**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
Zion Williamson's body transformation is going viral. Zion's contract with the Pelicans includes a specific weight clause stipulating that the sum of his body weight in pounds and his body fat percentage must remain below 295 If he fails to meet periodic weigh-ins, the amount of guaranteed money in his contract can be reduced. Somebody says Zion Williamson's off season transformation is the equivalent of Ben Simmons hitting threes in the gym. Joe, just like your cowboy, is it the year, Zion, he does look good, he does look good. And when he plays, he's another one guy. You were talking about Kwai.
You talk about his weight and the injuries and he's had his fair share. But when Zion Williamson plays, he's phenomenal. Now I wish he'd get more rebounds because I think a guy, look, if Charles Barkley can every damn double digit rebounds, so can you.
**Chad Johnson** (0:53)
Yeah, hey, when I seen this, bro, I said, I seen it on IG.
I said, damn, somebody hearing the whispers. So I guess the guy who's been training him, he responded. He was like, no, we won't hear the whispers. Damn it, he heard something.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:08)
Oh, you did it.
**Chad Johnson** (1:09)
Yeah, he heard something because man, if this man can look like this, bro. Yeah. Listen, he already can't be stopped when his ass play. Okay, Ultra, I don't care who you put on that man. He too quick, he too fast, he too agile.
If that man in peak shape, Uncle Ochocinco. Yeah.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:29)
So let me ask you a question, Ochocinco.
He said he's trying to say they didn't hear the whispers. So why didn't he come in like that of the rookie?
**Chad Johnson** (1:35)
Hello.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:36)
Or his second year?
**Chad Johnson** (1:37)
Hello.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:37)
Or his third year? Why the hell do they got to wait closed? I bet you LeBron ain't got no way closed in his contract.
I bet Shay ain't got no way closed in his contract.
**Chad Johnson** (1:46)
Right.
**Shannon Sharpe** (1:46)
So why does he have a way clause if he ain't hear the whispers? Why are you looking like that now? Because now I got a problem. Because you wasted five or six of these years, bull jiving, but you don't hear the whispers? Come on, bro. It's okay to hear them.
It's okay to hear them.
This is how you should look. Now, looking like that is one thing. Staying like that is something entirely different. Because you know the easiest thing you do is get in shape in the off season. Because guess what? You're structured, you're right there. But now when you start playing every other night and you hit that road and you're grabbing them wings and them chicken fingers and that burgers and you're drinking them high calorie sodas, that's when it's different. See, you got the guy cooking for you all the time, not you. Ochocinco got to do nothing but go work out, train and come home and he got veggies and he got chicken breast and he got salmon and he got the good stuff of it. But when you going on that road, Joe, and you know this, hey, when you play that late game on the West Coast and you just got to grab something and go. Yeah. And they got fried chicken and they got wings and they got pizza and they got tater skins.
**Chad Johnson** (2:52)
Hey, that's when you got to be dedicated to bring your own stuff. Like Uncle used to say, he used to bring his own. But man, look, damn all that. Hey, me speaking to Zion right now, bro, if you, I'm telling you, if you can stay in this type of shape, I know you're going to dominate. Boy, you look good, boy. I ain't going to lie to you.
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:10)
He look great.
Just an all-star. This body right here, all-star. This guy right here is an all-NBA selection.
**Chad Johnson** (3:17)
Oh, yeah. No question. No question.
**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:19)
Matter of fact, you know what? Forget the whispers.
How many years you got left on this contract?
**Shannon Sharpe** (3:26)
Probably, probably like two or three, probably at least two or three, Ochocinco, because he signed the rookie extension. But they stipulated it. Ochocinco, you're not fit to take no money away from me.
Think about it. We talked about this in football, Ochocinco. They put in Kyle O'Murray's contract. Why did they put that in there?
Because they know you're not going to do what you're supposed to. I can't get you to GI. Now, I'm paying you hundreds of millions of dollars. I got to tell you, you got to be at this weight.
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