Nightcap Hour 2: Wizards WIN NBA LOTTERY + Anthony Davis is KEY to #1 PICKS + Ric Flair TAKES SHOT At Luka + LaMelo Ball Has FIRST Child

Summary

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Nightcap (Shay Shay Media & Playmaker)

Hour 2: Wizards Win NBA Lottery, Anthony Davis & #1 Picks, Ric Flair vs. Luka, LaMelo’s First Child

Date: May 11, 2026
Hosts: Shannon Sharpe (“Joe”) & Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson (“Uncle Ocho”), plus guests

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the instant fallout from the NBA Draft Lottery, where the Washington Wizards snagged the #1 pick. Shannon and Ocho break down what the win means for the Wizards, dissect wild trade scenarios, and examine the odd pattern connecting Anthony Davis trades with lottery luck. The show also detours into reactions to Ric Flair’s public shot at injured Lakers star Luka Dončić, and the impact of big-market expectations. Additional highlight: a quick nod to LaMelo Ball welcoming his first child.

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NBA Draft Lottery Reactions

[03:04–07:54]

• Wizards secure #1 pick despite not having the worst record—continuing a 7-year trend where the worst teams miss out on top selection.

• Other top picks:

  • #2: Utah Jazz
  • #3: Memphis Grizzlies
  • #4: Chicago Bulls
  • Clippers, Nets, Kings, and others follow.

• Pacers’ misfortune: Lost their 2026 pick (ends up #5) to Clippers due to February trade for Ivica Zubac, doubling their pain after a losing season.

  • Shannon commiserates:

    “Sometimes you got the dice. Hey, you roll the dice. Sometimes you hit a point, sometimes you roll snake eyes... They rolled snake eyes now.” (04:08, Joe)

• Depth of draft class:

  • Ocho contends this year is “so deep,” and even lower picks could fetch star potential, making the Zubac trade sting for Indy.

    “This draft is so deep... real stars gonna come in and gonna come into the league...” (05:13, Uncle Ocho)

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Trade Scenarios & "Anthony Davis Pick Curse"

[06:16–12:44, 21:32–22:01]

• Utah’s longing for #1: Ocho toys with Utah trading up, suggesting big packages or swapping Markkanen for the top pick. Joe counters:

  “I need more than that. Give me eight. I need A.D. Do you want the Bonza or not?” (06:16, Joe)

• Every time Anthony Davis is traded... the acquiring team lands the #1 pick soon after:

  • New Orleans dealt Davis → landed Zion (#1, 2019)
  • Mavericks traded for Davis → got top pick
  • Wizards now traded for Davis → win 2026 lottery

    “Anthony Davis is the key to getting number one pick... So right now, he three for three.” (21:32, Joe)
    “Isn’t that ironic?” (21:53, Uncle Ocho)

• On Washington’s dilemma:

  • Debates if the Wizards should keep the pick or trade down.
  • Comparing possible trades to the mega-deal for Paul George and speculation of Utah’s willingness to give up numerous unprotected picks.
  • In the end, both agree the Wizards should likely hold onto the pick unless Utah “come with some sweet.”

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Potential Draft Order (Top Four) & Team Fits

[13:14–14:37]

• #1: The Bonza (AJ Dybantsa) to Wizards (“He’ll be a 20+ scorer from day one...” [07:55, Uncle Ocho])

• #2: Peterson to Utah (assumption)

• #3: Boozer to Memphis (especially if Jaren Jackson is traded)

• #4: Caleb Wilson to Chicago (“He gonna be a star. He gonna be an all-star in this league...” [14:13, Uncle Ocho])

• Side discussion on Memphis' picks (#3 & #16) and opportunity to rebuild.

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Ric Flair’s Shot at Luka Dončić & Injury Discourse

[27:26–34:33]

• Ric Flair’s public criticism:

  “$46 million and you can’t play? OMG. I would jump off the Empire State Building with a parachute for $46 million a year and I don’t even know how to pull the cord...” (27:40, Ric Flair, quoted by Joe)

• Reactions:

  • Hosts defend Luka, explain the reality of injuries (grade 2 hamstring) and debunk fan expectations around “toughness.”

    “The money has nothing to do with your availability. If you hurt, you hurt. Grade two hamstring, that’s nothing to play with.” (28:16, Analyst)

  • Ocho:

    “Die hard Laker fans, man, it’s just hard when you watch the Lakers battle and they don’t have him out there...that hamstring is just tricky.” (28:33, Uncle Ocho)

• Luka’s reputation and style:

  • Chronic postseason injuries recounted.
  • Joking about Europeans never being “cut up” like Dwight Howard:

    “Those Europeans, they not built like that... It is, okay, they can ball, but we expect them to have these deep, you know, yoked up bodies. That ain’t how they’re built.” (29:29, Joe)

• “If you’re giving teams 34 a night...” The mix of Luka’s lifestyle and performance:

  “If you go give somebody 34 a night, I don’t think that too many teams gonna tell you to put down the hookah and... the Bud.” (30:07, Joe)

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High-Pressure Franchises & the "Championship or Bust" Mentality

[32:06–36:22]

• Lakers:

  “The Lakers... you’re measured by championship. Whether you’re drafted there or you’re traded there, that’s what you’re judged by because that’s what the expectations are.” (32:11, Joe)

  • Recap of the Lakers’ 10 championships from 1980–2010, and the “spoiled” fanbase expecting only finals and rings.

• Patriots Comparison:

  • How being drafted by the Patriots during the 20-year dynasty meant knowing only winning — and the dangers of that mindset.

  “Imagine getting drafted by the Patriots, bro... all you know is winning, bro.” (35:52, Uncle Ocho)

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Other Notable Moments

Throughout

• Pat Riley, Miami, and the “adult entertainment” culture:
  • Jokes about James Harden’s off-court habits and Miami’s 24/7 player surveillance.
• LaMelo Ball’s first child:
  • Brief mention amidst the NBA talk; acknowledged but not deeply discussed.

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Memorable Quotes

• On risky trades:

  “No risk, no reward, no risk it, no biscuit, whatever the terminology you want to use...” (04:24, Joe)

• On Luka’s European “build”:

  “Will you ever see the European, like, cut up? ...Giannis, never. Jokic, never. Luka, that's just— they not built like that... It is, okay, they can ball, but we expect them to have these deep, you know, yoked up bodies.” (29:29, Joe)

• On NBA “pick luck” with Anthony Davis:

  “Every time you trade Anthony Davis, you get the number one pick.” (07:00, Joe)

• On Lakers culture:

  “In LA, they want championships. That’s all that matters.” (32:10, Joe)

• On fan expectations:

  “When you win, that’s the expectation is that you supposed to win all the time.” (34:39, Joe)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:04 – Start of NBA draft lottery discussion
• 04:08 – Pacers/Zubac trade fallout and risk vs. reward
• 07:00 – Jokes about the “Anthony Davis curse” and #1 picks
• 14:08 – Player/team fits and prediction for picks 1–4
• 21:32 – Anthony Davis–#1 pick pattern revisited
• 27:26 – Ric Flair’s shot at Luka and host reactions
• 29:29 – Luka’s body/lifestyle analyzed in NBA context
• 32:06 – Lakers’ championship-or-bust ethos
• 35:52 – Patriots comparison and dangers of winning culture

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Tone & Style

The episode embodies a lively, playful banter with cutting insight, sports knowledge, and on-the-spot debates. Unc and Ocho swing between sharp analysis, locker-room comedy, and veteran wisdom—with recurring ribbing, classic sports metaphors, and a “keep it 100” energy throughout.

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Summary prepared for listeners wanting a complete breakdown of the episode’s sports insight, pop culture moments, and the ever-quick wit of Shannon Sharpe and Ochocinco.

Transcript

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[Joe]

Okay, we finna transition after teams with the worst record in the NBA each of the previous seven drafts failed to land the top overall pick, the Washington Wizards with 1864 came out with the top pick. Washington was followed by Utah, tied for the fourth best odds at number two. The Grizzlies had the sixth best odds. They got the third pick. The Bulls the ninth best odds. They got the fourth pick and the remaining Clippers, Nets, Kings, Hawks, Maverick, Bucs, warriors, okc, Heat, Hornet. The Pacers found themselves on the wrong end of the lottery. Look. Sunday, losing their 2026 first round draft pick, president of Basketball operation Kevin Pritchard addressed the fan base frustrated with that. The season full of losing didn't add a high draft choice thanks to trading for the LA Clipper Center Zoobox in February. This is what he said. I'm really sorry to all our fans. I own taking the risk. Surprise. It came up a fifth after this year I thought we'd do some luck, but please remember this team deserved a starting center to compete with the best teams next year. We have always been resilient, Joe. Sometimes you got the dice. Hey, you roll the dice. Sometimes you hit a point, sometimes you roll snake eyes. Hello, they roll snake eyes now. So basically they traded the fifth pick in the draft. Not for Jokic, not for Wemby. Zubox is a double double guy, but I don't know if anybody would have been willing to trade the fifth pick in the draft for Zubots. And that's not a knock on him. But they rolled a dice and the dice didn't roll out, Nick. Turnover in their favor. You like what Kevin Pritchard said? You like the risk? No risk, no reward, no risk. It no biscuit, whatever the terminology you want to use. Do you like the what? The Pacers? You did? You like them going for it?

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, listen, if you're a Pacers fan, yeah, you pissed off, okay. But I, I ain't mad that they, you know, went out on the limb, bro. You gotta. You got you a nice big. And Zubot. But this draft is so deep, Uncle Ocho. Meaning, I. I think it's some. Some real. Real stars gonna come in and gonna come into the league in this draft that. I know they feel like they missed out on a golden opportunity, bro, but at the fifth pick, just so tough, man. It's tough. I don't. I mean, I don't know what you're doing. I don't know what you're gonna do with that.

[Joe]

If you'd have Utah said. Damn it. We were so close.

[Uncle Ocho]

They still making. They might can package something and get the number one pick. I feel like they.

[Joe]

They're not. I don't. I don't. You. You think the Wizards gonna give up the Bonza?

[Uncle Ocho]

Why they.

[Joe]

Why they say.

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[Joe]

Are you saying package the number one pick? What you mean? What they giving up, man?

[Uncle Ocho]

Maybe they give up Markerman and.

[Joe]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We don't want to give a marketing.

[Uncle Ocho]

No.

[Joe]

Okay, give us y'. All. So that means. Hold on. Washington got it. So that means we're just gonna flip.

[Uncle Ocho]

We just gonna flip. Pigs. We're gonna give y' all one, and we just gonna take two.

[Joe]

Oh, no, no, no, no. I need more than that. Give me eight. I need A.D. Do you want the bonds or not?

[Uncle Ocho]

Can we have a serious discussion here?

[Joe]

Okay, let's go.

[Uncle Ocho]

I already got Jaren Jackson Jr. And Lori Markerman. What the hell you gonna do with A.D.

[Joe]

well, I'm gonna. I tell you what. We. We'll get y' all Jerry Jackson.

[Uncle Ocho]

Listen, listen, if I'm Washington, all right, don't move on the pig, man. Go draft the Bonzo. Put him with Trey Young and Andy. Hell, it seemed like. Hey, I seen something today. Every time you trade Anthony Davis, you get the number one pick.

[Joe]

Absolutely. You. That the Mavericks. You got Cooper flag.

[Uncle Ocho]

He left. He left New Orleans. You got Zion? Yep. You just. Hey.

[Joe]

He just. Cameras called the Bonzo looking less enthusiastic about Washington winning. The lottery pick lady said, I'm excited. Obviously wanted to be the number one pick. Working to be the number one pick, so it'll be exciting. Great opportunity. Joe, how does the Bonza Anthony Davis, Trey Young sound in Washington?

[Uncle Ocho]

It sounds good. It's in the Eastern Conference. Debonza is from Massachusetts, Uncle Ocho, so, hell, he back on the East Coast. He close to home. I mean, the Wizards will do, bro, for a start. And what better way or better two veterans to have Trae Young and Anthony Davis. In this prolific score at the 23 spot. You know, learning from these guys and them guys showing him the rope, that's kind of what. That's kind of what Dallas wanted to do with Cooper. Flag.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Ocho]

You know what I mean? And I feel like AJ Is ready for the moment. Meaning, yeah, It'll be a 20 plus score from day one. We need Trey. Trey. They're gonna need Trey Young to average about 12, 13 assists.

[Joe]

Oh, he could do that. I definitely believe he can do a double double.

[Uncle Ocho]

What? Oh, yeah, I know he can do a double double. I'm saying he ain't gotta be 25 and 12, but he can be anywhere from 18 to 22 a night, Uncle Ocho. And 10 to 12 assists. Hopefully he can be a double double guy. I feel like, man, that's a. That's a decent damn team if you ask me.

[Joe]

It's being reported. The Wizards would report. Would consider trading down from the number one pot spot per Jake Fisher.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe]

Well, Utah. Utah say. I tell you what they say. Look here. What y'. All. What y' all want to do? What y' all want to do? I will need. I'm gonna need your next. Your next four picks unprotected.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, hey, hey, hold on. We just. We gonna. We just gonna swap one and two, and I'm gonna send you. I'm gonna send you an all star caliber player with it. How about that?

[Joe]

I want your next four unprotected lottery picks. Do you want him or not? I'm gonna do you like, hey, I'm gonna do what you call them. Say, hey, hey, the Clippers and okc. Y' all won't. Y' all want Paul George and y' all want Paul George or not? Because I want three or four unprotected lottery picks. Now, do you want him or not? Hey, you. I'm about to hang up.

[Uncle Ocho]

Take your emotion down. Just listen. Just listen to me. We both. We both at the bottom of the barrel right now, okay?

[Joe]

But I got number one.

[Uncle Ocho]

I don't know why you trying to. Why you trying to take everything I got. I'm trying to help you. You can help me.

[Joe]

I want your help. Right now you're in no position to help anybody.

[Uncle Ocho]

Huh?

[Joe]

Right now you can't help me. I got the number one pick. So you know what? I tell you what I tell you what I do. You know what, Joe, you got in the closet space over there? Hang this up. Click. You see what I did to. About your. He over there trying to. He tried to T. B We both in a bad spot, you call me. So I'm thinking if you call me, that means you in a worse spot than me.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm giving you. I wanna. I'm. I'm giving you the number two pick, which is gonna probably be Darren Peterson. And I'm gonna give you.

[Joe]

I don't want it. Well, oh, if Darren Peterson gonna be so good, he falling right in your lap. Won't you just go ahead and take it if you want him so much?

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, listen, we've invested so much in AJ that we gotta have him in Utah, you know?

[Joe]

Exactly. And that's the thing. And guess what, Ocho and Joe, I know you need it. Guess what? I'm gonna get everything I part. Because guess the thing is, when you make a deal in desperation, you give up more than what you should. And guess what, Utah desperate, they need. He went to high school in Utah. He went to college in Utah.

[Sports Analyst]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, Uncle Joe, I don't. I don't really see them giving up that number one pick. Obviously, Washington is trying to improve. Why would you give up the number one pick? You already got 80. You got Trey Young.

[Joe]

You.

[Sports Analyst]

You. You wanna. You wanna change that atmosphere down in. Down in D.C. i don't see. I don't see him doing it. I don't see him doing it.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, I don't. I don't see him doing it either. Unless Utah come with some sweet. They're gonna have to come with a sweet deal.

[Joe]

I want you. I want the next three, four up. Hold on. Joe, you do realize. Think about what Orlando gave up for Desmond Bain. Four unprotected lottery picks. Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

For A.J. hell yeah. We'll give you that. We'll give you that.

[Joe]

You said no.

[Uncle Ocho]

And well, I took back to my man.

[Joe]

I hung up on you.

[Uncle Ocho]

We had. We had. We had a discussion, and now I'm coming back to the table.

[Joe]

Nah, too late now it's five. It's fine. I don't move it up.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's okay. That's okay. We'll do it. Listen, and we're gonna send you. And we're gonna send you an all star caliber player with him.

[Joe]

Who.

[Uncle Ocho]

Who you want?

[Joe]

Yeah, I got nobody but AD and what you call him?

[Sports Analyst]

Trey Young.

[Joe]

Trey Young. So what do we. What if we take. What if we take that number one. What if we. Okay, we swap and we.

[Uncle Ocho]

Now I'm talking about Utah. Utah gonna give you.

[Joe]

Yeah, we're gonna give y'.

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[Joe]

Y' all want the boxes, y' all want the opportunities. So I Tell you what we do. Just so y' all don't do no monkey business, we'll select him and trade him to you. You remember how they did? You remember how Jameson and Vince Carter and they just. Kenny hard and they just changed. Hey, come here. Your cap. Don't even put it on your head. Give him your cap. You take his cap.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. Penny Hardaway, Chris Weber, same thing.

[Joe]

Yes, yes. That's what we're gonna do.

[Uncle Ocho]

Well, listen, listen. Anyway, any way we can get him in Utah, we. We're. We're here and, you know, hopefully we can make something happen.

[Joe]

Because think about it. You got George. You like Keonte George. Joe, he can flat out score. You put it with a point guard. You got marketing. You got a. You got a Triple J.

[Uncle Ocho]

That Ace Bailey.

[Joe]

Hey. Yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, man. But anyway, let's say you go down to three to Memphis. Who you go with? You going with Boozer? Comparing with Edie? Yeah. Yeah.

[Joe]

I don't think you got no toy, or what you gonna put it. You hold on. Is job there or not there?

[Uncle Ocho]

Now, Jack gone, he gonna be gone.

[Joe]

Well, if that's the case, all things being equal, I think. A point. I think. I think Acuff works better there.

[Uncle Ocho]

You think Acuff works better in Memphis? They got Acuff going to the Brooklyn nets at 6. I ain't gonna lie. I like that spot. I know. Now, I know a.k.a. probably want to go higher, meaning he probably wouldn't mind being a top three pick. But if I'm keeping with y', all, I don't want to see Acuff in Memphis. I want to see him in the big city. I want to see him in Brooklyn.

[Joe]

What about. What about Wilson? Caleb Wilson? The guy from North Carolina?

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey.

[Sports Analyst]

Hey, he nice, Joe.

[Uncle Ocho]

Chicago, number four. Yeah, they got a nice young squad over there. He gonna fit in. He gonna be a star. He gonna be an all star in this league, Uncle Joe.

[Sports Analyst]

So hold on, hold on. You got Kaylee Wilson going number four.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, I got him going.

[Sports Analyst]

So you got. The Bonds are going one. Who you got going to? Peterson.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Sports Analyst]

So who? Three.

[Joe]

Three.

[Sports Analyst]

Oh, that's right. That's right. I forgot about booze. Hey, so where Booze gonna go?

[Uncle Ocho]

You gonna go to Memphis?

[Sports Analyst]

Nah, Joe.

[Uncle Ocho]

What you mean? Now? Look, they just gave up Jan Jackson, so now they. They gonna replace that with Boo.

[Sports Analyst]

They're gonna fit. Okay?

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[Sports Analyst]

You right. You right, you right.

[Uncle Ocho]

You right. Oh, and you got big Edie over there.

[Joe]

And don't.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hold on.

[Joe]

Don't Memphis get Orlando's pick do they? Let's see. I think they get Warning.

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[Joe]

They had to give up four first round picks to get. Bang.

[Uncle Ocho]

That must be a later first round.

[Joe]

Yeah, I think.

[Sports Analyst]

If I can be.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, I can't.

[Joe]

Hold on. Oh, so at 14.

[Uncle Ocho]

What's that?

[Joe]

Okay, 14 and 18. So. So when does what you call them get the. When does Memphis get Orlando picks? Oh, Phoenix. Because they got Desmond Bain. Detroit. No, well, Phoenix. No, no. Bane was a free agent. He went to Houston as a. As a free agent. Right? Remember? But when. Excuse me. Dylan Brooks went as a free agent. So I'm trying to figure out who did they get over there. Okay. Okay. Memphis has 3 and 16, and the 16 is from Phoenix. Okay. So they can. They can build up pretty good. They get a good, solid pick, number three. They get another pick at 16. Yeah, I just trade y'. All. They might get. I mean, get a solid player.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah. I mean, because when you think about it and you look at it, I don't really think Josh did the coach system, bro. You know, he came in, he kind of changed the system. He using that overseas system.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Ocho]

Ass cut, you know, catch and shoot and. Yeah, yeah. Job box office, bro. You know?

[Sports Analyst]

Hey, you know where he gonna be at, though, Joe?

[Uncle Ocho]

I hope he do go down there.

[Joe]

Ain't gonna.

[Sports Analyst]

Joe, he. He looking for a place down here right now, so we ain't. We ain't got nothing to worry about.

[Joe]

Well, you know. Hey, Joe, they're gonna. Probably won't wear Tyler hero.

[Sports Analyst]

That's fine.

[Uncle Ocho]

They're gonna get Tyler hero.

[Sports Analyst]

That's fine.

[Joe]

But my thing is, I don't understand. You felt. You felt. So you could have had James Harden.

[Uncle Ocho]

Who?

[Joe]

The Heat. And they didn't want to get up off Hero.

[Uncle Ocho]

You saying they could have got James Harden win a couple of years ago

[Joe]

when he was available, but they didn't want to give up hero.

[Uncle Ocho]

I think they wanted to. I don't think they really wanted James Harden that bad. Man.

[Joe]

Can you imagine James Harden with. With. With. Bam?

[Uncle Ocho]

I can't imagine James Harden in Miami. Yeah, that's why I can't imagine.

[Joe]

Well, you know, they got. They got some nice adult entertainment.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, he. Hey, James, like the party. Okay, listen, if.

[Sports Analyst]

If he could.

[Joe]

If he could go and use it and guess what? Pat Riley gonna tell him? No. Yeah, you got to tell him. You got to Tell him no.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, listen, y' all know, man, they really. They really got people in the clubs, bro. Who let people know, hey, yeah. Bam in here tonight. Just let you know, Pat. Yeah.

[Joe]

Route. Yeah, yeah, we see.

[Sports Analyst]

Hey, that's perfect. That's exactly what my boy need. That's what my dog need. Coming out, coming down there from Memphis, come on down here to Miami, we gonna make sure you're right. Because the.

[Joe]

The.

[Sports Analyst]

The structure and the ecosystem, the way things work, we gonna always have eyes on you. When you think we not even watching. Hey, that's what he need.

[Uncle Ocho]

As long as you don't think Miami is paradise and it's a damn vacation, boy, you gonna have.

[Sports Analyst]

Hey, boy, you're coming here to work, boy.

[Joe]

That's it.

[Uncle Ocho]

That's it. You coming here to work. Don't be fooled by the palm trees in the water.

[Sports Analyst]

No, sir.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, don't be fooled. You got to be putting in some work.

[Joe]

Well, I'm all for it.

[Sports Analyst]

Let's go.

[Joe]

Anthony Davis is the key to getting number one pick in 2019. Anthony Davis. Trade. Pelican trade. Anthony Davis. They get the number one pick in Zion in 2025. The Mavericks trade for Anthony Davis. Guess what? The number one pick. The Wizards trade for Anthony Davis. Guess what? Number one pick. So right now, he three for three.

[Uncle Ocho]

Isn't that ironic?

[Joe]

People gonna say, see, See, y'.

[Shaquille O'Neal]

All.

[Joe]

Y' all think y' all slick NBA. We see what y' all doing.

[Uncle Ocho]

Now, listen, you know what? They couldn't make it obvious by. By giving Utah the number one pick. So they just gave him a little wiggle room. Like, man, y' all can really make some moves, and maybe y' all can get that.

[Joe]

Y' all need to work this out. What would have been messed up if OKC got the number one pick? We.

[Uncle Ocho]

I'm glad they died.

[Joe]

Think about it. The Lakers got. The Lakers won the championship, and they got the number one pick with James Worthy.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No. Yeah.

[Shaquille O'Neal]

No.

[Joe]

OkC. OkC gets fit. So they get their own pick and Philly's pick, right? Their pick goes to Dallas. Who do they trade for? Dallas? Oh, you know. You know, the NBA, man, they be bringing five or six teams in, and you get our pick in 2027, and we get your pick in 2032. But they still get, what you say, 17. So they get. Oh, so this is the last year for the Clippers. That last year they get the Clippers pick. Damn, that big. Think about how long they be getting Clippers.

[Uncle Ocho]

First, who get number five pick?

[Joe]

No, the Clippers OKC get the Clippers number 12 pick. The Clippers get Indiana's number five pick.

[Uncle Ocho]

Oh, okay. I wish now. I wish. I ain't gonna lie to y'.

[Joe]

All.

[Uncle Ocho]

I wish my Hulks would have got that number four pick. I took four. I ain't be. I ain't. I ain't asking for the B1 or two. But if the house could have got that number four pick and got Caleb over here.

[Joe]

Oh, y' all still.

[Sports Analyst]

Y' all still would have been home. I'm just saying.

[Joe]

Hey, they still got what? They still got one more card up this lead Joe in 2027. OKC can pick swap. So they say, you know what? We like that pick y' all got. Let's go ahead and swap this thing out right now.

[Uncle Ocho]

Damn.

[Joe]

Cheating ain't the man they hey, you see what happened? Kawhi was a blessing and a curse because you got a superstar to come to la. But you had to give up so much and you he's the gift that keeps keeps on giving. Damn. He's the gift. The gift that keeps on giving.

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[Joe]

Man, Ric Flair took a shot at Luca last night after Lakers went down 03 to OKC. Oh, there's only one word that I can possibly say and that's disappointing. $46 million and you can't play? OMG. I would jump off the Empire State Building with a parachute for $46 million a year and I don't even know how to pull the cord to open it. But I take my chances. Luke has been sidelined with a grade two left hamstring string since April 2 and recently revealed that his original diagnosis was eight week timeline, which means a return isn't likely until the end of the Western Conference final. Joe, do someone need to remind Rick that? Rick, the NBA court isn't the wrestling ring and this stuff isn't choreographed, bro.

[Sports Analyst]

I mean, that. That's how fans feel, Uncle Joe. That's how they feel they want to see you play the first thing. Why mention. Why mention the money? The money has nothing to do with your availability. If you hurt, you hurt. You can't go grade two hamstring. That's nothing to play with.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hold on. Them die hard Laker fans, man, it's just hard when you watch the Lakers battle and they don't have him out there and you see him on the sideline to think, what if. And like, damn, you know, that hamstring is just tricky, bro. You can't just come back from it, you know, that quick. So. And if we just keeping the 100 over the past few playoffs. Hell, Luca got hurt. He just got hurt. Yes, it made the final.

[Joe]

Nicked up when he went to the playoffs last year. I mean, when they played Boston, when they beat. When Boston beat him. He was nicked up in that series. Yeah, he was nicked up last year.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Sports Analyst]

Damn.

[Joe]

Look, I think. I don't think Luka's faking. I think if Luka. Luka doesn't strike me as a guy. I think. Look, I think he got in great. He got in better shape. They asked him to come in better shape. He got in better shape.

[Uncle Ocho]

Yeah.

[Joe]

And he stayed in shape throughout the year. You know, he just had a hamstring. And those Europeans, they're going to have that body like that. Will you ever see the European, like, cut up? I'm talking about like, Cap, like the white Howard.

[Uncle Ocho]

Giannis never.

[Joe]

Jokic, never Luca. That's just. They not built like that. It is. Okay, they can ball, but we expect them to have these deep, you know, yoked up bodies. That ain't how they're built.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, them boy heavy on that beer,

[Joe]

Doncic. Hey, but, hey, the thing is though, if, if, if. If you go give somebody 34 a night, I don't think that too many teams gonna tell you to put down the hookah and, and. And. And the Anheuser Busch, the bud.

[Uncle Ocho]

No, they ain't. They ain't. They ain't gonna tell you that. But, man, you gotta have.

[Joe]

You should want to do it. Cause you like.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hold on.

[Joe]

I'm getting 34 at night. 34, 8 and 8 and I'm on. Hookah and I'm on. And I'm drinking these Buds.

[Uncle Ocho]

Bro, put that down.

[Joe]

I might. That I might bump that thing up to 37, 38.

[Uncle Ocho]

Man being the man in MVP. He in the MVP running this year, playing insanely. And you mean to tell me one little injury, that's why. One little injury, bro. Can Change the whole game. Look, look at Wimby, bro, like we always talk about, as much as he hit the court, hit the floor. One, if he go out, it's an even ball game.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah, because you look at a guy like Luca. Luca, his average is 33, and he's a guy that averages more in the postseason than he does in the regular season. If you look at his regular season score and you look at his postseason score, he bumps it up. Yeah, he's a guy that gives you eight and eight. He gives you eight rebounds, he gives you eight assists. That's what the Lakers. And like I said, I'm not saying that if Luke is in the lineup, they're going to win the series. They probably still lose, but I feel. I would feel even more comfortable. They can get at least a game, or the games would be competitive. It's gonna come down to, like the last two, three minutes of the ball game and not the fourth quarter. You already know. Well, I go do something else until.

[Uncle Ocho]

Thanks.

[Joe]

But I think, like you guys said, I think Rick is a. Is a Laker fan. And he's like a lot of Laker fans. Like, damn, every year we get here, Luke will get hurt.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, man, in la, they want. They want championships. They want to be.

[Joe]

That's all that matters.

[Sports Analyst]

No excuses.

[Joe]

That's all that matters to them. And when you, you know, in the 80s, you got five, and then the 2000s, you got another five. Yeah, that's how the Lakers are measured, man. They measured by championships. They don't care about all that other stuff. And all the greats that have come there have won championships. Will came, won a chat, won a championship. Kareem won five championships. Shaq came one three. LeBron got one. That's what the superstars. I'm not talking about the guys that got drafted there or they traded early on. Kobe got drafted to Charlotte and then they traded for Kobe. He wasn't drafted by the Lakers, but he won five championships, so they ate. He didn't play for anybody else other than us, but the Lakers. You're measured by championship. Whether you're drafted there or you're traded there, that's what you're judged by because that's what the expectations are.

[Uncle Ocho]

Hey, look, plus, you got Luca and LeBron. You got arguably the best player in the game, and you got Luca, who is. I'm speaking of LeBron, one of the best to ever play the game, right?

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Ocho]

You got Luca, who averaging 33 here in the MVP race. And you got AR, who had done came along. I think Lakers fans really felt they had a real chance to make it to the finals. It's just unfortunate, bro. Unfortunate.

[Joe]

I me, I didn't really think they had a chance to make it to the finals because they can't defend.

[Uncle Ocho]

I think situation. I think it came down meaning matchups depending on who played in the postseason. Obviously if you don't have to run into OKC until you know, the west,

[Joe]

the Western Conference, finals, Finals. So yeah, but if you have to run into them early, I mean, I mean. So I mean, given the way Aiden playing, the way he's playing against Chet and Hartenstein, what the hell is he gonna do with Wimby? What you gonna get Wimby? 50, 15 and 8.

[Uncle Ocho]

Man. Luca just such a difference maker though. Fellas, we can't. You, you know, out of sight, out of mind. Hell, his ass ain't played I don't know how long. So we forget, you know, when he was playing, hell, he was hot as. I don't know what first quarter. He probably averaging 20 in the first quarter.

[Joe]

Oh yeah, y NBA and scored in the, in the first quarter. No question about that. I think he's probably 12, 14 points a game in the first quarter.

[Uncle Ocho]

Now they'll still have some low points, but having him definitely helps.

[Joe]

Yeah, I, I like I said, I think that the frustration because when you win, that's the expectation is that you supposed to win all the time. And think about, I mean, they go straight from. They won their Last championship in 88 and then they start winning again in 2000. And they went, basically, they went, you know, they win, they go to seven, they win five of them. So in a 20 year span, they basically, they basically won. 1980 was the first one, the last one sort of 30 year span they won 10 championships.

[Sports Analyst]

Dang.

[Joe]

You know, you go to 16, you win 10 and that's the expectation to get the finals. It's kind of like the Patriots. The patriots had a 20 year run. That's unprecedented. They went to nine, they won six, then the AFC championship numerous times. Peyton beat him three times in the NFC AFC championship game. Joe Flacco beat him once, so that's another four times. They easily could have gone, man, imagine fan base just get it, you know, that's what we expect.

[Uncle Ocho]

Imagine getting drafted by the Patriots, bro. And you just, you don't know nothing but winning.

[Joe]

That's all you know, Joe, you don't

[Uncle Ocho]

know nothing if you got drafted by the Patriots in that span. I'm talking about, all you know is winning, bro.

[Joe]

All you know is NFC championship games. They missed the playoffs one time. They missed. They missed the playoffs in. In 2002, and they missed it again. And when Brady got hurt in 2008, after that, they did. So they missed. In 20 years, they missed the playoffs twice.

[Sports Analyst]

That's crazy.

[Joe]

Like I said, you're never gonna see that again. I don't believe you see it again. I don't. Because it is so hard to win in the NFL. Because this is final warning.

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