Club Shay Shay - Tristan Thompson Part 1

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
Drake put you in his lyrics.

**Tristan Thompson** (0:01)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:01)
What's your relationship with Drake?

**Tristan Thompson** (0:03)
Drake's my brother, I've known him since I've been 17
That's family. He was there when my mom passed away. The beauty about us, all of us Canadians, you know, we all root for each other. I love The Weeknd, that's my brother as well. Party Next Door, love him as well. Like those are all, that's all family. The way we look at it's like Toronto versus the world.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:17)
You know what?
But it might take you to get Drake and Bron back together.
You working on that?
We would first like to thank Double Barrel and The Whiskey Shop for having us today's episode of Club Shay Shay. If you're in Beverly Hills, come by for a drink in this elegant lounge. Now, on to today's episode. Hello, welcome to another episode of Club Shay Shay. I am your host, Shannon Sharpe. I'm also the proprietor of Club Shay Shay. Stopping by for conversation on the drink today is a 14-year NBA vet. He helped the Cavaliers make history by coming for a 3-1 deficit in the NBA finals to end Cleveland's 52-year championship drought and helped the Cavs win their first NBA title. He was the first player in Cavs franchise history to play in 447 consecutive regular season games. He's one of four Cavaliers players in franchise history to have at least 5,000 points and 5,000 rebounds in a career. He holds the Cavs franchise record for the most offensive rebounds in a single season. He was the highest drafted Canadian-born player at the time of his selection. He's since been passed by RJ Barrett. He's the first Canadian ever to earn all rookie team honors in the NBA. He's a Big 12 Freshman of the Year, a McDonald's All-American, Harriers Double T, Tristan Thompson.

**Tristan Thompson** (1:53)
Yes, sir. Thank you for having me, bro.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:55)
Appreciate you, bro.

**Tristan Thompson** (1:55)
Man, that's a pretty good resume. Not too bad, man.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:57)
That ain't too bad, man.
14 years, you got it in, bro. How you been?

**Tristan Thompson** (2:01)
I'm good, man.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:02)
Man, you know what? You done with basketball?

**Tristan Thompson** (2:04)
You know, listen, if the phone rings, I'm going to pick it up.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:06)
Oh, you will pick it up?

**Tristan Thompson** (2:07)
I'm going to pick it up, man.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:08)
You got to say, you keep yourself in shape.

**Tristan Thompson** (2:10)
Always.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:11)
Well, OK, well, I guess one little drink ain't going to hurt us.

**Tristan Thompson** (2:13)
No, it ain't going to hurt us, man.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:14)
Congrats on a great NBA career, and if you go back further.

**Tristan Thompson** (2:17)
Appreciate it.
Mm, the tradition, man. I'm excited, man.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:23)
This is it. Thank you for coming by, bro.

**Tristan Thompson** (2:25)
Yeah, no, of course. First of all, so hold on now. So this is the summertime right now. I see the grades going. You and Braun, letting it out, man. What y'all got? Y'all disgusted? So what's going on?

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:34)
No, the thing is with Braun, I'm old.
I'll put you 60 And I think Braun's like, you know what? Nobody's going to really see me. I'm not going to be in anybody's present. I'm not playing basketball. I'm not going to anything. He's like, man, the maintenance, the upkeep, let it go.

**Tristan Thompson** (2:52)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:52)
I think probably next year, I don't see him color it. I don't see him color it anymore.

**Tristan Thompson** (2:57)
Listen, I think he should keep the grades out. Imagine you dropping 30 and 10 on a young kid. Oh, man. You got to re-evaluate.
If that's my son, you can't have someone with the grades dropping 30 and 10 on you. This is unacceptable.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:08)
You got an old man dropping 30 and 10 and five?

**Tristan Thompson** (3:10)
You got to pop up.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:13)
That's it. But he goes, hey, bro, that's Brian. That is it. He's going to be able to do that with that thing fully grayed, let alone with some grayed freaking in.

**Tristan Thompson** (3:20)
He's going to have the grades with the dark rivers? Oh, man. He's going to be going to town on them boys.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:26)
Let's start with the European trip.
The 10-year anniversary of you guys winning the championship, coming back from 3-1 down, beating a 73-9 team, the most regular season wins in NBA history, a unanimous MVP, back-to-back MVPs on that roster. How did this trip come about?