Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Wolves win Game 4, Gordon Hayward vs. Sam Presti, Isaiah Thomas held up
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We have a game five.
We have a game five.
The Minnesota Timberwolves stave off elimination.
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of the chat. Ocho, the Wolves beat the Mavs.
Ant-Man almost had a triple
double. He had 29 points, 10 rebounds,
9 assists. The youngest
player in NBA history to have one of
those numbers in an elimination game.
Cat was
the difference in the ball game. Shot 9
of 13, 4 of 5 from the 3
point line, 3 of 3 from the
free throw line. Although he was in foul
trouble the majority of the night and he
ended up fouling out of the game,
he gave them 25
big points and
I think he had like 20 or
22 in the second half. But they
stave off elimination, fourth of game five.
And now they're going back to Minnesota trying to keep their playoff hopes
alive.
Well, obviously they don't have to try anything.
Cause I told you what was going to happen.
They purposely allow themselves to fall into a hole and they're going to
shock the world.
I told you now the difference is the night game,
but the difference in the first, first two game, the difference in the first two games, first three.
This was game four or game three?
This was game four.
Okay.
The difference in the first two games
was their big two, Kyrie and Luka.
The difference in tonight's game
was goddamn Ant-Man and Cat.
Cat, game three, he was horrendous from three.
Cat tonight from three was phenomenal.
Ant-Man is going to show you why he's the face of the league.
I had a lot of people laughing at me, making jokes.
What makes you think he's the face of the league?
They are 0-3 right now.
He's going to show you.
He's going to show you.
My words never go wrong.
And if I say the Wolves are going to win in seven, they're going to win in seven.
Now watch.
It's never been done before. You're witnessing history.
I'm telling you right now, Chad, you're witnessing history.
I'm never wrong on stuff like this.
I think the difference in tonight's game, Cat was aggressive early.
He didn't shoot a three ball until late.
And then he got the ball. He got the started posting up.
He started driving the basketball and then he saw the ball start to go in. And when the ball started
to go in, he gained more and more confidence.
And he shot those. He wasn't forced.
Hey, great swing passes.
If you notice tonight, they ran the offense
through Ant-Man. Ant-Man had nine assists.
He did a great job. Yeah, he had six
turnovers, but you put him in a position
that's normally Mike Conley's job.
They switched the defensive assignments.
They put Jaden
McDaniels on Kyrie.
They put Ant-Man on
Luka. That seemed to work.
Now, what's going to be the counter?
What is going to be Jason Kidd's counter
to what he saw tonight?
But yeah, the Minnesota
one, they played better.
They got great production from their big two.
And that's what you have to have.
At some point in time, your big two is going to have to play the opposition's big two.
And tonight they did.
And they went on the road and they won a ball game.
I got one small issue.
One small issue.
Ant-Man, I know you're going to see this at some point because y'all watch the show.
When he puts the ball on the floor and he's able to drive from
perimeter inside when he's mid-range he keeps hesitating he gets he keeps hesitating after
he's missing the shot miss after he's missed a shot or two right man don't hesitate man keep
on shooting man pull the trigger every single time every single time there are a few times
where he beat his man off the perimeter he gets gets inside, mid-range shot, and instead of just taking it, just shooting it,
he passes it back out and trying to facilitate.
Man, shoot your shot.
And it kind of looks like, even though I'm new to the game of basketball,
it kind of looks like he's hesitant and is not trusting his shot in certain instances.
He got to let that thing go, man.
He did overpass the ball a couple of times.
He's 15 to 10 feet away.
Go ahead and take that shot.
They trust
you more than anybody else.
So shoot the shot. If you make or miss, they'll
live with that because you played well
thus far. But I like the adjustment
that they made. They put the ball in
Ant-Man's hand. They let him, like, bro,
we need you to be aggressive. We need you to
also open things up because they're going to have to
come to double-team. And so now
if you're going to double-team him, now you're going to get
Cat with some easy baskets. Now you get
Jaden McDaniels making some easy baskets.
And so that's what you do. You make the offense a lot
easier for everyone else
when Ant-Man is aggressive
because they have to scramble to try
to send two people at him and somebody's going to be wide open i thought mike collie was aggressive
early also yeah he did a great job in the first half of getting going uh he got going early ant-man
was extremely aggressive he had 14 points yeah in the first quarter yeah uh but and then he got it
going in the fourth quarter give those guys credit though
joe they found a way to win the game when no one really gave them a chance outside of that
locker room i'm sure some of their fans like hey we're gonna win this thing but dallas dallas
dallas didn't play well they didn't play they seemed like they was lagging the whole night like
minnesota's just gonna lay down nobody wants to to get swept. You see how hard Indiana played
last night? Nobody wants to get swept.
Listen, and Luka scared me
again, man. Like, yes, baby.
I love you too, baby.
Listen, Luka scared me again tonight,
man. He scared me again tonight.
Obviously, the pump fake, get
drawing Cat in, forcing
Cat to foul out. Then Ty
like, come on, man.
What we doing?
And then I just talked about,
I just talked about Rudy
saying why was Rudy Gobert
in the game in game three
and that situation allowed
Luka to hit that shot.
And I said, well,
it should have been Cat.
Now it was Cat
and the same thing happened again.
First of all,
you don't want to give him
a clean look at the basket.
Yeah.
And so Luka knows that.
So once he picks up his dribble
and he hadn't shot,
he hadn't shot the ball,
he know Rudy's going to try to jump.
So once he put the pump face in,
Rudy's up in there.
That was,
excuse me,
the cat was up in the air.
And so once he pump face him,
he knows I got you dead right now.
You at my mercy.
Because physics won't allow you to jump and then turn your body so you're missing.
But I think we need to give Minnesota a lot of credit.
They did a great job on the glass.
They out-rebounded, although it was only by two.
But I thought Cat was the difference in the ballgame.
Yes, Ant-Man was extremely aggressive.
29, what did he have, 28 points?
No, he had 29 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists.
Yeah.
But Cat only played 30 minutes, and he was
plus 15 and plus minus.
25 points, 5 rebounds, 1
assist. I thought he did a great
job of helping
Ant tonight
because they needed him. They needed Cat.
He could not have given them a performance
like he's given them in the first three games, Ocho.
Right, no. They would have lost.
They would have been home.
No matter how good
Ant played, and Ant
played exceptional tonight,
if Cat doesn't give you that,
you're going home.
Right.
You are pretty late tonight lady
say hi
why you quiet
say hi
say what's up
say what's up
I ain't got nothing to say
also I thought this would be a
close game i did think dallas would eke it out but lively is a different animal he's more active
around the basket than gafford and gafford played well tonight but to be able to rotate those big
bodies uh they tried to go with the white pile luuka looked at the bench twice, like, get him out of here. He fumbled the ball one time.
He didn't hit the correct screen.
And so Luka looked at the bench for the second time.
They took his ass out of the game, and he didn't see any more action.
Another thing, Ocho, Kleber just got back.
He had an AC joint sprain.
If he's not going to shoot the ball, he's no good to him.
His ability, he's a stretch.
So if he can't make shots,
why is he on the court? Because they're not going to guard him.
And he said that, you know, it's still
cumbersome.
It hurts to shoot the ball.
Well, if you're not going to shoot the ball, they're playing five on four.
Because you're
not good enough in any other area.
You're not a good defender. You're not a
great rebounder. You're not a great
facilitator. So you don't add anything else to the equation
other than your ability to stretch the floor.
And if you're not going to stretch the floor
by shooting the basketball,
what good are your services?
Yeah, you're just a liability at that point.
So Minnesota stayed off elimination.
They send it back to Minnesota
with a 105-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
Ant-Man, 29 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists.
Mike Conley had 14 points on three or four free throws,
one or four from the three-point line.
Cat, 25 big points, three or three from the free throw line,
four or five from the three.
They got 13 points and 10 rebounds from Rudy Gobert.
They got 10 points from 10 rebounds from Rudy Gobert.
They got 10 points from Jaden McDaniels.
Nakia Alexander had six points.
Naz Reed had six.
And Kyle Anderson had two.
And never forget, never forget, like I said,
Chad, stay with me now.
Wolves in seven.
We are witnessing history, and it will be made.
I don't know about that.
I don't know.
It's time for our first segment of the night
and it's called a News Cap.
News Cap.
Go, baby.
Go, baby.
Go, baby.
The Celtics sweep the Pacers
en route to the final. the Celtics are where they're
supposed to be they were 14
games above and 6.7
better than any other team in the Eastern
Conference and you know when you got
JT first team all the
NBA Jalen Brown who was the lab bird
recipient which means he was the
Eastern Conference finals MVP
now they're heading to the final
lost two games to the first three rounds.
The fewest of any finalists in the last seven years.
As we mentioned, Jalen Brown averaged 29 points a game
on 52% shooting, five rebounds, three assists.
He made the biggest shot of the series
when he hit a game-tying three in game one.
Who knows how the series would have changed,
how it would have turned out.
They definitely would have been playing a game five at the bare minimum.
But he's the Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
The last couple of games, JT really picked up his scoring,
but it was Derek White again making a big three in the corner
that puts him up by three.
And the thing is, Ocho, if you watched this game last night,
the Pacers are in position, but the inexperience shows its head again.
Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers.
Turnovers.
You got it.
And on top of those turnovers, the Celtics got points off of those turnovers
as well.
I think
the funny thing, but the Pacers fought.
The Pacers fought very, very, very,
very, very well
and trying to do all they can
to make sure it wasn't a sweep.
But obviously, without Halliburton, it was already
a tall task if he was playing.
But without him playing,
it was almost impossible.
But they did play well.
I don't want to get his name the wrong way.
Nimhard.
Nimhard.
Oh, hey, boy.
Hey, young Bull.
Yeah, he stepped up.
Young Bull left it all on the court last night.
He left it all on the court last night.
He played well.
He played really well.
They got a player.
They got a player.
Now, we've seen
him take big shots that big shot that he hit against the knicks uh what was that game three
hit a big shot a couple years ago uh i think he had a big shot against the lakers that
beat them at the game was tied and uh they were up one uh lakers were up one and uh he ends up
hitting a three and winning the game so he's not afraid to take and make big shots. But I was very,
I was very excited to see how well he played.
He's a young player.
Yeah.
He has some unfortunate turnovers and some crucial situations,
but he'll learn from that and he'll be a better player for it.
But I like,
I like,
I like the way he played in this team.
They got to be in something special.
They can be good.
Everybody's going to, you know,
free agency is about to hit in the next month or so.
And the next thing, hey, we can make it true.
We can lure somebody in free agency.
I'm sure the Sixers are saying, hey,
we can lure somebody in free agency.
Miami's definitely, Pat Riley is always looking
to lure someone to Miami to pair with Jimmy Butler and bam.
And so it's going to be very, very interesting
to see how this thing shakes out.
But congratulations to the Indiana Pacers.
They did, they put up a valiant effort,
but the Celtics were just too good down the stretch
in the clutch situations.
And that's what I wanted to see
because far too many times in the regular season,
we've seen them lose games like they won games one, three, and four.
So give those guys credit.
They're moving on to the 23rd NBA Finals, trying to break the tie.
They have both the Lakers and the Celtics have 17 championships apiece.
Now it's the quest for 18.
And this is the year for Jason Tatum, huh?
He got to do it this year, huh?
So is the championship a bust?
It's always.
No.
It's always.
That's the Celtics.
I mean, certain teams, you know,
that's LeBron, that's Steph, that's KD.
Championship a bust.
I mean, what are you playing for?
I mean, you got all the accolades.
You've won MVPs.
You've won finals.
You've won scoring titles.
You've been All-NBA.
You've been the All-Star game.
So what are you playing for now?
Right.
That's it.
Jason Tatum.
You a three-time first-team All-NBA selection.
You've been an All-Star.
Right.
You're going to the Olympics.
What are you playing for now if it's not championships?
So, yes, absolutely. It's championship or bust. Yeah. Are you going to the Olympics? What are you playing for now if it's not championships?
So, yes, absolutely.
It's championship or bust.
Yeah.
Go.
Go.
Mommy wants you.
Gordon Hayward's wife had a lot to say on IG today.
Robin Hayward said, why trade for someone and not play them?
Missed it by not integrating him.
Since I have time today, before the trade, Gordon told sam he didn't think the trade made sense uh so how can he miss when a player told you
again hi brody not sure if you know this but you need a ball in order to shoot hey
i like that i like that the I like that.
The wife coming to the defense of the player.
And obviously, you do need the ball to shoot.
I know Gordon Hayward a little bit.
Not personally, obviously.
The few games that I have watched before I started doing nightcap and I've seen him play.
If I'm not mistaken, he's a good perimeter shooter.
He's good from three, if I'm not mistaken.
I've seen him when he was with the Hornets, right?
He was with the Hornets at one point.
Yeah, you know, decent player.
So I'm not sure how it's come to this point where he's not efficient or effective.
And if he was traded on the team, they traded for him for a reason.
So why wasn't he used in the right way? The man said, I made a mistake.
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You ever made a mistake? You ever bought something and say to say man i shouldn't have bought that yeah but that's not nice to say especially at the gm when you're in that position
listen listen to me a position of power and there are certain things that you're supposed
to keep you said you want you don't see when when when i say that about player you get upset with me
when coaches say certain things about players you get upset with me. When coaches say certain things about players, you get upset.
Why are you getting upset if they're telling the truth?
You say telling the truth sets you free.
Yeah, I mean, telling the truth will set you free,
but is it right for a person in his position to say something like that about a player?
Because, you know, other players see stuff like that and be like, you know what?
Hell no, I don't want to go play with him.
That's how they feel about you. He to go say he was a bad player he said based on what i he said listen what happened he said we were a
different team than when we got him because guys started to play better if guys starting to play
better what am i gonna do so i'm gonna take him out or i'm gonna take jaylen williams out
or i'm gonna take chad out or i'm gonna take lou Jalen Williams out or I'm going to take Chad out or I'm going to take Lou Dort out.
Let's be real.
Gordon Haywood hadn't been the same since he broke that leg in Boston.
Let's be all the way real.
Yeah.
He had great,
he had great seasons in Utah.
Yes.
But bro,
man,
it's been a long time since Utah.
We got to stop this.
No.
Sam Preston said,
look,
we made a mistake.
I missed on that one.
He can't be perfect. I mean,
he traded for Shea.
He drafted Jalen Williams. He drafted
Chet. I mean, every other
thing that he's done. He got what
he could out of the Russ trade. He brought
Chris Paul in, traded him,
got some more compensation. I think
he's done a great job. All he's saying,
he's not saying Gordon Hayward
is a bad player.
He said, I missed
because coming here,
we got better
and there was no room
for him to play.
I don't like that.
There's always room.
There's always a room
for a player of his caliber.
He's not that player anymore, Ocho.
How do we know he's not that player
if he hasn't been afforded the opportunity to show you? Why Charlotte trade him if he's that player?, Ocho? How do we know he's not that player if he hasn't been afforded the opportunity
to show you? Why Charlotte trade him then if he's that player?
Why Charlotte trade him if he's
that player? Why Boston trade him if
he's that player?
Charlotte was dumping at that time
and rebuilding, if I'm not mistaken, right? Rebuilding
what? The house already
the house is already down.
My point exactly.
Think about it.
Remember, he was there.
Wasn't he?
Hold on.
Wasn't he there with Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum and Big Al?
Yeah.
How'd that work out for him?
So why is he not in Boston?
You are sure.
You know, listen, the game of basketball is different.
And it's all about what have you done for me lately?
Unless you're a super, super duper star,
then you really ain't going nowhere
unless you force your hand and you want out.
It's like D. Rose.
D. Rose wasn't the same player after he tore his knee.
Gordon Hayward was not the same player
after he broke his leg.
He just wasn't.
He wasn't.
Nobody in the chat,
even the staunchest Gordon Hayward fan will tell you,
he's not the same player.
Not even close.
He's a shell of himself.
And could he have been the seventh guy?
But that's not what he's making it seem like.
He should have been the sixth man in the starting rotation.
Bro, that's not you anymore.
That's tough.
How is it tough?
That's tough because I'm sitting here
thinking about the players. I'm not
saying he's Adrian Peterson, but Adrian
Peterson tore his ACL and came back
and was still that boy.
I'm thinking about all the other players that have
been injured before. Kevin Durant,
Kevin Durant tore his Achilles, came back and was still at court.
PG came back.
Tell me Mr. Gordon broke his leg and came back and all of a sudden he's not the same.
Wasn't him close.
Let me ask you a question.
When Derrick Rose tore his knee, was he ever that same player?
I'm just asking you, was he the same
player? We know he was special. He's the youngest
MVP in NBA history, so we
know he's special. Was he the same?
It took away some
of his skill and ability, and the explosion
that he did had, yes.
So what about Gordon Hayward?
So what did Gordon Hayward average
in Utah? He was like
a 20-point scorer. He made the all-star team.
Yeah, yeah.
Me personally, I thought he was overvalued from the jump.
That's just me personally.
Watching the game, watching him play, I thought he was overvalued.
Okay, the Celtics thought it would be a great acquisition.
Okay, fine.
I ain't got no problem with that.
But his last couple of years in Utah.
What did he average?
He was like a 20 and 26 guy.
22.
Yeah, 22, five, 22, five and three.
Okay, in Boston.
What was his best year in Boston?
Yeah, he made all-star team his last year
in Utah. That's how he got that max contract.
He probably should have
stayed there. But okay, he wanted to win. He didn't think
he could win in Utah. I got no problem with that.
I commend the guy for giving up that
fifth year and going to Boston
because he thought they had a better chance of winning.
He broke his leg like the first game
of the season.
Ah.
Next season, they averaged 17.
He averaged
11, then 17.
Went to Charlotte.
Average 20.
See?
See?
See?
15. Okay, after that 20 season in charlotte 15 nine
ah hello are we understanding why those numbers are decreasing because the playing time is
decreasing as well i don't think i'm personally, I don't think there's anything wrong
with Gordon Hayward.
I just think he's not getting the playing time
that's needed to score the 20,
to score the 19.
That's all.
And I know I'm right.
I know I'm right.
Because you just don't fall off a goddamn cliff
simply because you broke your goddamn leg.
Yeah, sometimes you're not the same player.
I mean, it's not like he had great athleticism to begin with.
Yeah, I'm assuming he's a perimeter shooter.
Mid-range is good.
I'm assuming he's nice from three.
Let's just say you're only a step better and you lose that step.
Then what happens, Ocho?
Then if you have that weakness what your team can do they can run
plays for you to free you up that's that's that's that's that's what that's what they do in the nba
that's what they do in the nfl when a certain player has weaknesses and he can't win on his own
you scheme and then when the season's over what what do they do with that player? They move on.
You know how when a player gets old and he's not giving you that same production,
they ask you to take a pay cut first, right?
Hey, bro.
Hey, hey.
Yeah, you know, we know you used to give us $1,300, $1,400.
Can you give us $1,250 for a third of the salary?
Nah, man.
I can't put.
Okay, well, then we're going to have to release you.
Yeah.
Me, personally, look, like I said, I watch Gordon Hayward.
I know his game.
He was an outstanding player.
I didn't have him as a top 20 player, but he was a solid player.
22, 5, and 3.
Yeah.
Says that he's a solid player. Getting those numbers in the NBA,
good. But he goes to Boston.
I'm not so sure that was the best fit when you got JT and JB
to play three.
That's a nice three-hitter.
For someone that's scoring 22 a game.
They're basically the same guy. All of them are small
forwards.
So, if
he was a big, and now you
got JB and JT, you can slide either one.
You can make those, they don't change, but you can play them at the three,
the four, you can slide one to the two.
But they're really the same.
Well, goddammit, tell
goddammit, say, hey, well, come on down
to Miami. We'll take him.
We'll take him.
We're supposed to know what to do with you.
Come on down here, Gordon Hayward.
I know you're going to see this. Come on down to Miami. We know
what to do with you, boy.
We know how to
use our players.
Pat could have traded for him.
When?
At the trade deadline.
When he left Boston?
Like OKC traded for him.
I mean, it depends on what we had
at the time. He might not have been on our radar at the
time, but now that this is coming out and the wife has to
defend him because of
an individual that
comes out publicly and says he's made a
mistake, you know?
You don't do that. Yeah, I'm surprised.
I'm surprised Sam Presti
said that, Ocho. I'm not going to disagree with you
because that doesn't sound like him.
But I'm sure
probably in the exit interview,
probably what you heard
is that Gordon Hayward
probably said some of the same things,
that he wasn't excited
about his time.
He felt he should have
gotten more minutes.
And, you know...
You know what happened if he had gotten more minutes?
He would have scored more goddamn points,
especially when you had the green light to shoot.
Sometimes you go to certain places,
you don't feel comfortable,
you're walking on eggshells,
and that's why not only the decrease in minutes,
but the decrease in points from Utah toah to boston that is a reason why they went down okc shit charlotte
i just thought i just don't see anyone that was scoring 22 6 and 5 just falling completely
off the cliff but he's not that player that would warrant 35, 40 minutes.
Okay.
You see what I'm saying?
In order to score the amount of points that he's playing,
he's probably playing 38 minutes where he's no longer that guy.
So he can't give you that kind of production.
So if you're not playing those kind of minutes,
how can I give you the same? how can i give you the same production if you don't give me the same number of targets if you cut my targets in
half you're gonna cut my production in half yeah a running back gets 300 carries he rushes for 1500
yards you give him 150 you still think he's gonna get 1500 it's not gonna happen oh you catch it you catch it for 1400 yards but i'm giving you 150 targets
a season well i'm only gonna give you 100 targets you ain't going for that number because now 100
targets that means you got to catch every ball and average 14 15 yards to catch just to get to
1400 yards which you would don't right 14, 15 hundred yards, which you
would know, bro, you're going to lead the
league. You will be top three if you average
15 yards a catch on that many catches.
Right.
So that's why I just, like I said, I'm
surprised. I am surprised that
Sam Preston, like I made
a mistake.
Yeah, it's stuff
like that. You keep in house a lot of time, but's stuff like that you keep in house.
A lot of times.
Other GMs
have made mistakes as well, whether it be
MLB, whether it be NBA, whether it be NFL.
They don't come out and publicly say,
you know what, I made a mistake. How do you think it makes
that individual feel that you made that mistake
on? How do you think
other players feel about coming to an
organization where you feel, well, damn,
if you can do that to Gordon Hayward,
what the hell do you think about me?
They got a young team.
They didn't want to mess up their chemistry.
They had a great rotation going.
If you look at those guys, that's still the youngest roster in the NBA.
They made it to the second round. Their core players, Shea, Jalen Williams, Chet,
Lou Dort, Isaiah Joe.
They got some nice pieces. Josh
Giddy. They got some nice pieces.
They need another big.
They need another big and
maybe another front line player.
Man, hey, Paul George,
you interested in coming back?
Put Paul George with Shea.
Or go get a big. Go get a Andre Drummond that can take some minutes off interested in coming back? Put Paul George with Shaq.
Or go get a big,
go get a Andre Drummond that can take some minutes off chat,
that can battle with a Jokic,
that can battle with some of the bigs
down low.
Yeah, for sure.
I like it.
But Mrs. Hayward
was not happy with what
Sam Presti said
and she voiced her opinion
rightfully so
she should have cussed his ass out
send a letter
matter of fact write goddamn
not David Stern what's the young boy's name
that's the commissioner
oh you talking about Adam Silver
yeah write Adam Silver
just
voicing your displeasure
with the comments by a general manager. Somebody at a position
of power that's at a seat that high shouldn't be making that kind of
comment. Shit. God damn it.
Yeah. Is he a free agent?
He's going to be an agent. He's a free agent? He's going to be an agent
if he's a free agent.
Yeah, come on down to Miami.
Mr. Hayward.
Come on down to Miami.
We know what to do with you.
He a free agent.
Okay, we're going to see
how many takers he get.
He a free agent.
Oh, he going to get some takers.
Listen,
it might not have worked at OKC
sometimes
process of elimination
relationship after relationship after relationship
after relationship until you find the one
that fit and that's all it is
and that's all it is until you find the one that
fit and right here in Miami
Gordon Haywood is a great place for you
okay now if you need help
finding a place, I can help you. I got my real estate
license. Come on. How much you think
Gordon Haywood has made in his career?
Let me see. If you said he was a Max player,
I'm not sure when he signed that Max
contract, but just off the top
of my head, how many years has he been in the league?
I mean, 10. No, he's been in the league
longer than that, like 12.
12?
14 years. Oh, yeah.
He's been in the league 14 years.
But, you know, he played the first game and then he missed
the entire season.
Okay, I can tell you right now, he's
probably earned, you tell me if I'm wrong or right,
he's probably earned $227
million at this point. Tell me
if I'm wrong or right. You need to go higher.
Oh, shit.
Wait.
$283? A little lower.
$270.
Okay, Rob. $270. Okay.
Okay. Okay. $270. God.
Dang. Hey, man.
I gotta... I need to...
It's too late, Ocho. You should have thought about it.
You should have thought about it.
All the things, like the baseball players,
you see the money they making?
500 million, 700 million.
It's too late, Ocho.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
It ain't never too late.
It ain't never too late.
While I'm still, listen,
while I'm still willing and able
and my upper and lower body extremities
are still working, there's always a chance.
There's always a chance. I can dream.
I can be like the little engine that could.
I just got to keep on pushing.
Oh, Joe. We should have thought
about that, but you know, playing baseball,
bat costs money. Glove costs money.
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Traveling.
Yeah.
Traveling baseball team. Oh, yeah. That costs Traveling. Yeah, yeah. Traveling baseball team.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah, you.
Oh, yeah.
That costs money.
Mm-mm.
Ain't how that.
Yeah.
And plus, that gratification, man.
Ain't nobody.
Them honeys ain't coming out there sitting in no hot sun.
They going to be at the football game or the basketball game.
Get the dubs on them.
Oh, sure.
Isaiah Thomas, little Isaiah Thomas Thomas has an AK pulled on him
in his own city, really tripping how
these young kids are moving around
I really had
a life changing moment yesterday
where a kid pulled an AK-47
out on me and the homies
and if it wasn't for who I was and him
recognizing me in my own city
he probably would have ended all our lives
be safe, they different out there listen and him recognizing me in my own city, he probably would have ended all our lives. Be safe.
They different out there.
Hey, listen.
We talking about it?
We talking about it or the old Isaac Thomas?
I'm talking about little Isaac.
I ain't talking about Z.
I'm talking about Boston Celtics.
Isaac, yeah, you got to be careful, man.
You got to be careful,
even if it's your hometown.
Yeah, for sure.
You got to understand where you are. the younger generation there is no respect there is no respect regardless
to who you are what you've done especially in the past uh they they don't see that they don't see
that man now the the older cats would probably know who you are and have a little bit more respect
for you and what you've done in your community in the nba knowing that that's where you're from you know they show you a little bit more grace
you know them younger cats you know and you think about oh somebody pulled an aka you already know
that ain't number somebody young that has no idea and don't care and a a a k oh my bad 47
yeah oh yeah chop chop yeah chop, yeah, chop.
I don't really move like that, so I don't really know the abbreviations. My bad.
In his hometown of Tacoma, Washington.
Yeah, sad. Them young
boys, they different. They move different.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Listen, today, everything
is wild today. Everything is
wild today. You know, during our day,
our day, there was structure
there was structure there are certain things you couldn't do unless you got an okay or a green light
that's if you run in the streets like that not i'm not saying i'm part of the streets but i had
a great understanding of how it worked because it's where i grew up today oh there ain't no
goddamn order they ain't no goddamn order.
There ain't no order.
Everybody just, they run wild. They run down on you in a minute.
Oh, quick.
It don't matter who you are.
They make you get up.
So, yeah, man, it's different.
It's a different time now.
So, stay.
And wait, hold on.
You said he was in his hometown, right?
Yeah, Tacoma, Washington.
And that's crazy, man.
Yeah.
That's crazy. And the's crazy, man. Yeah.
That's crazy.
In the OTAs,
the NFL Players Association is working to finalize
a proposal to overhaul
the offseason
starting as soon as 2025,
eliminating voluntary
on-field workout
in the spring
and in favor of
a longer training camp
ramp up with players
reporting in mid-June,
early July.
Basically, the idea
would be rolling
extended OTA style or ramp up,
strength and conditioning, non-padded work, et cetera.
Straight into training camp without six weeks of break
and de-escalation between a major change.
Do you like this, Ocho?
Absolutely not.
Don't change it up.
Don't change it up.
Because you got to understand what you're doing is also you're taking money out of people's pocket.
Sometimes the players in their contracts, they have incentives to come to these voluntary workouts.
And why would you want to extend training camp?
Because what they're saying is that...
I thought we were about protecting the players.
We've long decided that it was about the money.
So we've been deciding what it was about the money so we've
been deciding what it was about
but you can see where this thing is headed
so what we're going to do is that we're going to have
this long rollout
one preseason game and we're going to hit the game
running we're going to hit the field
we're going to hit the ground the field
running so that's what you're
building up to and maybe you still put that
in your contract Ocho
maybe you still put that in your contract, Ocho.
Maybe you still put that in your contract.
Okay, take the money from the program and add it to the end season?
I mean, I never had that in my contract because I wasn't going to come.
So unless you give me a half a million dollars, I wasn't willing to, for $50,000, I wasn't willing to stay in denver i want to do my own workout right because
i know i was going to push myself harder than what i was going to work out there and i was the only
one that mike that wasn't required to be an ota in off-season conditioning i was the only one in
mike shanahan's career i don't i don't i don't like it though i don't like it though i don't
like taking away the preseason games for those that sign as free agents for those that come out of the college they get an opportunity uh to make the
team i don't like it for those that are third fourth fifth and sixth uh round draft picks because
they need that film they need that film of those three or four prison get preseason games that they
do play in to get a chance, not only to make that squad,
but to put themselves on tape as a resume for other teams that might need a
body at that position.
I don't like it.
I don't like it.
I don't like it because it takes away from them and their opportunity to get a
chance to play in the NFL.
Man, you know how I feel.
I mean, I made it because we had five games.
That's the only, if we'd had three, I wouldn't have made it.
If we'd had four, the conventional, I wouldn't have made it.
It was the very last game in which I made it.
So you already know how I feel.
I was talking to the commissioner.
He's like, what do you think about the new rules?
I'm like, Commissioner, I'll be honest with you.
I ain't crazy about it.
I understand why you guys are implementing because the kickoff,
the concussion rate goes up exponentially
you're talking about probably extra 20 30 40 percent because the collisions are so great you
get 20 miles an hour running this way 20 miles an hour running that way and when they collide
something bad gonna happen eventually every time especially if you you know you do that x amount
of time you score on a field goal,
you score on a,
you know,
a punt return
or something like that.
There are a lot of kicks,
even punts,
but I get it.
I say for me,
probably,
probably wouldn't have made it.
Probably would have had to wait
another year,
probably spend some time
on a practice squad
for somebody to give me
an opportunity.
Hopefully I showed enough
for the Broncos,
but I just made it
because of special teams.
Made it because of kickoff
I was a wide receiver and I would go
down there and like somebody ass up but I didn't care
I threw cards into the way
I'm making this team
but think about that you have five games to do it
and you were able to make it because of special teams
now imagine them
eliminating the offseason program
and then having training camp
and then how do these individuals make the team now with no,
with nothing to put on film one preseason game.
That's not enough.
That's not nearly enough,
enough opportunities for individual to say like,
oh my goodness,
look who this is standing out on film where you can make yourself,
where you become more than just a number.
You need those games,
man.
You need the time to put your resume together.
And those two, three games during the preseason, it does wonders for players.
And Ochoa was still in school.
So a lot of guys, a lot of guys were out of school.
And so they were in the offseason program.
Man, I'm trying to get my degree, man.
I wasn't dropping out of school.
Hell no.
I'm too close now.
So I didn't end
up getting there till june and so the ota's were ending like the second week of june so i really
only got two weeks of ota's before i had to leave and go do my own thing and then come back but back
then and they still do it not sometimes oh joe we came in the rookies and the first year players
had to come in like three days before the vets got there.
And so we padded up,
we hitting even before the actual training camp in which the vets arrived.
Oh yeah.
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I don't know how they do it now, but I do see
sometimes rookies report on
this day and the advanced report on a later day.
But we put pads on.
We do a nine on seven.
We doing everything that we're going to do in training.
Oh, yes.
Oh, yes.
Oh, yeah.
Pads.
Pads.
Pads.
Nine on seven.
One on one.
Listen, the most we put on was shells.
Remember the little shells?
The little shells we had?
Man, ain't nobody had them things
back then. See, back
then... They had the shells?
You have spider pads. You know
the spider pads that you put on up under
your shoulder pads? Oh, yeah.
The shock.
But we didn't have shells
like you. Ocho,
we had pads on Wednesday,
Thursday, and we had pads on Friday with shorts.
There wasn't no shade.
What the hell are you talking about?
Oh, no.
Come on, now.
I'm telling you.
Hey, listen.
They ran y'all on the ground, man.
When I tell people, people don't understand.
Bro, 9-0-7 was really putting people down.
7-0-7.
7-0-7 was a third up. You ain-0-7. 7-0-7 was a thud up.
You ain't just catching no ball and say, oh, let him catch it.
Right, right, right, right.
Oh, man, please.
It was a different time back then.
Now, probably like the 49ers were the only team that the West Coast system,
and you see how they do a lot of teams doing now,
they were the only one doing that.
And then as that tree started splintering, you got Mike Holman leaving.
You got Steve Murray.
You got other guys leaving.
They brought and implemented that system.
You got Andy.
Yeah.
Okay.
Mike Holman took a lot of those guys with him to Green Bay.
He took Andy Reed.
He took John Gruden, who took Steve Mariucci.
And so as those guys started getting head coaching jobs,
they started implementing that West Coast system where you're only hitting
about 10 times a week, and that's normally on Thursday.
Everything else is in shells because you're practicing speed,
not so much hitting.
But, oh, no, back in 90 to 92?
You kidding me?
Boy, they got butter from a duck back then.
Yes, sir.
Yes, indeed.
Y'all better than me.
Because I had a few times, and obviously I can say it now,
some of the times when we would have to have on pads on a Wednesday times, and obviously I can say it now, some of the times when we would have
to have on pads on a Wednesday practice,
I'd be out there in my shells
because nobody was going to hit
me anyway.
Listen,
I wore a size small shoulder pads anyway.
I wore very small shoulder pads
just so I could be light, but I put my shells
on.
In New England?
What?
Belichick, you had to have thigh pads, knee pads.
You know how in the locker room,
where the equipment room is,
and they have the diagram,
I'm supposed to wear the dress,
the little robot, it got out everything?
That's how you got to go to practice in New England.
Really?
Everybody.
Everybody.
Oh, he'll send you in.
Everybody. Thigh pads, knee pads,
shoulder pads,
everything. Mike, the way
we practice, Mike said,
the way you play the game,
that's how I want you to come to practice.
Well, me
and a lot of us, the DBs,
they have no thigh pads, no knee pads,
no hip pads. So,
Mike said, that's the way you go in the game?
Now, Dan Reed's
like, okay, you ain't got to wear
no thigh pads, but if you get a thigh bruise,
it's going to cost you about $5,000.
Ooh!
Oh, Joe. Hey, let me get that.
You put him in quick?
But see, you got, see,
your teammates got to be on your side, though.
Your teammates got to be on your side
and protecting you and saying,
listen, we got pads on,
but if we're going to do anything,
let's start it up.
Let's start it up.
Make sure you're in position
to make the tackle
as if it was a game simulated.
But don't hit me for real.
Don't hit me for real.
But you, man,
you know them five rules.
They freak, Ocho.
Sometimes you just, you know, and y'. They freak, Ocho. Sometimes you just...
And y'all run together.
And his knee or cleat hits you.
It hits you?
Hold on.
Have you ever got a thigh bruise
and it hardens up and stiffens up?
And then they got to use that...
Remember, is it called a grass stick?
Yeah, I know that scrape one.
How do you call it?
I know you're talking about that scrape.
Oh, my God.
And they got to scrape it and get it loose? Yeah. Hell yeah. I know what it about that. Oh, my God. And it got a scrape. Did it get it loose?
Yeah.
Hell yeah.
I know what it's like.
But that pain?
That shit hurt.
Man, hey.
That was, hey.
That was, hey.
It was different.
I'm glad they changed it because, man.
But just think, Ocho.
That's how, like, in the 60s and the 70s, everybody was practicing like that.
All the practices was Wednesday, Thursday, put you on the ground.
Friday, you had on shoulder pads and helmets.
There was no shells.
We had on shoulder pads for the entire practice.
Well, somebody should have said something back then.
Whoever the leader of the Broncos was back then,
matter of fact, his name is John Elway.
Elway should have said something.
Man, listen.
We don't need to be out here in full pads.
We want to be fresh on Sunday.
Quarterbacks normally wore their pads
because they needed to get used to throwing their pads.
For the most part, John always wore his pads,
even at least for like
a part of practice and then he would take the pads
off oh they tell me
you had to tell me
you had to tell me but what
I'm gone
those were the days
it was a different mentality
play back then that's what I'm saying
that's why you see these guys running across the middle
and one-handed things and taking
selfies.
You didn't do that back then.
Bam, Mike, Singletary.
Oh, go across the middle. You ain't going across the middle
once. Bet you wouldn't come back.
And you're going to
think about it twice if you do got to go.
What?
Next thing you know, you'll be looking through your ear hole. Your ear hole? You're going to think about it twice if you do got to go. What? Boy.
Next thing you know, you'll be looking through that.
You're looking through your ear hole.
Ear hole.
Somebody done killed it.
Buffalo Bills ate more than $31 million to trade star wide receiver Stephon Diggs this offseason, a record for a non-quarterback.
So why didn't the team wait until June 1st to deal Diggs,
which has spread the financial impact between the seasons?
General Manager Brandon Bean explained that Buffalo prepared to get that albatross
of Diggs' contract off the books rather sooner than later.
We decided to just go ahead and eat it out now.
We think that we can compete and do what we need to do by eating it now,
because if we didn't, we would have tried to come up with ways to split it up
too many different ways. It's just like that albatross hanging around our necks what's 25 look like
what's 26 look like hey listen that's one thing about business they always looking ahead they're
always looking ahead so obviously they want to get get themselves out of that contract but that's
fine that's fine with it with now gabe davis going stefan dig going we have a
a media darling in keon coleman that's there but now can josh allen do what patrick mahone did
once they got rid of tyreek and tyreek game that came down to the dolphins we're going to see how
great and how good josh allen is but the fact that he does have Keon Coleman,
I'm not sure the second receiver will be there.
I know Keon Coleman's probably going to be the number one.
We're going to see how good you are.
Because now you have to make up for the production
that's not there on the outside
because we don't know what Keon Coleman's going to be.
He's probably going to be good.
But now you have to make all the right decisions.
You have to make all the right throws
because you're not going to have that 14,
1,500-yard receiver
that you can rely on
24-7 come hell or high water
when it matters most.
Now, I know he's had some drops,
you know,
in the playoffs or whatnot,
but again, still,
he is a very, very,
very good, to me,
top five receiver
in this NFL still.
I think the thing
was going to,
a lot of people are saying,
well,
Josh Allen didn't take that step
until he got Stephon Diggs.
Oh,
did you see the numbers?
Yeah, I saw the numbers.
I mean, listen,
the numbers don't lie.
Once Diggs got there,
oh boy,
hey, listen,
they were goddamn
like Mark Anthony and J-Lo.
Huh?
They was like
Tina Marie and Rick James.
Very short-lived.
That's what you're going with.
Hey, but listen.
While they was living, it was good.
While they was living, it was good.
Yes, it was.
Yeah, it's going to be very interesting to see how this thing pans out.
We've seen what Patrick Mahomes did without Tyreek,
who we believe is the most dangerous one of the top two.
He's not going past two.
No matter who your receivers are, Tyreek Hill's not going out of the top two for me.
With that speed, with his big playability, his ability to run any route,
is he the best route runner?
No.
But he has the most speed of anybody that's running routes.
So give me him.
Yeah.
Because he's the only guy that you throw him a five-yard route
and he can hit his head on the goalpost.
Every time.
He can take a five yard route and turn it into an eight yard
spectacular. Hey,
the only person in the NFL
when you have to take an angle,
you run toward the end zone.
You try to cut the angle off.
Yeah. If we both at the
50, I'm trying to intercept him at the 10.
I'm trying. Oh, Joe, he running like this 50, I'm trying to intercept him at the 10. I'm trying.
Old Joe, he running like this here, I'm running like that.
I'm just trying to.
Hey, if he start to cut back, he got me.
But if he can't.
Oh, yeah, he got you.
Hey, that's funny.
Yeah, it's.
I like it, though.
Listen, I love Josh, man.
The few times I've had the opportunity
to meet him
I just
I just like
I like what he had
with Diggs
I like what he had
with Gabe Davis
the fact that they
weren't able to get
over the hump
it's unfortunate
but obviously
you're paying
Josh Allen
the type of money
he is making
so you know
sometimes
some of the pieces
around you
are going to change
and it's up to you
to be
top three quarterback that we think you are going to change. And it's up to you to be top three quarterback
that we think you are or you're paid
such as you got to show up.
You got to show up. Whether you got rookies around
you or not. You have to make all the right
decisions, make all the right throws
and do what Patrick Mahomes
has done consistently
year in and year out.
You know the thing is that
like Buffalo they go all in. They don't win it and they got to break it down.
You see, they lose Poirier, they lose a white the corner, they lose other pieces.
And you see my homeboy is like, you know what? Hey. I'm going to take a little less.
I'm going to take a little less.
Not too much.
I mean, he's probably taking $10
to $15 million per year
less. But he's probably making
$20 million off the field.
How much did he just get a check for?
Did he just get a check the other day for like
$30 million?
Because I think they took a roster
bonus.
I meant to send that to you, Ash.
I think he just got a check
because his 2025 salary is already guaranteed
because he's on the roster.
So they guarantee,
what, his 25?
So how much did he get that check
they just sent him for like a month ago?
But him being on the roster in 2024
guarantees his 2025 salary.
Right.
So, and so to keep that,
so they're like, hey, man,
check this out, then what we gonna do?
We gonna come give you that
and assign a bonus.
Okay.
I'll take my 40 billion. Y'all go ahead and give me 39 of it
right now.
Make it a little easier.
No problem.
But
it's on Josh now.
It's on Josh. It's very unfortunate
because they finally had, they're like
we want Patrick Mahomes
in our building in the playoffs.
The last two times,
we had to go there
and it didn't end up well for us.
Even Baltimore,
we want him in our building.
Let's stay.
He a different cat now.
He a different cat.
He a different cat come playoff time.
What you did to him in the regular season
ain't gonna have no bearing on
where this is gonna happen in postseason.
Yeah.
And so it's, if you find it, let me know, Ash.
Confidence isn't an issue for Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr.
He entered the starting line of week seven and never lost his spot.
Porter says, I'm always going to pick me over anybody else.
When asked who's the best cornerback in the league,
there are a lot of good DBs in this league.
Nobody was doing what I was doing
against wide receiver ones
this entire year
locking them down.
I don't care if I mention
in there or not
because they're going
to hear my name eventually.
In 17 games,
11 start,
the 2023 second round pick
had 43 tackles,
one point loss,
one interception,
10 passes defense.
He finished fifth
in defensive rookie of the year.
Saltz Gardner,
Pat Sertain, Jair Alexander,
Denzel Ward.
I like it.
Listen, if you're going to talk, you got to walk it.
Ask your pops.
Joey Porter, ask your pops how we used to go
at it. Oh yeah, for sure.
One of the greatest trash talkers of all time.
And Joey Porter, much respect to him.
But I like this.
Put the league on notice. This is what much respect to him. But I like this. Yeah, for sure. You both have confidence in yourself. Put the league on notice.
This is what you got to do.
Come out, create you some bulletin board material.
Now what you got to do,
even though you're a stealer,
I love you to death,
you got to follow in the footsteps
of some of the greatest that have come through there.
Now, if you're going to talk like that,
now you got to come and show up.
Didn't he get 27 million?
Like somebody that I know that also was.
Hey, Joey, I mean, Joy Porter Jr.
We're at 24, don't we?
I think so.
Yeah.
Oh, there's a great 24 that gave me hell for a decade straight.
And Ike Taylor.
A great one.
So, again, if you're going to talk, baby, all you got to do is walk it.
All you got to do is walk it. All you got to do is walk it.
I like it.
And you got to have that confidence.
You have to.
Most of the time, most of the people don't say it.
Most of the people don't let it be known publicly because once you let it be known publicly,
now you have a target on your back.
Oh, yeah, for sure.
Now they're going to come at you.
Now they're going to throw at you.
Well, they're going to do that anyway.
I love what you're doing.
Yeah, they're going to throw at you. Well, they're going to do that anyway. I love what you're doing. Yeah, they're going to do that anyway.
But even more so now
that you're coming out saying
you feeling like you wanted the best
at what you do,
you just got to go do it, man.
You wearing that number 24 anyway.
If you're anything,
if you're going to be anything
like Ike Taylor,
boy, you on the right path.
And that's what all due respect.
Oh, so what they did, Ocho, is that
the 2024, March 24th, they restructured.
They gave him $27 million in salary.
It was converted into a signing bonus.
And his base salary is only $8.6 million.
So they could have...
Yeah, that was a free of...
That's a free of cap space.
That's a little game they always play. You you see the game how they play when they want to
create space they know what to do there's never an issue with money and paying players because
there's always a way to manipulate the numbers and create space for who you want to because his
latest contract so i'm trying to understand i'm trying to understand what they're waiting on with Dak. I'm trying
to understand what they're waiting on with Tua.
I'm trying to understand what are we...
And again, I'm trying to...
What are we waiting on with Love?
What are we waiting on as far as Chase
and T. Higgins is concerned? Now, they
have to see how the books are going to look. We can't pay them
Bovo, Joe.
Yeah, you can't pay them Bovo. Now, if one of...
If Higgins is willing to take like $22, $24 million,
because Chase is going to want $30.
He hasn't signed
that franchise tag
yet either. Now,
at what point do we say
or T, for that
matter, does T say, you know what, I'm
going to bet on myself this year, and
God forbid, he's able
to play a season injury
free and he hit the market
you know they can put the
tag on him again right
I don't know what you say
I don't know what you're talking about
listen I don't do
nothing like that now if I'm willing to bet on myself
and I'm willing to stay and
play on the tag at 21,
now you need to let me walk.
Listen, the Chiefs organization,
I salute them for what they did
with LeJarius Sneed. Understanding
his value and allowing
him to go get what he deserves.
Real say, if I give
you 10 years, good years, you should be able
to let me walk with all my money.
Ah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, you should be able to let me walk with all my money. Ah, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, you.
If I give you 10 great years, you should let me walk with all my money.
Did you hear what you just said?
Rel gave me 10 great years
and she should be able to walk with all her money.
But if you walk with all your money,
them 10 years of the lifestyle that you
provided to me and allowed me to be able to live
oh I'm leaving with something
so that's what they said
I'm leaving here with something
and then if they could be nasty
they could put two years of the franchise
and then a year of the transition tag on
but listen
knowing Mr. Brown, knowing Katie
knowing Troy
they cheat they're not cheating But listen, knowing Mr. Brown, knowing Katie, knowing Troy. They cheat.
Cheat. They're not cheating.
They're just stopping.
Now, listen.
Don't do that.
Now, you know we're spinning now.
You better look at what we paid them.
Our office is lying.
Look what we paid Burrow.
Don't do that.
We're not cheating.
That narrative needs to be gone and erased.
Because we're spinning that bag.
Are y'all still practicing under the interstate?
No, we have a bubble. Do y'all still practicing under the interstate no we have we have a bubble
do y'all practice
outside under the interstate
yes or no
we have a bubble
so y'all gonna practice
outside the bubble
we have an indoor facility
no
well when the sun is out
but when it's snowing
and it was raining
when the sun is out
where do you guys practice
can I park my car
on the overpass
and watch the Bengals practice
yes or no?
No.
Yes, I can.
That's a ticket.
No, you can't. That's a ticket.
Can I park my car on the overpass and watch?
I just want to know. Yes or no?
I've never seen that
happen before. Oh, Joe, I did because I did it.
Yeah.
You did?
Who you were spying on?
I just happened to be watching.
It got me a nice view.
Well, it's funny.
Y'all just started getting pizzas on Friday.
Pizza?
We don't eat pizza there.
On Fridays.
Gold Star Chili.
You know what?
We eat Funnel Cake Island.
Yeah, we got funnel cakes.
Now, you don't eat funnel cakes?
But listen,
anybody in the chat that's in Cincinnati,
I'm going to tell you about
Funnel Cake Island.
I've got the street is on.
My homeboy on it. Y'all got to check it out. Funnel Cake Island. Now, I forgot the name. I've got the street is on. My homeboy on it.
Y'all got to check it out.
Funnel Cake Island.
Really, really good.
Really, really good.
If you're ever in Cincinnati,
you got to go try it.
I got a Mikey on my team.
Her name is Ash.
A who?
So, anytime we go somewhere,
we don't know what it is.
We just slide into Ash.
Ash is our official Mikey.
She going to try it? Ash don't like funnel cake.
I know it's bad.
What?
Ash is our official Mikey.
Hold on.
Wait, she don't like funnel cake for real?
And Ash likes everything.
Or she at least try it.
That's one thing about Ash.
She's like,
don't knock it till you try it.
I was like, no, I'm gonna knock it.
I'm gonna knock it over
if you put it in front of me.
So that's the thing.
I'm assuming she's had
a bad experience.
So she went somewhere
where the funnel cakes weren't good.
if you ever in Cincinnati
for whatever reason,
you...
Oh,
the fair funnel cakes.
Oh,
that's trash.
That's trash.
Oh,
child.
No,
no,
no,
no,
no,
no.
Listen,
they don't make no funnel cakes
like Young Bull
out there in Cincinnati
make these funnel cakes.
I'm telling you, man, all type of toppings, all type of just crazy strawberry Oreo, like all type of crazy stuff.
Listen to me. Funnel Cake Island in Cincinnati.
I can't remember what street it's on, but it's in the same in the same plaza as a restaurant called Hook's.
OK, that's all I knew. I don't I don't know the cross streets. in the same plaza as a restaurant called Hook's. Okay.
That's all I knew.
I don't know the cross streets,
but if you're from Cincinnati and you're in the chat,
you know exactly
what I'm talking about.
But hey, tell Ash,
Ash, you got to try
this funnel cake.
And if I'm wrong,
if I'm lying, I'm lying.
We need to go to the
Texas State Fair.
That's where I ate it.
I know.
Texas.
I've had it at a fair.
Yeah, I've eaten it at a fair I've eaten it at a fair
but not the Texas State Fair
where they fry Oreos, Snickers, butter
they fry everything
what you know about elephant ears?
you know about elephant ears?
the flower or the plant?
no no no not a real elephant ear
I'm talking about at the Dade County Youth Fair
no no I'm talking about
it's like similar to a funnel cake a little bit,
but it's made a little different.
At the Dade County Youth Fair,
all I care about is going to get that corn in the cob.
I care about the shish kebab.
I care about elephant ears.
I don't like shish kebabs.
No.
Oh, come on.
What you doing?
Because I don't like the peppers,
and I don't like that.
I just want, just go. I don't, I don't like the peppers and I don't like that. I just want...
Just go...
I don't like...
I don't like it.
No?
Oh, you...
Listen, you missing out
on the finer things.
No.
Like, man, if you don't like...
Well, we gonna go to the...
What you call it?
We gonna go to the...
We gonna go to Texas State Fair.
Texas State Fair?
When is that?
When is that?
It's during the October.
It's like Oklahoma, Texas, right?
That's the Oklahoma, Texas game.
We need to go and eat.
Okay.
Man, I'm going to take me to some Maylocks and some Keltons or something because I know my stomach is going to beat.
Yeah, I'm ready.
I got some cowboy boots, too.
I ain't had a chance to wear, too.
Yeah.
Nah.
You ain't got no cowboy.
How the hell you got cowboy boots in Florida?
What you...
Hello?
I'm a bull rider.
You forgot?
Oh, Lord.
I still practice.
I ride horses on the weekend out here.
Bull is...
Tell her.
No.
Come on now.
You know I ride horses.
I know you've seen the many clips of me riding horses,
going fast as hell, doing tricks, and all that crazy stuff.
No, I didn't see that.
Ash, can you please pull up videos for Unc
and me riding horses?
I am a professional bull rider and horse rider.
You're not no professional, Ocho.
Just because you do something,
doesn't make you a professional.
That's all it takes,
because I was on the professional circuit when I did it.
If you paint a picture, does that make you an artist?
Yeah.
Who, me?
Yeah, because I get to set the value on how much it's worth.
First of all.
Now, if I can get anybody to buy it, that makes me a professional.
Shit.
That's what everybody else do.
Okay.
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