Nightcap Hour 3: Luka Wants A-LIST Big Man + Shedeur Sanders CLOSING Gap on Deshaun Watson for QB1

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
I think he really enjoys playmaking. Yeah, we all know he can score. Hell, he's a league leader in history. But I think he enjoys playmaking and making guys better around him. And obviously, do I think he can make the San Antonio team better? Yes.
But when you slow down the growth and development of some of those young guys, and particularly like Harper, because I think you're gonna have to move him into that damn star and line up with that ball in his hand, man.

**Chad Johnson** (0:28)
Hey, hold on, Uncle, and Joe, as you get older, right, you got to be able to adapt. As you get older, you got to be able to adjust. LeBron showed he can adapt and he can adjust to different circumstances as opposed to how it was when he was in Cleveland.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:42)
He wasn't happy about it though, Ochocinco.

**Chad Johnson** (0:44)
All right. Wait, hold on, Uncle, but he showed he can do it. And he showed he can still be efficient. He showed he can still score, even being the third option. So who's to say he can't go to the Spurs understanding? Like you said, okay, you know what?
I don't want to shorten the growth spurt for these young players. I still want to allow them to continue to grow and learn the game. So I'm going to come here and take a step back and allow them to do just that. And where they need me, I will insert myself when need be.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:14)
That's not how he's wired.

**Chad Johnson** (1:18)
Trying to get that fifth one.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:20)
He's trying to get the fifth one and make as much money as he possibly can while contributing. He was not, listen, he'll probably never admit this publicly. He was not happy with that third option role.
He does not believe that Austin Reeves was a better player than him. He will concede Luka.
I don't believe he'll ever concede Austin Reeves. And I think Austin Reeves, he loves Austin Reeves. He took time out of what Austin Reeves with Austin Reeves with a rookie and believed in him and gave him opportunities when he's on the court. But it's just hard for me to believe knowing how a guy of that caliber is wired. Yeah. Yeah, I agree with you. I agree with you. I could be wrong. I could be doing that wrong, but it's just hard to believe that. I think you're wrong.

**Chad Johnson** (2:07)
Hey Joe, at times in life, sometimes you gotta sacrifice to get what you want. Yeah, I'm willing to bet LeBron is willing to sacrifice whatever he needs to do to help the Spurs get back to the finals, and this time, host that goddamn trophy. And that means being the third option, whether I like it or not, I think he can do it. Because he's done it, he's done it on his whole career. He's had to evolve over time.
I think you're wrong, but I can't fit in any system. I can't play in any system.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:39)
But Ochocinco, everything has revolved around him. He's reiterated this postseason that I'm getting back to the number one option that I've always been. That being that third option, man, that was foreign to him.
He let that beat out. He's never been the third option. Yeah, he's never in life. He said, hell, even in high school and junior high school, he ain't never been no third option.
It was an adjustment to him to be the second option. You remember when he first got to Miami, how awkward it was? Because he was trying to be the second option. Like D-Wade, this your team. D-Wade said, nah, bro, you're the best player. You lead. I figured out.

**Chad Johnson** (3:22)
What did he show you he could do, though? Even if he didn't like it for the betterment of the team?
What did he show you he could do?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:30)
I think he's good enough to do whatever he set his mind to. Now, you saying like, damn it, Bruns set out to be like, okay, I'm gonna come here and be the third option. Yes, he could do that. I just don't think he has, I don't see him moving like that, bro. I don't. I don't. Not when he's considered himself the GOAT as well. Nah, that man ain't doing that, bro. Think about Ochocinco and Quarterbacks when they want historically great Quarterbacks to be to mentor or move to the backup. They retire.
They retire. You could never see Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rogers, Brett Farr, being backup, couldn't you?