Nightcap Hour 3: NBA GM Says Donovan Mitchell IS NOT Worth MAX Contract+ WORST NBA Contracts + Q & AYYY

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:02)
I wonder what, it's hard for me to believe that LeBron, cause you remember that Game 7, LeBron tore the sleeves of his jersey. Remember how it was hanging, Joe? Ocho? Yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (0:12)
Oh, when they had them ugly jerseys that came out.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:14)
Yes, yes, yes.

**Chad Johnson** (0:15)
I remember that.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:15)
And he ended up tearing it, so it was too tight on his arms.

**Chad Johnson** (0:18)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:19)
You know, like, and I ain't like them jerseys neither, because in basketball, it restricts you. It restricts this part, you know, from the shoulders and the bicep. Man, come on, man, I need some room. You know what I'm saying?
I get it. I get it. And you want that thing smooth, huh, Ocho? Hello, you already know. Elbow border eyebrow. Ocho don't know nothing about that. Take note of that, Ocho.

**Chad Johnson** (0:39)
Oh, that's, hey, Joe, you know, I got my shot just like Ant-Man now.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:43)
Your shot like Ant-Man?

**Chad Johnson** (0:45)
Yeah, the form, I'm a little bit more efficient than him from three, but we got to...

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:54)
Facts, facts. Hey, hey, hey, that's one of my favorite movies, by the way, Blake Man. Hey, oh, man. Hey, J-Five.
David, David Wales, man. Hey, they do some unbelievable comedy, man. Oh, man. An anonymous NBA GM says, Donovan Mitchell contract is too much for that guy that isn't generational talent, per Tim McMahon. One GM said, in terms of the count of money, you got to be a generational talent when you get $70 million reign. There may be only a couple of players in the league that are worth that kind of money. Hey.

**Chad Johnson** (1:36)
Hey. Hey, is, is, you know what, man? Go ahead, Joe, that's y'all.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:42)
We talk about time and is everything. Okay, Ocho. It is. You know, hey, hey, this is Donovan. His time is up and damn it. This is what the, this is what a max contract is. This is the going rate. This is the going rate, bro. Hey, and he a hell of a player. And to some degree, I can kind of, you know, see, see what that owner is saying, but hey man, it's his time, bro. It's his time.
It is. I mean, it used to be, I mean, there was a time that, you know, but they've always been situation where guys, because I remember when John Conkatt got that big contract, the Hawks gave him that big contract, Joe. Yeah. They were like, what?

**Chad Johnson** (2:19)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:20)
Shaq was like, what? All the bigs were like, he got what? Yeah.
And so everybody, Donovan is a phenomenal player. I wouldn't look, look, when you hear, when I hear generational, I'm thinking Magic Johnson, I'm thinking Kobe, I'm thinking Shaq, I'm thinking Jordan, I'm thinking Kevin Durant, I'm thinking Steph Curry, Jokic, LeBron. That's what I hear. Generational? Now, you got generational and then you got transcendent.

**Chad Johnson** (2:51)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:54)
Transcend the sport.

**Chad Johnson** (2:56)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:57)
You know, generation is what, 25 years?
Transcendent. It's different, man. Guys, when they're done, you won't be able to tell the story of the NBA without mentioning.

**Chad Johnson** (3:13)
Without them?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:13)
Yeah. Oh.

**Chad Johnson** (3:16)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:18)
And it's a testament to how far the game of basketball has come. Yeah. Think about it, man. When Shaq, what did he sign for when he left Orlando coming to LA, like 100 or something? Yeah. Yeah. And then you get KG up. That's why they call him the Big Ticket because he had one of the biggest contracts ever. It probably like, what, 115 something million like that? Yeah, like 122? Yeah. And now, hell, man, that's, hell, you get it. They doubling that, Joe. Oh, Joe, you can get a $120 million contract right now. You ain't got to have no credentials behind it. Kristen Brown got five for 125 Come on, man.
Come on. Look at, what did Marsgolf get? Timothée Marsgolf. Yeah, it's different, bro. It is. The game has advanced. They making so much money nowadays. And when your time is up and it's time for you to get paid, the timing is right. Hey, man. Yeah. Beep, beep, beep. Did you hear that damn break, sir? Hey, I can't be grudging. Hey, I told my mom, I tell my mom all the time, Mom, you could have waited another 10 years. Hell, you'd only 25 when you had me.
My mom will say, boy, I was done.