“Dats My Cousin”: NFL Legend Shannon Sharpe Loses It Over Shaedon Sharpe’s Gravity-Defying, Insane Horizontal Dunk

NFL legend Shannon Sharpe on Saturday reacted to Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe’s dunk over Russell Westbrook. The former Kentucky star had the talked-about moment during the Trail Blazers’ 98-93 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday.

The NFL legend and the Trail Blazers guard share a surname, but are not related. The former tight end in response to the dunk joked that he was related to the seventh pick of the 2022 NBA draft.

“Dats my cousin,” Shannon Sharpe wrote accompanied by laughing emojis.

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During the fourth quarter, Sharpe elevated over veteran Westbrook and threw down a gravity-defying, insane horizontal dunk. It immediately became a highlight-reel play and has been called a potential “Dunk of the Year” by fans on social media.

The Trail Blazers defeated the Kings to sweep the home-and-home series. Deni Avdija led with 24 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, while Shaedon Sharpe added 23 points, four rebounds and three assists.

For the Kings, Dennis Schroder finished with 21 points, five rebounds and six assists. Maxime Raynaud matched his career-high with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

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Shannon Sharpe gives his take on the new NBA betting policy

Shannon Sharpe on Saturday on an episode of his show “Nightcap” gave his take on the league’s new policy on betting.

“You bet whatever you want to bet," Sharpe said. “They also trying to limit the number of prop bets.”

The league on Friday announced stricter rules around sports betting. This comes after the FBI’s large-scale gambling investigation that included arrests of NBA Miami Heat guard and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who is linked, allegedly, to illegal betting and organized crime.

Prosecutors alleged that individuals used non-public insider information from players and coaches to profit from illegal bets on NBA games. They also alleged that some bets generated hundreds of thousands in winnings and were placed using confidential league data that shouldn’t have been available publicly.

Another indictment also charged 31 defendants, including Billups, with rigging high-stakes underground poker games. These games allegedly used cheating tools and were tied to members and associates of major organized crime families.

Edited by Ubong Richard