Gil's Arena - Gil's Arena Breaks Down How Mr. B Saved The Bucks' Season

Episode Date: November 25, 2024

Gil's Arena Breaks Down How Mr. B Saved The Milwaukee Bucks' Season as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to the Bucks ripping off 6 of their last 7 wins after Brandon Jennings' infamous sit down with Doc Rivers & Darvin Ham and discuss if Damian Lillard & Giannis Antetokounmpo have finally figured it out and gotten back to their winning ways. Next, they react to Kendrick Lamar breaking the rap world again after the LA Legend dropped GNX this weekend and called out Lil Wayne ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show. Then, Gil & The Crew break down a tough weekend for LeBron James and Anthony Davis as The Los Angeles Lakers got man handled by Nikola Jokic & the Denver Nuggets to drop 2 games in a row and cast some doubt on JJ Redick's coaching performance so far this season. Finally, Gil's Arena whips around the league to recap all of the NBA's action over the weekend including LaMelo Ball's 50 piece on the Milwaukee Bucks and another loss for Joel Embiid and the 3-13 Philadelphia 76ers. Please leave us a like and subscribe!!! Gil's Arena Crew - Gilbert Arenas, Josiah Johnson, Kenyon Martin & Mr. B Brandon Jennings Ride or Fade Gil's Pack HERE - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/pp-ayCdYnqKpY Gil's Arena Merch is Available NOW at http://gilsarenamerch.com/ Use code GIL10 for 10% off your SeatGeek order https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/GIL10 Watch Knicks vs Nuggets LIVE With The Gil's Arena Crew on Playback TV TONIGHT at 6pm PT/9pm ET. Follow this link to watch and join the giveaway for a free NBA League Pass Subscription https://playback.tv/gilbertarenas Try Huel with 15% OFF today using code GIL at https://huel.com/gil Fuel your best performance with Huel today! Sign up for Underdog Fantasy HERE with promo code GIL and get up to $1000 in Bonus Cash and A FREE Pick: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gil's-arena SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvjYgmwadC682OoC4Cc6TQ Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos! https://discord.gg/underdog Intro 0:00:00 Kenyon Goes off On Kendrick's New Album 0:02:05 Gil's Arena Reacts to GNX 0:12:38 The NBA Is Shooting Too Many 3's!! 0:29:25 Gil Not Believing The Cooper Flagg Hype 0:55:01 Nuggets Continue to Dominate The Lakers 1:05:55 The 76ers Should've Gotten Rid of Embiid Already 1:24:38 Kenyon & Mr. B's Mac & Cheese Cook Off 1:29:34 How Mr. B & Gil Saved The Bucks' Season 1:34:55 LaMelo Ball Is The Best PG In The NBA 2:01:00 Fred Van Vleet CRASHES OUT On A Ref 2:10:47 Gil's Arena HUNTS A Thanksgiving Turkey 2:18:24 MostlyFans 2:22:07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How everybody doing? Bro, you got ladies. But y'all make it hard for people that ain't from here, boy, I swear. Y'all, like, some nigga drop something, y'all just beat it with a bat. Kenny, have you driven past the tent? I don't care.

Have you driven past the tent, Kenny? What the fuck? It's the best thing fucking since sliced bread. It's a fucking CD. It's up there. God damn. Sliced bread was, Kenny. It's been rough for a while.

It's been rough. It's been rough. It's been rough for a while. It's been rough. It's been rough. It's been rough for a while, though. Rough years. We've been down bad, King. Yeah. We've been down bad. Somebody from L.A. dropped some trash.

Y'all excited about it. Like, y'all, boy, I swear. We're not as consistent as Texas. It's some nice music, yeah. And Atlanta. We up. Like, we up again. Like, Jesus Christ. Y'all just stop beating the one song with a bat

Which one? Yes, that song. Oh, yes. I just stopped beating that with a bat. Oh, I play that ten times, yeah. Hey, listen, listen. You're not the only one, trust me. I got my own playlist on how they drop their music. Every time I get in the car, I start it from the beginning. Like, the beef is just fresh. Thank you, Gil. And I'm still trying to judge who won. Thank you, Gil.

I dig it. Thank you, Gil. No, it's the best we've ever seen. This is the best we've ever seen. Like, I don't even know what the new CD looked like, what new music dropped in the last three months. I'm still playing. You know everything you need to know.

Euphoria, Family Matters, it's in order. Yeah, good job, bro. And I'm like, there's some good shit right here. Good music, yes, right? This is some good music. These boys did it. Not disagreeing with you one bit. You're at a Los Angelino now

No, but yeah, we overplay it. We do like just that we yeah, we gotta put actors on it Like one football team get win. We're going to the Super Bowl. I is like somebody like just geez Okay, you are former Cowboys fan for being the goddamn Dodgers just one. It's like yo, we are this for you They won and It's like, yo, we up. It's, yeah, yeah. You know what the thing is? They won, and we just like, oh, yeah, they won. It's like the expectation of winning gets us more excited than the win.

Like, Dodgers won, we was good for two, three days. I heard he ain't done, so. They said he ain't done. It's going to get crazy. Ken, I will tell you to squabble up, but I know better, okay? Stay over here.

Tuck mine in. Tuck my mic in. But this is Gil Zerita presented by Underdog. As always, we got the legend Gilbert Zerita here with us. Representing Tough Crowd and Tough Crowd University, Mr. Big Brandon Jennings. An L.A. lover. Kenya Martin is back with us. Yeah, you love L.A. Kenya's Kenya Martin is back with us. Yeah, you love L.A.

Kenya like me. I want to hear something else. No, I listen to all kinds. I listen to rap. I'm a big fan of hip-hop and rap music. I am. Trust me. But. I know.

You just can't go outside. Right now, listen. After, well, I don't know. Like, y'all don't let people enjoy things like that. Y'all just going to force it on me. But that's every... I've been asked like four times since the album came out if I listen to it.

But that's everything, though. Let me enjoy... Like, I'm not a hype. I like to enjoy shit on my time and my terms, right? Right. I get some new shoes, I'm not wearing them today. Fair. Probably won't wear them next week. I'm not wearing them today. Fair. Probably won't wear them next week. I probably won't wear them next month.

I want to wear them on my turn. Just because they was new. People pop out and it's today. Look at them. I had a teammate with a nigga. Every pair of jerseys came out. You wearing them to shoot around. You're getting dressed to come to shoot-around.

Dude. The mall. Let's stop. I get it. Yes, Kendrick, absolutely, two of them. If I had more of them, I'd put them up. Mm-hmm. Okay.

So what's the issue, though? So you don't understand the issue. No, who's forcing it? Every dude that I know from L.A. Hey, man, that I know from LA. Hey, listen to that Kendrick. Hey, listen to that Kendrick. He's from LA. We're proud of him. He did it.

He's from LA. We're proud of him. He did it. Listen to that Kendrick. Listen to that Kendrick. Listen to that Kendrick. No! That's any city.

That's any city though. But that's any city if they big artists do it. When was our last CD that dropped that was good? Who? Well, you know. Well, you know what I mean? Tyler the Creator. You know, I know but that's you know, that's well Like caviar you got to be you got to have that kind of taste Yes, but y'all la dudes, but y'all listen man y'all where we're gonna discuss a little bit more down the road

But here's what's cracking in the arena today. How you doing? You hear that, Kendrick? You hear that, Kendrick? Ordering food. Kendrick just dropped. Everything, like. How they doing?

Good, since Kendrick dropped. Much better. It was a glorious weekend. Much better since Kendrick. Glorious day outside. Gloomy as hell. I did see a rainbow. Barbecue in the rain just to bump a Kendrick.

Here's what's cracking in the arena today. The Bucks have won six of their last seven games. Has free time finally figured it out? And do they have Mr. B to thank for their recent success? Unfortunately, the Lakers have lost two straight games. What's the Purple and Gold's biggest issue right now? And will they ever get over this Nuggets hump that is never the rest of their lives? To number 15, retire.

Uh-uh. Well, hopefully it's some. And the Warriors have won a chip the last four times Kendrick Lamar's dropped an album. Will the Dubs keep their championship streak alive? See? This season. You see what I mean? You see what the fuck I mean?

You see what I mean? It's a fact. You see what I mean, though? This is a fact. They don't correlate that fucking team's success to this shit. It ain't got fucking nothing to do with nothing. Like, that's what I mean They go for late that fucking team success to this shit ain't got fucking nothing to do it up like that's what I mean right there It's a fire point. Why are you Zach? Why would you do that? My point exactly because the streets gonna get broken this year good I don't know if it's true or not. My point exactly We are California to wait a minute. They're not a Los Angeles team adjacent

My point exactly And this this album is really a lot of Bay Area like the beats is a lot of hyphy That album right there with the baby that's yeah, that was yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, when they want it, but before we get into all that, as always, this show is brought to you by Underdog. Go ahead, download the app. Use promo code GILLY to get up to $1,000 in bonus cash plus a special pick-em. And we're giving thanks all week here on Underdog, so there are plenty of opportunities to eat. To show their thanks, Underdog is stuffing the lobby with promos during Feast Week.

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please don't leave. Please don't leave. Okay? It'll be quick. Kendrick Lamar Cout continues his impressive run in 2024, dropping a new album or mixtape, depending on who you ask, this past Friday called GNX.

Whatever you want to call it, even dot haters can't deny the immediate impact GNX has had on the culture, with the 12 tracks taking the top 12 spots on both Apple and Spotify's top 100 after its release. But a single word from the track TV Off has become a viral sensation, and that word is mustard!

Thank you. So Kendrick was shown to love the DJ Mustard who produced a beat along with the West Coast anthem and Drake dissed Not Like Us, several social media accounts from Shrek to Mickey D's to Dreamworks to the NFL. There you see it, Josh Allen. And even the UCLA women's basketball team who got the huge win over number one South

Carolina this weekend. I know y'all are watching their first time beating the number one team in the country. Big win. We run this. LA's back on top. That's just collectively. So, you know, we're the Dodgers, you know, Lakers, hopefully. I mean, being an L.A. native, I'm happy.

It's good to see, but Muster was even taking to church, getting featured in the Sunday sermon with the pastor using an analogy about Burger King's legendary slogan, Have it your way to praise the man up above. And I'm so glad that God sometimes lets us have it our way. If you wanted a burger that only had ketchup, you could get a burger that only had ketchup. Mustache! I'm so glad. I'm a God who does not give.

Just give me what I need. You can't even go to give. Just give me what I need. You can't even go to church. So give me what I want. He helped Gilligan. Get off the island. If you want a hamburger that has ketchup, he forced it. But it was a little more. You better ask.

You better ask for mustard. This is not LA. That's what y'all do. How you know it wasn't L.A.? I could just tell by the background and scenery. That was in L.A.? Hell no. That ain't no L.A.

How you know? Look, ain't no church in L.A. like that. How you know? I know. How you know? I know. That look like it's a community center. That ain't here.

I ain't been to church in a while. That's crazy. Both of them be like, that ain't here. You been to all of them? That ain't here. Anybody in the chat, do they know where this church is at? Nah, that ain't definitely in L.A. We don't have churches like that.

Yeah, we got small churches in the hood. So what do you think that is? That looks like a warehouse building. Brandon, as a Los Angeles native, what's your reaction to Kendrick dropping GNX? I'm just happy he dropped something. Yeah, that's nice. For us.

I'm sure he's going to drop again. I mean, he has the momentum right now. Somebody said, ain't no churches in L.A. look like that. Yeah, see? So Baltimore. That's somewhere down south. Is where the church is. This is Braddock, can't you?

See? The city that has your favorite team, the Baltimore Ravens in it, they are showing support. Somebody wrote text, it's not. Could very well much be. Hey. They said Oak Cliff. I wouldn't doubt it.

They said Oak Cliff. I wouldn't doubt it. No, I'm just kidding. I wouldn't doubt it. One bit. Okay, I know, obviously. LA people put extras on shit, Kenny, you know this. All right?

We get really happy and proud for our city. You said you gave the album two thumbs up. I haven't listened to it. You have not listened? Oh. Did you miss what I just said? You said that you had listened to some of it. No.

I've been forced to. Everything you click on, there's somebody playing something, dancing to it, making... You can't get away from it. So I feel like I've heard the whole album. We did have it on the playlist at the photo shoot this weekend.

Was it good? I know. Have you heard it yet? I haven't critiqued it yet. I said, have you heard it yet? No. Haven't critiqued it yet. It's not the real album.

I don't think it's the real album. I didn't know it was the real album. I like to ride in the car and listen to it. I don't think it's the real album. I think he just put his homies on it. I mean, like I said, it's something good. Like I said, everybody's asking me, have I heard it? the rule. I think he just like, you know, he put his homies on. I'm not saying just because. I mean, like I said, it's something good. Like I said, everybody's asking me, have I heard it? Like, no.

We respect that, Kenyon, because we respect you. I'm just on my turn. I like to enjoy music. I want to ride around and had the kids in the car all weekend. Oh, so? At home all day yesterday. This weekend, first-person shooter. Like that.

Push-ups for Family Matters. Meet the Grams. I really don't like that one. And then Not Like Us. That's it. That's just on repeat. That's it. That's all I know.

I didn't know there was some new shit that came out. Well, now you know, Gus, why we have this lovely platform to be able to allow you... Any radio shit that I can add with here? Mm-hmm. Yeah. It's hyphy. It's like... yeah. Okay. To me it's like a throwaway album, but it's good. It's not the real album. He's got obviously the halftime performance at Super Bowl coming up in February.

Some believe that he may have something else on the way. But Kendrick took aim at several people on GNX, including what many consider to be a shot at Lil Wayne on the first track of the album, Whacked Out Murals, over Kendrick getting the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans. So Kendrick said, quote, I used to bump the Carter III. I held my Rolly chain proud. Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down. So after the track dropped, Lil Wayne offered this response on Twitter.

He said, man, what the F I do? I just be chilling and they still come from my head. Let's not take kindness for weakness. Let this giant sleep. I beg you all. No one really wants destruction. Not even me. But I shall destroy you if disturbed. On me. Love.

What did I do? Because you're just sitting at home buying that business. That's all. What do you mean? I mean, he engaged. What do you mean, what did he? Wait. So the whole, after the Super Bowl announcement,

that wasn't Lil Wayne that was... Exactly. I don't think he was taking a shot at Kendrick more so saying that he thought he deserved an opportunity to perform in New Orleans. No, I get it, but, I mean, isn't that what Kendrick was responding to? Yeah, that's what he's saying.

Like, why you didn't, like, congratulate me? Yeah, Kendrick said the only person that congratulated him was Nas. Yeah. I mean, it's the same thing. Like, you're arguing, I mean, you're complaining, whatever we're going to call it, complaining about not being picked,

and he's saying that, damn, I thought you'd be happy for me. But my thing is, so, what was their relationship communication before this was named? Well, yeah, I don't know. Exactly. So if there was none before then, so why would I congratulate you now? I mean, Kendrick was a big fan. I mean, when Wayne was...

He'd be a big fan of me, but if there was no communication before- Before, what you mean? Just if there was no dialogue or relationship before he was named to do the Super Bowl. They do have a relationship though. They've done music together. They know each other, they've done songs together. So we have a relationship.

What he's saying is I'm younger than you. That don't mean that- No, I'm just saying like, you can't go, you can't be a victim to something you... Because you played a part in it. Like, you did come out and, you know, you spoke your mind and all that. Yeah, you're disappointed.

Absolutely. So when he says, you know, I'm just chilling, like, well, yeah, you're chilling today, but you wasn't chilling for the last... Yeah, I can still... No, I'm still my... I voiced my disappointment. Mm-hmm.

I didn't say nothing else. And it felt like it was a shot at Kendrick. And a lot of people are saying... I'm still minding my business when this is named, that he's doing it. I'm minding my business. Am I disappointed? Yes. I'm still minding my business. No, you're not. Yes. You're still

partaking in it because... How? You got... Everybody's engaging you in it, right? Because you got Nicki Minaj, you got Birdman, they're all saying Wayne should be in it, right? Everybody else is saying it. So what does that have to do with him? Because you go on camera and you say, damn, I'm disappointed. Damn, it should have been me.

Yes. So you're engaging into what everybody else is saying. No, that's my thoughts. I engage in what they say. You are, because everybody else is... That's what they're saying. Let me go back up. Can you put the quote back up?

That's what they're saying. The Lil Wayne? Yeah, let me just put the Lil Wayne quote. Can we see that Lil Wayne tweet again, please? I will read it for our audience. Because I'm disappointed. It's my city. I'm'm disappointed. It's my city. It's my city.

Nikki's not from there. This is my city. So I'm disappointed, yes. I'm still minding my business while being disappointed. No, Kendrick Lamar's. Oh, Kendrick, the verse. So why say anything? Because today's society wanted a quote from him. It's hype media shit today.

Social media today. He had to say something. You have to? Yeah, like somebody don't say something these days. Jay-Z and Beyonce. That's one you reached in your bag and got somebody who never said anything on social media. I didn't reach.

You said name somebody. I said Jay-Z and Beyonce. What post has Jay-Z ever made? I don't know. He ain't never been a part of social media, so you reaching. No, I'm not reaching. Yes, you are made I don't know he never been a part of social media so you reach no I'm not reaching yes you are I'm not ready but he can read he does get on social media yes he has been on social media so he's actively on social media he has been on there actively on so he has been on it

he could get on there right now active a ZJ can get on social media right now of course he would yes he could doing that you know what to do? I'm going to stay in my music and make money. He's been minding his business for years. Okay. For years. So you reaching in that? I'm not reaching. Yes, you are.

You said name a person. I named two people. You reaching. I named two people. And Beyonce is on social media. You reaching. Okay. What is he really...

I mean, I don't see this as a diss. You got to listen to the rest of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. See, this is the thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. See, that's not enough. It's not enough for the context of what we're talking about. Nobody really congratulated him.

He said, no, it's the only one. But no one did. Everybody was mad. But in reality, what he's saying is you're using the person's name, but in reality, what he's saying is he wanted the Super Bowl. Everybody felt he should be the Super Bowl.

What's the name there? But my hard work disturbed that. That's not my fault. It's not like I said, hey, I want to be the Super Bowl. My hard work over the few years has gotten me here, and I'm sorry my hard work disappointed you. Like, I get it. But it's more to it.

But how did it disappoint him is what I want. Disappoint Lil Wayne? Yeah. Because Lil Wayne said he was disappointed that he didn't get the Super Bowl. That he didn't get the Super Bowl. But he's not disappointed in him. No, Kendrick is basically saying my hard work let Wayne down. So does he have to?

Who? That's my thing. So this is the problem. Did he have to use his name? No, no, no, no. He said, why didn't he congratulate? Does he have to? He don't have to.

OK, so I can feel the way I feel, too, then. Because people are, listen, this is the thing. See, this is what people get... We've done business and everything....confused with society, right? People are entitled to feel the way they're going to fucking feel. Okay. Damn high it land on you, him, me, them. It don't fucking matter. People are entitled to however they're going to deal with shit and voice shit.

They're entitled to it. Damn how it comes across to me, how I feel about it or what he has to say or what it did to that person. Who cares? This person that's being a fucking human, you're entitled to do that and feel that way.

Lil Wayne felt the way he had that's his way. I feel I need to say that. I'm disappointed. I feel I need to say that I'm disappointed He didn't have to say that But he did he didn't he could have called Kendrick congratulated. He didn't he don't have to he does not Right like and my thing is you can't be a victim. That's saying you play victim What have I done? Like, you expressed that you was disappointed.

Right. Right? That's what you did. You're playing victim. And he's saying my hard work let you down. That's not my problem. But it didn't let him down. If he's disappointed that he didn't get picked.

Of course. So that's. It has nothing to do with Kendrick. No, it's. It had nothing to do with Kendrick. In a sense it is because he's the one that got picked over him. But it has nothing. He is disappointed that whoever the powers that be did not pick him.

They picked the other guy. Great. Cool. That's their decision. Everybody live with it. But I can be disappointed over here and have nothing to do, my feelings have nothing to do with this person whatsoever. No, that's cool.

But I can be disappointed, though. Yes, but he's just saying. But you're still playing victim. No, how is he playing victim? No, because you're disappointed. You're showing that you're disappointed at the process of how they picked you and Kendrick is saying is damn my hard work is the reason that you you you're feeling this way okay I get I but I don't but that's not what and then you come back and say what what's going on here why is everybody like you made a

whole video no but what I'm saying is you can't you can't express how disappointed you you are about the process and then when he makes his comment, like, damn, my hard work let you down, that you can't now say, oh, what's going on? What did I do? So, but the let you down part, right? That's what Wayne is like, I'm saying, but you didn't let me down, so what did I do, right?

Like, you didn't, so this is what I mean, right? When I can be disappointed over here. You got this gig. Great. Great. Cool. Happy for you. No, you're not. Yes, how not?

Because I didn't call and tell you congratulations. You're not happy, though. Why not? Because he didn't call and say congratulations. It's not a matter of if he's happy or not. Happy. It is what it is. It ain't.

It is what it is. Why not? You should have never said nothing in the beginning. Why not? You should have never. Why not? If it is what it is, don't say nothing. So nothing in the beginning. Why not? You should have never. Why not? If it is what it is, don't say nothing. So he's not entitled to say anything. Now you're playing victim.

How is he playing victim? Because now you're, what the fuck did I do? Go back to the other one. No, no, but listen. The Wayne tweet back up with. That's just half the quote. So Wayne thing is, right? The beginning part of the problem.

I just be chilling. Right? So, man, what the fuck did I do? Right? Cool. Listen. I let Wayne down the fuck did I do? Right? Cool. Listen. I let Wayne down. What did I do?

I let Wayne down. Mm-hmm. Wayne said, what the fuck did I do? We need the whole quote. I didn't do nothing. I'm saying this is like... He literally made it a big deal. Nigga was crying every day about it.

Right. Was he? Come on, man. Yes. Every day? Yes. Everybody was crying about it, bro. He was? Everybody was crying about it. So, no, you said he was. Yeah, he was crying about it. Right. Was he? Come on, man. Yes. Every day? Yes. Everybody was crying about it, bro. He was?

Everybody was crying about it. So now you said he was. Yeah, he was crying about it. Every day. They was crying about it. They still crying about it. They still crying about it. Show me every day.

What the fuck did I do? They still crying about it. Show me every day. Right here. Every day. Show me every day. So this is every day. Yep.

So every day. So one quote. He went on social media. Just because you can read it every day, that means he's crying every day. So one team who's celebrating new Kendrick dropping is the Golden State Warriors. The last four times that Kendrick has dropped an album, the Warriors have gone on to win a championship. Look at it. Like I said, the last four times Kendrick's dropped an album, the Warriors have gone on to win a championship in that season.

Dubs are currently tied for the top spot in the West with the Thunder. Will the Warriors keep their Kendrick Championship streak alive this season? No? Okay. I hate that. It dropped in the same year. Like, what is the context here? Whenever Kendrick drops an album, the Warriors win a championship

in the next available championship window to win a championship. Who realized that? Right. Probably somebody from the draft. They can't realize that. Like, that's crazy. Well, what was I playing for right now?

I know, and that's the bad part, because they playing well. They playing for the wheel right now. So it's like, ah, man. That's some deep diving. Like, yeah. That's some deep diving. Like, why couldn't it be, like, why can't they just be playing bad? And you're just like, I don't know about this shit.

Right now, you're like, shit. Yo, how many threes they shooting tonight? I need to look it up. Because they find the shit out this ball, man. Every night or the last night? Every night. They playing like the Celtics are. But, yeah, they playing well.

But I don't. I'm going to go with history. Listen, it's their championship to lose. How about that? No, that's fair. History's on their side. That's fair. Damn.

That's fair. I'm fortunate. So we ain't got the chance to win it this year? I mean, some would argue that. You knew that. The Warriors are averaging 42 threes per game, currently fourth in the league right now. Celtics still on top with 51 a game.

Hornets second with 45. Bulls third with 43 three-point attempts per game. But we will see, hopefully, if there is a God in heaven. Yeah, I, I, I, yeah, whoever D.A., that's some, that's some deep diving research. 43, 51, 48, and you, and y'all scoring 110, 115. I don't know how that math has math for y'all. Nasty work, Gil, to kiss her.

I literally do not know how that math... Can anybody look up the top scoring teams in history? Yeah, I was watching... I guarantee you... Yes, points per game. Your points per game. I was watching the play the other day. I was thinking, like how is this like?

sustainable, you know like I'm sitting here like 18 for 50 that's not that's not actually a good thing. I don't even know why you guys Like it What part of math? Doesn't register to y'all. Are y'all on a new math go back to old-school math Where it was simple And I'm pretty sure nothing yeah fucking the mellow shooting like fucking 13 for 126 point five points per game 8182 Denver Nuggets so so wait hold on said it again 126 point five points per game.

126. 126. And a half. And a half. That's number one. Yep. And what year was that? 81-82.

81-82. In 1981-82, where the three-point line was a lot further, they scored 126. They were two or three years old at this point. And it was further. It was 24 feet. And they scored 126. Who's two or three years old at this point. And it was further. It was 24 feet. And he scored 126. Who's second? 61-62 Warriors. 61-62 Warriors.

No three-point line. Who's third? 66-67-76 is 125.2. 125. 59-56 Celtics are fourth at 124.5. 83-84 Nuggets are fifth at 123.7. And the Cleveland Cavaliers from this season currently in sixth place, averaging 123.4 points. So Cleveland, so this year's Cleveland, not Boston, not Boston, who's shooting all the threes, Cleveland.

How many threes does Cleveland take a game? So there are six in history. Currently, yeah. Okay, and moving forward, what's next? Because that can drop. Yeah. It's early in the season. Hold on one second.

I'm giving that Cavs. Cavs are currently 13th in the league. They take 37 threes. 37 threes. Okay, now. 37, okay, 37 threes. All right, now, who's seventh? 23, 24 Pacers.

23, 24 Pacers. That's last year. At 123.3. And the 82, 83 Nuggets at 123.2. Kansas City Royals, I believe. okay, so basically who current sold so two current teams in the last 40 years Shit yeah two current teams in the last 40 years cracked the top ten and score And and the Cavs can fall out because in

casting fall out Cincinnati world excuse me this early in the Pacers didn't win nothing but there's history history's here history's here y'all chucking all these threes man that you're not scoring buckets the point is get the ball in the basket by any means if you shoot 50 fucking free throws That's 50 points, right? Yeah 50 layups. That's a hundred points. Mm-hmm, right None of y'all are making 53s. So get that shit out your brain Yeah, unless you shoot 200 the way you guys are fucking shooting You can have it your way though. I got like I was watching. Like, I was watching games.

I was watching the game. And I'm like, it makes sense why the scoring's not up. Because the people who are shooting it, in history, your ass don't supposed to be shooting the ball. You don't supposed to be taking ten shots a game? Yes. Like, think about your team. Think about all y'all teams.

And think about the guy who got one or two shots and it better had been open under the basket. Think about him taking ten threes today. Oh, yeah, it was. No. How many threes did Richard Jefferson take? Oh, shit. None.

Imagine him taking 10 threes. Right now, just coming in. Right now, just coming in, just taking threes. Like, what the fuck you doing? Like, my guards, I had Jared Jeffries and I had Antonio Daniels. Ain't no way they going to be sitting there taking 10 threes. Nah, nah, y'all going to be sitting there taking 10 threes. Nah, nah, y'all going to get out the game.

Yeah, we're going to have some. Like, I can say if the star player added more shots or three to his game, the best player, the player who's getting paid the max, but these extra shots are coming from role players. Like, you got role players who are shooting more threes than Ray Allen. And you wonder why they can't make shit. So this season, teams are averaging 113 points per game, which would be the 11th highest total in league history.

But the top eight spots are all from teams in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Yo, just individually, right? High scoring? Yeah, high scoring. Wow. With no three line? With no three line. No ball takes 13 threes a night. Oh! Little ball shoots 13 threes a night. Never lost.

Ha! 13. Anthony Edwards shoots 11. Threes a night? A night. I shot half. I shot... Jason Tatum shoots 11 a night. I shot half my team's threes. The team itself. I shot half my team's threes. The team itself. I shot half.

We shot 14 threes and we were considered a three-point shooting team. And I shot seven of them shits. Damn. Steph only... Steph shoots nine. Yeah.

But, he getting 13 a night. Think about it. Our team shot 14. I shot seven. Now, you're saying add, what,

30... 36 more? 37 more to get to... Mm, that'd be... To get to damn Boston? But think about it. How many... How many twos that I got to get... How many easy layups I got to get rid of

to take jumpers? Yo, listen, so this is... 13 threes is... So listen, so... 37 threes to get, what, an extra... An extra what? We was averaging, what, 100, 400, so this is... 13 threes is... 37 threes to get, what, an extra what? We was averaging, what, 100, 400, 500? They get an extra seven points? An extra seven points. They get an extra seven points, I got to shoot 36 fucking more threes.

Yo. Think about what I'm saying. Think about how that shit sounds, man. They just... But you think like that. We scored seven more points. Think about what I'm saying. Think about how that shit sounds, man. They just... That shit just... We put you 30 like that. We scored seven more points. 11. So, attempts.

Yeah, this shit is... They building a house up there. So, 12, 11, 11. Basically, Lucas shoots 10. Brandon Miller shoots 10. Tyler Herro 9.7. Malik Beasley, 9.2. Steph, 9.2. Wait, but Beasley...

Derek White shoots 9. Yes. Malik Beasley, Derek White... Yes. Shoots nine threes a game. Derek White shoots nine threes a game. Damn. They get... Wait, wait. Nine threes, not shots?

No, nine... Three-point attempts. I'm on three-point attempts. Derek White, hey, nine threes, not shots? No, nine... Three-point attempts. I'm on three-point attempts. Derrick White, the fourth, fifth option, takes nine threes? Shoots nine threes a game. They're getting that ball. The average 51 threes a game.

What I'm saying is, how does he even get a... How does he even get nine shots? The possessions. Hey, bitch, it shoots eight. Ain't no motherfucking way, the dude coming off the bench. Shout-out P-Rabbit. Eight threes, let alone eight shots Well, he ain't sorry wait. So you they just average eight three

Tatum shoots 11 listen to this Jason Tatum shoots 11. Mm-hmm. Derek white shoots nine He's second second listen more than Peyton Pritchard shoots eight. Oh Jalen Brown shoots seven and a half. We round up, so that's eight. So the average seven more points than a team in 2005. I mean, they get a lot of possessions. Can you look at it? No, they not.

That's the problem. They got to be. It looks like, no, they just. Yo, man. Hold on, man. Yeah, I'm really I'm looking at in real time Yeah, Jason's better mellow ball and he makes four point six And he see 13 13 in the motherfuckers and you know He's shooting

like fire 2006 2007 Offensive rating was 110 points. Crash out, yo. Crash out. I think the pace of the game hides it. Yeah. Like, because to even say that, we never even thought that. They're watching 9-3's game, though.

Yeah. How many dames shoots? A hundred and ten. A hundred and ten points. 8.99. Derek White shoots 9.1. Right, that's what I'm saying. 9.1.

Right. You would think dames would be up like. He's 8.9. Shit, Wimby's shit 8.9. But three-point percentage at the highest it's ever been in the 2020s. What? Three-point percentage in the 2020s.

The highest it's ever been, 36.1% overall. Yo, Wimby shoot nine tonight. Yo, Wimby shoot nine of them motherfuckers tonight, dawg. Okay, this is not even three. But just to put it in perspective, the guy that's leading the league in scoring ain't even on this fucking list. Who leading the league in scoring? Giannis.

He ain't even in the top 50. You know the funny part? Here we go. So the year we scored 110 points, I shot 21 shots. And Karan shot 15.5. Antoine shot 16. Deshaun shot nine shots. Nine.

Brennan Haywood, our center, shot four shots. Damn. Right? Our sixth man shot six shots. Then it was four, four, three,.6, one, three, three. And you telling me fourth options is taking nine threes. And you guys are scoring one more point than we did in 2006. No, but.

One more point in 2006. That means whatever you're looking at is wrong. That's just right now, though. That's just right now, though. It's bad basketball. No. Is it? We're getting layups. You, you, you.

I was like. So, so, so what if your guys would have got more shots? They wouldn't know they should they should have then you know, they should know they should know they should know they should That's what they didn't they didn't get paid is to take nine ten threes You are a defensive player just cuz you're open for a boss So so that that's why Boston's good. You know why Boston's good? They have five guys that are Gilbert Arenas that won a two-on-one. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Five guys that are, yes, yes. That's why. So if you have five guys on your team that thought like you, you guys would be way better. Your team would have been way better. If you had five of me, you would be scoring 150. How do you? You've got to remember,

if Jason Tatum is the best player, right, and Brown is the second best player, we say Drew Holliday is the third, right? If the bulk of the shots is not going from them, and you're telling your fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh best player they can shoot the same amount of shots as your first, how bad is your percentage going to be? It don't matter. Are we winning?

Are we winning? Are we winning? No. Are re winning Are we winning though? Are we winning at least at least I know at least I know I got guys in there They got the same mentality. Can you that's the difference? That's why I don't look like the Mentality of it though. It doesn't look bad They're winning Giannis shoes one tonight issue one tonight though. I know but they're winning layups is easy It's Boston but what is to write they're winning. Layups is easy. Boston's two, right? They're winning, though. Because the teams ain't playing the same shit. I got another one for you. So we're changing the algorithm of the game.

So I said LaMelo shoots 13 tonight, right? Mm-hmm. If he just cut him down, shoot half of them, right? The boy shoots 43. Listen, he's fifth in the league and field goal percentage at 43% Hmm. So if he just listen dog if he cut having him out Hey No, you shoot 43% from from the field you fit in the league. Mm-hmm

And we've seen yannis on I've been hurt I made you get five from three, you know I'm just getting my rhythm back. Giannis was averaging five attempts in 2019-20. He'll average 35, 36 points a night if he cut half of them threes out and shoot twos. And shoot twos. True. He might damn near be at 40. And that's what they don't understand. Cut half of your threes out and just take the twos.

You will average more. Yo, he's shooting them. Damn. So Giannis, 2019-20 was averaging five attempts per game. That dropped to four attempts the next season. And he's shooting that ball twice a time. By 2022-23, he was at 2.7. Last season, he was at 1.7. This season, he's at.9%.

But I'm not saying everybody has to shoot threes. And his best point per game scoring has been the last three years. Say if Karan had your thought process to shoot the twos. Like, bro, it's different. But you need that mentality. Now, I do believe, yo, all right, back to threes. But don't stop being aggressive. Everybody's aggressive.

Everybody's a threat. How about this? Antonio Daniel shot one three a game. He was at 22%. How many more threes you want to give him? Who? Antonio Daniel is the backup point guard. How many more threes you want to give him? Who? Antonio Dane is the backup point guard. How many more threes you want to give him?

You want to give him five, six? How many more you want to give him? If I knew I could shoot it, I would work on it. If I knew I could shoot it, I would work on it. Think about what I'm saying. He shoots 22. How many more threes are you willing to give him? The reason why he's shooting that is because he's not shooting it like that.

No, he's not. He can't. Yes, you can. See, these guys these guys shoot. They're just shooting the ball Because the confidence because they're because they've been told not to shoot. We're being told not to sue no Brandon What he's saying is right? Non shooters are shooting. So this is like to just take me for instance, right? I look at me. I Didn't come up being like I had to work on making shots, right? I really had to concentrate on making free throws and jump shots because I couldn't shoot, right? The most I shot in one year, I shot 77 threes in one season. That was a lot. Going through knee problems, I had to adjust. Respectfully, right? Mm-hmm.

But there was no way feasible that I was going to be out there shooting six, seven, eight of them bitches at night. Like, because that's not what I'm, I know what I'm, who I am. OK. These dudes, you work on your shot, which you're supposed to, put the time in, to become a better shooter. You working on that, don't say this is, that you a shooter.

So why are you working on it then? Because you should be able to knock down open shots when the ball come your way. Right. Right? You're not Duncan Robertson. So that's why you're working on three, right? Like, we expect Ray Allen to shoot that many threes a night. You expect Reggie Miller to shoot that many threes. Right. You expect

Allen Houston to go for right now. You expect a guy like Duncan Robertson. When Steve Novak was playing, you expected him to shoot Cal Corver You expect the guys like that who are known shooters if they shoot seven eight nine threes a night you like I Make sense right it makes sense because on the scouting report. What does it say? Fuck shooter But everybody's a shooter today.

No, they're not. No, everybody's not. Okay, okay, okay. Everybody's a shooter. Nobody's a shot maker. Everybody's a shooter. Steph is a shooter. Everybody's a threat today.

No, no, no. Everybody's a threat. No, see, that's the problem. Just because you shoot the ball, that's the problem. Be aggressive today. Everybody wants to be a shooter. Nobody's a shot maker today. You got to be aggressive today. To play in the NBA, everybody has to be aggressive. Be aggressive. Everybody wants to be aggressive. Nobody's a shot maker today. You got to be aggressive today.

To play in the NBA, everybody has to be aggressive. I don't give a fuck how aggressive you are. If you shoot 20%, shoot that shit. Brandon, let me ask you a question. If Giannis takes 10 threes, no one gives a fuck. Let me ask you a question, Brandon. Can you answer this question for me honestly? Yeah.

In what basketball world can someone allow allow Andre drama to shoot threes But would you just let him shoot the reason Branded would you know coaching if you coaching Andre drama? Do I think he was working throughout his, you've known he's been. Mm-hmm. You let him shoot threes? Yeah, I let him shoot one or two. Don't give a fuck how much he's worked on it.

Yeah, I let him shoot one or two. Hell yeah, because I know what he's going to give me every night. Huh? I know Andre Drummond's going to. That's bad coaching. One or two. That's bad coaching. This shows you.

That's bad coaching. Here's an example of. You can spend all day. This is an example of. I'm not paying you to That's bad, Coach. Here's an example of... You can spend all day. This is an example of... I'm not paying you to shoot threes, bruh. What this NBA did. That's all I buy 20. What this NBA did.

I did. Okay. Before the three-point line got... He shoot a bitch in the first quarter. No, no, no, no. We have to be... He comfortable enough to shoot the motherfucking... I'll let you finish, Gil,

but he's comfortable enough to shoot the bitch in the first quarter, which is a problem. Yes. Go ahead, Gil. That's what I mean. Go ahead, Gil. Sorry. Okay.

Gary Payton. Was Gary Payton a three-point shooter. No, right First year as a rookie. He shot 13 right? Following one for 13 next year three for 23 next year seven for 34 Then 15 for 54, right? Horrible shooter, right? All they did was move the three-point line from 24 to 22.

The year before that, 54. The closer line, he took 232 threes. Now, I'm asking you, the first three years, the first four years, he was not a three-point shooter.

Right? And then, a hundred total. And then the following year, he decided to take 232. Are you okay with that? How many did he make? How many did he make?

I'm going to work on it. How many did he make? But, but, but, but, so, yeah, he can work on it. But many did he make? But you can work on it. But I'm saying like, but the game is also different. The game is different back then. The game is different today. But think about how bad.

You have to be able to just be able to just shoot the three. Not everybody. No, what I'm saying is think about it. How did Boston win last year? If the guy is not a shooter and he pumped his position up almost 200 threes in a season. Almost two. This same guy, almost 200 more threes. Think about all the bad possessions you're getting if he's doing that.

If Ben Simmons right now decided to take 10 threes a game, what would the internet say? What the fuck are you doing? Exactly. But they won't do it for nobody else. decided to take 10 threes a game, what would the internet say? What the fuck are you doing? Exactly. But they won't do it for nobody else. And they're shooting the same motherfucker. If Westbrook out there took 10 threes a game, he can make 31%. Okay.

Make it 37 right now. And you're happy with that? Shoot it. It's more possessions in the game. But it's not more possessions. It's not. It has to be more possessions. If everybody's getting up those shots, it has to be more possessions. We're just not. I just

told him. I'm not saying it's good possessions, but it's a possession. It's just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. The same speed that you're talking about could be a two-point shot. But it's not. We got to get to that three. That's just the way the game is played. But could it be a two-point shot? Yeah, it we got to get that's just the way the game is play But could it be a two-point shot? So the Rockets currently have the record same speed

2018-19 Rockets currently have the record for most three-point attempts per game at 45.3 If the Celtics stay on this pace, they will take 420 more threes than the Rockets did And how much are they averaging a game? Okay, so what were their stats last year when they won I'm sure they shot a lot of threes last year everybody shot a lot of worries, okay, and They're still what they're top two in the issues piece. It's early. It is just gonna fall But they're not but when they not but they're my thing we got it. We go I would it last thing they average is 40 40 point five right with any But when they not but they're my thing we got it we go

42.5 last season 50.5 this season so eight more threes per game this is okay So we asked we got we got a pump it up and we're trying to go back to back eight more through but eight more I mean listen What they 12 before right now like we complain about a team that's 12 before we're complaining about nothing We're talking about the league not that team. We're talking about the league not that team We're coming about the league overall. They gotta keep up. That's what you got to do to 121 points per game last season. They're currently at 120 points per game. So there's an average in less less with more thread So we have to hold these just hear that what they're shooting eight more threes this year, and they're averaging one point less. Right now. How the fuck does that make sense?

It's early. They gonna fall? So we asked the chat, our NBA players. Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We're not gonna... They gonna fall? Make no fuck... It's early. No, no, no. They 12 and four. They second and each,

and we still coming back. How does it make sense? No, no, no, no, no. We're talking about this specific topic. Right here. Eight more threes in your life. You're shooting more. 14 and three. One less point.

Think about the misses for you to have one less point. All right, we're missing right now. Right now, we're missing. Let's see what happens. Like, let's just keep going. But you're shooting 50 of them bitches. We're going to shoot 50. Let's keep going.

They're going to fall. We asked the chat, are NBA players shooting too many threes? Warriors went through the same thing. We asked the chat, are NBA players shooting too many threes? 85% said yes the same thing. We asked the chat, our NBA players shooting too many threes. 85% said yes. That's bad basketball. Let's keep this thing moving. Wait, what?

No, just... Wait, wait. So let me ask you a question. Did the Warriors always play good basketball? Yes. But they passed the ball. They averaged 30 assists tonight. How many assists, Boston?

Oh, they don't probably average it. So they are making... But it's bad basketball. It's just the way it's going. 18.8 out of 50.5. They're shooting 37% from three as a team. So... Okay, so they...

So we... Yes? The chat agrees with y'all. All you general managers, y'all some stupid motherfuckers, man. Yes. Listen, I'm going to just be honest. Yeah. You're shooting how many threes a game?

50.5. 50.5 times three. You're shooting 151.5 worth of threes to pull in 56 points And the chatter groups would you do but let us keep this thing moving and growing Nobody I mean, okay. That's just the way the algorithm of the game is going. No, this is but we're still That's your terrible dog. That's your terrible. I'm sure you're for hundred and no no But it... Like, what do you want me to do?

I understand what you're saying, but that shit fucking... That's bad, dog. I'm shooting a hundred and fifty... I agree. I'm just saying. I'm missing a hundred points. I'm missing a hundred points. It's the...

It's the... I'm missing a hundred points. Worth the shots. Worth the shots. Yo. We'll get where you put it like that, but let's keep this thing moving. Hold on, hold on. Can I get a drink?

You can get to your emotions. This is crazy. I got a drink for you, Gil. I got a drink for you. You're missing 100 points worth of shots, dog. Whatever we did, it's making everybody else bad. Yo, that's like going... God damn, that's like going in a bank.

There's $150 million. You got 24 hours to get all of them. There's no security. Your ass walk out with $56 million. Just, I'm going to put some in my pocket, in my leg. So you didn't prepare. First of all, you don't have 24 hours. What I'm saying, you didn't prepare to have duffel bags. Wait 8 minutes.

You didn't have duffel bags to help you carry the money out. You just think you're going to put some shit in your pocket. Oh shit. This is ridiculous. But they winning. But they winning. Because everybody's just as stupid. But that's what I'm saying. So that's the algorithm

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so you can focus on what really matters. Delicious beverage, if you will. But let's keep this thing moving. So, you know, we had a Gills Arena Season 3 merch shoot this weekend. You can still go to the website, get 40% off with our Black Friday special. But while the rest of the arena was busy getting our model on at the photo shoot,

Gil, you were busy doing something else. Bear Down. So our namesake was out in Tucson throwing up Crip. I mean, the Bear Down sign. Excuse me. It looks similar. I know. What's so funny, that wasn't created when I was there. Me and Mike was like, uh, what did y'all create is your game making now?

But nonetheless Supposed to be wild cat Whatever it's supposed to be good. We live in LA got you sitting at the student front row in the student section Okay No What you sitting at? Front row. You in the student section? No, front row. Oh, okay. Front row or the student section? No, front row. You in the student section? No, you in the student section.

Front row or the student section? Tantos on the wood. Were you on the wood? Right there. Right there. Tantos on the wood. Right there. Camera people right here.

Okay. So Gil, you were sitting in the chorus offering the Duke-Arizona game, featuring freshman sensation and projected number one pick in the 2025 draft. Cooper, Flagg, let's take a look at some highlights. So, Flag finished with a game-high 24 points, along with six rebounds, three assists, and two blocks. I heard you say they weren't playing nobody. Duke got the win. And that Big 12 logo on the court looks real nasty.

I ain't even going to lie. RIP to the Pack. All right. So, through his first five college games, Flag is has averaged an 18.9 rebounds, four assists. He's leading Duke in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. Yeah, you was up close and personal to see all that. Oh.

Nice kick to Flagg. Oh, yeah, Flagg. Oh, yeah. Bears down. Thirteenth offensive rebound for Duke tonight. Buckets. Like I said, leading the team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. Gil, what are your thoughts on Cooper Flagg after getting to see him play in person?

And he's supposed to be a number one pick? Um... And he's supposed to be your number one pick? That's the reports right now. I don't want to mess up his stock, but, you know, um... Damn, Gil. He's American. He's 17, so cool. Right? It's just... He's 17. So he has... Is he has he has some

Allegedly turns 18 in December Have not checked the birth certificate though Hmm With the number one like he's gonna be a great great second third option Mmm type of player He's gonna be a he's gonna be a four man. He's going to be a great, great second, third option type of player. He's going to be a four-man. He's going to be a pick-pop type of guy. Depending on what team he goes to, right,

it's like putting the ball. Right now, because he's 17, putting the ball in now because he's 17 putting the ball in his hand and say you're going to be our superstar carry us I don't know if

he's ready for that yet why does he have to be that right now no that's what I'm saying because he's 17 but why does he have to be that when he's 18 or 19

for number one pick why because isn't your theory about your theory is you should always go young right give me time to develop right so yeah So what 18 17 17 18 year old really come in just ready as a Dragging and drafting a guy to be your your

So what if you already got pieces though? Well, that's what I'm saying It has to be already got pieces if you already have like your superstar and he's coming in Yeah, that's what I said great second third option. Well, so what's wrong with that? Nothing? Yes, but the way you say Do you think he can go into a number? It's kind of like you it's coming across like that's a problem Because he's only 18 Yeah, so he's 17 so So what do you think he can lead Duke? I got a question.

So what did he do during the game? He had 24 offensively. He scored the ball well. He plays hard as hell. So what did he do? So what did he not do to impress Gilbert Arenas? As a 17-year-old freshman. Mm-hmm.

Leading his team in scoring, rebounding, blocks. Everything. Steals. Everything. And did they beat y'all? Yeah, they did. So they kicked y'all ass. So what did he do when you were sitting your feet on the wood

to impress you as a 17-year-old freshman? And he don't play nobody. And he don't play nobody. And he don't play nobody, remember? What I didn't see was him initiating his offense. Everything else was created, and he swing, swing, got the shot. Like, I didn't, when he got the ball, he never actually looked to score. Like, he got it, he'll swing it, he'll come, pick it. That's what I said.

So he's doing what the offense tells him to do. He's running, so he's running their offense. The offense, because his offense, because the offense is running from him. No. No, it's not. So you want him to, so he scored it's no it's not so you want him to he's not though. He scored 24 Mm-hmm doing it in the team setting. Yeah So you want to break the plays no, it's not even about to break the plays

It's like huh? He want him to get it on the wing like whenever he break play No, whenever he got so if he get on the wing in the place that says he's supposed to swing it guess what the fuck He do Whenever he got so if he get on the wing and the place says he's supposed to swing it guess what the fuck he do He's swinging the ball But there's no plays like fast break most of his most of his early Buckets when he tried to go by himself and do something he struggled couldn't get by anybody because he's all his teen You're all his office came from swing swing. They help he's open You see the same right it never came from you like to know from Rutgers I'd see like when I'm talking about came from... You like that kid from Rutgers? I see... When I'm

talking about number one, I have a kid at Rutgers who you're... Okay, yeah, okay. We're giving him the ball and he's creating... So do you think if he went to a school that's giving him the ball and let him create, I'm pretty sure he could. I don't know. That's what... You don't because he's not in that situation. He's a... So you're

holding him playing in a team setting and playing the right way against him? No, I said if I'm the number one pick, if I already have a star, so if I'm Atlanta, I'm going to pick him. If I'm... Who else is down there? Uh... Philly.

If I'm Philly, I'm picking... Fucking sure I'm picking if I'm Philly. If I'm wizards, no But he's not a star see that's what it reminds me of she's not a big That's what I said That's who he reminds me of he reminds me of the guy that like he's my second or third option if I'm demanding if I'm telling Him to be the next type of goat guy that we're gonna going to feed our offense through, I can't see it right now. Okay.

That's all. Like, me watching him, it's like, if you put him on a great team, he's your perfect player because he does everything. Right? So if your team is already ready, you just need one piece, he's like the Tim Duncan Duncan without the dominance of it the Tim Duncan to Spurs You you put him in you fit him in and he'll figure it out. I get the reaper. He can be Draymond Green type Yeah, Draymond Green would a better offensive skill. I don't know if he's gonna be a number one option So it depend on who get that number one cake But I know what you saying he didn't have that he didn't know

Check check, but you say he didn't come down. No, no. It's Chet. It's Chet. It's Chet. But you're saying he didn't come down like that kid in Rutgers. Because in basketball games, there's got to be a play where you get it. Like, I'm not looking at his misses. I don't care about none of that. I'm looking at it as aggression. Like, all right, this is number one pick.

Let me see how he looks when, like, it was just every time he looked, it was like. Well, I want to see when it time he looked, it was like. Well, I want to see when it's. Number seven was the most. Like, yes. When the game is on the line and they need a bucket, I want to see when it's those times. What they run. What it looks like with him being in them situations.

Then, absolutely what you're saying, yes. You know what I'm saying? Like, it was number seven. You know what I mean? Like, number seven was creating, like. Con Nupel. Yeah. Yeah. Like as soon as he got the ball,

he's attacking and then he's looking. It was like. Yeah, that's where he came in. I want you to do that. Like. So Flagg took 22 shots in the game twice more than any other player on Duke squad. It just seemed.

He was 10 for 22 though. It just seemed weird. You're just sitting there like. I mean, that's all. I mean, he got, he had to show you something. Played 38 minutes, too. Played the most minutes of anybody on Duke squad. Like, I was just looking. I'm like...

Like, I like him. Like, for 17, I... Yeah, it's just depending on my pick. I got you. It's just depending on what team, who has that pick. So would you pick him or the boy from Rutgers? Depends on my pick. Because you can plug him in.

Like, what I'm saying is is if your team needs one guy and y'all going to go over the edge, you're going to go with Cooper Flagg. If you're trying to build from the beginning, no. You go with Ace Bailey. You go with one of them other kids. You go with someone who just has this ceiling. But like he said it, Chet, right?

I already have a shade. Chet, perfect. Like that's exactly what I'm looking at. Because Chet could be your number three, two, four. You know what I'm saying? It depends on the Williams kid. Any given night, it's like... Got you.

Got you. Right? So, no, the kid can play, man. I just, yeah, I didn't watch the game. I just knew that. I saw the highlights just, but I like him. He reminds me of Sabonis. That, like, his upside me of Sabonis.

That, like, his upside is probably Sabonis over in SAC. He said he's a more athletic. More athletic. No, no. Kevin Love. Kevin Love. Steve said Kevin Love, so I think he's a more athletic. Kevin Love's aggressive. More athletic Kevin Love.

Kevin Love. Yeah, that's what it reminds me. Yeah, yeah. He's a more athletic Kevin Love. You can see it. Like, I can, like, you know me. I'm sitting there like, Kevin Love. Yeah, that's what it reminds me of. Yeah, yeah. He's a more athletic Kevin Love. You can see it. You know me, I'm sitting there like, take him. Yeah. Yo, duck in.

This is a guard. So they put a guard on him. And I'm like, yo. I got you. Watch out. I think you got to tell him. Watch out, little dude. Only 17 years older.

You break it down for him. You tell him. Like when you put the age in, I'm like, oh, shit, that's damn near a high school junior. I see, yeah. I see you. So I can't knock him. I just got to keep watching him. He's reclassed, if I'm not mistaken.

I just got to keep watching him. If I'm not mistaken, he reclassed. Like, if I'm Philly, fuck, yeah. I mean, there's only a certain teams that you like. Like, Detroit? Yeah. Him and Cade? Perfect.

Yeah. I already got someone who can take over games, so I don't need that from you. Perfect. Cooper Flagg would be good in Detroit. Fuck yeah. We asked the chat, will Cooper Flagg be a superstar? 60% said yes.

40% said no. But let's move on to the NBA. Unfortunate situation we got to talk about. Lakers look reincarnated during their six-game winning streak and ready to squabble up for the top spot in the West but their last two games have made fans want to turn the TV off. Started with the purple and gold tricking off a game against the Magic on Thursday with LeBron and AD combining to go two for six from the free throw line in the final 39 seconds of the game. Then

Denver pulled up to the arena formerly known as Staples Center on Saturday. I know it was unfortunate. If you just watch a game getting tricked off in real time, I think Austin Reeves missed two free throws too a little earlier in that quarter. It was just like, you just could feel it. Unfortunately, I know you were sad. No, the free throws are simple shit like stars. Kyrie missed one yesterday late in the Dallas game.

You know, the stars missing free throws is crazy. It's wild. But then Denver pulled up to the arena formerly known as Staples Center on Saturday Lakers recent struggles against Joker the Nuggets has been well documented with regular season domination and back-to-back playoff eliminations Nuggets were on the second night of a back-to-back for their first meeting of the season still without Aaron Gordon and there was hope This time would be different. But as Kenya likes to say we know where hope works at. So, Lakers looked solid in the first half, holding a 10-point lead with literally two minutes to play

in the second quarter, but the Nuggets went on a 50-17 run after that. 50? 50-17 run after that, outscoring the Lakers 37-15 in the third quarter alone. Here was the positive. Oh, we were feeling good, but we know. You already know. Every time Nuggets come to town We were feeling good, but we know.

You already know. Every time Nuggets come to town, we look good. Take that charge. Just waiting for that meltdown. Like I said, hurt. They outscored them 37-15 in the third quarter. Joker led the Nuggets with 34 points, 13 boards, 8 dimes, and 2 steals. He was 12-20 from the field, 3-7 from deep, 7-8 from the line.

MPJ added 24 points and 11 boards, shooting 10-15 from the field, 4-7 from deep, seven from the line. MPJ added 24 points and 11 boards, shooting 10 for 15 from the field, four for seven from deep. Christian Brown had 16 points, making all seven of his shot attempts. And Russell Westbrook came off the bench with 14 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds. Doing things like that. Stunning on Lakers fans. Obviously, there's still some bad blood, some beef.

Might get a ring. You know. With who? Denver. Okay. AD had his worst game of the season with 14 points and 10 boards. He was 6 for 19 from the field, settling a lot of times for shots. He doesn't normally settle forwards.

His first time this season, AD has scored under 20 points in a game. LeBron had 18, 6 boards and 7 dimes. And Austin Reeves led the Lakers with 19 points and 6 dimes. Reeves summed up the loss eloquently saying, tonight they beat the shit out of us. Lakers have now lost 13 of their last 14

games against the Nuggets and this 25 point blowout is the largest margin of victory during that time frame. Yeah. But we got new Kendrick on Friday, so it don't matter. Surely LeBron was listening, AD was listening, preoccupied, making sure to go through all 12 tracks. You know, I did, I tried, Steve.

Hopefully the fans appreciate it. Looks like JJ might need that talk. So, oh, we're gonna get to that in a second, Mr. B. I tweeted that. Man, you know what? I was that in a second, Mr. B. I tweeted that. Man, you know what? I was out the other day, man. I was at Target. I knew I saw Nikola.

He was at Target, dog, in the baby section. Bro. He was in the baby section. What was he getting in the baby section? Burp rags. Burp bags. Burp bags. Formula and shit.

Burp bags. He pulled a thing. I thought he was like, I'm going to get a baby. Burp bag. Burp bag. Formula and shit. Burp bag. He pulled a thing. I thought he was... I swear he bought a crib, too. I... Joker was at Target in the baby section.

He was in the baby section, man, buying baby shit. He was getting ready to come out here and burp babies, man. Still, hey, it's okay. That sounds like... It's okay. Play the highlights one more time. Yo, I don't know why you want to torment yourself, but this is your show. That sounds like it. It's okay. Can you play the highlights one more time? Yeah, I don't know why you want to torment yourself, but this is your show. We will do it.

Get the whole thing. Because he want to throw the whole show. It's okay. Yaka Nicola's here. Can you play it one more time? Can you start it one more time? Yo, man. Yaka.

Yo, he MVP'd on it. One more time. Yo, if he don. Yaga. Yo, he MVP'd, dog. One more time. Yo, if he don't get... Yo. Stop, stop, stop right there. Oh. Okay. Okay.

Don't know how to play that. Yeah, what you looking for? Mm. Okay. And... Okay. That's a great pass. Yeah.

Mm. Uh, let's see this. Okay. You got Gabe Vinson. Guard him. Yes. Okay. I don a great pass. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Let's see this. Okay, you got Gabe Vincent. All right him. Yeah, okay So yeah, then it was see that it was a clip when did See him coming ad. Okay and LeBron. Okay, they didn't beat down the court. Okay swing swing Okay, you know, oh, you know, he likes to shoot through you don't stun and get back to the same guy Okay, you got me off the dribble. Okay Okay. You're trying to switch the play. All right. Okay, you go to that shooter

and Lee. Okay, so two. Got it. Don't let Christian shoot it. Just okay. All right. Russell Westbrook is right there in the corner. You don't dig down hard. Okay. Why didn't you know Russell guarding him in the first place? Exactly. Why was Gabe Vincent down there? Why is Gabe Vincent on him and you're not double teaming right away? Why? Why? Do you know what you're...

It's okay. Uncle Nicola's here. Uncle. Uncle. Burping and stealing. Get out. It's okay. Why do the Lakers struggle so much against this Nugget squad?

Because you see it? I see it. I'm just being honest. They lazy. They are lazy. They're not looking at a scouting report. There's a scouting report that says what everybody does. You can look at it and be like, okay,

Russell Westbrook doesn't shoot very well from the three. Okay. Yoki's just dribbling right there. My brain should tell me to dig. Let him pass it. It's okay. Dig. Go ahead, pack him. Ha ha. Right? Russell Westbrook has the ball, right? And then there's a shooter right there, right? They pass it to him. No, I don't go there so he can pass it to him. No, no, no. I'm going to fake it and go to him. You can shoot it, my guy. Not my guy.

There's no concept of stunning getting back to yours. Don't rotate all the way because, god damn it, swing, swing. You got Ray Allen in a three. You don't leave him open. No, you don't do that. Flip Murray catches the ball. You don't guard Flip Murray, so Flip Murray throws it to Ray Allen. You're stunning it back to Ray Allen.

This is the three-point threat. If Shaquille O'Neal's down there and I got Devin fucking George, I'm sorry, but he is irrelevant at this point. Shaq got the ball. No, no, big fella. No, big fella. You're going to pass it. You're going to pass it. You're going to pass it out?

No, you're going to shoot it. I'm saying right here. You're not going to pass it. I go out there. You duck the fuck back in. No, no, no. Chuck it. Chuck it, sir. So, like I mentioned, no

Aaron Gordon. Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back. Seemed like the stars aligned. Damn, no Aaron Gordon. Oh, there was. That new kid dropped off, so. Okay. Listen, listen. He's panicked. Lakers, I'm going to just be honest with you.

Half court, okay, because LeBron likes to play half court and AD likes to play half court because of the age. You cannot play half court basketball with Jokic. At this moment in time, Jokic in the half court is like Jordan in the finals, goddammit. You're not going to beat him. You're just not going to beat the...

Half court, he is God right here. He're not gonna beat him You're just not gonna beat the half court. He is God right here He's picking you up. He picks every you gotta speed the game up So his big ass got a run back and forth and hopefully he can get tired. I get tired I know he ain't he playing Denver regularly. So he's not getting tired But the half court slowing the ball up so you can he can know that's not how you play the game with him He played 38 minutes a night Yeah, he plays 38 a night Like I want to see the Denver play Boston yet. I think it cold

Hold on. So you say Anthony Davis had his worst game of the season That is now was our first time playing them, right? Yeah. Oh, okay. But he usually holds his own. He usually holds his own, but they are half-court marksmen, man. They know how to, they not, see, that's the problem. Everybody's so used to fucking sitting in the corner waiting for the threes. Not Denver. Denver is playing too early 2000 basketball. They're playing early 2000.

It's called moving. It's move, right? When Yogi gets the ball, everyone move. Cut, cut, slide, dunk it in, hit it, swing, swing. They're not just sitting there like, go to work. So Nuggets currently averaging 32 three-pointers a game, 29th in the league. Woo!

They're not, woo-hoo! Do you see me? Do you see me? You see me all the way over here? No, my man's right here because I ain't moved. Yo, can he crack as you think this rate and the way he's going, do you think he can be the best big man ever? Or he has no shot?

Like, at the rate he's going in. Like, as far as, yeah. Like, the rate he's going. Best big man ever. Yeah. I'm just asking, like, the rate. If he keep this up this year, he's going to get another one. Say he get, like.

Over Kareem? I don't know. Not over Kareem. Like. No, it would be hard. Top three? Yes. For sure.

I mean, top five? Top five. Top five for sure. He's top five now. He's top Yes. For sure. I mean, top five? Top five, for sure. He's top five now. He's top five now. He's top five now. There's just top three now? If he keep this up, what he's doing right now,

I was looking at his numbers this morning. Hey, man. This man is amazing, dog. Pretty good basketball player. Second in the league in assists. Second in the league in scoring. Second in the league in assists. Second in the league in scoring. Like, second in the league in rebounding. Leading the league in rebounding.

Good stats. Shooting 50 from the field. Damage 50 from 40-something. Listen, dog. 85 from the line. He averaging a steal, damn near a block. Okay. Now, I'm just saying, even though the big man positions change.

It is real life. That's why I'm like, yo, the way this rate he's going, it's like, bro. Even though the big man positions change. It is real life. That's why I'm like, yo, the way this rate he's going, it's like, bro. Even if you take away his assists and just leave points and rebounds, he's still a top seven, top eight center. Right? Because he still gets buckets at a high rate. It's not the Shaq, I'm going to break the rim on you type.

No, no, I know. I'm just saying for the big. He gets it done. But the fact that you add the assist. The fact that you add the assist. And he's finding open people to the point where you can't relax on defense at all during the game. Like if Shaq got the ball, cool, good luck. I'll dig a couple times. But I ain't got to.

When Yogi hits the ball, everybody now has to play defense. When Yogi hits the ball, all five men are in defense awareness. When Shaq got the ball, only the big man and the guard, whoever passed the ball, got a dig. The other three is relaxed and just give the offensive rebound. At this point, like, he gets the ball, and now I got to worry about my man backdooring and shit. Like, he's... He's...we just, like...

Like, if him and Steph ever play together, oh, my Lord. He's Jesus. I mean, he's dominant. Like, this is... This is dominant. It's incredible, dawg. Let's talk talk the other side ad was previously in the MVP race Like I said had his worst showing the season Let's take a look at a little bit of him going up against Joker on the offensive side

And some of the shots he took in the game. Okay, that's a good shot Just didn't go in six for 19 in the game That's the shot he makes. Mm. Did it feel like he was settling a little too much? Okay. No worry about it. See, that's your problem right there. That's your problem right there. That's your problem.

Oh, my God. A lot of shots he traditionally makes. Mm-hmm. Okay, that's fine. He make those. Yeah, he make those. Ain't got no legs. Just high. Because he got a... Fucking bowing his goddamn... You know what he does? What he's doing that goes against what he's supposed to do with Jokic.

He's trying to... he's coming, Jokic's there. He's trying to create the contact first on the wall. On a wall Knowing that he's gonna absorb all that contact that you're not doing anything He does that to you come in cuz you're more athletic comes in boom. Take it. So you take jump. Yeah, didn't go up You just jump. Yes You just jumped it his body is gonna knock you off balance. It's the Allen Iverson thing you just go in Jump any contact you're you gonna flip me flom. You got you got baby legs down there, man You know what I mean?

You're gonna fall those are easy fouls for you, but you sitting there trying to create contact that didn't go up. Nah That doesn't work in your favor Imagine going out. Oh Shaq right there, boom! Oh yeah. So I'm gonna let his momentum come. Ah! Ooh! It's two of you be feeling good out.

I came down. Yeah. You know what? Start asking questions, hey so how many days a week you lift? You mighty, mighty strong. So Gil Laker still misses some key rotation players, but have been nasty on defense. Vanderbilt?

The Vandalorian? Difference maker. I'm just kidding. But they've been nasty on defense this season. Currently ranked 27th in defensive rating, but their offense has the fourth highest rating in the league. But in your opinion, what's the biggest issue for the Lakers right now? Lazy.

They're lazy. They only get past the first attempt, right? Their guards are, like, there's just, like, things that you do. You're trying to switch every day, and you got your guard on the big man. Like, that shit

didn't work in Miami. When he was in Miami and Gabe Vincent switched on, what happened? Did y'all not watch film? Sure, more and more. Huh? Go under whatever.

Like, come on, where's regular basketball at? Y'all are trying to switch. That doesn't work on every team. There's a reason that the method don't work on them It don't work on them Like the only way you beat the only reason you beat Golden State for the most part because you beat into the free throw line Other than that if they had guys I can get to the free throw line

You will lose it in two because they're gonna pick you apart. You got to play second and third options against this team. This is not Boston. We're going to come down. We see the first open shot. We're going to sidestep three. That's not them. They're going to sit there and get the best shots. They put the ball in their best player's hand.

The ball is ran through Jokic or Murray. Christian Brown and Peyton Watson ain't they not sitting there shooting 15 threes a game they

they're smart on that side they not just letting they fourth and fifth option just chuck threes just to check the shit cause to say we got some shots up cause we practice all day

coach hey coach I got shots up if you'll get your ass on the sidelines all day, coach. Hey, coach! I got shots up. If you'll get your ass on this sideline, sit your funky ass down. You're not going to shoot nine threes in the game.

You better do that shit in practice. I better try. Hey, how's he been shooting in practice in these practice drills? Okay, you shoot about 56%? Okay, when the light's on,

that changes to about 34. Hey, son Two to three good ones wide open by yourself. Don't create your own shit I don't don't take the first available. Let it swing swing swing get you a shot open So most we introduce that go to that point on the nugget side nuggets are attempting the 29th most threes per game They're about 32 per game, but they're shooting close to 40%, which is second in the league. Ta-da! Who's shooting?

Who's won? Percentage? No. Who's last? Who's third? Oh, hold on one second. Who's 30th? No, yeah.

Who's won in percentage? Cavs. And where do they rank at? Cavs are 13th in three-point attempts per game. Who's shooting the least? The Raptors. No shooters. No shooters, yeah. Smart team.

So let's talk a little bit more about... Only did Grady probably shoot the threes. So just on the... Dick, Grady. On the note, we're talking about Nikola, right, and how they play. Grady Dick, my bad. So me and my partner was talking, me and MG was talking, right? And the way, when he comes back, if and when he comes back, Joel Embiid and them, Tyrese Max and Paul, they need to play.

They need to adopt how Denver plays. Because Tyrese Max is really good, but he is Jamal Murray. Murray, yep. Really good, but what is his decision making with the ball in his hand? You need him to do what he do, be able to come off of those. You transition Paul George to be, what's the boy, Michael Porter. Michael Porter. Right? Mm-hmm.

It works, but the way they play now is just... But is, can Embiid be a passer like Jokic? I think if you... He's averaged five, six. I think if you emphasized it... I don't know. I'm just saying. I think it would be better for them as a team to try it.

This ain't even a hot take. This is just reality. Yeah. And the reality is... I personally think that Philly is probably a year a year too late

from trading him. I think they probably should have got rid of him last. Right? I really don't and it's one of those things that it has to be an internal... Do you think in the next two, three years, he's going to get us a championship?

I think the process is what it was. It's process. Right? I just think he was one of those guys that is very dominant and it don't translate They need to be true to to win in itself. I think when they lost Jimmy Butler the the the identity of Check checks and balances. I think when they lost him they didn't see the value of him and we can see what he did with mediocre basketball players,

what he could have been here. And he could have held them as basically the Kobe to Shaq. Gotcha. Right? I dig it. I think at this moment in time, what are you holding on to? Right? If you get rid of him and then he turns into everything you've been waiting for for the last eight, nine years, then... Then you tip him.

Yeah, you got to tip it off. You got so mad at us that you decided to get better. Cool. Cool. But, you know what I mean? But I don't personally see it. This is something that's just internal. I'm rich. personally see this is something that's in this is just internal on which right he you can see what other motors look like you can see what yannis looked like right you can see even the westbrook what he looked like lebron you ad you can see what real dominant big man look like in work ethic and in the game right eating habits we seen've seen when Kevin Love wanted to lose weight. What'd he look like?

Right? Got a chef. He, like, it's, there's examples all the way around. And, you know, at this point in time is, when are you going to just move on? Like, the best value you have is right now, and that's moving. Yeah.

Like, you're going to get whatever you think you're going to get later, you're going to get it now. The more you hold on to them, you're not going to get nothing for them. Yeah. Trust me, it's one of those, it's one of those,

when you're in a relationship, and it's rocky And you you sitting there thinking about the old a good times, but those good times ain't now but they were right Sometimes just got to cut the umbilical cord get off the fucking milk already and just say hey, man We're gonna move forward. We're gonna keep the two young guys. We're gonna keep all our young guys See we can get for him. Maybe somebody else has a better environment for it's just not us And our environment is not meant for him. We we did everything we can possibly do We just got to move on and see if we can build something that has Value yeah, I'm which yes. Yeah, that's my partner said like he said it mg

My partner said it and beating and looks cuz It looks, because he watched every game, it looked like he checked out. Who? Embiid. It looked like he checked out. Oh, so when we go to Noble? Huh? You want to go to Noble now? Oh, yeah.

I was going to ask you. Get it over with? Oh, yeah, no. Okay, preemptive. Let's just get it out of the way. Let us not work. Let's coordinate our schedule. What do you mean, whoa?

Let's coordinate our schedule. What do you mean, whoa? It's still the same person. Man, what's... As long as that's on the sidelines... Here we go. Trust me. Here we go.

So, we talked about Jokic earlier, but got some news to announce. Nuggets are back at home tonight to take on the Knicks, and we're hosting a live watch party on playback for the game. If you want to join the fun, pull up to playback.tv

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9 p.m. Eastern for our live watch party. Yes, New York fans, you can come as well. You can come, talk shit, do whatever you want to do. We will be there tonight at 6pm. Let's keep it moving. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we are having holiday-themed segments all week on

Gil's Arena. We love to compete here on the couch, so we're seeing who makes the best mac and cheese among all of us. Tomorrow will be Gil, Rashad, Swaggy, P, and Lexi. I'm also making some as well, but I'm not gonna let y'all judge, because I'll win easily. It won't even be a competition.

But today, we have Kenyon and Mr. B, who both made some macaroni and cheese for the crew. Can you please bring the samples out? I'm just trying to... Whoo! Mr. B, I didn't know you were a chef. Is it craft or is it real? You made yours?

We're doing it tomorrow. We prepping it. He... Mr. B, I didn't know you were a chef. Is it craft or is it real? You made yours? We're doing it tomorrow. We're doing it tomorrow. We're prepping it. He, he... We know what it is, B. Y'all know what it is, baby. A1 Chef. Whose is this?

This is K. Oh. I should have seen by the golden brown on it. Oh, very, okay. Nice, consistent, very cheesy. She ain't got that. I should have seen by the golden brown on it. Oh, very, okay. Nice, consistent, very cheesy. I can just eat it all in one bite. Yes, Kenan, yes. You made this with Nibbles Catering,

made it, tell the truth. Same recipe. Smoky, I like it. Same recipe. It's a family recipe. It's a family's recipe. You told the truth. Mm.

Now, if I had to, she don't do the smoking. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. What is that, good or what you got, the smoke? No, okay. Can't reveal. You know I'm a mac and cheese connoisseur. Very tasty. One more bite.

You know the rules. All right, B. Now, I'll say whatur. Very tasty. One more bite. You know the rules. All right, B. Now I'll show you what Mr. B got. I'm not going to lie. Just from the look of it, man, your shit looks light-skinned. Look at that. You use cheddar cheese? You got the good.

OK, Mr. B. It was cheddar cheese? What kind of cheese is that? It's a family secret. It look a little beige. It's a family secret. A's a little beige. It's a family secret. A little Drake-ish. Okay.

It's a little... I like it, though. A little light-skinned. I'm gonna be honest. A little light-skinned. Very tasty, though. Y'all should've took a picture of it in the pan... ...before you cut it. You took a picture... I got lactose issues, but I will... I got lactose issues.

...to enjoy these macaroni and cheese. Mm. Yeah, you was hatin' to it. It's tasty. What? That's Roscoe's, bruh. No, it's not. Get the... Get the fuck out of here. Brandon, did you... Hold up.

Did you bring this stuff back? This is Kizzy's Un-Kizzy's Mac and Cheese, bruh. No, it's not. No, it's not. It got the garlic seasoning on it, bruh. You don't know nothing about no goddamn garlic, boy. What are you talking about? There's a restaurant right here. No, there's not.

That's right from the crib. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Good snack. Nobody in your house cook. There's only one person that know how to cook around you, and that's B. Russ. B. Russ doesn't know how to cook. Shout out Brian Russell. That's Brian, yeah. He cook it for you?

No, bro. He cook it. Oh! Mr. B., you made that? Yes. Papa Russ came down to cook you. I believe you. I don't know why, but I do. But Gil, this is your arena. Who wins the mac and cheese bake-off today between Mr. B and Kenyon?

Who? You said that too quick. You said that too quick. Oh, shit. Is it because you're afraid Kenyon will beat you up if you say Brandon? No. No, I know whose is this.

Are you? Uh-huh. You don't think he did it by himself? The problem is we might have the same taste. I might have to add some sugar in mine just to throw it off a little bit. No, we know you ain't. I'm cooking. You crazy.

And we will continue this macaroni and cheese bake-off tomorrow with the rest of the crew bringing their mac and cheese. I got kids, bro. Your mac and cheese have raisins in it, tell the truth. Duh. Damn. Who said raisins? I was about to pull the raisin mac and cheese just to spite y'all and make y'all eat it, but... Raisin mac and cheese? Raisins in a mac and cheese.

Whoever's... That's the point. I didn't want y'all to enjoy it. You said who put raisins? I didn't want y'all to enjoy it. You've seen and raisin. I didn't want y'all to enjoy it. You've seen that before? If you cook raisin mac and cheese... On the Internet. I've never seen it in real life. If you made raisin mac and cheese, we know who made it.

Unnecessary. Unnecessary, Kip. I was going there. We will continue... It's Miss Johnson. No way. Not Mr. Johnson. We will continue our mac and cheese bake-off tomorrow in the arena.

But there's been a lot of hooping going on since the last time we were on the couch, so we gotta show some love to a few guys that balled out with hibachi time. Let's... Wait. Fucking up. In the front. In the back. We back. Paolo, we appreciate you. Paolo, eat mac and cheese

right now. I'm gonna say, Brandon, your mac and cheese is very delicious, though. Despite what Gil said, I think it's authentic. I think you made it yourself. I believe you. Yeah. You got a video of you making it?

No. Oh. No evidence? It's a family secret. OK. At least you know who's making mac and cheese for Thanksgiving. So we talked about the noble agreement between you two. The Bucs finished higher than the Sixers.

Obviously, Ken, you got to take him. The Sixers finished higher than the Bucs. Yeah, I concede that now. You're tapping out? Don't, don't, don't. Don't do it yet. Yeah. I see, yeah, yeah, but it's cool.

After some early season struggles, the Bucs are finally headed in the right direction so let's take a look at some of the highlights while we get that there we go so free time was on fire and there went over the Hornets this weekend we honest dropping 32 points 11 rebounds and six assists up a good team with his big brother tenacity sitting courtside with the City Edition they got the City Edition joints? I like the court. Dame was doing his thing as well,

putting up 31, 4-4 in the win. So it's the fourth time Giannis and Dame have both scored 30 or more in the same game this season, but the Bucs are 2-2 in those games. I like that voice on the broadcast, too. Very immaculate. Shout-out Marcus Johnson. A referee for the family. Brandon, you feeling those uniforms? Uh, not really. I want them to go back to the old style.

You'll notice Giannis not shooting a lot of threes. What's your thoughts, Gil? I think you should keep your bet. Damn, Gil, we're not even. Wow. Let me finish the read at least before we get there, man. Bucks are 6-1 in their last seven games with wins over the Raptors, Pistons, Rockets, Bulls, Pacers. And Hornets.

Oh, no. Hornets. All top 30 teams in the NBA. Oh, my God. Slow down, y'all. Let's be easy. And their only loss in that time frame was by one point to the Hornets.

So they should be seven and up. Our very own Mr. B has played a part of that success. As you saw, Ellicream let us know on Twitter, Bucs are six and one since I talked to Doc. Brandon, technically the Bucs are 4-1 since you linked up with Doc Rivers, but we will give you credit for those other two wins because we were a big fan of the tough crowd and the impact you have all over the basketball community,

especially in the 4-1-4. Thank you. Thank you. And they're 5-1 since the talk agreement was made. But, Mr. B, how much credit do you deserve for the Bucks' recent success? You know who deserves a lot of credit? Adam Silver? Gilbert Arenas.

Okay. And I'm gonna tell y'all why. Cuz the question I asked Giannis was from Gil. So that set the whole momentum and everything up. Asked about his brother. His brother started coming to the games. Of course. Like, you really,

actually, you really like Milwaukee. You know, you're a fan of Giannis because every time I have a question for Giannis, you make sure it's a good one. So ask about his brother and the energy that you brought. I just want to thank you for that because that's why we're where we're at right now. We're six one gila pretend up. Yeah

I want to thank you girl because asking that asking that question from y'all is he turned up since then he has right this is I'm gonna take the credit, but I'm gonna give the real credit to Adam silver No, and then me and doc we sat down we had a talk Doc said hey we started off slow I like this group of guys I said doc don't worry wait. What does it tell you he tell you something that was very misleading What did he say it's gonna what turn around yeah, it's gonna turn around that's me. It's early It was gonna turn around you know Chris not it's gonna turn around and look what's happening six and one since I left

He closed the door. I said doc Just letting you know You know the chest ain't you're secretly a fan for sure We don't know it the acronym stands for you. So we want to think the four one four. We want to thank you Don't think no, no, no, I didn't I didn't set your schedule. No, that's not this bit. No. No, it's the schedule No, it's not the schedule. No, it's the schedule. Like, you got to think, Adam, like, really think, Kim. Because I'm pretty sure it didn't take a genius and a coaching staff to look at the schedule and say, hey, this shit about to turn around.

It's about to turn around. Now, how many teams that they play is above 500? Zero. Don't even worry about it. But look, the next 20 games, he should be able to go 17-3 because there's only three teams above 500 that they will be playing. It's the NBA. You play who you play.

You're working. You play who you play. In their next 20 games, they are really playing nobody. Don't do that. Don't do that. Every team in the NBA matters. You play who you play. Other than that, they are in their next 20 games, they are really playing nobody. Don't do that. Don't do that. Every team in the NBA matters. You play who you play. Don't do that.

That's why I said you got to think of the schedule. The schedule worked out amazing for them. Maybe you should go have that talk with JJ. That's one of the three. The three teams that they played that they could lose to that's above 500 is New York once, Boston, Orlando. Orlando. Those are the three hardest games

that they're going to be playing in the next 20 games. That's a lie. Just go talk to your Lakers. You should go talk to JJ. Brandon, we need you to talk to JJ. I can't do that. You said that's a lie?

That's a lie that those are the three hardest? Yeah. Out of 20 games games who else we play Mmm, hey, let me just go to the bottom of the teams want me to read them for you Y'all gonna play Chicago y'all gonna play Detroit y'all gonna play the Brooklyn Detroit y'all gonna play Washington probably a few times Y'all gonna play Portland. Of course y'all know Indiana's guessing now, huh? Where's the schedule? I'm looking at that. He's reading teams that are in that I'm just reading the bottom teams cuz that's who y'all gonna play You all going to play Indiana? You're just guessing. Now, where's the schedule? I'm looking at that.

He's reading teams that are in that. I'm just reading the bottom teams because that's who you all going to play. All within on that list. Who else? So I'll read it in order. You're at the Heat, then you got Wizards at home, then at the Pistons, then Hawks at home, then at the Celtics, at the Nets, at the Cavs. That was the other one. Cavs. It was Cavs.

Home versus the Wizards, at Bulls, Nets, at Bulls, at Pacers, Nets at home, Blazers at home, at Raptors, Spurs at home. Spurs is good. At Magic, at Knicks. Then a three-game homestand with the Kings, the Magic, and the Raptors. Yep. So, yeah. Yeah, so y'all supposed to. So, yeah mean I didn't y'all should go 17 and 3

Y'all won't But the I should go 17 and 3 here. Let me shit. Can you pull up the video? We have to go 7 3 because you said it in 5 it worse. Okay 15. Hey, let me show you why Y'all are not gonna be very successful and why y'all are struggling see it's weird that What is Doc's identity? What is this actual identity? What what does he do like we know Phil Jackson has the triangle we know What coaches have what does he actually stand on? What does JJ Redick stand no what does J.J. Redick stand on? No, he's a new coach, so that makes sense.

What does Doc stand on in his whole basketball career? In the defense? What team was defense? Boston. So KG was the defensive player. That was KG's identity. Was he a defensive player before he got there he wasn't a defensive coach before he got the ball to Boston all right mm-hmm

remember there's there's articles where he was questioning was KG personality real or fake because how cage he was in practice he had to cause a is this really how he is when he left there and he went to Clippers Was he a defensive coach then remember Lob City how do you have a pick and roll system with Chris Paul? Because you know, but you don't have one here because you have a point guard Chris Paul's actual actual point guard You didn't have one in Boston or Orlando. so was it just Chris Paul who loved picking roles I mean that's how he played right so Chris Paul so I'm a coach so what is your what is your we know who the players identity is so when you when you went to Philly Philly what was you what was Doc when you came to Philly what did

you bring in here what are you bringing in? That's a good question. What are you, what is saying, oh, this is Doc's signature? Run the tape. Slow it down. Right? Okay, we got to pick and roll. And Giannis won't roll.

Okay, cool. Here we go. Now, Giannis, right here, right? Look at stop right here. This is the offense. This is their offense. Three, three, three. You got the guy sitting there, and he's not engaging

nobody. He has Lonzo ball on him, and he's the power forward forward and he's not going to duck in. He's going to come on to nothing. All right, keep playing. Everybody's back is turned. Nobody's cutting. Not one person. Okay.

Giannis is Giannis, though. All right, everybody still stay at that three-point line. Okay, let's go. Look at the team. Look at the team. Look at them. Is that Prince down there by himself at the three-point line? Okay.

Keep going. So Giannis being Giannis. Okay, right here. Pick and roll. Okay, corner, corner, three. Okay, pop back at the three. Okay, good. That was it. Those are his shots. That's a float. That's just a float right here. Now you got your corner guy and then Dame decides to drive because, okay. It's Charlotte okay here okay Giannis okay Prince is he gonna cut oh shit we got one cutter all right so no

nobody else store down nobody nobody else and all the spread okay nobody else okay no cutting all right hand off. Okay, kick. You going to roll? Okay, kind of. All right. Okay, right there. Look at the defense, right? Lonzo Ball is sitting right there. Lomelo Ball is sitting right there. The other guy is sitting at the damn nail.

Okay, go. A little bit. A little bit. A little bit. Right there. Nobody moving nowhere. Okay. All right, come down. Okay, let a little bit a little bit a little bit read it right there Nobody moving nowhere, okay. I come down. Okay, let's go. Okay. Everybody said look at the defense. Okay Okay, he just makes a great a good a good play on a guy who's six foot one. He does it every night But does it every night? Go back. He does the same. He does the same shit every night to whoever to

right here go boom shit on him go back go back go forward forward forward forward forward forward and stop you don't think there's a problem with the, you remember what did I say the problem with them was? The team itself. The team is atmosphere. Giannis and Dane doing great. The reason they can't win is because five is going to sit there. Whoever's on the other side is going to sit there and the corner guy is going to sit there. Whoever's on the other side is going to sit there. And the corner guy is going to sit there. To the point where he's not even going to pass it to the guy that's opening the three-point line.

For Miller to go guard him for them to get the wide-open three in the corner. See, that's what Denver's doing. This right here, LaMelo ball, LaMelo is too committed. That pass goes right to the right. He has to help wide open three in the corner. That's how you get your threes.

But these guys don't move whatsoever on offense. They just sit there and watch the two stars try to carry. That's their problem. That was their problem the minute Doc got there. The reason that they were losing all the games at the beginning of the year. And there's nothing that's changed.

He ain't changing nothing. So once they get past these next 20 games, remember, if these are their next 20 games, that means there's going to be a point in time where they got to play all West Coast teams. See, all these was East Coast teams. Squabble up. When they had to play the Phoenix Suns two times, they're going to have to play Dallas. They're going to have to play Boston three times. They're going to have to play Boston three times. They're going to have to play a healthy Philly.

They're going to have to play Denver, Lakers, Golden State two times. There's going to be some ass-whooping going on, them playing this basketball right here. See, I can easily say, oh, yeah, shit's going to turn around because I know the schedule and I'm seeing who we playing. We playing the bottom feeding of the NBA. Of course we're supposed to win. Who is the best player they're going to go against? Well, the best player in the league is Young, so, I mean. No, who is the best?

What player is the best player? It's going to be even Donovan Mitchell.um and Brown or they gonna play them one time I'm played him one time Donovan Mitchell and Apollo Benchero They got the name Wimby. Mm-hmm. When be the Knicks Wimby cat and Jalen Brunson Yeah cat Jalen Brown We still got to go through Indiana. Even though they struggling right now, they still going to be a team.

Indiana. Okay. Boy, boy, boy. Watch when we have it. Good luck, man. Just hold. Just hold. Just hold on.

I mean, listen. We're going to be better than y'all. So that's, like, at the end of the day. Like, just make sure, you know. Who is y'all. So that's at the end of the day. Just make sure. Who is y'all, Brandon? Because you are a Los Angelino. We're going to be better than the Lakers. That's your West Coast team.

At the end of the day, we're going to be better than y'all. Y'all about to fire y'all coach. Y'all about to be having another coach after this year. Damn. Damn. Keep that same energy. In one year? Yeah.

Did we play them already two years? I don't think we played. Keep that same energy. In one year? Yeah. Did we play them already two years? I don't think we played them. No, not yet. But you know how that go. Jonathan Clay ready? No. Just make sure y'all finish higher than us.

No boo? I think they'll be all right. Hey man, listen. I mean, really, if you really want to just be honest. Better than y'all. Better than y'all. It's the easiest be on it again, it's the easiest defense I mean, it's the easiest offensive guard, right? You can load up on your honest It's just not working

But you could other than that Dane pick and roll just trap it at this point because it's not like you got to worry about Somebody back door or somebody fully rolling So we trap Quick trap get back to your three-point shooter in in Lopez Giannis is gonna pump fake put it on the ground and then you can just load all the way up I'll do that. I'll do the whole back. I don't scare me. Huh? Yeah, just soon as he's Hurry up and trap it make Jane do the jump jump and drop, and then get back to that.

No, I do believe we need to make a move. But too late now. So we asked the chat who was the most responsible for the Bucs' turnaround. We gave them four options. Giannis and Dame was in first place with 48%. Brandon, you came in second place with 25%. Gil, you were in third place with 21%. Doc Rivers came in second place with 25%. Gil, you were in third place with 21%. Doc Rivers came in last place with 6%.

You should have given Adam some recognition. Yeah, the schedule. The schedule is helping him turn us around. Let's talk a little bit about Giannis. You can't deny what he's doing. So far this season, Giannis is tied with the mellow ball for the most 30-point games in the league with 10. He's averaging 32 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists,

while shooting 61% from the field. Currently third in the NBA in mid-range field goal attempts, and he's shooting 48% from the mid-range, which is second behind DeMar DeRozan. And Giannis is on pace to break his record as the only player in the league who's shoot an average 30 or more points per game while shooting 60% from the field. He did it last season while averaging about 30 points per game.

He's shooting 60%? He's shooting close to 61. Dejanus deserves more credit for how he's playing this season despite the Bucs team struggle. So he's shooting 60%? 61. So which one is better mathematically? 60%?

Or 35? 60% 61 so which one is better mathematically 60% or What's it was 35 what what is how does that League average is like 37% from three, but Giannis 60% like I say shooting about 48% from the mid range which is a dying art Nowadays He's working on it. He's realized that everybody's going to back up, so I can just get right here and just shoot this. Just, oh, you're going to back up? And then you're going to overrun the three? I look like I'm about to shoot a three.

You're going to jump over me? Oh, shit, lay up. You see when Dame decided to look like he was about to shoot a three and then just drove, no one was there. Nobody. No contest, not a motherfucker. He didn't have to do one of these. He'd come along that bitch. Damn near just layup drill. it's written all over the court that y'all can shoot 60%

if you just stop shooting so many threes. Mr. B. DeJonas deserves more credit for how he's playing despite the Bucs. I mean, they started off kind of, they started off bad, so. No, Middleton, no. I mean, the squad is not. Stop saying that.

He ain't been in three fucking years. He's an important part of the process. He was big in the playoffs last season. I know they did not advance, but nonetheless. I mean, it's still too early. You got Dame and Giannis. They know it's too early. Yeah, I mean, it's still too early, though.

Fuck no. Fuck no. We'll see by All-Star break how it looks. I'm not worried. It's after All-Star break is how it looks. I'm not worried. It's after All-Star break is where y'all problems is. It's that schedule that comes in in February, March, April, getting ready for the playoffs. That's the schedule.

That's true. Because that's both West Coast trips. Yeah, that's them. And then the West Coast comes to y'all. That's true. That's a lot of... And now y'all getting with all of them. I'm like, how y'all get this schedule?

Well, better get them out the way now. Yeah. It's a lot of men across the league, though, Gilson. Yeah, it's a lot of men. They're going to be able to. They're going to do better than what he talking. How many wins y'all getting? I mean, Bucks are six in the East right now, and they're eight and nine.

Eight and nine? You're eight and nine right now in Adam Silver's East. We're going to finish top 5 in the East. I will hope. The Heat currently fit at 7-7. I will hope you're in top 5. I mean, Jesus Christ.

The floor is so high at this point. You got two top 15 guys in the league. Yeah, you should finish. Oh, yeah. You got two top 15 guys in the league. Yeah, you should finish. You should finish. That should happen. Oh, Lord Jesus.

This man's in the top five. Where are you guys finishing? The Lakers? You keep talking about my team. Y'all team ain't shit. Currently fourth. See, that's the problem. You keep talking about us. Your coach is terrible. See, that's the problem. You guys are'all not, like, you keep talking about us like, your coach is terrible. See, that's the problem. Your coach is terrible.

You guys are still depending on a 39-year-old person. Like, dude, like, stop. Like, talk about your Lakers. You're comparing your team with y'all's. Talk about your Lakers. Every year you come here, we going to be this. We got J.J. There's nobody.

There's nobody on the earth. Ain't nobody care about that shit, man. That's soap opera bullshit. See, that's soap opera bullshit. See, that's the problem. That's the problem. See, that's the problem with the comparison. When we did where our team's supposed to be this year, right? Mm-hmm.

Where was the bucks in everybody's mind? Top one, two, three, right? Worst case scenario three. Did we have Lakers? You didn't even have Lakers in the playoffs. They still might not make it. So the fact that you are comparing where you're supposed to be

that you're not to us is crazy. You guys not making the playoffs. Y'all not making the playoffs. Cool. We said that before the season started. No, you didn't. Yeah, we did. No, you didn't.

We had us at seven. No. Top seven. We had us at top seven. Your team was top three at worst. Healthy. Healthy. Healthy.

Worse. Healthy. With Chris Middleton, yes. You had him. With Chris Middleton, no. You had him, too. Without Chris Middleton, no. No.

Without Chris Middleton, no, we're not. Word. We don't have Van Der. Word. Word. With Chris Middleton, yeah. You had him, too. Without Chris Middleton, no. No, without Chris Middleton, no, we're not. Word? We don't have Van Der. Word. Word. With Chris Middleton, yeah, we're top three. Top three. You got two of the top 15 guys on your team, and y'all.

We got two of the top 15 guys? So, Dane, y'all. Our star is 39, about to be 40. We know what reality is. That's fine. Okay. Right? Y'all are seeing reality right now.

That's the problem. No Chris Middleton. Our star is 39 about to be 40, and you're talking about a fucking third option. Gil, you did have the Lakers-Celtics as your finals pick. Of course. You're just being optimistic. You're just being optimistic.

So how are we feeling? They're supposed to get to the finals. He had them getting to the damn finals. But you didn't specify if that was NBA finals or NBA Cup finals. I'll just point that out. Where we are still primed to repeat as champions. That's like us saying, I mean, I can't wait to see D'Angelo Russell get back. I mean, yeah.

We lose it because D'Angelo Russell ain't getting back. Austin Reeves, oh my God, he's been missing so many games. When he come back, he's our savior. That's what we're sounding like now. You comparing Austin Reeves and D'Angelo Russell to Chris Middleton? Get the fuck out of here. That's not even in the same... They're not even the same. Don't do that. Don Russell to Chris Middleton? Get the fuck out of here. Don't even, that's not even in the same, they're not even the same.

Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't disrespect Chris Middleton trying to say, well, we're waiting. Chris Middleton is a way better basketball player than them two bums. Get the fuck out of here. And right now. Get the fuck out of here. And right now.

Chris Middleton actually got it fucking done. And your two stars is better than our two stars right now. I don't have Dame as a top five point guard right now. Oh. In the league. So who say he's a top five point guard in the league? I mean, you say he's top 15. Player.

He's a top. In the league. He can be 15, but he's top 15. I mean, you have to be top five point guard to be top 15. So is he a point guard? He's a combo. Let's keep it moving. He's averaging 25, 4, and 7.

5 and 7. Another dude averaging what? 32. And y'all 8 and 9? Mm. 6 and 8, though. And who else is averaging after that? Who's the highest after that?

Who? After those two. What you mean? Duo? Your team? No, no, no. Duo? No, the players.

Who's that? Your team? Yeah. Yeah, who's the next? Who's third? Who's third scorer? I don't... Because Chris Middleton, that's 21 a night, so...

That's not 21 a night with them on the team. Yes, it is. Mm. He was 21 a night when he was the second option. Yeah. When he was the second option. Chris Middleton is 20 a night. Right, so you're... Chris Middleton is 20 a night.

You're not. Chris Middleton is 20 a night on this team. No, you're not. When he was the second option. Chris Middleton is a... He's the third option now. And he's 20 a night on this team. No.

As a second option. As the third option, too, on this team. He is. If he's healthy, he's the third option. No, he is the third option two on this team he is if he's healthy he's the third option he's no he isn't so let me ask you a question i have a question this is who passing it to him what you mean he gonna get himself how what do you mean how just the other two like india just like one motherfucking average just like 32 the other one has like 25 just like any other time them two ain't passing it just like any other time. One motherfucker averages 32. The other one averages 25. Just like any other time. Them two ain't passing it.

Just like any other time. So get it out the mud. So you ain't been on a team with two people averaging 20-something like that. Not you. Two other guys. Chris Middleton is a 20. He haven't averaged 20 since 21, 22 season. He averaged 15 the following year, and then he averaged 15.

Injury. We're talking about his injury. Everything is injury, bro. Like, injury. Give me a healthy Chris Middleton. He's not around 16, 17. He's not going to have it. What they're averaging right now, he'll be at 17.

So he averaged 15.1 last season playing 55 games. He'll be around. He'll be 15 to 17 with them dudes. He averaged 20 points a game when Drew Holiday was the third option and Bobby Portis was the third option. That's tough. He's not averaging 20 points as the third option on this one. So we can give him, what, Bobby Portis' numbers?

The game shooting. I'm saying, y'all ain't shooting the ball 21 times. We can give him 15, 16. If that's what you're waiting for. If he was healthy. If he was healthy, I'm saying 20. Let the ball 21 times. We can give him 15, 16. If that's what you're waiting for. If he was healthy. If he was healthy, I'm saying 20. Let me put my readers on. Let me go back to...

So, Giannis shooting it 21 and a half times a night. Have you seen the offense? Who? The offense. Which player is he going to be? Chris Milton? Chris Milton. Where is he going to be at?

Which corner? He's the third option. Which corner is he going to be at? We're going to run the play that I've said. We're going to run the... So, Yon is shooting it 21 times, and Dame's shooting it like 19 times a night. Mm.

What I'm saying is... It's all about the out is when Dane has the ball and he's doing his pick and roll, where's Chris? 18, my bad. 18. Which corner? Left or right?

Same side. Then when Giannis has the ball, which corner is he going to be in? We're going to play on the same side. See, that one-on-one he used to get, that's Dane's now. We're just going to mix it up. Mix it up.

All right, well, let's keep it moving. So, hibachi time is normally reserved for winners, but any time you drop 50 in an NBA game, you won, even if your team lost. Facts. So, we got to give some love to LaMelo Ball, LaVar's baby boy. So, LaMelo Ball dropped a career high.

He's the best player right now in the NBA. What? Let's get there. Let's go. Hold on. LaMelo Ball dropped a career-high 50 points in the loss. He had 50 in 10 assists, including 40 in the second half. He was 17 for 38 from the field, 6 for 17 from deep. LaMelo is the third youngest player in league history with a 50-point 10-assist game.

Got to show some love to Brandon Miller as well. He dropped 32, combining with LaMelo for the most points by a Hornets duo in a game and for team history The fifth 50-point game in the league this season The mellow joins Kemba Walker's the only players in Hornets history With a 50-point game so you said Dave's not in your top five point guard Brandon right now right now But let's shift it over to the mellow balls every thirty7 assists, five rebounds this season playing with the Hornets. Bro, he's making a case. To me, he's the best point guard right now in the NBA.

You said LaMelo Ball is making a case to be the best point guard in the NBA right now. I'm going to eat some more of your mac and cheese for that one. That young boy is hooping. I mean, he's making the case. What are you averaging? 30 points. Seven assists, five boards. And five boards. And he missed all last year? A good portion of it.

Most of it. I just like when he plays like this. 10, 30-point game this year. This is what I want to see from him. When he's healthy, when he can play. 60 games. I don't know. But right now, he's just excited, and he's making a case.

I don't know. I could be wrong. Currently leading the league in fourth quarter scoring, averaging 10.4 points per game in the fourth quarter, even after getting benched by Charles Lee last week. And that lost to the Nets. I mean, I don't know. I mean.

Do you agree with Brandon saying LaMelo Ball is the best point guard in Adam Silver's National Basketball Association right now? He's making, I mean, you know, just like everybody, they all making a case, right? Today's guard is, they're different. They build different. They think different, right? And his ability is what you look for in a point guard.

The fact that he can put up really big numbers, but he's really a pass-first guard. So if you put better players around him, he's going to make plays for them. If his team is weak, he'll score. So he's one of those hybrids that can go back and forth. He's not just strictly a scorer. He has a passing mind.

I mean, you got Shea over there still doing him. You got Brunson. Luka obviously out with the injury, but still Luka. You got Steph. De'Aaron, 10-Fox. De'Aaron. I mean, you know. I mean, I just like where I stand right now. Guard play is great right now.

I mean, they're going to, it all depends on what type of guard you like. That's, you know, that's all it is, is opinion at this point. Because, you know, everybody's numbers is great, right? Steph's numbers is great because his team is winning. Like, his team is winning, so it's like, you know, I don't need to shoot as much So, I mean I'm yo said the Lakers are Clippers make a move for him well relax No, no, no, no. No, I'm Okay, all right la mellow where there's mellow and then what do LA Mellow. Like, seriously. Because he's not going to...

All right, let's be honest. He's going to do this, right? I'm workshopping it. But they're never going to work. Workshopping it. So, like, where do you see him actually fitting in where a team that can actually help him get over that hump? Like you said, if he had better players,

you know what I'm saying? Like, it would be different. You put him up with somebody. You team him up with somebody. But, like, who? Like, what's... Depends on the team. Oh, I got one for you, but they're going to have to meet up with somebody. But like who? Like what's... Depends on the team. Oh, I got one for you,

but they're going to have to meet up somewhere else. Oh. It won't be worth... In neither one of their current cities. Neither one of their current cities. Perhaps a... You don't think the Lakers are close? Big 7'5 guy and...

Whoa. Ooh. Oh, send it. The big 7'5 guy and him somewhere okay but I get what you're saying have to meet somewhere else

but for his I mean are we trying to get it done or not he just needs a big man yes he needs a big man so any big man that he can go with Embiid I mean he can go with So, yes. Yeah, he needs a big man. So, basically, any big man that... Like, he can go with Embiid.

I mean, he can go with Wimby. But his style of play, if you got somebody that's, like, picking and actually rolling hard, it makes him more dangerous. Would you trade him for Dame? No. Yep.

Because, see, Dame's last three minutes is what makes Dame, Dame. The last three minutes of the game, he can hyper-focus. I don't know if LaMelo's there yet. He hasn't played in the league long enough for me to make that trade. He ain't been in them situations yet. He hasn't played in the league long enough for me to make that trade. He ain't been in them situations yet. Mel only 23 years old. He ain't been in them kind of situations yet for me to put that on him.

Yeah. Right? And I'm trying to win a championship? Nah, I'm going to stick with it. I mean, he would have to come with something, though. He's really good. Just right now, just him removing Dame, like Dame's average of what, 25? That eight in the last three minutes is way more important.

That eight in the last looked better than that 30. Yeah. Than that 30. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. The game, he's going to get to the line. He's going to... I mean, the Hornets have a bright future, though.

I will say that. I mean, San Antonio's the only one, really. I don't know if he can play with them over there. Like him and the San Goon. Mm. Mm. Like him and the San Goon. Or just a bunch of jumping motherfuckers. San Goon. Like, if he was with Lob City, Like him and the Sangoon, or just a bunch of jumping motherfuckers.

Sangoon. Like if he was with Lob City, that would have been crazy. Like if he was in the league with Lob City and he had Blake Griffin and DeAndre, now that would have been... So him instead of Chris Paul, huh? They would have been a lot fatter. I mean, shit, they would have fucked around the average of a damn near 130. Interesting.

Cuz he kicking the ball up. Yeah, he gonna throw that bitch up. He ain't gonna sit here and just manipulate the defense. He out there throwing three quarter court logs and all kind of shit. What do y'all think about this Hornet squad? three-quarter court lob and all kind of shit. And what do y'all think about this Hornet squad? Obviously, you got LaMelo, Brandon Miller is at backcourt, Grant Williams, Alfred, rest of the season with an ACL injury, but you still got Mark Williams, Nick Richards.

ACL? Yeah. Grant Williams, done for the season. Done. Done. I think it happened that game, the Milwaukee game, if I'm not mistaken. But haven't made the playoffs, I believe, since 2016. Won't be hard to do in the East.

That is the thinking. Right now. You said 2016? 2016. Yeah, won't be hard to do in the East. We're going to be saying that next year, too. I'm going to be real. I think once this team gets healthy.

They got a good six man off the bench in Trey Mann. Hey, Trey is a? Trey balling right now. Shout out to Trey. I feel like that's one of those, if they can be healthy, that's one of those teams that... Yeah, it ain't hard to get you a play-in game and possibly sneak in.

Yeah, but I'll get you a play-in game. Be a 6C with a losing record. 35 and 47. 35 and 47 to get in. You know what I'm saying? Ooh, it is nasty work in the Eastern Conference right now. All right, but let's keep this moving. The other day we won 50 games and all with the Nuggets.

We were like eighth seed. I know, yeah. 50 games? Yeah. Who was eighth seed? 50 games is something like... Nick won 50 last year and we're the second seed. Wait, who was the...

What was the first seed? Yo, yeah. Let's see. Like 60 games or something. That's right. 50 games, bro? Eight? Damn.

Like 50 games used to be like, yo, we in there. Like, woo, we in there. Everybody would be like, yeah, you know, this player, you know, he beat the most 50-point teams. Like, yeah, but that's not the way it looks, dog. The East was just so bad that when the West went, they just smacked on that. Oh, yeah, we used to beat the shit out of the East. You're just smacking on the East where everybody on the West Coast. You had to have 50.

You had to have 50 just to get to the playoffs. In the West. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember when I came in. And we 41 and 41. We sitting there. The West was so good. Still the same.

We'll see once we expand a little bit if that changes up at all. Who found the turkey? Uh-uh. It needs to be... Apollo did. That's Apollo right there. That's flying.

It wasn't Apollo. Apollo, a man of the people, did not take credit for it. He could have just been like, yeah, it was me. Yeah, he flying shit. Let's talk about a situation that went down involving Rockets guard, Fray Van Fleet. He's going to be a little lighter in the pockets after crashing out on the officiating crew

during a loss against the Blazers this weekend. We have the video, so let's take a look. So, FEV's frustration with the officials was likely from the possession before his ejection occurred when he felt he was fouled on a three-point attempt with the Rockets trailing by three. So, after getting a frustration foul with four seconds remaining in the game, he decided to crash out, telling the refs they all suck, and then walking up to a ref

putting a finger in his face and calling him a bitch as he left the court. Man, Square, you a little lay-hunter. Although the crew chief admitted a foul should have been called on FEV's three-point attempt, it would not have resulted in free throws as it occurred before the shot. It did not touch him. One angle it looked like, ooh, put the finger in the face with the contact. That would have been an automatic game suspension, but just this morning NBA announced that FV has been fine

$50,000 for his actions with the refs Was the 50k fine worth it? For February they said they were wrong They said that they should have called a foul on that previous play that set him off Then he ended up getting the offensive foul crashing out getting ejected from the game telling all the refs They sucked calling them a multitude of bitches So they were wrong, yeah, they were they were they were they missed the call So you penalizing them twice you said three times. Mm-hmm. So you penalizing them three times you you didn't call a foul

Right. That's a penalty to him and his team, right? Then you're fined. Then he gets kicked out the game, right? So that's a fine. And then after he gets a fine. So he gets two fines for the same one. Mr. B has left the arena in disgust, in support of Fred VanVleet.

Understandable. No, they may, listen, I don't know if you ever been there. You ever been at, you ever, like, crashed out like that? I do, I do the headband at the Red Forks. Sweaty? Yeah. Mm. He didn't call a foul, got scratched in the eye, and he's like, no foul, and I'm bleeding. I do the headband at the reference. Sweaty? Yeah. He didn't call a foul.

I got scratched in the eye, and he's like, no foul, and I'm bleeding. Bah! Did it hit him? Hell yeah. He beat me the fuck out. And his was 50 right now in 2024? So Kelly Oubre, you may recall last season,

had a similar situation. You a bitch. You a bitch, you a bitch. Also fined $50,000 for that. So basically that's the minimum. But are you of the present? I got kicked out back in, mine was 35 back then. Back then. So.

Damn. Yes, that's what I mean, so we don't. Shit. Yeah. 35, ooh. Back then. In those days? That's not accurate, Skate. The problem, that's what I mean. So who's on it? Yeah 35 back those days The problem right guys what I'm is see the problem reputation The problem is this though what I don't like is the double jeopardy. You're finding me twice for the same thing, right? Like if I'm cussing out the ref and you kick me out

That's my penalty. I got kicked out of this game right and you kick me out. That's my penalty. I got kicked out of this game. Yeah. Right? It don't matter what you hear me say now on TV. He heard it. That's why he kicked me out. Yeah. So I'm getting kicked out for this language already.

Oh, yeah. You can't now, now you jump in and kick me out. You might as well just let me play the game then. Oh, yeah. And then say, we're going to fine you for this. You can't. Well, they do it. That's. I got kicked out of game for clapping Right, okay listen sarcastic clap miss free throw on attack

and Danny you give me first. I say goddamn give him a minute. You give me a tech for that one, right? Mm-hmm Then you give me a tech for clapping cuz, right? Mm-hmm. Then you give me a tech for clapping cuz Stack missed the free throw. Mm-hmm J.R. Land on the ground with a fucking hematoma on his shit cuz Gerald Wallace and ran him over. Yeah Crashed and ran him over. Mm-hmm He on the ground in pain. I'm like you trying to make him get up so you shoot his free throws

Kenny Maurer Like get up hurry up. I'm like, God damn, Kenny, give him a minute. Gerald get up, big-ass knock. I'm like, look at him. Stack go to the line, missed the tech. I don't say nothing. I'm walking to my spot.

I'm clapping. Sarcastic clap, but I don't say shit. I lose it. So verbal abuse of a game official, I'm gonna cast it, clap, but I don't say shit. I lose it. So, verbal abuse of a game official, failure to leave the floor in a timely fashion. Yeah, when they wanna get you, they gonna, yeah, but I, yeah. So you know they go back and listen to the tapes back then. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying, you already, but like...

But do you think the fines should be waived because the officials admitted that they made a mistake? Had they not made that mistake and he would have got that foul call. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You're penalizing the reaction. Yeah. That's the problem with societies itself. You're penalizing a reaction.

Absolutely. There wouldn't be no reaction if you start penalizing the action first. Right? start penalizing the action first right if you start finding the referees first for the fuck up you wouldn't have this yeah y'all haven't figured that out first if i know you fucked up they're gonna get your ass after the game i don't need to fucking crash out i don't have to i know the league is gonna get you for the shit you done fucked up with but if i know there's no penalty on you then of course i'm gonna keep reacting the way I react So can that that that's always been the problem. You're not penalizing the people

For the action you're going after the reactor if you just if You cheap shot me and I backhand you and you kick me out and he gets like yo hold on No, that's not how that work get him for this boom You out of the game Gil $2,000 fine cool. So girl produce or King our producers always working hard obviously always locked in you got a $35,000 fine in January 2010 that is equal to $51,000 adjusted for inflation today.

So they just wanted you to know. They be watching. They be paying attention. So we asked the chat, should Fred Van Fleet have been fined? 49% said yes. 51% said no. Fine, 50 racks for that. You already got kicked out.

You already got him. I got him. So what is the kick out. You already got him. I got him. So what does the kick out fine mean? I got 25. I got... So what happens when you get kicked out? What is that fine? I got a fine.

What? Two ejections. Teks are like... Two ejections as well. Two grand right now, so it might be like... I thought it was like 10. Huh? No, for the what?

If you get kicked out of the game. I think a fine not exceeding $50,000 and or expansion may be imposed on such players. No, so if you get two techs, I think a tech is what, $1,000 now? Okay. Two grand now? Two grand.

Yeah, what if you get kicked out of the game? Like I kicked the ball and got kicked out. But it escalates based on your cumulative total. So I think if you get one to five techs, it's $2,000 fine. Once you get past six, it's $3,000 up to $10,000. Then 11 to 15 is $4,000. I kicked the ball 15 the ball stands like what do I get? What was that fine ain't no tell the pro like 215 two bands that no they don't find him for you fine, okay? As we mentioned uh Brandon left the stage and discussed but not really in the spirit of Thanksgiving

We have holiday themed segments all week on gills arena. You might remember that back on his birthday in September Mr. B threw the cake that we bought for him. And after the show was over, he continued wiling out, smearing it in the face of anyone in his vicinity, similar to Ike Turner. To make up for that, he has agreed to dress up like a turkey and give Gil and Kenya the opportunity to shoot some bow and arrows at him.

These guys get three shots each. If they hit Brandon, he gets pied in the face. In the face. If Gil or Brandon miss Brandon three times, they have to take a shot. Let's bring Mr. B. Take a shot of what? Liquor.

Let's bring Mr. B into the arena. You got your bow and arrows, gentlemen. Gobble, gobble. Go through the front. I'll go through the front? Yes. Go over the little, Oh, go through the front? Yeah. Go over the little, yeah, go over the thing.

Mr. B. Flip it, flip it. Look at this food. I think it's upside down. Now Mr. T, Mr. Turkey, here in the arena. Where do I go? Right there. Put it on the thing, pull it back, yeah.

You got three shots. Gil, you can go first. You got three shots. Oh, Canyon already got him. One for one, you can go first. You got three shots. Oh, Canyon already got him. One for one. Gil, go ahead. Gil, 0 for 1.

Canyon, oh, impeccable aim. Oh, you moved it. Did not count as a shot. No, it didn't go nowhere. It don't count. Did not count. Look at this. Got him. Gil, 1 for 2.

Yeah. Canyon, 1 for one for two. Yeah! And you're one for two as well. Yeah. So he got to get fucked up anyway, right? Oh, missed. One for three. I'm trying to fuck him up. Gil also one for three, looking like A.D. and Bron from the free throw line against the Magic.

But, Brendan, you did get shot with the arrow, so you know what your punishment is. Oh, they bring... It better not be sweet potato. It's pumpkin. Okay, it's pumpkin. If it's pumpkin, you can waste it. So we get to throw it from up close? Or... Hey, man, y'all know ants like sweets, right?

And y'all don't clean the way y'all supposed to. I'm-I'm-I'ma hold off. Oh, so this is this man's house, so. Just wipe it and put it on him. Just wipe. No, you do it. Just wipe it and put it on him. Just put it on his nose. Put it under his nose so it look like coke.

Oh! Damn. Yo, damn. Damn, damn. What you did to her? Damn. He the part, Eddie, man. Yeah, that was it. Damn, she hit him like she had to. I'm not going to fall in there.

She hit him. She hit him. Okay, please, come get me. Wait. All right. Dog, she hit him. She hit him like the cake was in her hand. Those were pumpkin pies, not sweet potato pies.

We would never waste a sweet potato pie. God damn. Mashing in somebody's face here. He's like, did she forget? My underdog, whoop, whoop. Oh, no, it's on. Okay. Apologize.

I can't wait. I'm home for your sins. Fat cake. Damn, that was some. They was mad about that cake. I said, damn. I ain't going to even hold you, what? Yeah, yeah.

I wouldn't have been responsible. Hey, hey, BJ, we bad, man. I wouldn't have been responsible. Hey, hey, BJ, we bad, man. I wouldn't have been responsible for my reaction. Goddamn, dawg. It's all good. Yeah. Mr. B currently in Gil's bar area. Hey, she did that chart.

She did the, hey. Hey, whatever her baby daddy did, he, hey. Hey, B, she took her baby daddy. It's telling you. Uh. Rick James Hey, B, she took her baby daddy. Uh. Rick James. Rick James, bitch. Uh-oh, they made up. They have made up all these new records.

Hey, hey, hey. She hit him like, hey, Dad. Dad. Yeah. Hey, do this. You do this. Damn. Thankfully, it was a pumpkin pie, not a sweet potato pie.

But let's move on to Mostly Fans. Presented by Underdog. Download the app, use promo code GILL. You get $1,000 of bonus cash plus a special pick-em. And as a reminder, we will be live on Playback tonight. Playback.tv slash Gilbert Arenas for the Knicks-Nuggets game, 6 p.m. Pacific, 9 p.m. Eastern.

Turn it up, Gil. We got to get our little pre-show nap after this show. The itis is kicking in off that macaroni and cheese. While we wait for Brandon to come, I will ask the question. It's from underdog user C1FlySolo. What do y'all believe are the three most important factors in building a championship team?

Mr. B is back, cleaned up, rejuvenated, refreshed. Thank you, Mr. B, for being a good sport. And they was really mad about that cake, dawg. I'm just gonna be honest. Put your glasses on, bro. You got black eye. It was a good cake. Mr. B suing. My eye!

We want a $150 million. We'll set an auto court right now. What do y'all believe are the three most important factors in building a championship team? Yeah, they hit me as a person. Team three championship counts as well. You know, it's... I believe coaching does play a factor.

So a versatile coach. Okay. With that said, if somebody's not just stuck in their ways, man, able to adapt and adjust and game plan according to games and people and situations. Not being stuck in their ways. You need a bucket getter.

Like when you need a bucket, you need somebody who can put the ball in the basket. And just an unselfish group. Versatile, adaptive coach, bucket hitter, unselfish group. Basically, coach, you don't want to trip when you see him. Yeah. Fair. Pretty much. Yeah, I think, yeah, just like having an unselfish bunch,

it translates in all facets of the game, right? Right. So not, I can go into more detail, but it just translates throughout the bunch, man. And you're buying whatever we are. The Golden State Warriors. Okay. But yeah, that's just my three.

Brandon, how about yourself? What do you believe are the three most important factors in building a championship team? A coach that understands his players, that's fair. Like Keenan said, unselfishness and the consistency every day. I like being consistent. Yeah, that's what I learned. Gil, how about yourself?

What do you believe are the three most important factors in building a championship? What do you wish your teams had to be championship champions? How the fuck did I win a championship? You never won a championship. You never won a championship. You're a big three champion, Gil. No, but you never won a championship in anything. You are a big three champion, Gil.

No, but in anything though. Like, it could be high school, it could be college. Like, you never won nothing? A, nothing? If Gil Marinas was in charge, what would you do? Oh, if I was in charge. Yeah, what would you know? Thank you You put it together your gym will give you three three things give Another player Jim order to win. Here you go three things. Um, I'm hiring you as a job as my GM

Tell me what you need. I Need my I need my best player to be my hardest worker. Okay. Right? So he will set the tone for what the locker room atmosphere is like. I need someone who sacrifices his talent for the rest of the group. Okay. And a group of players that got the same goal in mind.

Those are the three things. I mean, if we got my best player as the hardest worker, like a Steph or Jordan or a Kobe, I don't have to have a great coach. I Can I can win with a good coach? if you know I have a player on my team that Understands winning and he can be the number one option number two option and sometimes one night He might have to be the number three, I need someone that will sacrifice his talent for the betterment of the team. And if everybody's focused on winning that championship,

then everybody will do what it takes to get to that goal. Real talk, Gil. Okay. I appreciate that. So you got to know how to talk to this fool. You are the Gil Whisperer? No, you gotta... I saw his face, I didn't want to question that. Yeah, see, I'll let him out again, because you gotta... I know what he's thinking, but...

Fuck, I didn't win shit neither. But I... If I had the opportunity to put that shit together... I mean, but your team... Like, if I would've gotten rid of George Carl, like, for sure. Like, I mean, even in college, if he was healthy, y'all would win championships. Yeah. But if we had a-

There's no doubt in my mind, bro. Which one? That Denver team with Chauncey. Oh, no, y'all- We win a championship, dog. There's no- Once Chauncey got there, right? Once Chauncey got there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, once Chauncey got there. I believe that. Huh? Yeah, once Chauncey got there. Because we would've had Chauncey for longer than Duke, Mello, when the whole situation wouldn't have been a thing, right? Yeah.

Like, you know what's so funny? Like, Chauncey was one of those guys where if we had him on the Lakers, we'd win in the championship. Right? Like, that's how important he is to a team that's missing something. Like, he understands game management. He understands big shots. Like, he's that guy. Right?

You got a team that just needs something. You don't know what it is. It needs something to win. He is the guy you bring in. It was something simple as making Melo get ahead of the ball. Yep. Not let Melo bring the ball up. Something simple at times like that,

right? I'm going to get it to you, but... Go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The defense is following you, goddammit, so get up there. Get up there. Make them run back, goddammit. It's that simple, man.

Good place for us to stop today. We appreciate you to Huel for sponsoring this show today. Mr. B, we appreciate you for being a good sport. Obviously, the crew is very salty that you wasted that delicious cake back in September. You have atoned for your sins, took a pumpkin pie to the dump. No, she punched me.

You will get your get back. You got a slap. This shit ain't over. That was just a whipped cream slap. This shit ain't over, Deebo. I got mind control. Appreciate everybody on this couch for another great show.

I said her name, Deebo. Appreciate everybody in the chat as well for pulling up with us. Thanksgiving week, you know, a lot to be thankful for, a lot to look forward to on your favorite basketball show.

But this has been another episode of Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. We will see y'all tomorrow. Mustard! Mustard! Hey, play the Kendrick Alba. Play the Kendrick Alba.