Joe Johnson
American former basketball player
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Sep 9, 2026
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Randy NewbergHOST
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
My wife was working as an editor in film, and the industry had collapsed, so she had been out of work for a couple of years.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
If you Kuminga, damn, I'm going to Cleveland, I'm playing with James Harden, I'm playing with Donovan Mitchell, sh- I know they, they, they gonna get their fair share of shots.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Now I'ma get some good looks, 'cause them guys gonna demand double teams, and I'ma get some wide open looks.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
But man, listen, you can't predicate your game on offense, bro, when you going to some of these teams.
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Shannon SharpeHOST
Joe, do you see great Draymond leaving or was this all a part of the master plan?
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Hey, I'm tell- hey, hey, hey, hey, listen, I'ma tell y'all right now, and it's still early, we ain't played but one week- I like the L.A. ride, you know, led by Jordan Crawford and Dwight Howard.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
I'm telling you, and you know playing against Dwight, Uncle Ocho here, it's physical out there, bro.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
Plus, when your coaches and your teammates- ... believe in you and they believe you really gonna make the shot, it puts, it, you know, I don't think, it don't, it never put any pressure on me, it just put the belief in me that I could really do it, you know what I mean? And I went out every chance I got.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
I ain't make every damn last game-winning shot, but for the, for the majority, like, you know, I went out and I, I, I felt confident about every shot that I took.
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Shannon SharpeHOST
Let me know what your thoughts are, and what your thoughts are on this potential trade.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Well, yeah, I think, uh, it, it has to be some truth to this rumor, Uncle Ocho, because it's been circling.
Kyler MurraySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
... to your offensive?
Joe JohnsonGUEST
I know I had two different, um, you know, offensive systems, but at the same time, uh, you're getting all those reps, you know? Ha- now having to split reps, it's, um, me already being behind, not getting the amount of reps that, you know, you would typically want a guy to get w- learning an offense.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Um, that's probably the toughest part, you know, just again, going back to the past, being in control of everything, understanding what we were already doing 'cause I was comfortable within the system.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Now coming into the new system, learning on the fly, trying to play fast, efficient, and then, uh, let, let it loose while learning is pre- you know, that's the, that's the toughest part.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
Uh, and if it wasn't for him, you know, inviting me over to his house, him and his wife, you know, his wife cooking, inviting me to dinner, teaching me how to eat, uh, uh, teaching me what to eat.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
But when you have those other guys, Fox, Champagnie, Vassell, Castle, Harper, when all those guys are playing well, meaning, like, they ain't gotta be out of this world, but when they all playing well and they're efficient, they a tough team to beat, bro.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
And now if Wemby can have one of those games to where he does go for 40 and have 20 rebounds, you ain't seen that since the Minnesota series or since game one of the Thunder series.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
... that handles like a guard, you know? And I, and I used that to my advantage, bro.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
He played in Philly, and you're right, Unc, it ain't, it's not just about making shots with him.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, you may have a little advantage of me, but damn it, I'm gonna fight as hard as I damn can.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
And I think that's what Sh- that's what Shamet has been doing with the opportunity and minutes that he's been given.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
If you keep Kawhi too damn long, you ain't gonna be able to get rid of himYou know, he's still got some great value in him right now that I think some teams could use, and he can, he can help them, you know, get, get to the finals, if not win a title.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
But you keep him too, you keep him too much longer, Uncle Ocho, hell, you ain't, y- you gonna be stuck like Chuck.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
You know, he still got some great value in him right now that I think some teams could use, and he can, he can help them, you know, get, get to the finals, if not win a title.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
But you keep him too, you keep him too much longer, Uncle Ocho, hell, you ain't, y- you gonna be stuck like Chuck.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
And to come from an environment, to come from a culture like that, that is consistently and everything is aligned with winning from top to bottom, I mean, you gotta feel some kind of way.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
I'm not gonna say, I'm not gonna say Jared Verse gonna make them forget Myles Garrett, but he's no slouch.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
Life shaped in one place and around one team, and with one community behind you." I mean, it is tough.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
I mean, unless you got a guy or some guys who can really move they feet and stay in front of him, and let alone, that's still gonna be tough.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
So the physicality for him is just gonna increase, but I think he will continue to get stronger.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
Right? So the, the, the pushback procedures, uh, the taxiing at the airport, uh, en route, getting changeovers.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Which a changeover is basically you're getting your, it's like getting the ATIS and your arrival gate and any special information you, you may need to know.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, from, from, from a team standpoint, if I'm a head coach, that's what I need from my bench, bro.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Hey, look, if some of my starters ain't really got it going, like I think Chet gotta, he gotta play better, meaning just be, be, play with a little more thrust, be, uh, uh, uh, assert himself a little more because I think he's such a game changer.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
And I think, you know, he's still continuously, you know, learning too, but when your bench can come in like this, bro, and put, and put it down, put, put they stamp down on the game, this is what you want.
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James HardenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think he, he made a couple of them which, you know, really got them going.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
And if y'all want me to be 100 with you, I'm putting a lot of the onus and blame on James Harden.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
And on offense it just seemed like he couldn't make a shot and he couldn't get no separation to be able to close 'em out.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
You know, we gonna run things like how we, you know, how we kinda got Toronto going.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
He done a hell of a job in getting, uh, talent there, and that's the same thing, you know, you know, with the Mavericks.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
He gonna bring in a, and bring in his guy, so, you know, he has somewhat of a say-so and, and somewhat of some control, you know, when it comes to coaching these, these players.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
You know what? I typically put it on the players, especially coming down the stretch.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
I know we get on coaches about not calling timeouts and things of that sort, but man, once we get in between the lines, Unc and Ocho, and it come nut-cutting time, we need to win, bro, that's on the players, dog.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
But I didn't really think OKC played that bad, especially the contributions that they got from they bench, fellas.
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
You know? And so hopefully, you know, they can take this game plan into New York, 'cause it's virtually pretty much the same team.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
They got guys who are high energy defensively, and you know, their defense create offensive opport- opportunities.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
So they gotta take care of the basketball, but damn, Detroit squandered away a great chance, bro.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Coming into that hostile environment, game seven, they just, they controlled the entire game.
Chad JohnsonHOST
Before you go, Joe, are you saying if Luka paid, if Luka played, if Luka was healthy, that this series with the Thunder would've went, would've, would, would been different?
Joe JohnsonGUEST
Hell, they missing an all-star over there in, uh, uh, uh, for OKC in Jaylen Williams.
Joe JohnsonGUEST
So if you got Luka and he giving you 30 a night, 30 plus a night, you know, Bron giving you anywhere from 18 to 24 a night, AR giving you his 22, twen- and, and, and, and, uh, uh, Rui out here shooting the blood out that thing, huh?
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Joe JohnsonGUEST
You gotta put your foot down, bro, meaning to where the, e- every man on that roster respects you, bro, especially the top, from top to bottom.
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