Gil's Arena - James Harden's SURPRISE Trade Request STUNS Gil's Arena

Episode Date: February 3, 2026

James Harden's SURPRISE Trade Request STUNS Gil's Arena as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to James Harden dropping a stunning trade request as the Los Angeles Clippers superstar finds himself looking for a new team once again and break down the rumors that the team is already working out a deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland. Next, they react to more stunning news in the NBA as Paul George was suspended by the NBA for violating the league's drug policy and discuss what this means for the Philadelphia 76ers as PG, Embiid and Tyrese Maxey were finally starting to gel while sharing the same court for the longest period of their big 3. They then react to the announcement of the NBA All Star Teams as the league has picked the East & West All Stars for the midseason classic and debate who was the biggest snub out of guys like Kawhi Leonard and Alpren Sengun. Finally, they flip it back to Thursday Night where Cooper Flagg delivered the biggest performance of this career as the young hooper dropped 49 points in a duel with Kon Knueppel to prove he's the best rookie in the NBA and react to Jason Kidd standing by his decision to let Flagg play PG early in his career. Please give us a Like and Subscribe!! Today's Gil's Arena Crew : Gilbert Arenas, Josiah Johnson, Brandon Jennings, Rashad McCants, & Nick Young Gil's Arena premieres every Wednesday & Thursday at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Sign up for Underdog HERE with promo code GIL and play $5 to get $75 in bonus funds or bonus entries https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gi... New customers get 50% off with code 'ARENA' at https://GLD.com SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvj... Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos! https://discord.gg/underdog Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org; NY: Call the 24/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And naturally, there was some controversy in at least one egregious snub. Let's take a look at the list. East First. You got Scotty Barnes, Jalen Duren, Jalen Johnson, Donovan Mitchell, Norman Powell, Pascal Seacom, Carl Anthony Towns, all getting the nod as the Eastern Conference Reserves. They joined the East Starters, which include Yannis K. Cunningham, Tyrese Maxi, Jalen Brunson, and Jalen Brown. Obviously Yonis hurt right now so likely we're not playing that game but still got the

All-Star starter distinction. Now let's take a look at the West All-Star Reserves if we can please. So we got Denny Avdia, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards, Chet Holmgren, LeBron, Ramon James, Sr., and Jamal Murray, all making the list, joining West starters, Nicole Eochich, Luca, SGA, Steph Curry, and Wimby. Game features six first-time all-stars with Danny Obdia, Jalen, Duren, Chad Homer, Jalen, Jailen Johnson, Jamal Murray, and Norman Powell, each making their first appearance. As a reminder, the reserves are voted on by all the coaches in the league, with no coach being allowed to vote for any of their own players. So, Gil, when you take a look at this list, are you rolling with the next? the NBA All-Star Reserves for the Eastern and Western Conference. Go back?

Which one would you like to see first? It don't matter. I didn't recognize a lot of those. Can we go back to the East? That's like SARS. Oh. So the star behind the name, that's the first time? First time is the asterisk by the end of their name.

Yeah, some of those are going to be last time, too. But listen. Gil. Be supportive. Can I have you a question? Do you think this team can beat the OKC? In a seven-game series here or just a one-on? No?

In the NBA Cup? Just seven-game series. Wait, could they be OKC in a seven-game series? Hell no. The fact that we even, no, no, the fact that we don't know. Like, of course, real fast, it just kind of. That's a nasty final. Okay, look, that's the reason.

That's the reason the All-Star game fell off. You can say whatever you want, but if you look back at the 80s and 90s, you didn't have a lot of option threes and option twos on teams. Philly, you had AI, and then because of the center position, you had Matumbo. Okay. Everybody else? Matumbo was a fan favorite. Everybody else are number one options on their team.

The star player, the guy you're coming to see. some of these guys are not the best player on their team but you want to say they're top 24 because of their team record but their team record is pushed by the number one option not the number three option so that is the problem with the all-star game is to be coming watered down

with the talent not the best best players who's the number three option on there huh of course uh... tailing would have been on there he's hurt I got a feeling in that spot yes someone another

just another superstar somewhere else but where else is another superstar I mean say Tray Young probably would have been on this mm-hmm they don't get paid you out of respect I mean he averaged I mean you miss a lot of time

Apollo okay he would have been on there he should be on there oh he's not on there Garland was hurt I'm cool we cool we cool we go cool right so this is just one of those The East, though.

So this is just one of those years like we've been saying. And the East though. NB. Oh, yeah. Michael Porter. We go to the All-Star game for the superstar. We can see these names when they come to our city. You spend $10, $20, $40, $50,000 to see the best players, the best players in the world.

Tyreeze. So you said like back in your day, all-star game, you got. You guys had to be number one to even have two people. Because everybody else, right, was... No, but my day, they started bullshit when they did that Detroit Pistons, they pulled four players off that team. And I ask you all questions? Yeah.

Who would you rather have? The mella ball? I mean, who? Just on the list. Me watching? I'd rather have me personally. Like, that's available. Who are you taking off?

Who are you putting on? I'm putting on. I'm putting Embed on. Well, hold on. Are you rocking with Embedding now, yeah? Hold on, hold on. Yeah. Because last week.

Last week, I was up. Stop doing that. No, I'm not. I'm in the middle of God. Okay, I'm talking. You know what I'm saying? I was going to get there. Okay.

Okay, I'm just making sure. We're going to get to that. I know, but I said, he's healthy to play in this game. Yeah. No one was, we're rocking with Embed when he's healthy. If he's healthy, he's healthy with Rocky, he's not. But him on one leg is still better than show the list.

Yeah, he's 26. One leg and bead is still better than shoulderless. Who are you taking off? Norman Powell. Everybody but Donovan Mitchell. Yeah, he can go. For Enbeed, everybody but Donovan Mitchell, he can replace. All right, who is?

Lanzo ball. I'm rolling. He should be in there. What? Lamella. Lamella ball. Come on now. Shout out to Lanzo.

Is he playing an all-star basketball right now? Is any of them playing all-star basketball? basketball right now? I believe so. Who? Norman Powell? Who? Ain't Brandon Ingram the least No. Brandon Ingram is the lead? Yeah, Brandon Ingram should be on there. Brandon Ingram should be on there. I don't know why he's not on there. Is Norman Powell the best player on the heat? Yeah. No, he's the, he's the score they have, just like Hero was the score, but what's the name was the best player? Playing all-star basketball right now. 23 is all-star basketball now? For the heat right now, yes. Just like Pascal's playing all-star basketball for him. Average in 23

I know. Averaging 20. So now we're just going to points. He's averaging 23 points. I'm asking this. This is what I wanted to get into. So let me ask you a question, Dan, before you ask yours, because we can't use his record to cheat,

he's averaging 23 on a 13-win team as the only player on the team. Last year, you had the whole team there. He averaged 20. So his production went up three points. Three points. Three points. So you're saying James Hardin's not playing better. You're saying Kawhi Leonard with his number is not playing better.

What I'm saying is right now. A.R. is not playing better with his numbers. This is the East. Right now with the East. It's wide open for All-Stars because you've got so many injuries. Halliburton's down, Tatum's down, and B's not being picked. These are slots. And B can be like, right?

So they're not. So these are reserves. These are guys you're going to, these are guys we should be applauding for being able to put up the numbers that they put up to be able to be selected based on it being the third tier level down on injuries and all of these other things. And you've been playing well enough. Michael Porter Jr.? MB.

He's not in there. So, should. He average. Hey, that might be one that I would sub about for Scotty Barnes. And even if you're going to win a team. You look at, um, what about Brandon? Uh, Brandon Ingram. Brennan, Ingram?

And, Andrew, question. Every year, do we not have questionable picks? Brennan, Eager. Do we have questionable picks every year? No, we've never. We've never Dame Lither has been snubbed

Superstar Trey Young has been snubbed over and over again Yeah but these are snubs We talk about every year

So this is what I would like to get We're talking about We talk about one or two Let me get to it This is the whole This is the whole NBA We want the stars

To always occupy The All-Star Categories Based on whether they are playing All-Star level or not Just because you're

First option Second option Don't mean you're automatic all-star Some guys are playing an all-star level, there's third option. These are guys like Kyle Corford. These are guys that can play

that are playing well, are deserving of so, getting picked. Chris Mullins, the Mitch Rishman's, the Kevin Johnson, these are all guys that you look and you'd be like how did he make it over him? No, Chris Mullin was the

who would they make it over? Kevin Johnson was 20 and 2. Anthony Mason was an all-star. Who? Anthony Mason. Yeah. Who do you make it over? I don't know. He did over somebody who everybody probably thought he was more deserving.

But these are things that I'm saying. They're guys that should be applauded for making it. But we're saying that they should be replaced by a second or first option guy based on them being all-stars. Scotty Barnes is up there because he was an all-star before. Brandon Engel was too before. So why did he get plenty of? Yeah, why is Brandon?

And his team is winning. Why is he won? We don't know. And so they got snubbed last year. Oh, he don't deserve to be up there this year? He got snub last year? I like, I like pal. I like pal.

I like pal now. Jalen Durden, does he deserve to be an all-star? Does his numbers speak all-star numbers? You tell me. No. Okay. Michael Porter-Juner's numbers speak all-star, but is he an all-star? Should be.

No, not. I mean, it's not awesome. What team does Jalen Darden play on? The number one team in the East? Number one team in the East. So let's talk about it. This is Michael Porter Jr. So every year there are deserving players who don't make the all-star team.

Here are some of the snubs for the issue. Let's take a full list. You guys have mentioned several of them. That's according to the underdog NBA account. But you got, like you said, Michael Porter Jr. in the East, bam out of bowel. Joe Allen Biggill, I'm proud to see you support it. And saying he deserves some all-star love.

Oh, you forgot, Ingram. Ingram, the guy who hits all the game winners at the end of the game. Just some of them. These are notable. Notable. Notable. But you got Michael Porter Jr. average of 26, 7 rebounds, three years of his career high. For him, Embed, is putting up 26, 7 rebounds, 4 assists in 29 against this season. This season, Bamat Abou, average in 18 and 10. West, like we mentioned, current Clippers, Kauai Linder and I use current. James Harden, both were picked his coaches, reserves, even though the game is currently at their home arena. Like you mentioned, Gil Quai averaging, career high at 28 points on 50, 39, 91 splits, 6 rebounds, 4.5.

forces also a league leading 2.1 stills. He's the first player in NBA history to average those numbers and not be an All-Star. You got Shang-goon as well, averaging 21 and 9 and 6 assists. So when you look at it, I mean, how egregious is that Kauai's snub? It's all it's it's a it's egregious because and this was my argument about the Euro versus the what's the name game because someone like Pascal you're the best. year old having a good time.

So you're not even in the category with everyone else because they have to have eight year olds on the team to fill out the roster. Yeah. Wait. So LeBron James is having a better year than Kauai? Okay, I see what you. So, okay.

Wait, LeBron James is deserving of an all-star? No, no, no. I'm telling you the difference between the snubs because the Americans are going to get snubbed more because they, they control All-Star game. There's usually

five or six euros. Now they have to put two more in for no reason. So that's why you have a guy who won 13 games

and that doesn't happen. Sanguong got left off. He's going to be replacing somebody. He's got... So Janus Jonas is going to be replaced by him so they pulled in

somebody else. He's on the West. He got snubbed, right? But he's not on the West. He's in the Euro. Debtree and LeBron James

are both all-stars. Mm-hmm. LeBron is average and less. Then who? Then Kauai. Then Kauai, yeah. So why is that not the conversation? More with.

That's American-American. Winning matter. That's an American-American thing. Is that winning matters? Oh, that's what we're going to. No, no, no, no, no. No, no. Don't use the culture's killed.

Don't use the Euro thing. Use the American thing because he could be facing somebody else. The whole thing. The whole thing. The whole thing. The wrong not retiring. This ain't a fair with something. Again, if the most year olds is four or five making it every year and they're throwing a game,

and now eight has to make it. That means there's going to be three players, two to three players that don't make this team that's going to be put on the team. So you have a record that has a guy on it just averaging 23 on the bottom feeding team that makes it to the All-Star game, where it's never happened It don't happen You got people You got people You got people who have

Oh, we're not talking about Americans So why are they not being the substitutions Why are they not subbing the up and up? Let's try it again There's 24 all-stars regularly Yeah, yeah Only four to five euros make it Only four to five

Since they're doing a Euro game That means they have to pull three to four all stars on the euro side to make this game happen which means less Americans have to make it because they got to put more euros in

so that means four less Americans four more euros so that means a euro who's averaging 23 points on a bad team is going to make it which says everybody wait hold on I average 28 and 10

and I was Abe Smith and you took me out the market but that's now I can average start people like a This is the West. There's no West. Show the West. There's no West. I thought reserved.

Bro, it is two teams. It is, we know that. West American. We know that. We know that. Your roles. It's not going to be, I don't think it's going to be

West American. West Americans. The way the numbers break down, that's not possible. Because you got more, more international. It's nine, eight and six. Well, shit.

You're making up. You got more international players on the West side. Yes. You don't have. Okay. How about this? Joe.

Hungongering deserves it? Hold on. Relax. Relax. Relax and see y'all don't do Euros, count the Euro, sir. How many euros are there? This is the international team that is more

The world international players are there? How many? Eight? You know it's flexible because you got Cat can be international. Cat is a regular You got Norman Powell who's Jamaican who could be international There's a movement in a shakeback and they don't have We know who the team is. They have eight of them Okay, then the East team What is it? Nine

West team seven Okay, okay? So If we can, Ian, can you pull up that world roster for me? Let's take a look for what potentially to be. There are two reserves that are. I'm so confused on an all-star game now. I thought it was just East versus West and then the Euros will go to the- Okay, so World Team, here we go.

Eight. Okay. But there is a potential. Eight. You can shift Katz to that side. Eight. You can shift Norman Powell. Then who are you going to take off?

Yonis is not playing in the game, good. Then they're going to add one. They're not going to move one over. They're going to have to add one. If you add in B, and B is American. Embed or in Bid is where he's at. So you have eight. Here's the eight so far.

If he was on the Olympic team, here's the eight so far. But only seven are playing, sir. Okay, they're going to move. So Sangoon, they're going to move one out, but you can see who their team is. There's no cat. There's no possible cat.

There's no possible. What's the, what you're saying? What is your conversation? What's wrong with them picking these guys? Because you see the bottom three? Yes. They're added to the team. They're being added.

Oh, okay. So they're not deserving. No, like, usually. Usually, usually, those guys don't make it. It's always the top five. But you don't think Ramal Murray deserves to be an all-star base. No, no, no, no, no, see, okay. Use your third eye.

Now, I thought, listen, I thought the international players were just going to have their team. I didn't know that you could take some players from here and add to the east and west. I thought it, no, I thought it all last year. You still don't think that's not real. Y'all is making it up. But you have fringe guys who've played international

that you still represent America. You keep saying they could. They're not. So stop saying that. Winby is not going to play what up there. They're showing you what their team is. Yeah, yeah. They're showing you right here.

So why you keep talking about they could? What's wrong with their team? And we're forcing this game to happen. It's not this game. It's not the game. Like, you guys are fucking being fool. No, I understand what you're saying. Jesus Christ, if y'all motherfuckers showed up to play hard,

we wouldn't be doing this shit. Period. No, I did. If you showed up to the All-Star game, to play for the fans. We wouldn't be doing this. Now we're doing it. Now you're complaining about who's on the fucking world?

What are we talking about? So fucking what? These niggins are playing off our level. So what? You're cooking. Hold on. What the fuck is going on? Okay, Pascal can move out, put San Goon in.

Two, what's the argument now? That's not it. What's the argument now? Just let him keep being alive. I want to ask them a question. What's the argument? Listen, I thought the all-star game was they picking their international players for their team.

It should have been 12 and 12. Right, yes. And then you have your east. The East players that make it, the East, right? And then the West. I didn't know that you were going to just add some players from this side and just to add them to the game. So this would be three teams of eight, two USA teams, one international team.

Right. If either side didn't get the necessary players, so if you get 16 Americans or eight international players, Adam Silver can basically come in and do whatever he wants to fill up the players. And that's exactly what happened. You become an all-farm national players. You have your squad, but you still have your best West and your best East. So if you don't, if you're on the International Squad, you shouldn't just move on to an East or West team.

Don't matter. No, they're not moving on to an East and West. You just said that. You just said that part. There's three teams. There's eight. Okay. Eight's in the middle.

Euros. Okay. Eight Americans. Okay. It's a sandwich. Right? So 8 is 24. International.

There's 16 Americans. Usually there's 20 Americans. 21 to 19. So you see how many more Americans is gone. Okay. Then you're adding three Euro players that normally don't make this team because they got to fill out the roster. I said this last year.

I said, do they get a real, do they get a real All-Star bid to put them in? So they tried it last year and your guys was too busy, not paying attention because you want to run in there. You say the Americans don't play hard. Now, they tested this out last year. They had two American teams and one year old team, and then they threw in Candace Parker's what's the name team to throw everybody off. Now, here is the two American teams from last year.

They had Shaq. He had LeBron, Steph, Anthony Davis, Jason Tatum, Kevin Durant, Dame Leonard, James Hardin, Jalen Brown. Then Kenny Smith had Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunston, J. J.J.J. Williams, Darius Garland, Evan Moby, Cade, Tyro, Hilo. Americans, right? Then Chuck had to remember, I was just going to pick Euros. He had the Euro team. Yolkich, Yonis, Shea, Wembe, Pascal, San Gung, Carl Anthony, the Town, and they put Donovan Mitchell on it. Right? Now, the Euro, now the Euro team,

who did they play first game? Candice Parker's team. them young boys damn near beat them because they wasn't playing hard they went to the championship what happened to them in the championship got their brakes blew off because they wasn't playing hard so sir

what you're pushing of the heroes playing hard and that Americans is not besides Janus you can't name one European player that went out there and gave an all-star performance like they do in regular season. You can't name one outside of Janus.

So to push this narrative of the Euros is about to go in there. First of all, the game is diluted anyway. And the reason the game is diluted is this. You have a Euro team where it's the best Euros. Then you have 16 Americans, which means they're going to have to dilute both teams. So that means you probably won't see Steph. You won't see Seth, Jalen Brown, Jalen Brunson, LeBron, James, and Curry on the same team.

They're going to mix them. They're going to have them half and half. A diluted version of what you guys want to see. See, now, if this was 12 and 12, let's get the rocket. But to say this is us versus them, no, you're just putting a diluted team. Most likely, if it's me, what you're going to do is you're going to have the year old team play the smallest team. So have them play the Eastern Conference team, beat the dog shit out of them, and then you play the Western Conference team.

Could you put back up there what it just said? Right there, that's what it says. It says the team world roster. So this is their team. No, this isn't confirmed. Oh, my God. This has the best players. So the American teams, right?

The Dame is not there. all those players you say it from the other 16. A lot of those players are not there. Can you put the 16 up so he can see it? A lot of those players are not. Just put the 16 up because I don't think he'd be listening to something. We do not have to see we got the reserves from both sides. Can you put the Americans?

Because you just, you just cook. Put the Americans up there so you know what you're talking about. You just cook. Okay. So last year's shit was shit. Right? He was shit. Boo-boo.

Who? LeBron didn't play, right? The year was shit. LeBron didn't play last year, right? K-plus, they thought about that, right? No, he didn't play. He didn't play. He didn't. He didn't ball.

No, no. Yeah, it was bowling against the Euro. They played the Euro. So this year, the Americans are going to have to muscle with whatever roster they have based on the injuries, based on the guys not being available. And dealing with what they got. They got their starters. We've seen who their starters are, right?

We've seen who the American starters. No, we don't know. Edwards, Steph Curry. It's not the American starter. All of those guys who the Americans are, right? And man, that's. Can you all show you. So he can sound like you know what he's talking about.

Kevin Durant. So I'll give you the, I'll just read up the East team. Just name of the reason. Because I can't finish my thing. No, no, name of my decision. You're already starting off bad. You just put Anthony Edwards as a starter and it's not a starter. You know, it just sounds crazy.

When we just talk about the group we put together, and you're going to have to face us. So that's, that's the Euro team. We don't want to hear no excuse about dilute your side. Now, now look at the American team. So let me read out the East starters and reserves, just want the Americans go? We can see this.

He can't see the other one, so he knows that we're talking about. We literally can't see it. That's why I'm going to. Yeah, so read the West team if this was a West team. So the West starters minus the Euros is just Steph Curry. The Americans, because it's the world. This is the world. We can go off.

We can just go off this. I'm going to read a piece. I'm going to read it. So the West starters minus international players is literally just Steph Curry. And then reserves. So you have to bring in. So, yeah, so you have to bring in. So you got step.

That's bringing shit. Who's name the damn name. Stop putting extra shit on it. Name the name. No, but of the starter, Steph's the only American. And then there's the reserves. You got Anthony Edwards, Chad Holmgren, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, LeBron. Okay.

So how many people is it? That's seven. We should have seven or six. That's four. One with Steph. Hold on. You got me doing math. This shit, get one, two, three, four, five.

That's six. Six. So you got six on the West. Now let's go to the East. So East, you've got K. K. Cunningham, Tyrese, Jaylennoxie, Jaylenzen, and Jalen Brown, the starters that are four Americans. Yonis is the only international play on that side.

Then the other Americans, you got Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Johnson, Kat, if you want to call him Kat. Norfolk, who is Jamaican, but you can make them American. Scotty Barnes, Jayland Duren. I sound like a lot of motherfuckers. Yeah, so there's 10 over there and 8-0. So, again, it sounds like a lot of motherfuckers. To choose from.

What do you mean, choose from? To pick your roster when you want to go up against these dudes. Remember, there's two American teams, sir. You have a lot to choose from. Okay, so how about this? How do we pick? So just so you notice, you see their team, right? We have two teams.

So do we load one team with the best eight? We don't give a fuck what you do. Show up and play hard. Don't you talk like an analyst? Show up. Won't you talk like an analyst now? Show up. You have 16 players and you got to have eight.

So what do you do with two teams? teams. Do you put the best eight on one team and say fuck the other team? Or do you try to dilute both of them so they're both are competitive? We don't care. Because I can tell you this. We just want you to show up and play hard. We just want you to show up and put on a show for the fans, bro.

Let's talk to you like show up and play hard, bro. So we won't see a team that has like Cade, right? Ant Man. It won't be Cade, Ant Man, at the three, KD, LaBron. Ron, Kat, who else? Chet, who else, Donovan Mitchell, and Curry. We won't see that eight together. Why?

Why, if they have to play against the world, right? Because there's two teams, man. You have to wait again. You got to break it back. You're downloading the 16 Americans between two teams. That's what I thought it was. That's what I thought it was. I tried to tell this, I said this all this year.

That's what I thought it was going to be. I thought it was like that. I said just put the best international players against the best. I'm trying to make it. I don't know what this is. I don't get it. I don't get all this. I do.

I get it. I don't make excuses. They don't got to make excuses. Just show up and play, bro. It's a new format. You're supposed to be an analyst. It's a new format, man. It's a new format.

I thought they were going to play East First West and then the Europe. It's a new format. International players are going to play their team. And then y'all just play. put the, but okay. Niggas would play hard three years, four years, five years ago. But they, you can't use that when the euro's don't play hard. You can't use it.

Everybody's not playing hard. They're part of it. Everybody's not playing hard. Everybody's not playing hard. So international players. Everybody's not playing hard. The world is bigger than this year. Why would, why would you want to see an all Euro team?

If the one international team, if the one time we did see them, your sophomore rookies put them to the bricks. Because it wasn't a real game. It wasn't a real game. This is a real format. It's recalibrated where we can say this is what it is. It ain't no, oh, we got here, Candace Parker got a team. No, no, no. Fuck all that.

Okay. Let's do it this way. And then they face off against Shaq Team. We're not. Fuck that. Fuck that format. This is a new format. It was the same format.

It was the same format. It was the same format. This is a new format. They just tested it. This is a new format. We got a whole new thing we're doing here. That's why y'all got to just start looking at stuff and just stop running with the narratives. This is what we're doing.

We got this. Tom Murray, Deserving of an All-Star. Denny Avia is deserving of a all-star. All these guys are-driven. Take out Candace Parker's team, which was the illusion. What do you have? Two American teams and one year old team. How did the U.S.

perform? as lazy as you could be. What they have six, four, one, seven? What did the three-time, four-time, five-time MVP have last year in the two games he played an all-star? Can you please tell me what the best player? Nobody cares. Nobody cares.

No. Don't say we don't care. Come on, no. Come on, you showed up with slides on just to agree. I want the best. I don't agree just this. No, they can't do nothing. I want the best player in the world for the last five years.

At the All-Star game, for the All-Star game. For the All-Star world, for the public to see. Can you please give me those numbers? I'm pretty sure he was like 10. I'm pretty sure he was like 20.10. He got the best player right now. I just wanted the international players to play against America. That's it.

All this. No, it's too. They are. What are you? talk about it. They are. Clearly they have a problem with it. You want Yolkidge's numbers? Hey, let's say, Yolkish's numbers against the

Yonis is the best. Hold on. Yonis is the best. No, no, no. Why you're not looking at Yonis's numbers? No, Yonkis. I don't believe Yon is playing, right? Yonis said play. Let's make a finish.

So, Yolkish played a total 16 minutes between the two games. Had four points and five rebounds. Five assists. In both games. Oh, combined. Wait, say that again? In 16 total minutes, he had four points,

five rebounds, five rebounds, five assists. Okay, can we get a... What did Jamal Murray just come out and say publicly? Jamal Murray said that... What did he just say publicly? As a proud Canadian, he will play hard in the All-Star game. He said prior to this All-Star, there wasn't a real reason to be an All-Star because I would rather go do this because guys don't show up and play hard.

That's what somebody who's never made the All-Star game. I'm just saying this is what he said. And I'm showing what they did. So he's watching like, we're watching. Four times. We're watching. Like, why did God's not? playing hard. Yeah, four a time, damn

your MVP, the best player since 2020, and this is two games, four. Two games. Four. This is the best y'all can do, man. Four. This is the best y'all gonna do. And you're saying people, you're saying people who's averaging 18, 20 something for their career

in the All-Star game, and they're not playing hard, but you can't call out the best player? Playing hard don't mean scoring all the point. Can you tell me? Does playing hard mean scoring all the points. Please, because Stefan Curry was playing hard. Wasn't he shooting that bitch

from half court every time? Did he win MVP? Dame Liller would sit that bitch from half court every time? Well, they were playing hard, though. Does a Euro have been playing? That's what it means, right?

scoring all the points means you're playing. Don't even look that up. Yonnis. Yonis has the final, I mean, an all-star MVP. I'm merely a host. All right?

No, I'll be running with these narratives. They just as lazy as us. All- It's a collective. Yon, it's 20-21, yeah. Collective. Accountability is everything.

All I care about is they're seeing international versus the U.S. same way. That's it. They will see who really cool. Yeah, they're trying to be here. Guys like the right head. This was trying to pretend the Americans do it and not the Euro. They get so many passes and this is a part of it.

You guys have cognitive dissonance. You know what that is? Nah, I'm American. I'm pretty sure you don't. It was the public school. I'm pretty sure. L-A-USD. Yeah, pretty sure you don't know what that is.

That means you stuck on your own shit. You don't want to listen to the outside shit. When we say everyone's not playing hard, that means everyone. That doesn't mean the Euros are playing harder than America. Everyone is playing like shit, so we need to change it and make it more competitive. No, this is last year when it was changed. Two American teams and one Euro team. When did the Euro start dominating the league, maybe two, three years?

Five years ago. Five years. It's been that long? Yeah, it's been a long time. And how have they been doing an All-Star game since that's what we're talking about? We do. We know one game ain't not dominating. Wow.

So I guess the All-Star game is y'all championship, huh? Because we would think that if they're the best players, we would think, like the past, the best players, the best players show up in an All-Star game, right? But the All-Star game isn't for a big, though. Embed, Janice, Luca, and Shea, and all. These are the best players in the NBA. Shouldn't they show the example in the All-Star game? No. Why aren't they like the Kobe, the Duncan, the Jordans, the Mouth?

Why aren't they doing that, sir? They are running the league and ruining the All-Star game. If we want to talk facts, they are the best, right? Y'all niggins got a good one. I know, you like that? That was a good one. That was a good one. That was like, hey, Ian, ready?

Drop the beat. Damn. Okay. It's a delay. You know what, Ian? It was a little delayed, just like he yesterday. Just like he is today. Let's try it again.

It's a Monday. See, I cut that, hey, I cut that hair and I just burnt out. Niggas gonna be like me so bad, don't I'm saying? This is your show. You ain't got to be like me. It's your show. It's your show. It's Tuesday.

It is Tuesday. It's our Monday. Oh, man. It's our Sunday. It is Gills Arena Tuesday. All right, let's keep this thing moving. We got a lot more stuff to discuss. Damn, sir, won't you put a mic on, killer?

She, go on. You can cook the day, shit. You can cook the day, shit. You can cook the day, shit. Don't you put the mic on, sir. God damn. You go, yeah, come back. Oh, had put the grease on your hands, too, my, my, nigger.

Oh, hey, put the grease on your hands. All right, well, let's keep this thing moving. You need a beer? Nigger? Shit, what's going on? Slurpy Slurphy. Glazer Tuesday. He's going to show up.

He wants to agree with everything. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But don't got nothing else to say, but just, yeah. Tril Glaser Tuesday. You know what we doing? Is it what you're surfing? You just put the wrong side. You got to put gloves on if you do your type of shit.

Put gloves on, bro. You know you got to go home and wash your hands in shit, my niggas. Sanitizer, niggas. You can't just be coming in here like that. Let's keep this moving. All right. I gotta put you on to something. I've been rocking.

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They were filming a TV car right down the street. They were smiling and smiling and a man away, laughing, and getting away. So James Harden may be one of the clippers, two all-star snubs, but he may not be a clipper for long. Ooh. So NBA insider M-GRAs dropped this cryptic tweet Monday night, said, I'm hearing clippers are about to trade their star guard with a beard to Cleveland for their star guard with dreads. Is that a good look question mark? So shortly thereafter, Sports Illustrated is Chris Mannix and Shams confirmed this, but M grads already told us first.

So according to reports, Hardin and the Clippers are aligned on a trade with the team in advance talks with the Cavs for a deal involving two-time All-Star Darius Garland, Hardin missed the Clippers last two games, Sunday in Phoenix and Monday against the Sixers in L.A. For personal reasons, 36-year-old 11-time All-Star currently in the first year of a two-year, $81.5 million deal he signed last summer. That deal has a partial guarantee where $13.3 million for the 2026-27 season.

So reports are Hardin was looking for a bigger payday this off-season, but the clippers want to keep their options open for the 20-27 off-season. Clips started this season, 6 and 21 have gone 17 and 5 cents and are currently 9th in the West, while the Caps are tied for the fourth best record in the East at 30 and 21,

but they are 5th in the East Garland, averaging 18.7 assists, 2.4 rebounds in 26 games. It's been hampered by foot injuries, including a right toe sprain that's had him sideline since mid-January. While Hardin is averaged 25 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, and 44 games this season. So, Gil, what's your reaction to Hardin requesting a trade from the Clippers out here cooking, 36 years old, doing his thing? Listen, I'm going to just be honest.

What's the owner's name? Steve Bomber. Yeah, Bomber. Listen, I know you got all the money. I know you got all the money, but it seems like you don't have no point. pull because the All-Star game is in your house, but you don't have no clippers there? I know James Hardin had some nice parties that was about to be down. So the fact that you couldn't even pull the strings for that, he won't out.

He won't out, man. Look, I really don't care about the clippers, though. But do you care about James Hard? It's hard. Thank you. And that's the only reason that. Did the signature has me? I'm going to say this.

Like James, you don't have to move, dog. You don't have to move, man. Right here, look, purple. Nah. Purple right here, man. Listen, come on, man. Perfect yellow. You just got your new little, you got to shop on Melrose, man.

My sons love it. You don't got to go nowhere. This is the question. Why aren't the players on our team gone? Yeah. Rob Polinka. Nobody won them. I didn't want you.

Did he say that? We don't want that. We don't want it. Congratulations, James. Do you have not happy yet? You did great here. You got your value up. There's some other teams that are potentially in the mix

with varying levels of interest, teams like the wolves hawks potentially, although they've sat in. Ooh. Listen, I can see this. If he goes to Cleveland, it's a great fit. They could be,

they could jump up there and be finals. They could be in the finals. Sure. Because you already have Donovan, who's the leading score. They have a great balance attack. Now you add James Hardin, who defers to a star. And if that starts playing bad, we know he can turn it up and do what he does. Right? So you have a guy who can do both at any moment in time. I really believe that if he goes at Cleveland, they could.

they probably will be favorite, especially in Vegas. Because they're not really getting rid of somebody who's not playing anyway right now? For sure, that puts clear. You got somebody 25 eating once in and then shit, that's going to, that might go up more because they got, they got, they got two big. Yeah, they got the two bigs down there. You got jail, I mean, Allen that could catch lives. Yeah.

Yeah, they goes to number one for me. I think it worked out for both people. Yeah. Both players, though. For Garland, too. I think if Garland comes here. Garland, yeah. get up.

He'll be, he'll be have more freedom because the ball dominance between him. I mean, he is a, what, two-time all-star, one-time all-star already, so. I mean, I don't know if they're going to win, but not like Cleveland, but I'm just saying he'll have a chance to be able to get off, have the freedom.

Like I said, Clipper starts season, 6 and 21, 17 and 5 since, 9th in the West. Things appeared to be headed in the right direction. Shot, when you hear the situation, obviously Hardin, We've traded a few times in these 2020s.

This would be the fourth trade if it ends up happening. But what's your reaction to Hardin the Clippers reportedly working on a trade to get done before the deadline this Thursday? It seems like money has been the driving factor and the stopping factor of James getting the championship. Whenever it gets uncomfortable, he decides to move. reminds me of another superstar. Does that superstar have championship race? You know, it's just one of them things where you see it and you're like, why can't he get over the hump? And then it always at the end of the day comes up with money and I want more money, I want this, I want that.

And a lot of those things come down to performances and what you're doing to take your team over the top. You know what I'm saying? I think we're a lot of entitled primadonna athletes today more compared than how we were back in the day when we just showed up and hooped. You got traded, you got traded. Showed up, you hoop.

You try to help your team as much as possible. Before Mike was making 30, motherfuckers wasn't really tripping. Mike started making 30. Tickets started making. Shack started making, a bunch of guys started making money. The league started to dispense out where guys can get what they deserve

and they can still show up and play. The showmanship was still there. The fanfare was still there. Everybody still respect the game and the craft and the grind of it. But now it's like if you don't give me the money, I ain't going to play. And it's kind of different when you got teams trying to build chemistry.

They was going through a rocky start. Now they're here. They're thriving. They're cruising. And now they've got to get off another asset and bring somebody else in. It's being a reoccurring thing. So, just want to point something out.

Conspiracy theorists, you know, the Clippers, the league's investigation with the Clippers, Kauai, that aspiration deal, the planting trees deal, still ongoing. They're going to wait until after the All-Star Week in LA to make a decision on that. Some rumblings are obviously potential for a suspension for Kauai. James Harder made the playoffs in each of his 16 seasons in the league.

But I think didn't James take a pay cut everywhere you went, like after Houston? I think it's just been. They're all right. He's been having a short end in the stick. Everywhere he went, like the main guy being hurt from Brooklyn, Carried tripping to Philly and Bee coming here thinking it's going to be a Clippers franchise, Paul George and Kauai, never really healthy.

But when James said, he won out, he wants out. And I think Cleveland is the perfect fit for him because he could set the offense. It ain't no just your turn, my turn between Garland. and Mitchell. And if you want to win now, you go with James. And the clip will go with Gardner to be younger. Mr. B, you have to raise your hand. So this is a collaborative discussion.

I'm so dope. Gilles reams. Does we have a reason? Like, does he say why he wants to recreate a request of trade? Like every time? So there's rumblings that, obviously, he signed that to your $81.5 million deal. There's only $13.3 million of that guarantee

next season. He has a player option to take that. And then I think the rest would be fully guaranteed by, like, July 11th, that the clippers don't make a move. So we have some power in this decision to decide where he wants to go because he could basically just opt out and dip for whatever team they trade them to. But I think he was looking to, and I believe some with the over 38 rule,

wanted to sign a re-sign in the offseason another two-year $80 million. I mean, if you look at his numbers. No, no, yeah, 25-8. Right? Yeah, 25 and 8. I think very reasonable. But for the last year and a half, the clippers have let him know we're not doing that deal. Okay.

So that was already. So I'm sure he let the clippers know. I'll see y'all later. I mean, the timing going to Cleveland ain't bad. I mean, because they own up. It can only go down, but it's going to go up because. Why would you trade a point guard for a point guard when you already got a point guard over there?

Because other point guard not playing. And he's not like it. I know, but I know, I know, but the other one is more of a facilitator. Yeah. So like, I mentioned was D-Wa point guard slash. I know, so you had my thing. I know, so you basically had, you basically had Kyrie and Duane Wade plant, like

playing together. Two people that like to get off, right? I mean, Darling is, I mean, he's 50, like, you know, the way he plays. Them too, yeah. So, you know what I'm saying? So you have that. So now you have a pass first guy that can also play. And now Dwayne Wade, go do your thing.

So you basically got like, you basically got your LeBron. Now Dwayne, go do your thing. Sounds like Brooklyn without KD. No, because. Yeah. But we didn't see what that looked like. But also, but also Cleveland has a defensive player of the year. They have other, they have a lot of them.

pieces right now. You know what I'm saying? I can go. So it's not. You have the potential average. He can hide on defense. Yeah. Cabs looking to move Jared Allen too, but you have a Mobley, Donovan, Mitchell, James Hardin. Shooters. Potential big three in Cleveland if that deal does happen. You are not shaking her, you are not rolling with them.

I'm just saying in the East is right now. Hey, I'm going to reach you. And it's a star power too. Like right now I'm doing it though, the way to east is. Because this is my chance. If you want to win it? This is my, this is my chance right now. Because next year when everybody come back, who knows.

But right now, right now, I'm doing it. Garland's down. Yeah, I mean, they played well together, but if you can upgrade and... If you're trying to win right now, you can make it and you can consider it an upgrade. Because James can take over. Garland sometimes become passive, and he defers too much sometimes. And I just think that's because the team got better before Donovan.

got there, he was the man. So he really needs his own space so he can, you know, flourish. So, I mean, I do like him there, but if you're going to go for championship this year, you can try it with James because it's open. If your team is, if everybody's in the east, I don't think they make this move, but because it's open and the best team right now was Detroit to them in New York, I got to go for it. Yeah.

I got to try to get someone that's experienced and then let Donovan Mitchell do his name. If everybody's always hurt, right, especially on the east, everybody's always up and down on the east. And we've seen James not want to be in situations where the team's not fully healthy. Brooklyn, it wasn't fully healthy. Philly they wasn't fully healthy. I don't know why he asked out of Houston. But this is a situation you're going into Cleveland if that's the case. They're not going to be fully healthy for you to get the shit off that you want to get off to make it to the playoffs.

So it's a situation where he might be asking out after a year again. Based on the team. But the numbers to them numbers. And we're just going to, James is going to be doing what James been doing. Also reports that the cabs are trying to make a move for Anthony Davis, too. There's a lot of, what? So there's also reports that cabs are trying to make a move for Anthony Davis. There's a lot of moving and shaking going on right now in Cleveland.

I don't, what they're saying. I'm saying what they're saying, go. I hope. But that's what Mitchell is doing, though. Mitchell do more facilitating than Garland do. Yeah, but now he won't have to, though. But yeah, they're taking away from me. Because James will get that shit up.

But is he giving it up to me? Yeah. Like he gave it to Kauai happens to 28. Don't have it. That ain't. I don't think that's because he's giving it to Kauai. I think the other guys benefit from James being on the floor because James know how to find the other guys.

Kauai always going to be in his little spot where he's expecting the ball. Same with Donovan Mitchell. They're both going to get their own shit. But when it comes to James Hart getting them other D. Wade and all them guys, getting them guys involved, that would be beneficial, like you just said, about Garland. But Mitchell feels like that, the chemistry of their team, he's been that guy to get them involved. But he's a two. He don't know how to do that really too. But he do it better than Garland.

He do it better than Garland, but he don't do it better than James. Moby you don't have to try to create all the time. Angels. But they just got rid of Hunter. Just got rid of Hunter for Dennis Schroeder. They just got Schroeder. I feel like James Bitter. That would help Donald Mitchell be a number one option on the championship team.

Without him? With him? You think he's the number one option with James Harder right there? With it. With James Harder, it makes him a championship team. It makes him a number one option. On the championship team, yes. With James Hart.

He's a number one option over James. On a championship? No, I'm asking. Yes. Is Donovan Mitchell to be? The number one option. With James Donner. Yes.

Yes. Jonathan Mitchell is the number one option. It will help Donovan Mitchell be the number one option of the championship. Okay. Well, okay. How about this? Okay. Who was the number one option on the Clippers?

That's what I was about to say too. Like, D. The number one option on the clippers? Oh, I. Coah Leonard. Was he? Yes. Healthy?

No, I'm just saying this year. Oh, I mean, this year. No, what I'm saying. He's averaging 28. But. I still think so. But, okay. I'm not saying this question.

Okay. There's this weird thing when it. comes to like a point guard, right? Okay. Right. That, those type, that just does everything. They're giving you the ball to score, but are you necessarily number one option? He has the ball.

Because I got the ball. Who gets it after me? Because I have the ball the last five minutes. Because they're like, yeah, I got to get it. No, no, no, no. No, because of what you're doing, the first three, the first three quarters, yes, right? The first three quarter, you're going to facilitate, but I'm still taking over. So you're saying, when you do this to me, I got to.

I got the ball. You think that I'm like this. Yes. You better pass it. So if James Hart is in the last five minutes of the game, I want the ball in Donovan Mitchell's hands. Because James Harder can also. No, I'm talking about it.

James Hardin want the ball in Donovan Mitchell's hands. Yes, I would. That's why he wanted to go there. I was like Steve Nash, right? Okay. He was the number one option. It wasn't Amari, but Amari led the team scoring. So that's what I'm saying is weird.

He's getting MVP's though. But I'm just saying this is the weird thing because somebody's leading it. Okay, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's just how skilled this. I'm Scott.

But I'm going by age. Hey, Gil. Branding on Scotty Barnes. Hey, Gil, I'm going by age in this one. Yeah, yeah. Because Ingram is the number one option. I'm going by age in this one. No, no, I'm letting, let Donovan, you do you.

For sure. I'll take care of the rest of the team. If you need me, holler. That's how I think it's going to work. James been in this position way more, bro. I feel like at this point, he's going to be able to go to somebody. You don't think he's saying, still, I'm the system. No, but the only reason you want to go there is.

because he thought he wanted to be the system with the Clippers. It's not free agency but he's not this is you're going here because we want to put you here no no no no he has a trade call does he got a trade no trade no Hardin? He has power with his player option so basically if they try to move

somewhere he's not I got a trade clause because I told you all I want out I'm going to trade clause too a mo trade call I don't know but we have to wait You can see me where you won't but I don't have to stay all right so this other question That's the other question I have.

If they get there and shit goes south. What the clue is? If you know you don't have to be able to make it to the- Like if James go down and go south, like in the playoffs he just sometimes he goes missing sometimes so That's what Mitchell for. Okay, but I'm- Remember that that's what Kauai was. Remember last year when that's what Kauai was?

When his team went missing? Sometimes he does. So what I'm saying is what's going to be this like because you came over here now in Cleveland they're supposed to be and if you say James go there and Vegas is saying yeah they're going to take them to the top All right, well, then, listen, we got to see it. They win. I don't need it. I mean, because I think immediately.

His whole team was missing, Bobley was missing. Everybody was missing last year. But you bring in Shroder and Ellis. This is Donovan. 33, 48, 43, had a 12 and then a 35. When? When his teammates was not there? Oh, okay.

Okay, okay. He was a fucking chop. But those are his numbers, though. That's what he do. That's what he do. That's what he do. It's not because his team. But with Haynes, it doesn't help.

I think it's a hope. I think it's a hope. I think it's going to be a good, a good opportunity. Did it help Kauai? Huh? Did it help Kauai? Did Kauai? Did Kauai and Paul George when we've seen all three of them again?

That was last year. Wait, but was they hurt though? Yeah. Okay. Did they take Denver to the game seven last year? They did, huh? Mm-hmm. So they were both there.

So what happened? So we can't say they was hurt. It wouldn't hurt. Yeah. This team is better They got better chemistry without them Now you got to do rechemistry now You got to go in and figure out

What James like he got 30 games And I'm happy I think he got a chance Like I got a chance When I said he wasn't he wasn't Now he is he's not even national He got a chance There you go baby

How long how long Garland been out I said that I said the whole season Mid January He missed the first seven game to start season He's been out since mid January 2 With the toe issue So he missed the first

seven games, but he was recovering. He won't want to be. He won his own team. See, there's been those talks going on for a while that him and Donovan Mitchell might not have been seeing

eye to eye and Garland was ready to make his next movie better. Oh shit, Bernie James got traded. Gil, stop it. Don't do that. Why the fuck you're going to get traded? Fool. High value, Gil.

High character. All right, the car. Hey, now, imagine me in the locker room and you do that to one of the team. A team that likes Jersey team. Hey, yeah, they just traded. They just traded you dog. Where?

Moscow. Mascile. He's sorry. The trade with me and nothing. They trade needs a woofong fool. The trade deadline, ominous times going on around the NBA. All right, well, let's keep this thing moving. Some unfortunate news to report.

Just days after having one of his best games in a Sixers uniform, Paul George was suspended without pay by the NBA for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug program this past Saturday. Suspension started for the Sixers game against the Pilicans on Saturday. with George being eligible to return on March 25th when the Sixers take on the Bulls. So PG released a following statement to ESPN after the suspension was announced. He said, quote, over the past few years, I've discussed the importance of mental health. And in the course of recently seeking treatment for an issue of my own,

I made the mistake of taking an improper medication. I take full responsibility for my actions and apologize to the Sixers organization, my teammates, and the Philly fans for my poor decision-making during this process. and focused on using this time to make sure that my mind and body are in the best condition to help the team when I return. So the suspension will cost George nearly $12 million or nearly half a million dollars for every game he'll miss, with George making nearly $52 million this season as a part of the four-year $212 million deal he signed in the summer of 2024.

So in 27 games a season, PG's averaging 16.5 rebounds, four assists per game. Mr. Gilbert Arenas Choped down Cleaned him up What's your reaction to Paul Jordan He's suspended 25 games for violating The League's anti-drug policy I got these cheese

My first My first reaction is You got these cheese You know how we talked You know how we talked about What did we talk about? What was Philly going to do? You remember when we talked about Philly

And it was like they missed him in the game Yeah yeah yeah and then he starts celebrating when they won the game. I see him on his IG. You were creeping on Rashide's IG. So Paul George is going to miss 25 games. I wasn't there to cheer him because of him. Paul George is going to miss 25 games.

I wasn't cheering because of Paul. Inj, listen, injured or not, he's going to miss 25 games. Yeah, it was 40 and 38. I was going to wear the 60s. You should have. I would wear it Thursday, though. Okay, we're Thursday. Here we'll wait.

I just won't know if they still in contend. Could we won't last night? Yeah. But that's my new team, by the way. Cool. I had a build up, I had a whole thing. You ain't communicated with me. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I had a whole thing you were going to do. You had a whole thing you were going to do after you had 25 games. I need an East Coast team. And now the East Coast team. I need the East Coast team. Chat, we're still going to do it if you're watching right now. Just pretend like you didn't hear that. It's a potential.

Just pretend like you didn't hear that. We're doing it for the YouTube clips, George. It's okay. Everybody not here right now. So y'all decided that y'all was going to try to, because they won the game the other day, that they just lost one of the players of the big three. for 25 games. And Rashad knew this before making it.

No, he didn't. He did. Absolutely. He did. We were in the chat. In the group chat. In the group chat. He definitely said it.

Definitely put a bit of work. Hey, this is my team. All right. Then he did this shit. And I was like, damn, Pee, you're going to try to fuck up my predictions, huh? Well, fuck you too then, man. Now, what I, what, what, listen, we all, we all seen it, right? You've been watching, right?

And the motherfucker out there doing windmills in 360s. You can't do that, man. You can't do that, man. You just can't do it. Everybody's watching. We're watching the little layups, the little layups, and then all of a sudden, you know, you, boom, 360 windmill dunking.

All right. Why not? Why not? Mental health. Listen, I can tell you, too. The nigga 41 out there doing some other shit. Why don't we ain't text to him? They do?

Spend the million dollars on his body. He does? What's up with Paul? Paul can't do it, but he can't? Yeah. No, no, no. You just can't get caught. That's the thing.

I'm just saying this I believe him when he say this is mental health medicine because I do believe if I can't do this shit I want to do because of my body my mental is messed up and whatever I got to take to give me to do 360

reverse dunks helps my mental God damn it let's go I don't know what the name of it is but I can tell you this right now Mentally, I'm not right. But if you give me something, that's going to make me a little strong, a little bit jumper. God damn it, and I'm going to be happy.

Mental health? It's a thing that's a judge. I can't knock him for trying to play. That's what I can't do. I can't knock a person for whatever trying to play the game at a high level. But it's improper medication. Cool. Get weed.

They don't test for it. Yeah, that's a proper medication. First of all, you've never seen anybody get suspended for weed. But that's 25 now. So you don't get suspended for 20. But I understand. There's alternative. When I played, I was in a drug program.

Yeah, when I played. You too. When I played, this was the rule. If he wasn't in the program. It came back there. This is this. Oops. Yeah.

I think I'm still in that. Shoot program. I think I'm still in the program. If he wasn't, if he wasn't in the program, it was the first time warning, fine, fine, fine, fine, suspension. By the time he got a suspension, there's only four tests. So you never get suspended because they didn't want that to happen. Other than that, if you did smoke, you just say, I'm in a drug program.

All you have to do is just be lording. They're the first test. He won a championship in a drug program. But on the Paul Joyce, the way, the whole team won the championship on a drug program. But you know, on the Paul George says, I don't want to make a joke about mental health. You know, that's a big thing that's going on right now in the world.

You know, with him dealing with a lot of injuries and the things that he had to bounce back from and things like that. So, you know, I don't know what he took. I know the rumors are and what they are. but I just hope the best one because, you know, that's tough trying to come back and, you know, trying to get back into who you are and people are saying things and this and that. So I just wish the best for them and, you know, it's just unfortunate. Obviously, the chat taking their liberties to give a podcast be some new nicknames.

We will not read any of those on the air. Chad, you are not shit, though, is our reminding. First of all, none of those can, no, no, no, okay, there's one of them that can get them in trouble for 25 games. Perkinset is not going to do 25 games. Park Pete? Huh? Park fee? Unnecessary.

That's what I said, that's a bad, right? Park fee. So I was going to ask the couch and Mr. B. You touched on it. Gil, you touched on it. Do you guys have sympathy for PG taking the improper medication and treatment for mental health? Like he's saying in his statement, right? I'm not going to say this.

Well, sympathy, no, because I think we have the information and we can get that. You know, it's just. You got to get them sympathy. No, I'm just saying about the research. No, no, I'm just talking about the research and the money that we have, though. Like, the research is the money that we have today. I definitely would have did my research more before I was taking something. I'm pretty sure he didn't know what it was taking.

You ain't got no fucking choice. First of all, you ain't got no choice. But if you're going outside of the team doctors to go get some shit, you obviously have to be like, yo, make sure this. I know, that's what I'm saying. I don't have it. So if there's mental health and they're putting it out there for it to be mental health. It should be an advocacy behind the union to dismiss this 25 game shit

because there are other athletes that's trying to figure out how to deal with their shit and what they're going through. Shit, niggas like Derek Rose had to go through shit. He was planning pain. Nobody knew he was planning pain in the whole rest of his career. Trying to figure out how to get back on the court and get back to his old self. NB. What the fuck is NB going through?

That he ain't doing what P tried to do. And why it ain't really like no thing that you can do just be like, all right. League, doctors. Look, I need this. And B, and B Mikey, he out there doing the numbers days later. Hey, hold on. Hey, hey.

Hold on. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. So if you, if you out there feeling better and you plan good and it's for the benefit of getting rid of that mental health shit, that should be a, you shouldn't get penalized for that. That's what Charles Barkland was saying. It's something fishy going on with it. If you're masking it's different. Hold on.

But because, I mean, because Okay, is it a, okay, because you know the NBA They protect their players? That's what I already made, we had this company. Because the NBA protected players are not going to give you the name of what it was. No, no, for sure. So you know that. There's a pain. No, no, you're going to say, oh, it's for this because you know the NBA is not going to say it.

So you don't know. It could have been Adirall. No. No, it had to be part. It was need. It ain't no goddamn Aterol. Adderall don't do nothing, but just keep you focused. No, I think it was. It had to be. No. Well, everything you're just in the same.

Everything y'all just name is in your system three days. Right? No, no. Got it all cool. It is. It is. It is. It is.

Right? And that's two years. But cocaine is two years. Ooh. That's permanent. That's permanent. If you get caught with Coke, you're done. Yeah.

Because, I mean, once 25 days went by and you can get tested, goddamn, whatever you won't take off. Get off. Because they're going to be coming the next seven, eight, nine. Just get off. So last Tuesday, I guess. of bucks, PG had 35, 5, and 5 hit 9 threes. Yeah, that got him tested. And then ended up getting suspended.

You're not getting injured for so long. You know how many pain killers didn't it took? And I'm winning hard to get off. Brother, listen, I'm telling you right now. If you're going to give me something I can still play, I'm taking it. Catch me if you can. We can't look past the one thing, though. And Philly is the number one drug.

When that says, it's like, hey, man. The price dropped for the luxury tax. So let's get into that shot. But before we do, we have 20,000 people in the chat, and we appreciate you. Hit that like button for me. I'm trying to see something. What you're trying to see? I'm trying to see.

Our chat actually cares. It loves us still, Gil. If they still love us. So ESP, as Bobby Marks, reports that the Sixers will save more than $5 million in luxury tax payments as a part of Georgia suspension, leaving the team a little over $1 million over the threshold and making it easier for the 76ers. to dip out of the tax this week without harming the roster.

This week? This week. This week, Gil. This happens Saturday. Wait, wait, wait, wait. There's a lot of shit going on. Hey, man. A lot of shit going on.

Yeah, you can't do that on my name, though, man. Is this more you again, right? You're good, boy. I try to say, man, what's going on? I give you $20 million. You're already old. I get your $20 million under the tail. You just go ahead and take this hit, man.

Got to take this hit, bro. Somebody got to take this hit. You got to take this hit, let a slide under it. This is the perfect thing. This is the perfect. Go ahead and go out there and shoot that bitch. So my question, is this actually benefit the Sixers? They saving $12 million off their salary cap.

Oh, I mean, this. Yeah, they can sign something. So when you get this type of... He loses 11, though. So he loses it, but they get to remove that from their... They're removing from their list. So they're coming out. It happened right in time.

You see they're going to give it back to them? No, no. No, no. No, what I'm saying is... I want to pass. I want it buried. They're paying the person to sell it to him. No, I did.

Nah, they're trying to get that money back. He's been using this shit the whole time. And he probably told the fucking... This is probably not something new. He told the doctor. He's been using it, told the doctor. And we got you, we got you about a nuts now. Hey, we need you take this.

No. You didn't see shit because you would do it. No, no, no, no. I want my money back. I play this in a barred. That's my about. I put on the team. No, Adderall.

I put on the team where a player took Adderall. But it was prescribed. Even though it's on the ban list, anything you want, you can get it prescribed. Mm. But did the team doctors give it to him? No, yeah. Outside doctors give it to them. That's the difference.

When the outside doctors give it to you and you don't consult, then they can just get you. Because you're not saying anything. If it's coming from the team, the team should be liable then. It shouldn't even be no me. Okay, okay. You gave me this. You said it from school. Okay.

No, put back. That's why I'm thinking this should be not this shouldn't be a 25 game that the team give it to him I don't know it said it was a person okay so that's what I'm saying so it couldn't but I'm telling them I'm telling the word no that's what I said I can't really have you know anything I'm taking I if it's not coming from the NBA I'm telling the team but as I want to know this and I guess somebody has to try to test it out like if you take a Molly or something like that like you know those party drugs does it show up you mean myth no not That's what it is.

Yeah, so it does register the math. Okay. I can tell you right now. What takes math? So that doesn't say. So Molly? Yeah. Cholet, two months to work.

That's what I'm saying? You know what? You go to Miami, you be fucking around and you're trying to have fun. So that and probably what? Lean to probably, right? I think that, I think once it breaks down, it breaks down, it's poppy seeds or some shit? Something. I wouldn't know.

I don't get some dress. A magazine. Yeah. But it breaks down now. Like, you know, but a lot of players wouldn't know that. But it benefits me too, though. Not even going to lie. What?

Paul George is missing 25 games. Man. Because he's, he's one of my 2K teammates. And, uh, he'll have more time. He's the main killer on, on, uh, Arc Raider. So we're going to have a lot of time. Hey, hey, see you in the lobby, niggas. Yeah, what about the thing about, remember about Tariq Evans when he had his thing

and he got suspended for that, right? Shouldn't that be on. on the NBA because you've given me We don't see that's See the one thing you do get As a player okay You can say whatever you want to say Because the NBA is not gonna say what it is

They can't They're not gonna tell you Competiality for CBA So if you was on Look let's no no which I was Because of my Achilles No what I'm saying let's say you was on What I'm saying is if you was on steroids

I was on perks right For my kids What I'm saying if you was on Got the prescription Okay you got the doctors gave you that shit for pain. We can get first. But what I'm, no, but what I'm saying is,

but what I'm saying is you can get addicted to that because of my injury. Like, I have Achilles and I'm taking perks every day to stop the pain, right? Yeah, it is. That's what I'm paying it, Paul. Yeah, it's like, and then you got some players that when they start getting hurting it, you go back to what.

Right, right. Like I said, like, you know, that's what makes you feel better. Okay, so how do you go get this? You can get that. Like, are you going to get it in the doctor because you get the best one. Yeah, you get the operand. You get the one that's going to keep you alive. Okay.

So what he's talking about is the ones You're trying to go to the streets? You can't take... I'm not going to the street, what I'm saying is that it says it only thing. When I had my surgery, it said what it was. Yeah, yeah, you can give, but you can,

that's not, that's not it. Okay. Oh, that was... He went downstairs. Listen, when you... He went downstairs. When you... When you...

25, listen, 25 games. Okay, okay. That's going to be something that's helping your body perform. You don't want a little bit. Okay, okay. Okay. That's what that is.

That's going to be in that realm. Okay. If it's in that coat, hair on all that, that's it. You're missing two years. Yeah, yeah. That's the thing. That's the thing about the mental health side. Because you're saying it's mental health, but it's performing.

No, no, I'm mental. Right? It works the same way. It works the same way. Compared to what we would use the other drugs for with the medic depressants, I can't sleep, insomnia. All of these different things are for mental illness. These are mental illnesses.

These are things where you need to be diagnosed. Yeah, yeah, I don't want that one. With this and say, you got to take this for sleep, anxiety, all that's, depression. That's what you say I have mental health pills and da-da-da-da-da-da. But if that's not it, you over here on this side, like, okay, so what the fuck is you taking, my nigga? Something that makes my mental feel better. Right. How many players do you think have more mental health than anything?

I'm sure more NBA players are probably on mental health that they don't say but they have mental health issues that I just think they just not mentally tough enough to go through the shit you're not mentally tough enough to get to the shit man you're not being diagnosed with a mental illness a mental illness is different than you just not being able to deal with that's the number one thing yeah he's dealing with the pressure he's dealing with the pressure so you don't think wait guys what's over here no I'm saying something oh no no no no I'm saying, no, I'm saying, in general, I'm saying everybody's always at cat about stuff outside of basketball. But it don't affect them. Demar and Kevin Love both came out as, as saying that's what I'm saying. Like, how do you know it? They're diagnosed for it.

They're taking meds for it if that's the case that they need it. Yeah, and they didn't get busted for. Yeah, because they got the prescription. A lot of people don't do that. A lot of people try to tough it out. See, but that shit is weak. That's weak to me. No, that's not.

Yes, it is. If you mentally fucked up in the head and you're trying out here and you, You know you can't get over the hump. Go get some help. Okay, how about this? That looks work. What if Bobby Port? Like DeMari and Kevin Love.

How many games did Bobby Port against his Mennifer? Say it. 20 what? 25. 25. For what? Was this shit mental? Wait, Bobby Portis?

Bobby Port, remember? Last year he got him 25 games. Oh, I forgot. What was that? I don't talk about Buck's a bitch. I can tell you. It's the same shit. Mental.

Mentally, I can't jump over that goddamn brick. Yeah, it's true. Give me this. It's more mental. Whatever. It's trouble to me. It's not, not way worse today. I used to be able to jump over this.

I'm better. I'm way better now. I'm better. I'm better. Huh? You know, when I was fat, right? Way worse. You don't want to this shit.

That's not. I was, I was missing. I was busy. This is way. Oh, this is. This is back. They can get you up. They gave me that shot.

I'm skinny. I'm mentally better now. You know, I'm mentally better now. Oh, bro. They burglarized that man's house, when he were doing with shit. Look at some of them fat-ass people online. Yeah.

They have them proud of the line with people. More to love. They lose two, three hundred pounds. They're happy again. No, man, the internet is. Man, I'm mentally better. Same internet. It's the same internet.

Results. It's the same internet. Mental health comes a lot from the social media. It's the same. It's false reality. Mental health is coming from the results you're looking for. If you can't get the results this way, you're going to get it this way. And if you get it, getting it that way, getting the results finally.

And that's why you have mental because you're trying to search for it when that's not even answers. But that's toughness. No, mental tough. You're talking about being tough mentally, meaning that I don't have to go out here and try to get an alternative for it. I'm just going to work through it. I'm going to go figure it out. How do you get too tough? But what's that?

Okay, and how do you work through things in life? What's the number one thing? That's that's right here. You need your life. How you feel? God. When you're mentally, when you, when you won that championship, right? And you won and you won in your Asteroida to the League, how do you feel?

Oh, I was depressed. Start doing drugs, man. No, just like. I thought I saw you on Skiro. You were on Skir Row. I thought I was out there. What this shit at? Man, what is he called George?

I said, Pete, you doing that shit? What you're doing that, man? What you're doing here? Hey, Pete, you don't want to this shit. You got to be here with me. You got to be a champion for this shit. With Don't want to this shit. Come on, man, Ray.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Ray in their closet. You don't want you in that car. Ray. Come on, baby. Come on. You don't want that.

You don't want that. No. He need to just come outside, though. Because a lot of black people are not strong enough to get help, especially during the season you don't want to be seen coming in and out of them. We're not taught to get help. We're taught to always take everything on the shoulder. We're always taught.

You always taught to be strong. No, no, just in life, in life, too, though. I was there in sports, you remember mental health, you said publicly, you're mentally weak. Yep. You're going to get attacked. Are you soft? Mm-hmm. Yeah.

That's a week, though. Even your teammates to look at you like, oh. That's weak, though. You can't be... That's what we're dealing with. He probably taking it like, all right, man, I gotta figure something out.

Fight through it, nigga. Fight through it. It's a shortcut. It's a shortcut to every fucking destination, man. When you take that shortcut, you come up with consequences, and you got to face the fire, you got to answer the questions.

Hey, why you take the shortcut? But he been... That shit takes too long. But he's been hurt for what, last two years. That shit takes too long. Some shit's too long. Like, I'm taking it in his mind. And people don't understand that.

He can't just say, all right, I'm done. I'm done with it. You gotta remember, he's taking that shit. It started with, thinking about it, we're talking about the young Paul George we've seen against LeBron. Foot when gone. He came back.

No, that wasn't his foot. When he did the USA shit. Yeah. That was his knee. It came back from that to either give us a Hall of Fame career. When he got traded to Clippers, when he came to Clippers,

that after that first year, had two shoulder surgery, Didn't get to train all year Didn't get to shoot all year Had to come back No training For sure It's been it's been rough for him

I've seen him after this After the one person Should be able to get away With some shit It should be him Him and then B When he came back from that shit I remember looking at the looking at his eye

He was just like man I was fucked up This shit Because it almost took him out Like that That was a fucking Like don't look at that shit Injury type shit

But he was like That shit Fuck me Fuck bro But he was back though Like now he's back to He was He wasn't 360 PG in, but he was back to his self, but you can see it bothered.

Yeah, he's about to take over for me. Then the shoulder shit, the shoulder shit's to them back for real. That's what I'm saying. He's been on those shit's on and off for years, bro. Think about that binge, not having it. Thank you. That's what I'm saying for years. And then you need it.

You're like, all I know I need. I got that. Yeah, your body feel different. Man. But that's the whole thing about actually having athletes be able to. to use these enhancing drugs for benefits of recovery, the mental, the mental fortitude, being able to see yourself back at peak form. They're like, Kauai.

Kauai, I've been dealing with this shit for so many years where if you was able to use something that can actually make you feel like I can be out here and it's helping you get your shit back, why not? But then you abandon it, you're keeping guys out based on they have to go offseason, take a year off, go use the shit. shit, let the shit wear off out this system. Now they're back, now you're like damn, how do you come back like this? I play now

I gotta take Advil. Yeah, yeah. Three and two. Three and two? I gotta take three advils to play, yeah. For sure. I take four of the motherfuckers. Four and some side. I'm... That's where my ankle hurt now. I was playing last like you. Try to be younger. So is fuck. I wonder where my booting

in this motherfucker. You know you can just sit down, sit down. You don't. I just sit down and watch these young dudes do it. Don't do nothing. Damn, no. He loved a game, Bill. The day I stopped playing basketball, that's when I know. Man, Nick.

I'm you. Hey, Paul. Hey, Paul, I'm about to be on in 10 minutes. I know you at home. I knew you had to have, just go ahead, log on. Go ahead. I can't go to the golf course like me. I can't go to the golf course yet.

That would be nice for sure support. All-Star Weekends. You know, where them PG wants? He can be a pair. He is a Palmdale. Too many. It's going to be too much drinking and stuff in the air. He'll be right where he need to be.

You got to keep him in a... I got you. I got you. I had it room for, man. Like, that's... No, that's my dog. Is that your dog? Yeah, man.

That's Valley. They're Valley, man. Palmdale. That's pump. That's pump. That's a pump. It's a far away. It was a far away.

It was a lot. It's a lot of legend. I'm just like, far away. That's where they've seen the games in LA. That's a workout, dude. That's the scary free way. That's a long drive. That's a long drive.

It's a long drive. It's a long drive. Not going out there twice. So obviously a lot of breaking trades going on. We're going to hit those tomorrow, but we got Jared Jackson Jr. going to the jazz. You got Nicole Vucevic. Yeah, no, no, no. We don't care where he went.

We want to know where he going to end up. Who, Jared Jackson, Jr.? Utah. Lori Marking account there, George. First of all, they're trying to get the number one pick so I didn't get AJ. So I think there's going to be another trade. I think that motherfucker about to land here. I can tell you one thing.

We do do trades with the jazz. We do? What? We do, do, Traylor? We got off. You want to do it? Huh? You want to have?

I get Michael Jackson, Jr. I don't give a fuck. I just don't give me, just the players we have got to go. I thought Aiden was going to be the savior. I did. I did. Now they can go. We don't seen enough.

Everybody who was breaking news, break it back. Hey, and four. We had three breaking news last year. Bring it all back. Bring it back. Bring it back one time please. Jazz. very loyal-willing trade partner, even when they don't know what's going on really behind the scenes.

God bless you. Thank you for Luca. It was the one-year anniversary of Luca Donchie getting traded to the Lakers recently. God bless you. Let's keep those trades moving and shaking. But like I said, we will discuss those tomorrow. Make sure you stick around for an all-new episode of the arena live in San Francisco for Big Game Week. But this has been another episode of Gilles Arena presented by Underdog.

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