Nightcap Hour 1: USA DOMINATES Paraguay in World Cup + Christian Pulisic INJURY Update + Wemby’s Confidence NOT Shaken

Summary

Nightcap Hour 1: USA DOMINATES Paraguay in World Cup + Christian Pulisic INJURY Update + Wemby’s Confidence NOT Shaken

Date: June 13, 2026
Hosts: Shannon Sharpe (Unc), Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson (Ocho), Joe “Uncle Joe” Johnson
Podcast Feed: Shay Shay Media & Playmaker

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Episode Overview

The Nightcap crew comes together shortly after the USA men's national soccer team’s emphatic 4-1 victory over Paraguay at the World Cup on home soil, breaking down the match in signature candid, comedic fashion. They discuss what the win means for American soccer, debate the impact of Christian Pulisic’s injury update, celebrate standout performances by rising US stars, and dissect broader issues like youth development in American soccer and crowd atmosphere. The conversation then pivots to reaction around the NBA Finals and Victor Wembanyama’s unwavering confidence despite his team facing elimination.

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USA vs Paraguay World Cup Recap

Blistering Start & Dominant Performance

• USA scores quickly:
  • “The US got off to a fast start. They score in the first seven minutes, tack on two more goals...make it three nothing and cruise four one over Paraguay.”—Shannon [06:19].
• Hosts Admit Occasional Soccer Fandom:
  • “I only watch them when they play the World Cup. I ain’t gonna hold you...But this is as good as I’ve seen them look in a half of football, Ocho. Yeah, a very long time.” —Shannon [07:15]
• Joe’s soccer take:
  • “The ball was moving quick. They were moving quick. I saw a little jogo bonito, obviously in the beginning, something I’ve really never seen from the US players as well.” —Joe [09:09]
• Team chemistry and pressure:
  • “They didn’t play down to the competition. They played extremely well. They attacked very well, and there really wasn’t any threat on the defensive end.” —Joe [09:24]
• All-around play:
  • “We look really, really good, especially in all three phases of the game, inside the 18, midfield and obviously defensively.” —Joe [09:41]

Standout Player: Folarin Balogun

• Balogun’s breakthrough:
  • “What’s number 20 name out there, man, who were getting busy, should have had three goals…” —Ocho
  • “Oh, Balagun Florian...He the real deal out there.” —Joe/Ocho [10:25-10:37]
• Statistical achievement:
  • “Florian Balogun, 2 goals...first US player with a brace at a World Cup since 1930.” —Shannon [17:32]
  • Ocho reacts: “Damn.” [17:39]

Contextualizing US Soccer

• US athletic landscape:
  • “Maybe some of our best athletes don’t even play soccer.” —Shannon [12:16]
  • “But when you look at a lot of these other countries, because they focus on that...” —Shannon [12:17]
• Youth systems comparison:
  • “If our best athletes were to even be able to compete with those across the water, we would have to start from four years old.” —Joe [14:55]
  • “From a tactical standpoint and technique standpoint, you got to start when you’re young...to even think about competing with the Spains, the Portuguese, and the Germanies.”—Joe [15:00]
  • Ocho: “Damn.” [15:29]
• Development in other countries:
  • “They got clubs, though, Ocho, like AAU for us, they got AAU for…you start from a baby...and you work your way up.” —Shannon/Joe [15:15-15:21]

The World Cup Atmosphere

• Crowd and home advantage:
  • “On home soil, you know something, it’s something about being on home soil, no matter the team...they play a little harder, the crowd gets behind them a little bit more and they’re able to do a little more.”—Shannon [07:56]
  • “Hey, the stadium was rocking. I mean, I saw Gates. I saw Derwin James, I think Kareem. Tom Cruise. Sir David Beckham.” —Joe [33:05]
  • “They say it was like 107,000 in attendance.” —Ocho [33:07]
• Comparative excitement:
  • “When Argentina won and you see the parade...when Messi and them go back...when France has won and you see these other countries...that kind of pride is unmatched.” —Joe [33:47]
  • “If we get to the quarterfinals, I’M telling you right now. Get your money and get ready to bail me out of jail. I’m running across that field, Joe.” —Joe [18:07]

Addressing the "It Was Only Paraguay" Argument

• Winning the games in front of you:
  • “Don’t get too hype. It doesn’t matter…We did what we needed to do. We didn’t play down to the competition…That’s what I’m really confident about.”—Joe [10:07]
  • “All I know is that Paraguay, they made the World Cup. Somebody had to play them.” —Shannon [27:03]
  • “USA wasted no time. It’s like, look here, we’re not playing with y’all tonight.” —Shannon [26:27]

Christian Pulisic Injury Update & Squad Depth

• Injury status:
  • “Joe, we got an update on Pulisic. It says he was kicked in his calf and it started to feel tight, and they didn’t want to take any unnecessary risk. So he was subbed as a precautionary.” —Shannon [35:57]
  • “He’s got seven days to get right. They got the best doctors, the best PTs, the best physios...no reason why he shouldn’t be up to full strength.” —Shannon [36:21]
• Squad depth:
  • “We have enough depth but obviously Christian Pulisic is our best player…not having him, we still have enough depth, just not someone like him.” —Joe [36:41]

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US Soccer's Golden Era?

• Optimism & caution:
  • “It looks like our golden era, especially for our players. We’ve come a long way and we can make a statement for American soccer if we continue to do well…” —Joe [17:42]
  • “If we can play like this…against better competition…you go with the World Cup if you play like this.” —Ocho [13:32]
  • “Hey, hey, we gotta slow it down a little bit now.” —Joe [13:38]
• US fans’ banter:
  • “I wear a soccer jersey every show...I can’t wear my same jersey again…You wear them damn leopard pants every night.”—Ocho/Joe [30:36-30:43]
  • “He the guy, the first time he go, and now he want his face painted. He want a jersey...I want the whole shebang!”—Ocho [32:14-32:25]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Balogun’s star moment:
  • “Balogun 2 goal performance is the first multi goal World cup game by a US men’s national player since 1930.” —Shannon [17:32]
• On stadium logistics:
  • “Mr. Blank says he’s gonna keep the prices for concession the exact same. He’s not gonna try to price gouge, because you get that a lot when a big event comes around.” —Joe [25:15]
• On American kids in soccer:
  • “Some of our best athletes play other things...Because the guys that focus on it, they really good. Now I’m not saying they're going to reach the national level.” —Shannon [16:12]
• On soccer’s tactical flopping:
  • “Some of the flopping gives players a chance to rest, too. I call it somewhat of a tactical reset.” —Joe [28:03]

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World Cup: Big Picture, Favorites, and Atmosphere

• Favorites:

  • “I think France is one of the favorites...I would love for Portugal to win it simply because I want Cristiano to get his World Cup trophy.”—Joe [21:55, 22:12]
  • “The only thing missing from Ronaldo's resume is the World Cup. He gets that...he’s complete now.” —Joe [22:13]

• The US Women’s Standard:

  • “This is as good as I’ve seen the U.S. men’s team play. Now the women, the women is a different arc, a different ball game...We expect our women to win.”—Shannon [23:33–23:47]

• On being in the stadium:

  • “Even if you don’t know what you’re watching, based on what you saw tonight…Go to one of the games. You’re gonna have such an appreciation for the sport and the craft.” —Joe [24:34]

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Other Sports Headlines & Quick Hits

Stolen Equipment

• England’s team van theft:
  • “England’s national team van containing match cleats and training equipment was stolen while in transit…”—Joe [43:20]
  • “Players that are the Puma...Adidas or with Nike, they’re gonna be able to replenish that like this.”—Ocho [44:03]

Transfer Market

• Bernardo Silva to Real Madrid:
  • “Bernardo Silva to Real Madrid. Here we go. An agreement is in place...Explain to the chat how huge this is.” —Joe [45:39]
  • “Everyone wants to play for Real Madrid. It’s a dope thing for him...that’s a dream.” —Joe [46:19]

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NBA Finals & Victor Wembanyama

Wemby’s Mindset Under Pressure

• Staying confident:
  • Wemby (recorded quote): "Everybody thinks, everybody knows we're gonna do it, but...we need to isolate that one game and take it one game at a time." [49:29]
  • “I love the confidence that Wembanyama portrays, the poise and patience. ...I think the Spurs really feel that they’re the better team.” —Ocho [50:39]

Spurs’ Playoff Troubles

• Execution and Basketball IQ:
  • “The problem is, do the Spurs have two guys that can go crazy like that?”—Joe [50:35]
  • “If they were playing smart basketball, this series would look completely different.”—Unc [52:11]
  • “Dumb basketball. Dumb players play dumb basketball. Gets coaches fired, get you beat. It's a lose, lose.” —Joe [54:30]
• Can youth believe too much?
  • “I think the Spurs team is so young and naive that they really believe that they can come back and win this series.” —Ocho [57:17]
  • “You are who you are at this point...How are we expecting them to change in the finals? You are who you are at this point.” —Joe [60:33]

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Key Timestamps for Major Segments

| Time (MM:SS) | Topic/Segment | |------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 06:19 | USA’s strong start and early goals vs Paraguay | | 09:03–11:46 | Joe’s breakdown of the US team’s tactical approach, defense, and Balogun’s big night | | 12:05–15:21 | Discussion of American youth sports, soccer development, and international contrast | | 17:32–18:07 | Balogun’s historic stats and the possibility of a US golden era | | 24:29–25:15 | In-stadium experience and fan atmosphere | | 27:03 | Addressing criticism about beating only Paraguay | | 35:57–37:18 | Christian Pulisic injury update and squad depth | | 43:20–45:12 | England’s stolen cleats/equipment, and other sports theft stories | | 45:39–47:12 | Bernardo Silva transfer to Real Madrid discussion | | 49:15–58:21 | Wembanyama’s confidence, Spurs playoff breakdown, and basketball IQ analysis | | 60:33–62:26 | On experience, playoff mistakes, and whether the Spurs can change their fate this late season |

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Memorable and Funny Moments

• Comparing soccer gear to iconic sports thefts:
  • “Somebody stole Tom Brady’s jersey at the Super Bowl…Had that thing in Mexico.” —Joe/Ocho [47:12]
• Soccer fashion police:
  • “I wear a soccer jersey on every show...You wear them damn leopard pants every night.” —Ocho [30:36]
• On flopping in soccer:
  • “Some of that flopping gives players a chance to rest—I call it a tactical reset.” —Joe [28:03]
• On odd bets:
  • “Earlier today, someone put $1.8 million on United States to lose their match to Paraguay tonight...He just gave the casino $1.8 million.” —Joe [39:05]
• Who has the real belief?
  • “He the guy, first time he go, and now he want his face painted...” —Unc [32:14]

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• The US Men’s soccer team wowed the Nightcap hosts—and apparently a packed LA stadium—with an aggressive, joyful performance, causing them to discuss the future and the challenges facing American soccer.
• There’s cautious optimism about the US squad: the crew emphasized enjoying the win while reminding listeners that stiffer tests await.
• Christian Pulisic’s injury is not suspected to be serious, and the group agrees the US has more depth than ever, but Pulisic’s quality is irreplaceable.
• The NBA conversation touched on how youth, mistakes, and basketball IQ can be pivotal during the playoffs, using the Spurs/Knicks Finals as a lens for player development under pressure.
• All three personalities keep conversation flowing with humor, personal anecdotes, genuine sports passion, and plenty of friendly banter.

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For a quick pulse on the biggest moments in sports, signature Nightcap energy, and real-time reactions—the hosts deliver another unfiltered, entertaining episode.

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You know, I've been not going to say, look, it wasn't like we beat the Brazilians or the Argentina, but right, we beat who was on the schedule. And our job is to keep get out of this group stage, get to the knockout round and try to go a little further. I think we've made it to the round of 16 a couple of times, Ocho. I don't know how, how if we've gone much further than that. But on home soil, you know something, it's something about being on home soil, no matter who the team, what, no matter the country, but seemingly like they play a little harder, the crowd gets behind them a little bit more and they're able to do a little more. What did you think about what you saw from the US because like I said, oh, they got up to a fast start and they didn't look back.

[Uncle Joe]

Listen, not only did, not only did they get off to a fast start, Uncle Joe, I've never seen them play like this. Yeah, the ball was moving quick. They were moving quick. I saw a little jogo Benito, obviously in the beginning, something I've really never seen from the US players as well. And they seize the moment. This is what it's about in games like this, the first game, you always want to seize the moment. And it did just that. They didn't play down to the competition. They played extremely well. Yeah, they Attacked very well, and there really wasn't any threat on the defensive end as far as the back line. Our right back, our left backs, you know, they attacked, they were very aggressive, and when they were attacking, players made sure to cover their positions while they were attacking, because at that time, we're vulnerable based on who we're playing. Obviously, there were no threats with Paraguay, you know, on the offensive end being it for them being able to attack in transition when we were attacking and we're out of position. But outside of that, man, we. We look really, really good, especially in all three phases of the game, inside the 18 midfield and obviously defensively played extremely well. But again, most people say, oh, you just played Paraguay.

[Joe]

Don't.

[Uncle Joe]

Don't get too hype. It doesn't matter. Yeah, the first game one, they were the first game on the schedule in the group stage, and we did what we needed to do. We didn't play down to the competition. And that's what I really confident the game like today gives those players a lot of confidence going into the next game.

[Ocho]

Man, listen.

[Joe]

Go ahead, Joe.

[Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey.

[Joe]

What.

[Ocho]

What's number 20 name out there, man, who were getting busy, should have had

[Joe]

three goals, but he get. Oh, oh, Balagun Florian.

[Ocho]

Hey, that boy that a real deal out there.

[Joe]

Oh, yes.

[Ocho]

Yeah, he the real deal. Hey, look, I. I ain't gonna lie to you. I ain't gonna tell no lie to you because it sounds fly to you neither. I. I ain't. I ain't watched a whole lot of soccer, but I watched this whole entire game, man. Soccer, physical, man. It's. It's. I'm talking about. And you gotta be. Hey, hey, you gotta have some real endurance out there, bro. Hey, man, them boys out there playing, they were getting to it. I enjoyed that. I enjoyed that. I like when they score goals. I can't do that. 1 02, you know what I mean?

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Score goals or go to the penalty kick, all that other stuff in between, right? Hey, I want to see 4, 3 or. I want to see something decided on penalty kick.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe, this. You got to understand, Joe, when you. When you have a lopsided game like this, we have a team that has a lot more quality players at different positions like he does. Paraguay is not bad, but they're not. They're not good. They're not great either. Let me just say that when you get to. When we get to, say, the knockout stage and the team's a little bit better, then you're gonna see the 11 0, you know? The two ones. Because the margin of error is so small.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

So small. And it's. It's so hard to predict who's gonna win, because everybody good at that point.

[Joe]

Right?

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And then you. And then that's when you start getting. You start going to sudden death. Or like you say, oh, you get to a shootout. And I think the thing is, look, because of the US if you think about. Look at Paraguay, what are they known for? They ain't got a whole lot. Ain't like, they got basketball, football, tennis. Tracking. Ain't got a whole lot of stuff. So it's centralized.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Look at America. You got football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, tennis. You know, you got so many things. I mean, a lot. Maybe some of our best athletes don't even play soccer.

[Ocho]

Right.

[Joe]

But when you look at a lot of these other countries, because they focus on that. I mean, if you. If you in Argentina, what's the likelihood you make it to the NFL Every once in a while you get a Manu Ginobili and he makes it to the NBA.

[Ocho]

Yeah, right.

[Joe]

I mean, there could be. I don't know, everybody that's paid in majors. I don't know if there's many Argentinian baseball players. So when you look at it, you're like, okay, what can I be really, really good at?

[Ocho]

Right.

[Joe]

Ta da Portugal. What can I be really, really good at? Ta da.

[Ocho]

Right.

[Joe]

And so, because some of our best athletes play other things other than soccer. It used to be, you know, it's like boxing. Our best boxes. Miles Garrett, defensive end, tight ends.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Because we're so spread out. But when you look at what they did, like you said, Ocho, Paraguay is Paraguay.

[Uncle Joe]

Yes.

[Joe]

But I like the fact that we came out, dropped the helm on them early. I was like, man, y' all hanging right at 00 at the half, Ocho. Then they're going to be talking about, well, what's going on with America now we're gonna put foots in you, get you on up out of here early.

[Ocho]

Right?

[Joe]

We go. We gotta finish this second half. But y' all put. We put BTA to you today.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah. If we can play like this, Joe, you know, against. Against better competition.

[Joe]

Well, you go with the World cup if you play like this.

[Ocho]

How long do they gotta.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, hey, we got. We gotta slow it down a little bit now.

[Joe]

But that's what I'm saying. Do you talk about play like this?

[Uncle Joe]

But if we can play as confident as we were, Everybody was confident on the ball. Ball, you know, passing the ball. Well, you know, in all three phases, the game, we were phenomenal, especially inside 18G. Raina with that Travella shot at the end to, to.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah, yeah. That was awesome.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, man, that, that was beautiful. You know.

[Joe]

Oo did, did, did Paraguay think the game was already over? Because it damn sure they look like they tried to cover. Quit playing.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, hey. Once you get to that 78th minute, boy, your legs, your legs are shot.

[Joe]

No, but they was at 90. 90 plus 8. I was like, well, damn.

[Ocho]

I, I, I.

[Joe]

Cause they, they put it in and he kicked it back out.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Raider said no, I'm going to get me a cheapie right here.

[Uncle Joe]

It's hard. That's why it was hard for people to mark him once he got that ball inside the 18. Yeah, your leg shot your legs.

[Joe]

I can imagine.

[Ocho]

Hey, man, hey, it was so impressive to watch these guys handle that ball with their feet, bro. I'm talking about. I'm gonna be honest with you, boy, you gotta have some quick feet, great hand, eye coordination to play soccer, man. You can't be out there playing.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe. The funny thing about it is I like what UNC said too. Not, not that I have any pushback on what he said about our best athletes paying other sports, but if our best athletes were to even be able to compete with those across the water, we would have to start from four years old. We would have.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Ocho]

Damn.

[Uncle Joe]

The ball in our. Yeah, Joe, we have to start all at our feet. We're four years old. From a tactical standpoint and technique standpoint, you got to start when you, when you're young, you got to start when young to even, even think about competing with those. The Spains, the Portuguese, and, you know, the Germanies.

[Joe]

But they got clubs, though, Ocho. Like AAU for us. They got AAU for. Oh, yeah, you.

[Uncle Joe]

You start from a baby. You start from a baby, you. And yeah, you're in the academy, Joe. Yeah, from, from day one. You start an academy and then you work your way up.

[Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe]

Because you go ahead, Joe. Go ahead.

[Ocho]

No, I ain't saying nothing. I'm just, I'm just listening. Go ahead.

[Joe]

Because if you think about it, Joe, you see these pictures? How old are the kids when they got bass in the hand and they're playing T ball. That's the age they playing soccer.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Or you see the guy got the football in his arm or the guy got the basketball dribbling the basketball. We start baseball, basketball, football. At the same age they start soccer. Now, some people play soccer and it's like they Kind of graduate out of it, you know, I'm sure some guys and they get too big for it. You £250, you ain't playing no damn soccer. You will build a football field. It is just what it is. But, but I think the thing is if, more if, if we weren't like focus on that. Because the guys that focus on it, they really good. Now I'm not saying they're going to reach the, the national level where they're going to be, you know, this is, this is the creme de la creme. This is the NFL, this is the mlb, this is the NBA. And obviously everybody's not going to get to that level. Right? Excuse me, but I think if, if guys were like focus on it, like Ocho, you and I, we focus on making it to the NFL and football. Yeah, Joe, you focused on making to the NBA if guys were like, you know what? I want to be on the world. I want to, you know, I want to be on the U. S. National men's national team, the World Cup. I think it's hard, Joe Ocho, because the, your big event only really comes once every four years. Yeah, it's kind of like being an Olympian. You kind of forgotten until the Olympics roll around. Now they've kind of done some other things now in track and field you got the diamond leagues, you got the World Cup, I mean the world championships that come around every other year and then you skip the one odd year. But other than that, football, you know, hey, we got a Super bowl every year, Ojo. Yeah, you got the World Series every year, you got the NBA Finals every year. Now if you on that level, Ronaldo and all those others, where you got La liga, that's another world. Yes, in America it's hard. I mean, But Florian Balagon, 2 goals, 3 shots on target, 4 shots, 5 dudes, 111 touches in the opponent's box. He's the first player to score a brace in the tournament. Balagun 2 goal performance is the first multi goal World cup game by a US men's national player since 1930.

[Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe]

And damn near a hundred years.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh yeah, it's been a minute. It's been a minute. I don't want to jump the gun, but it looks like our golden era. It looks like our golden era, especially for our players. We've come a long way and we can make a statement. We for American soccer if we continue to do well and if we get to the, if we get to the quarterfinals, if we get to the quarterfinals in the tournament, I'M telling you right now. Get your money and get ready to bail me out of jail.

[Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey. Hold on.

[Uncle Joe]

I'm running across that field, Joe.

[Ocho]

Hey. Hey. All right. No. All right. Hey. Hey. Where they got us picked to finish it.

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turned off news altogether.

[Joe]

I hate to say it, but I

[Ocho]

don't trust much of anything.

[Joe]

It's the rage bait.

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It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Joe]

We got clear facts.

[Uncle Joe]

Maybe we could calm down a little.

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NBC News brings you clear reporting.

[Joe]

Let's meet at the facts.

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

Let's move forward from there. NBC News reporting for America,

[Uncle Joe]

maybe knockout

[Ocho]

stage for who they got, who they got winning it.

[Joe]

Oh, I think France is one of the favorites.

[Uncle Joe]

Probably. Probably France, one of the favorites. I would honestly, I mean, just, just speaking from my knowledge of the game, I would love for Portugal to win it simply because I want Cristiano to get his World cup trophy. That's all. Well, I would love for Portugal to win it.

[Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe]

Well, that's really the only thing that's lacking off his resume. He got his last. They got all them Bella Noir. They got all those, those golden ball, the gold, all this and all that. The only thing missing from Ronaldo's resume is the World Cup. Yeah, he gets that. I mean, he's complete now. What I look, you're going to go back and forth, you're going to go back and forth between him and Messi.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

You know, Pele is like, hold on, y' all forgot about me. Hell, I won the World cup at 17. Yes.

[Ocho]

Three times, man.

[Joe]

What, what are we, what are we doing here? Yeah, but I think, look, half the population, they know who Pele is, but they never saw him play. So he Automatically get excluded. Kind of like Kareem. A lot of this younger generation, they get an opportunity to see Kareem play. So he's never mentioned Joe and Ocho. As far as we talk about goats. When you talk about a game, a guy, he lost one game in high school, two games in college and he won six mvp, six championships and he was the all time leading scorer and the third leading rebounder.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And people like oh yes. Let people rank. If they rank it probably top, maybe 15th.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

I don't know how you get a situation where he's not top five. But that's neither here nor there. But I was very impressed with him. Like I said, my limited knowledge of soccer.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And watching World Cups, this is as good as I've seen the U.S. i've seen the men's team play. Now the women, the women is a different arc, a different ballgame, different ball game. They different. There's levels.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Because we go into the World cup, when we go into the World cup, we go into Olympics, we expect not women to win.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

They don't win. They don't get the goal in the Olympics or the World Cup. Like whoa, whoa, what happened? We need to rethink this. And my guy haha. Say hey we need to regroup. Let's regroup right quick big brother. I mean every speculate the women ever since they in 99 when, when Brandon Chastain kicked that goal and started swinging that thing around. You saw it as for. Hey, it was over. Yeah, it was over when you got Mia Ham and Julie Fowler and Trastain and Brianna Scurry. Hey, it was over.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, you know, you know what too Uncle Joe? We got the World Cup. I think to July 20th. I think that might be the end. Joe.

[Joe]

I think the 19, the 19th might be the final game. Yeah, July 19th. Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

It's a lot of games in Atlanta and I'm sure you know people down there, the Mercedes Benz Stadium. If you could even if, if you don't, even if you don't understand the game, even, even if you don't know what you're watching, you know, based on what you saw tonight, if you look at the schedule and see some of the teams that gonna, that that are gonna play and you want to see the difference in quality and skill based on what you tonight go to one of the games at that, at that stadium and watch that atmosphere so you understand on the experience and what it's like to be at, you know, to be at one of one of those games at the highest level, though, you're gonna have such an appreciation for the. For the sport and the craft in general. You'd be like, yeah, I got. I gotta make this part of something that I do every so often.

[Ocho]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to. I'm gonna have to go check it out.

[Joe]

And if I'm not mistaken, Joe and ocho, I think Mr. Blank says he's gonna keep the prices for concession the exact same.

[Uncle Joe]

Yes.

[Joe]

So he's not gonna try to price gouge, because you get that a lot when a big event comes around along. What do they do? Hotel prices, Everything go up. Everything, everything goes up. Memorabilia and things like that, the prices goes up. But if I'm not mistaken, I think I read where he says he's going to keep the prices. He's like, this is not an opportunity to try to price guy with somebody and take advantage of people because, like, once you get to the stadium, what are you going to do? You get. So if they charge you $30, what you gonna do Dead. Exactly. Exactly. That's how they get you on the cruise.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Hey, where you gonna get water from? Where you gonna get soda from? Where you gonna get food for, man? I ain't paying the highest prices. Okay, good luck. You're on here for two weeks, though.

[Ocho]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

So. But look, looking at Lucky, looking at them, if you just look at the stats, they just really. The. The US Just dominated.

[Uncle Joe]

It dominated.

[Joe]

Oh, they just dominated. And that's what you have, Ocho. I think in a game like this, We've seen this before, where you play down to the competition and you might win the game, but then people will have questions about you.

[Uncle Joe]

Yes.

[Joe]

The USA wasting no time. It's like, look here, we not. We're not playing with y' all tonight.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

At all. Foot's on neck from the beginning.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Good.

[Uncle Joe]

And now. Now the conversation will be, well, okay, you didn't play down to the competition. Now people are going to use. They can move the goalpost and say, well, you was only paying platform. You was only playing Paraguay. That would. That would be the next thing they say. So they're gonna say, wait until you play somebody better. A team of better quality. That's it.

[Joe]

Yeah, but you know what my grandpa used to tell my brother? And I said, I'm not going to give you an excuse because you might use it.

[Ocho]

Yeah, Yeah,

[Joe]

I want to hear that. All I know is that Paraguay, they made the World Cup. Somebody had to play them.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, they in our group.

[Joe]

Hey, hey, the old saying, Joe Somebody got to take the ugly girl to the dance. Yeah, she want to dance, somebody gotta take her. All the pretty girls go, hey, they already gone. Yeah, 15, 20 pretty girls in your high school compared to, I don't know how big your high school? Maybe you got 5,000. Yeah, I don't know. But everybody ain't taking one. Okay. I'm just saying.

[Ocho]

Damn. Hey, man, they do a lot of. Hey, they do a lot of flopping out there, too.

[Joe]

I thought I saw about five or six shades out there. Oh, my bad, my bad. I said that out loud.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, yeah. Hey, and. And, oh, you know, some of that, too, Joe, is some of the flopping. It gives players a chance to rest, too. That's why they. A little bit. You know, sometimes it's flopping, sometimes, you know, it's. I call it somewhat of a tactical reset.

[Joe]

Okay.

[Uncle Joe]

Chance to rest and breathe.

[Ocho]

Try to find a way to.

[Joe]

Man, that dude from Paraguay, the dude from America, didn't even trip him. He waited. He could have lost the ball out of about this.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, matter of fact, hey, Joe, you know who that is? Joe?

[Ocho]

What is that?

[Uncle Joe]

That's. Now, he's good. He might be their best player. Matter of fact, Mauricio Almiron, that's who did the flop. He played for Atlanta United.

[Joe]

Oh, okay.

[Ocho]

Oh, did it.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, he was at Atlanta United, and then he went to Newcastle. Hey, he nice. Now he look, hey, he's Speed Merchant. He fast as hell.

[Joe]

Oh, boy. Hey, hey, was their best player.

[Ocho]

They finessing the game out there, boy.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

I'm like, man, come on, bro. Now, I do. I understand that sometimes when you bang knees that hurt. I mean, we've all banged knees before.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And. And, boy, you like, man, I don't know if. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to play no more. My kneecap feel like it's broke. Like it's bad. And we've all been leg whipped.

[Ocho]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

And. And, you know, I don't. They got. I mean, I don't really see it. Do a whole lot of them play with shin guards anymore?

[Uncle Joe]

You got to. You can't go out there without them.

[Joe]

Okay. And I see like. I'm like, well, damn. So some of those I can understand. You know, some of them I. I like you running and you try to kick and he kick at the same time. And we kick each other. You damn right that's gonna hurt. But sometimes, Ocho, I'm like, oh, man, I don't know how you gonna live after this One, cuz.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, I'm excited for that next game. We got. We got Australia next. We got Australia Next on the 19th. And after Australia, we got Turkey. And these are all winnable games, especially.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah. We should beat our A. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

We should definitely get there like we played tonight.

[Ocho]

Yeah, man. Oh, yeah. Them boys hitting on our cylinders tonight.

[Joe]

They weren't playing. Absolutely. We definitely. We. We definitely should beat. Look, unless it's one of these. One of these powerhouses, France, Portugal, Argentina, somebody like the Brazilian, somebody like that.

[Uncle Joe]

We. We won't see them to the round of 16. We got to get out of the group stage, and we gotta get out the knockout stage.

[Joe]

Well, I like the fact that we got four goals, so we got. So if it come down to a goal against a goal.

[Ocho]

There you go.

[Joe]

We looking real good, OJ we looking real good.

[Ocho]

There you go. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. One more thing, one more thing. I see uncle with his nice Soul Train shirt on. Ocho got his nice denim trip in America, but damn, where y' all Team USA stuff at, man? I thought y' all didn't get the memo.

[Joe]

Hold on.

[Uncle Joe]

I had mine on last week when I was at the front.

[Joe]

We played today.

[Ocho]

We just got done playing, man. Y' all ain't in the spirit.

[Uncle Joe]

I thought y' all go, Joe. Joe. Come on, Joe. I just had it on last week at the Friendly. I can't wear my same jersey again.

[Ocho]

Hell, you wear them damn leopard pants every night.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, nice, though, Joe. Nice now.

[Ocho]

Oh, there we go. Hey,

[Joe]

hey. If I'd have known, I'd have brought my Boo Boozel.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, where's that?

[Joe]

Where's that, Joe, Huh?

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe, you gotta. You know our chant? Our chant? I believe that we will win.

[Joe]

I believe that we will win.

[Uncle Joe]

That's the USA Champ.

[Ocho]

Is it?

[Uncle Joe]

I don't like it, though. They need a new one, though, man.

[Ocho]

Oh, man, we got. Hey, hey, we got to get it together, man. On Nightcap, man.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ocho]

I need you ojo to get right, man. I know, I know, I know, I know. You like to be flying all that.

[Joe]

You see it.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe, I wear a soccer jersey on every show.

[Ocho]

Well, you.

[Joe]

Today.

[Ocho]

You should have wore USA Soccer jersey.

[Uncle Joe]

Yo, I'm not home.

[Joe]

T shirt.

[Ocho]

You got you a bunch of nice T shirts.

[Joe]

Shayla hooking you up a bunch of T shirts.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe. I'm in New York, Joe. I didn't travel. I didn't travel with all my kids, you know, all my jerseys at home, man.

[Ocho]

You can find that in the airport. You can find a fever shirt in the damn airport.

[Uncle Joe]

My bad, Joe. I like.

[Joe]

I like, man. Now all of a sudden, now he all things us men's natural with team.

[Ocho]

Come on, man.

[Uncle Joe]

And you see him, huh? Hey, you a Joe. You acting bre. Who are you?

[Ocho]

I'm with Team usa, baby.

[Joe]

He the guy. He the guy. The first time he go, and now he want his face painted. He want a jersey. He want. He. He want all that stuff.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Ocho]

Hey, hey. I want the whole shebang. I want the whole experience. Yeah.

[Joe]

Hey, he talking about me, how I go, how I go to the park. And I got on Jordan, I got on 23 jersey. I got on the shorts. I got on everything out here with the socket with the track suit on. The full track suit. Yeah, and everything.

[Ocho]

Yeah, man. Come on. I'm locked in. Y' all playing, man?

[Uncle Joe]

Gotcha.

[Joe]

We. We be right. Next time USA Play. We gonna have. We have it right. We definitely have it bad. I got you, but USA Congratulations, man. Hey, the stadium was rocking. I mean, I saw. I saw Gates. I saw Derwin James, I think Kareem. Tom Cruise. Tom. Yeah, Tom Cruise. Sir David Beckham.

[Ocho]

What they say? They say it was like 107, 000 and attendance. Something like that.

[Joe]

Lord have mercy.

[Uncle Joe]

You know, I don't. I don't know how many. I don't know how many they. They see. They was in la.

[Joe]

Yeah, they was at. So far, but, you know, you got to take. You can't mention there are no brands, so you just say Los Angeles Stadium. Stadium. So all these stadiums. It ain't gonna be no Mercedes Benz, though. It ain't gonna be no MetLife. It ain't gonna be no this or that. It's gonna be just stadium.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

But now this was very impressive. I was. I was. I was. I'm excited. I'm excited. Come on, America.

[Uncle Joe]

Come on.

[Ocho]

Yeah, man.

[Joe]

You a ma. I guess. Like when your country. I mean, you know, you. You see how. Like when Argentina won and you see the parade when messing them goes back.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

You see when France has won and you see these other countries. I remember the first World Cup. I can remember was with Diego Maradona. And you know, the hand of God, his hand hit that ball. I don't care what y' all say. Okay. What y' all say. Yeah. Hit that damn ball. But anyway, and to see the. The celebration. But that's really. I mean, if you go back and look. Look at when Lucillo Toboho, when he won the 200, the Heroes welcome that he got when he went back to Botswana.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

And you look at what these track and field athletes that they use. Small countries, the kings, the gods.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

Everything.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Hold on.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, hold on. You know who's gonna be able to experience exactly what you just explained?

[Ocho]

Who was that?

[Joe]

Who that?

[Uncle Joe]

The Knicks. Hey, tomorrow. Listen, Joe, I don't mean to be switching gears. I know we talking soccer, but everything UNC just explained and express is exactly what the Knicks fans and the people that live in New York and go experience tomorrow. And I'm gonna be here to experience it, too.

[Ocho]

It ain't gonna be tomorrow, Ocho.

[Joe]

It ain't gonna be tomorrow, Ocho. But here's the thing. The difference, Ocho, the Knicks is a regional. I mean, they have some fans outside of that. But just think about if the whole country was pulling for the Knicks.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, I got you. Okay?

[Joe]

The whole country be pulling for free, just like the whole country is pulling for the usa. And now we mess around and win. Lord have mercy. Hey, I might be out there like Knicks fans.

[Ocho]

That what I'm talking about. Yeah, yeah. Tan something up. Turn some cars.

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

Yeah.

[Joe]

But, hey, I might be out there like dick fans, man.

[Ocho]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe]

Purity. Purity.

[Uncle Joe]

Food. I tell you one thing. Before we start Nightcap tomorrow, I'll make sure I take a video of me, you know, jumping up on top of a police car, because I'm telling you how it's gonna go tomorrow night. Now, y'. All. Y' all ain't listening to me all playoff series long. Well, listen, I'm telling you again, the next are going to San Antonio and they're going to win the game tomorrow.

[Ocho]

I tell you what, you jump on a car tomorrow, they can't get your ass out of jail till Monday. So. So you jump on.

[Joe]

That happen.

[Uncle Joe]

I know the mayor. I'm good. I know the mayor, and we like this.

[Ocho]

All right.

[Joe]

Oh, Joe, we got an update on Policeic. It says he was kicked in his calf and it started to feel tight, and they didn't want to take any unnecessary risk.

[Uncle Joe]

Right.

[Joe]

So he was subbed as a precautionary to my.

[Ocho]

Toward the end. Right there.

[Joe]

No, he was subbed at the half.

[Uncle Joe]

At the half. Yeah. Well, listen, he got. He got. He got seven. He got seven days. He got seven days to get right.

[Joe]

Yeah, well, he's got seven days. And, you know, they got. They got the best doctors, the best pts, the best physios. They got the best of everything. So there's no. There's no reason why he shouldn't be up to full strength and, and ready to go.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Do you think we got enough depth, Ocho?

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, we have enough depth but obviously Christian Pulisic is our, is our best player. One of the best, you know.

[Joe]

Absolutely.

[Uncle Joe]

With both feed him being able to take people on 1v1, 1v2. So he is probably our best creator. Obviously he's, he's our wonder boy for a reason. So you know, not having him, we still have enough depth, just not someone like him. We do have others that are, that are of good quality but he, he would be our best player regardless.

[Joe]

Yeah. Chris Richards coming off an injury and he was big impactful. What he Richards. Ocho.

[Uncle Joe]

Yes. Yeah, I think, I think if I'm not mistaken, Chris, what does Chris play? Chris plays in the Premier League too. I, I, I'm, it's, it's. I don't know why I slipped my mind. We have, I think McKinney plays a Juventus. Tyler. Wait, hold on. I, I don't want to get it wrong.

[Joe]

Yeah, he's a defender, but huh.

[Uncle Joe]

Can you ask is that Ash there with you? He's in the premier.

[Joe]

Dallas.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah. Chrissy played Crystal Palace. Yeah. Chris Richard played Christmas Palace. I don't know why it's in my mind. And ass ass west. McKinney is at Juventus, right?

[Joe]

McKinney's at Juventus. He's looking it up. The USA will play Australia on Friday.

[Uncle Joe]

Yee. Let's go. I believe that we will win.

[Ocho]

I believe that we will win.

[Joe]

You know, if this was a, a rugby or something. Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, he's right.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's that, that's the highest level too. Now that's the thing we get to about. You know Chris Richards played in the Premier League.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

So it's, it's, it's a few, it's a few players from the States that have been able to, to cross over and make those two. You know how hard it is for us and make it and make it on the team over there.

[Joe]

If you make it over there because they don't really mess with us anyway. You really, really good.

[Uncle Joe]

You got to be good.

[Ocho]

You like that?

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Earlier Today, someone put 1.8 million on United States to lose their match to Paraguay tonight. That payout would have been 3.5 million. $7,148. In other words, he just gave the casino 1.8 million.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, he, he should have known better than that. Whoever that was. That was a dumb bet. That was a dumb bet. Probably thinking the USA is going to look like they did. Maybe in the friendlies because you watch him, you watch him playing. Some of the friendlies raised questions. It raised because we didn't look good, Joe, in the friendly we played not just last week against Germany because we, we look decent. But just before that, you know, when it was time to qualify to even play in the World Cup. We just didn't look good. We didn't, we didn't look nothing like we looked tonight, I could tell you that.

[Ocho]

But hold on, hold on. We couldn't look that we looked that bad for that man to pull one point something.

[Uncle Joe]

It looked, it looked bad, Joe. Yeah, I'm just being honest. We look bad. We look bad.

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[Joe]

I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

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It feels like it's trying to. To divide people.

[Joe]

We got clear facts. Maybe we could calm down a little.

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[Joe]

Let's meet at the Facts.

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

Let's move forward from there. NBC News reporting for America.

[Joe]

England's national team van containing match cleats and training equipment was stolen while in transit from Florida to Kansas. The city the FA and liaison with the police in an attempt to recover the missing items. Ocho. If training equipment cleats, how much will it impact? I guess they're gonna have to go to the Go to. They're the big dick. Sporting goods gonna get bought out of all the cleats.

[Uncle Joe]

Wait, whose stuff? Whose stuff got stolen?

[Joe]

England's national team.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, they're gonna be able to get that back anyway as soon as they find that it's stolen. If they're not able to recover it, they'll Be able to get whatever they need, especially players. Players that are the Puma players that with Adidas or with Nike, they're gonna be able to replenish that like this.

[Ocho]

Yeah, but you don't want to have to go through none of that, man.

[Uncle Joe]

I mean, it's somewhat of inconvenience. It's somewhat of inconvenience, obviously, but because those entities that the players are sponsored by are so big, they had that stuff there the next day, quick,

[Ocho]

whatever.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, how they let that happen anyway, Which I.

[Joe]

Man, look here, the same way they be letting. Hold on, what did they steal? Somebody stole. Hold on, what did they steal? Kit Kats. Did y' all see? Somebody stole all them KitKat bars.

[Ocho]

What? Was that real?

[Joe]

Yeah, man, somebody, somebody stole like how many? Go look that up, ass. They stole like a hundred and forty zero zero zero pounds of KitKat.

[Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe]

Who order the KitKats? It wasn't even Easter. A Halloween. Wow.

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A truckload of over 410,000 special edition Formula One car shaped kit Kat bars

[Joe]

were stolen in Italy. Yeah, 410,000 Formula One shaped KitKat bars.

[Uncle Joe]

What they gonna do with it? There's nothing they can do with it.

[Joe]

Eat them.

[Uncle Joe]

They gonna have cavities out the roof.

[Joe]

Yeah, see, they were limited edition, Ocho. And they were molded like the cars, you know. You heard the first part, Ocho?

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Limited edition.

[Uncle Joe]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Joe]

Bernardo Silva to Real Madrid. Here we go. An agreement is in place and contract approved. Two year deal plus a one year option, fast deal by Madrid, started 36 hours ago and closed immediately. Ocho, explain to the chat how huge this is.

[Uncle Joe]

I mean, I mean, it's cool, it's huge. I just don't understand why he would leave Man City. He just left, left Man City, which is in the Premier League, obviously. Very, very good club. You know, big club. And he's, he's solid. Great, great, great cinema theater. Joe, like the point guard Joe? Yeah, he creates. He, he controls the pace of the game. You know, he's a facilitator, if you might say.

[Ocho]

Okay.

[Uncle Joe]

Him going to Real Madrid is the big thing. I mean, obviously growing up for players, everybody wants to play for the biggest club in the world. That would be Real Madrid. So it's a good thing for him. I just don't understand. If he's good enough to play for Real Madrid, why would they let him go? At Man City, obviously you have young and upcoming talent that is just as good as you or equivalent to what you can do. So I, I kind of get It. But, I mean, it's a dope thing, you know? A dope thing for him. Real Madrid is the. Is the. Is the cream of the crop, you know, that's. Players dream of playing.

[Joe]

Yeah. Real Madrid, Barcelona.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Psg.

[Uncle Joe]

Mm. Madrid is like the. The

[Joe]

Arsenal auto. Yeah,

[Uncle Joe]

it's dope. It's dope.

[Joe]

Hey, hey, you remember they stole Tom Brady jersey at the Super Bowl?

[Ocho]

Yeah, but didn't get that.

[Joe]

Ocho, did he get it? Yeah, they got it back.

[Uncle Joe]

Nobody can even get in the locker room, so how can they.

[Joe]

Man, that man had it. That man had the thing they got online. They was like, saying they were gonna buy it. That man had that jersey with them in Mexico.

[Ocho]

Yep.

[Uncle Joe]

Huh?

[Joe]

The jersey that he beat the Falcons in.

[Uncle Joe]

Right. How did somebody even get in the locker room to even get a whole other thing?

[Ocho]

What was it? What was it like? Was he posted as a reporter or something?

[Joe]

Yes.

[Ocho]

And he fake credentials and got on.

[Joe]

Don Brady would look around, say, man, you seen my jersey? Oh, boy. Had that thing gone.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, that's funny.

[Joe]

Gone.

[Uncle Joe]

It's not funny, but it's funny, bro.

[Joe]

They just don't.

[Ocho]

They.

[Joe]

They don't. Stole. They stole Michael's jersey. Yeah. Yeah. They remember they stole Shador's stuff. Some of the CU players when they played ucla.

[Ocho]

Yeah, yeah. Hey, you had. You said it, right? They stole one of Jordan jersey. He had to wear, like, number 12 or something.

[Joe]

12. Yeah.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Yes. Hey, they stole. They stole Carl Mecklenburg jersey, man. They had to write Mecklenburg and Sharpie on the back of the man jersey.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, man.

[Joe]

Oh, he. No, he was. He was a legit reporter, but he hadn't stolen so much stuff because he had access. So he just get in there and just be. They found so much stuff.

[Ocho]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Joe]

Can you imagine what that jersey would have been worth?

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, hey, you think he got. You think he got fired?

[Joe]

They probably put his ass in jail, right? That's what. That's what he probably did.

[Uncle Joe]

That's crazy.

[Joe]

Damn. All righty. Victor Wimby Yama says his confidence isn't shaken after being down 3:1 to the next. Let's take a listen to what Wemby had to say.

[Uncle Joe]

I know you take one game at

[Narrator/Promo Voice]

a time, but I would imagine in

[Joe]

order to attack that game the way

[Uncle Joe]

you need to, your group needs to

[Joe]

believe that they can still do this. The other night, you said that the loss would either divide you or bring

[Uncle Joe]

you together two days later.

[Joe]

Do you have a better sense of whether or not the group actually thinks they can pull this off? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Everybody thinks, everybody knows we're gonna do it, but I don't know if I agree with you. I feel like we need to, we need to isolate that one game and take it one game at a time. I think it'd be a mistake to waste our energy on different, you know, on multiple games. It's one game at a time. The problem, the problem is Ocho and Joe, if you think about it, think about that game five, what transpired when the Cavaliers came back on Golden State? Kyrie went for 41, LeBron went for 41. 41.

[Ocho]

Yep.

[Joe]

Both of those guys shot over 50% from the floor in getting those 41. LeBron had 41 and I think 16 rebounds. And then he followed that 41 performance up with another 41 performance and 13, 14 assists. And Kyrie chipped in with another 27, maybe even high 20s or low 30s. So the question is, do the spurs have two guys that can go crazy like that?

[Ocho]

Yes, they do. Okay. Okay. Ocho.

[Joe]

Yes, sir.

[Ocho]

I, I, I, I love the confidence that Win Binyama portrays, the poise and patience that he plays with. And I really, really believe that the spurs really feel that they're the better team. Obviously, you know, they're down 3:1, but I, I think they understand that they've squandered away a few games in this series and they really, I think they really believe they can come back and win this series, bro. So I'm with Wimby and the Monks. I, I think Wimby, it's gonna play great. I love what Castle's been doing. I think he's gonna be great. Hopefully Fox comes along for the ride. Cause they gonna need him. And you hope Vasil and Champagne can chip in and play solid. They ain't gotta be great. Play solid. Cause I think their defense is really, honestly is what's gotten the league early in all these games. I mean, hell, they led by double figures in every game now.

[Joe]

Every game, Every game.

[Ocho]

So they're a great first quarter team, which gets them off to a great start. And I think that's always a plus. They just gotta find a way, bro. Take it one game at a time and be able to close. If they could do that, I'm with the Spurs, I think they could come back. I know, man, you delusion. I think they can do it, bro.

[Joe]

Well, you gotta be a little delusional.

[Uncle Joe]

Go ahead. That's a tough task. It's a tall task. Especially now being down 3:1. Joe, I understand what you're saying, but you look at some of the mistakes being that the spurs are a young team and you're getting mistakes from, from your veteran. Now, now, Castle for sale. You know, Wimby, we, we see some of the stakes that, that they've made, you understand, but they're. Darian Fox, he doesn't, he had no excuse. He's a seven, eight year vet, I think if I'm not mistaken. And he has to know, he has to know in certain situations how to hold the ball. You know, if you're the point guard, you got to be the one who has to be the head coach, the extension of the head coach when you're out there on the court. So him making some of the mistakes as he'd made on top of some of the one that the young players have made. Well, hell, you, you, you, you, you, you losing in general there. And if they were playing smart basketball, this series would look completely different. It would look completely different.

[Joe]

But they're not a smart team because Joe, we've been talking about this. Joe. Yeah, Joe, you remember we won a game. I said, Joe, I said, hey, they played well, but they still took some quick. I said, Joe, I saw some threes going over 18 seconds.

[Ocho]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

Are we sure? Dear Fox, you remember de' Aaron Fox, they up by three and Darren Fox filed a guy in Sacramento, Joe, he fouled a guy on a three point shot. The guy hit the shot and made the free throw and they lose the game.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And when Mike Brown said something, what did they do to Mike Brown the next day?

[Ocho]

You got him about it.

[Joe]

So are we sure? Are we sure? De' Aaron Fox is, have a, a high basketball iq. We know he's a phenomenal player. He's a two time all star. There's no denying that. But there are two things can be true because I've seen guys that are really, really good at a particular thing but don't understand the game, can't play the game within the game, don't understand situations. Give me someone that understands situations.

[Ocho]

Right, right.

[Uncle Joe]

Uncle Joe, there are very few players like that. Right. How many times you're going to get a LeBron? Someone that can facilitate, that's someone that can control the game. Someone that understand the time and understands moments and situations, when to go, when not to, when to pause. I mean you, you know that, that, that stuff is difficult, especially when it comes to the big, in big moments.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

When you haven't been in those moments often. So it's a little different.

[Joe]

That's what A situation when you get a Harrison Barnes. Now, this is your role now, because you're not going to play. This is where you get on the side and say, guys, what are we doing? Why are we taking three point shots?

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

With 18 seconds, 19 seconds on the shot clock. Why are we continuously shooting threes that were going in in the first half? They're not going in now. But you see the mistake that people make. What do they say, Ocho Joe, shoot or shoot?

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Shoot or shoot?

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

When you're about to shoot yourself out the damn series.

[Ocho]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe]

That's what you're about to do.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Playing dumb basketball. Dumb basketball. Dumb players play dumb basketball. Gets coaches fired, get you beat. It's a lose, lose. You're playing just good enough to get yourself cut and get me fired. That's lose, lose.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And I've kept. And I. I'm watching them. I don't watch the first. I watch them a little. A little bit. During the regular season of Joe and Ocho. Just check out. Mainly check out Wimby. I like castle at UConn, but I watched them enough. This is how they play.

[Ocho]

Yeah, they. Hey, hey, I'm sure. Or I hope Ms. Johnson has set them down, man, and they watched that film, bro. And, and hopefully if they get into these situations again when it's late game, you know, the results will be a lot different. I don't know what. I don't know what Fox is thinking. Ocho. I. I can't tell you that he

[Joe]

was trying to be the hero.

[Ocho]

Listen, I think he's a hell of a player. I don't know why. Because I watched that play over and over. Hell, he really had no step on OG he didn't. When he got that, man, did you

[Joe]

see him slow down?

[Ocho]

Yeah, he had to slow down.

[Uncle Joe]

And he didn't have a choice but to slow down.

[Ocho]

Yeah, he had no choice. And OG was right on his heels. It ain't like OG was three, four steps behind. That man was right.

[Uncle Joe]

He was in his hip pocket, Joe.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

So, hey, Joe, I give you a similar situation. The same situation happened with True Holiday at Milwaukee and Phoenix. What did he do? Holiday had the same situation. Up by one. What did he do?

[Uncle Joe]

Well, he pulled.

[Joe]

He ran around, tried to get. And they ended up having to file it.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, and you think about this, too, Joe. Uncle Joe, Now, I know I don't know the game like y', all, you know, I know I've been. I've been guessing a lot in the. In the playoff series. But think about the situation. You're down 3:1, right?

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

We've seen one play, if I'm not mistaken. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, because my knowledge ain't like your. We've seen one player come back down three one.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

In the finals.

[Uncle Joe]

Name of LeBron James.

[Joe]

Yes, it's happening. It's happened in the postseason, but it's only happened in the finals once.

[Uncle Joe]

And who did that?

[Joe]

LeBron. LeBron and the Cavs.

[Uncle Joe]

Please tell me the player that has the IQ in the wherewithal that LeBron has to be able to do what they did. That plays for the spurs, right?

[Joe]

No.

[Ocho]

Well, listen, do they have a LeBron? No, but they have a collective group of guys, bro, who can get the job done. It's just hard for me to believe that the Knicks just gonna come in there and pop them in game five and it's gonna be over with. I, I don't see that, bro. I think I, I, I think they gonna get a Obviously a desperate and, and well, determined spurs team who's looking to extend this series and go back to New York for game six. You're gonna take it one game at a time, man. Yes, I think I, I think the spurs team is so young and naive

[Joe]

that they really believe that they can

[Ocho]

come back and win this series.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Uncle Joe. I understand. I'll let you go real quick, Joe, but understand how the basketball gods work. Joe. Understand how momentum works. Joe, just as much as you guys want it to happen, I just don't see it happening. I, I just, I just don't. The Knicks players don't want it to happen. Mike Brown don't want it to happen. The city of New York understands that it probably won't happen. We want to finish the series now. We don't want to give them a chance to come back. We don't want to. So we need to finish the job. We need to finish the job. Like Jalen Brunson says, every time he talks, the job's not done. We want to finish a job in San Antonio so we don't have to worry about them coming back home and having to deal with, oh, my goodness, they came back and they get a game here at home. Now we got a game 7A games, a game 7 deciding factor. We don't want to deal with that. Let's finish the job right now and get this series out the way.

[Joe]

See the problem that you have, Joe, when you guys are naive, they're naive. They're naive to the point they're not supposed to lose, but they're also naive to the fact that the plays that they're making will cause you to lose.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

You see, it balances out well. They don't know, man. They don't know they're supposed to lose. Well, they also don't know they're supposed to hold. Take the clock down, too, because you're up. Just think, Joe, if you take the. If you take the ball and I hold it for 24 seconds five times in a row, there's a greater chance I win the ball game than doing what they did.

[Ocho]

You probably will win.

[Joe]

No shots.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Just running the clock. Just think about it. That's all I'm saying. Players, but they don't think. They don't understand situations. You have to think the game is played within the game. Yes. It's about. At the end of the day, Ocho. Joe, I need to have more points than my opponent. Yes, but how do I get that? Listen, in order for you to come back for 29 points down, do you realize how dumb the opposing team that lets you come back, do you realize how dumb they have to be?

[Ocho]

Hey, hey, you right. They gotta be real dumb. But the fatigue made them be dumb, bro. I just think with you being up 29 points and you still not giving those guys rest. Hell, they playing, they playing.

[Joe]

They.

[Ocho]

They playing them in a whole second half. They ran out of gas. You can see it, bro. Like, I watched it over and over. I'm like, listen, it wasn't like they played just a terrible game. Obviously, you know, at the end of that third and that fourth quarter was bad. But for the most part, man, you, you got to. You still got to have some hope.

[Joe]

If you.

[Ocho]

The spurs, looking at how. Looking at how you played.

[Joe]

But, Joe, let me ask you a question. So when they came out right out of the. Right out of the half and was launching those threes, were they fatigued then?

[Ocho]

No.

[Joe]

No, because you remember they took eight threes in a row.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

You remember they got the rebound three times in a row.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And kicked it to Wimby.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Tell the people in the chat. Because they didn't see the game, Joe. The TV had blacked out. Tell the people at home what, what Wimby did.

[Ocho]

He took three threes. I. I' ma tell you, he took them three threes on. And Ocho.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Ocho]

Man ain't here. I don't think he had no. He had no gas in the tank to even try to get to the bass. That's why he was selling for them knockout blows.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah. He had no legs. But I got a question, too. I got another question for you, Uncle Joe.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

Like this, we. We engage. We in game five, we talk about how the spurs have been playing, how the spurs played all season long. How are we expecting to change the way they play in the goddamn finals? You are who you are at this point.

[Joe]

You're right, because a lot of times. Down by 29. Yeah, there's no down by 29, Joe. You. Hey, hey, I'm on to the next night. I'm on Orlando. I ain't worried about Miami. I'm on to Orlando, man. I'm worried about the Hawks.

[Ocho]

Hey, Mike Brown, he know what to do. He threw Scohan in the hell. He ain't played since he got the damn New York. He gonna get a ring regardless. He can't, man. He throwing people out there.

[Uncle Joe]

He.

[Joe]

Listen, he threw. He.

[Ocho]

He was throwing out anything out there, that stuff, you know what I mean? And then you play Jalen Brunson, and look, what's it, Alvarado. And now they able to kind of get some juices flowing, get something going, make some shots, get into the teeth of the defense. Drawing and kicking, making shots now. So things start to get a little different. But I. I still. Hey, the spurs can do this, man, one game at a time.

[Joe]

I'm not. I'm not saying that they can't do it. I'm saying they won't be able to do it if they continue to play like that. And I don't know how you change midstream.

[Uncle Joe]

You can't not. Listen, if it was mid season, I understand. We can go back to the drawing board.

[Joe]

Huh?

[Uncle Joe]

We can go to the drawing board. Listen, this is what we need to do. You are who you are at this point, this far into the season. So the mistakes that they're making, thinking that, oh, all of a sudden, now we get the game five, we're gonna eliminate all those. We can try to minimize them. And we can try to minimize them because you know, you know what's going to end up happening is you're gonna have people out there thinking instead of playing freely, yeah, they're gonna make mistakes. They still gonna make mistakes. The mistakes might even be worse now because you're trying to make sure you don't make none instead of just playing basketball.

[Joe]

And the problem is, Joe, we've seen the mistakes late in the ball game, damn near every game they played.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

When. First of all, Darren Fox knows when we would like when you get to pick when you get to pick to Wimby, Wimby don't roll.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

When he's up high, he don't roll. He's spot up. Go back and watch it. When he, when he passed the ball to Wimby on the last play of game two, what, did we follow him or we'd be spotted up?

[Ocho]

Joe, now, he took, he took the jump shot. He came for the jump shot.

[Joe]

So now all of a sudden he expect. He, he said it at the top of the key and now he go, he gonna pass the ball like when we go roll to the basket. When we don't roll to the basket, he do it not from that spot. Now if you get it lower. Yeah. He'll roll to the basket and get a dunk.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

But when he's out there, like he's at the three point line, Wendy, don't come. He wants you to throw it to him at the three point line and he gonna shoot it.

[Ocho]

And it's late, late in the game. Too late in the game. He trying to get that jump shot early in the game. Y' all watch the difference in the way Wimby moves early in the game in the first quarter compared to the fourth. In the first quarter, he rolling, getting to the rim. He trying to get the easiest bucket he could possibly get. But in the fourth quarter, everything changes, bro.

[Joe]

I'm telling you, Joe, he's. He's expelled. He's expending too much energy.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

He's a marathon runner and he's going out running four minute mile. The first four miles he cooked. Joe, he's, he's gotta, he's gotta have to. These months they're gonna have to get his breathing under control because he's going so hard.

[Ocho]

Yeah, he.

[Joe]

And what's happening? He's going anaerobic. And if anybody that rides bike for a living, anybody that's ridden a bike or ever gone anaerobic, once you go anaerobic, it's good night, Irene.

[Ocho]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe]

If you follow the Tour de France, they talk about a rider has cracked. Well, what Wimby is doing, he's going out so hard. He's expending so much energy.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

You know, you know, now he's just.

[Joe]

Now he's just trying to hold on.

[Ocho]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Uncle Joe, you know what else we get to see tomorrow?

[Ocho]

What's that?

[Uncle Joe]

He get to see how strong Darian Fox is mentally. We get to three how strong he is mentally. Are you going to come out and still be aggressive self, but are you gonna allow the noise to bother you. Every. All the talking head, all the pundits, all the illness that is saying how bad you're playing. I'm sure even if he doesn't, even if he doesn't hear the noise, it's gonna affect.

[Joe]

He heard the noise.

[Uncle Joe]

Okay, but they. And we gonna find out. We're gonna find out tomorrow and I guarantee you come out and. And he'd be gun shy.

[Ocho]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Uncle Joe]

I guarantee he'd be gunshot tomorrow. He ain't gonna want to hear.

[Joe]

Joe, I don't hear that stuff. It's not like these people have my phone number and I don't really pay that stuff attention, man. That's a lie. Yeah, you hear. You hear it here? Okay, okay, okay.

[Ocho]

Joe, you can't help it nowadays. Hey.

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