Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Lakers survive Pelicans, Warriors lose to Kings, Last ride for Steph, Klay & Daymond?

Episode Date: April 17, 2024

Shannon Sharpe and Gilbert Arenas react to LeBron James putting up 23/9/9 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers over Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA Play-In Tournament to set up a first round matchup with Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors taking on Domantas Sabonis and the Sacramento Kings, Shannon getting pushback for his take on the No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder and much more! 03:00 - Introduction 5:00 - Lakers beat Pelicans 25:30 - Kings beat Warriors 30:30 - Will Klay Thompson be back after having scoreless game? 38:00 - Thunder criticized as one of the weakest No. 1 seeds  43:00 - Unc doesn't understand how Marc Gasol won DPOY over LeBron, but wasn’t on 1st team All-NBA 55:30 - Team USA basketball roster finalized 01:02:30 - Blake Griffin retires - How will we remember him? 01:04:00 - WNBA considering expansion  01:08:30 - Should Lakers try to acquire Klay Thompson this offseason? 01:16:00 - Best advice you’ve ever received from a teammate 01:21:00 - Top 5 actors of all-time (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)      #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Lakers are the 7th seed. They face the 2-seed Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, which start Saturday. The Pelicans will play the Sacramento Kings in an elimination game for an opportunity to host, excuse me, not to host, but to play the OKC Thunder, who are the number one seed. LeBron James had a team high 23 points to go along with nine assists, nine rebounds.

D'Lo had it going pretty good tonight 21.7 assists on 5 11 from 3 80 put up 20 points not the game high 15 rebounds zion williamson 40 points but walked to the locker room late in the ball game uh with what willie green willie green later described as left leg soreness for you to leave a game of that magnitude, I think it's a little bit more than soreness. We'll talk about that as we go, Gil.

But what did you... Okay, Shams, where is it at? Uh-huh. Well, y'all got Shams on speed, y'all, or something? Shams is reporting as a left hamstring injury left hamstring injury like i said gail you're not

leaving a game of this magnitude with so much on the line with a little soreness you're gonna play through that because guess what you win that ball game you get wednesday off you get thursday off you get friday off and you have an opportunity to play Saturday. If you lose this game, guess what? You gotta flip it around and play Thursday and then you have to probably play again on Saturday if you

were to win that game. So we knew something was seriously going on with Gale with that situation. Excuse me. Okay, Sean says he believes that he suffered a left hamstring injury tonight. Tests are coming Wednesday. Zion and Brandon Ingram combined for eight total minutes in the fourth quarter. It seems like B.I. was on a minutes restriction

because, Gale, you remember he missed the previous 12 games with that left knee contusion. He played Sunday on the minutes restriction, played tonight on the minutes restriction. But what you saw tonight, the Lakers, they pull it out, jump out to a big lead, got a little reckless, got a little careless, ended up closing the ball game out late. What did you like about what you saw from the Lakers besides the win,

and what did you dislike? You know, D'Lo came out playing very well right uh he's uh jump started um you know that first that first half right you know he hit some big big threes you know to get the game going and then from there we played pretty solid you know i'm not to lie. There's a couple times where we do a lot of standing around. A bunch of plays that just doesn't make sense logistically.

I remember AD bringing the ball. LeBron is right next to him. Instead of giving LeBron the ball to do a pick and roll, he brings it up. They do some phantom stuff to give LeBron the ball to do the same pick and roll. Why are we out here wasting energy like this?

From there, I did like Gabe. I'm going to talk about his real name. He deserved it. I don't... I'm not sure how he picks up girls being an NBA player because he's little. So I know that gets a little confusing sometimes.

And I'm pretty sure he has to pull out some ID on that one. But for the most part, I think we played solid. Only eight turnovers? You can live with that, Gil. Eight turnovers. You got seven blocks. You had eight steals. You only had eight turnovers.

You forced 12 turnovers uh so you could live with that i just thought late in the shot clock uh lebron let him off the hook bro why are you holding the ball you dribble the ball for 12 seconds you hold it and then you throw up a shot with like three two or three two one bro get especially because the outfits had grown stagnant so now let's get some type of action that we get somebody moving instead of just standing around LeBron go to the pick and roll he gets the switch he throws the hand

up they throw it to him and now he's at the top of the key everybody's standing around what you gonna do LeBron you gonna make a move you gonna drive you gonna drive and kick what you what are you looking for I just thought there was a lot of that especially the last five minutes of looking for? I just thought there was a lot of that, especially the last five minutes of the ballgame, Gil. I thought there was too much of that going on.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It seemed like we were just trying to give the game away. You know, it became basket for basket at the end. There was too much hope, you much hope the last two minutes. We just made more plays at the end. My thing with a team like Pelicans, why would you have a player on minute restriction? Either you play them or you don't.

Right? Because if you lose this game, you have another game. Right? So don't put minute restriction, lose this, then minute restriction, the next game too. You know what I mean? So either you should have went all out to win this game or see you Thursday anyway. I just don't like the whole idea of

minute restriction because that means you're not following the game in real time. That means you're clock watching. And if you're clock watching, if he's playing well, you're going to take him out at the wrong time. Which always usually happens. Right? I didn't like that idea.

And hopefully Denver does that in the first round. Mary, you know, Mary's on many restrictions. Now, no, I need, I need you. A Murray is fine. But if we get your plan somewhere around 25 to 30 minutes a night, I'll be okay with that. Yeah, I agree.

I thought, but LeBron seemed tired tonight because I saw him miss like three or four layups, Gil. I'm talking about point blank. I'm talking about I could have made those. But it seemed like his legs, you know, he played a lot of minutes the other night. And then the comeback, he played 41 minutes tonight. It's nice because at one point, Gil, he was five or nine. He ended up six or 20.

I think he missed like nine shots in a row. Yeah, he did miss some easy, easy, easy around the rim buckets. It happens, right? Especially with someone like him. He gets to the gym one,

two o'clock, and he's preparing for the game. So he's really on his feet and doing a lot of active work. When he's energized, looks great. When he's normal, looks great. But those days where he looks fatigued, he's really fatigued. One time he was going a little bit too fast. He made a great move and then he

was traveling too fast he missed a couple of point blank Zion got him from behind he did a he been doing that his whole goddamn career he don't have no brakes he wants speed once he get going once he get going it's hard

to stop a a dump truck it's going 40 miles an hour because if you're not paying attention you slamming in the back of somebody but they were able to pull it out like i said i was playing unbelievable you came he came out tonight he was extremely aggressive he wasn't going to make you make him settle for jump shots he was dipping that shoulder got a couple of charges but I'm going to the basket. Now stop me. 40 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal, a block.

In 36 minutes, 17 of 27 from the field, 6 of 9 from the free throw line. I thought Zion played unbelievable. Herb Jones hit a big three. He walked into a three, kind of got their rhythm going. Alvarado, you know, Grand Theft Alvarado, you know, he came in doing what he normally does, picking people's pockets.

But it's going to be a very interesting matchup. Well, look, I'm not giving them much of a chance if Zion doesn't play. If Zion doesn't play, I'm not picking them to beat Sacramento. I'm sorry. And that's, you know, I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to, like, minimize someone, but Zion, the way he was playing tonight,

and he's a central piece, and B.I.'s probably going to be on another minutes restriction. And C.J., C.J., you know, he came back down there, because for the last 10 games, C.J. would have been off the charts. Especially, like, the last seven games, I think he was averaging, like, CJ, you know, he came back down there because for the last 10 games, CJ would have been off the charts. Especially like the last seven games. I think he was averaging like 30, shooting 50% from the three.

He came, in reality, kicks in sometimes. Zion. Zion, look. Whatever money that he lost last year he earned it he earned it back the three years that wasn't guaranteed he earned that money back right you know he

played 70 something games he came he came towards the end he was playing great basketball so I know they're hopeful going into the summer going into next year. So, you know, them getting to the playoffs or not is really not important to them

right now. The fact that you finally have a healthy Zion going into the summer. You know, I don't know how this hamstring is. Hopefully it's not too serious where he's not missing big chunks of time

in the summer. I'm very, very proud of the guy. I can't wait to see what he does next year. But for them as a group, they can just let it go. Because they won this ball game,

the Lakers are the seventh seed. They play the two seed, which is the defending champs, the Denver Nuggets. Last year against the Nuggets, against the Lakers, Nikola Jokic averaged 28 points, 14 and a half rebounds, 12

assists on 51% shooting from the floor, 47% from the three, hence sweep, sweep. What does the Lakers have to do? Because the Lakers are the best team in the clutch. Last five minutes, game within five points. Pulled another one out tonight.

Them and the Mavericks had the best records in the NBA. So we know the Lakers know how to win close ball games, although you couldn't probably tell from last year because they had a couple of situations where the Nuggets just out-executed them, put them in the pick-and-roll, dribble-drive handoff with Yoke and Murray, and Murray took the game over. If he didn't take it over, Yoke took it over.

So what do the Lakers need to do? Because you're not going to stop him, but you got to slow him down. You can't let him have 28-15-12. But you got to slow him down. You can't let him have 28, 15, and 12. It's not last year, but, you know, the confidence is on Denver's side, of course. We are a great last five- team against everybody but denver but the nuggets right uh way they play the game we know between the two stars they are making

every single play right either burby's making a play for himself or others yeah or yoke is making a play for himself or others so in Jokic is making a play for himself or others. So in the last five minutes, those two guys are generating everything that's going on. If it's a close game, the Lakers have to understand that there's two guys, two guys only. They're going to play the two-man game, and we have to figure out how to control it.

And on offense, we don't need no defense inside the game. Right? And Torian Prince, I'm sorry, not right now. Right? Not right now. Put Rui in, put Reeves in, have D'Lo.

If we're going to play a two-man game, we need all shooting threats on the court. We don't need nobody trying to play defense because the guy you're going to be guarding is sitting in a... You're going to be guarding KCP. He ain't going nowhere. He's going to be in the corner somewhere. All right?

We don't need your expert defense in the corner. So therefore, you don't need to be on the court right now. So hopefully we don't have one of those defensive lineups in the game at the wrong time. Other than that, we're going to need COVID 2024. Shut it down.

AD's going to need to play like he played when they were in the bubble and he went up against Jokic. He's going to have to probably give you slightly more than what he averaged. He's probably going to need to play like he played when they were in the bubble and he went up against Jokic. He's going to have to probably give you slightly more than what he averaged. He's probably going to have to be somewhere around 28 and 15 a game because he's going to have to look. If you say you're two stars, if you say LeBron and AD neutralize, so whatever they give you offensively, AD and LeBron, whatever Jokic and Murray gives you offensively, LeBron and AD give you offensively.

Now you make it a series. Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon, and KCP against Rui, D-Lo, and Austin Reeves. Who we can win that? See, listen, listen, listen. If we get the that. See, listen, listen, listen. If we get the D-Lo, if we get, I'm about to cut your ass, D-Lo.

Woo, if we get him, they good. Hey, hey, they should be telling me, hey, hey, we about to ship your ass to Niagara Falls. You better get in here and get the buckets. If we get D-Lo playing how D'Lo's been playing and not that D'Lo we had last year in the playoff or in that round,

we should be fine. He has to match Murray point for point. If Murray's averaging 20 and D'Lo's averaging about 15, we win in that series. No, he can't do that. He can't do that. No, he can't do that.

You know, they come off the bench, Reggie Jackson. So our bench is going to have to, Reggie and Braun, those are your energy guys. Those are the guys, you know, when you're at home, the crowd get behind you. He's going to get a couple of rebounds. He's going to get a lob. Reggie, you know, Reggie Jackson, man, he plays good in big games, Gil.

He does. You know what? I'm going to just say, listen, we just got to put some Detroit Pistons signs out there. Because for some reason, just put the Detroit Piston signs out there and hopefully he reverts back. But this is like my last week of rooting for my Lakers. Unfortunately,

I got hit with a what is that called? We had to do full teams out of a hat. I think it was rigged because they gave me the two teams that I don't like.

I got Doc and Milwaukee. I got a root for them. Then I have the Clippers. I got a root for the Clippers. Yeah. Hopefully I lose both So I got a roof for the Clippers. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, hopefully we, hopefully I lose both so I can start voting for my legacy.

But I got a straight chip for the Bucks and the Clippers. Without Yanni, first of all, the Bucks were struggling with Indiana with Yanni's. Because that's not a good matchup. Indiana's looking to push the pace. Brooke Lopez ain't keeping up. Porter's not a good matchup. Indiana's looking to push the pace. Brooke Lopez ain't keeping up. Porter's not keeping up. And so that's not a good matchup for them. We have a poll up right now.

Gale, do the Lakers have a chance against the Nuggets? Lakers in seven, 46%. Gentlemen's sweep, 31%. Sweep, 13%. Nuggets in seven, 10%. So we got a lot of Laker fans here because they say the Lakers are going to take it to seven. Woo!

Uh-oh. All right, look, I got a couple more days because once the playoffs start, I'm a Flipper fan. More new polls, more delusional fans. Laker fans or Cowboys? Cowboys running away with this. Three to what? Three to what? Cowboys for sure.

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Was this the last time? We see the big three as we know it. Because Clay really, really struggled tonight. If I'm not mistaken, he was 0 for 10 from the floor. And I think he was like 0 for 6 from the three-point line. So do you believe, Gil, this was the last time that we see the big three as we know it?

You know what? I don't have no idea, to be honest, because, you know, if Clay's going to take a pay cut, then yes, I'm pretty sure he assigned back. Um,

I know making the case, this is where, you know, Clay is really, really having a hard time not being signed. The fact that, right. You've already had a horrible season,

right? The one game you can get to get your value back up. You put out a zero, which is the first time he was scoreless in about 159 playoff games. His worst playoff performance is the last thing we're going to remember when he's going into free agency. So if I'm him, I don't know if he signs a one-year deal. If he wants a four-year deal, it's going to be four-year 30. It ain't going to be what his real value is. So whoever gets them, they stealing them, right? So I don't

see him going anywhere else. I do see Warriors getting him for a very cheap price. It seems like he only shoots really good against the Lakers. Think about every time he comes to the crib, how he shoots the ball, Gil.

Remember the last two times he showed up? Yeah. Shot the Lakers out of the building. Steve Kerr said after the loss, he. You remember the last two times he showed up? Yeah. Shot the Lakers out of the building. Steve Kerr said after the loss, we need Klay back. He still has good years left. We desperately want him back. Chris Paul, 19 seasons, zero championships. Only Vince Carter, 22 seasons. Jamal

Crawford, 20 seasons. Have played more seasons without winning a ring. Is Chris Paul back? No, he ain't back. Oh, this is Chris Paul's first. This is the first time he missed the playoffs in about 14 years. I know he's salty because he's a competitor, right?

He's a competitor. He's a competitor. He competed against Father Tide. He didn't compete against nobody on the court. It was Father Tide. And Father Tide with it. You know what I mean? I feel sorry for those guys, right? The Chris Pauls, the Steve Nash, mean i feel sorry for those guys right the the chris pauls the steve nash the john stockton's

um because of this the idea of who they are right they are yes there to get you better to make you look better than you really are. So there's guys Chris Paul made look good that got paychecks off of his passing ability. And the fact that these guys are not being rewarded with the ring is like, why do you do it? You got guys out here scoring 30, 40, winning rings. You got guys averaging full five points, starting, winning rings,

and a guy who's delivering contracts. That's what he up to, delivering contracts. And then he goes and he can't complete his career. But I look at it like this. Him winning the ring doesn't put him above. He's not above him. You know what I mean? If he's not in front of John Stockton, you win a ring

at the end of your career, you play in minimal minutes, that doesn't do it for me. You winning the ring being the guy lets me know where you are. So if you're in front of John Stockton or not in front of John Stockton, that's where you are with or without.

You don't get in front of him because you win a ring coming off the bench averaging four points. So what of the war? You hear Steve Kerr? What's he supposed to say? I think he said all the things that a head coach is supposed to say.

In that situation, We won't step. We won't play back. We believe Clay has years left. But you don't get to be as wealthy as Joe Lacombe and Peter Gruber by spending $177 million and missing the playoffs. Because guess what? You can slash payroll considerably and miss the playoffs. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

But they're in this real like, I'm pretty sure they're going to offload Wiggins, right? They're going to offload Wiggins, right? Their first thing is going to see what they can get Clay for, right? If you can get what they offer in four years, four year 40.

Yeah. Two year 48. Right. Two year 30. Two year 35. He takes it. I'll take Clay back for that price. Right. Two year 35. Two year 30. Yeah, I'm taking that. he takes it. I'll take Clay back for that price. Right?

Two-year, $35. Two-year, $30. Yeah, I'm taking that. He's not going to get that money anywhere else. So, I'm pretty sure they're going to off Wiggins, give Kaminga. He's going to give Kaminga that spot.

I don't mind playing it for Andrew Wiggins. You don't mind playing the three. For Andrew Wiggins, you can have my Commodore album. What about BT Express? Would you like to have cameo? That's me.

Hold on, hold on. You know what? I'm a going to Ohio players. Oh, you still got Vinyl on? Who is this? Parliament? I got LT. Hold on. I got LTD. By the time... Yeah, Jeffrey.

Who is that? LTD. I got Atlantic Star. Yeah. Elements of the Universe. Earth, Wind, and Fire. No. Arcade. Nope. elements of the universe earth wind and fire no arcades now you can't have all these

I'm going to give you about four or five of them I got big Lenny Williams cause I love you open eyes another earth wind and fire I got T.P. and last but not least, the gallery.

So, I'll give you four of those for Andrew. That's all I got. I ain't got no players. I'm just going to say they're going to reject that because I don't even think

they got a machine that can play that. Hey, and I'll throw the penny to hold it down so it don't skip on you. So you take that penny down. And you throw in that Wheaties box

with everybody's sign. Nah, nah. I was thinking an evil swap ain't no swindle. I throw the Wheaties box in, now I'm getting swindled now. That ain't no evil swap. Yeah. I'm getting swindled now that ain't no even swap but yeah it's hard to say

because for the luck of the Golden State can you still be the Warriors with no clay no because the reason I say that is look they just won a championship a few years ago

with this team I think once Clay gets his this is just one of those years all the elements that life hit now I mean years, all the elements that life hit now.

I mean, thinking about that money, wanting that money, and it probably got to him all season. He probably needed to get on that boat, shed this season. It happens. You've been great for a long time. You battle

your knee. Nobody thought you was going to be the same. You won a championship. People talk about it like, it happens, right? You know, you just got to, you can't just, this is one of those, like be grateful

of the career you had. Reflect on what you've accomplished. So you know where you're going next right i think sometimes we we're not living in real time right so we feel depressed not realizing this legacy we actually done accomplished and i think he needs to sit back and look at the trail he done laid the foundation he done laid for his kids, his family, and himself. Right? And I think once he see what he has done and sat back,

jumped out of his body and said, I'm the shit. I don't know. I really, I was really that dude. Coming into next season, the pressure's gone. You think the Warriors regret getting rid of Poole and maybe try to move on from Wiggins?

I think they regret a lot of things. Poole going there, obviously, they thought he was going to be the replacement of Steph. He showed in Washington that he just can't handle the pressure.

That's why he's partying there because he didn't have to be the dude to go to State. He got to be the dude. Yeah. True. But what happens is when Clay and Curry Lee, he's supposed to be the guy to step up. A tweening type of guy.

It was a rough one. He's that tweener. He's like Deontay Murray. Oh, Deontay. The one that Spurs traded, right? Yeah, Deontay. He's that

tweener right now. I like him. He's more stable. Weissman might have been... That was their mess up. Going after a big man knowing you don't use big men. You don't have an offense for that guy. That's the year you should have picked LaMelo Ball. You would have had LaMelo and

you'd have had LaMelo and what's her name? Antpool. Yeah. Now that's a hell of a future backcourt. Oh well. They got some decisions. Now watching the Olympics, watching the Paris Olympics,

Wiggins go out there and try to get a USA by folding. You know, everybody try to get it to the red, while Blue wants to get to the Olympics. If he goes to the Olympics and score 20, they should whoop his ass when he gets back to going. It's time for our first segment of the night, Gil, and it's called a news cap. I guess, Gil, I said something today.

I went viral for saying that OKC is the weakest number one overall seed we've seen recently. For the win, wrote an article that Ash couldn't wait to bring to my attention. They wrote, if you had to guess, how many Oklahoma City Thunder games do you think Shannon Sharper's watched? More do you think? If I'm being completely honest, I'm saying the over under at five um considering that you're writing this that's another here and there and that feels like

i'm being a little generous because there's just absolutely no way sharp has tapped into that many thunder games this year and with all that he has to have to do um let's see what shannon sharp jobs requires him to do watch games dumb dumb i guess it's presumptual of me to think that sharp had to watch many thunder games this year but honestly the only way i could imagine someone coming up with a hot take he pulled out on first take today guys sometimes when guys have an opinion it's just not a hot take. That's just my opinion. I don't think anybody's like, oh my God, please let us avoid the thunder. Like they used to do like they did

the Warriors. Like ain't nobody really tried to give up the plate of the Nuggets. Obviously, the Kobe Lakers and things of that nature. Or when LeBron was in the East, wasn't nobody trying to see LeBron? But that ain't no hot take, bro. I'm looking at your team.

Yeah, your team won 57 games. You're the number one seed. But you're young. You're not battle-tested. So teams that are battle-tested looking at y'all like, okay, yeah, we want y'all. I know the Lakers,

the Lakers would have given anything to play OKC in the first round. Oh, no, that's facts. But did he have facts to back up his statement that they're not the worst number one team in history? No. Or not in history, but in the last 10 years. Yeah, the only team that I can think of that would be worse but in the last 10 years. Yeah.

The only team that I can think of that would be worse, but they were, they were a star studded. No, that wasn't a star. He was a star, but he didn't play that much that year after the lockout, the bulls,

the Derrick rules bulls. Um, it was at 50 and 16, that's in 16 team. Well, they missed 23 games that year, right? That team, they were starting shit.

Carlos Boozer, Luau Dane, CJ Watson, I think Old Rip came off the bench. Joe Kim Noah. Nobody averaged, that team

didn't even average more than 15 points. Like, they lost and they end up losing in the first round. But because Derrick Rose missed so many games, I would say they would have been the worst number one because he missed games due to just the ankle injury there. OKC, they're young, of course, not experienced.

The difference is they played. The main starting five all play 70 plus. Right? Very young, play together, play smart, hungry. Right? With young teams, egos are in check. Right? They have a problem coming up later on but as of right now everyone knows their role

Shea has played in two total playoff series and 2019 with the Clippers and 2020 with the Thunder he's 0-2 in those series they're a young team I like the Williams kid he's turning himself into a star he can stroke it, put the ball on the floor, get to the rim

I like him, they got some young, talented players. I like Chet. Chet's going to challenge stuff at the rim, stretch five, can shoot the three. Hey, he's going to protect the plane. He's coming. So you're constantly on high alert knowing that he's lurking back there to probably throw your shot in the stands.

But I didn't think I would say it was that outlandish. You know? It was was it wasn't it is not i mean come on they they know they're 22 like like that but that's the reason that she should be considered the nvp because this is the youngest no one expected them to be here. This is a college age team. No battle tested. No one is even all NBA anything. Most of these guys barely made the rookie sophomore game. Right.

So these guys have no experience in their year. They get flowers. Right. Because as much as we're looking at this team for the future this is it they can't afford jaylen williams chet right josh giddy they can't afford this team right these guys are playing to a point where they're all gonna be a max or super max player and the fact that they signed dort to that money kind of messes up the next person that's coming, which would be Jalen. Right. Because you got to save money for Chet.

So that means Josh, you out of there, son. Let's feel accolade. All our time leaves. Gore has not earned it. His luster career is short, but he revealed him the shot. There is one particular that bugs him. Let's take a listen to what Goat James had to say about the award that just gnaws at it. Is there an award you haven't won that still stings?

Yeah. Defensive player of the year. Defensive player of the year. Yeah. I mean, that's the only award that I don't have in my house that kind of stings. I've talked about this before. Like, it don't make sense. It's almost like what Jay just said about B,

how can she have the most Grammys but never won an album of the year? So the year I finished second in defensive player of the year award, the guy who won defensive player of the year didn't even make first team all defense. That doesn't make sense. That's not even possible.

I said it at the time that it happened. How do you have an, how do you have, time that it happened. How do you have an MVP of a sport and he's not first team all pro? Or he's not... Marc Gasol is your defensive player of the year and he's not first team all defense? First team, all defense? That makes, tell me a scenario that an MVP that doesn't make, an MVP that he's not an all pro, or an MVP that doesn't make the all, I'm like, come on, bro.

What y'all doing here? Did they ever release the voting chart to see how those votes because it looks like he got a whole bunch of he got a whole bunch of votes for first place and probably damn near last right there was no

in the middle I don't think that's ever happened in history where there was a defensive player of the year award and he's not having an MVP, but he makes second team. How do you justify? How can somebody justify that?

The league MVP is second team All-NBA. Because that's what you had. You had a defensive player of the year that was second team All-Defense. You know, I'm going to just play devil's advocate here. If I'm Marcos Sol, I'll say the same thing LeBron is saying. I was robbed.

I won defensive player of the year, and they put me on second team. But, you know, back then that's when LeBron could sit in the chair. It didn't matter. He could take your best player and late in the ball game, they would put him at the five and he'd have to guard Tim Duncan.

And he could do that. Now, not for the entirety of the game. Say the last three to four minutes, they're like, hey, we gotta go. This is what we're gonna do. And he could do that. You put him in the to four minutes, they're like, hey, we got to go. This is what we're going to do. And he could do that. You put him in the pick and roll, he could go. Hey, y'all remember D. Rose when he was MVP? And LeBron locked him up?

Legitimately, he could guard one from five. Yeah. When did Martin Soule ever become a defensive player? I mean, Tony Allen was the defensive player. when did Martin Sol ever become a defensive player I mean Tony Allen was the defensive player it was a grit and grind team but I mean it was 2012

2013 2013 yeah 2012 2013 yeah but also you have to remember this too. And this is why we need to go to just the AI voting. This would have been the Michael Jordan scenario. They want to get into MVP.

He had one final. He's been finals MVP, defensive player of the year. He would have had finals MVP champion? He would have had finals MVP champion. He would have had the same. It would have been the same run and they took it from him. You can't preserve history. You can't

do it. It's wrong. Some of the things that they do is just wrong for sports. You're taking accolades from people and then you're using what you did against them. You are cheating these people and then you say

well you're not good enough because you don't have this. Well I don't have it because of your funky ass. And that's the unfair part about it. Even that finals MVP where he averaged damn near 39, 13 and 9.

Come on, dog. Just stop. You know who the best player was in the finals. Just give the man this goddamn trophy and keep it moving. No, well,

there was a reason there was an out rule. Oh, my. How do you win? You don't supposed to have that on awards when people second guess. If you gave it to LeBron, no one says nothing but skimpy.

I just don't know. That year, LeBron, his first team all defense, like you said, that was when he was prime. He was in his absolute prime. He could sit in a chair for as long as you need him. He could play 40 minutes, guard your best one through four, and usually late in the ball game. If you had a big and you needed to go small, he could guard

the five. And they robbed him of that opportunity. They robbed him. There ain't no way around it. Ain't nobody you gonna look at him and say Mark Gasol had a better defensive year than LeBron James. There's no way you could say it because if he had him, you should have put

him on the first how do the voters vote the man second team but you vote that yeah you should win the defensive player of the year and that's that's as well they should like the two minute report

the referee have two minute report they should have a report after they finish voting to see what they were thinking because this is you know how they tell athletes we don't want don't be politicians we don't want to hear political stances from you right shut up and dribble. Those 150 voters, some of them were probably saying the same thing too. Some of them, we know, just looking at

who they from and where they're from, they don't watch basketball. How the hell do they get a vote? Some of these people have a vote in rights. Marc Gasol received 31st place vote to win the award. LeBron had 18. Joe Kim Noah

was the center that made first team and he had 13 first place votes. Yeah. They just found a way not to give it. They was messing. They was tricky with the votes. Hey.

Hey. We still got to have something to hang over LeBron's They just treat you with the vote, son. Hey. You know what? They finish up like. Hey. You know, we still got to have something to hang over LeBron's head because you know, that's his fourth MVP. You got four MVPs. You got two finals MVPs. Man, hey, defensive player of the year. Now what?

He mess around and go win or not? Hey, hold on. Hey, let's just. Because now you turn around and guess what? Gian mess around and go win or not? You know, hey, hold on. Hey, let's just... Because now you turn around and guess what? Giannis did it. And it's not like it... I mean, it's not... What you call him?

He was the defensive player of the year. I don't know if it was the same season. Was it the same season? I think Elijah won. Hakeem. Nah, 93. Hakeem won 92? Was it 93?

93? That was the championship 93 yeah because 94 yeah 93 and he was an MVP yeah I don't know

the defense I don't know if the defense because I never paid attention to defense it didn't pay well offense pays well on this side

what what yeah he went back to back offense pays well on this side what what yeah he went back to back 93-94 and he won the title in 94-95 and he was the MVP he was the MVP

93 93 yeah 94 that was the year he put that work on 93. 93? Yeah. Because it was Shaq's second year. 94. That was the year he put that work on David Robinson. Because David Robinson got the MVP. Remember David Robinson got the MVP?

And people thought Akeem should have got it. He said, okay. Don't worry about it. Don't even worry about it. I believe, though. When you leave the series, you're going to know who should have been the MVP of the league. And he did a demolition job with David Robinson.

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Anthony Edwards, Jason Tatum, True Holiday, Bam Adebayo, Tyrese Halliburton, Steve Kerr was serving coach for Team USA. Kawhi is averaging 24.6 rebounds for the Clippers, but missed the final eight games of the regular season with knee inflammation and his surgically repaired knee. Training camp and exhibition games start happening in Vegas, are scheduled for July. Might be out of the body in there.

But anyway, do you think Team USA win gold? But... Yeah, they're going to win gold? But... Yeah, they're going to win gold. Yeah, they're going to win. They have enough talent on it. I just don't like...

I just don't like the guard play. It's too... We got to set an example and you're coming out there with Holiday and Halliburton right now when it should be Kyrie and Brunson

right and this is how I look at it I'm from I don't know what they've done after 96 but whatever it's been on it's been on some friendship bracelet type of picking because 92

12 players 9 of the players were all NBA players. The only the weakest players were Magic. He didn't play that year. Bird and then we had Christian right? Those were the three weakest

everybody else all NBA players 96 team all 12 players made the all NBA that year that means they were top 15 in the NBA they took the best of the best the team was so good

that two players on the team came off the bench they were averaging 27 and 11. That was Hakeem and Shaquille O'Neal. They both came off the bench on the 96 team and they averaged 27 and 11 that season. That's what we had coming off the bench in 96. And you telling me you're trying to rock with Hallen Burton.

And I like Hallie because he's in the number zero. But Drew Holiday, I don't need guys. I don't need other defensive players. Who are you out there stopping? What German? Who are you? The Europeans, man. They be putting us

in a pick and roll. They be back there cutting us. We got to have somebody that can defend. Can't defend. Can't defend. Can't defend. It won't put the ball in the back. Give me Kyrie. But you know what? He's going to put him in the mixture too.

Gil, is that what game? Think about it. They got what? They got fourth at the World Cup. Biggs gave him a problem. Now, the question is, is Joel Embiid, how healthy is he going to be? I like Anthony Davis as a big. I like Bam.

I think we got Steph can shoot the ball, KD, Book, Ant-Man, JT. We got a solid team. I probably agree with you. I probably would have taken, if you take Kyrie and you take Jalen Brunson, I don't think

anybody mad at you. And they're going to be all NBA players this year. So I'm going off the metrics that 96 and 90, our original teams did. They put the best players in the NBA. Holiday, listen,

I love what he does, but you're the fourth best player on your team right now. I don't need you right now. Now. Right? Not right now. Listen. Next year, next summer, right?

If we got a game, you know, all NBA in the FIBA China, we need someone to go represent the America. We can send you. This is the goal, baby. This is cool. Our parents is looking at this, right? We don can send you. This is the goal, baby. This is cool. Our parents is looking at this, right? We don't need you. We don't need you out there right now.

All right? He can be a scout player. He can be a scout player. He can't go. He can't get on the bus. He can't get on the plane. You don't get the jersey. You can be an alternate. The Clippers picked up the tab on the concession during their final regular season game at the crypt arena damn had i known that man i was on a hill of nachos burgers fries yeah we should have went to the game

not going to no clipper game but how how much? I mean, you figure 15,000, 16,000 people? Alcohol? You know how much alcohol costs. Yeah. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You mean, wait, hold on. Do you mean he picked it up before? So that means when people got up there, it was like free.

Ooh. That's what he reported I mean that was the least he could do the man worth $170 billion I don't know what I'm saying did any fans come out and say everything was free today ABC 7 reported it

yeah I'm not worrying about them that's that Yeah, I'm not worrying about them. That's that gimme. I'm talking about that any fans on their phone be like, oh, hey, come down to the Clipper game. Everything's free. I got 30 beers. None of that. They don't believe it. You know how you got

to do people, Gil. Two beers or one. you can't tell it's free because everybody will come in there, let me get 12 beers, 16 hot dogs, and two buckets of popcorn. So we got to put limits

on it. One beer, popcorn, hot dog, eat that, break your ass back. Man, this ain't even your arena. Don't tell me how much I need to eat. Either it's free or not.

Don't trick me. I got a family to feed down there. Clipper tickets, they getting the ghetto. I got a family to feed down. Guess what? I need all 16 hot dogs. I got my beer.

Got my hot dog. Deuces. Deuces. I don't need to watch the game. I've seen people come to the movies, get movie popcorn and go home. Just to get Blake Griffin retired.

Six-time All-Star, five-time All-NBA, 2010-11 Rookie of the Year. All-Rookie Team 2010-11 Rookie of the Year. He also won the dunk contest by jumping over a parked car. How will you remember Blake Griffin? I remember him as a Clipper,

and the Clippers is considered the city girls of Los Angeles. I mean, he twerked his way on to a nice little season. That's what he did. But isn't he only 33? Yeah, ain't he? What? He came in in 2011.

No, he missed 2009 because of the knee injury. Remember, he didn't play that year. He's 35. He's only like John that year he's 35 he's only like John Wall he's 35 his driver

license says he's 35 35 you know Lob City, Twerk City you know he'll be remembered shaking his little tail in the air. Right. That's it.

Hey, listen, they're the Clippers, man. We don't give them no respect. The WNBA is at 13 teams, including the new base area franchise. And they want it to be 16 in the next few years. Where should the WNBA expand to? WNBA's to? WNBA family friendly, and it shows Midwest type of... Probably the team in Tampa.

They said South Florida, maybe Miami. Let me give you the cities that they're contemplating. Philadelphia, Toronto, Denver, Portland, Nashville, South Florida. Nashville. Louisville. I think it's Louisville.

They should have a team in Kentucky. Louisville. Yeah, you're right. team in Kentucky Louisville yeah you're right Louisville Louisville they should have a team out there because they already have an arena out there they already have an arena that was meant for a WNBA team so they have an arena that already

seats 19,000 and the women's team, I think they do around 10 to 12, which that can translate for the W anyway. So they already have the support system for girls basketball or for women's now. South Florida, nah.

I mean, they don't even want to go to the NBA games. So I will put that joint up in Tampa somewhere. Philly? Maybe. I would do Tampa. Kentucky? Philly.

Man, they had a team since the ABA. Kentucky. Kentucky. Philly. Man, they ain't had a team since the ABA. The Colonels. Kentucky. Louisville. That's that whole little area, right? You mentioned that. Hey, I said Louisville. I said

Louisville. I said they got the... I told you they already have a WNBA arena over there. I don't know about that. Y'all don't know about Louisville. No, what's so funny, they built an arena thinking they were going to get a WNBA team. You probably need to have an arena.

So they actually have an arena. WNBA team where they have an NBA presence. So Philadelphia makes sense. Denver makes sense. That's how they did with the WNBA. Okay. What city? Why you think they ain't getting no love now?

Why you think they ain't getting no love now? If Aces is in the city, there ain't no NBA team out there. Lovely. They out there. Fun. You want to be with women? You don't want no other sport.

You just want them so they can survive. That's how they can survive. Yeah, so now you're forced. That's why I said the Louisville, the girls run that city. So putting the WNBA team out there,

they might have the biggest fan support. Houston. Where at though? team out there, they might have the biggest fan support. Houston! Where at though? What was the... I mean, it's all about where you'll fit.

You got to put it in cities where they're big enough to support the team and there's really nothing else there so they can focus. You got to treat it in cities where they're big enough to support the team. And there's really nothing else there. So they can focus. You got to treat it like college, right? Those big college programs.

It's really, you can put one in that, that North Carolina Duke, that area. Cause you got three, you got three schools. That's right there. So you can put one in,

in the middle of those three. Was it NC State? You got NC State, Duke, and Chapel Hill. Durham and Chapel Hill. Yeah. That's what I said. I'll put one right there. Get those three.

Well, you know, they're going to put an NBA team in Vegas you know that and they probably want to do it sooner than later because I know LeBron LeBron wants to be in that mix

Shaq has said that he wants to be in that mix unless he wants to be here. Unless he wants to be under LeBron, ain't no chance. Alright, Gil. It's time for our last segment of the night, and it's a Q&A.

Goal standard. How many game sevens did Michael Jordan have in his finals? None. Never lost in the finals. Jordan is the goal. Not true. Not true. None.

Are they doing that? How many game sevens did he play? Upgrade KC and Duncan Gill. Clay to the Lakers off the bench. Yes or no? Also, how hungry and motivated are the Nuggets after winning the championship last year? Much love, gentlemen.

Listen. The Lakers will probably take a shot for him and I'm pretty sure he'll start with the Lakers because that's the type of player LeBron loves guys just flat out shoot it I don't think Clay will leave everything he knows or come back home because technically

this is not his home anymore this is where he grew up but it's not his home anymore. This is where he grew up, but it's not his home. The Bay Area is his home. The Nuggets, how motivated are they since they won last year? I can tell you this, and this is the only reason I don't give Jokic,

I wouldn't vote Jokic the MVP. Every championship team that came back the following year dominated. They dominated. Bulls, Golden State, Lakers, San Antonio. They were on the mission the following year. Nuggets wasn't on the mission this year. There's nothing really this year for a long period of time where we're like, Nuggets is killing.

They never went on the killing spree. Yeah, we know they're the most dangerous team because of Jokic. But this year, they didn't seem like they put any real fear in anybody. It just seemed like they were just there. Just like, oh yeah, Nuggets, they won again real fear in anybody. It just seemed like they were just there. Just like, oh yeah, Nuggets, they won again, they won again. They never really put foot to ask. I think they're very motivated because

there are a lot of teams that won one in a row. You want to be special, you got to double it up. And you want to be really, really special, you three-peat. There haven't been very many of those. Obviously, the Celtics won those eight straight in the 80s. And then you had Shaq.

I mean, you had Shaq in the early 2000s, and you had Jordan do two three-peats in the 90s. But it doesn't happen very often. The Lakers never three-peated. Hell, the Celtics, the great Celtics, they never went back-to-back. Some people don't realize, as great as they were, they never went back-to-back. They won realize, as great as they were, they never went back to back. They won 81, 84, and 86.

But they never went back to back. So going back to back, obviously, three-peats put you in rarefire there. I don't believe in my lifetime, hell, I wasn't alive when the Celtics, they were only eight teams when they won their eight in a row. I don't believe somebody I don't believe somebody would win 3-4 in today's because injuries I mean the freak

now Golden State had Kevin Durant not gotten hurt they would have won that one they would have won that one but I mean it could happen because these these players

now want to win they know they know their legacy is built on winning so it could happen where someone like a Paul George takes his talents to Denver and just say I want to win and if they win this year now you added

Paul George instead of KCP changes your team. So that's the type of stuff that can happen. In the last decade, you got to go back to what? In the last 20 years, you probably only had three. Let's see who went back-to-back. Braun went back-to-back with

Miami, Kobe went back-to-back, and Steph went back-to-back. That's it, just three back-to-backs. Well, I think, I mean that's what I'm saying what was the urgent

let's see 99, 2000, 2001 yeah the Lakers the Celtics the Celtics won in 8 straight and then you got Jordan 2-3 piece in the 90s and then the Lakers, what did they do?

What was it? 2001-2? Or 99-2000? 99-2000, 2001, and 2002? Yeah. Yeah, because the Spurs won in 02. Spurs won in 99?

Yes. Spurs won in 99. That was the strike 99. That was the strike year. That was the strike year. And then the Lakers. Huh? Yeah. Yeah. Lakers of 2000, 2001, 2002.

So if the Nuggets went back to back, we're going to look at them different, Gil. We just do because it doesn't happen that often. And when you look at some of that, you look at the great 76ers team. They didn't repeat. The great Celtics, they didn't repeat. So you start talking, I mean, NBA repeats are rare.

Yeah, repeats are rare. But we ain't got to worry about that because Lakers about to beat the men with about six so we ain't got to they better not let that happen Lakers is six Lakers is six and you know what's so funny and this is how the world works

if Lakers do upset Denver, nobody's going to make it a big deal. No one's going to say, oh my God, this upset happened. They're going to be like, well, yeah, LeBron, they got the team to do it. No one's going to

be surprised if it happens. No. But you know what they're going to say? Michael Jordan wouldn't even have been in the play-in tournament. Well, hey, hold on. The Lakers wasn't in the play-in tournament either.

They was legit AC. Hassan Thomas was up. I'll trade you anybody off the grid except Ja and Bane for those albums. Alright, give us Jaron Jackson and Gigi Jackson and you got a deal.

Give or don't what you say. What's up, Uncle G? My question is, what is the best advice you've gotten for a coach or given to a teammate? Don't let Stephen A. talk about your suit game. What's the best advice? What's the best advice?

The best advice I ever got was from Chris Mullen. The best advice I ever got was from Chris Mullen. And I remember I was training and he asked me, he said, you know, what's your goal? And I told him my goal was to be in the NBA. He's like, okay, you're here. Now, what's your next goal? And I said, what do you mean? He's like, if your goal as a child was to be in the NBA, you're in the NBA.

Are you going to give up? To move to star status, you need another goal now. You made it here. Don't be an NBA player. That's the worst thing you can be as a nb in the nba nba player that the nba players they want to party drink enjoy the life like you sacrifice to get here you have to sacrifice while you're here to become what your next dream is so he so i basically said well i never thought about it can i get some time went home thought about it came back the next day and then from there i understood how to train that's what i get to where i was going your journey was to get to the wmba

now a new journey starts that once you're here the best advice i got mike shenahan gave me he told me he said you never accept anything in a win you wouldn't have lost a lot of times you accept things in a win because we won and you says well winning masks everything but had you lost that game would you be okay with it and it really never dawned on me like that because one of my greatest games is he called me to his office you know i'm feeling good i had i had 10 for buck 80 opening day at the time it was one of the top five opening day receiving games i'm a tight end in nfl history steve antinopolis i'm trying to say i might want to see you i had just one offensive player i just won offensive player of the week.

The first time we had that award, I got the little crystal football. So I feel like, man, you know, because he had been on me. I had surgery the offseason on my ankle. I really didn't participate in no OTAs, really limited in training camp. So come out there the first game, drop 10 for a buck 80 on him. Buffalo. I get up there to his office and Mike said, sit down, 84.

And he got the TV because I'm sitting like right here. He's sitting in a chair like this and I'm sitting right there. And he cuts the TV on. And it's me. Full jiving. Missed a block. Not running, you know, not running full speed. So he showed me about four or five plays.

And he says, I'll never accept anything in a win. I wouldn't have lost. Had we lost this game, this effort would have been unacceptable. We won it. It's still unacceptable. effort would have been unacceptable. We want it. It's still unacceptable.

The best advice I give people is that the same thing my grandfather told my brother and I, never mistake habit for hard work. People think because they do something over and over they're working hard, Gil. That's a habit. People go to the gym every day at 9 o'clock. People go to the gym every day

at 6 o'clock. And body ain the gym every day at 6 o'clock. And body ain't changed since they was a kid. They went from adolescent to adulthood. And that ain't had nothing to do with no weights. I want a hard worker, not someone who works hard. Man, that's what, so I never forget that things that people tell me that really resonate with me

certain things that I hear that I've heard all those years like my grandfather died in 1977 we're coming up on down to 50 years and everything that he ever told my brother, everything that he ever spoke in my presence, I can recite it verbatim brother, not everything that he ever spoke in my presence, I can recite it verbatim.

Everything. Not one thing he's ever said in my presence that I can't, I can tell you where I was, I can tell you what he said, I can tell you the context in which he said it. So, oh, did I?

Oh, you valued his voice. He wasn't a, I mean, you know, when you're eight years old, hell, everybody's gargantuan his voice he wasn't a i mean you know when you eight years old hell everybody's gargantuan but he wasn't a lot papa probably about five eight probably weighed 255 wide you know i come you know my uncle's wide they were farmers manual labor so they were they were they were they were weren't tall men but they were wide men and so uh weren't tall men, but they were wide men. And so, hold up.

Who are your top five actors of all time? Who are your top five, Gil? Man, it's hard to get a top five. But y'all realize that's harder than saying who are your top five NBA players? Who are your top five NFL players? Who are your top five? Man, that's hard. I got Denzel,

Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson. I like Jack. I like Denzel. Is it Anthony Hopkins? That's really a nice list. I would definitely have Denzel. I mean, that's hard to have a list where you don't have Tom Hanks on it.

Love Jack Nicholson. That's three. A guy that doesn't get nearly nearly the credit that he deserves who had incredible range with Robin Williams. Oh, man. Robin Williams, yeah. And

what's the boy's name? He was in There Will Be Blood, he was in Lincoln what's the guy Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis, I go back and forth between Daniel Day-Lewis and Anthony Hopkins but every time I think of Anthony Hopkins

I think about Silence of the Lambs and that might be one of the greatest roles that awful Jack Crawford and Clarice Stallings. Did you come down here before you put it up the case?

Like, you know, Eddie Murphy, you know what I like about Eddie Murphy and Will Smith? They are well-rounded. They play all kind of roles. I know we have Eddie in there, but... Jamie?

Eddie? I mean, we didn't mention Al Pacino. We didn't mention Cleeney's Wood. We didn't mention Robert De Niro. And then you start going back, you start getting Brando. You start getting Yul Brynner. You start getting Samuel L.

Yeah, Morgan Freya. Morgan Freya. There's some great ones out there. We only got five spots. We only got five spots. Jay Rain said, hello, Nightcap fam. Making a sacrifice spending money on Supercheck. Got to get my car to the tow yard

I've been moving all night back downstairs get my car gone with all my blood come on bro how you brought first of all you know you owe and you parking out there and broad day like you know they looking for that

they got the hits ready for you dude probably was out there polishing that hit you up hey come on you don't know man you gotta take your license plate off man every time you go upstairs take your license all night came back downstairs and my car was gone with all my belongings damn well i mean i don't know how much money he sent, but he's a couple more dollars short. Man, he let you get your stuff out? Damn, bro. We shouldn't be laughing.

Well, we wouldn't know about it had he not have told it. You're right. and be like, hey, well, we wouldn't know about it had he not have told it. Obviously, we in Louisville would forever be grateful for a WNBA team. Yeah. Because they only have, they got, you know,

the basketball team down there and they got the derby, Kentucky derby. You up into the derby, you got to go. You got to go. You got to go once. It's an experience. It's unbelievable. My guy, once my guy get back reinstated, so next year I'll take my guy, Bob Baffert.

Bob, if you're out there watching, I'm going to go check it out. Because I met him when I went down there. I met him, D. Wayne Lucas. Who else did I meet? I met somebody else. Another one. I forget his name. But once he like once he gets reinstated, I go back down there. He trained American Pharoah and Justify are the last two Triple Crown winners before. After that, I mean, people thought the Triple Crown was easy because you had Seattle Salou winning in 77 and you had

a firm winning in 78 and then hell, Spectacular Bid came up the ladder, so you almost had three Triple Crowns and then you had Secretariat in 73 with Ron Turcotte and she was out of the Chenery stable, the chestnut coat. But it's

an experience, Gil. You got to go for the pageantry, and you got to have a hat. Gil, it's all about the hat. You go down there, I mean, you see women, women be barefooted. Women have their heels in their hand, but they have the flyers hat out there. Horse racing. What is the Kentucky Derby again? Is that horses? Horse racing. Hey, party's nice too. You got to try one of them

on mint juleps. I ain't really big into it, but hey, you got to say I had it. But, uh... Huh. Oh. I hope they got a strip club at the Kentucky Derby because that's all I'm going there for.

They be down there now, Gil. They be down there. Yeah, they be down there. They be down there now. They be down there? I wasn't looking too hard. I was, you know, I was with somebody, but... They be down there.

They be down there. Oh, no. I look. I don't care who I with. I'm going to look. Yeah. Because if I don't look, then you notice I noticed it.

And then now I'm purposely not looking on something I already looked at because obviously I know it's there. Yeah. See, that's where I look. You see that behind you, girl? I'm like, where? What's that? Where? Hell yeah, I saw. I saw. Wait it's there. See, that reverse psychology is where I look. You see that fine girl? I'm like, where? What's that?

Where? Hell yeah, I saw her. I saw her. Wait for you to hear. I was hoping you would alert me. Yeah, I saw her. You damn right. My body system started tingling.

Fine girl alert. Fine girl alert. Where? Where? So, you know, you play it off. Where? Oh, Lord. Yes, she is. you know you play it off where yes he is

all I do is sit and watch Seeking Sister Wives I just be sitting there like yo how y'all pulling this off man I watch everything on Netflix and Hulu.

Gil, who was the bigger, King Jackson 11 asked, Gil, who was the bigger manager to their teammates, you or Shaq? Boom. See, I don't, I've heard stories about Shaq um I was I was a big prankster I'm not even gonna lie like uh I don't know I don't know I really don't can't. I don't know what he's done on us. This is a funny story, though. This is why people like Shaq is

needed. We're in All-Star Week in Vegas. All-Star Week in Vegas and John Amici just came out and the NBA sat us down in the locker room and said, Hey, John Amici, boom, boom, boom.

Please do not respond to it. Right. They've given us the whole speech. Do not respond. Because I guess Tim Hardaway went bananas over it. Right. Soon as the media came in. Shaq put on a silver thong like the jockstrap thong and said Johnny meet you y'all I'm Johnny meet you

and everyone everyone just started dying laughing because it was the funniest thing ever just Johnny meet you y'all how you doing I just tell y'all not to say anything about this? Yeah, the first thing they do as soon as you come in there,

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