Nightcap Hour 2: Unc RIPS DeAndre Ayton For FLEXING Chain + Cavs TIE SERIES vs Pistons + Webmy AVOIDS SUSPENSION + Embiid AT ODDS With Sixers

Summary

Nightcap Hour 2: NBA Playoffs Heat Up, Wemby Avoids Suspension, and Embiid’s Philly Tension

Podcast: Nightcap, Shay Shay Media & Playmaker
Date: May 12, 2026
Hosts: Shannon Sharpe ("Unc"), Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson ("Ocho"), with guest Joe Johnson

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into the night’s NBA playoff action and headlines, featuring sharp reactions and candid analysis from Shannon Sharpe, Chad Ochocinco Johnson, and Joe Johnson. Major topics include Donovan Mitchell’s historic second half for the Cavs, the intensifying Cavs vs. Pistons series, DeAndre Ayton criticism, Victor Wembanyama’s ejection aftermath, and the growing rift between Joel Embiid and the Sixers front office. The crew also fields lively listener questions and flexes their trademark humor and unfiltered opinions.

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Key Discussion Points, Insights & Timestamps

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1. Cavs Tie the Series vs. Pistons / Donovan Mitchell’s Historic Night

[02:31 – 13:37]

• Mitchell’s Second Half Explosion:

  • Donovan Mitchell tied an NBA playoff mark, dropping 39 points in the second half and finishing with 43 as the Cavs beat the Pistons 112-103 to even the series.
    • “Donovan Mitchell ties an NBA playoff mark with 39 points in the second half as the Cavs even the series!” – Unc [02:31]
  • He nearly broke Sleepy Floyd’s decades-old record but missed the free throw that would have done it.
    • “Do you know what type of heater you got to be on?... to come out in that second half and assert himself the way he did…” – Ocho [13:03]

• Game Analysis & Player Critiques:

  • Jalen Duren Critique: Only 2 rebounds in 27 minutes despite being 7 feet tall—crew questions his energy and effort in the postseason.
    • “This man, seven foot tall, and gave me two rebounds…” – Unc [03:31]
  • Duren's Offensive Limitations:
    • “He ain’t no damn scorer neither.” – Ocho [04:09]
    • “In the postseason, you need more than just athleticism.” – Joe Johnson [05:33]
  • Role of Roleplayers:
    • Caris LeVert’s strong bench impact is acknowledged as pivotal for Detroit. [07:18]
  • Thompson’s Impact & Development: Defensive standout but needs to expand offensive game, echoes the old-school “always be working” mentality.
    • “As great as Thompson is defensively, bro, you got to add a little offense to your game, bro…” – Ocho [07:36]
    • “These dudes... they make 20-30 million dollars, they don’t care.” – Joe Johnson [08:10]
  • Postseason is About Adjustments & Will: Reiterated by both Ocho and Joe – playoffs are “your will against their will.” [06:41]

• Cade Cunningham Discussion:

  • Cade is overworked offensively and defensively—handling the ball too much, fatigued late in games, and missing relief after Ivey trade.
    • “He don’t get a chance to rest.” – Unc [14:04]
    • “They burning him out ... he ain’t getting no rest.” – Unc [15:29]

• Key Stats / Notable Quotes:

  • “James Harden: 11 assists, only 2 turnovers. Bro, if you don’t turn the ball over… y’all have a hell of a chance of winning.” – Ocho [12:10]
  • “With Donovan scoring 39 in the second half, fellas, that’s crazy.” – Ocho [12:44]

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2. Victor Wembanyama Avoids Suspension After Ejection

[16:56 – 20:05]

• The Incident:

  • Wemby ejected for elbowing Nas Reid, but the NBA opts for no further penalty.
    • “If they would have suspended him, that would have just messed up the whole series.” – Joe Johnson [17:48]
    • “It looked very intentional … he let that elbow go through a little bit... but first-time offender.” – Ochocinco [18:13]

• Physicality and NBA Expectations:

  • The crew debates whether Wemby’s size, frustration, and “nasty streak” might lead to repeat incidents.
    • “If he adds more of that to his game...I think it can happen more than we anticipate.” – Ocho [18:50]
    • “He ain’t being no int. He talking about, man, get a raise up off me. You know what I’m saying?” – Joe Johnson [19:39]
  • Old-school stories about clearing out with elbows and post-up battles (“Shaq got that rebound...your head getting took off”) highlight how the physical game has evolved. [23:11]

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3. Joel Embiid at Odds with Sixers & Trade Speculation

[23:35 – 38:38]

• Reporting on Tensions:

  • Embiid reportedly upset with Sixers management over the Jerry McCain trade, and locker room unrest is mounting.
    • “Sound like a plea to me. Sound like it’s gonna be some furniture moving this summer.” – Ocho [24:49]

• Should Philly Move On from Embiid?

  • Joe Johnson: Advocates trading Embiid, citing his inability to stay healthy and Philly’s strong young guards (Maxey, possibly Paul George).
    • “Are you saying move off Embiid?” – Unc
    • “I would...Just move on, man...get nice young pieces for it.” – Joe Johnson [26:16]
  • Lakers/Clippers/Miami as possible destinations, but all met with skepticism about Embiid's durability and contract.
    • “You don’t want a more expensive Anthony Davis!” – Unc [27:00]
    • “Riles ain’t going for that fat and all that.” – Joe Johnson on Embiid in Miami [30:16]
  • Contract realities:
    • “He got three years guaranteed at 192 million.” – Unc [32:51]
    • “In 10 years, he’s averaged 49 games a season...missing 32, 33 games a year.” – Unc [37:05]
  • Durability contrasts with praise for “ironman” players:
    • “The best ability is availability.” – Unc & Ocho [42:27]

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4. DeAndre Ayton Criticism for "Flexing" Chain

[67:40 – 68:34 & throughout]

• Ayton Faces "Useless" Label:
  • Listeners and hosts alike lambaste Ayton for underwhelming play and “flexing” with a chain despite not stepping up in big moments.
    • “Never seen a seven-footer like DeAndre Ayton not do anything out there. He's useless. Then he goes out...with a dominating chain like he’s Shaq in the Lakers uniform. What?” – Listener [67:40]
    • “The convo started up. DeAndre only dominating the bench. He got that chain for the Chinese league he about to debut in next year.” – [68:34]
  • Ocho defends that bigs like Ayton need to be involved early to stay engaged, but acknowledges it’s hard given his limited skillset.

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5. OKC Thunder’s Big Night & General Playoff Takeaways

[69:03 – 70:31]

• OKC sweeps the Lakers, with high praise for team chemistry, defense, and the growth of stars like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and A.J. Mitchell.
  • “It is crazy. I mean to watch a team that just click on all... it's a thing of beauty to watch.” – Unc [69:03]

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6. Listener Voicemails & Community Interaction

[47:22 – 54:14 & scattered]

• Lighthearted Mother's Day Gifting Philosophy:
  • “Let’s start reciprocating the energy, fellas.” – Joe Johnson [48:01]
• Behind-the-Scenes Humor:
  • Jokes abound on “freak off baby oil community” and home-swing antics; playful self-ranking in a "freak scale poll". [49:21 – 53:28]
• Greatest All-Time NFL Teams by Franchise:
  • Quick consensus: Cowboys have the best lineup of all-time greats at every position, but Broncos (“we got Peyton and 7”) still boast a top QB legacy. [54:18 – 56:35]
• Community Shout-Outs:
  • Prayers and birthday wishes for fans, reflections on the strength of the Nightcap community. [56:39 – 58:03]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “You got 24 hours, okay? You may be in the gym two, three hours, but all you should be doing is working on your damn game…” – Ocho, on modern player work ethic [07:36]
• “These dudes... they make 20-30 million dollars, they don’t care.” – Joe Johnson [08:10]
• “When he gets tired, he turns the ball over all the time, bro. That’s what cost them that game.” – Ocho on Cade Cunningham [14:07]
• “The best ability is availability.” – Unc & Ocho [42:27]
• “That man, seven foot tall, and gave me two rebounds…” – Unc [03:31]
• “You don’t want a more expensive Anthony Davis. He plays less than AD.” – Unc on Embiid [27:00]
• “When he plays, you know what he is. But that’s why he’s making the money he’s making.” – Ocho [38:39]
• “Life is about living. Life is about experiencing as much as you can before you leave earth.” – Chad Ochocinco [54:08]

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Episode Close

• Full scoreboard recap: Thunder sweep Lakers 115-110; Cavs even up with Pistons as Donovan Mitchell, James Harden combine for a dominant half.
• Community thanks: “None of this happens without you. Thank you.” – Unc [58:03]
• Preview/general sendoff: “See you tomorrow night.” – Unc [72:38]

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For Anyone Who Missed the Episode:

This Nightcap delivers classic, late-night, locker-room energy: unfiltered, insightful, and raucously funny as the crew breaks down NBA drama, drags underperformers, speculates on blockbuster moves, and bonds with their passionate audience. An essential listen for fans wanting the real story behind the highlights.

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Timestamps for Big Segments:

• [02:31] Cavs-Pistons, Mitchell’s Historic Performance
• [16:56] Wemby’s Ejection & NBA’s Ruling
• [23:35] Joel Embiid & Sixers Turmoil
• [42:27] Ironman Players vs. Chronic Injuries
• [47:22] Listener Q&A & Banter
• [67:40/68:34] DeAndre Ayton Chain Critique
• [69:03] OKC Thunder’s Rise
• [69:58] Closing thoughts & playoff wrap-up

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on Donovan Mitchell ties an NBA playoff mark with 39 points in the second half as the Cavs even the series 112 to 103. Mitchell matched Eric Sleepy Floyd free throw a tail with 27 seconds and he had a chance to break the record set in 1987 in which Floyd did it against the Los Angeles Raiders, Raiders, Lakers. But he missed the foul shot. Mitchell finished with 43 points, including 15 of Cleveland's on a 24.0run that went the last 12 seconds of the first half into the first six minutes of the third quarter. Cavs were 10 of 12 from the field and made three three porters and also converted five turnovers by the Pistons and into nine points. Hey, hey, I need somebody to tell me Joe, where is J? Did you see what that man did? 8.2 rebounds. Now people keep telling me with Shannon, he ain't that skilled offensively. Okay? You ain't got to be skilled to get rebounds. So what's the excuse? He ain't getting no damn rebounds. Okay, I get it. Hey, listen, he need to work on his offensive game. He need to be able to drop step. He needs to be. He need to be able to work on a fade away. I need up. I get all that, okay? All of that. His offense isn't where it needs to be. Especially when you get to the postseason. They focus in on you, Joe. You told me, gp. You told me. Say, look, the offense, hey, you ain't just getting up and down in the postseason. You better have something in your bag to be able to get away from these dudes because they know what you like to do and they're going to keep you from doing it. What about the rebounding? This man seven foot tall and gave me two rebounds

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

in.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

In 27 minutes. I ain't gonna he. Hey, look, we gotta be honest, fellas. Hell, he ain't having a great postseason, but he ain't no damn score neither.

[Host (Unc)]

Well, he average 2010.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, that was in the league.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

But listen GP you know when you get in the postseason, brother, listen, all that ain't gonna. The game slows down way too much, bro. Hey, enduring ain't no guy who we need to be throwing the ball down there too. Trying to get no damn bucket in the first place. He's an energy. He's a blue collar guy, a hard working guy, you know what I mean? But I'm like you, he got to do more rebounding, bro. Like he should be double figures rebounding every night. I ain't tripping on the points. I. I ain't looking for him to give me 20 and 10 in no series. I'm just keeping real. Not with Mobley. And what's the other big for Allen down there? I. I think, I think you know, it's a. I mean, hell, it's been a tough matchup for him pretty much all playoffs. But for the most part, Detroit does their damage defensively and Garden, and that's what leads to a lot of transition buckets. And obviously Cade has to be special every night. He can't have a night off. You know what I mean? If he have a night off, they damn, they ain't got a chance to win it. Hey, look, and then when you look at Donovan, the man had four points a half at half.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

And he went crazy for that second half.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Oh, my.

[Joe Johnson]

Fellas, we gotta understand, that guy has to be like Ben Wallace. He has to be an all around basketball player. You don't need to score, you need to block shots, you need to get rebounds, you need to defend. You need to do that type of situation. You cannot. And then what people don't understand, possessions are big in the playoffs. And you gotta understand everyone. You're not gonna play this team one night and then you don't play them again for another month. You're playing them seven games in a row. And what they're gonna do is gonna go to practice and they're gonna look at film and they're gonna adjust. And when you know you're the weak link, we're gonna say, let's go at him, let's get him into this. And then he gets exposed and that's not gonna happen. And this is what it is about it. He was having a great. He had a great regular season. But this is the playoffs now and these teams are gonna expose him.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I agree. I agree. Ocho GP in the postseason, guess what? We know every damn play we gonna run. And guess what? Y' all know, every damn play we gonna run.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yes, sir.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Now, it's our will against your will, you feel me? Like we know Durian ain't no offense.

[Host (Unc)]

Well, will he get some points as a rebound? Since you bitching will.

[Joe Johnson]

Will he do that?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

No, no, he won't. Because guess what? Guess what we know. We know how he going. We know how he can beat us. We got to keep his big ass off the glass. We got to keep a body on him. You know what I mean? We can't let him be affected. Yeah, Cade might get his 30, but hell, if we keep Duran under 10, keep his rebounding down, don't let him make him be less effective. Man, we got a great chance of winning. I thought Detroit got great contribution from Lavert off the bench, man.

[Host (Unc)]

He gave the hottest fish grease.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

The vert were cutting in nice way.

[Host (Unc)]

And you know what?

[Joe Johnson]

I.

[Host (Unc)]

But the. But the Pistons. Thompson gonna have to learn how to stop filing so much. He getting in foul trouble in the first two minutes of the ball game, Joe. Yeah. And now he out of rhythm. He.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

What he have.

[Host (Unc)]

I don't think he scored a point.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, tp, Tell me this, man. As great as Thompson is defensively, bro, you got to add a little offense to your game, bro. Like, I. I feel like when you get to the NBA, okay, Ocho, I know y'. All. It's probably the same when you get to the NFL. Yeah, bro. You got 24 hours, okay? You may be in the gym two, three hours, but all you should be doing is working on your damn game, shooting them jump shots, getting up your extra shots. Them corner threes where you know you gonna get your shots from, bro? Because in today's game, if you can't score the damn ball, it's almost hard.

[Joe Johnson]

But Joe is not. It's like this. This era ain't like you. Y' all guys, man. These dudes ain't going to work out that. That, man. They making 20, 30 million dollars. They don't care. They don't care, man. They ain't trying to do all that. And he should be in the. In the gym working on being just like a Scottie Pippen being utility, like that, going, oh, man, all that hitting and do what you got to do, because he is long like that. He can play D like that. He can go and get.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

He.

[Joe Johnson]

He runs like.

[Host (Unc)]

Like.

[Joe Johnson]

Like a deer and get all that going. He can play that way. But you know what they go do on the off season, too? They go. They be on islands. They be all of that. They don't. They don't be working at that game. I'll be like, man, shoot me. I'm gonna make the All Star team. I'm gonna make all league. I'm gonna make all defense. I'm gonna make everything. And I'm gonna go in there and I'm gonna sit in this lab by myself and work out by myself, and I'm gonna put three people that's better than me in my conference, and I'm gonna outdo them, and that's what I'll be working at. That's all I would be doing. And that's what I did. I was like John Stockton, Kevin Johnson, Tim Hardaway was my My goal, my goal to get. And I went at.

[Host (Unc)]

They helped. Yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

And I went and got them, you know what I'm saying? And that's what you got to do. But they don't work like that no more, you know what I'm saying? Because they make money.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, hey, everybody got a trainer now. When I was coming up ogp, bro, all we did was play pickup. We played the game. We played the game. I just think, you know, as a player, if you know you have a weakness in your game, bro, you have to try in some way somehow make that a strength, you know what I mean? If these dudes ain't guarding you when you on offense, bro, you have to work on your game. You have to work on that jump shot, you have to work on that midi, because guess what? If you're able to make a couple of them, you open up the floor for guys like Cade to be able to work. Hell. But if I got two non shooters out here, Enduring and Thompson, hell, Tobias Harris playing great this whole playoffs, you know what I mean? It's like, hell, I ain't got to worry about. But really, two people and Duncan Robinson running off screens, you know, you, you, you in today's game, it's wide open. And if you can't score, bro, it's just hard to.

[Joe Johnson]

Joe, we go back, we go back to Oklahoma. That's what, that's what, that's what the Oklahoma is doing for Shane. You feel what I'm saying? They knocking shots down with things which they started so Cunningham doesn't have that, that, that, that, that ability to do that because his, his dudes is not making shots. If he, they make shots, then it'll be better for Cunningham. He can be that man he want to be, but all they got to do is double Cunningham now and then them dudes don't make shots. We win games. You know what I'm saying? That's a go.

[Host (Unc)]

Donovan went crazy in the second half.

[Joe Johnson]

Yes, he did.

[Host (Unc)]

Oh, and he had, he has that kind of ability. We've seen him go haywire. He see a couple of them go

[Ocho (Co-host)]

in,

[Joe Johnson]

he gonna get it.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, hey, uncle Joe. And G.P. he was willing to do anything. He hidden from the three. He taking. He taking dudes off the dribble, calling for the pick, going around, coming back through like, man, what the hell? Why can't we do this every night? Can't we do this every night? Hope we can't forget about James Harden too. Now. James Harden hit some key shots, got

[Host (Unc)]

him up to the great start.

[Joe Johnson]

And I'm happy for him for that because, you know, they always criticize him in the playoffs. All you got to do is just be consistent, man, and be like this, and Cleveland has a chance. You know what I'm saying? Usually he'll fade away, but now he got. He got another boy with him. And Mitchell, where he know if he get the ball, he hit his shots. He ain't got to be up there just pounding the ball, pounding the ball and trying to score. Mitchell is that guy now. And all Harden got to do is sit over there and you know he gonna knock down a shot if you have to and get aggressive. He will go to the back and get buckets. So that's what I'm glad to see, him now being in the playoffs and doing what he do.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, to me, I feel like the only way Cleveland can win this series, James Harden and Donovan Mitchell, they have to play this way. Hey, look, look, Think about tonight. James had 11 assists. He only had two turnovers. Bro, if you don't turn the ball over. JH My boy, if you. If you get a chance to see this or hear this clip, if you don't turn the ball over, y' all have a hell of a chance of winning.

[Host (Unc)]

Well, they really should have won game, too, Joe. Remember, if Shooter doesn't turn the ball over.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, they'll be up 3:1.

[Host (Unc)]

Think about it, Joe. They should be up 3. They should be up 3:1.

[Joe Johnson]

3, 1. They should be.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You right. You're right. I think, look, with Donovan scoring 39, and that man scored 39 points in the second half, fellas, that's crazy. Do you know what type of heater you got to be on? Like, you have to understand the moment. You know what I mean? Like, he probably came in at halftime like, damn, I only got four points. This ain't gonna get it.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You know what I mean? And to come out in that second half and assert himself the way he did, and for them to pull this off, like, bro, I don't know if they can win in Detroit. I think it's hard to win in Detroit because Detroit role players play a lot better at home. And. And for whatever reason, Donovan and James Harden hadn't played great in Detroit. But, man, listen, if they want to win, they have to be aggressive like this. James has to come out and assert himself early. He has to get going early. Fellas, you know, Cleveland can't sit around and wait to be punched, bro. They got to punch first, but you

[Joe Johnson]

know they gonna get calls to in Detroit. So they gonna have to play through that, and they're gonna have to just play good. I just think that that turnover situation, if they leave it down, they got a good chance of winning all the time. If you stay close at the end of the thing, them two dudes can make shots and what's going to happen and then. And you'll fool around and get an upset.

[Host (Unc)]

But you know what, jb? They're gonna have to find a way to give K a break.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

You know, Joe, you notice that when he gets tired, he turns the ball

[Ocho (Co-host)]

over all the time, bro. That's what cost another that. That game.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, that's what. That's what I mean, you notice that he. But you're asking him, bro. He got to take Donovan Mitchell or he taking James Harden. Now I got to go on the offensive end. I got to create shots for myself or I got to create and get somebody else to ball. He don't get a chance to rest.

[Joe Johnson]

He can't rest. But Joe. Sorry. That's why they should have had the boy, Ivy. Remember, they got rid of him. Could have handled the basketball a little bit more. You feel what I'm saying? Ivy was one of them dudes that could handle the basketball from. Okay, and then that would have been cool, but he handling the basketball too much. He just handles it too much.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. Hey, look, K don't have a luxury that Shade has. Shay has a AJ Mitchell next to him. Who you. A lot of times in the game tonight, if you watch when y'.

[Host (Unc)]

All.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I know y' all watch the game. Uncle was there, but Shay was running up the sideline while AJ was absolutely, you know, running the pick and roll. So he able to risk. Hell, Kate ain't got that luxury, bro. He can't do that. Look, you take the ball out his damn hand, you don't know what's gonna happen.

[Joe Johnson]

You're right.

[Host (Unc)]

Trying to run Jenkins. And Jenkins been. He hadn't been what he was when Cade was out. And I don't know why, Joe, he had that one good game. What was that game? I think game seven against Orlando.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

But other than that, it's like, bro, they gotta find a way to get him a blow, man. They burning him out. He playing. He played 40 minutes. He legit playing 40 minutes. Cause he ain't getting no rest. He don't get the rest on the offense, the defensive end. Cause he's got James Harden to Donovan Mitchell and. And he doesn't get to rest on the offensive end because he's got to create for himself and others. So ain't no rest for the weary.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You're right. You're right.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

It's damn near two. It's damn near two man game when it comes to goddamn. When it comes to the Pistons, you know, and Tobias, Tobias Harris playing out his goddamn, doing what Tobias does, playing out his mind.

[Host (Unc)]

And they got think about what they got from Caris Lavert.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, yeah, I think.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

But he had 23, he had 23 off the bench, if I'm not mistaken.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I just think I, I think from Thompson, bro, you gotta, you gotta get from him. I, I, I, I know he working his ass off defensively, but offensively, I mean, hell, he was a minus 27. He was the, he was the highest plus minus.

[Host (Unc)]

And he played the fewest minutes,

[Ocho (Co-host)]

right?

[Host (Unc)]

So imagine if he played K minutes. What he, what his plus might have been damn near minus 60.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

That's what I'm saying. So he got, I'm saying, you know, when you talk about pinpoint some, I'm just, I'm calling him out because it's like, damn, bro, K needs some help. He needs some help like offensively and you gotta find ways to score the ball, bro. He gotta find ways to get them at least 12 to 16 points a night.

[Host (Unc)]

Fellas. Victor Wimbanyama won't be fired or suspended by the NBA after he was ejected in game four following the elbow to Nasri Chin spread A Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson on the decision. They did what they did because of the outcome of the play. So be it. But to have anything on top of that I think would be ridiculous. Joe gp, Are you surprised that Wemby didn't face any further penalty?

[Joe Johnson]

I think he would, I think the fine. I thought he was gonna get fined. I knew they weren't gonna suspend him. That's not gonna happen. That'll just mess up basketball. But to me, you guys, it's just playing basketball, man. We, you know, he threw elbow. It's just playing basketball. And I, I think that is it what it was. I'm glad that the NBA made the right decision to do this. I thought it would be a fine, you know, I thought he'd be fine

[Host (Unc)]

a little bit, but I didn't think

[Joe Johnson]

no suspension was coming. If they would have suspended it, that would have just messed up the whole series.

[Host (Unc)]

Oh, yeah, you, Yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

I don't want to see that. That would just been stupid for the NBA to even do that, you know. But I think they went back and looked at the play and he was just playing Basketball to me, I didn't think he really intentionally elbowed him. I think it was just playing basketball n that.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

But that, that looked, that looked very intentional. It looked like he was frustrated. He got tired of them antagonizing. He let that elbow go through a little bit, but a little bit too much aggression. And I think because he's a first time offender is not his character. This is not someone who gets in trouble multiple time, you know, for playing dirty or doing, you know, crazy stuff like that. So I think they were a little bit more lean on him. I knew I. They definitely weren't going to suspend him. That definitely not happening. But he probably, he probably won't have. He probably won't have this issue again. But I know one thing, he gonna make his presence felt in the next game.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Oh, no, no, no, listen, he gonna

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

make his presence felt real early too,

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I think, I think, I think this could potentially happen again. I just think with him being so tall, fellas, I think, you know, if he do get that nastiness in him like he had on that play, because I thought it was a frustration, you know, kind of like, damn, get up off me. You know what I mean? I think if, if he adds more of that to his game. Yeah, because think about it, at 7.5hp, if I catch it right, I'm just trying to chin the ball and clear you out your head right there by my.

[Joe Johnson]

That's what I'm saying.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

So I, I think, I think it can happen more than what, you know, we, we anticipate. But I think he's such a good guy that he probably be aware that, you know, he don't want to put his team in these type of situations because, you know, when you think about it, they felt, they probably felt like they should have won that game for sure.

[Joe Johnson]

Chad. That's what kind of kid he is. You remember when he went to the All Star game, he said, man, I'm playing, I'm gonna play. I don't care about all this other crazy stuff, man. And when they be holding on to him, like I said, I didn't think with cheater. I was just like, man, y' all get up off me, man. You know what I'm saying? It's like that. You know what people gonna do? Make it up off me, man. You know what I'm saying? That's how the game go, you know what I'm saying? He ain't being no int. He talking about, man, get a raise up off me. You know what I'm saying?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yes, hey, think about it though. GP if you had it's time to

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[Ocho (Co-host)]

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[Ocho (Co-host)]

all times to play against him.

[Host (Unc)]

Hell you would.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You will push home everything. All that too. I mean, how else you supposed to

[Joe Johnson]

stop that big boy, man? I I would have do the same thing. I try to get him frustrated and get him kicked out the game as well. You know what I'm saying? It ain't no way you gonna stop that big boy. That big boy and he's shooting that thing and you ain't got no chance of blocking all of that. Come on, man.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Come on.

[Host (Unc)]

Because the thing is, Joe, like you said, everybody chilling ahead is right there at his elbow. I don't give a damn who. You could be six, eight. You could be six foot tall. Everybody cheer. Her head is in an elbow shot. Yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

So when he grabbed that rebound and if he chin it like, like we was talking, we was young. And you, boy, man, you hit every time they.

[Host (Unc)]

He got that. Hey, like, like Buto. Remember Mato Buto getting them sharp. Them divers rest his sold and post Shaq. They already knew when Shaq got the rebound and did this. They say, now let's go on to the other end.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, cuz. Cuz your chin was gonna get took off or your head. Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, Shaq get that rebound. When Shaq got that rebound and did this, everybody just go on.

[Joe Johnson]

They just running up the court. You right.

[Host (Unc)]

Oh, guys. Joel and B. Reportedly hasn't seen eye to eye with the Sixers front office. Even had an issue with the Jerry McCain trade. Per Tony Jones. As the season progressed, it became clear that the start center didn't see eye to eye with front office and coaching staff. In the days before the February trade deadline, he implored the front office to do something other than what he deemed ducking the luxury tax and such. He, along with others in the locker room, were not happy with the decision to trade second year guard Jerry McCain to the Thunder, particularly without bringing in a plan to replace McCain in interviews over the next few games and be noticeably had to hold. Hold himself back from verbally criticizing the front office. On April 1, a handful of players met with members of the Philadelphia 76ers coaching staff before shoot around in Washington to express concerns over certain players participation in team activities and frustration over the direction of the 76ers. Among other things, the players expressed they felt wasn't enough control of the locker room. According to those sources, the meeting was tense enough to briefly imperil the team's shoot around. Joe, what we gonna do from that?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Sound like a plea to me. Sound like, hey, hey. Sound like it's gonna be some. Some furniture moving this summer. That's what I think. I think. I think if you Philly gp, Unc Ocho, I think you. You have to weigh all your options. You have to weigh all your options. I mean, I don't know what the chemistry is like over there, but it don't seem great to me. And I'm saying from a fan's perspective, from a guy who watched the game and I Look at body language and things of that sort. It don't look like they enjoy playing with one another. I'm just keeping it real.

[Joe Johnson]

And then, Joe, you gotta understand, I don't blame the coaches because coaches can't say nothing because these dudes make so much money. And once they come, the coach gonna get fired. They ain't shipped right. So what are we saying? You know, y' all gotta be accountable for yourself. And Embiid, you know, he ain't been playing every season. He don't play too many games every season. But when he there, he's very effective. But listen, if that's Philly, I got. I got two guards that are off the chain. And the young fella and Maxi, they off the chains. I'll build right there. And you've got to think about what you're going to do with George. Paul. I mean, Paul, George.

[Host (Unc)]

Paul, George.

[Joe Johnson]

Paul, George, Paul, Paul, George. And then you got to understand, man, I would say, man, let's go get us some pieces. You know what I'm saying? Because they were playing well.

[Host (Unc)]

Are you saying move off? Are you saying move off, Embiid?

[Joe Johnson]

I would. That was. That just be my. That'd be my opinion to do it. Just move on, man. Make it go somewhere. I'll get nice young pieces for it and then we can go. We can go from there. Because you. You don't know. It's just almost like Anthony Davis. You move on with Anthony Davis.

[Host (Unc)]

You don't know if he gonna play every year. What.

[Joe Johnson]

What you gonna get out of him. So why not go get some young players that gonna play for you every night? And we have opportunity.

[Host (Unc)]

Oo.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yes.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, Uncle Un, I got a question. When we talk about moving, right? When you think about it, not, not y', all, y', all three, y' all would know better than me. You know, one thing that the Lakers haven't had, they haven't had a much presence down. Down in the block, right?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

What you think about him being. Going to la?

[Host (Unc)]

You don't want to. You don't want a more expensive Anthony Davis. He plays less than ad.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. I think if you the Lakers now, you're gonna take a look at it. Yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

Because him and Luca. But when he on the floor, though, Shannon, he a beast.

[Host (Unc)]

When is that?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah. Hey, I. I try gp.

[Host (Unc)]

When is that?

[Joe Johnson]

Not too often, but when he do play, when he do play, he'll. He'll. He'll buck it and he can get it.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, and I Think he'll have a resurgence as far as, like, who he wants to be as a player, a new scenery. He know he can't go to LA with this same type of, you know, attitude that he got over.

[Host (Unc)]

We said the same thing, so.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I told you.

[Host (Unc)]

They say he ain't gonna. He said he gonna.

[Joe Johnson]

Gp.

[Host (Unc)]

We said the same thing about eight. Say, man, he gonna go there.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Host (Unc)]

He ain't got no choice.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, but, Shannon, you shouldn't say that about him because we ain't talking about that. Whatever conversation y' all was having about that, y' all should have left that conversation because, listen, we talked about it. Who can really, really play, man? Y' all should have left that conversation long.

[Host (Unc)]

I'm glad I wasn't on there that

[Joe Johnson]

night, because I would have been like, cut. Hey, we ain't talking about this no more.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. I think he's slick trying to eat. He trying to get that comment to. Trying to compare goddamn eight and.

[Host (Unc)]

God, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. My thing is, is that it's hard when a guy has played 500 games, missed 500 games, GP. How do I build around that?

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, that's why I told Philadelphia, move on, move on.

[Host (Unc)]

You got.

[Joe Johnson]

You got two. You got two good guards there. That little rookie is a beast. Then you, you know, well, like I said, you got Paul George, who is looking. Okay. He'll score when he needs to. And Maxi is your main focus. Just get some pieces around there, put you a three team, team deal in there, get you something for it, and, man, y' all can go and rock. Rock out.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, and I like Grimes and Uber. I think you keep those guys around, too. Yeah, you keep those guys around, too. But I think Embiid still got a little value on that. A team will be like, you know what? We'll. We'll take a chance. We'll risk it. Like, you know, considering, hell, when he does play, you know, he pretty decent. I just think he need to change the scenery, man.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah, I told. I told on that the other night. I think a change of scenery would

[Joe Johnson]

do great for him. It'll be great for him even though he don't play. Let him go change the scenery, man, and get up out of there, man. If he ain't happy, man, go somewhere else. Go somewhere else and do it. I think he'd be good in Miami.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I know Giannis coming to Miami already.

[Joe Johnson]

You say Giannis coming there? Yeah, yeah, yeah,

[Host (Unc)]

boy.

[Joe Johnson]

You want Miami to have everybody.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

We Ain't had nothing in a while. Now. I know we got bam. I'm saying we ain't had nothing in a while. I talked to Pat. Pat. Pat gonna. He gonna let. He gonna. He gonna come off the range.

[Host (Unc)]

Joe, how MB Go look in Miami with Pat Riley and his body fat?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hold up. I'm gonna ask GP GP you know Riles ain't going for that.

[Joe Johnson]

Shannon. He ain't going for that fat and all that. He will not play regardless.

[Host (Unc)]

Everything.

[Joe Johnson]

They had him at practice two times a day. No way possible.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, hey, G.P.

[Joe Johnson]

hey, listen. I was 37, 38 at 3% body fat. I said, man, don't kill me. He gonna kill me.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, hey, tell them about the. Tell them about the weight and body fat on Friday.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, my goodness, man. Yeah, he got a picture. You got to put that thing on your.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Man,

[Joe Johnson]

he put that little thing pitch thing on. You be too much on there. You gonna go get in that sauna. You doing all that. You get suspended. You getting fine. You get all that. I'm like, man, that's crazy. And then one time, three of us was over. Over body fat. He put the bikes in the middle of the floor, and he had us ride that thing for an hour and 30 minutes with the leads and all that on our chest. And we was getting up, pumping, man. And then we went and had practice for two hours. I said, man, this man crazy.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, Ocho, he ain't lying. Let me tell y' all something. When I left Brooklyn and came to Miami, bro, you know, I was a little overweight. I was overweight. Hey, look, you got. You already got. You already got pre practice, and then you got practice. Yeah, hell, I was there before pre practice on that damn bike GP Talking about. I was there an hour before pre practice, riding the bike for a whole 45 minutes. Then I go to pre practice. Hell, UD D. Wade and all them. They in pre practice. Then once we get done with pre practice, that's when regular practice start. Hey, man, when you leave out, your ass, go to sleep.

[Joe Johnson]

And he is four hours easily in there. And then. And then. Look, look, look, look, fella. We still had a training camp where you get double 2A days. You know what I'm saying? He. He put cots in the.

[Host (Unc)]

In the.

[Joe Johnson]

In the locker room and said, man, y' all might as well just gonna lay down right here, man. Cause y' all ain't gonna make it to get back. You know what I'm saying? That's how it was here.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Oh, that's.

[Host (Unc)]

Damn. So so you saying no MB no to Miami.

[Joe Johnson]

GP Ways, man. And be. Be accountable for the thing. They ain't coming to get him. They ain't gonna pay him that much money. And he. And he don't be playing.

[Host (Unc)]

He got three years guaranteed at 192 million.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, well, they won't go. He. Pat won't go. Take that. He. He'll be like, no, I'm all stacked. He won't do that.

[Host (Unc)]

Here, go. Here, go here.

[Joe Johnson]

Go get your boy from Milwaukee before you do all that Giannis here, go get Giannis before he do that. Cause he know y' all is gonna come play.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Wow. I'm trying to figure out where. So where is it? Where is he gonna go? He might go to la.

[Joe Johnson]

If he come to la, he might as well just come to the Clippers. Just go, Clippers. Yeah, go to the Clippers. You could put that where you could be. You could put him.

[Host (Unc)]

So you want two guys that don't play a whole bunch of gp.

[Joe Johnson]

But Kawhi getting better, though. Shannon Kawhi played the most he played this year. He played a what? He played almost like 60 games.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, he missed. He missed. He didn't play till January.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

You know how that goes.

[Joe Johnson]

You know what I'm saying? But he's getting better. I think if they both play 60 games, they'll be cool.

[Host (Unc)]

You do realize, But.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Damn.

[Host (Unc)]

Realize. Hold on. Hey, pull up. When the last time he. You know, Only one time he's played 68 games in his NBA career.

[Joe Johnson]

Probably. Probably one time. Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

He won the MVP that year.

[Joe Johnson]

And how many. How long you been in the league?

[Host (Unc)]

I think probably a deck. You figure he's missed? 485. 485. So that's what? 960? So at least 10 years.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, see, that's crazy. That's crazy to me that you. That you missed that, man. And then you. You done. You done missed more games than you done played and made all that money.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Come.

[Joe Johnson]

Come on, man.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, hey, hey.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Then when you think about it, Embiid getting 193 over the next three years, hell, that's gonna. Hey, that means you're gonna have to give up a lot to get.

[Joe Johnson]

That's like, What?

[Host (Unc)]

That's.

[Joe Johnson]

That's 60 million, 65 mil. Almost $65 million a year.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. I don't know. Philly might have to figure that one out.

[Joe Johnson]

GP yeah, they gonna have to suck that one up, man. But I try. I try to get him all I try to. I Try to get him up out of that money. You know what I'm saying?

[Host (Unc)]

I would have you take him.

[Joe Johnson]

I don't know. We'll take him, though. Shoot. You got to go down there to Houston. They got some players that they can swap for him. The big boys, you know, they got some other players that can do it. Houston got a lot of little things that go. And then you got that Sacramento team, they got a lot of little youngsters over there, you know, but you're gonna have to have a three team trade in it. You're gonna have to have three teams and it's gonna be a lot of picks.

[Host (Unc)]

So he got drafted in 2014.

[Joe Johnson]

He been there for 12 years.

[Host (Unc)]

So 2014 to 2025 is 2014 to 20. 2023 is 10 years, 24 is 11 years. His 12th year, he's going to 13.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, going. Yeah, this was his 12th year. Next year.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah. Going to the year 13.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

I don't know, GP.

[Joe Johnson]

I let him go, man. I. I would have to make a change. I just. I'm just saying make a change. I say just come with a new. You got young stars, you got youngsters, little guards, and you know, Shannon, that's what the league is about.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Guards.

[Host (Unc)]

Okay, his first. Check this out, guys. His first two years, he didn't play at all. So 2014-15, 15, 16, he didn't play. The next year he played 31 games. Then he played 63. 64, 51, 51. Then the year he won the. The MVP, he played 68. The next year he played 66. Then he played 39. 19, 38. In 10 years, he's played 400. He's averaged 49 games a season. Damn. So he's averaging. Missing 32, 33 games a year. That's 10 years he played. So the first two years, they only count them. He didn't play at all. He did not play a single game in his first two years.

[Joe Johnson]

So he almost missing half of the year every year.

[Host (Unc)]

Every year.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, but we know what he gets on the court.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, that's like.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah, he's a force to be reckoned.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, I know. I know. I'm supposed to get a check every month, but hey, sometimes it comes, sometime it don't, but when it come, it's nice. You living your life like that.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

No.

[Host (Unc)]

Hell no. Any teams ain't gonna live their life like that either.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, I don't think they gonna do that. Ain't too many.

[Host (Unc)]

33 games a year. Think about that, Ocho. Think about it. For wide receiver. Missed five games. Let's just say best one of the top wide receivers in the league in every year.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

17 games. He missed five of them. They gonna move on.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, they gotta go. Like I said, I'm still on the bandwagon of trying a new. Get a new.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

But they. They ain't gonna be able to move on. Man, with that big contract, you got to.

[Joe Johnson]

That's why you got to put a lot of joke. You got to put a lot of

[Host (Unc)]

teams, and you got to take some of it on. Hey, hey, you got to take some of it. GP And Ocho.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, you got to take.

[Host (Unc)]

You gotta take. I'll pay. I'll pay $50 million. I would. I'd be willing to pay 50 million that way. I'll get up out of 142 of it.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

I can't. I can't eat the.

[Joe Johnson]

I can't eat the whole thing. Oh, I wouldn't need it. I wouldn't need it. You didn't tried it out for almost 12 years. What you want to do now? He tried it for 12 years, Ocho say.

[Host (Unc)]

But you know, when he. When he.

[Joe Johnson]

When he.

[Host (Unc)]

When he played, you know what he is?

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Win, especially.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, listen, when he plays, you know what he is, because that's why he's making the money making. And he missed all that damn time.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Y' all know it. It's like. It's like. It's like somebody else having one of your exes being like, oh, she gonna be better with me. That's how. That's how teams gonna look at. Hey, they'd be like, oh, you know what? We'll whip him in some shape. He'll play more games with us. You know what I mean? It's teams, things like that.

[Host (Unc)]

Of course.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

You always do. Hey, yeah, I don't care what she was with him. She ain't gonna be like that with me. I've been. Damn. I see why old boy got up off you.

[Joe Johnson]

You seen why.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, hey, but think about this. In 10 years, 1, 2, 3, 4, he's only played at least 60 games. Four times in 10 years.

[Joe Johnson]

Damn crazy.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

And the boy got some game.

[Joe Johnson]

He played. We ain't saying. We ain't talking about that. We just talk about him being healthy, his availability. Yeah. It's just like. But y' all is just like. AD he got game, too. When he has. When he healthy, he obese, but he just can't stay on the floor.

[Host (Unc)]

AD gonna give you 20. Somewhere between 22 and 25. He gonna give you somewhere between 10 and 12 rebounds. Gonna block you two and a half, three shots a game.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, hey. If y' all ask me, I think these are personal decisions that these guys are making too. Meaning, like, you gotta take care of yourself, bro. In the all season.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Like, it's the off season here. But as a professional player, man, you gotta always stay in some shape.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can't.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You can't come in the camp. You can't come in the camp thinking I almost whip into some shape real quick. Hell no,

[Host (Unc)]

gp. You know, when you got some height you could put some pounds on.

[Joe Johnson]

Easy, easy, easy, easy. So, Joe, how many. How many games you missed? Probably, you think, in your career, bro.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Listen, hold up, gp Ocho, for over a decade, I was an iron man, you know what I mean? Like, to where I didn't miss a game. Like, I really enjoyed playing the game. So I do whatever to make my body feel good or whatever sacrifices I gotta make to be able to be out there on the floor. I was always ready, regardless of the circumstances or the situation I was in. Whether I was the guy or one of the guys or the third, fourth, it didn't matter to me, man. I. I really enjoyed playing the game, so I would never cheat myself like that. So, you know, I think that was honorable in myself just by being mentioned being an iron man, a guy who done played over countless amount of games and never missed a game. So, you know, I always relish that, bro. Like, I. I tried to keep that pace.

[Joe Johnson]

And I tell you, to see, it's a different mindset. I played 17 season. I only missed 25 games.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Damn.

[Joe Johnson]

That's all I miss, 25 games. 17 seasons you gotta enjoy. For six years, I played 82 straight.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, Joe, Joe. From 03 through 06, Joe never missed a game. And then he played 2057, and then he went 82, 79. 76, 72, 60, 72, 79, 80, 81, 57, 24, 78, 55, 32, 23.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Balling like a dog.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Okay, Joe, you. Hey, Joe. You was a little durable out there, huh?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, man. Hey, hey, hey, hey. The best ability is what?

[Host (Unc)]

Availability. Availability.

[Joe Johnson]

Hello.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey. Yeah, Joe. I hope. I hope you're available soon, too.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I'm gonna be. I would be available. Get off of your ass, partner.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah. Hey, hey.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I don't want to hear no excuse me tonight, man. I'm trying to be. It's three something in the morning. Don't play with me tonight, man.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey. Joe, that's the liquor talking. You can't do nothing with me.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, Chad, you talking big, big money.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, gp.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, gp. Man, I'm gonna watch this.

[Joe Johnson]

Gp.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Gp.

[Joe Johnson]

Gp.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

That, man,

[Host (Unc)]

I watched it.

[Joe Johnson]

I watched that, man. Every. Every summary on this big three boy.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, gp. Listen, I seen him play, gp. I know all his moves. I know his mannerisms. I know what he gonna do when he going left. I know when he going right. Gp. One thing about it, I got it right. I got a gift for Gab. And I'm talking about the gameborn like

[Joe Johnson]

Chad, I gotta see this one, man, because that. That. That. They call that. They call him buckets. Straight buckets.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, you know what they call me? Huh? The ISO stopper.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, you Joe. ISO. Stopping. Joe ISO.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, gp. Gp, I got something for his ass. Don't worry about it. I got something for his ass.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, gp, man, thank you for joining us tonight, man. We appreciate that, man. Sorry I was late, but I thought they were gonna pull it out. I didn't really see. I ain't seen it like the last. The last 50 seconds of the game when they. When Chet dunked the ball. Yeah, I just went ahead, I walked on. I said, I don't think they gonna do it.

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[Host (Unc)]

So I just went on, I called my driver. Pull on ride. Let's go ahead and hit the road.

[Joe Johnson]

Thank you guys, man. Anytime, man. You know I'll be back.

[Host (Unc)]

I appreciate it back. I don't know, probably east or Western Conference finals or sometime in the finals. Let's do it. Let's do it.

[Joe Johnson]

Appreciate you guys, man. I'll see y'.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

All.

[Host (Unc)]

All right, guys, have a good one already. All right, guys, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey. This was fun. Hey, we ain't never been up.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, we have.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I don't know, Joe, you age.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

It's 3:20.

[Host (Unc)]

We up there 4 o'.

[Joe Johnson]

Clock.

[Host (Unc)]

Before we get to the super chat, we got more video voicemails from our discord. Let's take a listen.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, what's up? Night, Cat, Fam, Unc, Ocho and ISO.

[Joe Johnson]

This Mother's Day was great. When I decided to reciprocate.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

The energy has been given to me as a dad.

[Joe Johnson]

So I got my grand girl some socks, some tank tops, a couple of bras and some underwear.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You wouldn't you believe it. She was not happy with.

[Joe Johnson]

She's like, I don't want this stuff. I said, neither did I. I got her some flowers. But I told her depending on how Father's Day this year, Christmas this year goes, will determine how Valentine's Day and

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Mother's Day goes in your birthday.

[Joe Johnson]

Let's. Let's start reciprocating the energy, fellas.

[Host (Unc)]

Appreciate that.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

What I'm talking about.

[Host (Unc)]

Oh, I like that idea.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, I. I like that idea. Yeah, I really love that idea. Reciprocating the same type of gifts, the same type of energy, the same type of money we spend on him. Listen, if it. If it doesn't come back tenfold the same way we do, we eliminate it. We eliminate it because too many women are getting away with murder. Calling guys providers, calling them. Oh, he a real one, you know. And fellas are getting tricked into buying all this stuff and getting nothing in return. You hear me?

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, I'm here for you. I'm listening to you.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Come on, now. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna preach too much because, you know, three.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, three in the morning.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You get the point.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah. Oh, damn.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

That man said.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, you know. Hey, I just gave him what kind of what I got.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. Hey, okay, we. We know how it goes. Sometime.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, Father's Day coming around here soon. I better get something nice.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You gonna get you some socks, some cologne.

[Host (Unc)]

Here's our second one. Let's take a listen to the second one.

[Joe Johnson]

Ocho. ISO night cat fam. Hey, Joe, man, you had them boys tickling when you was talking about that yoga night out with your old lady, man. You know how them boys is, man. They part of the freak off baby oil community, man. They wanted to hit a full story, I think.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, that guy, he know y' all well, though.

[Host (Unc)]

What should we know as well? That'd be Ocho?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Me, I get it from you now.

[Host (Unc)]

He get it from me. All that stuff you don't talking about. Hey, Joe, you need to get some. You need to get some salt and pepper and spring it in the bed. You need to get some ice. Yo, take a look at my swing set. He done. He done jumped in the swing set. I said I ain't been on the damn sway since I was in elementary school. I know I ain't about to get my big ass boy that's hanging in the door seal.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, y', all, y', all, I'm telling. Y' all gotta get one, man. Hey, hey, Joe, what's that matter of fact you got. You got ceiling fans in the house?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I mean, is it sturdy? Is it.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Is it.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Is it in there sturdy?

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I got one of them big industrial joints up in there.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah, man, why? I got the big industrial commercial one, too.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. What you trying to say? What's. What's going on?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You know, you can hook the swing up to the goddamn Ceiling fan, right? And put it. Put it on.

[Host (Unc)]

You're gonna have it like the swing at the fair.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I'm saying. I'm saying. What, you in it or she in it?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Oh, this time she in it, Joe.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

So how you keep up if she keep going around and around? How you, Joe?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You.

[Host (Unc)]

You.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You in the swing with her, Joe.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, you gonna put a whole damn foundation out.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, listen, you got. You got the industrial one, right? Yeah, yeah, he got the industrial unki.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Good.

[Host (Unc)]

He made the whole. No, 300 plus pounds, Joe. Ocho.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, Joey, that. He ain't that fat.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, I'm 250 here. She. She a hundred something.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, she probably 125. 130.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah, you just got to try it out, though, Joe. But make sure to make sure the ceiling fan is on low.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, man, y' all talk about me Joe over there talking about.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I'm just telling you about personal experience.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

They already know. They already know the order, ojo.

[Host (Unc)]

And then, no, I'm last.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Come on, you gotta chill.

[Host (Unc)]

I'm laughing.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

You gotta chill. I. I don't know how in the hell you think you laugh.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, Ocho. But it beat him. Quiet was doing Ocho.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, look, look.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Oh, yo, don't let. Don't let him draw you in.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Mind you. Hey, hey, they. They sneak up on you, boy? Hey, I ain't. I ain't never heard Joe talk his whole career. I might have heard him say something twice. Boy, he get on here. Boy, he wide open.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, that what I've been saying.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Why, guess what?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Wide open.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Guess why. Look who I'm hanging with. Hell, I'm hanging with two freaks.

[Host (Unc)]

No, no, I'm mild, man. Hey, what y' all want from me? Hey, but I think, Ocho. I think.

[Advertiser/Voiceover]

Hold on.

[Host (Unc)]

I think. I think Ocho. 1. I think you might have been 2 when we took the poll, though, Joe.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Nah, ain't no way I could be, too. It ain't possible. That's not humanly possible.

[Host (Unc)]

I think. I think it would just.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

That's not possible. Nah, I'm. I'm cool with being three. Hey, look, man. Hey, look, just. Just take the audio out and just embrace it. It is what it is. It don't make you no bad, brother.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You know what the funny. You know what the funny thing about. About it is? Is everything I say on here, nobody believes me. But when it comes to that, why am I one?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I could be lying.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I could be lying. I could be making it up.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Now, you the little boy who Cried nobody. Man, all the stuff that you be talking about, bro, they already know who number one.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

But how? Everything I talk about, I say they think it's a lie, but all of a sudden, they believe the stories. They believe.

[Host (Unc)]

They don't believe I be telling the truth. Man, ain't nobody. Ain't no. Ain't no guy pulling no gun on you. Ain't no guy kick no house in or doing on you. Ain't none of that happened to you. But now all of a sudden, they believe it.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. Cause we know they hear you talk about that baby leg. Hey, we ain't crazy, which I want us to play crazy.

[Host (Unc)]

We can play crazy.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

We ain't crazy, though. But they don't.

[Host (Unc)]

But they don't. Hey, the boy from Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Here, he gonna be on.

[Host (Unc)]

What, Joe? I mean, Ocho, they'd be on right now in.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

In Georgia and Florida, right with us.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

So don't try to leave y' all ass.

[Host (Unc)]

The Florida boys, they'd be on. They'd be down a different type of time.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey, hey. We. Listen. We. We just living. That's all.

[Host (Unc)]

Is that what it is?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah, that's what life is about. Life is about living. Life is about experiencing as much as you can before you leave earth.

[Host (Unc)]

Well, you don't got a lot of experience, Ocho. Let's take a listen to the third.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I'm not finished.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

What's up, Nikot Family? I've been rocking with y' all since day one. I love the show. I just got one quick question. If everybody's NFL team had the greatest

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

players on there, which team will be the greatest team?

[Joe Johnson]

Love y'.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

All and stay safe. Ooh, man, that's a Cowboys. They ain't even. They ain't even funny. They ain't even close.

[Joe Johnson]

Whoo.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I mean, our.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Our great.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Our greatest players, like, our greatest players at each position. I mean, we'd be nice, but, I mean, I think Denver would probably supersede us, and obviously the Cowboys best players would supersede us as well.

[Host (Unc)]

But you. But you. But you think about it. Oh, so it's just. It's just between us.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah. The best.

[Host (Unc)]

Probably Cowboy.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Best players at each position on our team.

[Host (Unc)]

Probably the Cowboys.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah, easily.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I appreciate y' all for being honest. I know it took a lot. I know they took a lot out of y', all, man.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Well, you got to think, Joe. We talk about all the best players at each position.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

For the Cowboys throughout the years. I mean.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah. I mean, think about how many Defensive linemen, they got in the hall of fame. They got Randy White, Bob Lilly, Charles Haley.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Offense, they got. They got Roger Stallback, Troy Aikman. Wide receiver, they got Irvin Bob Hayes, Pearson. Running backs, they got Tony D. Emmett. Offensive lineman, they got Larry Allen.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Larry.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Defense.

[Host (Unc)]

They. They. Yeah. I mean, yeah, yeah. Dbs, I think. I think was her battle defense for them. They got time. We got. We got not. I mean, we got a nice little roster now. We got a nice little roster. Hey, quarterback, we bust your head. Cause we got Peyton and 7. Y' all quarterbacks ain't seeing our quarterback.

[Joe Johnson]

Nope.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

I mean, starback Romo Dak, your best.

[Host (Unc)]

So your two best quarterbacks better than Peyton and seven.

[Joe Johnson]

Okay.

[Host (Unc)]

All right, let's take a listen to the last one.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Hey, to our favorite unk to Frico Cinco and steal King ISO. I want to say thank you guys so much for the shout out. My mom had her breast cancer surgery. She's doing well. They said they found nothing left after they cleaned it all out. So we're in. We're in a good spot. She wanted me to thank you guys personally, say she really appreciated it. It brought her spirits up and she even loved Unhoudini act during that video. Thank you guys. And please, guys, can I get a birthday shout out, please and thank you. And if you guys can please show back up to Cali, show us some love out here for the live shows. We want to see you guys again. We need you later.

[Host (Unc)]

Appreciate you, man. I'm glad your mom is doing well.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

That's what.

[Host (Unc)]

That's what the power of prayer is. Stay prayed up. Know that we're still pulling for. And happy birthday to you, bro. Appreciate the support everybody that comes in and that's been rocking with us. I mean, you look at, you know, we get 20 and 30, 000. And like you said, Ocho, we had 23000 in the chat. And here it is almost 4 o' clock in the morning and we still got pulling the numbers that we pull in. So we can't thank you enough. And as you hear it, I know sometimes it gets redundant. None of this happens without you. So again, thank you. Glad your mom's doing much better. And happy birthday to you guys.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yes, sir.

[Host (Unc)]

Zombie underscore Turtle.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Sorry, but that's J.

[Host (Unc)]

That boy, he legit. I've seen him play several times. You ain't got to convince me. You ain't convinced. You ain't got to convince me. I saw it up close and personal. This is about the third time that I've seen him play up close and personal. And he's better in. Every time I watch him, he's better than the last damn time.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, hey, but get the Lakers credit. This is the first game he really got out in this series. Yeah, but it was the best one. He was special.

[Host (Unc)]

And that's what the greats do when you absolutely got to have it. Yeah, he went and got it. Kaleidoscope brawn to the wizard this summer trade the bonds of Braun Ad Sar.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, that was funny. That was funny. No, that was funny.

[Host (Unc)]

Damn. Fresh out the Reno with it like doordash. Yeah, but hey, like I said. Hey, what's. Man, I thought, what you call them travel, too? Did he travel, Joe? Did they replay it? Did he travel? Chat when he dunked the ball and got. And put him up one.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I don't know if he traveled. I. I don't remember. I don't know if he traveled, though.

[Host (Unc)]

Hey, nightcap. I just turned 19 today. I think I just want to say I love watching while I'm at work and while I work out. Love you guys. I appreciate that, Jordan. Thank you guys for the support. Appreciate it. Hey, man, I was close. As a matter of fact, like two. Two chairs down was Eddie. Eddie was two. Two chairs down from me. Jimmy Iovine was the chair next to him. Then it was another guy and my partner that. That we shared the tickets with. He was there, but, boy, man, look at. Man, when you go there, ain't nothing but protects. Ain't nothing but aps. Ain't nobody wearing no. Ain't nobody wearing no. As a matter of fact, I think Jimmy. Jimmy Iovine might have had a Apple watch on, but everybody else, man. Oh, it's ridiculous. Yeah, Guy was telling me, say, man, the guy said, I got across the. Crossed away from. He said, yeah. He said, man, he tried to put a. You try to put a million. A million dollars on the over. I said, what was. I said, what was it? He said, 214 and a half, he said, but he tried to call 10 minutes before, and the book, he wouldn't take it. Damn. So he the one. Because they scored two. They scored what was 216. But the bookie wouldn't take it. I say, a million. I said,

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, don't worry about it.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, hey, you wouldn't even been able to enjoy.

[Host (Unc)]

Me and Ocho, we had this conversation. That's what I was telling Nocho. That's why the people get so upset. They can't enjoy the game because they look into how many catches does he got, how many yards has he got, how many tackles does he have? Is he under this? Is he over that? What's the score? So you can't enjoy the game to watch it. Because you watching all the. Because you so tied up my parlay, man, I just need A.J. brown to get this. When I need chase to have 10 catches, well, I need this guy to have 42 yards. Well, I need this defense to man you how you enjoy it.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You know what the funny thing about it is? The, the I, I don't want to be disrespectful to those that gamble. When you have people that gamble at that level spending that kind of money, you know, a million dollars on a game, whatever they doing it for, I don't think there is is serious about it. I think they will go there and enjoy the game seal and not be so caught up in, in all the semantics of it. And who does what. Because okay, if I lose, I lose. To be able to have a million dollars to lose anyway, you ain't really tripping. You ain't tripping like that. As opposed to someone else that's relying on players to do what they need to do to make sure they ask you a question.

[Host (Unc)]

When you go, when you go watch the Bengals, can you enjoy the game?

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Oh, a lovely.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I can't.

[Host (Unc)]

Not when the raw. I can't enjoy the game. Cause I want them to win.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You can't.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Oh, okay. But they just, you know, it ain't like I just go watch somebody else. I ain't got no vested interest in it. I could just sit back like whatever.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey.

[Host (Unc)]

Oh yeah. He's scored. Okay, good. Oh, they gotta pick. Okay, good. Not when I'm playing. Watching the Bronco.

[Joe Johnson]

Hell no,

[Host (Unc)]

I can't. I can't watch no game like that. Bass Zion, my boy is trash. We got a long way to go swept and embarrassed. We need some real two way guards, a true center. Trey Luca ar for Giannis. Damn.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Well, I think right now, especially Laker fans, they're prisoners of the moment. You gotta understand, you didn't have your leading score in the NBA, which is Luca. Hell, he probably would at least got you a game, maybe even two. But I mean, you were under man, you know, throughout this whole series, nobody. I mean, getting swept didn't surprise me.

[Host (Unc)]

All I'm saying is why couldn't we get this effort all four games? Why we just took it this game right here? Because think about it, Joe. They didn't play. They play. They Play good for a quarter. Game 3. They played good for a half tonight. They played good the whole game. Yeah, they lost. But I'm like, bro, this is the kind of effort that we needed.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Why take Rui out? Who's your best shooter for Cleaver? Who did. Didn't play all. Didn't I tell y' all the only time I want him in the game. You up 40 or you down 40. And I won't. You and I won't. I won't ruin shooting the shot while you're bull jabbing.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, he was hot. He been hot. All damn serious.

[Host (Unc)]

Shadow doing the intro from the car. Handling business like he's in studio. Big play shade still at it. I started let oo. I figured, ooh. But Ocho ain't got the problem, so I. He could. I figured I better go ahead and take it. Take it over.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Hey, hey, you got. Hey, you got. I'm doing. We own tomorrow.

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah, we let Joe do it. We let Joe take it over.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

All right.

[Host (Unc)]

The bad kills on up. Why did you let ISO and Ocho open up while you in the car? Hey, all I can do is I can hear the countdown. And then when they threw it to me, I just went. But if they had started, I'd have let them finish. Loud City is about to be turned up. I'm big tip my hat in LA. They made it tougher than I thought. Up 12. Hey. Yeah, the Lakers came back. I mean, it's. It's just so hard when you're so defensively challenged and when you get down because it's so hard for you to get stopped. And if you do so happen to get back in the game, you so exhausted, Joe and Ocho from getting yourself back in the game. That's really hard for you to get that push to get over the hump.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Deshaun up. Today is the 12th. Hope to the. Today is kind for you and your family. Happy birthday, Granny. Yeah. Yeah, it's definitely. Yeah. It's May 12th. Man, these days start to run together so fast, man, because, you know, you're on the road and you're doing Nightcap five, six days, I think last month we did 24 shows in 30 days. But yeah, man, I'm. I'm gonna get off to myself tomorrow and talk to her, let her know that her baby doing okay, and I still miss her. Claire leban. James latrash. James Lebrick, James Jordan. The Goat.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

All right, Come on, now.

[Host (Unc)]

I hope my relationship becomes as strong as UNC's Wi Fi signal right now. Jay, Andy, Don. Goodbye, everybody. Besides Luca Ruig. Luca, Rui, Luke consistently three and smart. Time to use the three first round picks on our payroll. Nick Claxton, DeAndre Hunter. Stay close to your phone. Rob Polinka calling. I like Claxton. I like his energy.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, there'll be some picos.

[Host (Unc)]

Okay. Came on. Looking like, looking like a 5 heartbeat. I know ug and ocho can't read, but someone explained to me why was Rui not on the laugh of the last shot we had.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

You said Canard. You said Canard wasn't out there either.

[Host (Unc)]

Didn't. No, I, I, I think, hold on. GP said because he thought they like the defensive situation because they wanted to get a stop. They got to stop and they went, I guess they went ahead and play because like I said, I had left once they got down one, I, I, I had left and I guess they had missed a shot. And then I guess Shay made two free throws and now they're down three. And so I, I don't, like I said, I, I didn't see, I just did see that what you call them, they made a substitution. So I, I don't, I don't, I don't know. That is something that. Did they ask, did they ask JJ at the, did they ask him during his press conference why wasn't really on the floor for that three point attempt?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

No, I don't think the answer, but I think you talking about the three that, that Austin Reeves end up shooting, right?

[Host (Unc)]

Yeah.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

I think the play was for Austin Reeves for him to shoot the ball, period, point blank. I don't think he was passing. If y' all just want me to be honest. Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Pinch Flint the season on the line. Rui on the bench. Thunder and foe. Shaking my head. I'm shaking my head too. Nightcap fam dog here. Never seen a seven footer like deandre Ayton not do anything out there. He's useless. Then he goes out of net dominating chain like he's shacking the Lakers uniform. What?

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Hey, but that's why you got to get big guys like him involved early. Because if you don't, his ass ain't gonna be engaged the whole game.

[Host (Unc)]

Joe, it is so hard to get him involved early because I get it. Don't really do nothing to help you. I can't double.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah. You know what? He hadn't, he, he hadn't really been that lob threat. And when you hit him in them little pocket. Yeah. So, I mean, I really don't know what you do?

[Host (Unc)]

The Convo started up. DeAndre only dominating the bench. He got that chain for the Chinese league he about to debut in next year. For all you go Lego haters, MJ never saw half the talent Brian faced in his career. Let's be real here. Teams were specially built to beat LeBron.

[Joe Johnson]

Look.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Oh, yeah, no question.

[Joe Johnson]

Of course.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yeah, no question.

[Host (Unc)]

It's just bad. I just. I. I didn't see nothing like this. I mean, to watch OKC in, In. In person, it's crazy. It is crazy. I. I mean to. To watch a. A team that just click on all. I saw the Heat, but it was in the finals. I never saw the Heat in the regular season game. I didn't see Shaq and Kobe in their prime in a regular season game. I could imagine. I saw him when they came to Denver, but I don't even. I don't even think Shaq played that day. That night. I saw Jordan in the 90s, those Bulls teams. But this thing, you. You got to see this thing, the way they operate, it's. It's a thing of beauty to watch. That completes this episode of Nightcap. We've got a series in the Cleveland Detroit, because it's two. Two headed back to Detroit.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Yep.

[Host (Unc)]

And the OKC Thunder, they took care of business tonight. And they got an outstanding performance from a Jay Mitchell and Shay, and that was the difference in the ball game. Even though the Lakers played extremely well, I think they maxed out minus the turnovers. Maybe Instead of having 19, if they have 15, they win the game. But give OKC credit because that's what they do. They're the number one defense. They turn you over. And they did that tonight. And that's why they're moving on to the Western Conference finals for the second. For the what? The third year in a row. For the third year in a row.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

Yeah.

[Host (Unc)]

Please make sure you hit that subscribe. Oh, before we get into that, y'

[Ocho (Co-host)]

all know who I am.

[Host (Unc)]

I'm your favorite. That's my partner and co host.

[Ocho (Co-host)]

Ah.

[Host (Unc)]

He's a pro bowler and an all pro. He's Chad Ochocinko Johnson. And the seven time NBA all star from the Atlanta Hawks, he's ISO Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed, wherever you get your podcast from. Thank you for your support because none of this is possible. Thank you guys. And I apologize for having to start the show in the vehicle. But hey, I got here as soon as I possibly could. I was hoping I could bring better news. I tried to stay as long as I could but then you know, the last 50 seconds say, you know what, it's time to go ahead and make it. So I headed out. So thank you guys for bearing with us. We really appreciate you guys supporting us. Again, thank you for your support and you continue support those looking to purchase a bottle of shade by Laportier. Head over to laportierconjac.com if it's currently unavailable. Any state or city near you. It is a premium VSOP cognac that drinks like an XO compared against other cognacs you've tried or looking to try and you'll see we have the best tasting, smoothest cognac on the market. Please drink responsibly and stay safe. Thunder beat the Lakers to Sweep the series 115 to 110. Shay was sensational tonight. He had 35 points, made 12 and 15 free throws. A Jay Mitchell was 28 points, four assists, four steals. Excuse me. On 12 of 18 shooting.

[Chad Ochocinco Johnson]

And

[Host (Unc)]

Donovan Mitchell, 39 second half points, had an opportunity to break Sleepy Floyd's record in which he scored 39 points with 29 seconds. He made the first one to tie the record, missed the second that would have broke the record. But he had four points in the first half, ends up with 43 banks to score in 39 in the second half. 15 points in a big 24:0 run with the last 12 seconds of the first half in the first six minutes of the third quarter to kind of break the ball game open. And they got an outstanding game. I think they got 2411 from James Harden. Y' all know who I am. I'm your favorite unc. He's Ocho. He's ISO. Thank you for joining us. We'll see you tomorrow night.

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