Shannon Sharpe

And I'm CJ Toledano, and our podcast, Point Game, is about defying the odds.

Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luka and Austin Reed.

And finding ways to win no matter what.

He's the smartest player to ever play the game.

His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before.

And he knows, without Luka and Austin Reed, I gotta manipulate the game.

We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs.

I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reed.

He has to guard Julius Randle.

And then he has to give us everything he gives us on a night-to-night basis on offense.

Steve Nash would get that thing.

That man, hell get the flying.

He running up the court licking his fingers while he got the ball.

Like, after you go through a training camp with that Isaiah, you figure it out real quick.

Get your ass up and down the court and you gonna get the ball.

I love the sounds, the buzzing from the stadium, the chanting from the fans, the announcers calling the place soccer, futbol, it's home.

Why do I watch the World Cup?

That's like asking me, why do I breathe?

I inherited that fandom from my mom.

We go beyond the game to the people and the stories that make it great.