Nightcap Hour 2: ESPN’s List of Top 20 Players in 2026 Finals + Rachel Nichols GIVES UPDATE on Charles Oakley x James Dolan BEEF + VIRAL Clip of Man vs Woman Lining Up + Aaron Donald THINKING About RETURN

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
Heading into game one, here are the ESPN's list of top 20 players in the 2026 NBA Finals. They had Wimby at one, Jalen Brunson at two, Cat at three, Stephon Castle at four, OG at five, Fox at six, McHale Bridges at seven, Vassal Harper, Champagne is eight, nine, 10 And then you have Josh Hart Mitchell Robinson at 11, 12 And then you had Kelton Johnson at 13
And then you had Landry Shammet, Miles McBride at 14, 15 Then you had Luke Cornett and Carter Bryant at 16, 17 And then 18, 19, you had Jose Alvarado and Jordan Clarkston. In 20, you could have put anybody else in there and it would have been okay with me.
Bismarck, Beombo, Kelly O'Lennick.
I don't know how this guy made it. I feel it though. Harrison Barnes. There you go, Joe. Yeah, you got to lay out Harrison Barnes. You got to lay out Harrison Barnes. Hey, look, at some point here, he going to get up from Good Ministers in the damn series, man.

**Chad Johnson** (1:08)
Good Ministers do what?

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:12)
Even if he come in and give you five to seven points, Ojo, he got to do something, bro. They gonna need something from him. Can you put up on my screen how many points that Harrison Barnes has scored in the last, they went seven game. He might not have seven points in seven game. And you talking about the man might have to give you five points in a game. When he might have not gave you five points in seven game. Oh, if you look at they bench, Kelton Johnson gave you three points a night, one for four. And you had Harper, Dylan Harper was 16 Outside of that, man, they get completely nothing. I mean, they don't get nothing from they bench, bro. Somebody got to come off that bench and help out. Kelton Johnson, but you remember, Oh Joe, game seven against Thunder, Kelton Johnson was big. He played really well. And you know what? He did, but he won against Check. Check couldn't guard him. He opposed his will against Check. Check was, he was checked out, you know, in that game seven. It's a, New York is a different breed, bro. They got some guys, they got some guys who can guard too. They got some big guys who can wall up, play big, you know, this, this ain't gonna be no easy feat for the Spurs. They got, they got lunch pail, hard hat guys. Yes, sir. That's what they got. And, but if you look at them, if you look at them, Joe, they kind of marry each other. They do. Cause all these guys, I mean, for the most part, your guys, your guards, with the exception of Brunson, will defend. You look at Josh Hart, he'll defend. Mikel Bridges will defend. So will Basil, so will Castle, so will Champinney. They'll defend. Miles McBride, he's known as a shooter. He gets up, he tries to defend. Landry Shamit used to be known as just an offensive player. But you look at this year, Landry Shamit say, you know what, I'm tired of bouncing around. Let me get out here and I got to be able to do something other than shoot, because just shooting ain't giving me the minutes that I need. Right.
Hey, he's fighting hard over picks now. Yeah, he's always been able to stroke it. When he was with the Clippers, I think he did, wasn't he with Toronto? I know he was with the Clippers, but he can shoot the ball. He's always been able to shoot the ball. But he's found other ways to contribute. Again, we talked about it other than scoring. Yeah, he's competing. He played in Philly. He played in Philly, and you're right. It's not just about making shots at him. It's what we all love about sports. It's the competition, bro. It's competing at the highest level. Yeah, you may have a little advantage of me, but damn it, I'm gonna fight as hard as I damn can. And I think that's what Shannon has been doing with the opportunity and minutes that he's been given. He showed up and he's showing out, bro. At the end of the day, he's out there to make shots. When he's doing that, he's relieving pressure from guys like Brunson and Cat, because he's making his guy play honest. The last thing you want to do if you guard him is to leave his ass open and give him a wide open shot. You cannot help off him. And that's why you want him out there because he's gonna create lanes and space for guys like Brunson to operate in.