Nightcap Hour 2: Grizzlies STRUGGLING to TRADE Ja + Nets AND Spurs EYEING Rui + Big3 Weekend 2 RECAP

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
Obviously, front office is struggling desperately to find a trade partner for Ja Morant, per Brian Windhorst. Ja was the future face of the NBA at one point, and had his own shoe line with Nike. Joe, how did we get here?

**Chad Johnson** (0:15)
I can tell you.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:16)
Man, due to, we got here, obviously, due to Ja's negligence of the things that he does off the court. We can't cut it a slice in no other damn way, talking to Ocho, you know, the gun situations.
And from that point, yeah, it was twice. And from that point, it's been downhill for my guy. I ain't gonna lie to you. You know, I don't know how else to cut it. It seems like that has affected him to the point to where he hasn't played up to his standards or what we think his standards are. Being that superstar. Hey, Unc, Ocho, he still got one of the hottest damn shoes out here. His ass ain't even been cleaned. And he's about to drop another one.
You know what I mean? So, I don't know about y'all, but for me being a basketball head, I love and enjoy watching that young man play. I want to see him get back on the court. I want to see him get back playing and having fun playing. See, it's a difference. Man, it's a difference when you play the game and you ain't really worried about all that outside noise and you can just hoop. You know, at the end of the day, even though you get paid a lot of money for it, you still want to enjoy it and have fun. We lose sight of that. We lose sight of that once we get in these professions because there's so much on us to be able to contribute and perform on a night-to-night basis.
And to some degree, a lot of cats ain't ready for that. Sometimes it comes, it happens a lot too fast, too soon, and next thing you know, you caught in a heap of trouble. You feel what I'm saying? I just want to see the young man get out the rut. I want to see him get back the ball in his shoes, gonna say, it's a hot commodity. I just want to see him get back to playing the game, bro.

**Chad Johnson** (1:53)
But he gonna get back, Uncle Joe. He gonna get back. And listen, a change of scenery is always great.
It's always great. And one thing, not just any scenery, a scenery where there's structure. Huh, Joe? Yeah.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:07)
Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you.

**Chad Johnson** (2:09)
A place where there's discipline, you know?
The person who sits at the top, he rules with an iron fist. So some of the stuff you got away with, you know, in the past, down there in Memphis, you know, it ain't gonna flow here. This is the great organization from top to bottom to have a player like Ja down here in Miami, come on down here and revive your career.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:32)
The only thing.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:32)
Go ahead, Joe.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:34)
The only thing about that, Ocho.

**Chad Johnson** (2:36)
Talk to me. Take your time, man.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:37)
You're gonna have too many damn non-shooters, man. Oh, shoot. You know.

**Chad Johnson** (2:42)
No. Hey, Claire Bia. Oh, my bad.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:45)
But think about this. If you're saying you're gonna have Ja Greek freaking bam, and I just think, hey, man, Ja can't really play off the ball. He hadn't showed that he can play off the ball like that.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:55)
And he hadn't showed he's the, and he hasn't developed the jump shot. He doesn't have a mid-range shot.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:59)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:00)
And he doesn't attack the paint like he once did.

**Chad Johnson** (3:04)
Well, he been hurt.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:05)
I'm sure he can still do it. The likelihood as you get older, you get healthier. It ain't happening.

**Chad Johnson** (3:09)
But he ain't that old.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:10)
Because remember when D-Rose, it's only, even the greats, Michael Jordan didn't attack the paint. He had to develop the fadeaway. Kobe had to develop the fadeaway.
You ain't gonna be above the rim forever.

**Chad Johnson** (3:25)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:26)
So that was a great, but I saw the writing on the wall. When they traded Bane and they traded Triple J, oh, you thought they were gonna stick with Ja?

**Chad Johnson** (3:34)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:36)
Yeah. It was just a matter of time. Then Ja said what he said last year about him. Oh, they probably thought they'd win more games without me. When he started speaking, you already saw the buddy go to his.