Nightcap Hour 2: Shannon Says STEPHEN A SMITH Didn’t TURN on Him + Source CLOSE to Jayson Tatum’s CAMP Speaks on Jaylen Brown Relationship + Celtics, Pistons & Rockets DISCUSSED 3-Team TRADE + Knicks and Sixers INTERESTED in LeBron

Summary

Nightcap Hour 2: Shannon Says STEPHEN A SMITH Didn’t TURN on Him + Source CLOSE to Jayson Tatum’s CAMP Speaks on Jaylen Brown Relationship + Celtics, Pistons & Rockets DISCUSSED 3-Team TRADE + Knicks and Sixers INTERESTED in LeBron

Date: July 3, 2026
Hosts: Shannon Sharpe, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson (Uncle Ocho), Joe Thomas, Marvin

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Nightcap, Shannon Sharpe, Uncle Ocho, Joe Thomas, and Marvin serve up their signature blend of humor, candor, and sports expertise. The discussion kicks off with reflections on loyalty and support in sports media, Shannon's true relationship with Stephen A. Smith, and the pressures Black sports commentators face. The squad then dives deep into NBA hot topics: Jaylen Brown’s fresh start in Philadelphia, persistent rumors about Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s dynamic, and the latest trade talk buzz involving the Celtics, Pistons, and Rockets. The show closes out with takes on LeBron’s potential moves, the difficulty of legendary athletes “walking away” at the top, and broader reflections on fame and locker room chemistry.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Shannon Sharpe on Loyalty and Stephen A. Smith

• Support through Adversity:
  Shannon highlights the importance of genuine support in the business. Despite rumors and attempts to pit him against Stephen A. Smith, he insists their relationship is rooted in real respect.
  • "When I was going through what I was going through, when I was at my lowest, one man called me every single week... and Stephen A. Proud of me. The Fox situation, yeah, we talked, we was cordial to each other, but we didn't have that type of relationship." – Shannon Sharpe (11:30)
  • He emphasizes Smith never turned his back on him and was the only prominent media figure who proactively reached out during Shannon’s transition away from Fox.
• Media Dynamics & Race:
  The hosts discuss the difference in handling professional disagreements within their community versus others.
  • "We hold grudges, bro. Instead of getting this money." – Uncle Ocho (08:11)
  • Shannon accuses viewers and the industry of trying to manufacture drama between Black hosts:

    "If y'all trying to get me to turn on Stephen A. Nah, y'all got... Might as well go ahead and park that car." – Shannon Sharpe (18:27)

Notable Quotes

• On Stephen A. Smith:
  • "That's the one man that's never turned his back on me... I don't agree with everything Stephen A. says... But I know when I look down at my phone ... S. Smith. Interesting." – Shannon Sharpe (12:06)
• On Black media teamwork:
  • "Go look at everybody on YouTube and tell me the podcast with a black cast bigger than Nightcap... tell me one that's bigger than Club Shay Shay." – Shannon Sharpe (13:33)

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2. Jaylen Brown’s Fresh Start in Philadelphia

• Mental Shift & Earning Respect:
  The team notes Brown’s accountability and blue-collar approach, aligning well with Philly's culture.
  • "I plan on earning my respect one day at a time by putting in the work... the hard part... for the last 10 years I've been programmed to, like, hate Philadelphia." – Jaylen Brown (quoted, 28:28)
  • "Philly is a blue collar, hard working city, bro. They want you to put it out there on the line..." – Uncle Ocho (29:30)

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3. Navigating Team Transitions & Changing Cities

• Routine & Identity:
  The hosts recall their own challenges changing teams after years in one city, acknowledging the ups and downs of such transitions.
  • "You get into a routine, you already know what time you're gonna get up... tough to change." – Shannon Sharpe (30:49)
• Being the Fall Guy:
  Ocho and Shannon reflect on how athletes can become scapegoats late in their careers, regardless of actual performance.
  • "When they want to get rid of you, they'll find a reason, fella." – Uncle Ocho (42:57)
  • “If they let Tom Brady walk, who's safe in sports?” – Shannon Sharpe (43:02)

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4. Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown: Relationship Rumors Debunked

• Compatibility as Teammates:
  A source close to Tatum’s camp says the belief Tatum and Brown "don't like each other" is false—they're just very different personalities with a great working relationship.
  • "They're just different people... mutual respect on the court... best work buddies off the court." – Joe Thomas relaying source (43:33)
  • This leads to a wider discussion: do superstars actually need to be friends?
    • "Michael and Scotty, were they close? Shaq and Kobe? Kyrie and LeBron?" – Hosts (49:35)
    • "You have a work relationship. It's strictly work related... and that's okay." – Joe Thomas (50:04, 50:21)

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5. Celtics, Pistons & Rockets Trade Rumors

• Potential 3-Team Blockbuster:
  The team unpacks reports involving Kevin Durant, Alperen Şengün, and Jalen Brown.
  • "Kevin Durant would have gone to the Pistons, the Celtics was going to get Şengün, and then Jalen Brown would have gone to the Rockets. Ultimately, Houston did not want that type of package." – Joe Thomas (58:03)
  • The crew debates the hypothetical trade’s impact:
    • "If Boston could have got Şengün, I bet they would have took Şengün, bro." – Uncle Ocho (59:33)

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6. LeBron James Sweepstakes: Knicks and Sixers Interested

• Which Fit Makes Sense?
  The group considers which teams are a real possibility for King James.
  • "I can't see Braun going to the Knicks... Philly looks sexy. Miami looks sexy. Cleveland, decent, but I think Philly and Miami..." – Uncle Ocho (62:54)
  • "Put him in a position where the scoring load ain't on his back... he can be a Swiss army knife." – Uncle Ocho (63:51)
  • "Heavy is the head that wears the crown, man." – Uncle Ocho (63:18)

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7. Athlete Legacies & Leaving on Top

• Rare Endings for Superstars:
  Reflections on how few legends go out "on top" and the internal struggle that comes with retirement.
  • "It ain't very often in basketball where you win the title and walk off the court... Guys rarely leave out on top." – Shannon Sharpe (63:37)
  • "In order for me to leave, that mean I don't love the game no more... I can’t do it." – Marvin (65:00)

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8. Fame, Privacy, and Locker Room Chemistry

• Introverts in the Spotlight:
  Despite their on-air personas, many admit to being introverted and value privacy outside work.
  • "I'm the most outgoing introvert." – Shannon Sharpe (51:16)
  • "I'm shy, man... Only like this on camera, in person, never liked it." – Joe Thomas (51:05)
  • "My social battery be low as I don't know what." – Uncle Ocho (53:36)
• Chemistry vs. Friendship:
  Not all great teams are built on close friendships; sometimes, mutual respect on the court is enough.
  • "Name one that stuck together other than Kareem and Magic. It seems like they always turn them against each other..." – Joe Thomas & Uncle Ocho (55:51)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|------------------|-------| | 08:11 | Uncle Ocho | "We hold grudges, bro. Instead of getting this money." | | 11:30 | Shannon Sharpe | "When I was going through what I was going through, when I was at my lowest, one man called me every single week..." | | 18:27 | Shannon Sharpe | "If y'all trying to get me to turn on Stephen A. Nah, y'all got... Might as well go ahead and park that car." | | 28:28 | Jaylen Brown* | "I plan on earning my respect one day at a time by putting in the work...the hard part...I've been programmed to, like, hate Philadelphia." | | 42:57 | Uncle Ocho | "When they want to get rid of you, they'll find a reason, fella." | | 43:02 | Shannon Sharpe | "If they let Tom Brady walk, who's safe in sports?" | | 43:33 | Joe Thomas | (on Tatum/Brown) "They're just different people...mutual respect on the court...best work buddies off the court." | | 49:35 | Group | "Michael and Scotty, were they close? Shaq and Kobe? Kyrie and LeBron?" | | 51:16 | Shannon Sharpe | "I'm the most outgoing introvert." | | 55:51 | Joe Thomas | "Name one that stuck together other than Kareem and Magic..." | | 58:03 | Joe Thomas | "...Kevin Durant would have gone to the Pistons, the Celtics was going to get Şengün, and then Jalen Brown would have gone to the Rockets." | | 62:54 | Uncle Ocho | "I can't see Braun going to the Knicks... but Philly looks sexy. Miami looks sexy." | | 63:18 | Uncle Ocho | "Heavy is the head that wears the crown, man." | | 65:00 | Marvin | "In order for me to leave, that mean I don't love the game no more... I have to be done with it." |

* (Brown’s words relayed by show, not direct appearance)

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Segment Timestamps

• [04:06–11:59] – Loyalty in Sports Media, Shannon’s take on Stephen A. Smith, and industry dynamics
• [28:28–31:57] – Jaylen Brown on a new start in Philly; hosts’ stories about changing teams
• [43:33–44:59] – Tatum/Brown relationship rumors addressed
• [58:03–59:57] – 3-way NBA trade rumor (Celtics, Pistons, Rockets) discussed
• [62:23–63:51] – Knicks & Sixers interest in LeBron; legacy talk
• [51:05–54:59] – On-screen personas vs. real-life introversion and locker room culture

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Shannon Sharpe’s loyalty to Stephen A. Smith is real and unshakeable, despite media attempts to create drama.
• Not all great teams are built on off-court friendship but mutual respect and professionalism.
• Jaylen Brown is embracing Philly’s culture and aiming to earn fan respect the hard way.
• NBA trade rumors remain rampant, but teams are careful about core roster moves.
• LeBron’s next move is highly anticipated, with Philly and Miami seeming most “real.”
• Legends rarely get fairy-tale endings in sports—walking away “on top” is more myth than reality.
• Even the most charismatic TV personalities are often introverts behind the scenes.

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Nightcap continues its reputation for unfiltered authenticity and chemistry, offering both sports insight and relatable life lessons in every episode.

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[Joe Thomas]

no look, the Lord has blessed

[Shannon Sharpe]

me 50 times more than what he should. Okay? A thousand times. My life shouldn't be this good. I should not have been able to go to places. Coming from where I came from, I shouldn't have been able to go to places, do achieve what I've been able to achieve. He put two of us. He put two guys with no running water, indoor plumbing in a. In. In the same house in three in a thousand square foot. 3, 500 people.

[Joe Thomas]

He said both of y' all go into the league.

[Uncle Ocho]

Damn. Clock that, man clocking, huh? Yeah, clock that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I can't, man.

[Joe Thomas]

I can't sit back there and not do anything and not say anything when I see you doing wrong.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wrong is wrong. Right is right.

[Lowe's Announcer]

Yes, sir.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And everybody ain't gonna agree. Cause I remember time. Look, there was a when the Colin Kaepernick we talked about it when no one else would touch it. Chat. Y' all know if you watch Undisputed. We started the first, basically the first six months of the year. We had at least at bare minimum two topics on Colin Kaepernick. There were shows in a 10 segment show in two and a half hours. Six to seven of the segments was about cap. People was clipping what I was saying, getting 10, 15 million views.

[Joe Thomas]

But the show that I was on wouldn't post it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But I.

[Joe Thomas]

But we ain't got to talk about that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But I'm just saying that's how they look at it. They like. And some people like br. If. If I've made this much money, that's you. You want to make all your money and, and be happy with your people suffering.

[Joe Thomas]

Because that ain't what they do. They send a lot of money to.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All I'm saying, I came in good conscience. I will give and I'm gonna do

[Joe Thomas]

what I can to try to help

[Shannon Sharpe]

my people as many as I can.

[Joe Thomas]

Although I can't save everybody.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He man, he didn't tell for me

[Joe Thomas]

to have no hundreds of billions of dollars.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause he already know.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, he already know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, he already know. It would be televised. You already know. Like I said, he gave me just enough. He's like, hey, I know I. I know you do what you can.

[Joe Thomas]

What you got?

[Shannon Sharpe]

When he took them, how many fish did he have? Two fish and a couple of loaves of bread and fed 5,000.

[Marvin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

He gave me just enough

[Marvin]

of bread.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I don't see what y' all want me to do.

[Joe Thomas]

Y' all want me to speak on another man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That ain't what we do. We talk about athlete. What somebody else said what somebody else. I don't get in the back. Stephen A. Has his own acho, has his own stacks and Matt. Everybody's doing great things. We don't speak on what they say. We got our own platform. We have our own thoughts and ideas. Y'. All. That's what y' all want me. That's what y' all want. That's what y' all really want. Y' all want.

[Joe Thomas]

And we do a great job of that. Cause we attack each other.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm done with that. I'm done.

[Joe Thomas]

I'll speak on Jaylen Brown and his talents.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I speak on guys what they do off the court. If it doesn't interfere with it, if they're not getting in trouble, they're not running a file with the law.

[Marvin]

Right.

[Joe Thomas]

I don't care what they do. I don't care.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't care if they smoke 20 pounds today. They ain't got nothing to do with me. I mean, averaging 30, hell, he might need to bring it up to 25. He could average 35. I just I just see how people. I see other races, how they might not like each other, but when it come time to do a deal or to get. To get done or to put up

[Uncle Ocho]

a barrier to you and me by any means

[Joe Thomas]

but us.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, man, I ain't. I ain't work. He said something five, 10 years ago.

[Joe Thomas]

I ain't working with him.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, we hold grudges, bro.

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Instead of getting this money.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey. I ain't gonna even say nothing. I. I ain't gonna tell. Hey, go ahead. They. They don't know how y' all getting money over here at nightcap. Boy. They ay. They don't know how y' all chat. Don't know how y' all getting money over here at Nightcap 1.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh.

[Marvin]

Hey, Joe. They can see it, you know, it's gonna be signs.

[Uncle Ocho]

Huh? It's gonna be size.

[Marvin]

Hey, it's gonna be signs. Huh?

[Tab Ramos]

Huh?

[Marvin]

What are we talking about? You know?

[Joe Thomas]

Yeah, we just. Hey, look, we just gonna continue to put our head down, work as hard as we possibly can, and do what we do. We realize we're not gonna be everybody's cup of tea. Hell, I wasn't everybody cup of tea. Ocho, you want everybody cup of tea?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Joe?

[Joe Thomas]

I think he was a lot of people cupping.

[Marvin]

Whoa, whoa. Hey. Huh?

[Joe Thomas]

Huh?

[Marvin]

I might not have been everybody cup of tea, but everybody chose to take a sip.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, you like tea?

[Trail Map User]

I was water.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You gotta have it. You got to hear what we got.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You might not like it, but you listen.

[Uncle Ocho]

And I'm gonna keep my foot on anything.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Keep my foot on their neck.

[Uncle Ocho]

Ain't gonna let that. Ain't gonna let their ass up.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All right. Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, hey. Oh, hey. They try to put a battle. Scared to call out his media buddies. Hey. All my buddies run rabbits and eat out the garbage. So you know what's my buddies. All my buddies chase rabbits and howl at the moon. What my buddies are. Y' all can't gas me up. I don't been on TV 20 years. Come on, fellas. Come on, chat. Yeah, I know what y' all trying to do. Y' all better stop. Come on. Hey, boy.

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[Marvin]

Hey. That's a good one.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey. They try to put that candy wrap around your head like you were some type of sucker in a man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I know my head long, but I ain't no sucker, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, my head long. But, hey, that what they used to call me, you long headed sucker. But I ain't him. No more.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, y'.

[Uncle Ocho]

All.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When I was going through what I

[Joe Thomas]

was going through, one man called me every single week. How you doing? You need anything from me?

[Shannon Sharpe]

When I left Fox, ain't nobody called.

[Joe Thomas]

One man called. I don't know what they gonna say, but I already told my bosses, I want you over here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Every time he see me somewhere, hey,

[Joe Thomas]

big boy, I'm in your town. What you want to do? Let's link up.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You see, Guess what? I heard somebody say that. I heard somebody say, hey, maybe it

[Joe Thomas]

was Tyler Perry had a quote.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When you going through everything and the phone ain't ringing. When you start to prosper, don't listen.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, say a little. Say it a little louder so the people in the back can hear you. I don't think they heard you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So every time, when I was going through what I was going through, when I was at my lowest, one man called me every single week when I went through what I went. And Stephen A. Proud of me. The Fox situation, yeah, we talked, we was cordial to each other, but we didn't have a type of relationship.

[Joe Thomas]

Call me the day the news broke.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He had already. He had already. He called me. He knew before I knew.

[Joe Thomas]

He said, big boy, watch your back.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I said, what you mean?

[Joe Thomas]

He say, just watch it.

[Marvin]

Back.

[Joe Thomas]

A couple of weeks later, say, you probably know by now what's going to happen. I've already told my people. I don't know if it's going to happen, but I want you over here. You too talented. That's the one man. Everything that I've gone through, all the mistake, all the, the mishaps and slip ups that I've had, that's the one man that's never turned his back on me. I don't agree with everything Stephen A. Says. Stephen A. Doesn't agree with everything that I say. But I know when I look down at my fall phone and they got ATT in front of it, that was the attorneys. Those only one that's calling me. And then I see another number pop up. S. Smith. Interesting.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I like, damn.

[Joe Thomas]

I ain't talking about Bucket and Burns, cuz they calling me every day, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I was like, hold on. Where all these people that I thought was cool with me, all these one that was skinning and gritting in my face. Kiki. Kiyan.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Still to this day, the man called

[Joe Thomas]

me, said, boy, you killing it. Y' all keep it going. He said, oh, I saw a great addition. But you and Ocho boy, y' all doing your thing over There, I see you.

[Marvin]

Hey, hey, tell Stephen a debate me, man, so I can put him in place.

[Zepbound Medication Announcer]

Huh?

[Marvin]

Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell Stephen a debate.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But.

[Joe Thomas]

And the thing is, look, all this

[Shannon Sharpe]

stuff was going on, and he didn't know. I knew. I knew. I know. They came to oo, tried to sign

[Joe Thomas]

OO from up under me.

[Marvin]

I ain't going nowhere.

[Joe Thomas]

He ain't gonna never be the same. He ain't gonna never rebound.

[Marvin]

I ain't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I tell you what. Guess what?

[Joe Thomas]

We gonna sink together then.

[Marvin]

Hey, wait, Joe. Where I'm going, Joe.

[Podcast Guest]

Huh?

[Joe Thomas]

Now look at us.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y' all see the YouTube charts?

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Podcast Guest]

Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Go look at everybody on YouTube and tell me the podcast with a black cast. Tell it. Tell me the podcast that's bigger than Nightcap.

[Tab Ramos]

Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. As a matter of fact, tell me one that's bigger than Club Shay Shay.

[NBC News Reporter]

Huh?

[Tab Ramos]

All right,

[Uncle Ocho]

go ahead. Tell them how you really feel. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And now we got Jo.

[Marvin]

Hey, they got.

[Uncle Ocho]

Ain't nothing place me here but God.

[Marvin]

What?

[Uncle Ocho]

Ain't nothing place but God.

[Marvin]

And the only. And the only person gonna take.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'mma whoop your ass, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Don't you start with me.

[Uncle Ocho]

Now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We've been cool.

[Uncle Ocho]

Everything been going great. We going against everybody else.

[Shannon Sharpe]

See how you act when we start.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's why this the problem we be having.

[Lowe's Announcer]

Hold on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We teaming up, but we about to get at some people, and look how

[Uncle Ocho]

you come at me in the last battle.

[Marvin]

Nah, we good. We good. Hey, we good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We good.

[Uncle Ocho]

We good.

[Marvin]

We good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We. Hey, Ocho. You see Ocho, the type, we go into battle, and then he got to go to your back. I got it, y'.

[Tremphya Medication Announcer]

All.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Come on. I got it.

[Uncle Ocho]

This why I say, when we went down to New York for the rip, I said, hey, we gotta take Ocho out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Got you. What?

[Marvin]

Yeah, y' all, listen, listen.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We already said we go. Hey, hey. You get X, you get X, we

[Joe Thomas]

turn the rest in.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah, we got to keep it all.

[Uncle Ocho]

He gotta be the rebel. He gotta be the rebel, man. We can have a good thing going, and then you. Here come you not.

[Tony Ayo]

Hell no.

[Uncle Ocho]

He got to go.

[Marvin]

Hey, listen, listen. If we gonna have a good thing going, it's gonna be my idea. Oh, I got the. I got the good idea.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

[Medical Disclaimer Voice]

That.

[Marvin]

Hey, that. That's. That's what I used to do back in the day. So how y' all gonna tell me? I know how to do it.

[Joe Thomas]

Hey, Joe going to get that throwaway.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I got one.

[Marvin]

Y'.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All gonna get rid of me.

[Joe Thomas]

Hey, hey, you know what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No face, no case, no name, no blame.

[Marvin]

I'm gonna have to take you all out, man.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. Hey, hey. We're gonna have to. In the river, bro.

[Marvin]

Hey, hold on, hold on. Hey, let's get back on topic where we were.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, we're. We're. We. We do more now than what we did last year.

[Marvin]

Yes, sir.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And there are more people in the space because, Ocho, when we started Nightcap in 2023, there was nobody in the night space but us. Now there are more. There are 7, 8, 9, 10 people in the space.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And we still do what we do.

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey.

[Tab Ramos]

Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because we can talk about anything. We could talk about the wnba. We can talk about the wwe. We get ufc, we get bull riding. We. It does not matter. We talk track and field. We get. Hey, we have Melissa Jefferson. We had Hall. We had Rob Benjamin. We have Norman. We get everybody up here. Vernon. Excuse me, Vernon Norwood. We have swimmers. We do what we do.

[Joe Thomas]

We congratulate everybody. Everybody that, hey, we know basically everybody in this space. They were, for the most part, they were sports. Some of them played the sports that we played. Some of them played basketball. We commend all you. We don't talk down on nobody.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We do what we do.

[Joe Thomas]

We think. We.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We try to be the best at what we do.

[Joe Thomas]

We try to be the best informed. We try to be entertaining. We try to be informative. We try to be all of that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But I ain't got to talk bad about them. I don't have to have an opinion

[Joe Thomas]

on what he said.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'll give you my own opinion on said subject. Joe can give you his opinion.

[Joe Thomas]

Ocho can give you his opinion.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Our opinions, we might agree, we might not agree, but they have no idea what I'm going to say. I have no idea what they're going to say.

[Joe Thomas]

And that's the way it should be.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But, yeah, if y' all trying to get me to turn on Stephen a. Nah, y' all got.

[Joe Thomas]

Might as well go ahead and park that car.

[Marvin]

Hey, Joe. Hey, Jody. Yeah. Hey, Joe. Hey, Joe. They tried.

[Uncle Ocho]

They tried.

[Marvin]

You, man. You know, it was a little storm. You know, it was a little storm brewing, so they thought, you know, swooping in, trying to look, you know.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey.

[Marvin]

You know, cuz. Hey, cuz, the ship. Hey, the. We're leaning to the side a little bit.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

I say no, we good. I just. Hey, I just leaned over to the left a little bit and brought that and run that right on back we go.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But see that the thing is, is that they didn't know. OO didn't tell me. But you know what?

[Marvin]

When.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When you. When you a good person.

[Joe Thomas]

Yeah, word gonna get back to you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, word gonna get back to you.

[Marvin]

Hey, hey, hey, hey. I'm. I'm a real nickname, huh?

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, they tried. They tried.

[Joe Thomas]

Oh, he never gonna be the same.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's not gonna be the same.

[Marvin]

The devil is a lie.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Why not?

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Hey, Joe, you saw. You saw American. Remember that? Blue Magic, the product sell itself.

[Uncle Ocho]

Huh?

[Marvin]

We like the Cowboys, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Huh?

[Marvin]

Huh? What are we talking about?

[Joe Thomas]

Fan base?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I said, you can't. You.

[Joe Thomas]

The people put me here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ain't nobody, but when we started, we had 300 people that first night. I probably. I can name probably five or ten of them. And then we grew. And I get it. They're not. The chat is not. And y' all should not agree with

[Joe Thomas]

everything that I say.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You should have an opinion on what

[Joe Thomas]

I say, and that's fine. My problem is, is that when you have an opinion on what I say and do, you take it a little further.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You call me out of my name. That's it.

[Joe Thomas]

But we a. We don't survived it. We survived the storm. It was bumpy, but Ocho rolled with it, boy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And then Joe came back.

[Joe Thomas]

Hey, and how did Joe situation happen?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't even know Joe wanted to do.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hell, me neither. Hey, listen, listen. Hell, me neither. I ain't gonna lie. Look, when I. When this opportunity presented itself, and I think it was just the fans who kept petitioning for it for me to come back, and it just kept happening. We just, you know, just continue to have fun, talk about the games, man. One thing led to another, bro. You know, hey, it's like, hey, like that girl used to deal with back in the day. Way, way, way back then, you know, you ain't. You ain't think it was gonna go that far. You know, y' all were having a little fun.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

You know what I mean?

[Joe Thomas]

But it was.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But it was good. It brought you back.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, she ain't mean. Well, but, hey, I'm here now. Hey, I'm here. You here. Hey, we about what?

[Uncle Ocho]

Feet kicked up and everything. You know what I'm talking about?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You see what I'm saying, Ocho? You hear talking about feet kicked up.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, damn, Joe,

[Marvin]

he definitely number one, man. Hey, you know. Hey, Joe, you not beating elegant.

[Uncle Ocho]

Please, man. I can't be, and I damn sure can't beat you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you mean? Can't be, man. I'm 58. Joe, I ain't got. Man, you see how your boy get up out this chair, Joe? I'm like, damn.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey, you know, it's a 58 year old out here. Uncle can't even move, man. So. So I ain't trying to hear all that. I know what's going on. See, you making pull.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Pull the wool over chat eyes, but boy, I know, I know.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, I know. Yeah. Ojo. I got my eyes on YouTube. Well, I know what's going on.

[Marvin]

Hey, Joe, I. I ain't doing nothing, Joe. You know, anything I say, Joe, I just be exaggerating. Joe, anything, you know, Listen, all my stuff be lies, okay? It'd be lying. It'd be for content purposes.

[Uncle Ocho]

Okay?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. You know what I say to Joe? Coming on. I like Joe. Who? She like Joe Johnson. I was like, okay, Yeah, man. He came on. I'm like, okay. Baby said, man, y' all need to bring Joe back. I was like, well, Ash, if he want to come back, he can come back.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'll be down. Now y' all can't get rid of me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Here we are. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Now y' all can't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now he full time. He like, hey, man, hey, I got. Hey, I like football.

[Uncle Ocho]

I like football. I'm watching soccer. Football.

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[Joe Thomas]

It's the rage bait.

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[Uncle Ocho]

I'm locked in.

[Tony Ayo]

Yeah,

[Joe Thomas]

but I, I'll always be appreciative and grateful for people that went to bat for me because I'll always, I'll ever, I'll forever be indebted and go

[Uncle Ocho]

to bed for them.

[Joe Thomas]

So all that other stuff y' all talking, all that, that don't mean nothing. And finally, Jalen Brown says on what it means to be a Sixer, a

[Podcast Guest]

strong city of being a tough nose city. So I'm looking forward to that because I don't want no special treatment. I don't want no handouts. I don't need no extra privilege. Not to say y' all were gonna give me that anyway, but you know, I plan on earning my respect one day at a time by putting in the work. You know, So I look forward to getting in the gym. I look forward to, you know, the whole process. So the hard part chat is like for the last 10 years I've like been programmed to like hate Philadelphia. Like from the history chat to like the history of the rivalry to the just the playoff battles, you know, all of the above. The Process. Like I've been programmed to be like, man, the process. So it's like, it's funny now I gotta like reverse engineer, you know what I mean? And that's, that's the part that's gonna take some time, but like,

[Uncle Ocho]

hey, gotta respect it, man. Gotta respect it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, look, one thing, the one thing he said, one of the things he said, man, I don't, don't give me nothing, bro. I'm gonna earn your respect, you know that. Hey, you know how Philly is, Ocho, a blue collar, hard working city, bro.

[Joe Thomas]

Yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

And they want you to put it out there on the line, partner. If you ain't playing hard ass. Gonna tell you, some of the, some of the most honest fans I've had a chance to play in front of can be brutal at times, can be brutal. But I think Jalen, I think Jalen Brown, man, he's gonna fit, he gonna fit in that system perfectly. He's gonna be great. For those young guys, Maxi and Eschkom, by, by his approach to the game, the way he comes to work, the, the hard work that he puts in, it's going to be infectious to where hopefully it rubs off on Embiid. That's why I keep bringing up In B because I just feel like, man, Philly has a real chance here to do something special. So, you know, them guys lock in, man. They gonna be fun to watch.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I think. Joe, how. How many years had you.

[Joe Thomas]

Did you spend in Atlanta before you went to New Jersey?

[Uncle Ocho]

That. Seven.

[Joe Thomas]

I mean, Brooklyn you spent seven.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho, you was in. How long were you in Cincinnati? You was in nine or ten before

[Joe Thomas]

you went to New England.

[Marvin]

Eleven.

[Uncle Ocho]

Damn.

[Marvin]

New England.

[Joe Thomas]

Okay, see, I was in Denver for 10 and went to Baltimore.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, it is, it's tough to change

[Joe Thomas]

because you get into a routine, you

[Shannon Sharpe]

already know what time you're gonna get up. You know how long it's gonna take

[Joe Thomas]

you to get to the stadium.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, you got your routine, what time practice is? Because now, you know, I'm used to practicing on mountain time. Now I got to go to east coast time.

[Marvin]

Hey, so were you able to see the writing on the wall? I can see the writing on the wall for myself.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hell.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hell yeah.

[Marvin]

Because, Because, Joe, obviously I think I only had two winning seasons in Cincinnati. But then it, it got to a point where, okay, we're losing because of said individual. Like, so when, when that, when that narrative started happening through the media, I was like, okay, yeah, I think my time, my, my, my, my time is Coming, I saw coming. So I knew, I know that the losing offensively, the offensive woes that we were having. Well, why are they pointing at me? I mean, I'm not doing, I'm playing independent position. And because I made so much noise and had so much fun, I was an easier target. But I was already ready. I was already ready for that. You know, I was already ready for that. So it was cool. So I understood. And I saw the writing on the wall when that time would come, I just didn't know, you know, what would happen.

[Joe Thomas]

And hey, yeah, Joe. I mean the thing is, Ocho and Joe John retired in 98. We had, we just won back to back Super Bowls. So going into that 90, that 99 season, I had gone to seven straight pro bowls, five all pros. That's what I done in a nine year stretch as a seventh rounder. Okay, so we go into that. John's gone, Steve Atwater's gone. TD tears is acl. Like the third game of the season, the fourth game of the season, I break my, I break my collarbone.

[Tab Ramos]

Ah.

[Joe Thomas]

So I mean, I got a compound fracture. It's almost coming through the skin.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And they say, well, maybe you can come back.

[Joe Thomas]

But there was a game, I think it was the second game of the season. Second game of the season,

[Shannon Sharpe]

we gotta play called 322. Watchtick.

[Joe Thomas]

You lucky. I'm always the lucky guy because they always want to give me the two way goal. Guys playing inside, I break out. The guys playing outside, leverage, I break in. I'm always trying to cross his face because I know he doesn't have help inside.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So I'm always. So if I can get him to

[Joe Thomas]

open his hip just a touch, quarterback gonna put it on me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So I'm at the Y now, mind you. 322.

[Joe Thomas]

Why stick you look it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm always the lookie. So when somebody else come in, I go to the U spot, they go

[Joe Thomas]

to the wide spot.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So I see the tight end coming in, I already know. I don't never, I never play. Why?

[Joe Thomas]

With two tight ends on the field, I'm always, I'm always the tiger tight end.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So I'm going to the U spot. He tells me, nah, he's saying, why? That's all right.

[Joe Thomas]

So maybe it's gonna be you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Stick. Why?

[Joe Thomas]

Looky right? Call to play. 322Y. Stick you lucky.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So basically I'm the decoy.

[Tab Ramos]

Damn.

[Joe Thomas]

I go to the sideline. I asked cool. I said, cool. You ever seen anybody pinch head for Barry Bonds? I Said, don't do that. I said, don't do that. That's all I said. And I walked, set my helmet down. That was the writing on the wall for me.

[Marvin]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Thomas]

A guy that's going to seven straight Pro Bowls, five all pros. I led the team in receiving in 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So for six. Six of the nine years I was. For the six of the nine years

[Joe Thomas]

I was there, I led the team in receiving

[Shannon Sharpe]

twice. Three times, I think twice. I led the team in touchdowns. Three times I let them in touchdowns.

[Joe Thomas]

And now I'm a decoy. I said, that still went out there. Practiced hard, broke my collarbone. Said, nah, you know what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

And I was even willing to take a. Like a million and a half dollar pay cut. My brother say. He says. He say, shan.

[Joe Thomas]

He called me Shan.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He said, shan.

[Joe Thomas]

He says, bro,

[Shannon Sharpe]

if they wanted you, you'd have never been a free agent.

[Marvin]

That's a good one.

[Joe Thomas]

I told Marvin, I said, hey, find me someplace. Go to Baltimore. I talked to Ozzy on the phone.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He said, boy, don't come here and change.

[Joe Thomas]

Now, Marvin had already told me Art Modell was going to be in Atlanta because he was doing. Dealing with the race situation because it's 2000 now. He says he wants you to fly back with him. We talking on the plane. He's the man. He said, he says, I want a Super Bowl. He said, I ain't got much longer. He said, that's what I want. I said. I said. I said, Mr. Modell. He said, don't call me Mr. Model. That's my grandfather called me Art. I said, well, Art, I ain't no quarterback, but I promise you I'm gonna come in, I'm gonna work my ass off. Everybody's gonna see how hard I work and what it takes to. What made me become the player that I became. And hopefully that. And I never forget we won the Super Bowl. And he comes in. He comes in the locker room, and this is the first time that he had ever. The second time, because the AFC Championship guys. And he was like. He was so excited, he really couldn't talk. But in the super bowl, he. He comes in, his wife comes in behind him, and he's already starting to tear up. And Brian says, boss, you want to say something? He says, I'll never forget this. He said, y' all did me proud. He said, I never forget this. He said, I never forget this moment. I'll never forget this day. That's all he said. And so Fast forward. I lead the team and receiving. I go there and I lead the team and receiving. Ocho, I had like six catches for damn near.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think I averaged, like damn near

[Joe Thomas]

40 yards of catch in the postseason.

[Uncle Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe Thomas]

In Baltimore.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. I'll get to the house, Ocho. I catch it. 58 to the house. Catch it 96 to the house, 58 to the one. Hey, big play. Shit. Now y' all know why they call me Big Play.

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[Joe Thomas]

Year two, obviously, we got an older team. They drafted Todd Heat. I go down to New Orleans because I make the Pro bowl that year. That's my eighth and final Pro Bowl. I make the Pro Bowl. Ozzy's down there. He said, I'm being a Pro Bowl. I'm going to talk to you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I said, all right. He said, boy, what you gonna do?

[Joe Thomas]

I said, o, what you think?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I said, you think I should. Think I should hang him up? He said, hell, no. He said, boy, you can still play. He said, tony had one more catch than you had. He the best Titan in the league now.

[Joe Thomas]

You used to be that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We joke like that. He said, you used to be that. He said, nah, you can still play. I said, all right.

[Joe Thomas]

He said, go to the Pro bowl, have fun, and let's talk in about a week. He say, boy, you know, we drafted Tyler. He said, we gonna release you. He say, but God damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, he told me just like that. I was cool. We had that type of relationship, right? He's like, I didn't want anybody else to call you. I didn't want Brian to call you. I didn't want anybody.

[Joe Thomas]

I want you to hear from me, right? He said, we won't release you. And he said, what you thinking? I said, I don't know. I said, you know, Marvin was telling me, did that, you know, if this happened, that there are a couple of teams that had already reached out. But we'll see how I go. I mean, Denver. Denver is a possibility. He said it for me. I go back. I go back, and I remember when I signed back to Denver, Art Model sent me a letter. He said, I'm proud. He said, those fans deserve to see you retire Bronco,

[Shannon Sharpe]

and still call Ozzy.

[Joe Thomas]

Hey, man, look here, man, I need this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He like, man, I don't work in the equipment room. Why you calling me? I need a helmet, Ozzy. I need a pair of gloves. All I need shoe.

[Joe Thomas]

Hey, call me such. I go there, hey, walk around just

[Shannon Sharpe]

like, I ain't play. I ain't played football in damn near quarter century.

[Joe Thomas]

I Can go to the Ravens and walk around. Hey, you family. But that's one of the best places you can play. Cause ain't nothing coming out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ain't no way.

[Joe Thomas]

He was hard to get along with. They tell you he worked his ass off, and he rubbed off on a lot of guys that were younger, and they saw how he worked and they saw what he took, and they did that. Your reputation is all you got. Don't mess mine up because we had a fallen out or, you know. Yeah, don't do that. That's all I ask. Just own it. Ocho and Joe, they the freakiest.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm pulling what? Just own that. That's y'.

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All.

[Uncle Ocho]

Come on, man.

[Marvin]

Why are you telling the great story

[Joe Thomas]

and in the story, like, that's what I'm saying.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause y' all put it out there.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey. That man tell a lie. The truth ain't in him.

[Marvin]

Hey, that's y'.

[Uncle Ocho]

All.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Everybody know.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, listen.

[Marvin]

Matter of fact, it's always the quiet.

[Uncle Ocho]

Listen. Can y' all answer me this? Why is it every time we put the poll up, I'm always lasting?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y' all think y' all the chat.

[Marvin]

The chat don't know better.

[Uncle Ocho]

No, no, no. Chat know like I know better. I ain't going for it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We know. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Oh, they tell me Joe was on the sunroof one time. Had the sunroof open.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Had a little hanging down.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's how rumors and lies get spreading. Yeah. No, I ain't that free, yo. I don't do nothing like that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah. Don't let it fool you, Joe. Don't let it pull you out, Joe.

[Marvin]

I know. I'm not. I'm hip to him now. I'm here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I had the sunroof over. Oh. Girl was up there like a German.

[Podcast Guest]

Damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you and you ever see the German? They have the water, and the German be up there drinking the water.

[T-Mobile User]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

That was you.

[Uncle Ocho]

Real talk. They may have been some ugly. He just trying to blame it off. They made me so ugly there, and he tried to throw it off on me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That was the word when you were

[Uncle Ocho]

driving, when that happened. Tell the truth.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't know nothing. I don't know nothing. He's gonna.

[Joe Thomas]

It's tough anytime because everybody reported what guys.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He didn't ask to be traced.

[Marvin]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So, you know, because sometimes people put

[Joe Thomas]

a. Oh, it was a mutual.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah,

[Marvin]

they parted. They parted ways mutually.

[Joe Thomas]

No, y' all did this. Y' all did this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't want this.

[Joe Thomas]

So it's hard because he said, hold on. Like you said, I worked hard.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, I didn't want anything because I

[Joe Thomas]

didn't ask Boston for anything. I just showed up every day, worked my tail off. That was it.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, when they want to get rid of you, they'll find a reason. Fella.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You, you couldn't do. You couldn't do enough. When they get rid of you. Oh yeah, but they let Tom Brady. If they let Tom Brady walk, who's safe in sports?

[Uncle Ocho]

Come on, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Emmett Smith that let him walk the all time leading Russia, Jerry.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, got Luca the Dawn up out of there. Yeah. Anybody can go.

[Joe Thomas]

Yes.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

A source close to Jason Tatum's camp spoke to Scoop B on his relationship with Jalen Brown and the belief that the two don't like each other. That's false.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They do.

[Joe Thomas]

They're just different people. They have really good work relationship. The things they don't do, they do on and off the court don't necessarily align. But there is surely a mutual respect on the court. In the gym today.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ish.

[Joe Thomas]

They're best work buddies off the court.

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[Uncle Ocho]

Whoa.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

don't trust much of anything.

[Joe Thomas]

It's the rage bait.

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It feels like it's trying to divide people.

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[Joe Thomas]

They're just not.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's okay. Why are. What. Why is that so?

[Joe Thomas]

Why is that so hard for people to understand?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't go to any.

[Joe Thomas]

I didn't go to any Fox Christmas parties. I didn't go to any CBS Christmas party. I didn't go to any Broncos Christmas parties. I didn't go to any Ravens Christmas parties.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That ain't me. That. That doesn't mean I don't like y'.

[Trail Map User]

All.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I see y' all every day. I don't want to get dressed up and see you mofos again.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, from the public eye, you gotta look from the public's perspective. You know, when you talk about if I see. If I know. Tatum and Brown are this dynamic duo on the court. From a fan's perspective.

[Joe Thomas]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Like, if I see Jaylen Brown having something I wanted, I wanted to Tatum go. Like, you never see, you know, you never see that. But they, they actually do like each other. It's not that they, they really do get along. They just. They're just very different, bro. Yeah, you had it.

[Joe Thomas]

But if you go back and look at it, Michael and Scotty, were they close?

[Uncle Ocho]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Shaq and Kobe? Kyrie and LeBron?

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Completely different.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't know. This notion that if we're the best two players, we got to get along

[Marvin]

and, and hang out together.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, I don't think that the get along part is a little different.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They got along.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hanging out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, they weren't like, I'm at your house, you at mine. Yeah, we get along.

[Joe Thomas]

We have a work relationship. It's strictly work related.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When I go my way, you go your way, and it's okay. I don't. And look, and people like Chad, I'm sure you Guys work with people that. You don't go to their house for

[Joe Thomas]

cookouts or function or things like that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And that's okay.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah,

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm. I'm not. I'm not big. I'm not big on going to people's house anyway. My homeboy bucket wife ask him all the time, man, why you never invite Shannon? Cause he ain't coming. He don't like people like that. Man. I'm not gonna lie to you. You don't like people like that. Michelle has burns all the time. You don't never ask. You don't never ask. Shannon. Hey, Sharp ain't coming. I'm a.

[Joe Thomas]

And I know it's hard for people to believe because they see me on TV and I talk a lot. I'm an introverted person.

[Marvin]

Me, too.

[Joe Thomas]

I'm shy, man.

[Uncle Ocho]

Please. Yeah, no, listen, listen. Y' all ain't gonna pull this shotgun on me.

[Marvin]

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

[Shannon Sharpe]

For real. Anybody that know me, they'll tell you I'm. I'm a. I'm a. I'm the most outgoing introvert.

[Joe Thomas]

Because here's the thing, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You see where I am right now?

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm in my com. I'm in.

[Joe Thomas]

Confined to my space.

[Uncle Ocho]

Absolutely camera. Huh?

[Joe Thomas]

Ain't nobody.

[Uncle Ocho]

Absolutely.

[Joe Thomas]

I'm protected.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Marvin]

And, Joe, I. I'm only like this on camera, in person. I've never liked it, Joe. Like, I'm. I'm scared to talk to people, man.

[Joe Thomas]

This joker here, man, I'm shy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thank you.

[Marvin]

I'm shy in public, in front of women.

[Podcast Guest]

I don't.

[Marvin]

People I don't know.

[Uncle Ocho]

Do you think Chad going for that, bro?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No.

[Uncle Ocho]

You say lying, the chat like that, Chat like family, man. Don't act like that with chat.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Hey, hey. I'm lying. I'm lying.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, I can't talk. You know what I'm saying?

[Uncle Ocho]

We know you can talk now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I talked. The snail in the blind. Two blocks of salt he bought him.

[Trail Map User]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, yeah. No,

[Shannon Sharpe]

I just. But.

[Joe Thomas]

And that's because I a girl I dated.

[NBC News Reporter]

And.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And people like, man, he got to

[Joe Thomas]

be so much fun.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, he'd be cracking me up on Undisputed. She said, y' all think he really like that?

[Joe Thomas]

It's pulling teeth to get him to talk.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, I know what you mean.

[Joe Thomas]

That's. I am mostly. My sister was just here a month.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I come.

[Joe Thomas]

I eat. What, you want me to pick you up when I go to the gym or I go get what you want I come back, we'll eat together, we talk a little bit. I'm sitting on the couch watching tv. She's like. She'll go to her room and watch the exact same thing that I'm watching on my tv, on her TV in the room. When my brother go to Glenville, he'll be sitting on the couch. She have her moments. We have our moments where we talk 20, 30 minutes. After that, boom, we gone. Same thing. My brother, he came out here for

[Shannon Sharpe]

a couple of days.

[Joe Thomas]

We go out on the back, we

[Shannon Sharpe]

talk for a little bit.

[Joe Thomas]

Man, what you about to do, man? I'm gonna go on in here and find something on the Golf Channel. All right, I'll see you. That's just the way we are.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. Hey, I dig it, bro. My. Hey, hey, I ain't gonna lie. I dig it because my social battery be low as I don't know what.

[Joe Thomas]

Boy, I'm drained, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I am drained. When I go. When I. When I go out and I'm in a function, Joe.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

Exhausted.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I feel like.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, yeah, I know. I know exactly what you mean.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. I feel like I played a game and. And.

[NBC News Anchor]

And.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And I'm just literally.

[Joe Thomas]

I'm literally exhausted.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because if people like when you want to work, and I, you know, work the room. Hey, how you doing? Because when I had the. My shade, you know, I'm walking around,

[Joe Thomas]

I'm talking to people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thanks for coming.

[Joe Thomas]

It's gonna be big this year. Oh, we got.

[Uncle Ocho]

Where y'.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All.

[Uncle Ocho]

Where you gonna be at?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm trying to figure out how all these people.

[Uncle Ocho]

Where you gonna be at?

[Joe Thomas]

Can't tell you.

[Marvin]

Hey, where we going?

[Joe Thomas]

I'm talking about footballier party that's gonna be in LA during the super bowl next year.

[Marvin]

Okay. Yeah. I'm gonna get my 900 people. Let me get my suit ready.

[Uncle Ocho]

All right. It's gonna be bigger next year.

[Marvin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

All right.

[Marvin]

I'm. Be clean as the boy, Joe. Yeah.

[Tab Ramos]

Joe.

[Joe Thomas]

Yeah, Y', all. They have a great working relationship. JB got there a year before jt. They both went with the same purpose. Hey, I'm gonna try to be the best player I can be. I'll be the best player I can be. Let's try. Let's win a championship. They did that. That's okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You think you could. You think we got. Hey, I was cool. I'm talking about. I was buddy buddy. And every. With everybody on the team. Ain't nobody like that. You ain't buddy buddy with everybody in your office, even in the same cubicle space.

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's okay. A great duo. I ain't, but I ain't. But I ain't never been one of those guys, Joe. And maybe that's because how we were brought up.

[Marvin]

Right?

[Joe Thomas]

Cause, like, my grandmother ain't really.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Really never.

[Joe Thomas]

Now, my grandfather would go, and he would make us go, but just far

[Shannon Sharpe]

to go to people's house and talk.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. Nah, we ain't never had to do that neither.

[Joe Thomas]

No.

[Uncle Ocho]

Nah. But I hate to see this. I hate to see this great duo break up, bro. JT and JB obviously.

[Joe Thomas]

Name one that stuck together other than Kareem and Magic.

[Marvin]

That's a good one.

[Uncle Ocho]

It seemed like they always turn them against each other. Don't demand.

[Joe Thomas]

I think the thing is. Yes, but one thinks, like, I need a little bit more shine or I need to get some of the treatment. Because you hear Tristan was talking about Kyrie and LeBron, and he says it wasn't about anything else, but Kyrie might have felt that he should have getting some of the perk that LeBron got.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Like, you know, your people get to come. You know, I want my massage.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

Y and Z, whatever the case may

[Shannon Sharpe]

be that might be. That's what Tristan.

[Joe Thomas]

That's what he observed. But it's hard.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Kobe like, bro, I don't need no big brother.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm here.

[Marvin]

Yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

Especially see the thing with Scotty.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Scotty ain't never. Scotty know. He wasn't Jordan.

[Joe Thomas]

He played his role to the teeth.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, he.

[Joe Thomas]

Robin.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He was the. He might have been the best Robin.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

But, boy, when you get these two

[Uncle Ocho]

alphas, that's what it is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And Kobe has started. Kobe averaging 29 in the playoffs. Like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Nah.

[Joe Thomas]

We Batman and Superman.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We both superheroes. Robert ain't got no powers. Robert ain't even got no belt.

[Marvin]

All Robin got is a cake.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Huh?

[Marvin]

All Robin got is a cape in the mouth.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's it. He ain't got. He ain't got his own car. He rides shotgun all the time. He called me like, hey, I need a Batmobile. I need a motorcycle or something.

[Joe Thomas]

So I, I agree with you, man. I, I, I, I hate they had to break up. Sometimes you don't realize how good something is until it's. Man, we've all made that mistake.

[Uncle Ocho]

Damn, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Had been a good one.

[Joe Thomas]

But, jt, jb, you gonna be all right?

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, he is, bro. He is.

[Marvin]

Yeah. Absolutely.

[Joe Thomas]

Just, hey, you don't need to be anything other than Jalen Brown.

[Uncle Ocho]

Are you gonna do that?

[Joe Thomas]

That's plenty. Good enough. You. That's plenty. That's more than enough. The Celtics, Pistons and Rockets reportedly discussed a three team trade involving apron Sun Chengun, Kevin Durant and Jalen Brown. Per bet Brett Siegel. There were talks about Kevin Durant trade and brought involving Jalen Brown and alprene Sun Shin Goon. Kevin Durant would have gone to the Pistons, the Celtics was going to get Shingoon and then Jalen Brown would have gone to the Rockets. Ultimately, Houston did not want that type of package.

[Uncle Ocho]

Nah. Yeah, they gonna give up. They you gonna give up your all star center, the guy who you played

[T-Mobile User]

through

[Uncle Ocho]

Houston weren't willing to do it. No, because if I was Boston, I probably would have done that if I was trying to get off off considering what they got for him. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

But here's the thing. Shingoon is a better offensive player. But Coach Joe, he ain't playing well. But here's the thing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you got Mitchell Robinson.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

Defense.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So now you don't need him to

[Joe Thomas]

be as defensive dependent and to hold the fort down because you got Mitchell Robinson to do that and you got to do that also.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So now he could really play a

[Joe Thomas]

role where he can facilitate and just hunt.

[Uncle Ocho]

And look Boston figure, they figure even if we had JT and JB healthy. Uncle Ocho. Damn. And down in the paint, that's where we got our ass kicked at, you know, in, in the postseason. MB just kind of had his way with the Celtics. So by them going get Mitchell Robinson, they say we, we gonna have something for that. And on top of that, if they could have got singoon, I bet they would have took singoon, bro.

[Joe Thomas]

Yeah. Shingoon, you know, so Shangun, Mitchell Robinson, jt. So it looked like Peyton Pritchard and Derrick White gonna be.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, hey, hey. Time for Peyton Pritchard. That's your boy Ocho. He got. Hey, hey. He got to get to it this year. Why?

[Marvin]

Yeah, they had no choice. And matter of fact, listen, we talk about the trade Jalen Brown, JT's team, JT taking over. Listen, if JT season doesn't look anything like it looked with Jalen Brown last year when JT was out, this trading gonna look.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, here's the thing. I think he's going to get a lot of help, a lot of contribution from a lot of guys around him. Meaning Peyton Pritchard is probably going to be a little better Uncle Ocho, considering the fact that he's going to be the starter. Derrick White, hopefully He stays consistent. You know, you got. I don't know who they gonna have at the three. Who they gonna have at the three? Sam Houser, Tatum.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, probably.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. To keep the floor space, he gonna do what he do. Knock down three point shooter. Yeah. JT gonna have to come by. He gonna. You're gonna need.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He gonna need to average 30.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, it just. Just. Just to shut these folks up. That's what he's gonna need at least 30. Just shut them up.

[Marvin]

Hey, listen, listen. It's gonna be crazy if it ain't. If it don't look like. If it don't look like it did when JB was steering the ship this year. It's gonna. It's gonna get.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, the difference is Indiana gonna be pretty good too.

[Joe Thomas]

Oh, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Indiana.

[Joe Thomas]

They get Halliburton back.

[Marvin]

Oh, Ty. Hallie back.

[Uncle Ocho]

You think they're gonna be that good?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Halle is there. What's the guy they get from Zubots? Good pick and roll, player.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, they should nim hard. They should be solid. They should be solid. They should be solid. I don't know. I think, you know, I'm gonna have to see it with Indiana because I'm had to see how Halliburt is coming back off this. You know, everybody just ain't gonna come back off the damn Achilles and be back to this house.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Everybody.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, man. Hey, hey, that's. That's a tough injury to come back from, bro.

[Joe Thomas]

It is.

[Uncle Ocho]

You know, so. So you see Tatum back, you know, obviously he. He took. You know, at the end of that playoffs, he. He took it off, but for the most part, he looked.

[Joe Thomas]

He looked good.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm sure he's getting back healthy. He's getting back 100. Yeah. I expect for him to come out and be that boy this year. Oh, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho.

[Joe Thomas]

The Knicks have shown some interest in acquiring LeBron services. 76ers are also reportedly showing interest in LeBron.

[Uncle Ocho]

Joe, Brian in Philly or New York, World Wide West. And Brian, they go way back, if y' all know, you know, okay, they, they, they, they. They brought player partner worldwide, so. But I can't see Braun going to the knees because they won. Now if they didn't win, I'm sure he would go to the Knicks, Uncle Ocho, but, man, he ain't finna go over there, bro.

[Tab Ramos]

He.

[Uncle Ocho]

It. It sound good. He ain't going there. I'mma tell you that Philly, Philly looks sexy. Miami looks sexy. Cleveland, you know, it looked decent. But I think that Philly and Miami you gonna Cause, hell, whichever team you go to,

[Joe Thomas]

yeah, I wanted to go somewhere that ain't gonna win and just average 30.

[Uncle Ocho]

Nah, nah, he ain't doing that because you know they gonna talk about. They gonna talk about him, though. If he just average 30, he ain't winning. That's part of being the king. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Why tell you, Ocho? Heavy is the head that wears the crown, man.

[Tony Ayo]

Listen.

[Marvin]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[Uncle Ocho]

But it ain't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It ain't very.

[Joe Thomas]

It ain't very often in basketball where you win the title and walk off the court. Like, we see.

[Uncle Ocho]

You're right.

[Joe Thomas]

We see John Elway do it, we see Strahan do it. We see Jerome Bettis do it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That don't really happen.

[Uncle Ocho]

Guys rarely leave out on top. But when you talk about top, Braun is still at the top, bro. You know, you talk about, you know, his scoring has dipped. But damn, man, considering his effect on the game alone, I'm telling y', all, bro, I'm telling you, put him in a position to where the scoring load ain't on his back. And he can be a Swiss army knife, you know, willingly. Not like how he had to do with the Lakers last year, because he won't willingly want to do that, you know, he just did it, you know, for the sake of the team. But you put him in Philly or Miami, that boy gonna show out. Watch. Watch what I tell you.

[Joe Thomas]

And the greatest walk up would have

[Shannon Sharpe]

been Jordan if he'd have really left after he did that, Joe.

[Uncle Ocho]

But how, though? How do you leave? How do you leave like that, huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

He did. He retired. He left 99.

[Uncle Ocho]

Man, you got to be a bad dude, bro, to go out on top like that back, man. Come on, man. What we talking about? You think, hey, Unc. Oo, can y' all go out when at y' all highest, you. Y' all don't want it about you, the main right. I. I'm gone. I'm out. I'm out.

[Marvin]

Hey, n. Because, listen, in order for me to leave, that mean I don't love the game no more. Like, I, I, I have to be done with it. I got to be done with it, you know, I, I can't. I can't do it. And then try to muster it all back up, get back to training, get back in shape.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, and that's what. And that's what happened to mj. He got so tired of the game because they started to beat up on him in the media. Uncle Ojo, due to, you know, him being so great now you talking about his gambling. This, that, and the third man. Damn this. I'm gonna go play baseball. Yeah.

[Tony Ayo]

Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's basically what he did. Somebody go play baseball. Y'. All. Y' all got me bent.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know what Kick can you imagine

[Joe Thomas]

with his habits of. Of gambling and being out if social media was around back then, Joe?

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, I came, bro, because he was so iconic then. And if you got social media, it would have been times 10.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. And I think. You know what?

[Joe Thomas]

But here's the thing, though, Joe. I think because there was no social

[Shannon Sharpe]

media, he was like a ghost.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

If you saw him, you saw him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It was. No, it wasn't.

[T-Mobile Disclaimer Voice]

No.

[Joe Thomas]

On the street pulling up, because we see him pull up. Besides celebrities now, they all on the interstate. Somebody pull up beside the rock or they pull up beside. Yeah, Bieber or Taylor Swift.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You couldn't get that with Jordan because you didn't.

[Joe Thomas]

You didn't see him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's like MJ was like. If you didn't see MJ at a concert, you didn't see it.

[Uncle Ocho]

Right.

[Joe Thomas]

A mystique to it.

[Marvin]

Yes.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yes, it is.

[Joe Thomas]

But, boy, that joker there, man,

[Shannon Sharpe]

I

[Joe Thomas]

was watching the video today of a Liberian girl.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe Thomas]

Michael Jackson. And you don't see him, but he

[Shannon Sharpe]

got all these iconic 80s people in the video. I'm like, who can get some of

[Joe Thomas]

the biggest stars and today to just show up?

[Marvin]

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[Joe Thomas]

He was him.

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