Nightcap - Nightcap Hour 1: USA is LOCKED in at the WORLD CUP + Zlatan Ibrahimovic says USA has Chance to WIN World Cup + Spurs Remain COMMITTED to De’Aaron Fox

Episode Date: June 20, 2026

Shannon Sharpe, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Iso Joe Johnson react to the USA beat Australia and advancing to World Cup knockout stage, Zlatan says USA can win the World Cup and Spurs remain committed to De’Aaron Fox Timeline:00:00 - Introduction 04:45 - USA defeats Australia22:40 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic thinks the USMNT has a chance to win the World Cup26:55 - Spurs remain committed to De’Aaron Fox50:30 - Isiah Thomas questions why Brunson isn’t the face of the NBA (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How did he? Can't get much better than that. Alex Freeman, son of Packers, All-Pro wire receiver, Antonio Freeman, with a huge head of goal to help the USA go up to O, the last time the U.S. men, went back-to-back matches in the World Cup, was doing the inaugural tournament in 1930, 96 years since the U.S. have won back-to-back.

Normally, oh, Joe, we win one, we lose one, we draw, or we lose, lose. But we finally won games. back to back. Ocho, you were in attendance. What did you like about what you saw from the USA?

I mean, what I like what I saw from the USA, obviously, consistency on in a buildup on what we did last week against Paraguay.

Obviously, last week, very impressive. It shocked a lot of people, including myself, who've been watching the United States Man's National Team

since 1994 when I got a better understanding in actually what I was watching. And, why you laughing, Joe? Oh, hey.

Hey, young boy, you shut out. Hey, but to see us play like this. I believe that we will win. I believe that we did win. I believe that we did win. Hey, to have a great first half, obviously, we kind of sputtered in the second half a little bit, but obviously we weren't able to let. God damn.

What happened? Oh, Australia. I'm going to get ready to say paragraph. We weren't able to let Australia get anything in the back of the net. Outside of that, the first half, we dominated in every phase of the game, all the phase of the game. We did look good. We had some good chances.

So we look good. I'm excited. I'm happy. I'm optimistic. We on to the round of 32. So, you know what? Whoever we got next, bring them on. Man, I feel like Boosie College.

One heck of a dog. Hey. Boots. Yeah. Yeah. Flash, like. Hey, I like you. I like how you fanatic that over there, man.

I like. Yeah, what happened? Where did you? I know, I'm on the road. I forgot. I ain't going to lie to you. I forgot it. I forgot.

God, dang. They got some. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to have to find some. I'm going to find something. Listen, I, look, I thought we played great. Two back-to-back wins, and I don't know how long, but I feel like we played a couple mediocre teams, fellas.

We're in Paraguay and who we played. Australia. But I want to see us on the big stage, man. You know, when we play against Germany, Brazil, you know, you know, Argentina, some of the big dogs. But listen, don't get me wrong now. Win is a win. I enjoy watching it.

I love the excitement, you know, for my first time really just sitting down watching a full game, you know, man, hey, hey, hey, Team USA, baby. I'm all the way. I'm with them. Yeah. I feel like Apollo Creed, living in America. Ow! Yeah.

Hey, man, hey, look, on our home soil, normally on the home soil, no matter what it is, Olympics, it's the Winter Olympics, the Summer Olympics, it's the World Cup. Normally, the host team performs very, very well. You look at the Olympics when they were in China. You look at the Olympics when they're in London. You look at the Olympics in 84. No matter where the Olympics are, you go back and look at the Winter Olympics. whether they're in Lillihomber or Lake Placett or wherever the case may be,

uh, uh, Utah, you know, wherever. I feel it should be the same way, especially with us in soccer. And I understand, Ocho,

it's not, I mean, you probably got to go way down on the list as far as America's favorite sports when it comes to, you know, football, basketball, baseball, some of other sports. But still,

we're home. And you know you got a home field advantage because most of the state, every stadium you go to and you play, the majority of the fans are going to be pulling for you. And so, tap into that. Obviously, you still got to play.

The crowd can only do so much, but you do feel that sense of like a pride, a sense of accomplishment that I'm playing in front of my host country. And they're cheering me on. Because normally, you know, you don't get that. Normally, you overseas. Every once in a while, we might have a friendly hero there here in America,

but it doesn't bring the country out. It doesn't bring the country together. like this. Hey, the funny thing about it, too, is there are a few countries, Joe, Uncan Joe, that even when playing in the States, even though we're playing here,

and if we get an opportunity to play them, it will feel like we plan an away game because of how well they travel. Even though we... What? Who are you talking about, Joe? If we play Morocco, oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Go over the stadium. Joe, if we play Saudi Arabia, they're going to take over the stadium. If we play Argentina, Spain, if we play Colombia, the whole stadiums. On our home term? At home, in the States.

But we got to worry about it with Mexico. Didn't they get sent home? No, no, no, no. Because you already know what it's going to be in Mexico. Yeah. Mexico's playing well, too. No, we can't, we don't worry about, we're not worried about anybody. We're on home field.

We're a home field advantage. And it should be such. I'm what you're right. Look, I like, like I said, Antonio Freeman, I was just reading about him the other day. And I was like, damn, it's funny that I was just reading about him, Antonio Freeman's son. And here he is, he doesn't got the ball.

He doesn't, hey, he's playing well. Yeah. Now I got to get me another jersey. I got to get, because I ordered a Balagoon jersey, and it won't be here until early July. So I got to get a Freeman. Hey, Balagoon, the truth, ain't it, bro? Yeah, yeah.

That boy, nice, man. He, he all over the damn field out there. Good, good. Good. I like that. Just keep it going. Just get to the finals. Man, can you imagine?

Oh, y'all think there was a parade. Y'all think there with a parade? I can't imagine if the U.S. won the world. I ain't going to be. I can't imagine that. I ain't going to lie. I can't. I can't.

It's just some, it's just, it's just some countries out there that's just known for football. I just don't think we're known for that. So for us to, we might to be known. We're about to make a deep run. You think so. And when you think about it, too, every time it comes to the World Cup,

it's always the same eight countries. Yeah, for sure. And it's always the same eight countries. So if we happen to squeeze in there, you know, by sheer luck. Hook or Crook? Yeah. Hey.

Hey, Ocho, what the atmosphere was like out there? Yes. Oh, it was nice. It was nice. I mean, out here in Seattle, you already know it was like the 12th man when the Seahawks are playing. So now you have.

have all the fans. Hey, I walk to the stadium, Joe. My, my, I walk to the stadium with some of the fans. I, I blend right in with everybody else. So you'd have to be paying attention to actually realize, wait a minute, they go so on. No, but I walked, I stood in line with everybody else. I sat in the crowd so I could enjoy the atmosphere and experience that atmosphere. Hold on. Hold on. With your shades of darkness, you fit in? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, there's other black people like that, Joe. Nah, they thought he was a team member of Nigeria, Senegal or something, you know. They like, hey, why you got an American jersey, man?

You're singleese. Hey, there's race. Hey, there's racist. That's racist. That's all right. I'm racist with Ocho. What, boy. What you doing?

He wants some, hey, hey, hey, you know he wants some attention? You know how the masters are? You want to go, hey, Ocho on the road in Seattle. You want to go to, you want to go see what, you want to go see what he doing? He can take you to the fish market. What you think? You go to the fish market, catch some fish.

You like fish, don't you? They're not really. That's a bad boy big, what? He said, y'all, they see him a bit of a bit. He's hungry. He just ate. You want a snack? You want a treat?

Yeah, man. Hey, I'm out here in Minnesota, man. We got the nationals out here, man. My daughter and them out here doing their thing, doing their one, two. You feel me? Yeah. Hey, how they doing?

Yeah, it's a tournament. We're doing pretty good. They're going to play again at 8 o'clock. So they're doing all right, man. They're holding it down. They hold it down, bro. They holding it down. Okay.

Joe, you know, I used to play volleyball, too. Did you? Did you? What position? What position? you play? A little bit of everything, Joe. You know it's a rotation.

Now, you know that, Joe. Every time you serve. Were you outside hitter? You a blocker? No, I could dig with the best of them, huh? You said her? Well, everybody have to dig, go, Joe. I mean, yeah, I'm one of the, hey, I'm one of the better setting because I had a nice

Oh, you're a setter. I had a nice little touch. Okay. And it's, I can jump out of the gym. So my spike team was like that, too. Hey, hey, my daughter playing the middle, boy, I'm talking about she had about, she had about She was middle blocks. I'm talking about whipping it.

You hear me? Yeah. Okay. She's doing a thing out there. I like that. Man, that's awesome. That's awesome. I mean, look, the only time I watch volleyball is when the Olympics come around.

I watch the men and the women. And we normally have a very good men's and women team, along with the, the Brazilians, normally have a great women's volleyball team. So do the Chinese. the Russians, the Ukrainians. Same with the men, the Croatia, Croatia, have a good team, obviously the Brazilians. So I always watch it.

I remember when they had, the U.S. team had Destiny Hooker and Logan Tom. They were really, really good. I mean, you're talking about these. And Karcharai was the coach. I think Karch is still the coach. I think Karcharaj is still the ladies national volleyball coach. You're talking about a professional boy. They don't be playing.

Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, them folks had a head over the knee. You hear me? Real deal. Oh, yeah. And I watch, you know, beach volleyball. The only time I watched that, obviously. You watch the girls beach volleyball?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I figured you like that. I figure you like that. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Misty May and her partner. Huh? You know who's really good in volleyball?

Who? That filled with me when I went into, when I went to Cincinnati as a rookie, went to UCLA. Remember Danny Farmer? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do. Danny Farmer was a hell of a volleyball player, boy. Yeah, Carrie Walsh, that's her name.

Carrie Walsh, I think she got married, Carrie Walsh Jennings. I think that's the name, Misty May Train. I think they won three Olympics together. Yeah, they had a real good team. Yeah. And who was it? It was Ken Stepherson and Dane Blanton. I think they won the inaugural in 96th in Atlanta.

Yeah, I think, I think Ken Stephers, because him and what you call him used to be, I think Ken Stephenson, and Carliskerai used to be partners, but for the Olympics, Dane Blatton, he and I used to work out to the same gym. And he's the UCC.

Women's Coach now, Dane is. But I forgot. Happy Juneteenth, everyone. June team. If you're celebrating, hopefully you're doing something fun. Juneteen,

when they actually, they had been freed years earlier, but when they finally got the news, they're like, hold on, wait a minute. Give me to tell, we were free from three.

years. Y'all just not braided this, dude. What kind of bull and jive is that? So, so everybody out there's celebrating, happy June team. Polizzi, he missed the game,

Ocho with an injury, left without the most dangerous attacking threat. Ocho, I thought they looked good, even though Pulisi did not play, and that's what you have to do. Obviously, you like for all your best players to play, but sometimes that might not be the case, and when your best players don't play,

other guys will have an opportunity to step up. And that's what we saw today on the U.S. team. Yeah, they look really good, Uncle Joe, really, really good. And transition, you know, moving the ball really well. Everybody was very comfortable on the ball. Wes McKinney and Tyler Adams really dominated, you know, the midfield, really control the pace and being able to dictate what we wanted to do. But, I mean, we played well.

Obviously, you know, and Freeman getting his header, you know, young dude, I used to, I used to train with him. He was at Inter Miami, at Inter Miami. Miami when he was young, young, young. And I used to go out and play with him boys. So to see how far he's come and doing really well, you know, at the biggest stage at the World Cup and getting his first World Cup goal, that got to be a good feeling, man.

That got a great feeling, especially as a father. When did the U.S. play again, Ocho? You know what? Oh, that's a great one. Thursday. Yeah, against Turkey. Oh, yeah. Pride is like love.

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And veneers. And you know what? You know, that's a good thing, too, because we might sweep the group. Yeah. Yeah, that's the goal. Yeah, we're probably going to sweep the deal. We're going to go 3 and 0, and then, you know, we get ready for the round of 32.

Now it gets a little bit more difficult. That's right. And some of the teams taper off, you know, the level of competition and the quality of players. Hey, it's a good thing that gave us a little soft group play too, boy. Hey, to where we can get on about it and get, we got to get our call. There you go. There you go.

What I'm talking about, all. Yeah. We don't need it. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's all we need. Hey, get that momentum. Hey, we're on home. Watch.

I don't know. Ocho, is it me? Or it seems like the team that score first has a decided advantage in soccer. In a sense, but there's a saying a two-go lead is the worst thing to have in the game of soccer. Two-go lead is the worst thing to have because not only relax, it's just the level of talent. And when the momentum shifts, it's weird how it's so, it's much easier for the other team to score at some point. But they're going to get a goal. But right now, you're seeing, you're seeing discrepancies

because the playing field, the level of quality is not even. It's lopsided. It's top-heavy. So that's one of the reasons why we look as good as we do the past two weeks. We play in Australia. We play a Paraguay. But, I mean, you'll see the difference as it gets closer and the margin of error becomes very, very small.

Well, you know, normally, the long as they killed, they kept aside of that group of death, you know, because there was one year they put us in the group of death and they already knew what's going to happen. Hey, after the first game, like, yeah, we go ahead pack our bag, we ain't doing nothing. It's tough, man. Yeah, absolutely. So hopefully having a couple of weeks, Ocho, hopefully, Polisick, is back.

You know, he missed this game. He got hurt last Friday. He missed this game. So two weeks he should be back. Obviously, as you go further, you want your best, your best player. to play, to be able to play. And so hopefully that'll be the case with him. I mean, listen, the person, I mean, starting in Pulisic's place was Ricardo Pepe,

who's really good, he's really good, you know, being able to attack Joe. He play out there on the wing, on the, Joe. Oh, yeah, he moved. He's aggressive. He's going to push the pace. He's going to attack and open things up for other people. He's not Pulicit, but he's good. Can you, tell me something?

What's up with all his flopping out there? in soccer, bro. Oh, you'll say that they need to break. It's worse than damn basketball the way they out there flop, man. Oh, yeah. That's what they got it, bro. Hey, it's a little tactic at time.

It's a little tactic at time to give players a break, to let your players, let your teammates get a rest, but sometimes it ain't flopping. You get kicked and you step on with them studs. Hey, I started using them seven studs, because the grass wet, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, I saw him doing the intermission.

I think they had a break or something. They was watering down the field. Hydration break. Yeah. What hydration? That's what they call the hydration break, right? Oh, my name.

Yeah. I got a huge admiration for those guys because, boy, like, just like boxes and soccer. I mean, you got to be in some damn shape. What? Crazy shape, Joe. You're running 45 minutes straight. The only time you get the rest, maybe if the ball is on the other side of the field, but when the ball's on the other side of the field,

your off the ball movement still has to be on point. just in case it rotate back to you. So you really never get a chance. The only person who rests and legitimately walk probably eight, not only the goalie, but when you watch messy play. Joe, when you watch messy play, he literally is just standing still and slowly moving. Once he gets a ball.

He out of them. Man. Boy got a handle like Carrie with his feet on him, man. And listen, he got the ball on the yo-yo, like a string. I already know. I'm checking him out. Mm-hmm. Lolletan Ibrahimovich said he thinks the United States men's national team has a chance to win the World Cup.

Ibrahimovic, one word reply. Yes, when former Sweden star asked on Fox Postgame show if the U.S. had a chance to go all the way this tournament. Defender, Chris Richards, doesn't think it's a wild idea either. I don't think it's ridiculous to say that we want to win it. Obviously, we have a lot more games before we get to that moment. but you know we take one game at a time. We want to lift a trophy by the end of us. Hey, the funny thing, the great thing about this, right, is Chris Richards, he's supposed to say that.

He's supposed to say that. Now, to hear from the Sweden legend, you know, the icon, Ibrahimovic, Zlatan, to say that, obviously maybe you're working for Fox. How you pronounce that the name? Zolitan? No, Zlatan. Zlaton? Zlaton.

I mean, yeah. I hear Ibrahimovic. Yeah. They hear Ibra say something. like that. What I've heard of say I've been, I've been so many times, I know that. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, but here's somebody like him say that who knows what it takes when the World Cup.

He might not have won one, but he understands the level of talent. And the continent of countries we have to go through to actually get there. And he's one that don't lie. He definitely ain't lying. Yeah, he's very matter of fact. And you guess what, Ocho, we ain't got to go through all of them. Some of them countries are going to have to play each other, they knock the damn self out.

That makes it seem like we got to play Morocco and Portugal and Argentina and all these hard-out, Mexico, all these. No, no, no, no. They're going to play. Some of these teams are going to play each other. Knock each other out. Hey, the Netherlands, it's the same team. Every year, Spain, Netherlands, England, Argentina, Portugal going to be in there. Who I'm missing?

Who I'm missing? They're going to be a dark horse that's going to surprise everybody. we might possibly be that dark horse this year. That's us. We're the dark horse, on, Joe. It may be. Like, you know, in football,

every year, we have a team that surprises us and comes out of nowhere and has a great season and end up in a, that we could be the dark course this year at the World Cup. I'm hoping so.

I hope so, too. Man, that thing will be friends. Oh, you forgot France. Oh, France. Hey, Joe. Hey, Joe. Boy, France is like, I'm trying to think the equivalent

of France in basketball terms. of a team that's really stacked from top to bottom. Remember how well OKC look? Yeah. Structured. Whether she played or not, they still were to float and were really good. That's exactly what France is like. Every position, from the midfield to the back line to the attacking three,

you take the attacking three out and you put the subs in. Even though, Joe, it's ridiculous. The quality of play. Hey, listen. I know we all want USA to win, but realistically, who, Ocho, when you look at it, who do you think, who you think really has a real shot at this? All right. My heart, I would love Cristiano to win a world coming.

It ain't happen in Ocho. Listen, you ain't got to tell me. But the way they plan, the way they plan, as far as Portugal, everybody in there's playing hero ball. They're not doing things or playing the game the right way. I think France might get it again. They won it in 2018 when Mbapé, when Mbapy was young, he was young as hell.

Argentina is going to be in the mix again, but for some reason, I think France might win it this year. Yeah, it's, uh, if we get anything like what we got last year in the finals, with Mbapé and Messey going head to head, that was his good a World Cup match you're going to see. You got the two big guns and they go and they go at it.

Yeah. Remember what I just told you? A two-go lead is the worst lead to have in soccer. Remember Argentina was winning? Yeah. Two zero. Six minutes later, Joe, the game tied six six because then by, I mean, the game tied two, two because in Boppa. Yep.

Minute, no, it wasn't even six minutes. And Boppe scored one. It's like. And he got another one like a few minutes later. Right back to back. Boom, game tied. It's that fast. So we're going to get that trophy.

According to ESPN's Mike Wright, the Spurs are committed to Deerrin Fox. The Spurs remain committed. to Fox as their franchise starting point guard, one rough series essentially playing on one leg doesn't change that. The four-year, $229 million contract extension, Fox signed last summer, kicks in next summer.

So he goes from 37.1 to 49.8. He's scheduled to make $61 million in the final year of the deal in 2930. He'll be just 32 years of age. It's expected that calls for Harper's camp for a spark in the starting lineup will grow louder and louder going into the next season. But it's not an issue San Antonio needs to address right now. Fox contract won't become a potential eyesore until Wemby's upcoming rookie extension kicks in.

And when Spurs are looking the next summer to extend Castle, what should be a max deal? Joe, it's a great thing to have young talent. We saw this with OKC. They get shade done. You get with a J. Dub done. You get Chet done. But damn. And okay, you just gave Fox his money.

Wimmy going to want his money. Castle going to want his money. Something you have to do with Harper. You can't have four guys on the max contract. I don't give a damn how much you win it. How many can you have? Probably three at the most. Three.

Yeah, three at the most. But then you're going to end up having to get off one of him. But at the same time, if I'm San Antonio, you know, you kind of ride it to, you know, Fox, I mean, for the next couple of years, because you're going to be able to pay Wimby. You'll be able to pay Castle. But when Harper come up, somebody has got to go. Somebody got to go.

There's just period point blank. I'm saying. Hold on. Because he's going to have to pay him max dollars. You can't have four max guys on your team, Ocho. Yeah. You'll be in the second tier. You'll be playing more.

You'll be paying more in bonus and penalties than you. We're salaries. Fox would be going by that time. And you should stick with a young guy. But that's what I'm saying. They would have to move off one of them. That's what Joe is saying. They're going to have.

And you can't have four. The match you can have is three. And then when you have three, because I think, okay, C's going to lose Wallace. Wallace is going to want big bucks. Somebody going to pay Wallace big bucks. A guy that can shoot a three. A guy that can defend like that, Joe. I think they're probably going to lose Dork versus that.

I think they're going to try to keep Wallace on. How you gonna keep it? Joe, he's gonna want $25 million a year. Man, if I'm okay, see, it's gonna be hard to let Wallace go, bro. Yeah, you have, how you got a choice, Joe? You remember now, you still got those three first round picks that you need to do something with.

You have to let them go. You have to trade down. Oh, yeah, you got one. And you got Caruso on big bucks and no whammy. And you got Hart, what are you going to do? You're going to let Hartstein go? Hey, listen. At some point, man, you go, some of them got,

I think the most, disheartening thing with OKC is that they were hamper with injuries throughout this whole postseason. So you never really got to see what they were like at full stream. So I don't count them out. I still think, you know, they got a chance if they're healthy. If J. Dub can stay

healthy, but damn, to lose Wallace and Dort, those are your blue-collar hardworking guys, bro. If you lose them too hell, damn. Well, you're going to lose Dort. You're not going to pay Dort. I think you're not going to pay Dort. He's going to be looking for 20-something men. You're not

paying him that there. And Wallace is going to be a wanting 20, 25 million. I don't see them paying him that there, especially when you got Caruso on the number that you got him on. I see you, bro. I see you. I think when you look at it, if I'm casing Wallace,

you know, because, man, it ain't always, it ain't always a given that when you go to another team, bro, that you're going to shine like you think you are. You know what I mean? Like, would it pay me my money? Would they pay me that $5,000? Would they pay me that $5,000?

Okay, that's what it. Yeah, it looked good to me. Hey, and, hey, because I know a guy named Joe Johnson say, hey, man, you know, hey, Phoenix, no bad news. No bad just was over here because there's something over there. I don't know if we're going to win in Atlanta like we do it in Phoenix. But, man, look here. I came up with a single-pay home.

I didn't go to get it. I knew we weren't going to win like that. But see, here's the thing. When you are unrestricted or when you're restricted free agent, it's like they'll tell all the teams, oh, man, y'all might not want to pay Joe, because we're going to match anything that y'all going to give it. So that's to scare off. That's to scare the other teams off so they can come in and lowball you.

You know what I mean? Yeah. So it's times where you do, like me doing my negotiation period, I had to get on the phone. Me and my agent aren't telling me we on the phone with Robb Solver. And I had to tell him, hey, look, bro, don't match, bro. Just let me go, bro. You know what I mean? So, Joe, where is this new at, Joe?

Don't you tell that girl, he ain't going to do what I do for you. We do that all the time. Oh, he? Oh, you think that man going to take you on trips? You think he going to buy you flower and buy these nice-ass-ass-ass like me? So, de-law. Listen, I'm going to be honest with you.

I didn't really want to have to do it, but my agent was like, man, you're going to have to get on the phone with him and tell him not to match because they're scaring teams off. You feel what I'm saying? So in Jason Wallace situation, we don't really know what he really thinking. Do guys want to get paid? Yes.

But I think situation matters too. You know what I mean? To some degree. Joe, let me ask you a question. Had you won a ring already in Phoenix, it'd have been a no brain or wouldn't it? You wouldn't even thought twice because you already had a championship. How many more championships I need?

Is that going to change the way people look at me? Cason Wallace says if I win two championships in OKC, are people looking at me like they look at Shay? No stop. Are there people looking at me if they look like Jaylen Brunson, if I get to? Absolutely not. Let me go ahead and take one and go get the three.

I understand what you're saying. And I respect that too. But I think the chemistry and continuity that some of these guys have with each other and these teams, bro, I think some of these guys, you know, they don't necessarily want to leave Uncle Ocho, but if the money is too good, hey, I mean, you ain't got no choice. Joe, they're going to pay that man 25. Look at what Caruso make.

I think Caruso make damn the $30 million a year. They're going to give him a comparable. Somebody going to give him five years, $125, $1, $1,25. 150, Joe. OKC. OKC, got to make some changes now. They got to make some changes. Yeah.

So Caruso make 195. So if Caruso make 195 on a deal that he got paid, Caruso wouldn't he? He just redidded that deal, that, right? Four years 81. What is Wallace going to get? Wallace is younger. He's getting by the Hyundai. Yes, sir.

So you're going to have two guys coming off the bench making a damn near a hundred million, your hard job. That's going to be tough, man. That's going to be tough. But hey, look, when you look at it in San Antonio's situation, you know, you can afford to, you know, pay Foxx these first, these next couple years. Hopefully, you win a title out of it.

And you have a situation. I'll say you got a situation to where you're like, damn, we didn't want a title. So we can't let Harper get out of here, got to pay castle. Hell, when are we going to break the bank? You're going to be a team full of G-leaguers. Yeah. Yeah.

But it's a blessing and a curse because you're like, okay, the guys that we drafted, they're really, really good and they're paying off. But guess what? We got to pay them in order to keep them. And that's what OKC, OK, he's like, hey, when they trade for trade, they knock it out of the part with J-Dubb, they get check, they get Wallace, they make great trades, and they get Hardinstein, and they get a Caruso, you get Isaiah Joe, you get all those guys, you're like, well, damn,

I want to call you up, Clay Bennett, call you, hey, bro, look at this. This was going out. They're coming in. Now, either you find another way to make some more come in or guess what's going to go out.

And when you look at it, it's just like football. Okay, Ocho, the quarterback when he on their rookie, when he on their rookie contract, you got to maximize. You got to maximize. You got to pay them guys around them

and hopefully, and he can get you, that. Same thing with San Antonio, you got Wimby and Harp on these rookie deals, and you ain't got to pay them right now, so you got to try to maximize what you can get from, or put the right pieces around them so you can try and win a title. Because when you have to start paying

these dudes, then you start to get different, bro. Because Castle about to get on the, Castle about to get on a man to year. After that, he's going to get a boy, you're going to get by $2.50? Yeah. Yeah. Wimby going to get by

Wimby going to get by 3.50. By 300. That would get Wimba. He's going to get about 3.20. And then Harper coming behind him. So that's going to 10% increase. So that'll be about 3.30. Harper going to make more than Wemby?

No, Wemby because Wemby has been an all-N-B-A selection and a D-B-O-Y. You need to get one of those titles. You need to be an all-M-A or you need to be a all-defensive player. Now you get to be into that. Supermax. Jalen Duren, remember he made 13 all the NBA. So now he's eligible for he's supermacks.

Now, without that, he's probably 250. With that, now you're talking to 99310. Woo. Hey, boy. Hey, it's good, boy. Hey, when it's good, it's good. You hear me?

But here's the thing, though. How long? Because they say Harper's in his camp. Now, hey, this is what's being reported of all the things they could have put out there. He said he's going to want to, and they're reporting that he's going to want to spot and that starting the line up.

Yeah. That's what's being reported. Go, hey, hey, hey. What do you report is coming from? You already know. Inside the house. Hey, hey. Inside the house.

Hold on. Even with the report, Joe, Uncle just said, what did the Spurs say? We are committed to keeping who. Okay. And the first check, and guess what? You keep, you keep,

putting your foot down, these guys leave your ass. It ain't like it used to be Joe before, like that group before you got there where these players are loyal. These plays are not loyal to these teams now. They'll leave your ass in a minute.

They'll take that four-year deal, and in three years they're back and they're able to sign a five-year deal. So you keep on A. And that's what makes it so tough to coach in time. You've got to handle these guys with kick gloves. You actually think holding the hope dial.

Yeah. Because if you don't, hey, and think about it. For San Antonio, here are two key guys on their team, Bacet and Champini. Yeah. You want to keep them guys,

Ocho, but it's going to be hard to keep them. Hard. It's hard. Because Baccio's a three-in-D guy. They're back. You know what? That's a good problem to have, though. It's a good problem to have early.

But see, the thing is, you still get a chance to run it back next year and not have to worry about all that. So, you know, hopefully they can get back to the promise land and have different results. But it's tough, man. You know, you have to maximize when you got great players on them rookie contracts, bro.

You got to do whatever you can to maximize that and put great pieces around those guys. And I think Senate. That's why it was imperative. You look at what Kansas City did with the homeboy. Yeah. Oh, Joe. Think about it.

They got a couple of years when he's on that. rookie contract. And so now I can put, I can go out and get a Sammy Watkins. I can go out and get pieces and add rounding. Yes. Because next year that thing, that salary kicks in. It's going to be 64 million a year for the next four years. But you know what they're going to do. They're going to play games and manipulate the cap. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He already, oh, yeah. He got 238 guaranteed. Damn. He already made by two something. He done made two. Hey, Joe. Yeah, I don't know. Oh, yeah. And he worked it, though. He worked. He worked.

Absolutely. They keep advancing the ball. They're going to have to do something, but they're going to have to do something with a, what you call them? Who that? With this far. This, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, is watching.

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Right. And so now he's like, hold on. I can make a case throughout the five games. I was the second best player. And there were some nights I was the best player on the Spurs. And I'm coming out the bench and guys are gagging left and right. And I'm still sitting on the bench. And guys are still playing more best to me.

Hey, when you think about it, if I'm Harper, I don't want the James Harden effect. Meaning like, you know, when James was in O.K. Yeah, he was a hell of a player, but he came off the bench his entire 10-year in OKC. And obviously when he went to Houston, he turned into somebody who probably nobody even seen. You know what I mean?

I think Harper has the exact same type of talent, bro. Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, Joe, hold on, Joe. Now let's understand how great James Hardin was at his apex when he was in Houston. Are you saying Harper had that same potential to do the same thing if you go to the other team? Yeah, I think he got that same type of potential, Ojo. Yeah. Okay.

But you have to understand, Ocho, he wasn't allowed to play like that in the OCHC. He went to Houston where he was the dog. Yeah. And so they gave him the ball, and you got an opportunity to see what he can do as the lead dog, and he could get as many shots as he want. And they had guys around him that would defend and rebound

and get into the ball. I mean, for Joe to say he sees similarities and thinking that he can do that if he wasn't on the Spurs, Oh, Cho, you put Dylan Harper in their role Cooper flag got in Dallas to where he's the Oh, yeah, for sure, for sure. Yeah, that boy's going to put up at least a dub a night, 22, 23 a night. As a rookie, I think, I just think he has that type of talent. See, it's different when you go out there and play and you know you can shoot whenever

versus, damn, I'll come out here, I got, I feel like I got a, every shot I take, I feel like I got to make. It's got to be a fisher. There you go. There you go. Right. I ain't got no time. If I turn it over once or twice, they're taking me out.

You know what I mean? You ain't got to worry about this. Come see. Hey, come on over here, sit by me. Just remember, Ocho, how it was with you when you didn't have to worry about if you made a mistake, the coach is yelling and screaming or they're bringing you out for a play to say, hey, son, that ain't what we, that ain't what we do. When you know I could just go play football. Yes. If I've made a mistake, I've made a mistake.

If I dropped the pass, I dropped the past. You were free. You're free. free and you could just... Nothing like that, bro. Nothing like that freedom. You know what I mean? Because now you can go out there and play kind of loosey-goosey versus when you

on a star-studied team, a team with expectations of winning a title and you're playing with arguably one of the best, not arguably, but one of the best players in the league, it's a little different, bro. It's a little different. Very, very different. Also for Mike Wright's article, multiple NBA big men reportedly tried to, to find a way to play alongside Wemby on the Spurs. San Antonio can use a backup stretch big

as it reloads for next season. And the combo stretch big man who can start and possibly play alongside Rui in bigger matchups such as Rui Hachamori. The opportunity to play alongside Wembe, the franchise success, its culture, its collective youth, make San Antonio a preferred destination

and no tax in Texas, adding that multiple big men are already trying to get to, South Texas. Joe, do you like Wimby? Excuse me. Do you like Rui

playing alongside Wemby? If you got Rui, then that means you got to move what, the sale of Champany? You're going to move probably Champany. But he's a big guy.

He's a big guy. He can guard bigger guys. He can shoot the three. Rui don't want to go back to L.A.? Man, L.A. They're going to have no money. If they look at potentially,

Kessler or do you hear him do you hear rumblers about durran and and and and and all the Reeves now hey look I listen I was very pleased with how Rui played in the postseason this year for the Lakers I thought he was probably the most consistent play on the Lakers being honest you know outside of run I think he was the most consistent when he came to shooting at a high efficiency rate you know playing the right way I think he'll fit right in with the spurs honestly you know what I mean but I think I think I think the Spurs need a, they need a dog. They need an animal coming off their bench to help Wimby too,

Arcan Ocho, meaning they definitely need a big that can give him some minutes. Yeah, you might, maybe. Because his thing is the problem with Wimby had, Joe, is that we talked about it, only playing 30, 32 minutes. And now we get to the postseason, it's harder, and I need you to play 36, 38, 40. Yeah, yeah. Now what? Yeah, I get that.

I think, I think even if you look at it. at Detroit situation because I think they're going to really go with Paul Reed because of the way he played in the postseason and you might get off a big steward, you know, a dog like that. Maybe he go over to San Antonio to help because you need that, you need that muscle, that intimidating factor, you know what I mean? I just don't think, yeah, I don't think San Antonio had that, bro. The way they were whoop and wimby, they're ass out there. Like, you need somebody who can come in and throw some elbows, you know. No, you know, for real, Ocho, put them, put Somebody on the ground a few times, bro.

You need that. Set the tone a little bit. I definitely think that because Cornynett did give. Look, Cornette was great in the regular season. Cornet, Cornyn made one good play. He did that block on Hardinstein, and I think he was content with that. But in that series, that five-game series, Cornynette was. And he was awful the majority of the time against the Thunder.

He did make that play. Kudos to that. But more times than not, Cornet was. It was old. It was old lady when he came in the game. Yep. It'd be interesting to see because, you know, the Nuggets got to do something with Aaron Gordon.

Now, Aaron Gorn is a phenomenal player. He's turned himself into a hamstrings, Joe, every year for the last couple of years, Joe, what we've seen? Hamstrings, puts him down in significant periods of time. It happened until the playoff year before last. It happened again this year. He missed a large chunk of the season with that hamstring. He got to the point.

postseason. He got Nick to again. That is concerning if I'm going to have to dump out $35, $40 million for a guy over $3. And he a free agent? Right. I think he has one year left. He's going to want to deal. It's hard, though, if you're the nuggets to let

him go. Obviously, I know he hadn't been healthy, but when he is... And you know who else got one year left and he's going to want to deal? Who that? Big fella, yoke. Oh, shit. What are we talking about? Get him blank check. Yeah.

What'd you want? That may have that having a triple double, bro. Data gave him envy. Back to back years. When nobody had been mad if they had gave him envy.

Led the league and assists in rebounds. The first time has ever been done. We've seen guys lead the league in assist and scoring. We've never seen a guy lead to league in rebounds in a assist.

I think the last. Hey, Joe, what does that look like, Joe? When? What you mean? What you're talking about his contract? Yeah. What? You'll be by three.

It's going to be by. three something. Probably about 3.20? Three quarter? Four year three, four year three something? It's going to be five. They're going to give him a five year there about 3.40.

He's going to probably reset the market. 293 over four years, which is about a little over 70 a year. That's the how you can get. Yeah, four years. Over 70. Yeah. Hey, what if, what if, what if he was, that's about, that's about 70, that's about 72 million a year.

Yeah, damn. If he was to go somewhere else here, no, no, because they can see the thing is with your team, because they have your rights, they can also more than a new team. So that's how they try to stay in. It's the same thing with the franchise tag, Ocho. I can pay you more if you stay here than if you go somewhere else. So the home team can add an extra year where the other team. that you go into, they can. And knowing Denver,

it ain't no way in hell, Ocho, they let that man get out of the door. They don't see him whenever. Oh, yeah. I mean, obviously not being that he's obviously the face of the franchise, but I was just curious, number why, because, you know,

if an NFL player, get away from a, get away from a team that he's on, and you, you're the star, you're getting way more elsewhere, as opposed to what they're going to be on. Yes. That's 70, what, 73, 293, it would be 70, like, 72, 73, 5 a year.

72, 73, something like that. 72, 250. 293, 73, 250. Look at those ass, you what don't calculate it over there. It's 73 250, ass 293. Damn.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah, but this San Antonio thing, Joe, you know how that can cause some problems. Yeah. Because his agent said, hold on, we need numbers. because we're going to want a max deal

because what y'all going to come to say when it comes down to the contract, you only average this, you only play this many minutes. You use everything you're saying, you're going to use that against me. You're not going to say, well, you know what, Dillon,

you were a good soldier. You came off the bench, you didn't complain, we're going to give you the max anyway. That's not what you're going to do. So what I'm not going to allow y'all to do is to go ahead hold me back. Yeah, and as great as he is,

you know, being 20 years old, bro. He's only going to get better, Archa Ocho. He's only going to get better, bro. He's only going to get better. Isaiah Thomas questions why the league continues to push Wemby over Jalen Brunson as face of the NBA.

That was the question I was asking in Detroit when we beat Bird, Magic, and Jordan, but they made Jordan the face of the league. Here in Detroit, they're saying, why can't I be the face of the league? Why is there anyone elevated when you see him three, four years in a row? beating your face of the league.

When you ask that question, it's much deeper question in terms of who they want to be the face of the league. Who's the best? The small guy, we always have to take a step back because we realize that small people

and that's 6-6 and above category. Man, I then won't let that. Man, I'm going to call Zee. You got to come on here and explain you. Hey, Zee, say damn there. I'm the only one. I'm one of the only ones who has a winning.

record against Michael Jordan. I'm going to tell you how I really feel. Against Bird, against Magic and Kareem. He's like, look, I beat Larry Bird. I beat Magic and Kareem. I beat Michael Jordan. I'm the only one that can say that. Nobody else can say they beat all three of them in their pride.

Yeah, but Uncle Joe, but Uncle Joe, listen to me. I think players, people need to understand. You beating certain individuals, you know, when you plan, okay, it's a great thing, but it takes more than just beat. people to be the face of a league. What they say? What do you say?

It's more, it's more than just that. He said, I thought so it's about, what is it about? I thought you said winning championships. Well, I beat those guys to win the championship. You know, that's not, that's not what it is. I mean, I mean, you look at the upside that Wemby has, bro, being only 22 years old. I just, I can see why the NBA wants him to be the face. You know what I mean?

Any global. Yeah. You know what? And you got a lot of players. too young. Like, you know, Isaiah, was Isaiah quiet? It just seemed like a quiet person. Man, Isaiah stayed some stuff. He did.

I bet Isaiah was fighting, man. Y'all better go pull them tapes and look at Isaiah swinging on people left and right. Yeah, he just doesn't seem like that type of polarizing figure that could be the thing. Oh, he was there polarizing. Because Isaiah was status. Ocho, I ain't going to lie now. Hey, hey, the boy got here. The boy had

plenty of game now. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen, I know we could play. I know he could play. I know he could play, Joe, but it's a lot of people in the NBA that can play that just don't fit the criteria to be in the face of the league. Remember, we talk about Jason Taden

being the face of the league. He just doesn't have that. It's a certain it factor. I don't even know how to explain that. I don't even know how to put it in the words where it just doesn't fit because they didn't have that, that, you know what? Anthony Edwards.

Now, I can see him be in the face of the league, but it's something he don't want. It's just something about him that's polarizing. Yeah. It fits him. It's having that media savvy. when you talk to the media how you captivate everybody

everybody just really listen and hone in on what it is that you're saying I think man has that and he has that I don't give a damn you know what I mean like Aung say he comes he comes to the game and it slides with his wife beat on

he ain't talking about that fashion stuff all y'all on bruh that man just out he comes to who that's it and remember Isaiah was president of the union So he's going back and forth.

We want this. We need that. And David's third party said, no, you know what? Because Isel did. Azele won at every level. Isaiah won at 81 National Championship. He said Azele won.

They beat North Carolina. And North Carolina had a really good team, a really, really good team. But Azeel team with him, I think Randy Whitman, Rolando Turner. They beat James Worthy. Jimmy Black, not Jimmy Black,

Al Wood. That was the guy. Al Wood, I think Matt Dardy, and I think Sam Perkins was on that team. If I'm not mistaken, that was also the night, they thought about cancel it because Ronald Reagan got outside of the attempt.

John Hinkley almost took Reagan out. Don't quote me on number, but you can quote me, quote me. Quote me, quote me. I'm almost certain. That was 19. Yeah. Chad of my right, chat.

Damn, that's the year I was born. 1981, John Hinkley, assassination attempt, and that was on that Monday, and they almost canceled the game. They ended up playing that Monday night. And Rolando Turner, that offseason, he ended up getting a car accident and getting paralyzed.

Damn, the irony. Yeah. I think that, I think that was, it was that the year? Oh, you ain't looking okay. But I think that was the year. So I remember Isaiah. It was March 30th, 1881?

Who's on Isaiah's team? Give me Isaiah's lineup. If I'm not mistaken, I know Isaiah and Randy Webman and Rolando Turner. I don't remember the other two guys. I know Al Wood, Jimmy Black, if I'm not mistaken, came off the bench for Carolina. James Worthy Perkins. You're talking about when he was in Indiana? Yes.

Because Isaiah left. Isaiah turned pro. Marker, Gwarker. was the first, if I'm not mistaken, I think Mark Aguad was the first pick in that draft out of DePaul. Mark had some game too, boy. Yeah. Hey, and when you think about it, you know, Isaiah Thomas was a little fiery, little, little,

little ficed. Landon Turner, what I say, Rolanda, London Turner. Was a fiery little feisty, little joker, Ocho. I think he took, obviously coming from Chicago, you know, it's probably how he was raised, but playing under their damn Bobby Knight. Bobby Knight. Bobby Knight is a legend, boy. I can only imagine what that's like, bro.

Yeah. But like I said, and then Issael came in the league, and, you know, it took them a while to get over beat Boston. Right. Because it's like every year it was either Boston, it was, in the beginning it was the Sixers and the Celtics. Every year with the Sixers and the Celtics, Dr. J. Daryl, Daryl, Darrell,

Carlwell Jones, Bobby Jones, the Boston Strangler, Andrew Tony. He used to light him up so they gave the nickname the Boston Strangler. And then Izzellanum came along because it was like Lakers, it was like Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, Rockets, Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, in the West. Because you got to realize, Magic went to the finals nine times in 12 years. Jesus. And so once they broke that

strangle hole Isaiah and them broke that strangle hole with Boston now Magic them had to deal with Detroit and it was Detroit.

They lost in 88 to MagicNem then they came back and got Magic Neme in 89 and then Portland beat them and then Portland

got to the finals and then Isaiah them beat them in 90 and then oh Lord that guy out of Wilmington, 6-6, from Chapel Hill.

And that was it. Yeah. Yeah. That was it. Good time. But like you said, Ocho, Cho, yeah, little guys. I mean, maybe you can make the case for a small guy, maybe the closest we've had, or you say the place of the league, has been Steph Curry.

But most of the time, it's a Jordan. It's a Kobe. It's a LeBron. Yeah. I don't know. Could it be somebody a smaller Jalen Brunson? I'm sure it could be. But for the most part, if you go back and study, it hasn't been.

Outside of probably AI, AI was so polarized. Yeah, okay. I'll give you that. He changed. But the problem was when Jordan came back, Jordan was the baseball league again. You got to realize when AI came in the league, Jordan was in the league. That was 96. AI got a 96.

And so Jordan, 96, 97, 98, they won the championship. What, nobody's supplanting Jordan. So maybe that period when Jordan left, 99, 2000, stuff like that. But then probably like 2001. Now, Kobe and shit. Now, Kobe. Yeah. Yeah.

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