Nightcap Hour 2: LeBron tells Grizzlies to MOVE from MEMPHIS + LeBron SPEAKS on PLAYING the VILLAIN + Wizards viral APRIL FOOLS Joke + Kirk Cousins INKS DEAL with Raiders

Summary

Club Shay Shay — Nightcap Hour 2: LeBron, HBCUs, Viral April Fools, and Kirk Cousins’ Big Deal

Date: April 3, 2026
Hosts: Uncle Ocho (Shannon Sharpe), Joe, Bucky, Zach

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Episode Overview

This lively episode dives into a mix of sports news and personal stories: LeBron James’ candid comments about the Memphis Grizzlies (and the city itself), his experience playing the "villain" post-Decision, college and HBCU memories, the Wizards’ controversial April Fools prank, and—closing strong—Kirk Cousins’ near-legendary NFL career earnings. The panel brings signature humor and sharp takes throughout, mixing nostalgia with analysis and spirited banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. LeBron’s "Memphis" Comments & Team Relocation

[03:16]

• Panel reacts to LeBron's remarks suggesting the Grizzlies should relocate from Memphis to Nashville.
  • LeBron joked about staying at a "Hyatt at 41" and called out Memphis for its lack of luxury, saying:

    “You think I want to do that…being in Memphis on a random ass Thursday…Y’all gotta move. Go to Nashville.”

  • Ocho points out that LeBron isn’t the first to raise Memphis’ drawbacks, but “when they hear from him, it weighs a little different.” [03:47]
  • Discussion about Memphis’ fanbase and hotels, with light ribbing about accommodations and travel compared to L.A.:

    “They stayed at the Montage, the Beverly Wilshire…That’s not downtown, that’s in Beverly Hills. Take forever to get to the game.” — Ocho [04:29]

• Joe and Bucky reminisce about police escorts for teams and the various buses used in college/pros.
• Memorable Moment: The hilarious debate over who gets “police escorts” and the pecking order for athletic buses.
  • “You catch this first or second one, we out.” — Joe [05:51]

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2. College, HBCU Life & “Back of the Bus” Stories

[06:18 - 20:28]

• Ocho and the crew tell vivid college travel stories, especially bus rides and hierarchy (“seniority at the back by the bathroom”).
  • Riff on the horrors of bus bathrooms and the unspoken rule:

    “If you do two, you gonna stay in there and smell it…Nope. You ain’t coming out!” — Ocho [06:44]

• Long tangents on traveling via “crop duster” planes, Greyhound stories, and HBCU culture:
  • The infectious energy of HBCU homecoming, step shows, and the deep sense of community.
  • Ocho’s admiration:

    "Everybody should have at least go one quarter or one semester…to an HBCU to see homecoming, to see the pageantry…" — Ocho [15:43]

  • Discussion of Greek life, with Ocho joking about never pledging:

    “I pledge me five me.” — Ocho [21:47]

• Ocho reflects on the mentorship he received at Savannah State, saying he would never trade his HBCU experience:

  “I know the professors and the doctors I had, they cared about me…I might be the best representation of Savannah State. So they’re gonna make sure I was really, really educated.” — Ocho [18:03]

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3. LeBron on Playing the Villain After ‘The Decision’

[22:51 - 33:55]

• LeBron’s reflections are recounted: He describes taking on the villain role after his move to Miami, the unexpected backlash, and its impact.

  “I took the villain role because I let the media…and I was young…That was the first time that I left home…It was tough on me, but it definitely made me who I am...” — LeBron (quoted by Ocho) [26:23]

• Joe and Ocho analyze why LeBron “had to” go to Miami, referencing how Boston’s superteam blocked his path in Cleveland:

  “Boston had just got KG and Ray Allen…He had to go get some help. He had to.” — Joe [27:14]

• The panel weighs in on fan reactions to stars leaving teams:
  • Compare player ‘loyalty’ vs. owners/teams relocating franchises without remorse:

    “Fans want players to act normal, act like you…when they do things like the rest of us do, they get mad.” — Ocho [30:32]

  • Ocho on the logic for stars leaving:

    “LeBron’s dreams was, I want to win a championship…If Cleveland could have got like Boston got KG…LeBron would have stayed.” [31:18]

• Notable quote on team loyalty:

  “I never understood how fans feel more connection to a billionaire than the millionaires…LeBron or Giannis or KD, they don’t own the team. So why should they have loyalty to a team that doesn’t have loyalty to them?” — Ocho [33:55]

• This segment circles back to teams moving cities solely for money (Rams, Chargers, Raiders, etc).

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4. Wizards’ Viral April Fools Joke

[35:17 - 39:20]

• Ocho breaks down the Washington Wizards’ widely criticized April Fools stunt: blindfolding a fan for a fake $10,000 half-court shot, then revealing it was an April Fools joke; the panel debates scripted vs. authentic “plants.”
  • “You should have gave me $10k for showing my black ass up.” — Ocho [36:24]
• General musings on how April Fools jokes lost their charm as the world itself got wilder:
  • “April Fools ain’t really…nobody really play no April Fools joke, did they?…It feels like April Fool’s every day.” — Ocho [37:50]
  • Joe’s personal April Fools story getting “pranked” about being on Nightcap.

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5. Kirk Cousins’ New Raiders Deal & Insane Career Earnings

[39:20 - 46:06]

• Ocho details the financials: Cousins signs a 5-year, $172M deal with the Raiders, but it’s really year-to-year. Cousins’ streak: 11 straight seasons with fully guaranteed contracts.
• Bucky and Ocho are awestruck by Cousins’ masterclass in leveraging free agency, recounting each of his massive, guaranteed contracts:

  “God has favor for certain people. Obviously, timing for Kirk Cousins has always been impeccable. Along with him betting on himself…” — Bucky [40:23]

  • Recaps Cousins’ moves: “Every time he hit big in Washington, he hit big in Minnesota, hell, he hit big in Atlanta, and lo and behold, here we go, right back at it again.” — Ocho [40:52]
• Stats Bomb: Despite all the money, Cousins has just one playoff win:

  “Guess how many playoff wins he got? Drum roll please… One.” — Bucky [44:20]

• Ocho humorously contextualizes Cousins’ earnings vs. GOATs:

  “Kirk Cousins had earned more money in football than Michael Jordan did playing basketball, more than Tiger Woods playing golf, more than Serena Williams playing tennis…Cousins—one playoff win!” [44:26]

• Panel concludes Cousins’ true “Super Bowl” is his bank account—a win thanks to his agent and self-belief.

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• On Memphis Relocation:

  “Ron spoke on the Grizzly saying, staying at the effing Hyatt at 41 years old. You think I want to do that? … You guys have to move. Go to Nashville.” — Uncle Ocho paraphrasing LeBron [03:16]

• On HBCU Brotherhood:

  “…I would trade that [experience] for nothing, man.” — Uncle Ocho [20:04]

• On the ‘Villain’ Era:

  “I took the villain role because I let the media. And I was young. I was 25 years old, and a lot don’t understand…” — LeBron (quoted by Ocho) [26:23]

• On Franchise and Player Loyalty:

  “I never understood how fans feel more connection to a billionaire than the millionaires…So why should they have a loyalty to a team that doesn’t have loyalty to them?” — Uncle Ocho [33:55]

• April Fools Joke Reaction:

  “You should have gave me $10,000 for showing my black ass up.” — Uncle Ocho [36:24]

• Kirk Cousins as a Business Case Study:

  “Kirk Cousins had earned more money in football than Michael Jordan did…more than Tiger Woods…more than Serena Williams…One playoff win.” — Uncle Ocho [44:26]

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Important Segment Timestamps

• LeBron’s Memphis comments and NBA travel: [03:16–08:48]
• HBCU and college sports stories: [08:48–20:28]
• LeBron on playing the villain & free agency culture: [22:51–33:55]
• Wizards April Fools controversy: [35:17–39:20]
• Kirk Cousins’ career contracts & NFL economics: [39:20–46:06]

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Tone & Style

Casual, humorous, and honest—just as the Club Shay Shay crew delivers every time. The panel blends sports analysis, lived experience, jokes, and cultural commentary in a way that is both insightful and endlessly entertaining.

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Summary

This episode is a rollicking mix of hard sports news, personal storytelling, and sharp perspective. The hosts dig into serious topics like player agency and the economics of pro sports, cloaked in light-hearted, laugh-out-loud banter—from NBA team relocation to the wild ride of Kirk Cousins’ bank account. Sprinkled with nostalgic stories of college ball—and a side-eye at April Fools pranks gone too far—this episode is for anyone who loves to see sports, business, and culture collide.

Transcript

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[Uncle Ocho]

Ron spoke on the Grizzly saying, staying at the effing Hyatt at 41 years old. You think I want to do that? Ish. Being in Memphis on a random ass Thursday, I'm not the first guy to talk about in the NBA. You guys have to move. Go to Nashville. You got Vanderbilt, NASCAR, a stadium, a hockey team. Joe, now everybody criticizes LeBron, but KD has said this, has said that it's not great. Ant man has said it. Everybody has said. And like LeBron said, I'm not the first to say it, but somehow you know. Yeah.

[Joe]

You already know when, when they hear from him. It weighs, it weighs a little different. But it could be some truth in that. They, they, I mean, five star hotel. I don't think that they have that in Memphis and. But they do have a, you know. You know the funny part is though, Ocho, they got a pretty good fan base though.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, for sure.

[Bucky]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Bucky]

Hey, hold on. What you mean they ain't got no five star hotel in Memphis? Maybe they don't have a five star hotel in Memphis that close enough to the stadium that the player can get to and from the game.

[Joe]

I'm sure they got a nice hotel.

[Uncle Ocho]

I don't think it's five star.

[Joe]

The Weston is right there across the street from the arena. Ocho, that's pretty much what a team stay at.

[Uncle Ocho]

But. Yeah, but normally, Joe, a lot of times like when they come to la, they stayed at the Montage. They stayed at the Beverly Wilshire.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Or they stayed. They stayed at the four Season. Or they stayed at the Ritz.

[Joe]

Yeah, that's.

[Uncle Ocho]

No. And that's that. And that. That's not downtown that's in Beverly Hills.

[Joe]

Right, Right, right. Take forever to get to the game.

[Uncle Ocho]

It sure. It sure does. That's close. That's where I live. And I know, well, how. How long it take me.

[Joe]

Well, that's. Hey, that's a thing.

[Uncle Ocho]

Y' all get police escorts, y', all to the game.

[Joe]

Nah, nah, wait.

[Bucky]

You ain't got. You don't get no escort.

[Joe]

I won't get no police escort. Man. You got the bus leaving at a certain time.

[Uncle Ocho]

You.

[Joe]

You figure out which one you gonna be on first bus leave at a time.

[Bucky]

No, I'm saying going. Going to the game, though.

[Joe]

No, bro, we might.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, we might get an escort.

[Joe]

We might get an escort going to the airport.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, we get to and from the airport. And to and from.

[Bucky]

Yeah, to him from the airport.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Bucky]

Hey, everybody got to move everything out of the way. Traffic stopping.

[Joe]

It's a bunch of y', all, though.

[Bucky]

Yeah.

[Joe]

We ain't got but two buses.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's it.

[Bucky]

Motorcycle cops be working, right?

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Hey, y' all probably got about 10 buses.

[Uncle Ocho]

No, we got probably like four.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah. We ain't got but two, man. You get to. You catch this first or second one, we out.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. And in college, we had. We had two buses. Yeah, we had two buses because we had the starters on one bus. At first, it used to be offense on one bus, defense on the other bus. Then we started, right? Offensive starters and defensive starters on one bus, and then the. The backups on another. Offensive defense on another bus.

[Joe]

Hold on.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, you know, we. That. I'm at the back. You know, I'm at the back of the bus. I got seniority. Couldn't wait. To the upper class, believe, because I'm gonna be the top dog. I'm back there by the bathroom. Yeah, you gotta do one or two, man. I gotta do one, do two. You stand there the whole trip. You might stand there hour, two hours, three hours, but you're not finna go stack it up there. Cause we back there with an engine at Joe, and no joke.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

What you gotta do? I'm asking you one or two. Because if you do two, you gonna stay in there and smell it. Just the whole trip, man. Come on. No. Nope. You ain't coming out. And guess what? We leave, I leave their ass in there for two, three hours.

[Bucky]

Them bus trips used to be fun, man. There was some good times, boy.

[Joe]

Hey, hey, when using. When y' all was in college, y' all flew to y' all game.

[Uncle Ocho]

We took the bus everywhere, Joe. Yeah, man, listen, yeah. From Savannah we went. I mean, the farther I mean we go. Try to think the father. We could probably go for probably five hours on the bus.

[Joe]

Damn.

[Bucky]

That's the first. That's the first you had to go, man.

[Joe]

We used to take these. Look, these, look, them. Look. Crop duster planes I'm talking about only fit like six or seven people on. We take like four, five of them. I ain't lying. When I was in college, that's how we used to travel. Scariest day of my life. I'm telling my boy, hey, them little planes be dropping so high,

[Bucky]

man.

[Joe]

Don't let it be no bad weather, too.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe]

Oh, man.

[Uncle Ocho]

But I'm like, bro, Joe, you first of all, have you ever. Oh, you rode the bus, Cuz you say you rode the bus to. From. From Miami to where? Langston

[Joe]

Bus. Like Greyhound.

[Uncle Ocho]

You drove?

[Bucky]

Nah, I flew.

[Uncle Ocho]

You flew?

[Bucky]

Yeah, Grandma. Grandma put me on the plane. Yeah, Grandma had money. My granddaddy had money. I ain't had no money, man.

[Uncle Ocho]

Look here. Y' all know, like, you riding the buses. I mean, people be coming back because I rode the bus to go see my brother. And on spring break, South Carolina, I would catch the bus from Claxton. So the bus, the bus, Greyhound would leave Claxton and it'd go to Meadows, go to Statesburg Meadow. It'd just stop off at places and pick people up and.

[Bucky]

Right.

[Uncle Ocho]

I mean, it's a two and a half hour drive. If you drove in a car, just drove straight, it's gonna take you about six hours by the bus, Sam. Hours. Because they stopping everywhere. They stopping at a joker house. Dude come with his suitcase. Dude come with his suitcase. Coming up, coming out the dirt. Dirt road and everything, I'm like, well, damn. But you know, you know, I don't know if you ever been in. In a. A bus station, but, boy, some CD characters in there. Yeah, I know.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, man, they tried to sell you something. Somebody trying to steal something from you. It's a lot of bull job going on. So you got, you know, and, you know, I remember. Hey, don't go to sleep on the bus, okay? Hey. Cause I had. I got. As soon as the bus move, I ain't got. I ain't like, man, hey, you. Soon. You close the door, you think the door closed. That Jordan head hit the window. You sleep. But going to the bathroom, I thought that was disrespectful. Ocho, you knew you had to go to the bathroom. You should have used the bathroom before you left the door Right?

[Bucky]

Yeah, especially back then. Joe, them buses, once you open the door.

[Joe]

I've been on there.

[Bucky]

Yeah. Since comes out. So you, you, you want to make sure. Listen, you don't do number two before we get on.

[Uncle Ocho]

Thank you.

[Bucky]

Because you ain't doing it while we. Because every time that door opens. Boy, that smells.

[Joe]

Hey, I've been there. Look, we rode that Greyhound while playing AAU from, from Arkansas all the way to Cocoa Beach, Florida. And what?

[Uncle Ocho]

What?

[Joe]

Arkansas to Cocoa Beach, Florida. Oh, Ojo. One of the pants stuck up the bathroom. Boy, I'm talking about worst thing. Oh man.

[Bucky]

Hey, it was bad. It was bad, huh?

[Joe]

It was bad.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, like as a matter of fact, somebody was asking my. My homeboy because I was telling the story you guys the other night about we're doing the Oklahoma drill and how I ran over to db. So a dude was listening. Yeah, like he asked Bucky. He said man, Sharp say he trucked somebody. Who is that? He didn't say. No name he said. So he told him the name. He said what happened was boom, boom, boom. And he said the DB slip and say Sharp caught him with a knee and just pile dried it.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

And just boom. He said, man, he said that. He said the guy slipped. He.

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[Uncle Ocho]

Called him. He drove him. And y' all started jumping. Yeah. Ask them guys, hey, you a starter in 88 and 89? Ask them who's at the back of the bus because we play spades back there. Ask them what happened. If you used the B, you went number two in that bathroom, would you come out? No, sir. They tell, hey, coach, man, Sharp had us locked in the bathroom. Coach. They be like, God damn home, man. You know somebody, they might get sick, cuz. You know them fumes back there, they should have thought about that before they took their ass in there. I might get sick, so I already

[Joe]

know what you talking about, boy. Hey, I'm telling you, I understand the.

[Uncle Ocho]

The pageantry. And I think everybody should have at least go one quarter or one semester.

[Bucky]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

To an HBCU to see homecoming, to see. To see the pageantry, to see the student center. How it be buzzing doing homecoming? Just, you know, the step shows and everybody. Cuz we had a yard, so we had like, where the Capitals would be at. They had their own little park and the. The Sigmas and the Deltas and the Akas. Everybody had their own little park and they'd be out there doing their thing. So to experience that, man, ain't nothing like it.

[Joe]

Nothing like it.

[Uncle Ocho]

Like it. Ain't nothing like it, man. The step shows, cuz, you know, this have the step shows. I don't know if y' all had that. So. So step show Fort Valley and this one and that. They come in to do the competition.

[Joe]

Yeah. Yeah, man, they used to be lit.

[Uncle Ocho]

Was it?

[Joe]

Oh, yeah.

[Bucky]

I could. Hey, I could only imagine.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey.

[Bucky]

Hey, Joe. I went to my daughter probate boy

[Joe]

at preview A, they cut up a man.

[Uncle Ocho]

Older girl come, I came back. They be looking good.

[Bucky]

Hey, but my daughter crossed over as an AK and I came on this show to talk about the experience.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, so you had that?

[Bucky]

Hey, I was in there.

[Uncle Ocho]

I was in Ojo.

[Joe]

You ain't see that when you was in school.

[Bucky]

I was at Langston, but damn near two weeks before I got thrown out

[Zach]

for fight, you know.

[Bucky]

And then I went to, you know, Santa Monica. So I never had an opportunity to experience that. But being there, man, you know, for that, that. That out that hour.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, I like it, bro.

[Bucky]

I ain't never seen nothing. I ain't never seen nothing like that.

[Joe]

Oh, man.

[Bucky]

Oh, man, it was unbelievable.

[Joe]

College was amazing, bro.

[Uncle Ocho]

Not low. Not low,

[Joe]

Man. Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

You had him supposed to do a church.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Not long.

[Bucky]

Hey, hey, Uncle. If you could do it again, would you. If you. If you could do it again and you had the opportunity to go to a power five.

[Uncle Ocho]

No, sir.

[Bucky]

You want your HBCU experience.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Because bad things would have happened to me at a pwi.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Uncle Ocho]

I got you.

[Joe]

I got you. Let me.

[Uncle Ocho]

Let me. Let me go. Because I know. Because I'm not saying that it wouldn't have, but I know that the professors and the doctors that I had, they cared about me. I'm not so sure that. And it might be there might be a few that care about those, but they knew that I was going to be the representation, and I might be the best representation of Savannah State. So they're going to make sure that I was really, really educated. They weren't sending me out of there that didn't know, hey, we just going to pass him along because he good at football.

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Nah.

[Uncle Ocho]

And a lot of. A lot of the professors that. I mean, some. A lot of them pass on. But Dr. Brock, I had Dr. Brock, she probably in her 90s. She still asked bucket about me. How's Sheldon doing? Every time they see him, Dr. McLemore, Doc, Dr. Green, they ask about me. And so when I had my. My jersey, retirement. When they retired my jersey, they asked anybody. I said, find these people. Some of them had passed on. One lady, she. Her name was Ms. Pat. She was in charge of the cafeteria and they couldn't find her. But somehow she found out I was having it. And she showed up. She all. She got on white on.

[Bucky]

She.

[Uncle Ocho]

She dressed to the nine. And they wouldn't let her in. But I. Cuz I was in the back and they said, no, he. You weren't on the list. Bucky told him, said, nah, y' all better let that one in, man. Ms. Pat at the door, she saw me. There go my baby. There go my baby. I told y'. All, my baby know I was coming. That woman love. Because you couldn't what you were supposed to do. Ocho. We go through the line, the breakfast line, the lunch line or the dinner line.

[Joe]

Right?

[Bucky]

Right.

[Uncle Ocho]

You get one serving, you eat what you got, then you come back. Ms. Pat go ahead and give me two. Yeah, but everybody. Not only was it the players, man, the regular student, because we ate with the regular student body. It wasn't like what y' all got at Oregon State or what, Arkansas.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Athletes eat together, right?

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

And then the student body. No, we ate with the student body. So I was the only one athlete, anybody. She gave me both of my service on one tray. But it got so mad. It's like, why you do him like that? Cause y' all ain't my baby. But, hey, bad, bad. Oh, so I would trade that experience for nothing, man.

[Bucky]

Hey, I know people that have the opportunity for. People that had the opportunity to experience HBCU life, man, for four years at that.

[Uncle Ocho]

You the player, Joe. You went to an hbcu. I can see you pledging what?

[Joe]

What it would have been.

[Bucky]

Hey, what I would have pledged, huh? Based on my personality?

[Joe]

He proud of the way I am. Nah, nah.

[Uncle Ocho]

I think he got the cane. Cause Ocho a showman. He gonna be twirling that cane.

[Bucky]

Hey,

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yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Alpha alpha, black and gold hey, why,

[Bucky]

why can't be the one? I don't want to be disrespectful, but. Yeah, they wild. They crazy.

[Joe]

Hey, normally. But normally, football players pledge Q. Yeah,

[Uncle Ocho]

that for the most part, but Q or a Kappa.

[Joe]

Hey, hey. They can't wait to take their off in the club and have them big you showing on.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, yeah. They done got them branded. I said no, man. Man, you out your. Damn, man. Y' all ain't gonna starve me. Y' all not cutting my hair. Ain't nobody wearing my clothes. Ain't nobody driving my car. Ain't none of that happening.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Bucky]

Uncle, you ain't pledged.

[Uncle Ocho]

I pledge me five me.

[Joe]

Hey, Joe, did you know I pled basketball?

[Uncle Ocho]

That's what. Thank you.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

I got you. We had our own thing. We call. We call it T5T.5T. So basically, it was the team. The football team.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hell no, Ocho. I gotta get my work, man. Send me down there for that. And to all the guys, hey, it's a great community. And they got brotherhoods, and they have all this and they have the conventions and all that, and more power to you. But that just wasn't me. Yeah, that wasn't why I was there. I ain't finna hold you. LeBron spoke about his decision, which prompted immediate backlash from both Cleveland ownership and fans. I took the villain role because I let the media. And I was young. I was 25 years old, and a lot don't understand. That was the first time that I left home. Even when I got drafted by the Cavs, my first seven years with the Cavs, I still stayed in my hometown of Akron. It was the first time ever going to Miami when I did.

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[Uncle Ocho]

The decision I made an announcement that was going to Miami. My whole mindset was I want to do something different. I wanted to treat treat it like a college when guys get their caps. I didn't know or I didn't know or feel like the hate that I got from that, the backlash from that was going to happen because I felt I was doing it. So I was allowed the media, I allowed everybody to put me in a dark place. The reason why, the reason I played the way I played in the finals and is because I wasn't me. Shed that black hat, shed that villain role. I'm going to get back to bed my effing self and boom, we came in ball to the wall and we were able to make it happen. It was tough on me, but it definitely made me who I am ultimately, especially as a basketball player and also as a man. Oh, Jojo, what your thoughts?

[Joe]

I think he had, he had to take that route. Uncle Ocho, he Had to go to Miami. I'm gonna tell you why. Boston had just got KG and Ray Allen, and that's who put Braun out. It was gonna be hard for him. He putting up 45, 50 points against them dudes, and he can't beat him. He had. He had to go get some help. He had to.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

If not, he wouldn't have won one in Cleveland. You know, for him to go to Miami for them, what, four years was it? Four years off?

[Uncle Ocho]

Four.

[Joe]

Yeah. Won two titles. You know, Know what it's like to win now. He got that under his belt. Now he take it back to Cleveland with a young. With a young Kyrie. And they brought Kevin Love in

[Bucky]

it. It was cooking.

[Uncle Ocho]

It's tough because, you know, he's like, I'm just announcing that I'm going.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

So would you have been upset had he not been? Now, mind you, now, he raised money for the Boys and Girls Club. I mean, estimated he raised $2 million. Damn. That. He was a free agent. He didn't request a trade. He didn't cost anybody anything. He's not like a lot some guys that's like, I want to be traded, and you got to move the guy in the off season or you got to move him before the trade line you. Whatever you think of LeBron James, he's played his contract out. He played it out in Cleveland. He played it out in Miami. He played it out in Cleveland. He's playing it out in my. In. In. In lakers and. And LeBron, as far as I know, and you and I both know, everybody knows here, had LeBron ever requested a trade? It got out.

[Joe]

Yeah, he didn't. Yeah, he. He didn't have to request a trade, though.

[Uncle Ocho]

He let. He.

[Joe]

That was home. That's home for him. And I think, you know, the people in Akron, the people in Ohio, they understood that. And that's probably what hurt the most. I think with LeBron being 25 years old, you know, not knowing how to basically leave pretty much, you know, and doing that decision, I just felt right. You know, the people of Ohio, they kind of felt like it was probably kind of thrown in their face to some degree, you know what I mean? Like, you put us on this big platform like this to tell us you leaving, and that's why they would. That's why they were so negative towards him, you know, when he left. But.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, you and I both know he was gonna hold that decision to say he coming back.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

I mean, what you thought, Joe, who else who holds an announcement like that. Oh, I'm staying.

[Joe]

Nah, nah, you don't. I think we all were thinking that, though. I think we all were thinking like, man, look, hold on. He doing a decision. Wait, this just don't sit right.

[Bucky]

Yes, you already knew. You already knew he was leaving at that point. And boy, they went to burning them jerseys.

[Uncle Ocho]

And the thing is, but think about it. How many times? I guess because people. How many times you think people change jobs in the course of a year, Joe?

[Joe]

Not, not. Not too many.

[Uncle Ocho]

You don't think people change? I'm talking about regular job. Go From Amazon to UPS, UPS to FedEx or do. I'm just talking about change jobs. How many people in the U.S. you think change jobs every year?

[Joe]

Every year?

[Uncle Ocho]

Yes.

[Joe]

I mean, that's. I thought you were saying, like.

[Uncle Ocho]

No, not players. No, no, no.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

See, the problem is, is that fans want players to be true, to act normal, act like you, you human, just like the rest of them. And when they do things like the rest of us do, what they do on show, they get mad.

[Bucky]

They get mad. Very mad.

[Uncle Ocho]

You feel? I like to think most times if you had a job, I want to rise up through the ranks. So no matter where I start you, even if I start in the mail room, I don't want to stay in the mail room for 20 years. I want to. I want to move up.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Maybe I get a desk and then maybe I do this and then I do that and I do that. We see Eric Spoelstra, he started breaking down tape and then he at the bench, and then next thing you know, he the head coach. Aspirations. Dreams.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Most people have a dream. Like, you know what? This is a nice little job, little entry level job. But I have bigger dreams and I want to move up the ladder.

[Joe]

Right.

[Uncle Ocho]

LeBron Dreams was, I want to win a championship. If I can't do it here, what, why would I stay, Ocho? Why would I stay at a job? They're not going to give me the ability to advance. So basically I'm capped. This is where I am. I'm capping this 70, $80,000 a year job. This is where I am.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Or I can say, you know what? I think I got a better opportunity to rise up the ranks. LeBron says, you know what? I want to win a championship. I believe had LeBron, if Cleveland could have got like Boston got KG, like Boston got Ray Allen, I believe if they could have brought talent In, I believe LeBron would have stayed. What reason does he have to leave? If he can Win championships in his hometown. Because the championship that he won in Cleveland is worth more than both of those, what he won in Miami.

[Joe]

I agree. Couldn't get no help. Couldn't get no help in Cleveland. Nobody want to go to Cleveland.

[Uncle Ocho]

Ain't nobody going to damn Cleveland. The same thing. Yan is finding out about Milwaukee, isn't he, Joe?

[Joe]

There you go. There you go. It's hard to get. It's hard to get. It's hard to get talent in Milwaukee for guys even want to go there and play there with Giannis. Yeah, that's what he finding out.

[Uncle Ocho]

Unless you like Harley's and they promise you part of the Harley Davidson plant. That's in Milwaukee. But I don't see a whole lot of basketball guys riding motorcycles, so that's out. Look, once you're. I don't have a problem. I've never had a problem with a guy leaving. Because guess what? They trade players all the time.

[Joe]

Yep. Once they. Once they. Once. Once you no longer any use.

[Uncle Ocho]

But it's amazing how fans don't understand that. Joe and Ocho. You notice that Joe. Guys.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

That fans. Fans don't understand. They trade somebody. Oh, well, it's part of the business. A player leave.

[Bucky]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Via free agents or asked to be traded. Oh, you sell me. You don't care about the fans. Well, the owner traded, you traded, you got last time. And he didn't care about the fans. But you understood that. I. I just never. I never understood how fans feel. More connection to a billionaire than the millionaires. And maybe there's a. There's not a connection either way. Or maybe there's loyalty to the team. Okay, that's your. That's your team. LeBron or Giannis or KD or this guy. They don't own the team. So why should they have a loyalty to a team that doesn't have loyalty to them?

[Joe]

Absolutely. Yeah, you're right.

[Uncle Ocho]

Y' all loyal to these teams. Guess what? They pick up and move.

[Joe]

Then how you feel all the time?

[Uncle Ocho]

How y' all feel when they pick up a move?

[Bucky]

You got to move with them.

[Uncle Ocho]

Monk.

[Bucky]

Hey, San Diego to la. Chargers.

[Uncle Ocho]

They should have stayed in San Diego.

[Bucky]

I mean, hey, St. Louis Rams to LA.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hell, well, they started in Anaheim. They would. They. They was in. They was in la and then they went to Anaheim. Then they went to St. Louis, and now they back in LA. The Raiders. Oakland and LA. And Oakland and LA and Oakland. And now they're back in. Here they are in Vegas. Arizona was in St. Louis.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, guess why they Go, Ocho. I gotta have it.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

The Bears, every time they move it out of Soldier Field, possibly going to the burbs or going to Indiana. Why Ojo. Kansas City. Left. Hey, the bottom line is never that mighty dollar. The Oilers, they went. They left. They're in Tennessee. Why

[Bucky]

that money?

[Uncle Ocho]

I don't. I don't. Hey, players leave a. Oh, well, yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

You play your contract out. You should.

[Uncle Ocho]

You.

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[Joe]

You get to pick. You get to pick and choose what you want to do.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hell, I don't give a damn. They don't play the contract out. You trade me before my contract up. So I should be able to ask you out. Ask out. They want it both ways. You don't get to have it both ways. But that's where we are now, Ocho, man. Joe Ocho. The Washington Withers have apologized for an April food skit in which a Planet fan was seemingly tricked and believing that he made a half court shot for $10,000. In a statement today, the wizard said they missed the mark, but the entire. But the entire bit was scripted. They blindfold the guy, Ocho. They have to try to hit a half court shot. Yes, yes. You go to get the check, they're

[Bucky]

like, hey, I know. I know he is. You got me company. Hey, hold on. You got me coming to support you, right? Not only I'm coming to support you, y' all ain't winning.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm coming to support y' all taking

[Bucky]

it after a horrible season, and I'm

[Zach]

coming out here to support.

[Bucky]

And you go, april Fool.

[Uncle Ocho]

You should have gave me $10,000 for showing my black ass up.

[Joe]

I had to see.

[Uncle Ocho]

I had to see.

[Joe]

I gotta see the replay or something. You gonna give me like that?

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, Joe, I. Baby Joe. But I mean, they start screaming, you think, yeah, I got it.

[Joe]

Yeah, I ain't gonna really believe it, Uncle. I'm like, hold on.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm gonna take it out and be like, oh, what? I made it. I made.

[Joe]

No.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yes, cuz.

[Joe]

They scream like, I need to see.

[Uncle Ocho]

What?

[Joe]

Replay. I need to see it. Where is that, man?

[Uncle Ocho]

Look here. If somebody. Joe, if you think about it, if somebody had told you, Joe, you and your mom just won $25,000. You ain't going to ask no question how. What? Like, give me that check. You ain't got money. You don't ask no questions where the money come from. If you think you about to get it. Hey, all I know is, hey, Christmas came early this year, man.

[Joe]

Hey, listen, what you talking about?

[Uncle Ocho]

They should have gave. Just go Ahead and get a man the 10 grand and call it a day. Oh, was it? Well, if he's in on it, why y' all upset? Fast? They said it was script to say the guy, you know, he. He was a plant.

[Joe]

Yeah, he was. Because it seemed like, well, hell, they

[Bucky]

gonna be upset anyway, regardless. Just because the thought, the audacity.

[Uncle Ocho]

But you know what? April Fools ain't really people ain't really. It's done got so bad out here because if you really think about it, you read some of the stories, it's gotta be April fool every damn day. Cause ain't no way this possibly happening. Ain't no way. Think about, think about this now. It's gotten so bad that ain't really. Nobody really played no April Fool's joke, did they? You ain't see nobody play no April Fool's joke. Nah, that's how bad it's done. Because every day is that they got. This gotta be April Fools. No, dumb, dumb. It's June 17th. Hey, look, I thought for a second, guys.

[Joe]

Hey, hey. I thought I got April fool last year.

[Bucky]

What happened? What happened, Joe?

[Joe]

My homegirl, Laura hit me. She was like, man, they want you to come on Nightcap tonight. And it was like. It was early in April, like the first week of April. I'm like, like, man, listen, I said, hey, man, don't be calling my phone with all these April food jokes. Nah, I ain't playing. I ain't playing. Yeah, that's when I first found out. I told her, I said, man, you need to go and get off my phone with all these April fool jokes.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, but that's why. But I'm saying, man, I'll be like, man, you know, back in, man, we ate April Fools. I mean, you could believe nothing nobody said because everything was a joke. No, I'm for real, though. Now you're not. It seemed like that.

[Joe]

Yeah, it seemed like that.

[Uncle Ocho]

Naturally, you know, you. You forget that it's April Fools.

[Joe]

Yeah, man. Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Things done got so crucial now. It seems like April fool like, nah, bro, this ain't April Fool. This is real. Ocho. What's that, baby? Cousins signs a five year, 172 million dollar deal with the Raiders. In reality, it's a one year, 20 million fully guaranteed deal that also can buy the club option for two years at 80 million. The Falcons will pay Kirk Cousins 8.7 million this season. The Raiders 1.3. And Las Vegas. Excuse me. The Raiders will also play another 1.3. That's 10 million. Vegas also agreed to Play the new quarterback. A fully guaranteed 10 million dollar roster bonus on the third day of the league. New year. League year in 2027. Most notably, it also sets another new mark. It'll be the 11th straight NFL season in which Cousins has had a fully guaranteed contract. I told.

[Bucky]

I told you, Uncle Joe. Well, God has favor. God has favor for certain people. Obviously, timing for Kirk Cousins has always been impeccable. Along with him betting on himself when he was in D.C. oh, that's how y' all want to play? You know what I'm betting on myself?

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm definitely taking.

[Bucky]

And every time he hit. Hey, he hit big. Every time he hit big in Washington, he hit big in Minnesota. Hell, he hit big. And goddamn Atlanta. And lo and behold, here we go

[Uncle Ocho]

right back up, right back at it again.

[Bucky]

Oh, and that's a good security blanket

[Uncle Ocho]

for them, too, huh?

[Bucky]

That's. That's a good.

[Uncle Ocho]

Nice bridge. Nice little bridge to Mendoza. Yeah, yeah, yeah, very nice.

[Joe]

Is he gonna start, though, or he.

[Bucky]

No, no, no.

[Uncle Ocho]

I believe Cousins do start.

[Bucky]

You think so?

[Uncle Ocho]

For the first probably five. Five to eight games. Think about it. Ocho, guess who his coach was in Minnesota. Quarterback coach.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Kubiak, who's the head coach of Vegas. Ocho, remember when you and I first started? I said, that's why you don't burn no bridges. You see how that works? Because them guys go elsewhere.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, right. Think about it. Autumn coaches that I had in Baltimore. Rex Ryan got a head job. Marvin Lewis got a head job. Jack Del Rio got a head job. All those guys. Mike Nolan, head job.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Mike Smith, job. So all you got to do is play your cards right, don't be no jerk, and guess what? They go get somewhere. You know what? Good veteran mentorship leadership in this locker room. Let's go get old. Ooh, yeah. Let's go get Joe. But guys don't think like that. They say all they think is in the present here right now, where I am.

[Bucky]

Right?

[Uncle Ocho]

Man, please.

[Bucky]

Hey, either he got good luck or he got favor, or he knows something about somebody. He got some information on somebody, and they just keep giving.

[Joe]

Hey, Kirk. Cousin hit a lick out here. Ain't a man.

[Bucky]

Hey, he. He hit them across the head.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, I'm calling Mike. I was like, mike, look at, man, I need a favor. I know you don't hired a lot of people. I need a job. 84. What you want to do, where you want to be. Sean McVeigh was on his staff. Kyle was on his staff. Kevin O', Connell, all the guys LaFleur. I could do something. Let me be community relations. I had to do something. Oh, yo, I want to do no coaching. I want to do no coaching.

[Bucky]

Community relations.

[Joe]

Got no patience for no coaching.

[Uncle Ocho]

The hell no. Get your money. First cousins. Kirk cousins contract history four years, $2.57 million. And then he played that contract out Ocho. And then he had a one year, basically 20 million dollar deal. And then he had the next year fully guaranteed because the franchise tag. And then he had a one year basically 24 million dollar deal. And then he signed a three year 84 million dollar deal fully guaranteed Ocho. And then he signed a two year 66 million dollar deal fully guaranteed, that is. And then he signed a one year Minnesota 35 million fully guaranteed Ocho. And then he signed a four year 180 million with a hundred million dollars guaranteed Ocho. And now five years 172 with 20 guarantee. And guess what? So 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13. So what is this? This is 15th year, 14, 15 year. 14 year. And Grant told him 14 years. Guess how many playoff wins he got? On your drum roll please.

[Joe]

One man, get out of here.

[Bucky]

One, one. My boy.

[Uncle Ocho]

Kirk Cousins had earned more money in football than Michael Jordan did. Playing basketball more than Tiger woods earned. And playing golf more than Serena Williams playing tennis. His career earnings from NFL contracts. And see the entire net worth of Meryl Streep, who's been a knot. Who's won three Academy Awards and been a nominate and been nominated 21 times. They exceed the entire network net worth of Martin Scorsese, also nearly identical to Tom Brady, who won seven Super Bowl. Cousins one playoff win off win.

[Bucky]

Hey, he don't have no playoff win, Joe. But boy,

[Uncle Ocho]

he won the Super Bowl. With that bank account.

[Bucky]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

He in the hall of Fame. Oh, in that bank account, Absolutely. Yeah, that's his age. I don't know who his agent is, but they might need to look into him. Hey, you talking about Cousins got favor. He got favor.

[Bucky]

But Joe. Hey, cousin's numbers will put you in the blender during the regular.

[Joe]

He's spreading that thing around, ain't it?

[Uncle Ocho]

Give him time.

[Bucky]

He. He's surgical with that ball.

[Uncle Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe]

Hey, cursing at the house. He chilling feet kicked up and everything, huh?

[Bucky]

Yeah, he is very. He very religious too, is he?

[Joe]

Oh, yeah, very good God for you, man.

[Bucky]

That's why, that's why I say. That's why I say you got favor. Now

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