Nightcap Hour 2: Lakers GIVE Austin Reaves the BAG + Kawhi WON’T Sign Extension with Pistons OR Heat if TRADED + BIG3 Week 2 PREVIEW + Alyssa Thomas SUSPENDED for FOUL on Caitlin Clark

Summary

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Nightcap Hour 2: Lakers GIVE Austin Reaves the BAG + Kawhi WON’T Sign Extension with Pistons OR Heat if TRADED + BIG3 Week 2 PREVIEW + Alyssa Thomas SUSPENDED for FOUL on Caitlin Clark

Date: June 26, 2026
Hosts: Shannon Sharpe, Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson
Episode Overview:
In this late-night sports roundtable, Shannon and Ocho break down major basketball news: Austin Reaves’ massive new deal with the Lakers, Kawhi Leonard’s hesitance around contract extensions if traded, a big preview for Week 2 of the BIG3, and heated WNBA headlines centering on Alyssa Thomas’ suspension after her foul against Caitlin Clark. The hosts’ signature chemistry brings playful banter, candid takes, and a deep dive into the intersection of sports, loyalty, and old-school mentality.

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Main Topics & Discussion Points

1. Austin Reaves Signs Massive Extension with Lakers

(03:00 - 15:35)

• Contract Details: Austin Reaves agrees to a four-year, $185 million maximum contract with a player option for 2029–2030, turning down a previous $15M option. The Lakers’ initial $30M/year offer was eclipsed when the Pistons tried to snag Reaves, prompting LA to up the ante to $46M/year.
• The Journey: The hosts celebrate Reaves as an undrafted player out of Oklahoma who “got it out the mud.”
  • Quote (03:37, Ocho): "Undrafted coming out of Oklahoma. He's an Arkansas guy…year after year improving, being a better player, understanding his craft."
• Loyalty and Fit: Discussion about why Reaves stayed in LA despite big money from Detroit—a combo of comfort, familiarity, and the city's culture:
  • Quote (08:39, Shannon): “I’d rather stay in LA. I’m comfortable. I know the city. I take the four for 185 over Detroit’s four for 179.”
• Impact on Lakers:
  • Reaves brings offensive power but “this move alone doesn’t make them contenders,” especially with a defensively weak backcourt.
  • LeBron’s evolving role is considered, with Shannon saying LeBron had to “bite his tongue” and not disrupt team chemistry when returning from injury (06:52).
• Expectations: With the contract comes new pressure for Reaves to deliver elite production nightly.
• Player Development: Both hosts praise Reaves’ relentless work ethic, highlighting the value of “gym rats.”
  • Quote (14:40, Shannon): “Obsessed with the game, not what the game brings.”
• Ben Simmons Reference: Used as a cautionary tale about not putting in the work (13:54).

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2. Kawhi Leonard & the Trade Rumor Mill

(15:39 – 26:53)

• Refusal to Extend: Kawhi reportedly has "no interest" in signing an extension with the Pistons or Heat if traded there, but would consider it for the Raptors or Spurs. The Clippers want to keep him, but his future is uncertain.
• Kawhi’s Mileage: Tanner muses about Kawhi’s “40-year-old knees” despite his age, suggesting time is running out for him as a franchise cornerstone.
• Fit with Spurs: Massive excitement at the hypothetical of Kawhi reuniting with the young Spurs, especially paired with Victor Wembanyama.
  • Quote (20:11, Shannon): “You pair him with Wemby, that’s trouble…sometimes that’s cheating.”
• Clippers' Predicament: Reflections on the Clippers' ambitions gone unfulfilled, the cost of failed "super teams," and the sunk assets:
  • Quote (23:56, Shannon): “They’ve tried everything…if you just win one, you say it was worth it, but if you win nothing—you stuck.”
• Rebuilding Reality: The hosts agree the Clippers might trade Kawhi while he still has value—even if winning there now is a “ship that’s sailed.”
• NBA “Bubble” Memory: A sidebar about the Lakers and Clippers being the two teams that wanted to cancel the 2020 NBA season.
  • Quote (25:15): “[They] wanted to cancel the season. The other 28 teams wanted to continue. Then when they didn’t win, they tried to diminish the man that did get it.”

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3. BIG3 League – Week 2 Preview

(27:38 – 29:55)

• On the Radar: Dwight Howard’s LA Riot against Greg Monroe’s Dallas Power is the headliner, with the showdown billed as “clash of the titans.”
• Breakdown: Ocho picks the LA Riot as the front-runner, applauding the physicality of Howard and the scoring of Jordan Crawford, plus supporting pieces like Billy Preston.
  • Quote (28:30, Ocho): “LA Riot led by Jordan Crawford and Dwight Howard…they got scores, defenders, rebounders. Dwight gonna do all the dirty work and probably have a double double every night.”
• Physical Play: Both hosts note BIG3’s “no easy buckets” mentality and focus on complete, versatile teams.

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4. Alyssa Thomas Suspended for Foul on Caitlin Clark – WNBA Drama

(33:10 – 47:56)

• The Incident: Alyssa Thomas is suspended one game after being flagged for a non-basketball act—striking Caitlin Clark in the throat during Mercury’s overtime win over the Fever.
• Physicality vs. Intent: The hosts suggest intent doesn’t matter if the action is reckless.
  • Quote (33:37, Shannon): “Intent only matters to the individual committing the act. Caitlin Clark’s throat is still hurting.”
  • They ridicule Thomas’ “fall,” saying, “Nobody falls like that. Physics teaches us nobody falls like that.” (34:15)
• Context & Consistency: The punishment is seen as fair and consistent with how non-basketball play is handled.
• Spotlight on Clark: There’s discussion about Clark being targeted due to her high profile, comparing her to Michael Jordan and other stars who came in with endorsement deals before producing on the court.
  • Quote (36:36, Ocho): “When your peers look at you…they think Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are these darlings. Punishment come with that, bro.”
• Old School Toughness: They reflect on how sports were more physical in previous decades, and how resentment naturally builds when highly touted rookies arrive with big deals.
  • Quote (45:24, Ocho): “You can’t even hand check no more, Joe. No elbow in the back, no nothing.”
  • The hosts note this phenomenon exists in all leagues: “It’s just natural…like a new guy at a job making more than the guy that’s been there ten years.” (47:56)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• On Austin Reaves’ work ethic:
  • “That just shows me, if you work on your game, it’s hard not to get better.” (13:54, Shannon)
• On LeBron’s role and Lakers legacy:
  • “Normally Laker superstars don’t leave. Kareem, Magic, Worthy, Baylor, West—they retired there. We’ll see what happens with LeBron…” (04:49, Shannon)
• On Kawhi Leonard’s future:
  • “Dorothy said there’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. Kawhi go back to San Antonio—all is forgiven.” (21:15, Shannon)
• On WNBA’s new faces and veteran pushback:
  • “If you come in, you supposed to be like that, you’re gonna get everybody’s best game. Tough game, they gonna be physical with you.” (36:51, Ocho)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Austin Reaves Contract Breakdown: 03:00–15:39
• Kawhi Leonard Trade & Extension Rumors: 15:39–26:53
• BIG3 Week 2 Preview: 27:38–29:55
• Alyssa Thomas Suspension / Caitlin Clark Discussion: 33:10–47:56

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Takeaways

• Lakers’ core remains intact but questions linger about true contention in the stacked West.
• Kawhi’s “extension or bust” demands indicate a calculation for legacy and situation, not just money.
• BIG3 shows surprising depth and intrigue, keeping basketball lively even in the NBA’s off hours.
• The WNBA’s rising stars are feeling both the pressure and physicality of their newfound fame—echoes of NBA rookie resentment and generational change.

The Nightcap hosts fuse old-school perspective with current events, mixing playful ribbing, hard truths, and respect for the evolving state of basketball and pro sports.

Transcript

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[Joe]

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[News Anchor]

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[Commentator 1]

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[Joe]

signing a four year, 185 million maximum contract to return to the Lakers with a player option for the final season in 2029, 2030. Reeves declined his $15 million option for the new max deal. Lakers initially offered Reeves $30 million, but. But they were forced to increase it to 46 per year after the Pistons started to aggressively pursue him. Joe, you. You like this?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. I'm happy for Arkan Ocho. Get your money, man. You know what I mean? Second round pick coming out. I mean, undrafted. Undrafted.

[Joe]

Undrafted.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. Undrafted coming out of Oklahoma. You know, he's an Arkansas guy. He's from Arkansas. I think he really, really got it out the mud, bro. Just. I'm talking about year after year improving, being a better player, understanding his craft, you know, his handle getting real crafty. Obviously being a deadly shooter, a guy who can really score the ball, who you can really rely on. I'm happy for him. I think he kind of still get the Lakers a little wiggle room, don't it? I mean, he didn't go.

[Joe]

They could have given him five for 240.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, yeah. They ain't. Hey, hey, hey. Yeah, they ain't want to do that because they tie your hands too much, just like Detroit. I'm curious to see what they gonna get during, you know what I mean?

[Joe]

They ain't trying to give him that supermax for damn sure.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Because no, sir.

[Joe]

Third team, all NBA, he's eligible for the supermax. He ain't getting that.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, but I'm happy for ar, bro. What you. What you think? How you feel about your Lakers man? You. You like AR back?

[Joe]

Yeah. Look, Luca made it abundantly clear that he would rather have Luca than any, you know, Giannis or anybody else they could have traded for to bring in.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe]

It's Lucas team now.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And you got to appease him because you don't want to give. You don't want to have him leave. And normally Laker play, Laker superstars don't leave. Kareem Magic didn't leave. Worthy didn't leave. Wilt retired Baylor. Baylor retired. Jerry west retired. Shaq really was the only one that really left. We'll see what happens with LeBron. But when you go back, Kobe stayed. When you look at, say, The Lakers top 10 players, most of them retired. That was their final stop. If they were drafted there, they stayed there. If they got traded there, they stayed there. We'll see. Like I said, we'll see what happens with LeBron. But, but Lucas, I. I think Lucas said, look, I want, I want to play with ar, but I don't think this makes him a championship contending team. When your backcourt that bad defensively, Joe.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Your neck, your. The three players that you put us beside them gotta, they gotta be like San Antonio. They gotta be like okc.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I agree. They ain't raising no. Hell no. They ain't raising fun to watch.

[Joe]

You know, Luca gonna come out hot. Give you 14, 16 in the first quarter. Probably end the game with 30, you know, 32, 40. Austin Reeds is Austin Reeds. He can handle the ball, can shoot the three, can get to the float game, get all the way to the rim. He's phenomenal. He. He's gotten better and better and better and better every single year.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, but I think, I don't think everybody expected the performance that he had through this past season. So coming into this season with this new contract, y' all know it's gonna bring expectations.

[Commentator 2]

Yes.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Expectations to be an elite offensive guy night in and night out.

[Joe]

What really helped that LeBron missed the start of the season. So now basically all the shots are divvied up between him and Luca.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And so now LeBron has to find his way back in. He saw the. How well they were playing. He. He couldn't upset that apple cart.

[Commentator 2]

No.

[Joe]

So he's like, you know what? I don't believe I'm the third best player. I think I'm the second best player. I'll concede Luca. Luca is 15 years younger than I am. Yes, I'll concede that. But I don't believe Al Reeds is a better player than me. But he had to bite his tongue and say, hey, look how well they're playing. I can't come back in and start jacking up shots. I'm the number two player. He couldn't do that. And that gave Austin Reed the confidence to go out there. And LeBron has always believed in Officer Reeves from day one.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Joe]

You look at Phil Handy, how he talk about how LeBron embraced him. You see in the. The grizzly series how LeBron gave him the Boston. Nah, go do your thing, bro. Yeah, do Your thing?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

So LeBron has always believed in Austin Reed. Austin Reeves has always believed in himself, that given the opportunity, I can play at an elite level. And he's proved that. You can tell. He's put the time in the gym, he's put the. He's put the work in, and now he's getting to reap the reward. I have no problem with him getting 4 for a 185, I think, but for me, I just don't. I don't think that they. They're not. That doesn't make them better than the Nuggets. It doesn't make them better than okc. It doesn't make them better than the Spurs. It doesn't make it. No, it doesn't. I'm not sure. Sure it makes them better than the Timberwolf. I. I'm just saying, even with this move right here, and we don't know what else they're going to do, they still fifth or sixth in. In the West.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Commentator 2]

The rest is too stacked. The west is too stacking. There's too many pieces that are missing to make them contenders in the West.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

And. And he kind of forced your hand, though, you know what I mean? Because think about it. Uncle Ocho, they. They gave him this contract early so he wouldn't hit the market because they, you know, because.

[Joe]

Because the thing is, he didn't get the five that he wanted for 240, but Detroit could give him four for 179. Yeah, I would rather stay in LA. I'm comfortable. I'm familiar. I know the city. I've been here four or five years. I take the four for 185 as opposed to going to Detroit for four for 179.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, yeah. So they got in there and got it on out the way. But I don't know, man. I don't know if. I don't know if Braun wants to come back and insert himself back in that situation. Fellas, if y' all want me to keep it 100 playing that third fiddle, I don't really think he real cool.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah, he ain't doing that, Joe. You ain't got to worry about it.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

What you trying to say? What you trying to say?

[Commentator 2]

Much or nothing, Joe? I'm just telling he's not going back to la. I can tell you that.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Are you trying to say he finna rekindle an old flame?

[Tony Ayo]

Huh?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Are you trying to say he finna rekindle an old flame?

[Commentator 2]

I ain't the one to call LeBron no moth, but you know where the moth go, though, huh?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hello, Hello. Okay, let me tell you something.

[Commentator 2]

You heard it here first. Now, you know what? I'm right on my own predictions. I'm 98% now.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Commentator 2]

All right.

[Joe]

I will say this about LeBron. He is the most. One of the most forgiving people that I know, considering what Dan Gilbert said about this man when he left.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And for him to take out a full page ad and, and, and, and would talk and when he gave interviews, how belittle and dismissive this man, what he had meant to this organization, how he had tripled the value of the franchise in which you purchased.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

For him to set all of that aside, everything that had been said about him by this owner, and to go back.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah. Triple the franchise here, triple the economy.

[Joe]

So if, if, if, if, if, if he, if he can forgive Dan Gilbert for the things that he said and wrote about him, you can forget Pat Riley throwing them cookies in the trash.

[Commentator 2]

Hold on. Take your time now. Take your time.

[Joe]

Hey, as a matter of fact, hey, Pat said, look, I leave, I leave key up on the doormat for him if he want to come back. Hey, Pat, know what that man represent,

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

man in the Eastern Conference.

[Joe]

You know that man.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Are you kidding me?

[Commentator 2]

Hey, LeBron, Clay, Giannis, Bam.

[Joe]

Davion, Mitchell. They're probably going to lose Norman Powell, Joe.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, well. Well, if they lose Norman Powell, that means they got a real backup plan.

[Commentator 2]

You know what the backup plan is?

[Tab Ramos]

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[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, I'm with you when you write Ocho Boy. Hey, they trying to get South beach bank popping.

[Commentator 2]

I ain't never lied to you. I ain't lied to you yet. Huh?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

We're going to get out there and get us some Jet Skis or something

[Joe]

else, you see? Why you want to go get on Jet Skis? Oh, man.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Are you.

[Commentator 2]

He said, I don't know where he going with it, but I'm picking up what he put down. I'm not sure what he's trying to say, though.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

So I guess us getting on Jet Ski. That's freaky.

[Joe]

Why you getting on Jet Ski? Why you try to be riding the water?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Damn. We. We're gonna be on south beach, baby. I know the weather always nice down there.

[Joe]

No, I don't know y'. All. Y'. All. Y' all two got getting me out of my character on my birthday.

[Commentator 2]

Wait, hold on. Hey, man. Hey, matter of fact, it's what time it is out there?

[Joe]

I'll be out there. You out here, too. It is 10:30. It's 10:30. I got an hour and a half before I buy.

[Commentator 2]

Oh, my bad, my bad.

[Tony Ayo]

You got.

[Commentator 2]

You got me.

[Joe]

I'm on the west coast with you.

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[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Joe.

[Commentator 2]

Where you at, Joe?

[Joe]

Atlanta.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I'm in the atl, baby. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Oh, what it feel like, man? 58, man.

[Joe]

Hey, he ain't 58.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

That Joe feel like you done been

[Joe]

through a little something. I feel like about 37. You know, they say you old. As old as what you feel. I feel about 37, 38.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

What, they need that knee biting today?

[Joe]

You know what? It ain't too bad today. You know, I got a. I held my suitcase. I held a suitcase, and I tried to hold it for about five minutes, you know. Yeah, because, you know, George got all the equipment. I said, well, Jordan, put your suitcase on it, too. Okay. Okay, I'm good. I'm good, you know.

[Commentator 2]

Hey, hold on.

[Tab Ramos]

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[Joe]

I do a little something, you know.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Huh? Oh, no.

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[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

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[Joe]

Move it in, move it out, Disco lady. Come on, Johnny T.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, no, but

[Joe]

look, watching Austin Reeds come in, being undrafted and see every single year get better and better and better and better.

[Commentator 2]

Yes, sir.

[Joe]

That.

[Commentator 2]

That.

[Joe]

That just shows me if you work on your game, it's hard not to get better when you see guys. And. And I said this, and I hate to. To bring this up, when I watch Ben Simmons. Ain't no way. Ain't no way. If you working on your game like you supposed to, you're not getting better. Yeah, he got no better from his. He never got any better, which tells me there's no possible way he was working on his game, or maybe he didn't know how to work on his game. But I look at a guy like Austin, undrafted, get better, better, better, better, better. Look at the. Look at.

[News Anchor]

Just look at the guys.

[Joe]

Better, better, better, better, better.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Bro. Bro. Oh. Oo. Those are the guys that are obsessed

[Joe]

with the game, bro, and not what the game brings.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, they gym rats. They always in the gym, they always working on something, whether it's their handle, whether it's being more consistent with my shot, whether it's my one dribble, pull up, my two dribble, pull up.

[Joe]

You know what?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Let me work on this flow game today. Let me work on my back to the bass that turn around over the left should. I don't really have a lot of confidence and let me work on that one, you know what I mean? It's working on every facet of the game, bro. It's being a gym rat. And that's what Austin reveals. Uncle. Oo, you gotta look. You, you, you look at from his rookie year to now, bro. He's night and day. Like once he gained that confidence and he knew guys really believed in him and he came through. I mean, time and time again he's been a clutch player for the Los Angeles Lakers and he's just improved every year, bro. So, you know, kudos to AR once again, man, for that new contract. But it's time to show up and show out now, boy. Expectations, expectations.

[Joe]

Kawhi Leonard reportedly wouldn't sign an extension with the Pistons or the Heat if they traded for him.

[News Anchor]

I turned off news altogether.

[Commentator 1]

I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything.

[Joe]

It's the rage bait.

[News Anchor]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Commentator 1]

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

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[Joe]

he would only consider signing an extension with the Raptors or the spurs if he were traded. Clippers are reportedly determined to keep Kawhi Bro, you were just. You was with the Spurs. You didn't want to stay. You was with the Raptors. You didn't want to stay.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Now, he said, he said, he said. He said. That was that. That was then.

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[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Now, that was dead then. Now. Hey, hey, they got something going. They got something brewing over there. But hey, hey, the one thing about Kawhi I, I love about him is that, yeah, we. You never know hell when he gonna play. But when he does play, bro, boy,

[Joe]

can you imagine him with the Spurs?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Oh, no, no, I can't. I ain't gonna lie.

[Joe]

You put him with the Spurs. Oh, they favored in the West. Oh, no, they are favored in the. With Kawhi Leonard on the spur. They are absolutely favored.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, even if you put him in Detroit, I like him in Detroit.

[Joe]

I. I like him. Let me tell you why I like him in San Antonio. Because now I got a guy, I can give him the ball right in, in the last two, three minutes of the game and he can get his shot. He gonna get to that. He gonna get to his spot, right? Stop it. You.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

You pair him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You pair him with wimby, that's trouble. Hell, I think if you, if you pair Braun over there with wimbies, because

[Joe]

you got a guy that can handle the ball. Yeah, you got a guy that's going to make everything right. You got a guy that's going to. Hey, ain't no way they had them leave with Braun on there. They losing the game to the Knicks.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

That wife just gonna say, ain't no way in hell.

[Joe]

He let he control the tempo, Bruno.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

He'll run the shot clock down. He'll get a shot clock violation before he. Damn. Yeah, you're right.

[Joe]

And guess what LeBron gonna do if the coach don't call the timeout? He gonna take the ball out and LeBron gonna put it down and, and Michael Johnson gonna have no choice but to. Man Kawhi I. Look, I don't know if Kawhi make the Raptors. Look, I understand, obviously, I don't know if you keep bi. Scotty Barnes and those guys, but Kawhi with the Spurs. Oh, man, you know, sometimes that's cheating.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

That's cheap.

[Joe]

Dorothy said there's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home. Ron did it. Kawhi go back to San Antonio. All is forgiven. They won a championship. Excuse me. Win another championship because he won one. He was finals MVP there.

[Commentator 2]

That's crazy.

[Joe]

Question is, what is? I. I get. I noticed. I know the Clippers want to keep it. How much, Joe? How, how, how, how much longer? These the. Because I. Look, I know these, these, these needs.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

He.

[Joe]

He 33, 34, but he got the. He got some 40 year old knees, Joe.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

He got.

[Commentator 2]

He.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

He probably got a couple. Couple good years left in him. Unc oo right situation. Now, I don't know about the Clippers. You know, obviously they probably trying to. Now the Clippers ain't winning nothing. But he can be, you know, he can be a good locker room guy, a good vet who still, who's still a major contributor, putting up great numbers. I still think he got great value, bro. Now, if you want to trade him, you can put him in a situation to where wherever he goes, he's probably gonna have a better chance of winning a title. But I don't even know if Kawhi care about that no. More like Kawhi just take me for a guy, man.

[Joe]

He want to win, man.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I just.

[Joe]

Because what, why, why else are you. Why else are you doing that if that way they're not winning? Joe, that shift done sailed on the Clippers. The Clippers ain't winning.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Joe]

The moment he couldn't stay healthy and Paul George got hurt.

[Commentator 1]

Yes.

[Joe]

That was over. Yeah, they're not winning. I Don't care. I don't think they're not winning. And they didn't gave up too many assets, so now they couldn't add because of what they gave up. It's Kawhi. They didn't really have a choice. But the accurate to his demands. I'm not coming unless you get Paul George. And even if it means emptying out everything, do you really Want to see LeBron Kawhi and AD at the Lakers? That's a championship multiple.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Man, man, hey, listen, I, I think right now the Clippers probably will trade him. Oh. Because he still has great value and you can get some assets back, meaning maybe draft picks, maybe a couple players. But hell, I think the Clippers trying to go young, bro. They just trying to figure it out. You know what I mean?

[Joe]

They already got so. I mean, and.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

But that's what you run into when you do when you, when you create these big threes and they don't work out.

[Joe]

You stuck.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. This is what you run into the rebuild. This is part of the rebuild. You.

[Joe]

Look, they've tried everything. They've tried. They've tried Kawhi, Paul George and James Harden. They've tried Kawhi, Paul George and Russell Westbrook. They've cried. They've tried a number of different threes, and it hasn't come to fruition. And like you said, Joe, that's what happens when you gut your team to put this together. And it doesn't if you just win one, he says, okay, it was worth it. But if you win, nothing me,

[News Anchor]

I'm

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

talking about ain't close.

[Joe]

And a lot of that had to do with Kawhi being hurt. And you know, the, the, the bubble. They had a lead. They had a 31 lead and they lost to the Nuggets. Yeah, you know what I. You know what I, I saw, Joe, you was it. You was in the league when they played, when they was in the bubble. Joe, were you still you last year was what, 2018 or 2017?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, 2018, I think.

[Joe]

Joe, did you realize what two teams wanted to cancel the season before they went to the bubble? What two teams were that?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Clippers.

[Tony Ayo]

And

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

who was the other team?

[Commentator 2]

Lakers.

[Joe]

Yeah, they wanted to cancel the season. The other 28 teams want to continue. So Ocho, next time you hear somebody say that's the bubble championship, right? Ask them why did they want to continue to play if it was going to be a bubble championship? Because, see, everybody thought they could get a cheap championship. Everybody thought they could get a cheap one. And then when they couldn't, they tried to diminish the man that did get it.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

I don't even know why I brought that up, Joe. You know what I'm saying? I just, you know, I was just spitballing day, going through because I had some time on my hand. Got done with club interview early. Just had some time on my hand. I said, let me go back. I kind of knew we gonna probably talk about Kawhi.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I said, yeah.

[Joe]

You mean to tell me the two LA teams voted to cancel the season? The other 2018 said, Nah, let's continue to play. And then when they didn't win the championship, they tried to diminish the man that. Did you see how they did that?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe]

Because I. Because you couldn't get Miss America, you wanted her, she wouldn't go out on a date with you. But she go out there and say she ain't done.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hello.

[Joe]

He think he got. Wow. Why you asked her to go out if you didn't think she was all that?

[Tab Ramos]

Hey.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hello.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah, it always play out the same way, same script.

[Joe]

Guess what? There's an old saying. Sometimes a man can make his destiny on the very road he took to avoid it. Yep.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yep. Yeah.

[Joe]

A man can make his destiny on the very road he took to avoid it.

[Commentator 2]

Damn good days.

[NBC News Announcer]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Yeah, we got. Hey, I ain't going nowhere.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey.

[Joe]

Hey, Ocho. That joker right there in the top right hand screen with the nightcap sign on the back.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah, yeah, that's him.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

How I get back on me?

[Joe]

The letter S.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

How y' all get back on me? It's crazy. I already see what y' all up to, though.

[Joe]

How you figure?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, I know the move, see? I already know the moves for y'. All. Make them all right. I already see. I'm two, three steps ahead of y'. All.

[Joe]

Listen up. Nightcap is the home to the Big Three. Reporting live on the Big Three. Our Big Three report live on the Big Three. Just when you thought basketball season was getting over, you're wrong. We're just getting started this week. We've got Dwight Howard and the LA Riot going up against Greg Monroe and the Dallas power that's grown.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

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[Joe]

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[Commentator 2]

Yeah. Down in that box, huh?

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, I'll tell you. Hey, hey, hey, hey, listen, I' ma tell y' all right now, and it's still early. We ain't played but one week. I like the LA ride, you know, led by Jordan Crawford and Dwight Howard. I like the pieces that they have around them. They gonna be dominant. They gonna be dominant. And look, it's physical, I'm telling you. And you know, playing against Dwight, Uncle Ocho here, he. It's physical out there, bro. You know what I mean? You got to have somebody who can hold it down down there. I just, I think right now they probably the favorites, you know what I mean? They, they, they, they got the Billy Preston kid who playing alongside of those guys, and you know, he look like a nice player. I got them as my, my front runner right now. You know what I mean? Right now I'm saying. I know it's at the week one, but they look the best right now. They look the more complete as a team. You know, they just got everything they got from scores, defenders, rebounders, you know what I mean, Uncle. You gotta have a guy, you gotta have guys who can do a multitude of things and they have an elite score in Jordan Crawford and Dwight gonna do all the dirty work, you know what I mean? And he gonna probably have a double double every night. Meaning, look, we're only going to 50 points. Hell, if he get 15 and 12 every night, hell, that's a great. You know what I mean? So I'm looking forward to it, man. Week two gonna be nice. Cause Greg Monroe ain't no punk down there.

[Joe]

Now the Mercury's a little.

[News Anchor]

I turned off news altogether.

[Commentator 1]

I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything.

[Joe]

It's the rage bait.

[News Anchor]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Commentator 1]

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

[NBC News Announcer]

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[Joe]

Thomas has received a flagrant two and a one game suspension for a reckless making contact with a fist to the throat of Kaitlan Collins in the WNBA announced today the incident for which Thomas was deemed to have committed a non basketball act occurred in the Mercury's 111109 win over the Fever on Wednesday.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Joe, she she got a little extra in there. She put a little extra even if

[Joe]

you say intent because intent only matters to the individual committing the act, right? Caitlin Caitlin Clark's Throat is still hurting, whether she intended to do it or not. But this is how you know. Let me ask you a question. We've all fallen at some point in time. Who falls on their face? You spread your hands, you try to brace it. You don't even try to fall like that. Even if you're a Mercury fan. Even if you're Alyssa Thomas fan. Physics teaches us. Nobody falls like that.

[Commentator 2]

No. Not on your knuckles. Your breaks up, man.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, hey, hey. First off, Alicia Thomas, she tough. She's tough as a wood nickel. You hear me? Yeah, she tough as a wood nickel. So she put a little extra. Yeah, she put a little extra on. Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

Angel Reese last year, around the neck.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, hey, hey. What we talk about? Lay low and play slow. Oh, I. I ain't mean to. My bad. I ain't trying to put these. These. I ain't trying to put these knuckles in your neck. My bad.

[Joe]

Let me.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

You know what I mean?

[Joe]

So I, I have. I have no problem them upgrading this to a flagrant and suspending her because of the history that we've seen. We've seen acts that are not basketball related. That is not a basketball related act. What she did. She deserved to be suspended. This is not. No. Any other thing other than that she deserved that. They went back and looked at it and saw that is not how people fall.

[Commentator 2]

Right.

[Joe]

You know, next. I tell you what, Next time you stumble, put your knuckles down. Hey, I said, Caitlyn Clark Collins. I met Caitlyn Clark.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey. And they got a close look on Caitlin Clark now because they know she taking a little beat, not down. Hey, hey. Everybody trying to bully her a little bit, you know what I mean?

[Commentator 2]

She talking trash too now, you know? Yeah. She a little animated, too. She ain't in it.

[Joe]

Yeah. Hey, look. Hey, you all in people face and chirping. You got to deal with it now because when you. Hey, yeah. Putting up these threes and doing all this stuff.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Joe]

So when they get you back. Hey, hey.

[Commentator 2]

You know what I do like, though? Like, I know it's the. The extracurricular activity might be a little too much, but look, stuff like this continue to go on, man. You know, just get people to tune in. You know that, huh? Uncle Joe?

[WIX Harmony Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah. You know what?

[Commentator 2]

So and so, you know what? I want to tune in because at this point, I'm always seeing highlights on espn. I'm always seeing stuff on Fox. I always seeing stuff with NBC and cbs. Let me tune in and watch and see what's going on with these girls. Playing this ball.

[Joe]

Yeah, but you can't. Do you see what they did with Jordan? They cut that out. They not gonna let you do this. Oh, yeah.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, when they look at you, when your peers look at you, they. They. They think Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are these darlings. Yeah, they bringing punishment. Punishment come with that, bro?

[Tony Ayo]

Straight up.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Straight up. That's punishment come with that. You know what I mean?

[Joe]

In any league.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

You know what I mean? If you come in, you supposed to be like that. You're gonna get everybody best game. Tough game. They're gonna be physical, which is just part of. And they're gonna frustrate you.

[Joe]

I have no problem. You want to set a hard string screen. That's part of the game.

[Commentator 2]

Yes.

[Joe]

All that extracurricular. Okay, now. Okay, now. When somebody. When somebody get. I don't want to hear this dirty play because you. Hey, you reap what you sow.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Are they gonna suspend you for 10 games? You're gonna be. Hey, listen. See, they already know your temperature get hot. You know what I mean? We know how. Hey, yeah, we know how to piss uncle off. Yeah, we're gonna be a little extra with him, but he gonna try to file for somebody. Next thing you know. Yeah, they suspended his ass. He's seven to 10 games.

[Joe]

But see, here's the thing. When I set that screen, the mailbo's like this, you know? See, y' all protect.

[Tony Ayo]

Trying to.

[Joe]

Oh, I'm trying to get that throat. You ain't looking for that throat. I get you.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

But. But the thing that I love about football is that somebody do something dirty, you can get it back and make it look like a play.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, see, in football, you can do that.

[Joe]

But. Yeah, once I see how we playing, Joe, because I. Because I ain't really. I ain't trying to hurt nobody because I want you to make it home to your family. Because I know you want to provide for your family. I want to make it home safe to mine. Now, if you give less than a damn about me being safe and me making home and providing for my family, I give two. Less than a damn about you and your family.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Absolutely. I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm with you.

[Joe]

So if.

[Commentator 2]

But.

[Joe]

But I put you out. If you try. If you try to do something to me. Oh, well, if you're.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

If I.

[Joe]

If I blow your knee out, if I do whatever. It is what it is. It is what it is.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, listen, hold on. So I come with a good little hard foul. I ain't hurting you.

[Joe]

But I'm.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I. I ride on your cage.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Joe]

If you try to hurt me, I deem. I don't give a damn what you say. If I deem what you did was unnecessary. You trying to hurt me?

[Commentator 2]

You going at it.

[Joe]

You're going at him. Absolute 1000.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

You'll get back. Damn.

[Joe]

Absolutely.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah. Joe.

[Joe]

Hey.

[Commentator 2]

You have a second thoughts, huh?

[Joe]

All I want to know.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, see, I'll see early.

[Joe]

How we playing, Joe? Are we playing snap the whistle or are we playing snap to after the whistle? Hey, right.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I got to give it to you.

[Joe]

Plus shipping and handling. I'm Amazon Prime. I'm gonna make sure you get it before the game over. I will make sure you get what I got coming. That's the whole purpose of having Amazon prime. If I can't get it, you know? Hey, sometimes I need Q tips, sometimes I need mouthwash. I have hit that Amazon prime. Next I say, well, damn, they must have known. They must be. They must be got the call because this thing they already. Titus barking at the door. I see the. Hey, the Amazon driver jogging through the yard.

[Tony Ayo]

Okay.

[Joe]

Oh. Cause I'm gonna get you. Oh, yeah, absolutely. You not finna think you about to get me. Try to injure me and I ain't gonna get your ass back.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

I'll even get you if you got

[Joe]

one of my teammates.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, Such and such dirty.

[Joe]

What he do. Okay, okay.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe]

Especially hey, man, Sharpie such and such bad. He just hands to the face, throat. Okay. Hey, Mike.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

So you said.

[Joe]

Hey, Mike called text cross body block. Yeah, I take the whole D line out.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Hey, hey, hold on, hold on. So you said if a dude too extra after like the plate on the play dead, but he steady blocking you

[Joe]

up, like try to push me or you try to push me over the pile or you try. Or you try to go low. You try to hit me in my knees. I gotta get you. Yeah, I gotta get you back in your knees.

[Commentator 2]

Hey, I don't like that, bro. I won't play with them knees.

[Joe]

Yeah, you're not gonna do. You're not gonna. You don't know. Like I said, I. I've never tried to. But if you try to get me.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

I'm spending the. Hey, boy. I spend it the whole day.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Oh, my bad, cuz they already know it. Hey, hey. I swear, I already know it, boy.

[Joe]

I don't play. I don't play like that because I. Look, it's all. Football is already an inherently dangerous game. You got big men running into Bigger men at a higher rate of speed.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

See football. You know, Martin Lawson once said, football is a lot like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. You drop the bomb, it ain't no winners in that. You survivors. Okay, the football game is so physical. You got guys colliding every single play. That's not what how the body was made. The body was not made to play football. But since we do, okay, let's protect everybody. I'm gonna protect you. I'm hit you as hard as I poss. I will hit you hard, legally as I possibly can. Once I feel I don't give that what the rules say. Once I feel that you going overboard. Hey, guess what? We both trying to injure each other. You know, Dr. I know Dr. King said, you know, hey, and I for it. I leave everybody blind. Well, hey, yeah, I've been up. We both be looking like Cyclops. You ain't gonna get me without me trying to get your ass back. But I am in agreeance with the WNBA for upgrading this and giving Alyssa Thomas a one game suspension unnecessary. That's not a basketball play. That's not how people brace themselves to fall falling on their fist.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, whatever you think about, right?

[Joe]

And I get it, Caitlin Clark, she the golden child and yada, yada, yada, it does not matter. That's not how people fall. When the last time everybody's fallen tell the last time you fallen on your fist, even as a child, ever, ever, ever.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

She made it look good though. So I was like, damn,

[Joe]

Caitlyn too nice though.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, it's like basically what you're saying is people know. They know who to do it for sure.

[Joe]

Because, you know, back in the day, guys, Ocho, they hadn't got away from this, but guys used to get up off the ground and they push themselves like your head on the ground. They get off the ground on your helmet like this. Yeah, your head.

[Commentator 1]

Joke.

[Joe]

No, man, Winston Moss did me like that, man. You go back, man, I tried, boy. I tried to kick. I tried to point him out the stadium. I say, mom, what the hell? But back then, if you were a good player, man, I remember we was playing. We was playing the Raiders, as a matter of fact, and Greg Townsend and you know, town was cool because we went to Pro Bowl. That's like, man, man, I was cooking the Raiders, man. Townsend said, hey, he told Eddie Anderson, hey, eddie, take this 15 yard penalty go to his throat. I say, town, bro, what you talking about? He's like, sharp, man, you killing us, man. We got to get your ass out the game. Eddie Mahome. Eddie went to Fort Valley. I went to Savannah State. We played each other. Eddie, Greg Lloyd, they was all on that Fort Valley team. Think about it. Now them jokers are in HBCU on the same team. Greg Lloyd and Eddie Anderson.

[Commentator 2]

What was the name. What was the name of the defense again?

[Joe]

Blue Death.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah,

[Joe]

I said, man, y' all jokers here did, but the Raiders was that. But everybody was nasty back then, man. Man, everybody was. Everybody was. That was just the way they played. That's just the way you played. Football

[Commentator 2]

won't fly today, though.

[Joe]

No, no. Hell no, man. They put your. Man, they. They suspended you for two, three games. The stuff that they got away with when, When I first got to the league in the early 90s. If you did. Yeah, they suspended you for two, three games for sure. Absolutely, man. You couldn't. I mean, they put bound. They put bound. Hey, man. Hey, you not. I said, lord have mercy.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Well, you know, times has changed, man. Same thing with basketball here. You can't do that. You can't do how. You can't foul like you used to file back in the day.

[Commentator 2]

You can't even hand check no more, Joe. No elbow in the back, no nothing.

[Joe]

No, they're not gonna let you do it. They're not gonna let you do that. They're not. And I understand, and I understand it. But look, I think the thing is with, with Caitlyn and like you said, she came in with such fanfare. Nobody has come into the WNBA with as much fanfare as she has. Yeah, she got the signature shoe and you know, she got this, you know, it's reported, six million dollar Nike deal. And she had all these brands. She has all. She has, excuse me, State Farm. And she has all these brand deals before even getting to the wnba. And look, I don't care. It's the same thing. And, and guys, the same thing with Jordan. Jordan was getting things that the other guy like, hold on, bro. How you just got here and you already got a sneaker deal?

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe]

How you getting all these Gatorade hangs? What? Whoa, whoa, what's going on? And, and guess what? He hadn't even won anything. The guys that had won, like,

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[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

thought y' all like winners.

[Joe]

And he getting all this bird, like, whoa. Doc said, oh, oh, oh. Now, come on now. I don't care when young guys. That's how it happened. Ocho in the league. Remember how the salaries, these rookie salaries these quarterbacks was making. More guys came in, Sam Bradford was the last one. Sam Bradford come in. Never, never thrown an NFL football other than his workout. Making more than Peyton Manning, making more than Tom Brady and all these guys.

[Commentator 2]

Yeah, no, yeah, guaranteed. I remember that.

[Tab Ramos]

Yes.

[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

That's why he put that salary cap on there. Any man.

[Joe]

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[Joe (Alternate or same Joe)]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Yep, it's just natural.

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