Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Bucks beat Lakers, Mavericks owner speaks on Luka trade, & Rome Flynn joins the show

Episode Date: March 14, 2025

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react to the Bucks beating the Lakers, the Mavericks owner speaks about the Luka trade, and we have a special guest Rome Flynn joining the show!06:15 - Show start07:50 - Bucks vs. Lakers23:34 - Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont speaks on Luka trade43:37 - Stephon Castle pranked49:14 - Bill Belicheck wants girlfriend included in all emails56:50 - Rome Flynn joins the show(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But first, the Bucks beat the Lakers by 20, 126 to 106. That's three straight losses. The three teams behind them in the standings are all riding winning streets. Houston, four games. Golden State, five games. Minnesota, six games.

Big trip tomorrow to end the road trip, endeavor back to back. The Lakers wasted an outstanding, an outstanding performance by Luka Doncic. Luka is the youngest Lakers player to have 45 points, 10 rebounds in a game since 1962. Oh, 45, Magic Hand. What is Magic Hand in that playoff game, Ash? points ten rebounds in a game since 1962 Oh 45 magic had what is magic having that playoff game Ash Was it 42 he might have 42 but anyway, he's the youngest Laker to have 45 points 10 rebounds in the game since 1962 The problem tonight Oh Joe was yeah guys that can score, they don't really defend very well.

Luca and AR. Guys that can defend can't score the ball. Fannie Smith, Vanderbilt, that's the issue that you had. Um, Luca played, Luca and AR played extremely well. Nobody else did much. And that's the problem that you're gonna have. They got crushed on the Magic Half 42-15, okay. The Lakers shot 44% from the floor.

They allowed the Milwaukee to shoot 48. They shot 38% from the three. They allowed the Bucks to shoot 43. Turnovers, wasn't that vast. 14 for the Lakers, 12 for the Bucks to shoot 43 turnovers with it wasn't that different wasn't that vast 14 for the Lakers 12 for the bucks they did get out rebounding by 10 on the offensive glass But yeah, and that's the problem that you're gonna have right now. They're scrambling their undersized I like I said again, and I don't like to be the dead horse But I don't know why they signed Alex Lynn if he's we have been he he big for no reason I mean, yeah, I mean probably think God thinking like man if I didn't know how you gonna be like this Alex Lin. He big for no reason.

I mean, probably God thinking like, man, if I didn't know you was gonna be like this, I wouldn't have gave you all this height. It ain't no sense in you. Pretty soon, he's about to be the tallest coach ever. That's where he's headed. That's his next occupation, Ocho, coaching. I don't wanna talk bad about him.

Maybe he just hasn't come into his own yet. Maybe he's lacking a little bit of confidence, having that type of size, that type of length, and to be playing in the NBA, you have to be of some type of use. I haven't seen it yet. He fell for it all. Yeah, listen, I know, I saw for myself.

No Jackson Hayes tonight, no LeBron, no Rui. I think the game would have been a little bit more competitive obviously if the Lakers' score was healthy. Obviously, Luger did all he could do, but as you said, those that score can't play defense. Those who play defense, they can't goddamn score. So not having LeBron is hurt, things are going to be like this for the next week or two until he can get himself back back in health. Luke Luke gonna have to do his best Luke gonna have to do his best and carry the load as much as he can and hopefully. You know the supporting cast can have nights those that can score can have nights when they're on and be a little bit more efficient and and pick up the slack.

Being that LeBron is not there you look at Luca they scored they scored 106 points, Ocho. Luca gave you 45, Austin Reed gave you 28. That's 73. They got 33 from one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. The nine other players scored 33 points. One guy scored 10. So that means they got 23 from the other eight. And now you look at the Bucks,

Yonis with a sister away from a triple double, 24, 12 and nine. Brooke Lopez, 23. Dane, 22. Kevin Porter Jr., 22. Gary Trevitt Jr., 16. When you get that kind of production, when you get that kind of balance scoring

and the scoring is so lopsided on the other side, well, that's kind of what you're going to get. You're going to get a situation where you get blown out. And like we said, we were talking about it at the top, Ocho, those that can score don't defend those that can defend can't score. So what do you do? Yeah. You've, I mean, they would have literally had to play a perfect game. Luca and Luca and AR give you what they gave you but other guys were gonna have to knock down shots

I mean Luca can't play any better. I mean some of the shots that he was hitting you like damn Damn, yeah, and they got the game within what two three and next thing You know the bugs going to 10 or run or 12 or run and push it back to 14. The Lakers claw it back, they go on a 15-2, 15-3 run and push it back out and then the Lakers could get no closer than that. It's just LeBron could not have, and it's not his fault, so I don't want people to say, oh, Jett like you could help, but LeBron's injury could not have come at a worse time, Ocho. I mean, they were playing extremely well,

and then he gets hurt. Now what do you do? And I said this at the time, I do not believe they're gonna be a second place. They're not gonna be a second place. They gotta hope they can hold this thing off and not get in the play-in, which is seven through 10, because they got an uphill climb.

They got the nuggets tomorrow. What? They got the nuggets, the nuggets tomorrow. Now, Brooke Lopez had 23. What the hell you think Yoke gonna do? Well, listen, it don't matter who Yoke playing, he gonna get 29.30 each night regardless. Listen, Yoke could be playing the goddamn five disciples on the court. He gonna score. He gonna get his points no matter what. For some reason I wouldn't be surprised

I wouldn't be surprised as good as Denver's been playing all year long and despite the Lakers not having the Braun Watch they shock you tomorrow For some reason watch the Lakers shock you tomorrow and just so happened to stumble up on a win despite the Braun not playing Lucas probably gonna have another good game. Luka need to go for 70. Luka needed to go for 70, Aaron need to go for 35, and then the other guys need to go for 30. Yeah, and you know what, don't be surprised it happened. I'm not saying it because, because I'm saying it,

I'm just saying the way sports goes in general, for some reason it always happens like that. They've lost three and all of a sudden they play Denver and you expect them to lose, especially those that like to gamble, they mess around and win tomorrow night. Watch. Now watch what I tell you. Had they not gotten blown out last night by Minnesota, I might have agreed with you, Ocho. I might have agreed with you. But because they got blown out at home by Minnesota, I don't see that happening.

Mike Malone have them very focused. That left a nasty taste in their mouth. They know, they let Ape Amman go off, Ju Randall went off, and they got beat by almost 20 on their home court. They'll be fired up. That crowd will be rocking. And if you know, if you watch this team over the last four to five years, they get up like no other to play the Lakers. Lakers. Yeah. They get up to play Lakers. Uh, the Lakers are everybody's championship.

I mean, especially the nuggets. Some teams you get on to play for like now is, is Kansas city, uh, used to be the Patriots, everybody played their best when they played the Cowboys. That's what the Lakers are up against now. And I expect the Nuggets to put their best foot forward. I expect them to play some of their best ball because they are ticked off that they let Minnesota come in there and do what they did to them last night.

Right. What? Man. Yeah, it's tough. And they were playing so well, Ocho. The Lakers have been playing extremely well. Luca and LeBron have started to figure it out. Luca was gonna have the ball in his hand. LeBron was gonna dive and slash to the basket. Gonna get to the post up. He post up at the top of the key. Post up on the

side. Now he can see over the assist totals were really high because you got two of the best passes in NBA history with the ball in their hands a large part Right AR Takes a little pressure off AR because now your two best defenders got a guard LeBron and Luca So now AR is getting a third or fourth best defender. He's gonna do what he does So everything is really really started to to go well and then Just like that Yeah, you know, it's funny.

Honestly, it's pretty the same thing that happened in Dallas. You know, everybody questioned the trade. They look good, they look decent for a little bit. 80 goes down. Okay, we still got Kyrie. We got some to live off of. We got some hope.

We still got a superstar that can put butts in the seats or at least get the view of the tension. He goes down. Damn. So the Lakers looked like the trade that they had. It was winning. LeBron playing well. Luka playing well.

They going on the winning streak. Luka showing flashes of what he used to be. Then he score on 30. He cutting the fool. LeBron cutting the fool. Some of the press is off of him. He don't have to bring the ball up the court, he can play freely, take over a game when he want to.

Now he go down. Hey, it's sports, baby. That's what makes the game so beautiful. Yeah, it, woo, sometimes, Ocho, you gotta laugh to keep from crying. Man, that's a good one right there, boy. you gotta laugh to keep from crying. Man, that's a good one right there, boy. You gotta laugh to keep from crying because- You know who the Lakers, you know who the Lakers can use right now?

Whoever the, whoever the triple-doubler in high school? Nobody, ain't nobody out there can help the Lakers right now. Boy, you ain't never seen me put the ball on the floor now. Well, you never seen my mid-range game, huh? You ain't never seen me come off ball on the floor now. You ain't never seen my Dick Reigns game, huh? You ain't never seen me come off the pick and roll and pull up. Oh, so you can pick and pop? Man, I can pick and pop, boy. I can pick and pop better than the stripper.

I tell you no lie. That's, yeah, it's like I said, you look at Houston's playing well, you look at Minnesota's playing well, Golden State's playing well since the addition of Jimmy Butler, the Lakers were in, and as good as those teams were playing, the Lakers were playing better. But it just so happens sometimes injuries happen at the most inopportune times. And hopefully you have a team that's good enough to overcome that can keep the ship steady until said player comes back or said players come back. But in this case is really one. Yeah, we'd love to get Rui back.

We love to get Jackson Hayes back. But the one guy that you could ill afford to lose is LeBron James because he's a guy that does a lot of what kind of like when you got here, Luca, you know, they're going to give you 50 to 60 points between the two of them They're gonna give you somewhere between 18 and 20 rebounds between the two of them and they're gonna probably give you 20 assists between The two of them so you count you can count on that now All the reads gives you what he gives you which is somewhere between 18 and 20 points on give it on a nightly basis Rue chips in and give you his 14

now whatever we get from Finney Smith, whatever we get from Gabe Benson, we take it. We know Jackson Hayes gonna roll, gonna give us some second chance opportunities. We know he's gonna roll to the basket, dive to the basket, catch a couple of lobs, get a couple of put backs. Right now, we don't really have that. We don't have that. We don't have a big, we're playing undersized.

Yonis is just getting whatever he wants, getting to the basket. Um, uh, uh, uh, Brook Lopez getting offensive rebounds, getting whatever he wants. So it was really a tough night. Um, the effort, I don't think, I don't think JJ is going to be really pleased with the effort. There's a lot of times Kevin Porter Jr. hit three, I think three straight threes in the third quarter. I mean, wide open, shoot around threes. Can't have that.

They gotta be better, they gotta be locked in, and guys gotta know their responsibility and close out without filing, and they gotta get the ball once the ball goes up. Your job is not done once the guy misses the shot. Your job is done once you grab the rebound. Because if he misses the shot and you don't grab the rebound, what have you actually done?

It's kind of like, oh Joe, you and I talk about on third down, you get a team to third down. If you can't get them off the field, what good is getting them to third down? I'm going to listen, if they get a third down and they- doing it they're gonna get the ball in the end zone on you. Yeah, that's demoralizing. Yes. That's demoralizing. It's extremely demoralizing.

But, um, the Lakers gotta find a way to do something. And I don't know if, like I said, LeBron is probably gonna be out for at least another week. Probably the earliest you can expect to see LeBron James is probably next weekend. And there's a good chance. Oh Joe, they could be in the seventh or the eighth spot by then. They really could. Unless something drastically happened. Like I said, especially starting, starting tomorrow night, they just happen to win.

Even though you say how teams get up to play the Lakers. I just have a feeling just with understanding at how sports work, regards to what the sport is, whether it be soccer, whether it be football, whether it be basketball, tennis, where it's just for some reason, where things are, when you think about a team that's playing, they're not playing well, they have a star that's gone.

For some reason, the team always plays well against a team that you just know they're going to lose to and they just spoil you. I really have a feeling, I don't know why, so people out there, if you're a gambler, I really would pick the Lakers and win them all, despite it being Denver, despite what Joker and Murray are doing. I just think so. Yeah. I might pick the Lakers with somebody else's money, but if it's my money, I'm not picking the Lakers cuz I value my money a little bit more than that

With that being said we'll see what happens. I mean hey Milwaukee, you know, you're gonna get in late tonight to Denver You got you know, you got shoot around tomorrow and then you know You go back get your nap and then hopefully, you know You put your best foot forward and see what happens. But I'm not, I'm not overly confident that they got confident that they're going to be able to pull this out. It's Julie Stewart Banks.

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Ready to laugh and stay informed? Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ocho Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont, defending the Luka trade. Take a listen Ocho to what he had to say. Let me hear this. So tough decisions are never easy. And, uh, part of leadership is, is looking at risk and looking at all the factors of a decision and being willing to act at that time and look to the long-term and not only think about the short-term or how it may be, may be received, uh, immediately,

but to think about the long-term benefits and what it may allow you to achieve if given all the right considerations. Man, what do you talk about? What do you talk about? No disrespect, Pat. No disrespect. But the long-term move was having Luca there. Now, if you're having issues with what he does off the court, there's a simple conversation that needs to be had. That's all you have to do. Listen, we view you as our long-term plan, a long-term asset, the long-term nucleus for our team going into the future.

We want to build around you because we understand how special you are and what you can do for us. You just got us to the NBA finals last year. The previous year, based on what you can do on the court, now you let that go. But great understanding, Lucas ain't just falling from the tree every season. They're just not happening.

There's really no way you can defend that trade. Now, I understand the issues that were happening off the court, some of the things that they didn't see fit, that would probably harm him, you know, years down the line. That's a simple conversation, Ankh. Especially when you want to invest that kind of money that he was going to make, he probably, make it just gonna happen to be somewhere else now. You don't let a player of that magnitude go that hat, that give you that type of production. You don't let a player of that magnitude go that hat that give you that type of production. You don't. Because like you said, like you said as well, when is the last time something like this

has it ever happened before? No, not what... There's a reason why there's certain players you don't let go of. You think every super, super superstar is perfect behind the scenes? No. You think Kobe didn't have issues? Despite his dedication and discipline and structure when it came to playing?

You think Michael Jordan didn't have issues that we don't know about outside of playing the game of basketball? Come on, man. Ain't nobody perfect a 10 to 10 when it comes to wanting to invest in it, but understanding what they give you from a business perspective

and what they can do on the court, long-term. Come on, man, stop playing. That answer was a whole bunch of nothing. The problem is that he called it a long-term move, and Nico Harrison said it was a trade to win now move. I'm looking at it. You just went to the NBA finals finals like you said, Ocho. That's winning now.

I'm confused when you, I can see, okay, we got some ass, but you said you're trying to win now. Bro, you just went to the NBA finals. You just did that. It's not like you hadn't made the playoff in a couple years, Ocho. It's not like you got knocked out in the first round, Ocho. It was a situation, you went to the NBA finals.

So that is winning, you're winning. Now you didn't win the ultimate prize, but damn. Normally we don't see a team break a team up, and that's what they did because you took the key piece out after going to an NBA finals, unless said individual is unhappy. But because Luke could never voice that I wanted to be traded, that's what's so surprising. That's why the greatest trade.

Kareem wanted to leave. Orlando allowed Shaq to become a free agent and they had a poll and they said, who should they pay, Penny or Shaq to become a free agent. And they had a poll and they said, who should they pay, Penny or Shaq? And the poll said they should pay Penny. Shaq took that as an insult, as disrespectful, a slap in the face. He said, okay, that's what y'all wanna do. Boom.

They also said it was too much money because I forget who it was that had just become the highest paid, and it's something to the fact that I don't, they didn't think the fans, didn't think Shaq deserved that kind of money. Huh? So,

guys like Shaq, you don't let them become free agents. You try to extend them as soon as you possibly can. As soon as the window open, and you could offer them a max contract, you give it to them. You do them, yeah. A 24 year old Shaq and well we see what happened when he went to he went to the Lakers. But normally guys like Luca don't get traded unless they ask to get traded. K unless they ask to get traded. Kareem asked to get traded. Kareem was a three-time league MVP.

He was a finals MVP. He had gone to the finals. He had won the scoring title. He wanted to get out of Milwaukee. They obliged him. Guys this age, this skill, this talented, this dominant, you're not just moving them on your own volition. Right.

Doesn't happen. Not at this age. Now, it come a time we saw AI get traded, but AI went 25. And AI didn't have to get traded, but you know, the organization thought it was in the best interest, thought some of the things that were going on off the court and they moved on from AI. But 25 year old AI, they ain't moving it. Absolutely not. And so I'm saying you understand.

Go ahead. No, I was just saying you understand the product. You understand the product. I also. That you get it. I used this scenario last night. American Gangster. Denzel Washington, Cuban Union Junior.

There's nothing wrong with Blue Magic. You got Blue Magic. Why are you touching it? Why are you touching it? There's nothing wrong with it. It's perfectly fine. Just how it is. The product sells itself. Luka is the product product that sells itself. Luca is the product. It sells itself.

Why are you touching it? What are we doing? A player of his magnitude. You know what? All the hookah, all the beer. God damn it. You've been part of the NBA, GMs, presidents, managers.

You understand everybody drink. Everybody smoke. Everybody does some things, some extracurricular things outside of that as well. But we ain't trading them. Especially so about this is for long term, long term what? Lucas ain't walking through that door? No. If they were, if Lucas would walk through that door, I mean, a lot of other teens would have success a lot more frequently.

Yeah. Come on, man. Lucas is not a generational talent. Lucas is a transcendent talent. Because the generation is 20 years. Guys, don't come along. This is transcendent. He's, he's, he's, and for me, Ocho, if I'm Patrick Dumont, if I'm anybody, Nico Harrison,

if I'm anybody in the Mavericks organization, I am not going to talk about this because all you do stirring old poop, it still stinks. All you do is peel the scab off a wound that's still very fresh, but it's starting to scab over. You just rip the scab off and got to start this thing all over again because all the fans heard is like, man, this man trick, I can't believe this man. And did you hear what he's saying? That's what the fans are thinking. Did you hear what he's saying?

He's talking about long-term gold. Man, we just went to the NBA finals last year. You lying to yourself. Did you hear what he's saying? That's what the fans are thinking. Did you hear what he's saying? He talking about long-term goal. We just went to the NBA final last year. You lying to yourself. You lying to yourself. Yeah, but if I'm them, I'm done talking about this topic. This subject, Ocho, I'm not bringing it up no more, Ocho. Because I can't, there is nothing, listen.

At some point in time, got to come to the conclusion, oh Joe, there is nothing you can say Even if you want to win a title people like you know people gonna say we could have won a title with Luca Who's you say who's to say we want to win that title with Luca, oh Joe Yeah, but you know you won't have to that title with Luca, Ocho? Yeah. But you know, he won't have to worry about that because they're not going to be able to win the title. Ocho, the pain did not stop there for Dallas. Southwest Airlines, after 54 years, decided to up their check-bag policy and now they're charging customers by throwing shade at the mouths. It's not like we traded Luca.

That's a good one. That's a traded Luca. That's a good one. That's a great good one. Great business is all about advertising. Mm-hmm. Marketing. How do we grasp the viewing eye and make them say oh that was good you know what I want to fly with them despite them changing the policy and finally having to pay for bags. That was so clever, I'm for the flab of the Southwest. Just because. I mean, I'm not changing my love for Spirit Airlines, but that was a good one.

That was great advertising. I don't know who came up with that. Even if it was short, quick, and to the point, perfect scenario. Because the thing is, Ocho, is that, you know, there are certain things that are catchy, like the state farm, Ocho, is that, you know, there are certain things that are catchy, like the State Farm, like Flow with Progressive, like Allstate with Mayhem, like Buzz Wiser. Yeah, yeah, Bud, why? You know what I'm saying? The Clydesdale. Remember the Clydesdale commercial with the horses and the dogs and so forth and so on. That's what he wanted to be. Mm-hmm. Hey, I don't know who that Allstate,

the Mayhem commercials, but it's classic. I don't know who's behind the creatives directed on, but he is, that's classic. Jake from State Farm, Mayhem from Allstate, Flo from Progressive. This

anonymous. I mean, I don't know what flow is gonna do. I remember the Wednesday commercial with grandma. Where's the beef? Yeah, I remember that. Yeah. So in this situation right here, I mean, look, this is maybe over time because eventually, you know,

20, 30 years from now, people won't remember Milwaukee traded Kareem. You don't remember that. People think Kareem played his whole career at LA. He didn't. He didn't. It happens. It definitely, it happens and, you know, it's like,

and he was homegrown. We took a young kid out of Slovenia, not extremely terribly athletic. He doesn't jump very high. He doesn't run very fast. He doesn't run very fast. All I know, he puts the ball in the basket and in an elite level.

He has the third highest scoring average in NBA history, only behind Michael Jordan, Will Chamberlain and it's Luka Doncic. History. History. He has the second highest scoring average in playoff history behind one Michael Jordan. They're not going to forget that soon over time. You know, we forget a lot of stuff over time.

That's just the way the human mind is after a while, but it ain't happening anytime soon. And because anything that he does, you know people are gonna go back. And plus we got internet. Maybe it'd have been different if Kareem came up in an era where you had internet and you had 24 hour news cycles and people would talk sports all the time,

24 hours a day, 365, maybe it'll be different. But sports is different now than what it was back then, you know, Joe, it's vastly different. Because the way we cover it, the way we talk about it, the way we consume it. Yes, sir. And with all that being said, people gonna be mad in Dallas at the Maverick for a long ass time. So. And he, you're not gonna make it no easier on his end playing the way he's playing. No. When the Broncos come back and they continue to have

success together on the court, it's going to always be brought up over and over and over and over. This is who they traded. Hey but don't let that, don't lose sight of that. I understand y'all didn't trade Luka but y'all charging for check bags now. So let's keep the focus on the focus. I get it, it's very catchy. It's not like we traded Luka but y'all charging money for those bags And I remember when it first instituted a charge it for check bags. Oh Joe Yeah, I'm like man. Everybody like that ain't gonna last long. They go last long people gonna stop flying. Okay Well, how you gonna get from California to Florida? How you gonna get from New York to South Carolina? Exactly

You're gonna fly, you ain't gonna drive, I know that Hell nah, so guess what? You're going to fly, you ain't going to drive, I know that. Ain't going to fly, nah. So guess what? What normally happens is that when one airline does something, what does everybody else do, Ocho? Follow right behind. Follow right behind.

Because you got to make it up for a reason. They charge you for check bags for a reason. You got to make money. This is a business, no matter how you see it. And think about the money, because about it. Oh Joe they give you one and then they charge you if the bags of a certain weight Mm-hmm. They charge you what about you the a dollar pound Korea

I Do I do my best I do my best regards to how long I'm going somewhere They always take a carry-on. I take a carry-on and a duffel. I try not to take suitcases. I try to do the same thing, but sometimes, when you're traveling eight cities in 10 days, sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do. Hold on, wait a minute, wait a minute,

wait, wait, wait, wait one minute. Now listen, you can always use my method, a method I've been using for a very long time. It's cost efficient and it works going from city to city. Now if you got, how many days you say eight cities in 10 days? Now if you got eight cities in 10 days, what you have to understand is all you have to do

is take three pair of shoes, use the same outfit, have a bunch of underwear, tank tops and t-shirts, always change but use the same outfit but change a bunch of underwear, tank tops and t-shirts, always change, but use the same outfit, but change your shoes after each city because the outfit resets itself. So if you're in Chicago on Monday and you got to go to say, let's say LA on Tuesday, all you do is wear the same outfit, but change your shoes and the outfit resets itself based on a different location. I'm trying to figure-

So that's data mapping, packing multiple outfits. Now, I think it's just something I do and still do to this day. Especially when you have to do things back to back to back and you having to do signings and appearances for Le Portier. Okay, well, I'm just saying. You think I go with shorts and tank top in Connecticut and Chicago right now?

Hey, all you need is a little jacket. You can put a little jacket in your duffel real quick. Boom. You good. Or a hoodie. You don't need much. You're used to the cold. You played in Denver. You played in Baltimore. That was 20 years ago. I'm just trying to save you on your traveling expenses. Not only expenses, but being able to travel

efficient and light. Two pair of shoes. Same sweat suit. not only expenses, but being able to travel efficient and light. Yeah. Two pair of shoes. Same sweatsuit, matter of fact, you have a black sweatsuit and a gray one. And you could, those are interchangeable and you just change the shoes. A pair of white Air Force 1s and a pair of black ones.

I got white Air Force 1s and that's it. It go with everything. See? The outfits, I don't know. They probably stand up in the corner by themselves when I take them off Listen it works though. It's me. Yeah, I hate going to I just want to come out there for it He hopped right into the car and I'm off. I don't want to stand around baggy claim and I mean, look, fan, I want to say this.

If you see a person standing around baggage claim, don't ask them what they're doing. If I see you standing around baggage claim, what do you think I think you doing, Ocho? Wait on my bag. What are you think I think you doing, Ocho? Wait on my bag. What are you doing here? Yeah, I can't I can't I can't get some crab cakes.

They just they just trying to start a little conversation. Hey, how you doing? Hey, how you doing, man? I'll be watching nightcap man. You y'all be going crazy man. Y'all be going hell with that thing I love that show, you know, I love don't come on now Some people be nervous. I don't you got to understand that people be nervous. Oh Lord have mercy I told you dude asked me I was in the script or man. What you doing here? Same thing. You do here Look at that. Who are you? That's what I'm doing here. That's what you do here. What the hell? What you think I do it ain't no basketball sporting event going on. Right, right, right, right, right, right.

So you're there for the hoo-ha and the wings, huh? Yeah. Come on, bro. You right. Yeah, man. Hey. Yeah, man. Yo. Man, I've been watching you and TD, bro. Not the time. You trying to distract me? Not right now? Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Read the room? Yeah, man.

Honey on the stage, bro. I ain't trying to get nothing by no TD. Honey? I'm looking at honey right now. That's what I'm looking at. Ooh, Amber. Amber, up next. I'm coming to the stage one.

Stage three, Devastation. Yeah, honey love. You ain't never seen Devastation, huh? You never seen Devastation? Yeah, it's one name, Devastation, boy. She known worldwide. Chocolate. They called it caramel.

Yeah. Lexus. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Lexus. Mercedes. Mercedes. That's so bad. That's so bad. Hey, some of y'all need to be called Hugo, but that's okay. We get that. That's what we're going to talk about another day in time.

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That's a Benz. Yeah. Man, he got the man thing on the block. Aw, man. They ain't even put no blocks up underneath it? Nope. Oh, that hurt. That hurt.

And listen, as a rookie, that's expected. Too far. Just far enough, Ocho. That's good. That's good. That's light. That hurt. And listen, as a rookie, that's expected. Too far! Just far enough, Ocho. That's good. That's good. That's light. That's light. That's real light. That's real light. Just taking the wheels off the car, obviously they gonna get them put back on. As a Supra? Being an NBA player. What was that? A what? A Toyota Supra. I didn't even know they made those anymore. They still make those?

They came back? Okay. Okay. Yeah, the Toast T soup is it dope. Yeah, they when I was when I was coming up that was that was Little sports car. That was that nice. Yeah, put your little exhaust on that thing. How that thing hug me Say you didn't call you look fast and furious. Uh-huh Yeah, that's not that bad. That's not that bad. Did y'all prank y'all rookies? Yeah, that's not that bad. That's not that bad. Did y'all prank y'all rookies? Uh, no. I was pranking my rookie. I think I might have told you where I made a mistake and left my windows down. The night they decided to prank and they used a fire extinguisher.

I was told to wake up to the fire extinguisher with my whole car all white. But them not knowing it was night time. When they did it, obviously when everybody was asleep, my windows was cracked on both sides. So the entirety of my car was all white on the inside. And I had my Lexus IS 300. And if anyone that drives a Lexus or had a Lexus understands that the seats were, what, suede? Or something like that. I forgot the material. So everything was ruined.

I didn't get mad. I didn't get upset because I understood this is what comes with it. And I was just so happy to be in the NFL at that point as a rookie, man, I wasn't even trippin'. Took it to the detail. I had a lot of detail as I never forget. We was in training camp all the way in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Took it to the detail. Listen, if y'all can get it out, fine. If you can't, I ain't trippin'. I made it. I'm here. They got it out? Yeah. And to the best way they could, yeah. That's what he could. I never forget. I wasn't even upset, though. Yeah. It was funny to me. Yeah, we, I mean, yeah, obviously you got to prank the rookies. Yes. That's a rider. Oh, hey So yeah, we probably steal your car Do a Let the fire extinguisher. I mean what we would do we would pull rubbing alcohol up under the door and then set it on fire Whoa, what wait? Yeah, you won't come. Oh, you won't come out. You know, I said you won't you won't come out. Okay, we'll smoke ya out

Oh, we'll take the knock the peephole You know you got a peephole cuz it was a college dorm We would knock the peephole out and let the fire extinguish off up in there. You'll come out We get you to come out old choc. Then we go dad and dump the water on you. Can't you come out? That's funny. We put toothpaste on we put toothpaste We take toothpaste and put it on your door handle. So you know, Ocho, you coming out for training camp, you just turn around and grab your door handle. All you hear is, ain't nobody did this with Sean. He make me sick.

Oh, bro, I been found room. Ain't nobody did it with Sean. Ain't nobody did it with Sean. Sean made you play the bro. Or we go into the dining hall, Ocho, we take all the salt and pepper and we put it on. So you pour some salt, all the salt go into your meal. What? What? What?

What? Hey, now that would piss me off. Don't play with my food now. You play with it, Ocho, that's your food. You play, I didn't do that. I'm just saying, listen, the car, the wheels, that's fine. But not my food, not my meal I gotta eat. Especially when you're hungry, especially in camp. You know, when it is time to go eat.

Oh boy, you hungry, you hear me? Yeah. You hungry now? Don't do my meal like that. That would hurt. I mean, we used to take the car. I mean, I took a dude, I took a dude's truck. He had to explore.

Drove it, drove it like a mile away, left it running, lights on, doors open, began to practice. So it was like five minutes. So he ain't got enough time to go get it. Right. He just watched it there for two hours. He just watch it. And the lights getting dimmer and dimmer.

Yeah. And better. Dimmer and dimmer. I ain't do it. I'm just saying I know who did do it. I just said, I like I said, I don't know if the statute of limitations is up on such a crime, but I'm just saying I know people that would do such a thing like that.

Not that I did it because I was proud of my bro. Ain't nobody did it. But I'm like, bro, how did I do it? I'm right saying I know people that would do such a thing like that. Not that I did it because I was proud of my bro. Ain't nobody did it. But y'all like, bro, how did I do it? And I'm right here with you. Yeah, it is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I just want y'all to know, chat. I had no part of that. Now, did I see something? Yeah. But I don't work for Arapaho Police Department. So it's not my job and I'm not Detective Mullins of 448. It ain't my job to investigate it. So with that being said, I don't know the tenant.

Yeah, I understand. I understand. I understand. I understand. I understand. Wow. Bill Belichick is telling UNC staff to copy his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordan Hudson, in every message intended for him. From Coach Belichick, Monday, December 16, 2024, 11 p.m. to blah, blah, blah. You see what it is. Robbie, thank you for the email. I'm including Jordan on this email so she can keep up with our posting. Can you include her on anything you send me? Thank you, BB.

That's how the bad thing is. I'm getting it. Let me ask you a question. When somebody says stuff from you, did you include on everything that was sent to you? Did you include? I just asked it. Yes or no? Why you shaking your thumb like you to Kimberley with tumble? I just to make sure I ain't I ain't I wasn't trying to hear that You were you asking me a little good or bad thing. I'm asking you On certain things on certain things

Let me go back. Let me go back. Can you? Anything you send me I'm opposed this again to one ultra cinco at any point in time Did you request that everything that was sent to you was copied to your girlfriend or significant other is a simple? Yes or simple? No Yeah We're related. Work related. Work related. Work related. Yes. I, hold on.

Let me read this again. You ain't hearing him? He said, no, no, no. I heard. Thank you for the email. I'm including Jordan on this email so she can keep up with our postings. Can you include? Oh, don't you?

Okay. No. Okay. No. Oh, for me, I'm, nah. Okay, nah. Okay, nah. Oh, for me, I'm, listen, based on the question, to keep things within context, anything work-related, the small team that I do have, that individual is included to make sure I stay on top of my stuff, because sometimes I forget certain things. You know, the scheduling, what time of flight is, my boarding pass, just small stuff so I stay on top of it,

and that individual keeps me ahead of schedule. That's all. But every day, no, absolutely not. Bill Belichick asks his UNC staff to copy his girlfriend on every email they send to him. Yeah. I have a question. With as much as Bill has to worry about, would you think that's

a good thing in general so he could focus on the football side of things and anything outside of that, she can help and kind of keep him abreast on what's going on? That's their relationship. They each is own. Oh yeah. I don't know. Right. For the most part.

Yeah, I can see it, Ocho. I do see it because a lot of stuff that Shelly gets copied on, because Shelly is the one that has my schedule. Bingo. There you go. The problem that we were running into, okay, I've got to do something for ESPN. I might have something scheduled for Nightcap, but then it overlapped Club Shea Shea. And so now, everything, we got a copy, okay, blah, blah, blah.

We got a potential sit down on Club Shea Shea on this day. Shelly, this is not going to work. Shanna has this already scheduled on this day. Can we move it back a day or move it up a day? So I get it. I get it. I Do get it at first. I was like damn everything but yeah for the most part Shelly is looped it and she looked at on every everything because he said copy her on everything Hey, she's she looped in Shelly's looped in on the most important stuff. Yeah. Yeah Here's the thing you know the heavy lifting how about this old joke

Shelly is the email you can't email me So it gotta be it gotta go through Shelly This old joke I'm looped in Yeah, that's a good one. But this is Ocho, the difference is like a lot of people that have executive assistants, you loop them in blah, blah, blah. She's not his assistant.

There's a difference between the two. I don't think, I think Coach Belichick has an assistant. I don't think it's her. He has a girlfriend. It's this young lady, Jordan. Mm-hmm. Two different. Yeah. At any point in time was no, no, mm-mm. There wasn't no emails going because when Shelly was getting the emails,

she wasn't then forwarding them on to someone else. They would take a look. No, no. Right. Mm-mm., no, right Mm-hmm. So no, I said the sister. Yes Girlfriend unless girlfriend is an assistant. That's handling all that attack They go here. She just said yeah, how do you eliminate one expense? How do you eliminate one expense hit that expense Carol North Carolina Tar Heels are paying for it. That's an expense he doesn't need to because the Tar Heels are paying for it.

I'm talking about me. We talk about me, huh? Oh yeah. We talk about me. Yeah. I'm talking about the men not only are the Mrs. but you're also the assistant. You're the one giving me... Listen, when you find a woman anyway in general that actually cares about you, no, she brings

that structure and discipline that you need to keep your ass in line anyway. Why not? Your girlfriend should be your sister anyway. You think so? Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah, but a lot of times, Ocho, it's like... It's part of the value that she adds to even being attached to you. True. I agree. But a lot't help her. She didn't lie. But a lot of times, Ocho, they're like, I wanna stay in this lane. Yeah. I wanna stay over here, Ocho.

Don't talk to me now. You have somebody over there to do that. Because I don't want to get the lines blurred. I get it. I do, I get it. Yeah. I do. I get it. But hey, when you're in love with your we all been there now. Don't play. We been there. Talk to me. Hold on. Hold on. Where you going with this now? Talk to me. We've been there where we tell the girl everything. Every move. I'm going here. I'm going there. I'm meeting Chauncey. I'm meeting Doug. I'm going to hang

with TJ. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do X, Y, and Z. You tell everything. There was a time period. There might not be, it might have been a month. It might have been two months. It might have been six months. It might have been two months. It might have been six months It might have been a year Mm-hmm, but you told everything you know you do that you do you do at the beginning when things you know when things are going well Yeah, obviously sometimes Individual loses those privileges No, you know I'm trying to be funny I'm just being honest. I know you're trying to be funny No, yeah, listen sometimes a person loses those privileges

to know your every move. So I understand what you're saying, but in love, listen, love, there's a thin line between being in love and being stupid. And I never crossed that line over to being stupid, ever. Ever. But hey, Coach Belichick and love of love man when you do love they say love is like a cataract is blinding Oh That what they say oh

I've never had no cataracts. I know they do have lacy surgery though All right now it's time to wreck I know that. All right. Now it's time to welcome our special guest. He's appearing in season four, Godfather of Harlem on MGM. He's been on How to Get Away with Murder, The Bold and the Beautiful, Dear White People, Chicago Fire, With Love, and Madea Family Funeral. Take us get now time to welcome Rome Fled.

Rome, what are you doing? What's going on? How you doing, bro? What's up, baby? What's the word, man? Man, we good, we good. Tell us about the Godfather of Harlem. How did you come about getting that role?

Yeah, you know, I auditioned for it. So I got the script and sort of the breakdown and I was like, Frank Lucas, you know, young Frank, I was like, okay, let me do some research. And I didn't think actually we're gonna rock with me for it. Because, you know, a lot of times I don't get casted in those gritty roles like that. But you know, our creator, Chris Broncato, he like, he just saw something in my tape and he was just like, you, you were the guy right away. I was like, okay.

So we did it, I got to work with Forrest and filmed for about five months on that. Five and a half months. And we almost here. Comes out April. You saw Denzel portrayal of Frank Lucas in American Gangster. Did you lean into that or you were trying to go a totally different way since I gotta put my own spin on it?

Yeah, I'm just I'm inspired by him regardless, you know I didn't draw any inspiration from his portrayal of Frank at all Because he plays him at a point in his life where he's already the man, you know Yeah, I play a young Frank who who now touches down at Harlem in 1966 with nothing Okay, nothing. Okay. Just a scram back. Okay. We get to kind of know the conception of like who Frank was in the beginning and we take him on a little journey to ultimately who he does become, you know, this version of

Frank Lucas that, you know, Dis-El played in the movie. That's live. Hey, when it comes to acting, right? Obviously, we all pull motivation from people that we see and we want to achieve the type of greatness they have. Who are some actors that you watched that made you realize, you know what, I can actually do this? Early on, you know, one of my favorites was Will Smith. And, you know, Will was that guy,

because he was able to have just this comedic timing about him. And, you know, with Fresh Prince and... But he had so many, like, heavy scenes in that series also. More notable, probably, you probably know if you've seen it, it's like, you know, where his dad leaves him. You know, and he's... Oh, and he was hugging Uncle Phil. Yeah, so that scene always stuck out to me, because...

for whatever reason, when I was younger, I never thought about acting or anything, you know, until I became an adult. But when I thought about like Will's career, I was like, man, this guy can do everything. He's kind of like a Swiss Army knife, you know. So like if I'm lucky enough to have a career with that kind of longevity, with the amazing stories that he's been able to tell, then I've done an amazing job for real. Yeah. When it comes to also acting, I mean, I really never put my foot into it.

I've just done small cameos. Do you think having range, being able to play multiple roles plays a part in having longevity as an actor, where you can do much more, as opposed to just being, always doing the same type of, being cast in the same different role in movies?

I don't think so. I think if you're good at what you do, there'll always be a lane for you. You know, it's always good to kind of reinvent yourself. You know, 2 Chainz, one of my homies, he always told me this, like, you have to look at yourself as a business. Like, you have to reinvent yourself every couple of years.

And it's the same thing with acting. Like, we have a certain itch. I think most actors that I know has this itch they want to scratch. And that's just the journey of getting opportunities to play different characters, you know, whether it's comedic or it's drama or whatever. Um, but some guys just figure it out like, yo, this is my lane, I'm gonna stick to it, you know? Like The Rock, The Rock, he's great at what he does.

You know, he was once one of the most paid, you know, actors in Hollywood. And it wasn't like he was out there doing Shakespeare, you know what I mean? He was doing his thing and he did it well. And so if you talk about your niche and you great at it, then, you know, I think it's just about building on that. And then when you, when you're ready, you get opportunity, then you try to, try to stretch a little more and do different stuff. It's Julie Stewart Banks.

I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League. And I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson. I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say and not just about hockey.

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Were you good in sports when you were growing up? Did you want to be a sport? Have you played sports? What sport did you play? And do you want to be a professional athlete? I never had dreams of playing professionally. I always knew how handicapped I was at height walk. You know, but I played football in high school and I

played basketball and I didn't get good at basketball till I was like a senior in high school. Okay. I never got the glory, you know, I wasn't the guy who was starting every game. I was at the end of the bench a lot of times and so you know what I mean? I had to work my way there and and now I'm a bucket I'm like that now you know I'm saying oh you a bucket oh yeah yeah yeah I like that yeah no I was dope playing doing the NBA thing was was a dream come true we need to get you a ghillie cuz ghillie say he'll bucket he Gillis say hillbucket. He say they call him Damon Gillard. So I didn't know. Hey, you know, I saw that. You know, I like you.

I like you. He can't guard me though. Gillis, Gillis. Oh. Gillis, you see this? I like that. You see, Gillis. I like that.

Gillis, I just want you to know. Yeah. Did you hear what Rome said? You can't see him on that court. That's what he just said. Money on the wood, good. Money on the wood, good. Oh, good? Oh, good.

Put a little price to it. Put a little price to it. Yeah. Put a little price to it. Get it what you're trying to do. You can put it on the street. 50,000. 50,000.

Yeah, oh yeah, yeah. We're gonna make that happen. 50,000. The man say money on the wood is good. I like it, dude. Money out of sight cause a fight. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about, Rome.

That's what I'm talking about. Kill it. What you trying to do? Hey, you gotta play. You know, the All-Star game is in LA next year. Oh, it is. Yeah. Clippers.

Clippers is the... Oh, that's right. Into it. Wow. Wow. I'll be there. I'll be there. Go ahead, go ahead, Ocho. Go ahead, Ocho. We still got Ooh, that's right. Into it. Wow. Wow.

I'll be there. I'll be there. Go ahead. Go ahead. Ocho. Go ahead, Ocho. What did you say? Rome, is there a dream role or character you want to play? Like, I have a dream role. Listen, I'm not into acting. Listen, I love acting. I love the craft itself. I love arts. Drama, theater, all that.

Obviously, I was a drama major. Matter of fact, speaking of, I'm going to see Denzel. I'm in New York right now. I'm going to see Othello. I'm going to see Othello Saturday. But I've always wanted to act beside Daniel Day-Lewis. I would never get the opportunity. I'm just saying a dream.

I mean, it's so far, it's stretched out the imagination. It would never happen, but just I love Day of Day Lewis. I love everything he's ever done. Yeah. Well, he retired. He retired. He ain't really doing nothing no more. He got one film he has coming out. His son is directing it. Yeah. You know, he kind of came out of retirement to do that. Right. But um, is there a dream role or character that you want to play? that you want to play? Superhero, man. Superhero. For real? Yeah, yeah.

But I want to represent like, man, just like a re-imagined version of like what a superhero is, you know? And there's a lot of stuff floating around, but I've always wanted to be able to do a film or like a series where I, you know, actually, you know, in Raising Dion, I had powers, right? So I was kind of like a superhero in that.

But I'm thinking more globally. I'm in that. But I'm thinking more globally. I'm thinking more Marvel. I'm thinking more DC. I need one of them kind of, one of them kind of gig. Big boys. Working tours, you know, I'm in that gym. I'm in that lift in like Shay Sharp, man.

Trying to get rusted. What the back of this, you say you want to play like a superhero. Who's your favorite superhero? I mean, Batman was always that guy for me. He ain't got no powers, right? He got a belt. I know he got no powers, but he just had... He can't fly, he can't see, he can't hear, he got that belt off him, he get his ass whipped. He got to be smart now. He's smart.

Nah, he was always my favorite growing up though. Superman, you know, it made me eventually ready for a black Superman. I'm ready to step in there, man. I got us. Any honestly, like, I always just felt like if I got the opportunity to play like a version of a Spider-Man would be dope, you know. Right. You know, in the multiverse, there's so many of them. Maybe I'm maybe I can gonna be one of them ones, you know Man, you know, uh, hey the guy that plays spider-man. They read they tiny tiny poby McGuire What's the what's the good dating the Zendaya now? What's his name? Um, Tom Holland Tom Holland Yeah, man, them guys tiny roll. You're gonna be a little bit You must be gonna be a big ass spider-man Look though in the mult multiverse they all different. I might be the swan one.

You know what I'm saying? I have one more. I'm nosy. I love actors. I'm gonna name off five of my favorite actors. I want you to name off five of yours So my five is Denzel Edward Norton, Christophe Waltz, James McAvoy and Probably the last I go Anthony Hopkins. Now just five of mine that very rangy Player, you know what, Daniel Day-Lewis said that as well. who would your five be right off the top of your head?

Well, I would say this I love your list, but I would have probably added a woman or two About Claire Danes Did you see Timbal Grandin did you see Timbal Grandin by any chance? I've never seen it. We'll talk about that later. Watch Claire Danes and Timbal Grandin and you'll get an understanding why one of my favorites. Obviously for me, you know, my top five kind of like a wall in the door of actors. I try to like stay away from the cliches.

Obviously, I'm a huge fan of Denzel. Like he's on everybody. No, probably on everybody's list. But Don Cheadle, I think he's really underrated. Samuel Jackson. I mean, his, his resume is like, he's up there. He's one of the greats. He's one of the greats if you actually look at the range

and like the things he can do. Like, can you do, it's hard to do Snakes on a Plane. I don't understand how hard that movie was probably for him to do. Yeah, I mean he's done everything, man. I'm a kill, I think, Hey Full A was on him. Yeah, Hey Full Fiction. Oh, what's that?

That Spike Lee movie? Jungle Fever. Oh, Jungle Fever? You know what they made it up for? Then Lance Dance for you. Ah, ah, ah. Come on. Remember Lake Deuterres?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. What was it? Yeah, he was just giving them neighbors hell. He cutting down their trees and putting spotlights on them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You, you. Now he needs some more.

He need to get his flowers. They never gave, I don't even know if he's ever been nominated for an Oscar. But if he didn't win it for Django, he went in for some of the roles that he played, a time to kill, they ain't finna give it to him now. He was cooking, he was cooking in that. It seems to me that you like guys with range. For me, I love Tom Hanks. Range out to Yang Yang, a guy that he's no longer with us,

Robin Williams had incredible range. Absolutely, very good. Yes, the women I love, Viola Davis obviously. The redhead, what's the redhead lady name? Hey Blanchett. What's the redhead what's the redhead lady name? hey Blanchett what's the redhead? Julianne Moore? Julia Roberts no no no Julia Moore I ain't familiar I'm thinking of like Amy Adams yeah I know Amy Adams what's the uh, she wanted Academy Award

Julianne Moore's gotta be her name Julianne Moore yes Yeah, man, she won a couple of Academy Awards. She is incredible. She is incredible No, I got to work. I got to work with Viola, obviously. For real? Two and a half. Oh, no, how to get rid of a man? Hey, you get that E? Well, if you win an E, God, you got the, you ain't no, you got range. An Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.

You can sing, you can dance, you can act. Hey. Oh, oh, that's Julie Elkman. Yeah. That's Silence of the Lamb Hannibal, man. No, no's Julia. Oh, yeah. That's Silence of the Lamb. Hannibal, man. No, no. That's Jodie Foster. Jodie Foster. No. Yeah.

She was at silence. Yeah. Wait, she's in one of them. She was in a movie. She was. Yeah, she's in Hannibal. Hannibal. Hannibal. That's Clarice. She Clarice. Oh, yeah. Yeah. In the reboot. Yeah, cuz if I'm not mistaken I think silence of the lamb is after Hannibal Hannibal was first, but they released silence of the lambs first Right, if I'm not mistaken, I can't remember. I just know that's Clarice

You know what? My man, how do you know? No country for old man. Oh Buddy buddy was um um he didn't talk yeah well he talked but he was just like a man a few years in that when he talked about it late doing as well Springfield Illinois so that means are you a Bulls, Embarrassed fam, Cubs, White Sox? Or have you kind of like, moved on because y'all guys been terrible for a while? No. Yeah, I was actually born in Chicago.

I was growing up in Chicago and then I moved to Springfield. And I actually went to the same high school as Andre Riddala. So he's much older than me though, but we never even met, which is crazy. But yeah, Springfield is kind of a small town, but it's oddly like a place where a lot of people come out of creatively for some reason. But I was a Bears fan when D-Rose was the man.

You mean Bulls fan? I got to see Mike when I was going to the library. I mean Bulls fan, yeah. When D-Rose was the was the man. You mean Bulls fan? I got to see Mike when I was Bulls fan yeah you know when D-Rose was the man you know always wanted to play in D-Roses you know they didn't got hurt um and then shortly after that you know it's just me and yeah that was a brawl. Me and Braun brawl you know so I'm a Braun fan now wherever he at. That's what I'm talking about. Now Springfield the most famous alum from Springfield is Abraham Lincoln. Yeah, facts. So what was that? I mean, do people, I mean, what is it like?

I mean, we talk about obviously one of the great presidents, what he meant for American history, his place in American history. Did you understand what Abraham Lincoln was outside of being a president? Did you understand what it meant for that little small, you say it's a very small town in Illinois, do you understand what he meant at the time when you were growing up? Yeah, you know, they have like the statue of him that's like near the library in the

town and so I would always ride my bike. I used to always see it all the time, but it never crossed my mind what it meant or if it was important or anything. When you get older, then you look back and you're like, wow, that's actually dope. You know, that's a part of our history. What about your Bears? Caleb Williams, they've done a great job.

They've got them offensive line. They're gonna protect them now. They got weapons. You know, they drafted Rome Adunze. Rome, you don't hear very many Roms first, man, but there's Rome Adunze. We got Rome fleeing. You got DJ Moore. We don't hear very many Roms first, man, but there's Roma dudes, we got Rome fleeing, you got DJ Moore, we don't know the situation, you got Cole Comedie, the wide receiver,

we don't know if they're going to bring Keenan Allen back, but they should be better. What is your expectation for the Bears this season? Well, I think, you know, Caleb showed that with enough time, he can be accurate. He was one of the most accurate quarterbacks last season. So they shored up that O-line. Obviously they got my guy from the Chiefs. I'm a Chiefs fan too. I like, I'm more, yeah, yeah, I'm more of like a player guy. I like certain players.

But they shored up that O-line. I think hopefully they get in the draft and you can find something. It's great when you can trade outside of the draft and be able to find something instead of like having to look in the draft, you know. But I think Caleb is gonna be a lot more comfortable, you know, obviously he has a new head coach who is incredible, you know, for the Lions and I just think, you know, he's gonna be in a better place and he'll be able to be the best version of himself, especially if he has a little more time behind that O-line.

You got a special project coming up? Anything you wanna share? You're talking about a pro-op, promote? Yeah, yeah, yes for sure. I got a show called SideQuest, that's on Apple TV. That comes out March 26th. And you know, obviously Godfather of Harlem is April 13th. And also, Ann Shannon, you know, I got,

I'ma gift y'all a year subscription for MGM Plus for both of y'all. Miss you, y'all. I like that, I like that. Listen, I don't mean to be greedy. I know you already offered me something, but also, listen, if you got a chance and got a role for me,

I'm always looking to diversify my portfolio. I got my little foot in the door when it comes a little act and I got my sad card. So man, I'll let you spoil. I'll let you spoil. You know what I'm very rangy. Don't listen to that. Wrong. The only sag he got is his pants off his ass. That's the only sag he got. No, no, no. Wrong. Wrong. Listen to me. Listen. I could be psych Shakespeare. Oh, I get I get back. I'd be Frank Lucas Oh, I could be Pablo Escobar. I can't even So many different variables what I do in front of camera. Oh, this man here. I believe me

I like I like also because whatever he feel ambitious about he go do it even Like it's not something you should be doing. Thank you I saw you like you ain't there to no challenge. I like that You know, I'm gonna be believing in me man. I believe It really is I keep you humble I believe he got he got on that he got on that all that bull for all of a 1.2 point three five seconds. So That just some cook and I'm gonna say though. I'm gonna say one more thing before

y'all get me up out of here, right? So, you know, a lot being said, right? It could be in Denver. It could be at dinner. It can be in September. Niggas inside. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about, y'all see what it is.

Roll please. Thank you for joining us, man. Godfather. Y'all are classic. Oh, man. Godfather of Harlem. Yeah, look, I watched y'all all the time, bro. I appreciate you. Check him out on the Godfather,

season four Godfather of Harlem on MGM+. Ro, congratulations. Thanks for all the blessings that's coming your way, bro. Thank you for joining us on Nightcap tonight. We greatly appreciate it. Continue success. We'll see you down the road. I mean, I appreciate it. I know that was classic.

That was a classic ending. I would say, man, I would tell you last night, man, you don't realize how many people that's what a of just hold up five fingers It's funny old joke cuz you really don't know what's gonna go viral what's gonna what's gonna you know people gonna be catchy and what people gonna pick up on and It's gone Don't it don't matter now. It don't matter. Oh Joe and I see people that I mean, I think ESPN posting they got like 10 million

Thing views on on on tick tock Okay, see okay see UFC Thanks to five Ah! Ha ha ha ha ha! Take it to the five. Ha ha ha ha ha! Man, that was unbelievable, man. It was great, man.

That's Rome Flair. Make sure y'all check out Godfather of Harlem on MGM+. He's been on How to Get Away with Murder, The Bold and the Beautiful. He won an Emmett for this. Dear White People, Chicago Fire with Love, Madea Family Funeral. Aw, man, that was great.

Ha ha ha ha! The Volume draft season from DJ's mock drafts to my top 101 free agents will have it covered for you with all new episodes every Thursday, keeping you up to date as we head to the NFL draft. Listen to 40s and free agents starting on March 6th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention. This is a story about radical nuns in combat boots and wild-haired priests trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in a hell-bent effort to sabotage a war.

J. Edgar Hoover was furious. He was out of his mind and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees. Listen to Divine Intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, everyone? Julie Swirpinks here along with former NHL player Nate Thompson. We're doing a new podcast together. Here we go.

The name? Energy Line with Nate and JSB. Each week we'll get together and talk about hockey, life. All topics are fair game, right? Exactly. And you'll never know who will drop by to join us. Julia's pretty well connected. She has text threads going that you wouldn't believe.

Listen to Energy Line with Nate and JSB on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Mel Reed, LPGA Tour winner and six-time Lady Geo-Bean Tour winner. And Kira K. Dixon, NBC Sports reporter and host. And we've got a new podcast, Quiet Please, with Mel. And Kira, we are bringing you spicy takes on sports and pop culture, some interviews with incredible people who have figured out how to make golf their superpower. And I Heart Women's Sports Production, in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.

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