packages with the kids. Dad, I ain't get it. Put him in L.A. Savannah say, I want you here, baby. And Adam, I need to be in L.A. on Crimba.

16:51Chad Johnson:Oh, that is who they play. They play the Lakers on Christmas, huh?

16:54Shannon Sharpe:On Crimba Day. Zuri say, I want my daddy home. He already explained it to her. He said, baby, you might not see me every day. She said, but I need to see you on Crimba Day. She said, I need to see you on Crimba Day. If I don't see you any other day, I need to see you criminal day. The man will say, baby, you know I don't hold it down. But I need you here.

17:12Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. Hey. Well deserved. He definitely moves in neither. Hey, he definitely moves in neither. They couldn't do the schedule without him.

17:23Shannon Sharpe:When have you ever heard that, Ocho Joe? When have you ever heard that, Joe Ocho? Hey. I mean. A sports organization. A sports league. Yes. would not release the schedule until one man, Gordon the Twins' 24th year,

17:40Joe Johnson:made his decision on where he was going. Listen, even the people that don't like LeBron, even the people that deny and always complain and turn down everything he's done and accomplished to this point, even they know LeBron is still the face of the league. There's really nothing you can say or do about it. and what Adam Silver did and having to wait for him to make a decision to release the schedule doesn't change anything. Everybody knows. Everybody knows who the man is. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

18:13Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to figure out why the chat say I'm wrong. Adam Silver said it. Adam Silver said we'd like to have a decision here sooner or later so we can come out with the schedule. I didn't say that. He said that. Where's LeBron family at? They could have put him in a lot of different places on They could have put Boston versus Philly. Why they put him in the Lakers? Cause they want to open them packages with Savannah and Suri. And Bryce will be there. And Bronny will be there. Don't be mad.

18:53Shannon Sharpe:It is what it is. You know the most people say Joe all the time. Boy it's hard but it's fair. It's sad but it's true. Lord. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. On Crimba, we home for Crimba. You know, everybody wanna be home for the holiday joke. Hey. Everybody wanna be with their family. Don't you wanna be with your family on Crimba?

19:13Chad Johnson:Yeah, hey.

19:13Shannon Sharpe:So I wanna be with your family on Crimba.

19:15Chad Johnson:Hey, the question is, who you gonna be rooting for on Christmas?

19:19Shannon Sharpe:Oh, what you mean who? Man, stop that. Man, stop that.

19:24Chad Johnson:Oh, you would go James.

19:25Shannon Sharpe:For sure.

19:27Chad Johnson:Oh, okay.

19:27Shannon Sharpe:That one trillion percent. One trillion percent.

19:34Chad Johnson:All right.

19:35Shannon Sharpe:Well, but he go, as a matter of fact, when he retire, I might retire my services. I might not root for nobody.

19:46Shannon Sharpe:Hey, that's real talk. I might not root for nobody. You know what? I get Ant-Man. Ant-Man from the crib, I'm going to get Ant-Man.

19:56Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, hey, they should be on the...

19:58Shannon Sharpe:Hey, everybody know I've been a Luka fan. I like Jokic, but with Goat James leave,

20:06Shannon Sharpe:Ant-Man is all I got. Damn.

20:11Chad Johnson:It's going to be a good one this year, fella.

20:13Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

20:14Joe Johnson:I do play like Ant-Man.

20:15Shannon Sharpe:Hey, baby, we got to get to a couple of games. I got to see... What? I mean, Vegas, y 'all need to help me get a damn team, man. Damn.

20:27Chad Johnson:Hold on, I thought I heard you say something. What'd you just say, Ojo?

20:32Joe Johnson:Huh? I thought I just heard you say something. What did you just say? No, I was saying, now that I think about it, I'm saying when Ong said Ant, man, I'm thinking about our games are kind of similar a little bit, offensively. You Ant?

20:50Chad Johnson:Hey, boy, hey, you a special character, homie. I just want you to know that, all right? You're a special casual boy.

20:56Joe Johnson:Hey, hey, Joe. Yeah, I would just think about that. Hey, listen, that's neither here nor there.

21:03Chad Johnson:Okay.

21:03Shannon Sharpe:All right. All right. Well, yeah. It's, uh, they got laid a. So hopefully, Joel Embiid said he healthy. He ain't had to have no surgeries. Hey, JB got approved. Hey, bro, they got up off you for nothing. They traded you for a guy that they wanted to get rid of. The Sixers wanted to get rid of, and they ain't even pushed back. They ain't even take Etchcombe.

21:33Chad Johnson:Boy, hey, and Joel done lost that weight too? Yeah.

21:37Shannon Sharpe:Looking good. Yeah. Keep that thing off. They're going to be all right. Tyrese Matz is going to be Tyrese Matz.

21:42Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be a good year, man, for the hoop session.

21:47Shannon Sharpe:You're going to be like jump major to that thing.

21:49Joe Johnson:Hey, I got my tickets already too. For what? Tickets to what? The opening season. Hey, listen, I'm locking in. No, I'm not talking about Minnesota and Miami Heat.

22:00Shannon Sharpe:Oh, I thought you were talking about the -

22:02Joe Johnson:Oh, that's a good game. That's an opening game? That's the opening game. In Miami? At the Cacias Center. I got mine early. I got my seats early because I know it's going to be expensive. So I got them early.

22:15Shannon Sharpe:Hey, I thought you were talking about the Sixers and the Dicks. I said, I know you ain't got no tickets for that game. Hell no. That's the most expensive ticket in over the night history.

22:24Joe Johnson:Hey, listen. I can get some tickets to it now. I just ain't. You know I ain't paying a certain price point.

22:34Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah. You're going to have to pay a bag. And I'm going to have to fly his ass way across. Yeah.

22:42Shannon Sharpe:Man, I'm going to be all broke. I'm going to be all stiff getting out that plane flying six hours.

22:48Chad Johnson:That's why we got to get this nightcap jet.

22:54Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Lord have mercy. Hey, hey, let me tell you something. Hold on, didn't I see you the price of that jet? I sent you that thing.

23:00Chad Johnson:You did, you did, you did, you did, but I just need three, four trips a year. I don't need nothing more than that.

23:06Joe Johnson:Hold on, what, hey, Joe, what, we can do that? Joe, what the number look like, Joe?

23:11Chad Johnson:Well, Unk sent me? Yeah. I'm scared to send it to you here the way it's.

23:17Shannon Sharpe:and when they told you the jet comes standing in when you move something around, they're talking about 400 ,000 here, 150 ,000 there, 1.5 million for the staff. I said, oh no. Hold on, what that one? What that one, the G5?

23:30Joe Johnson:Had to be a G5. 650.

23:32Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah. Oh, just to move the seats, it was like three, 400K just to move the seats in different area, I'm like, damn.

23:42Shannon Sharpe:So instead of captain chairs, if you want a bench seat, Yeah. $400 ,000. Because they're gonna have to reconfigure the plane now. You notice how they say, well, make sure they put certain people, do you wonder why, like, why they put certain people here? Because the weight discrepancy, the thing gotta balance out.

24:03Joe Johnson:Right. I'll tell you what, I done manifested and I'm telling you it's gonna happen right now. You see how we talk about the prices and what it would be? And it'd be in pretty steep, but there's gonna come a time? Yeah. Well, we ain't gonna think about it. that we just gonna do it. Yeah. I'm telling you, nightcap different now. Nightcap is different. I don't think y 'all see, I can see the vision. I can see the vision. We probably will have a nightcap jet at some point. Ocho, I see it, Ocho. I give it another two years.

24:28Chad Johnson:I see it, Ocho. I don't think it's gonna take that long. I see it.

24:32Joe Johnson:You might be right, but I'm just, you know, the way God worked, you know, we ain't on our timing, it's on his timing.

24:39Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. And that's okay. That's okay.

24:43Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, hey listen, that don't make him no bad, God. A thousand years might be one day for him.

24:49Chad Johnson:Hello. Hello. Now you talking. Come on, man.

24:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

24:57Chad Johnson:Yeah.

24:58Shannon Sharpe:I believe the road. I believe the road. Oh, yeah. Not tonight. Not tonight.

25:04Chad Johnson:River Shaw, but you go not tonight.

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27:39Shannon Sharpe:All right, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A. Hey, bro, I'm hungry, bro.

27:46Chad Johnson:Boy, we're going to go to Waffle House.

27:47Joe Johnson:No lie. Hey, Joe, hey, listen. I left Dallas at, uh, my flight was at 5.30. I landed here at 8. But why I slept? I slept from 11 to 6. I slept from 11 to 6. Man, I'm going to go to Tussie's. Boy, man, we finna go to Tussie's. Damn. Yeah, we finna go eat, man. Hey, you in Cambodia stay at Tussie's. Huh? You in Cambodia stay at Tussie's. Hey, that seafood rice and lobster tail, hell, boy. Yo, you been to Tussie's before, Joe? Yeah, I been to that before, Joe. But it ain't no lobster. Hell no. No, I'm for real, the seafood rice and lobster tail from Tussie's is unbelievable. I'm serious. Like, listen, I know the dancers and all that there, but the food, it's five-star dining.

28:28Joe Johnson:I ain't never seen nothing like it.

28:29Chad Johnson:Yeah, hey, hey.

28:30Shannon Sharpe:Booty juice on your lobster rice? Oh man, come on. Yeah, booty juice on your rice.

28:35Joe Johnson:What's that?

28:36Shannon Sharpe:Oh, okay, okay.

28:38Joe Johnson:Yeah, you know, nothing like that. I don't play in there, I don't play in that joke. Oh, good.

28:44Chad Johnson:Okay.

28:45Shannon Sharpe:XXXCOP SANITY, Ocho, whenever you have time, check out Busta Rhymes and Daydilla spaz. It's a new song, Busta release. He mentioned you in the song, it's fi.

28:55Joe Johnson:Hey, but the rapper boy, Hey, for somebody that ain't played in a long time, but that name shall be ringing in a whole lot of songs.

29:03Chad Johnson:Ain't a man, ain't a man, I see it.

29:05Joe Johnson:Yeah, hey, it tell you something, huh?

29:07Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. But see, when I tell people the fool be banging in the spot, hey, Magic City, that fool be banging on it, Joe.

29:15Chad Johnson:What are you talking about, huh? Hey, me and the old lady were thinking about going there tomorrow. Why you talking? Where y 'all going, Joe, Magic City? Go hit up Magic, you know, I'm gonna holler at Magic for a little minute. Eat a couple wings. Hey, Monday's the main day, ain't it? Monday night Magic City. Hey. What? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

29:41Shannon Sharpe:$20 for the top and$20 for the bottom. It's all getting those drawers to fall. Come on, fellas. Keep dipping and sipping. Hey. I like it. Yeah. Trigger Donato. Yo, your boy just got a SRT. Right on, bro. Ocho, you done got that track on?

30:01Joe Johnson:Yeah, I get in the morning. I get it at 10 a.m. My permanent tip. What color? Huh? What color? Gray with the, what you call it, rally stripe. The rally stripe down the middle.

30:11Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

30:12Joe Johnson:Yeah, 1100 horsepower is nice. I ain't really gotta do too much, but I do wanna, I wanna change the interior for him and put the wrap on there.

30:20Chad Johnson:All right, hey, hey, hey, that boy ain't gonna be the way for that. Soon that thing touch down, He gonna try to burn the rub off that thing. You hear me?

30:25Joe Johnson:I'm gonna let him drive it, but I gotta take it to my dude called Auto Firm, Alex Vega. He gonna do everything. He promised my brother he can get it done in two weeks, so he don't have to cost so long.

30:35Chad Johnson:Yeah.

30:36Shannon Sharpe:Dr. Frank L. Bellamy, hey fam, I see tonight's theme is Jurassic Park. Which one of y 'all would have survived the longest on that island? Not Ocho. Why wouldn't I survive?

30:46Joe Johnson:I got the best survival skills out of all of us. No, you don't.

30:48Shannon Sharpe:How you figure that?

30:50Joe Johnson:Boy, you know, what? What? How you figure that? Joe, I've been on my own, surviving on my own since I was nine years old. How you going to tell him you're going to survive better than me when it comes to something like a hypothetical? You ain't never been in the woods.

31:07Chad Johnson:And he can't be still. He don't know how to be calm. He can't do that.

31:12Shannon Sharpe:That Velociraptor and that T-Rex will tell your answer. Not really.

31:17Joe Johnson:Living where I'm from is like dealing with people that are just like Velociraptors and Tyrannosaurus Rex. They're just different. It's just different. You got to think. Hey, Joe, listen, I'm out in the city, baby. We talk about Liberty City in the 80s and 90s. That's just like Jurassic Park.

31:33Chad Johnson:Yeah, okay. It ain't no different.

31:35Joe Johnson:I know about Little Rock, Arkansas, Joe. I know them boy crazy out there. You hear me?

31:40Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah.

31:41Joe Johnson:Remember that killer Little Rock?

31:43Chad Johnson:Bangin' Little Rock. Bangin' Little Rock, yeah.

31:45Joe Johnson:Hey, I remember that. I remember that.

31:47Chad Johnson:Yeah, hey, hey, hey, bro, real talk, though. Back then in the mid-90s, bro, you couldn't, You know when them starter jackets came out, you couldn't wear them starter coats, you couldn't wear them joints, okay, Ochoa, they were taking them off your feet. Boy, they was gonna leave you stinking somewhere to take your starter coat, you hear me? Hey, look, I ain't gonna lie to you, chat. I had three brand new starter coats. Them mo was in the closet for I don't know how long, boy, I couldn't even wear them, you hear me? My mo was like, you can't wear that shit to school as well.

32:14Shannon Sharpe:I got a Bronco starter coat.

32:19Chad Johnson:Hey, Ochoa, my best.

32:21Shannon Sharpe:You were a starter? Oh, you were special. Hey, Ojo. Yes, sir.

32:24Chad Johnson:My best friend, bro, Vol, he had a trench coat, a Bangles trench coat starter coat. Man, that thing was so hard. I ain't gonna lie to you, bro. He was one of the first ones I ever seen with a trench starter, real talk.

32:36Shannon Sharpe:And they made him come up out of it, didn't they?

32:38Chad Johnson:Nah, they ain't make him come out of it. He was good, he was good. But I ain't gonna lie, boy, you had to keep your head on the swivel when you had them things on back then, bro.

32:48Shannon Sharpe:Foxy Mama 4321, is ISO on vacation? Camera doesn't look clear. My camera don't look clear? Wait, I mean, I don't see the sign, you ain't got the backdrop no more.

32:59Chad Johnson:Man, I'm making some changes over here. I had moved my sign and the people who moved it, they cracked the A in the cap. So y 'all know, y 'all know that light don't work. So I done hit Shelly up already, she probably be sending me a nothing. but I got something special for y 'all coming up, man, before the first game. Don't worry.

33:19Joe Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, hey. I got something special too.

33:21Shannon Sharpe:Hold on, Ocho. She only sent you another. Them people need to send some money. Them Chimes ain't cheap.

33:28Chad Johnson:She told you how much they cost, did she? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She told me how much they cost. Yeah, yeah.

33:34Joe Johnson:Hey, you heard me?

33:35Chad Johnson:What'd you say?

33:36Joe Johnson:I got something special for y 'all too before that first game.

33:39Shannon Sharpe:Man, Chad, this man been saying he's supposed to have his, he's supposed to have his thing fixed up since March. April, May, June, July, we're in August. Hey, hey,

33:53Joe Johnson:hey, when I say I'm gonna do something, I do it, it might not get done when I say I'm gonna do it, but it get done though. What is it? So in other words, you lied to us. I never lied to you. I lied for you, but not to you.

34:05Chad Johnson:He told Lil' Phil.

34:08Shannon Sharpe:Let's book Ocho and Ray J. if Ocho wins, then gotta use the public restroom at Soul Fight this fall.

34:15Chad Johnson:In what?

34:17Joe Johnson:Boxing. Dude, I don't do anything outside of my sport against civilians. If I go into another sport and I do it and I take it serious, especially boxing, I'm fighting a real fighter. I don't do no solid boxing matches. That's making a mockery of their sport.

34:35Shannon Sharpe:You saw them guys last night, Ocho.

34:37Joe Johnson:Who was fighting? Ray J and Orlando Brown. Orlando Brown? Which Orlando Brown? From Disney?

34:44Chad Johnson:Yes.

34:46Joe Johnson:Oh, they went at it. Who won?

34:47Chad Johnson:Oh, man.

34:50Joe Johnson:Who won? Who won?

34:52Shannon Sharpe:I couldn't watch no more. They were throwing them hands, huh? Hey, Chad, what them boys look like, Chad? They were doing all kinds of stuff other than fighting. Jeremy Bramley, 192. I like watching y 'all better out here than the network. Keep up the amazing work. Appreciate it, Jeremy. Appreciate the support. Iso believe in the Cowboys going to win this year. Don't make you no bad brother, though.

35:16Chad Johnson:Come on, now. Come on, lock in. Now tap in with us.

35:21Shannon Sharpe:Iso looking slim in the face and swole in the arm. Ocho might get his ass whipped like them hands and footwork, Ocho, but that man's 6 '8", bro.

35:30Joe Johnson:I don't care about that. Hey, you know what? Trees be tall, too, and they get chopped down, don't they?

35:35Chad Johnson:Not this tree over here.

35:37Joe Johnson:Yeah, okay. That's what every tree said to Paul Bunyan, too.

35:45Shannon Sharpe:TS Carwise Detail Service. ISO, did you ever go for Kobe Bryant pump fake?

35:52Chad Johnson:I probably had one for the time or two. You know, obviously, that's a huge emphasis in the game playing. Uncle Ocho, they tell you right now, guys like D-Wade, Kobe, they always use a pump fake. If they get you in a spot to where you do play great defense, They're going to use the pump fake at the end of their move. So I always try to stay disciplined, but it's tough, bro. When you got a guy who can score a wheel and score the way Cole did, I mean, hell, you's going to go for a couple of them. I ain't going to lie to you.

36:21Shannon Sharpe:In just 15 years, Vaughn has managed to play for all 32 teams. He's going to retire as a shield of himself. All 32 teams are going to be on the Hall of Fame plaque. And, yeah, ISO, that makes him a bad brother.

36:33Chad Johnson:What? No, Vaughn good, bro.

36:35Shannon Sharpe:He played for the Broncos, the Rams, the Bills, Commandos, now the Cowboys. The man still can play. He still wants to play.

36:44Chad Johnson:And when you get guys, man, what this man? Shadow boxing on? What's wrong with this man? Yeah. Hey, hey, and when you get.

36:51Shannon Sharpe:I guess it's like LL, shadow boxing on the radio. I just don't know.

36:57Chad Johnson:Man, I'm knocking little ass out with them little weak-ass parts. Yeah. Hey, hey, but as you get up in age, bro, and you still take care of yourself and you still able to play at a high level, it's hard to let the game go, bro. Like, Vaughn still look good, man. He gonna go out there. He give us anywhere from seven to 10 sacks this season. Oh, man, that's a win.

37:18Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, and that's a... I, Clarissa in Atlanta, gonna make ISO jump from one to five. Damn! For real, for real. How...

37:30Chad Johnson:What'd they mean?

37:32Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, yeah. Everybody already know you, you know, you high up on the list.

37:37Chad Johnson:Nah, what I was trying to tell Clarissa was tell Pampoos to chill. Chill. I know Pampoos trying to, you know what I mean? He trying to put one in the, you know what I mean?

37:45Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, he trying to put one in the tank.

37:47Chad Johnson:Yeah, he got to chill. He got to chill. Man, we want to see Clarissa fight a couple more times, Uncle Ojo.

37:52Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I'm with you when you're right. She want to fight a couple more times. She want that fam.

37:58Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Joe, this for you, big three. Hey, mint condition, Tony, Tony, Tony. Who you got and why? Ooh.

38:05Chad Johnson:Mint condition, Tony, Tony, Tony. Do you know? Hey, I'm going with... Today is... Hey. It's my anniversary. It's our... Anniversary. It's anniversary. That's hard, yeah. Hey. That mint condition hard, though, on that old show.

38:27Joe Johnson:Ooh. Hey, So Fine is my favorite.

38:30Chad Johnson:So fine.

38:32Joe Johnson:So fine.

38:33Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, where'd that be dropped? This intention. Hey, man, listen. I'm going. I'm going to make a dish and then Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony hard, though. I ain't going to lie to you.

38:50Shannon Sharpe:Oh, could you stop ultra diamonds from getting over 150 yards or King Isil from getting 30 in a real game? All of y 'all pride. I think for me, to be honest, I think it'd be easy for me to stop Joe from getting 30.

39:03Chad Johnson:I got 30 in my back pocket. Don't do that. Please, please, please. Please don't do that. Don't do that. Hey, hey, hey. Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe.

39:11Shannon Sharpe:You couldn't move me, Joe.

39:12Chad Johnson:Ain't no posting up. I just want you to know. Ain't no posting up unless you posting up at the nail. Hey, see, the problem is at my height, I really don't move like no dude. I move like one of them little guards out there. that's why that's why when you do you notice uncle ocho when y 'all see highlights of me against other guys i make them touch earth they think you know what i mean oh that ain't gonna get it that ain't gonna get it i ain't gonna i ain't gonna post you up that's the thing i'm gonna face you up see when i face you you can't touch me you know that right yeah i do yeah you can't tell me so now you're going to use that lateral movement and then when i shoot this tall man jump shot you're gonna be get to that tall man when i got it up here like that you can't get to that?

39:51Chad Johnson:That's a whip.

39:53Shannon Sharpe:See, you looking at me now with these bilateral hip replacements. My heels wasn't always back. My back pedal game always been weak. Elchuga probably get I probably get him like buck 25 but I get two P-U-Bs.

40:16Chad Johnson:Hey, don't even worry about it. You just keep my basketball, keep it in good condition we're going to have this little shootout me and you don't even worry but yeah there it go there it go check y 'all check it out check it out he want this

40:28Shannon Sharpe:he think he's going to hit this right here look at the Louis Vuitton you see what I'm saying

40:32Chad Johnson:yeah they're going to look good I got football too Ocho

40:38Shannon Sharpe:you can't get it because you can't beat me in nothing you can't throw further than me you can't punt further than me

40:44Chad Johnson:I know I can out throw both of y 'all I bet I can out throw both of y 'all

40:48Joe Johnson:you know what I ain't even

40:50Chad Johnson:to say done good because you know it's true that's why you ain't gonna say nothing oh hey i'm not

40:54Joe Johnson:gonna say nothing because you ain't gonna get out there and do nothing you crazy let's go to the

40:58Chad Johnson:spot where they got the look they got the little quarterback there where you gotta throw in the

41:01Joe Johnson:little holes and all that hey you hey joe you know you ain't gonna pick up the phone

41:05Chad Johnson:boy i'll smoke you like a blunt you ain't no you can't you won't be to do nothing with this here

41:10Joe Johnson:yeah you ain't gonna show up you don't show up

41:16Shannon Sharpe:Man, I asked y 'all why I received a duo yesterday. I thought we gave you that. Anyway, Start, Bench, Cut, six-man edition. Manu, Lou Will, Accra. All I know is Jamal Crawford caught fire. The universe had nothing for him. Joe, Manu, Lou Will, Accra. I'm going Manu. Start, Bench, Cut.

41:36Chad Johnson:I'm going Manu. Oh. Oh.

41:44Shannon Sharpe:She got to start model.

41:47Chad Johnson:Yeah, I'm going. I got to start my new.

41:54Chad Johnson:Then I'll probably I'm a probably go. I'm probably gonna go Jamal Crawford. I ain't gonna lie to you. And I'm gonna have to cut a little. Dang. I know it hurt to her. It hurt, it hurt. Lue my mans, bruh. Damn. Y 'all come over with these unrealistic, come on, man.

42:14Shannon Sharpe:Damn. Money Law 252 says CD Lamb and Pickens are the best doer in the league. O2 need to stop drinking all them Red Bulls. Ain't nobody listening to him, man.

42:26Joe Johnson:Ain't nobody talking about they the best doer in the league. They ain't even playing together in 17 game season, man. Whatever.

42:31Chad Johnson:Hey, get out your feelings, bruh. Get out your feelings.

42:33Joe Johnson:That's what the people don't spoke. The people don't spook. They just say anything.

42:42Shannon Sharpe:All right, so you got to start. Benchia Cut, your former coaches. Mike D 'Antoni, Mike Woodson, or Eric Spolstra.

42:51Chad Johnson:I'm going to start Mike D 'Antoni because Mike D 'Antoni, when he got to Phoenix, Uncle Ocho, it was in my third year. And he let me play, bro. He put the rock in my hands. He allowed me to make plays. He allowed me to be a big point guard just before we got Nash and Quentin Richardson. So I kind of flourished under his coaching and his toolage. Mike Woodson, I'm going to put him second. I'm going to have to bench Mike Woodson because when I got here to Atlanta, he pretty much played through me. He was like a father figure to me if you want me to keep it 100. Me and him used to have a lot of sit-downs just telling me, hey, look, I need you to do this.

43:32Chad Johnson:I need you to be like this. because it was a learning curve coming from Phoenix to Atlanta from being like third or fourth option in Phoenix to being the number one option in Atlanta. It was a learning curve for me, so he helped me with that. And Coach Sposher, hell of a coach. I had a hell of a time in Miami, bro. It was just so short because it was like I took a buyout from Brooklyn and then I signed with the Miami Heat. Y 'all do know that year I signed with the Miami Heat, I could have signed. I had talked to Braun. i was supposed to sign with cleveland and that's the year they came back from 3-1 wow i could have been on that cleveland team the year they came back from 3-1 but my decision making was like this damn you got braun you got kairi you got kevin love hell it ain't but two more spots opening me richard jefferson jr smith and and shump hey man i ain't gonna go over here and fight with you boy when i can go over here to miami and we got something nobody else got, which was Whiteside at the time, who was a monster.

44:33Chad Johnson:Obviously, we got D-Wade and they were last in the NBA in three-point shooting, so they needed shooting. They needed scoring. And I could play backup point. You know, I could handle the rock and make plays. So that was my whole purpose of going to Miami. But I had a great time in Miami, bro. I had a great time. Spohr, a great coach.

44:51Shannon Sharpe:Can you talk about the organization you go to matters? I just saw Rodney Hood highlights, bro. I don't know what happened to him. He was nice.

44:59Chad Johnson:Nah, Hoodie, that's my guy. Hoodie was nice. He had a great opportunity in Utah when Gordon left. You know, they kind of put it in his hands. I don't know, man. It just never really worked out for Hoodie. But he was a hell of a player, though. Hell of a player. Lefty, about 6 '7". Uncle Ocho had bounced, could shoot it, could score, could defend. He could play, bro. When you're teeing off and your clients are watching, it's on. When the game goes to overtime and your squad is right there with you, it's on. When you swap out that other nicotine pouch for something softer and feel the difference right away, it's on.

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47:55Shannon Sharpe:Them old folks, the Cowboys got ISO happy. Hawks, he can't have them boys. ISO popping with one and two.

48:02Chad Johnson:Yeah.

48:02Shannon Sharpe:It be short-lived, though. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. Damn.

48:05Chad Johnson:Here he go, Hayden. Here he go.

48:07Shannon Sharpe:It's dope seeing ISO get excited about football. Ocho did this during basketball season. You might be right. I'm moving ISO up to two. I told y 'all.

48:17Chad Johnson:Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. How I move up to two? Is it because of some of the stuff I was asking Clarissa?

48:25Shannon Sharpe:Well, don't worry about how. We just know you are.

48:28Chad Johnson:Well, you got to tell me something. I mean, you can't just move me to two saying that. How that work?

48:34Shannon Sharpe:You move me to two. Well, hold on. Hell, you should be one.

48:37Joe Johnson:You an Ocho fighting. Hell. Hold on. He is one. I'm definitely not one. I'm definitely not one.

48:45Chad Johnson:the fact that you can fix your face and say you definitely not one is just hey listen it's just

48:49Joe Johnson:crazy work trust me i'm not anything i do i told you everything i tell y 'all on here is about past experiences not nothing i'm doing exactly i ain't got no stories to tell i don't told all my story i have like four or five of them man please what hey i still got some stories in your back pocket i ain't crazy oh hey joe i got a 30 piece in my back pocket i already know it i don't know i'm

49:12Shannon Sharpe:write a book i gotta write a book i've got to say the story i got a few more i might be sharing a little inside on but you know yeah hey i got some more good ones i'm just waiting on the right time yeah when all y 'all going hunting and fishing trip for a video i told you we go we're gonna go fishing we're gonna fish this fall what we what we fishing for i don't know

49:35Chad Johnson:fish we fishing for whatever the hell biting i ain't i ain't don't tell me talking about some oh we crappy we bass i ain't damn that what's biting out here in the water hey y 'all can y 'all fish we fishing from the boat what you doing you jumping in i'm getting in the

49:53Shannon Sharpe:water first of all he don't know nothing about he ain't gonna do no noodling he ain't gonna stick here he gonna do that and he ain't gonna do nothing but land fish your fish hey i know i

50:03Joe Johnson:Hey, Unc, I know a little something about Newlin now. I ain't got no problem putting my hand in the hole. Oh, okay. You put your tongue in the hole to catch him.

50:13Shannon Sharpe:I already know. Joe, we already know.

50:17Chad Johnson:Yeah, I know how you get down. I'm ready now. Lil Rambo. I'm ready.

50:27Shannon Sharpe:Unc, Unc, Unc needs a red card suspended for at least one show.

50:32Joe Johnson:you do man don't you bet that bad doobie i told y 'all man hey hey listen hey chad see that's the problem see some of the things i say on here a lot of people they don't take offense to it but to them it sounds like oh my goodness it's outrageous oh it's crazy no it's outrageous and it's crazy to you because the rest of the world refuses to live in their truths huh people do this all over the some of the things I share, this happens everywhere. Everyone's just scared to just be themselves, let it out. I'm one of the few, you know? It don't make me no bad brother. I don't really care how people feel about me, which is why I'm able to live the way I live.

51:11Joe Johnson:I'm just living in my truth and sharing my past experience with y 'all so y 'all can improve your life before it's too late.

51:17Chad Johnson:I'm good, bro. I'm good. I'm good. I mean, we have tons of fun over here. I don't know where I mean, damn.

51:24Joe Johnson:Listen, there's levels of fun. I mean, the level of fun you having is, you know, is basic. It is basic math. One plus one equals two. Listen, there's algebra. Then there's calculus. There's levels to everything, Joe. So your fun is basic fun.

51:40Chad Johnson:How that man going to say I'm having basic fun? How you know what type of fun I'm having?

51:43Joe Johnson:Because you're telling me no to all the calculus fun. You're telling me no to all the algebra fun.

51:48Chad Johnson:You don't know if I'm walking around the room or that. You don't know what's going on or what I'm doing.

51:52Shannon Sharpe:I mean, hey, hey. Hey, you know Joe, Joe been working out. Joe say he's strong.

51:58Chad Johnson:Hey, I done got my heel back, my knee back, my knee strong, I could go up the stairs, you know what I'm saying? Huh? Yeah, I'm doing my lunges, my Bulgarian squats, and all, man please. Joe can throw mama over the shoulder

52:11Shannon Sharpe:and go up the stairs, bye.

52:13Chad Johnson:Oh, what you talking about? Oh, what you talking about?

52:19Shannon Sharpe:He ain't gotta use the elevator no more, Joe. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's why you number two. Ocho number one, I'm number three. Frank Logan, 3500. Ocho started living after that Haitian slammed his old lady.

52:36Chad Johnson:Oh, man, come on. Don't bring that up, bro.

52:39Shannon Sharpe:Huh?

52:40Chad Johnson:They talking about the little Zoe man when you was in high school.

52:43Joe Johnson:When I was a freshman. Yeah.

52:49Joe Johnson:Hey. Hey. Hey.

52:52Shannon Sharpe:I swear I'd have left Miami.

52:56Joe Johnson:Why would you leave Miami?

52:58Shannon Sharpe:I would have been up to the Rose did that.

53:00Joe Johnson:Well, listen, listen, I done terrorize all they people. It's cool.

53:03Chad Johnson:Damn.

53:04Joe Johnson:Yeah, I think, oh yeah. Hey, hey, hey. You did say they used to call you the blumber though. Hey, Joe, hey, Joe, Uncle Joe, listen, he can have, that one he got?

53:16Chad Johnson:Yeah.

53:17Joe Johnson:And I done slaughtered all that. Oh yeah, I done slaughtered all that through Miami the past 30 years. Huh? It's all about the experience. Yeah. I don't need you to stay, but I will be an everlasting memory.

53:31Chad Johnson:Hello. Hello. Hello, Ocho. I like that, boy. Huh? I like that. I don't need you to stay. I like that.

53:39Joe Johnson:But I will be an everlasting memory. I just want you to remember the experience. Yeah, after all that stuff you do. That's all. Yeah. Because ain't nobody else going to do it.

53:49Chad Johnson:Hey, hey. Hey, Ocho say he here for a good time, not a long time, partner.

53:53Joe Johnson:Hey, period.

53:54Chad Johnson:Yeah, hey, hey, hey. Period, huh?

53:56Shannon Sharpe:Hey, clock, clock, clock. Hello, hello. What are we talking about? Hello. Hey, Joe, you don't know he putting that baby D on him. He putting that baby D on him. Hey, hey, hey. And put it anywhere. Hey, you gotta understand, what? Hey, Uncle Joe. You gotta have lit, Ocho put it anywhere.

54:15Chad Johnson:Oh, man, come on.

54:17Joe Johnson:Hold on, hold on, hold on. Now, what y 'all need to remember, but now this is the old me we talking about now.

54:21Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the old me. Let's get something understood. It's the old me.

54:24Shannon Sharpe:Just the fact that with you at some point in time though.

54:26Joe Johnson:Yeah, absolutely. Now I'm a little bit more structured and disciplined.

54:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah.

54:31Joe Johnson:You know, Cambodia don't play that. Hello. Just say no. Yeah.

54:37Shannon Sharpe:Just say no. Almighty James, two times, oh, give me the word. I'll make him disappear. No, I want him to disappear. He good, we just stay. You just know how you know. No use. I stay over here, he stay over there.

55:00Shannon Sharpe:Nebula 7618, I broke up with my man. Now he got his mother on my line and I don't want to be rude. How can I be polite and let her know?

55:10Chad Johnson:Well.

55:10Joe Johnson:Let her know what? It all depends on what you broke up with him for. Matter of fact, if it's bad enough, you would have told his mama and let her know why you broke up with her son.

55:19Shannon Sharpe:Nah, that's normal talking. Yeah, hey, hey. My grandma, the dude called my aunt, my aunt's boyfriend that she broke up with him. And he called, Miss Mary, you know my aunt, she passed away, Gladys, rest your soul. Old Pedro, called a bobcat. You know me and Gladys broke up, you know, and I was wondering if my grandma say, I ain't put y 'all together, I ain't take y 'all apart. Don't call me.

55:46Chad Johnson:Hey, hold on. He got his mama calling because he hoping she can subside some stuff. He know you're going to cut up if he call you. So if I have my mama call, then maybe she won't be as rude. You hear what I'm saying? Right. Yeah.

56:00Shannon Sharpe:And she said she don't want to be rude. Yeah. Nebula, you just got to be honest with him. Say, look, me and your son, our relationship has run its course. Yeah. I no longer want to be in this relationship. I no longer feel the way I felt in the beginning of this relationship. Hello. and it's time for us to go our separate ways. Before somebody gets hurt worse than it could potentially be, it's best that we end this relationship now. While we, look, and I'm not saying we're on bad terms, but it's gonna get worse if we keep going around and keep doing it like this here. L-O, L-O. That's all I got for you, baby.

56:36Shannon Sharpe:I knew Ocho was a freak when he pulled out that blind mohawk back in the day.

56:41Chad Johnson:Oh, fact, yeah. I remember you had that blind mohawk too, boy.

56:44Joe Johnson:Hey, listen, you have to understand, when I'm on the football field, Joe, that's nothing but a character. That's nothing but a character. Anytime I cross between them lines, anytime they have a camera in front of me, that is nothing but a character. That's it. That's all it is.

56:59Shannon Sharpe:She ain't getting the memo. You just got to tell her. Just tell her. Just tell her. Say it ain't going to work. We had our three months, our three years, or however long it's been, Nebula. But you just got to be – Hey. But I don't believe in getting people involved in my relationship.

57:17Chad Johnson:Yeah, me neither, man. Hey, you deal with them privately, bro.

57:22Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you don't want me? Damn, you sure?

57:30Hey.

57:31Shannon Sharpe:I be like, Dave Rob, please. Please.

57:36Joe Johnson:Hey, when I was young and I think about it, Uncle Joe, you put so much value into those that you dating at the time and you never really realize, you put all the value in that individual. And as you get older, you're a little bit more seasoned, a little bit more wiser.

57:52Chad Johnson:Yes, sir. And you understand that, eh, okay. I ain't really, okay.

58:00Joe Johnson:Yeah.

58:02Shannon Sharpe:Been like 12 games, been on all again, but wow. Let me do that dog in Georgia style. Hey, hey. That thing, free rocket. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

58:14Chad Johnson:What?

58:17Shannon Sharpe:Let me ride that donkey, donkey. Let me ride that donkey, donkey, please. Yeah. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. I beg and die to beg like James. I so, I so know what he doing. If Aaron Donald was working out for them boys, he be saying, oh yeah, he coming back.

58:36Chad Johnson:You damn right I would be. I ain't gonna lie to you. I ain't gonna tell you no lie. See, I ain't gonna lie to you because it's sound fly to you. I'm gonna keep it 100. If that boy would with us, yeah.

58:45Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man, if Aaron Donald was going to the Cowboys, man, we wouldn't be able to do that with this, man.

58:54Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, you got to be, Ocho, I won't come on Sunday night. I come on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.

59:00Chad Johnson:Boy, y 'all know how fast I'll be in here on the Zoom meeting, boy, what?

59:09Shannon Sharpe:Is Julio Jones a Hall of Famer? What other receivers need that jacket? Absolutely. He's absolutely a Hall of Famer. Reggie Wayne need to get in. Torrey Holt need to get in. Steve Smith Sr. need to get in. Yeah. But I think wide receiver is the hardest position to get in in the Hall. It is the hardest position.

59:30Chad Johnson:Why do you think that is though?

59:39Shannon Sharpe:because they got to stop judging across eras.

59:45Shannon Sharpe:Because you look at, like, they throw the ball now. Now, if you don't have 1 ,200 catches, Ocho, then people are going to think you're a bum.

59:53Joe Johnson:Right.

59:56Shannon Sharpe:And you got to realize, that's why Jerry is so out of this world. Jerry did most of his damage in the 80s and the 90s. he got 15 ,000 he got 1500 catches 22 ,000 yards I think Larry Fish Journal is the closest he's 5000 yards behind that man basically three three full NFL seasons if he has 1500 yards a season which is a great great season he's still three football seasons behind him Jerry had 1200 yards at 40

1:00:34Shannon Sharpe:40 year old with 1200 yards had a 100 yard game in like 42

1:00:41Shannon Sharpe:that completes this episode of Nightcap we want to thank our very very special guest for joining us Clarissa Shields who did a demolition job in the middleweight division taking down K Scott while being a knockout in the 6th round and Von Miller recently signed with the Dallas Cowboys he was kind enough to join us tonight so we want to thank Clarissa and Von for joining us tonight here on Nightcap. We really, really appreciate that. We look forward to seeing you and having you back on here again soon. Thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite up.

1:01:12Shannon Sharpe:My partner and co-host, Liberty City's own, Bengals, Ring of Fame honoree, the Dade County native, the Brout Runner extraordinaire, the Bengal Ring of Fame honoree, a former Pro Bowler and an All-Pro. That is Chad Ochocinco Johnson, University of Arkansas alum, Little Rock, Arkansas native, seven-time NBA All-Star from the Atlanta Hawks, Mr. Clutch himself, the smooth shooting two guard. That is ISO Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button. And go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. We'd like to thank each and every one of you for your eyes, ears, and your word of mouth.

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