Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Celtics beat Bucks, Lakers' Playoff Push, Gil defends Kobe's parents

Episode Date: March 21, 2024

Shannon Sharpe & Gilbert Arenas discuss the Celtics beating the Bucks without Giannis, whether the Lakers can make another NBA Finals run, and ongoing drama between Kobe Bryant's estate. 0:00 Introduction04:10 Celtics beat Bucks without Giannis takeaways18:00 Anthony Davis says every game is a playoff game for Lakers -24:50 Draymond says Kyrie is the most skilled player in NBA history32:00 Kobe’s parents sell his championship rings #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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to 600. So, thank you guys. 600. Let's get him to 600. Thank you, guys. Gil, thank you for joining tonight. The Celts beat the Bucs without Giannis, 122-119. Gil, what were some of your takeaways from this game? It seems like Bucs are so comfortable. Dame seems so comfortable without

Giannis. Which is bad because comfortable. Like, Dame seems so comfortable without Giannis. He does. Which is bad because that's his whole career, has been playing without that type of player. So, going to the playoffs in the last month, they need to

finally get their chemistry together. Because right now, they don't have chemistry. When the games they've won, they've won have chemistry, right? They're going to win the games. They've won. They've won off. They're just a good team. Boston.

The biggest flaw is they stand around a lot playing ISO basketball. Yep. Right. When one has the ball, the other star just sits there in the deep corner, you know, waiting for the ball to come around to his area. So then he can play one-on-one. That's how they lost to Miami, and they would not beat Denver playing that type of basketball. When you look at it, Boston shot 29 free throws.

The Bucs shot 14. 249 free throws, the Bucs shot 14. And there was one point where I think the Celtics ran up the score 17, 18, maybe even 19 points. But they were never able to put the Bucs away. The Bucs come back and whittle it down. And I agree with what you said about Giannis. And I think the thing is with Dame, Dame is so used and so comfortable without playing with a super, super mega superstar that he's like, okay, I'm just back in Portland.

This ain't, this ain't nothing to me. I'm used to having a supporting cast and I get to do my things. I'm gonna run guys. I'll pick, I'll put guys in the pick and roll. They're going to get me the ball and I can do my thing. Yeah.

The concern that I have is that look, we understand what Yanni says. It goes without saying. In playoff, the game's going to come down to clutch time. The last five minutes, the game within five points. Who should have the ball in their hands versus who will have the ball in their hands, Gil? Those are totally two different questions with two different arguments.

Yeah. At this point in time, I mean, I hope everyone's smart enough to know that Dame needs the ball at the end of the game. He needs to be making all the plays, making all the decisions. It's no different than Kobe and Shaq.

Yeah, Shaq, we know you're dominant. Just not at this point because we don't need you to get fouled unless you are making free throws uh at a high rate during that game other than that we don't want you shooting free throws that benefits the other team that you're going to free throw line right but what you're gonna need and you've seen it today you're gonna need free throw attempts so what ends up happening is you're going to need Giannis into the offense at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Yes. So he can team into the penalty. He's in the rhythm. Yeah. He has to do his – everyone has to do their part understanding their roles. And until they get that, they're going to – you know, it's going to be one of those, you know, win a game, lose a game, win two games, lose two games.

I don't see them getting out of the East just because I don't see their chemistry is not going to be there. Middleton just coming back. Giannis is not there. When they all three get together, they got to find that rhythm. Yeah. I thought Chris Middleton looked really, really good tonight. They didn't get much out of Jay Crowder. Played 15 minutes. They got to find that rhythm. Yeah. I thought Chris Middleton looked really, really good tonight.

They didn't get much out of Jay Crowder. Played 15 minutes. They didn't get much out of Malik Beasley. Played 26 minutes. Between those guys and Brooke Lopez, you only got, what, 21 points. You need more than that from your starters, especially with Dame doing what he did. Chris Middleton played really well.

Only 33 minutes tonight. Bobby Portis is Bobby Portis off the bench. Gave you a double-double 24-10. But you need more. If Giannis is going to be out, let's just – I don't know how long he's going to be out. But you're going to probably need 35 points between those three guys. Now, however you want to divvy it up,

because Dame is going to give you Dame numbers. If Chris Middleton is going to give you it up, because Dame is going to give you Dame numbers. If Chris Middleton is going to give you 20, Bobby Porter is going to give you what he gives you off the bench, I can't have three guys playing those kind of minutes giving me 21 points, Gil. I can't. Now we see what the three amigos look like. See, the three amigos for Dame is him, Bobby, and Middleton.

Right. for Dane is him, Bobby, and Middleton. Right. The ones that suffer is Lopez, Beasley, Crowder. When Giannis is there to stop Giannis, you need Brooke Lopez's man to be in the lane, you need Crowder's man to be in the lane, and that's how they get their open shots.

Right, right. So it's one of those, both teams got got a set of three they're the three amigos so you got to figure out how all of those guys can play well together i just think look it is what it is um i look at it like when we play whether i win or lose i was trying to gather as much information as i possibly can just in case i had to see this team down the road. So I wanted to see in certain situations down in distance how they played me, because I realized they're going to play me different

than they play any other tight end. So I'm trying to gather as much information, five catches for 50 yards, 10 catches for 120 yards. It didn't matter. I'm trying to gather as much information as I can, win or lose. I think the Bucs looking at this says look, guys, look how they shot the three.

And they got a bunch of them up. And we know they're going to get a bunch of threes up. But we were right there. Now, Giannis, Giannis is going to get 30 and 10. I don't give a damn what you do. Boston, you can't stop that. He's getting 30 the question is can Dane give me

27 to 30 for the whole series yes he's going to have to be there nah you know how you say you collect information yes well that's Doc's weakness oh lord Nah. You know how you say you collect information? Yes.

Well, that's Doc's weakness. Oh, Lord. Nah, because exactly what you said, you said they're looking at this game and said, we didn't have Giannis. That's his speech in that locker room as we speak. Hey, you know, guys, we kept fighting back. We played hard. You know, we didn't back we played hard uh you know we didn't

have Giannis today look what we did we put him on the bricks they made this we did that and then play them exactly the same damn way the very next game he doesn't adjust well because he makes up an excuse for why they lost. So he's okay with we fought hard instead of going in there and saying, we didn't do this well, we need to clean this up, we need to clean this up, and then go into the next game with a different game plan.

He's going to go into the same, the next game, with the same exact game plan and wonder why he can't win a round. Well, how about this? Even if Dame doesn't, well, because if Dame, look, I need to get somewhere between 55 and 65 points between Dame and Giannis because I can't count on the other three starters to give me 25 to 30.

So I need at least that because if Dame gives you less than 20, can I expect Beasley to have a game where he goes for 25? Can I expect Crowder to have a game where he goes for 25? Now Lopez Lopez he has some myths, I mean there have been games

he goes 12 or 14, makes four eight from the three, so he can give you 20 the X factor is going to be Chris Middleton because you know come playoff time Gil He goes 12 or 14, makes four of eight from the three. So he can give you 20. The X factor is going to be Chris Middleton. Because you know come playoff time, Gil, them games happen every other day. Ain't no two-day rest. The biggest rest you'll get is between games two and three. Got to travel.

You get a couple of extra days, and then boom, you back out. So if Giannis and Dame do what they do, and Middleton can give me 20, I like their chances. Because Bobby Portis is going to give me 15 to 20 off the bench. You will hope. When it comes to

playoffs, it's a little different. Because you get that playbook on you get that playbook you know exactly what everyone does we know exactly what you do we know when Giannis goes left his passing percentage is 10 so we're going to push him left knowing that he don't pass the ball going left he's going to take that shot. So all of that is going to be put into it. So

you do need a Bobby Portis. We just need one game of you being good. Lopez, we just need one game of you being good. And that's just what the playoffs do. So you'll take your three guys and you say, all right, we have Giannis,

Middleton, and Dame. Between the three of you, this is how it goes. We need at least 60 points from the three of you. Everybody else chip in. We're expecting out of the other five players, one of you guys have 15 to 25. One game. Just be great for one game, and that's how the series goes.

You just got to be great for one game during the season. Now, if you want to have three or four games and help us get out of the series, perfect, right? But for the most part, you're not expecting your bench to be dominant like that because it's a four-game series, so

people are getting cut off and it's basically stars being stars. Right. Well, I'm going to need, listen, I'm going to need the Bucs big three, Middleton, Giannis, and Dame. They got to give me at least 70. Because I know Giannis is going to give me 30. So if Dame, Dame's going to give me 25.

So can Middleton give me somewhere between 15 and 20 on a nightly basis, Gil? Playing 30 to 35 minutes. I think he can give you 15. It all depends on what team you guys are playing first. If you're playing Miami, right, it needs to be switched around. Giannis needs to be at about 20 to 25. Giannis is going to give you 20 to 25. You lose it.

If Yannis scores 20 to 25 points, you lose it. Unless Dame goes, hey, why give you 40 to 45? Yannis can't give you. He has to give you his average. No, if he gives you 30, if he gives you 30, 35,

that means he's playing into Miami's defense. Be selfish. That's why he can't beat them because that defense is designed to cut off everybody else and just let you score. So he is going to have to become a passer just for that series. He's going to have to let everybody eat. And he be the decoy.

Some of these playoff games, it's just like a receiver, right? Sometimes you got to be a decoy. Run your route hard to make everybody look, oh, and then we're going, we're going to beat up on this side a little bit. Right? He's never learned. He thinks he can just, I'm going to get it this year. I'm going to get it

this year. They've been playing me great. I'm going to keep them. That's not how it is. They have your number and the number they have is you trying to score 30-35. And if you score 30-35, your team loses. If you score 15-25, your team wins. Pick it. He's never picked the 15-25.

Well, they do a good job. They got Bam, and Bam does a good job. Obviously, they're going to help some, but Bam does a good job of defending him. But going to help some, but Bam does a good job of defending him. But I think now you can't load up on it because they've never had to defend somebody like Dane that was

riding shotgun with it. So them loading up, trying to build that wall, okay. Yeah, look, we know he's going to get one or two charges a game because he gets in his mind like, I'm putting my head down, I'm going to the rim. But he's going to get one or two charges a game because he gets in his mind like, I'm putting my head down, I'm going to the rim. But he's never had a guy like Dane. As great as Holiday was, he ain't Dane on the offensive end.

And so I think that's where they could, the Bucs has an advantage this time around if they were to meet because the Celtics are living clear of Milwaukee. They're 55-14. Milwaukee is 44-25. There's only six games separating 2-3 in the East. Miami's in the 8th seed, in the 8th slot, 38-31.

And Milwaukee's in the 2 spot, 44-25. And the team that's in the 7th and seventh and the eighth they had trouble with both of them because it look Indiana ain't looking to play no defense make miss out of bound foul they looking to push in the playoffs that plays like

that plays to the bucks you know everyone's going to look at oh man Indiana is the playoffs right in the playoffs the game naturally just slows down. It becomes a little tougher. You know, those refs really, you know, they play to the stars. So, Indiana is going to be at a disadvantage in the playoffs against the Bucs, even though their record in regular season has been dominant against them.

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extremely well. In attack mode. Finding guys. He's been locked in defensively. So it's this time of year, especially for us, where every game is a playoff game. So the time of year extensively locked in and get the job done. We see

them go on the road and beat Boston without LeBron. We see them at home beat Milwaukee without LeBron. We see them win some games, but then we see 80 gets hurt and then they blow it. They had a big lead against the, against the Warriors and end up losing on Saturday. Do the Lakers have another gear that they can get to, like last year,

that can get them to the Western Conference Finals? Yeah. They do. It's all dependent on LeBron. It's LeBron's next year. It ain't the Lakers' next year. It's LeBron's next year. He's going to carry the load.

You know he's going to come out and try to turn it up a notch. It just made me laugh that this is playoffs for Anthony Davis, but he went out with an eye injury. Man, that man elbowed the man. I was right there. He got hit hard.

I mean, I know you can't really tell because he kind of got googly eyes anyway, but he took a good shot. He took a good shot today. I mean, he came back with 25 and 22 and 15. It's all positioning now. It's all positioning at this point. Right now, we're

at about the 10th seed, so we'll play, let's say Golden State and at the end season game we will beat them right that's going to be we're just going to hit the glass and AD and LeBron attack the rim because they don't know how to defend the rim

at this point they're not going to shoot any free throws then we're going to play what between Dallas and Phoenix and then if we get that 8th seed free throws. Then we're going to play between Dallas and Phoenix. And then if we get that eighth seed, you got Denver. Oh, you got

Shea. If they get OKC, they'll beat OKC. Yes, sir. You beat OKC, and now you have the number one slot, which means you play 4-5, which 4-5 is Pelicans or the Clippers. If you get the Clippers, for the Lakers, that is amazing because, one, you don't have to leave.

Two, that's a Laker crowd on both sides. The only time it turns into a Clipper crowd is if the Clippers is winning in the last four or five minutes. Then their fans is engaged. Other than that, it's damn near a Laker game all seven games. And then you get Denver in the Western Conference finals. And hopefully, you know, they're beat up by then. If not, well, you know, see you next year.

Yeah, because, man, the last five minutes, man, that two-man game with Yoke and Murray, either dribble handoff, the pick and roll, or Murray breaks you down and then he hits Michael Porter Jr. and he hasn't been missing lately for that three ball. Yoke is going to be Yoke. You concede, you concede. He's like, well, damn.

Because who did they play the other night damn. Because who did they play? The Mavericks. No, who did they play the other night? Who did they play last night? They played Timberwolves. Timberwolves. Timberwolves said, you know what? We're going to let you score.

We're not going to let you get 26 and 15 assists. So we're going to neutralize some of this. He's like, okay. I dropped 35 and 16 on your ass with three assists and then you got michael porter jr he got it going late uh in the fourth and then he couldn't miss and then they ended up hope they hope they end up holding off on minnesota even though uh ant-man had a great look at a three to send the game into overtime but that's the thing with the Nuggets.

The last five minutes, they make you execute every possession because they execute every possession. They get every shot that they want. They ain't taking no bad shots. And even when the clock's running down and you think it's a bad shot for Yoke, when he's stepping back off one foot, throwing it up there, and you can't see the ball, it's a bad shot for Yoke when he's stepping back off one foot, throwing it up there and you can't see the ball, it's a great shot for him. I think the last five minutes

Lakers need to switch their offense. Yes, you want the ball in LeBron's hands, but it seems like when we're playing them, that's where we lose the game. It's the execution of the last five minutes. I think that we should be playing D'Lo and Davis.

No, D'Lo and Davis. And they need to play pick and roll in two-man game like Murray and Yoke. And then have LeBron in that dunker spot, lob spot. So if you're trying to help on 80's roll, you have LeBron James on the backside, ducking in and coming to the... Because for the most part, if he can't get to the lane, he's gonna

do a step back three, which you don't need heat checks the last five minutes, right? And then you don't really need no bomb passes where he's trying something, he don't have it, then he'll throw the reeds, reeds, just suck that three up. So it seemed like it'd be more a better type of offense

if you have LeBron playing like Gordon in the last five minutes where, because it's LeBron on the backside, we really actually have to pay attention to him. And that's how we beat the Golden State last year when LeBron was picked. He was the picker. He was playing slash and cutting because he was playing for it.

Yeah. Or put D-Lo and LeBron in the pick and roll. Because LeBron, you don't like LeBron to pick? No, because I need, unless LeBron is diving, I need Anthony Davis to dive. And I need Anthony Davis, who's going to, if they switch it, Anthony Davis is posting up against the little guy. So now he can just shoot over him.

I like that idea better. Him and LeBron, LeBron's going to step back, and then that's going to end up turning into a jumper. Yeah, I don't. Nah, no thank you. Draymond Green says, Kyrie Irving is the most skilled player in NBA history. Dray said, there's actually nothing you can do to stop Kyrie from scoring. You just try to do all you can to make it tough,

or make a tough shot, and live with the results. Dame Lillard tweeted, Kyrie Irving is the most skilled player in NBA history. And quite frankly, I'm not sure who can argue against that. The things that Kyrie is capable of are unreal. Boogie Cousins says, also, Kyrie Irving is more skilled than Kobe. I might put him over Cole.

I gotta put him over Cole. That mofo 5'11", posting him up. I can argue against it. The question is, what is skill? I can argue against it Okay, argue against it The question is What is skill?

I guess we talk about Ability to handle the ball Okay Finish I think it's a skill To be as small as he is Can finish at the rim You can't use height

To determine if you can finish Either you can finish at the rim. You can't use height to determine if you can finish. Either you can finish or you can't. So if he can finish at the rim, he can finish at the rim. You don't think there's a skill to be able to do this and kiss it off the glass up under here or spin it? Yeah, that's all skill.

So the question is, how many categories are we putting in the skill department? Right? How many categories? And then from there, you look through history and see who checks off. Because Larry Bird was skilled. Colt was skilled. Jordan was skilled.

Wimby is skilled, right? So when we're talking, like, I think everyone just sees the flashiness, and that's what considers skill, and he's the most skilled player because of how his array of moves, which is only unlocked because of the rule calling now. But when we're talking about skill, offensively skilled, posting up mid-range, passing, dribbling,

layup package, dunk package, right? There's at least five to seven boxes that you have to check these players off. And, you know, there's a lot of very skilled players. Yeah, for the most part, they can't dribble at a level 10, but some of them are at 8-9.

There's things that Kyrie is an 8-9 that people are a 10 in. For Wimby, Wimby dribbling is a 10 for big man. So what can he do that Wimby can't do? Right? I think the thing is that when you look at... He's throwing it between people's legs. He's doing a... You know what I mean?

His skill level is very high, too. Right now, it's just the flashiness of the dribble that there can... I think... Gil, I honestly think people when they say skill they think they just look at the offensive side. So I think we're just going to put it in the offensive bucket.

I think they look at his handle, his ability to handle, his ability to finish with either hand equally as well. His ability to shoot the ball from three to shoot the ball from the mid-range. He's on pace to do another 50-40-90. I think only two guys have ever had two seasons with that, and that's Kevin Durant.

Lad Bird has had a 50-40-90. I think Dirk Nowitzki has had a 50-40-90. Steph Curry has had a 50-40-90. Kyrie Irving is on pace to have another 50-40-90. And so you look at him, he's a three-level scorer. He got the three. He has the mid-90. And so you look at him, he's a three-level score. He got the three. He has the mid-range. Obviously, he has the layup

package from either side with either hand. I got to update you on five-level scores. Oh, he's five-level. So he get free throws. So three levels is layup, mid-range, and three. Three, you're right. Five levels is

the ability to post up and ability of local isos so yes he is considered five levels so like someone like curry is only a three level because he don't post up and he don't iso right so there is different tiers yeah to basketball but you know when when you just say offensively then larry bird two right what play the whole game scored 40 something with his left hand said i'm too bored tonight i'm gonna be i'm gonna be lefty i gotta say the right for the lakers you know it's it's to really say who is and just stand on it let we got to put it in categories all right dribbling give it a rating drip shooting mid-range shooting, this, this, this,

and then go from there and see who is actually the best. Tyree is the best dribbler, 10, right? Moves creating, him and Kobe, right? James Harden. I think people forgot about James. When James had that five, six-year stretch deal, man, people were saying he better scored than Jordan. Yeah, I mean, people, yeah.

I mean, the dude, he had what? He had like 30-something games where he had at least 30 points a game, and he was getting 60-point triple-doubles. He'd get 50-point triple-doubles. I mean, and he had developed that step back. There was nothing you could do with it. It's like he's one – Kyrie is one of the most skilled players that's walked through the league.

Best dribbler by far. So, you know, but when we're talking about who's the most skillful, you know, there's more attributes to the game than dribbling and the flash part of it, right? Like, Steve, what can he do better than Steve Nash? Defy his dribble? I mean, can he? Yeah, I mean, he has a better finishing package.

Well, you know, Steve Nash shoots the mid-range better, shoots the three better, pass better, right? So you see how some wins here, he wins here, so it depends on what we're using. Okay. Speaking of Kobe, Gil, you defended Kobe Bryant's parents for selling

his championship ring. Gil, you said, you can't be mad at the parents on this one. They broke, they got no money. You can't be mad because they're selling the rings. The money wasn't left to them. They tried to eat. Kobe gave his father,

Joe, his very first championship ring. Joe and Pamela didn't attend a couple's weddings. When Kobe married Vanessa, Kobe parents did not attend the wedding in 2001. Over the years, there have been a brief reconciliation. We're documented, but that came to a halt in 2013. When you give and they take, that's what I said,

givers must put limits on what they give because takers will never put limits on what they take. This is what Kobe said. When you give, give, and they take, take, at what point do you draw the line in the sand? Kobe tweeted with hashtag, hurt beyond measure, gave me no warning, and finally, love.

Now, remember, they tried to hawk all this high school stuff. All the trophies and all the stuff. I mean, oh, God, Gil. I mean, how much is us in our community? Somehow, we feel that no matter what our parents do to us, no matter what some of our family members do to us, man, you got to be there. Now, hell with that.

I know my mom ain't sold anything. She ain't about to get nothing. I hope she got 20 million for it because she never getting another dime from Shannon. Sister, brother, no, you're not going to do me like that. Just because you my blood,

that should be more of a reason that I cut your ass off. Because you know what I went through to get to where I got. No, I can't. I can't. I can't rock with Kobe Pant. I mean, I don't know why. You said it, but what

ends up happening is if you kick him out the house and you cut off the food supply, they gotta eat, right? They have to eat. The question, I got a better question. Why did he cut your ass off to begin with? Well, well, we can't actually go

through that live, but let's say they had his best interest at heart. Yes. Gil, they didn't want you to be. How old is your oldest son? 17.

Okay. There's going to come a point in time that he's going to be 21, 23, 25, 27. At that point in time that he's going to be 21, 23, 25, 27. At that point in time, he's going to be grown. You can say, son, I don't think she's going to grow. Half the team done been with her. But if he love her, yes, you can say it. At that point in time, my son got married.

My son got married. I think my son was 27, 28. Hey, I had a conversation with him. I said, hey, bro, what's going on? He's like, dad, hey, I love her. I want to be with her. That's who I want to be with. I said, you sure?

It's the happiest I've ever seen you. Uh-huh. Take off with it. But you know that's not how that works, right? You know, this is actually the real life, how it hurts. I mean, it works. If the parents disagree, like, I don't think you should marry her. Like, you're young.

You need a prenup. And the father who's been an NBA player before is giving his knowledge to his son, right? Well, yeah. If his girlfriend knows the parents don't like him what happens when they get married what does the girlfriend stand or the wife now stands the wife stand is right i don't i don't mess with them right but they're cut off so the wife cuts off the parents no matter what so now toby is trying to feed them in the back end. Eventually, the wife is making all the decisions. Guess what?

If that was the dad's money, if the dad was a multi-billionaire, and he says, you know, I'm about to leave this company, I'm about to leave this fortune to you, son, and if your wife don't get no prenup, I can't do it. Kobe made that money. Yeah. His mom and dad ain't got anything to do with that. If I got $500 million, and I say, you know what?

I'm about to have the world's biggest barn fire in L.A., that's my damn money. Ain't nobody got up and shot them shots with me. Ain't nobody run with me. Nobody did that. So what Kobe doing with his money? I get parents. You want the best interest of your child.

I get it. You want the best interest of your child. I get it. I'm a parent. But sometimes, Gil, the only way your child is going to know his head hurt is to bump it and bang himself. And that's a hard lesson to learn when you're dealing with that kind of money. But that's okay. That's him. But that's the problem. It's not like they're saying give it to me.

They're saying that was their stance. So it's not like him and Kobe that's the problem. It's not like they're saying, give it to me. They're saying that was their stance. So it's not like him and Kobe had a fallout. Vanessa is the one who's saying they don't like me. Well, I don't like them. They can stay over there. They can't see the kid. It's her stance now because she's the wife. So she is the one who put the bridge in between the two of them.

So don't you factor that in. Factor that in. Man, I'm being a jerk to this girl. What if this is my son's wife and they have kids? How am I going to see the grandbaby? Gil, what person you know, you can give them your ass to kiss. And when they get into an advantageous situation, now all of a sudden you want them to be nice.

You want to be nice to them. They're going to turn around and give you their ass to kiss. But again, you got to factor in that you thought these two parents was going to think their son would just pick a woman over them. You don't factor that in. You're just being parents. Yes, you do. A son is a son until

he takes a wife. A daughter is a daughter for life. Don't you forget that, Gilbert Arenas. You remember that? Okay, so you know. I don't know how, but the Bible says when a man chooses a wife, that is now his home. But this is before the

wife. This is before she's a wife. He's in the process of giving her father and parent advice. Okay. He didn't take it. No, he didn't take it. You can't be mad at him. It wasn't mad at him. It's just like you give your son advice.

Hey, son, you need to go and get some shots. Now you need 500. He do 250. Son, I'm telling you now you take me 500 it's going to greatly increase your chances of being what you want to be you want to be the number one crew in 2026 that's what you're going to need to do you need to get up and get this run in you need to get eat like this you can give him all the advice that you want but you can't want something for your child more than they want it for themselves. He wanted Vanessa more than he wanted the advice from his parents.

You can't be mad. They're mad. They're not mad. There's nothing to be mad about. You chose her. Oh, cool. We here living,

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in the catalog. Listen to the I Am Rapaport stereo podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. The thing is, Gil, sometimes parents think, well, my son make it, I'm straight. I'm going to get him to kick my heels off. That's a nice gesture if your son retires a parent or a grandparent. That was me and my brother's objective. But my

grandparents would have never done... My grandparents always said, Grant, I got a baby. All right. All right, boy. Grant, I got another. All right, boy. You take care of them. That's all she ever said. Whatever makes you happy. Because she said, you like it.

I love it. Because I ain't got to spend one day with them. Okay? The parents ain't got to spend no one day with Vanessa. Whether they liked her or not, your like or dislike doesn't outweigh Kobe's love. That has nothing to do with the love and survival no I'm just I'm just saying something caused this break Gil

something caused this break yes it did it was Vanessa caused the break so they had to be on the out right so since they're on the out since they're on the out all the stuff that he did for them before this break the house and all that they can't keep up with it right they don't have a job they're in their 60s and 70s so kobe was taking care of them now they're cut off now now what

did they do to survive the only thing they have is memorabilia so if you well they were said they were selling it before you were selling that Kobe high school. Yes. When they got cut off. So the first time you went, the first time that was the first deal, that's not yours. That's not yours.

That's he is. So what do you want him to do? I want him to give him an ish back. Okay. Give you ish back. And still the house that we have still does the bills don't get paid. So when you seen it the first time, when you seen your parents are selling us the first time for money to survive that right there, you should have bought all the stuff out of the house. Give it all to me.

Yeah. We're not going down this road again. Here's $500,000. Here's a million dollars because I don't need some regular person sending it because when you guys get desperate again for money, what are you going to do? Sell it. Yeah. And then when does it stop? Once you got all your stuff.

Hey. Because that's what I tell kids. Get your mom or your grandma, your parents a house that they can afford to upkeep. If you got to pay for somebody to cut the grass every week, if you got to pay for somebody to clean the house every week, if you got to... Bro, what are you doing? What are you doing?

Your parents don't need a $3 million crib. That you got to have the upkeep. The upkeep on a $3 million crib is what? Get you something. They can afford the upkeep and keep it moving. Now, I'm in a different situation. Yeah, but at the

end of the day, Gil, being a parent and you're a parent, you know. And what do we know about kids? The more you tell them not to do something, what are they going to do? They don't do it. Little do they know, if they were trying you tell them not to do something, what they going to do? They don't do it. Little do they know, if they were trying to pull them apart,

they was actually pushing them closer together. I don't know if they knew that. They didn't. It wasn't a whole bunch of fighting. It was just one time. That was it.

Man, you know that woman love. The parents got pushed out of the relationship and that was the end of it there was nothing that was it there was no do a part of me feel bad yes

yes yes yes I hate to see families bicker I'm fortunate I'm very fortunate I'm very fortunate. I'm not married, but my mom kind of let me live my life. This is what Kobe told ESPN.

Our relationship is an ish. I say, I'm going to buy you a very nice home. And the response is, that's not good enough? Then you're selling my ish? Hold on. Kobe told ESPN, our relationship is an ish

I say I'm going to buy you a very nice home and the response is that's not good enough so you get ready to buy your mom and dad you're like you know what mom dad I appreciate y'all

because y'all was great to me y'all made sure me and my brother and sister, we had a roof over our head. Y'all gave me everything I needed. This is what I got for y'all. You see, I'm a firm believer and you've heard me say it. The one thing I hate more than anything from a person is ungratefulness.

Now, a guy, you know, Steph Curry, I went to the game Saturday and during the time, Steph came over there, dabbed me up. At that halftime, at the end of the half, because they was in front of where I was sitting. Steph came over and said, hey, what you got for you? What you got for your uncle? He said, I got you what you need.

I said, whatever, bro. I ain't picky. I don't say jerseys, sweatpants, whatever you give me, bro. I'm good. So he said, after the game, come to the tunnel. OK, I got to go through the tunnel where they are anyway. So cool, no problem. I go back, talk to Savannah and Rich Paul for a minute.

Then I head over there. He's working out. So I'm waiting for him to finish working out. He come out. He said, appreciate it. You know, we just talking to you in the family. So I guess somebody was recording it and posted it. And somebody said, man, I wouldn't want no shoes.

I'd ask for the jersey. Think about that. He didn't have to give me anything. He gave me the shoes. He didn't have to give me anything. How can you say if somebody is giving you something,

they should have given you something else? How do you say if somebody is buying you something, should have given you something else how do you say if somebody is buying you something that's not good enough that's not enough now i'm just saying that's what colby said i don't know i wasn't there because and let me tell you something else gil people like oh you gossiping you do realize anytime that you sit down with one person and the person they're saying something about isn't there to refute what they're saying, it's gossip or hearsay. Because you weren't there to hear the conversation in its original format. So how do you know? So this notion that, oh, somebody went there gossiping.

No. Anytime you ask somebody and they tell you a story and you weren't there to hear firsthand or the person that they're talking about isn't there to refute it, it's gossip. So this is what Kobe told ESPN. I don't know if it's true or not, but I'm just saying something forced him to feel this type of way about his parents.

And I don't know, it's hard for me to believe. I understand that sometimes a woman or a man can feel some type of way, but you got to be in a relationship with the parents. You got to understand that. But at the end of the day, no matter the fight or not,

the house they got, if they still have that house, right? I don't know if they sold the house for money, but just like anything, you buy it, you buy someone a house, congratulations, thank you, I appreciate it, and you're telling me I got to upkeep it myself.

How? How? If you buy your sister right now a $3 million house, and then tell her she has to upkeep it herself, and you're not going to give her nothing else, can she? No. But you know what? she has to upkeep it herself, and you're not going to give her nothing else. Can she? Mm-hmm.

No. My sister better not be acting a damn fool and talking about Shannon crazy. No, but what I'm saying is if she starts selling your shit, to pay some of these bills around here, you see where I'm going now? If she's already cut her off, and she's like, oh shit, I got to pay the water bill,

this, this, this, this. She ain't going to kick my ass. Now I got to start selling some of this shit in here to pay some of the bills. Like sometimes doing something good for somebody is still putting them in a bad situation. And that's where they are. They were in a bad situation. I'm pretty sure they don't want to sell the shit. They got a ring that's sitting there.

There's 90 100 200 thousand dollars right there that we can use today that is on the shelf they don't they're not part of the Mamba they're not part of the Mamba legacy they don't have

they don't have the three four hundred million dollars they can these shoes they're not getting a percentage of nothing all on the shelf

Kobe's legacy she got to be lonely because i mean think about it like the grandparents on one side you remember her mom tried to sue her so the parents on hers i don't know if her dad is in her life or anything like that but the mom on one side tried to sue her the in-laws on the other side selling your husband stuff and you so you don't have a relationship. So you're kind of like isolated. I mean, I don't know if she has any brothers and sisters, so I don't know that kind of

relationship, so I don't want to speak to that. But I know it's hard for me to believe that she has a relationship with a mom when a mom tried to sue her. I don't know anybody that has a relationship with a family member after you tried to sue me. You ain't fit to get job you ain't fit to get. But Gil, let me tell you a funny story.

Like when my brother went to the league and we were living in the house, my grandma said, well, you know, we ain't got to move. You can fix this up. Granted, it's a thousand square foot cinder block. No paneling. A tin roof. Fix up what? But you see how our mind was thinking? She always thought, she's like, well, what happens if we have to come back?

That was her biggest fear. That was my greatest motivation. To make sure she never had to go back. I just, you know, like I I've been blessed I've been very fortunate I got a brother got a sister and we are close when I say we close now don't get me wrong

we disagree you damn right we disagree but we are close close close and so and then my mom she's my only parent that still here my dad died a long time ago and then my mom, she's my only parent that still my dad died a long time ago. And then my grandmother passed in 2011.

But we're close. I couldn't imagine I just couldn't. I couldn't. I couldn't imagine. It's beyond the realm of my comprehension because knowing how close we were growing up and knowing that my mom did all that

she could, even though she was in Chicago, she made sure for birthdays and Christmas and holidays and events that she could get there, she got there. And my grandmother did everything that she possibly could. I couldn't imagine being that way with my, well, I can imagine

being that way with in-laws, but I couldn't imagine being that way with my own well i could imagine being that way with in-laws but i could imagine being that way with my whole family yeah but that but what happens is you never you never had to go they his parents probably never thought the same way until a girl got him see a girl got involved with you and your mom said i don't think you should marry her and then you marry anyway now that that that girl is saying hey i don't like your mom and I don't want nothing to do with your mom. Now that puts a wedge between you and your mom. It's not you two, it's your new wives.

And that's where the problem becomes. Right? You probably should have kept that to yourself. Well, son, hey, if you happy, hey, Gil, you know, if you happy, son,

if that's what makes you happy, know all about it. Lord, please have mercy. Watch over my son. I mean, you think one thing, but you say something else, Gil, you know, if you're happy, son, if that's what makes you happy, know all about it. Lord, please have mercy. Watch over my son. I mean, you think one thing, but you say something else, Gil. Yeah, I mean that. Because knowing if they're in love as much as you believe they are, you know he's going to go back and tell them.

Gil, you know that, now. Yeah, yeah. Okay. And he ain't got no reason to lie. Those are his parents. Why would he make up a fallacy about his parents or what they said? So now,

I might have been feeling some type, well, I know Vanessa was 17. And you know, hey, you're 17, you're like COVID problem, you never really had a real girlfriend. Maybe did, maybe didn't. But that 17, the newness of it, you're like,

ah, this ain't gonna last. Well, Unc. Man, they're inseparable. Well, Unc, I mean, you hit the problem right there without realizing it. Gil. And the thing was, Gil, I guess, and guess what?

He had a tunnel vision. He had a singular focus. He found someone that could understand his singular focus. We heard Bron to say, you got to sacrifice a lot of time with loved ones to be great. He found that person that understood and could say, you know, hey, go. Go be great.

And I'll be here. Everybody could have did it. Oh, I could be Savannah James. No, you couldn't. No, you couldn't. Or I could be Vanessa Brown. No, you couldn't. No, you couldn't. Everybody couldn't no you couldn't

everybody could always say after the fact but I'm sure there are some times I don't know this might not be for me Vanessa might have said the exact same thing but kudos for them for hanging in there but me Gil I don't know Gil

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