Nightcap Hour 3: Ja Morant SPEAKS on PAST + Tom Brady CALLS OUT AJ Brown

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:01)
But for $20 billion, what you think the owner's thinking? And they chopped that up 30 ways.

**Chad Johnson** (0:08)
You say, huh?

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:08)
How many billion? 10 billion, you ain't gonna, because you're not gonna be able to get one for less than 10

**Chad Johnson** (0:14)
Yeah. Oh yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:19)
The Cincinnati Bengals value just increased. I think the Cincinnati, I think y'all, Ochocinco, and I ain't taking no shot at you. I think you guys are the least valuable team.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:28)
Don't do that, don't do that.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:29)
But least valuable, least valuable now is 5 billion.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (0:34)
Okay, okay, we rich. Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:38)
5 billion. Ja Morant spoke for the first time about the perceived bad boy image since being traded to Portland. Let's take a listen to what Ja had to say.

**Ja Morant** (0:55)
I mean, obviously, I've done what I've done in the past, but it's been addressed and handled already. So I don't see why years later, that's still the topic when nothing happened since.
I felt like if I was that guy, y'all wouldn't be talking to me now. I wouldn't be here.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:16)
So I did build up a big, big fan.
I like, I agree what he said. He's like, look, bro, give me a chance. What I did there, I did there. Now I'm here. This is a new slate. I'm with a new team. If I run a file, you have the right to bring that up. Now, again, we don't got it out of the way now, Ocho. Joe, we addressed it.
I don't need every time that we have a conversation, you talk about what I did in Memphis two years, three years ago.

**Chad Johnson** (1:48)
Hey, hey, hey, but we know it's gonna follow him, Uncle Ocho. I know he don't want to hear it.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:53)
I know he want to move on. I know he want to start over, have a new slate. But hey, man, some of the images that's left in people's head, bro, they want to know your thought process, what you were thinking at the time. What he has to do is just stay focused, bro, and keep grinding.
That's it. Head down, keep chopping wood, partner.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (2:14)
But along with that too, Uncle Joe, obviously Chad, y'all listening to me too, we have to understand what makes Javon Morant special, what makes him as exciting in the polarizing player that he was in Memphis.
Not the off the court stuff. I'm talking about him on the court, still remaining, allowing him to be himself without losing his edge. You could tape it back a little bit, but don't take away what makes him special. There's a certain if factor that he has, and there's a certain presence and aura that he brings in energy to a team. We saw that with Memphis, but we don't want to take it all away from him.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:51)
We just don't want, how about this here, Ocho, just keep the guns off social media and keep the guns out of building where you shouldn't have them. That's all we're asking, Joe.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:00)
Hold on, I got one more. Okay, can he throw the grenade at least?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:03)
No, let the grenade go. Let the grenade go.
Hey listen, I like all the antics because, you know, for one, it lets me know he's enjoying the game and having fun. And it seems like he's lost his joy for the game, Ocho, and I could be wrong, but just by listening to him talk, like I want to see him get back enthused about playing the game. I want to see, I want to get back, I want to see him get back to being that kid that we enjoy watching, bro, who was box office star studded every night, putting on the show. That's what we want to see, man. Like, you know, body language don't lie. You know what I'm saying? So when I see you out there training, working out, playing, like I want to see that enthusiasm coming from him, bro. Like, I just like the past couple of years because he's he's dealt with so many injuries and so many setbacks, you know, that it's took the love and joy and passion away from him. Even times he has played Ocho hell, he's just been, you know, just kind of out there. I want to see him get back to having fun, man.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (4:06)
And you know what also, you know, not only it changes scenery, it can be a good thing for you, but it could also be a wake up call.