Gil's Arena - Luka Doncic & The Lakers Got ROBBED By The NBA!!

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

Luka Doncic & The Los Angeles Lakers Got ROBBED By The NBA according to Gilbert Arenas as Gil & The Gil's Arena Crew react to Luka's SHOCKING ejection in last night's game where the Lakers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder and debate if Luka deserved to get tossed for his hostile interaction with a fan. Next, they react to the Milwaukee Bucks' stunning 4th quarter comeback where Giannis Antetokounmpo carried his team over a 24 point deficit and proved he deserves more love in the NBA MVP Race for keeping the Bucks a threat in the East. Then, media superstar Dan Patrick joins the show to break down his comparison of Cooper Flagg to Kevin Love and react to the hottest stories in sports like Mike Malone's firing from the Nuggets and Stephen A Smith's hostile beef with LeBron James. Finally, the Gil's Arena Crew reacts to Ja Morant listening to their suggestions and breaking out the grenade celebration in last night's game and give their take on Tracy McGrady saying LeBron James would get cooked in every game of 1 on 1. Please give us a like and subscribe!!! Gil's Arena Crew - Gilbert Arenas, Josiah Johnson, Lexie Brown, Swaggy P & Brandon Jennings Gil's Arena Merch is Available NOW at https://gilsarenamerch.com/ Sign up for Underdog Fantasy HERE with promo code GIL and get up to $1000 in Bonus Credits and A FREE Pick: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gil's-arena To get $15 off your first order and find out if prescription Ro Sparks are right for you. Connect with a provider at https://ro.co/GIL USE Code GIL10 for 10% off tickets on SeatGeek https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/GIL10 Vote Here For The Webby Awards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/creators/individual-creator/sports Join the Playback chat to interact with Gil and Josiah https://www.playback.tv/gilbertarenas SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvjYgmwadC682OoC4Cc6TQ Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos! https://discord.gg/underdog 0:00:00 2 Min Timer 0:02:03 Show Start 0:07:17 Swaggy P's Public Apology For His IG Bet 0:11:32 Gil Arrives To The Arena As LeBarbie 0:19:00 Dan Patrick Enters The Arena 0:19:54 Dan On His Cooper Flagg Comparison 0:22:17 Dan's Take On Michael Malone Fired By Denver 0:22:49 Back To Cooper Flagg 0:30:38 Dan Patrick On Stephen A vs LeBron 0:40:48 Dan Patrick On The MVP Race 0:45:02 Gil Calls Out Swaggy For Quitting In The Creator League 0:52:25 Ja Morant's Grenade Celebration 1:20:26 Luka & The Lakers Got ROBBED 1:38:30 Lakers vs Thunder in the Playoffs 1:46:20 Luka's Return To Dallas 1:53:23 Giannis & The Bucks INSANE Comeback 2:05:14 Giannis Deserves More Love In The MVP Race 2:08:23 Why Everyone Disrespects Jayson Tatum 2:19:54 MostlyFans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Please enjoy responsibly. Product availability varies by region. See app for details. Welcome back to Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. Whoa, whoa, whoa. As you can probably see, Gil is not with us right now. If you watched the show yesterday, you know he got a little too turnt up smoking a Mike Malone pack after the Nuggets fired their head coach. I think he's getting an IV or something.

He said to start the show, he'll be with us momentarily. But this is Gills Arena presented by Underdog Fantasy. Whoop whoop. We got NBA champion of the world, Swaggy P, Nick Young in the building. Looking good, Nick. The best I ever seen you look. Go Bruins. Looking good. It's not a good day for me right now. Little Bruin. Little Bruin. Little Bruin. And on this side of the couch, we got Creator League

champion of the world, representing Top Crowd, Top Crowd University, Mr. B. Brandon Jennings, Creator League champion. That's how he was acting out there too. If you watch the game, you know he defeated Swaggy's team, best of three. Yep, got him out of here. Some finished the game,

some did not. We'll talk about that shortly. And next, Mr. B, we got WNBA champion of the world, Seattle Storm Guard, Lexi Brown, back in the arena. Lexi, you need a... I need a sound. You need a sound effect. I know. Pew, pew, pew. Bow, bow, a... I need a sound. You need a sound effect. I know. Pew, pew, pew.

Pow, pow, pow. We need something. But like I said, swaggy looking good in that UCLA gear, my brother. We're gonna have to start calling you Swaggy B. Swaggy B. Little Fruin. This shit don't even feel good. It's itchy.

Once it hits your skin, just go comfortable. We'll have more on that in a moment. You're gonna get an allergic reaction. Man, that's why I'm sick right now. You're going to start sounding educated. Get every job he applies for. There's a lot of good things coming your way. Every job.

For all the fans out there, we still got two viewing options for you. Our traditional version, mobile vertical version. Pick whichever one you want to watch. Just make sure you support the show. Here's what's cracking in the arena today. The Lakers dealt with some questionable officiating and took an L in their second straight game with the Thunder. Did Luka deserve to get ejected for trash talking with a fan?

The Bucs overcame a 24-point fourth quarter deficit to stun the Wolves with Bobby Portis back in action after his 25-game suspension. But will the Bucs get out of the first round this postseason? I think at least one person on this couch thinks so. I don't know how everybody else feel about it, though. And after getting fined 75 racks for his finger gun celebration, John Morant took Gil's advice and came up with

a new celly. Let's just say it was explosive. But before we get into all that, as always, this show is brought to you by Underdog. Download the app, use promo code Gil. Get up to $1,000 in bonus cash, plus a special pick-em. And you know know Luka Doncic plays tonight. He's making his return to Dallas, his first game against the Mavs. And you already know Underdog has a Luka Doncic discount every game he plays

for the remainder of the regular season. That's right, we're dropping specials for every single Luka game, including his return tonight against the Mavs. Special continues to hit, so take advantage of that Just use the QR code on screen to the link in the chat to claim your offer for tonight's game and ask for tonight Mr. B has some picks up in his partner pack on the underdog app Creator League champion. Yes, I do Future one-on-one champion, mr. B Brandon Jennings. Let's take a look at your underdog picks for tonight if we can, please. Uh-oh. They effing up.

Did do the Lucas special. I can read them, too. That's because there's so much... I'll read your picks, Mr. B, so we get the screen up. It's a championship atmosphere. We got two turked up, had a little parade. So you got higher 25.5

Steph Curry. You got Brandon Pajems half Steph Curry. Yep. Got Brandon Pajemski higher nine and a half rebounds and assists. DeMontis Sabonis higher 12 and a half rebounds. And James Harden to get a double-double against the Rockets. Yes. Flippers, Rockets tonight. Flippers fighting for playoff position.

We see the picks on screen right now. How everybody else on the couch feeling about Mr. Beast's pick? off position. We see the picks on screen right now. How everybody else on the couch feeling about Mr. Beast? Shout out to you. Cool. Yeah. Always support positivity. Positive energy. Everybody's up. I mean, cuz the Clippers, they need to win. So, and James playing against his old team. So, okay. I know for sure. I like that. I like that. Steph Curry, you know, he had a bad game the other night. So, he

hasn't had a 30-point game in a minute. I like it. And they're playing the Spurs, so. Yeah. It's a bonus. He always, you know, he gets like eight rebounds in the first quarter. So we asked the chat if they're riding or fame with your picks. 52% of the chat riding with the picks.

If you like those picks, head over to Underdog App. Use promo code GILL. Get up $1,000 in bonus cash plus a special pick. And as a reminder, if you can't watch the show live, it's on YouTube. Audio version is available on Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts. Another reminder, Gil has been nominated for a Webby Award

in the Creator Sports category. Support Gil by voting for him in the link in the chat, even though he is not on the couch right now. That's a true creator right there. Turned up in celebration. Mike Malone pack. Oh, okay. Very potent.

Very potent. Very potent. Voting is open until Thursday, April 17th. Please note you must respond to the email you received upon registration or your vote will not be counted. Let's get into it, Swaggy. I see you rocking that UCLA gear, looking like a real Bruin.

Looking good. Before the women's tournament, Swaggy and I made an Instagram bet on which one of our alma maters would advance further. USC squad suffered a devastating blow losing Juju Watkins for the season before losing to UConn in the Elite Eight. While my Bruins advanced to the final four before also taking the L to the eventual champion Huskies. So, you know, Swaggy rocking the UCLA gear. We also have the billboard Westwood near UCLA. I seen it. It looking good.

I saw it yesterday. Look at that. Oh, man, look at that billboard right there. Right near Canada. Post that L on Instagram. It's all fun and games until you got to post that L, Swaggy. Yeah. So, this was part of the punishment for losing our Instagram bet.

But, Swaggy, I can't even lie. You look good rocking that true blue. You do. You do look good. That one's too soft, man. Look at me. Look at this. Do I have on two glasses right now?

I'm going to use something I'm going to brew in there. Brew in now. Studious. A Trojan only lasts once. A brewing is forever, as we already know. So Nick, in addition to Billboard

and Westwood, I understand you have a special apology you'd like to share with our audience. Ah, man. The floor is yours, sir. I got to read on camera?

You got two glasses, you should be fine. That UCLA education. I got to read on camera. Man. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My esteemed colleagues, everyone. First off, I want to thank y'all for riding with me

through the good, the bad, and this very extremely difficult times of me wearing UCLA gear. This is not easy to say, so I'm just going to keep it real. March is over, and so is my chances of winning this bet against Josiah. God bless you. It is. It is over. It is. It is over.

Yeah, yeah. Right here on Gil's Arenas, we made this bet. And I had to- Two arenas. Gil's Arena. Gil's Arena. You one of those? You put S's on the end of things? Yeah, yeah.

Hate that. Oh, I hate that. And it's sad to say that UCLA runs LA basketball right now. Can we clip that? Because Juju got hurt. No, no. Yeah, it's just, but I gotta give credit where credit's due. Y'all played very well.

But shout out to my ladies at Southern California. You're going to be OK. Keep your heads up. You still was balling. You're gonna be okay. Keep your heads up. You still was ballin'. You're gonna come back next year stronger than ever. And we can run it back again. But I gotta give credit to Woodland Hills, to the Westwood women.

I don't wanna say it. Westwood, see, we're different city. Westwood women. Yeah, man, this is gonna go straight to the questions. Okay, all right. Well, I do have a question. Josiah Johnson, Gills Arena, presented by Underdog Woo Woo. You were real loud on Instagram the last few weeks.

How does it feel to walk all that back in public like this on Gills Arena presented by Underdog Fantasy Woo Woo? Honestly, it feels kind of upsetting, you know. It hurts that I got to even wear this, you know. I'm scared to go back to my you know, to my to the Galen Center. I'm scared to walk around Southern California.

Gotta watch my back every 20 seconds. People have seen this. People have been calling me, what's up with this blue and gold shit. True blue, sir. That's championship blue. You have championship experience. I'm like, man. Come get with a championship.

A bet is a bet. I made it on Instagram. Fuck. You know? Right. Swaggy, we appreciate you honoring the bet that you lost. Shout out to the UCLA Women's Basketball Squad. We'll be back better than ever the next year.

Shout out Corey Close, the rest of the crew. Swaggy, shout out to you for being a man of honor and distinction. And shout out to you for wearing that shirt, man. Yeah, shout out to Juju, too. I felt it didn't feel right. Obviously, I knew I was going to win, but the circumstances didn't feel right. So, I'm sending love and prayers to Juju. Not to USC or to their basketball team, just to Juju.

The fact that y'all lost by 30, you lost by 12. Loss is a loss. Not without Juju. That's it. We should have did that type of bet. Different climate. But, anywho, let's get on with the show. But, first of all, has anybody seen Gilbert Arenas? Tampa. That's it. We should have did that type of bed. Different climate. But anywho, let's get on with the show.

But first of all, has anybody seen Gilbert Arenas? Do we know where Gil is at? Oh, here he comes. Gil is in the building. Look at Gil. What is that? He got the letterman. He got the Gil's Arena cap. He got the hat falls.

He's going to UCLA too? Yeah, what's up with the look? What's happening? I'm sorry. I've been doing that all morning. You didn't get the memo? I got no memos, Gills. Oh, so only the real glazers.

Only the real honey. The real? Honey soap glazers of LeBron James got invited to the LeBarbie doll. You got the LeBarbie fit? Oh. Fit. You didn't know? Did you see his photo?

Let me check my ideas. Yeah, man. Only the real ones. Only the real ones got invited. We had a photo shoot today. Uh-oh. Gil is back in the arena. You know, he got a new dog coming out.

LeBarbie. LeBarbie. LeBarbie is crazy. So for all you who don't know, LeBron made some history Wednesday by becoming the first professional male athlete to have his likeness depicted in a Ken doll. We got some photos.

Let's take a look. There he is, LeBron holding the Ken doll. So Mattel unveiled the LeBron Ken doll on Wednesday to kick off the toy manufacturer. You put on the outfit. You got to have the hat to the back. The hat to the back. That ain't it.

That ain't the one. Gil adjusted. Gil adjusted. So like I said, they unveiled the LeBron Ken doll Wednesday to kick off the Toy Mane Factory. Here you go. See, I took it. Put the outfit on. Look at him. Oh my God. Twin fish.

Twin fish. All day, baby. God is good, ladies and gentlemen. So LeBron. Nobody know that LeBron like I know that LeBron. The fact that you love the outfits. They said you ain't gonna wear it. I'm not gonna wear it.

I'm gonna wear it. I'm gonna wear it. I'm gonna wear it Nobody know that LeBron like I know that LeBron. Oh, uh, Memo. The fact that you're not the outfit. They said you ain't been, they been giving you the checks. But you ain't been repping LeBron like you supposed to. My glazing has not been in full glazed. That was the reason you were invited. Partial glazing.

I'm a partial glazer right now. As I make my shift, force meeting. I like this. But LeBron shared some photos of his new doll on IG today with the following caption. Got me a mini me. Unbelievably cool and an honor to be part of the Barbie and Mattel family that continues to inspire the next generation. Lil Bron coming to a store near you. Doll cost $75.

Goes on sale Monday. What do y'all think about LeBron getting his own Ken doll? $75? Look, it's a tough economy. Same price as eggs. $75 for a doll? You want an omelet or you want a LeBron Ken doll? I don't know. I mean, anytime you get a doll

or an action figure of yourself, I mean, that's fire. Right. You know, first, a professional athlete, not MJ. He done upped it from the bobblehead. Yeah Is that team shit yeah You got a doll that's crazy. Yeah, the cement him as the goat. Yeah, the bobblehead was cool But to get on yeah, no this I'm not gonna frown. I'm a little salty. I didn't get the memo, but it's okay Brian. I Would have liked to see you in some pants, Josiah.

You know, I did wear pants one time on this show. It was a little chilly outside. But when Luca gets his doll, you know, we'll see. Maybe you'll forget it. I can't wait to go to Whiteface. The Whiteface. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, that's going to be a good day.

No, it's not. The Whiteface. It's not going to be a good day. No. The white face. It's not going to be a good day. Not at all. Not at all. It actually might be a horrible day. No Steph, dog. Steph is not a ambassador.

LeBron, Raymond, James Sr. I wonder if they'll make more. That would be so cute. Bronny should get a little... A little mini. A little mini reversion. We got a LeBron house, like a Barbie house, you know. I'm sure it's coming. That'll be hard. A little Barbie car.. Do we got a LeBron house, like a Barbie house? You know, like, I'm sure it's coming.

That'll be hard. A little Barbie car. I will buy it. But the whole family, just everybody, the whole family. Right now. I know. I mean, the whole family's not LeBron, so, you know, just relax.

It's one item right now. But we all know, like, the LeBron family, this should have been like the LeBron family. Right, it should be a house, everybody already inside. Yeah. And then LeBron on the family. Right. It should be a house. Everybody already inside. Yeah. And then Braun on the outside. Braun. I would like NBA Barbie dolls.

That would be cool. They made WNBA Barbie dolls, obviously. But like all the NBA teams, that would be cool. They used to make like the little action figures. I've seen like a Jordan one. I've seen a Kobe one. Well, that's the, yeah, that's sports ones, though. That's sports ones.

You know what I'm saying? But not Barbie. It could be action figures with the WNBA and then the NBA. That would be cool. Mm-hmm. Barbie and Ken style. Oh, how would y'all Barbies be, though? What do you mean?

Like the... They already exist. I'm talking about the women's basketball Barbie. They made WNBA Barbies. They did? Uh-huh. Oh, that's awesome. I had like 10 of them.

Yeah. They were in a box. You never took them out, but yeah, they just put them in jerseys. Oh, that's awesome. It's just Barbie in a jersey. Oh, they put them in jerseys. Oh, that's awesome. We need a Lexi Barbie doll, though.

I would love a Barbie. I want a Bratz doll. I'm more Bratz. Okay. You hear me. The women in the arena know what that means? Yeah. Okay.

If you know, you know. I'm sure a lot of our chat does not know, but it's okay. Y'all can go look at the difference between a Barbie and a brat. The big head. Those are the big head ones. What? They like Nicki Minaj, though. They got cuter clothes.

Okay. Lip gloss. Well, Gil, we appreciate you taking your glazing to all new heights. Yeah. Okay. Lip gloss. Well, good. We appreciate you taking your glazing to all new heights. All new heights. Happy to see you back in the arena after smoking the Mike Malone pack yesterday. All new heights. Now, someone called me a LeBron glazer.

And I was like, stop calling me a Laker glazer first. No, no. A laser. I'm a Laker glazer. I was not... You don't have to explain. I was in team LeBron before LeBron came to LA I wasn't I wasn't Euro until Luca came fair now

I won't Euro cereal now, but what is your okay? Yeah, it was your cereal Whatever they eat over there for beer on it, whatever they eat in their country, I want it. It does taste different over there. I don't care. I'm going to eat it. It's going to be my favorite. Yeah. It's very different in Europe. It's going to be. So I decided, you know what? Then I started looking around the room

and realized I had some of this. This is what, you know. Thank you, McDonald's, because they just gave Elijah this for me to have it. Oh, so you rocking. But I appreciate you. For me to use it, yeah. It's both the arcs.

You know, he got the off white so this is yeah yeah you got it you nailed it last little gear no he did nail it yeah you did

I can't you're killing it though I've seen this yeah you walked in LeBron LeBron LeBron James

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That's roe.co slash gill for $15 off your first order. So we're going to talk Creator League, all that stuff in a second. But we have a very, very special guest making his first appearance in the arena via Zoom. He's a legend in the sports media game that's been putting in work for over 40 years on TV, movies, radio, and print. Stopped at CNN, ESPN as an anchor on SportsCenter and star of several iconic This Is SportsCenter

commercials, as well as NBC's Football Night in America and Sports Illustrated. He was also a hooper in his heyday, earning a college scholarship. Now you can watch him on the Dan Patrick Show on Peacock. Dan Patrick, welcome to Guild Arena. We see you on the set. Thank you.

Thank you. Great to be here and great to follow an erection. So thank you. Feeling good. Feeling hard. Shout out to Rose Parks. They got us all feeling right. Hell yeah.

Well, Dan, we appreciate you. So let's get right into it. During a recent episode of your show, you were talking about likely number one pick Cooper Flagg and asked if you said his career was going to be like Kevin Love's, would that be a disappointment? And it probably would be. Kevin Love responded to the comments, said he wasn't offended by them,

gave Flagg a bunch of praise. But you also said Flag reminds you of Kevin Durant. So how do you think Cooper Flag's game will translate to the NBA? Well, the one thing I wanted to clarify is that if he does have a career like Kevin Love, Kevin Love's probably a borderline Hall of Famer. He's had a great career. But what I was trying to caution people is he's not going to be Larry Bird. So it feels like it's going to be a disappointment.

And I and that's where I want people to realize his game is not like Kevin Love's. Kevin Love was an overachiever, did wonderful things, five time All-Star, won a championship. Cooper Flagg is a number one pick. You know, Kevin Love coming out of UCLA. I thought he was maybe a 14 and nine guy. Well, he exceeded that. championship, Cooper Flagg is the number one pick. You know, Kevin Love coming out of UCLA, I thought he was maybe a 14 and 9 guy. Well, he exceeded that. I just think we get caught up in the expectations. And sometimes, and it's fun to do, and we love a player comp. But if I knew people were going to go, oh, he could be the next Larry Bird. He can't be. But he can be the first, you know, Cooper flag. And I said, if he accomplishes what Kevin Love did, that to me would be a really good career.

But I said, people will look at that as a failure. I didn't mean to, you know, indicate a hint at Kevin Love's career is a disappointment. And that's why I reached out to Kevin because I said, hey, this isn't on you. And then he said, no, I got it. He said people, you know, took it the other way. So I just wanted to make sure I clarified that because I've known Kevin since he came into the league. Now, we appreciate you, Dan. Kevin Love of Bruin. We got Swaggy P, Nick Young here rocking UCLA gear, showing his love to the Trojans. Mr. B, you got a question for Dan? Yeah, Dan, how do you feel about what Denver just did? Getting rid of their coaches and their GMs right now late in the season,

knowing that the postseason is coming up? I don't care how bad it got. Can it wait? And I don't know how this is a spark. And I know that those two didn't get along. And Calvin came in. Mike had already established himself. Now all of a sudden you've got a new GM.

And then he wants to hire somebody. He wants him to play more of a younger bench. I understand that, contrasting styles. But damn, we're three games away from the end of the regular season. And the first thing I thought of is, what's Joker want to do after this? Like, you got three more years, but how does this impact him?

And I did talk to somebody who knows him. He says he's an extremely loyal guy. He's a Dirk Nowitzki kind of guy that wants to stay with one organization. But this, this is one of those where, you know, Jamal Murray's banged up. You know, they may be overpaid for Michael Porter Jr. Gordon's good. You don't trust the bench. And I don't know. It just feels like and I don't think they'll win another championship with him in Denver.

And it's not a knock on him. Sounds good to me. With the Cooper flag, I've watched him up close. There's one thing that we misunderstood sometimes is the work ethic of that player what what cooper flag has that can't be measured is that he plays very hard right he has a he has a yannis motor so so because he goes 100 all the time with his athleticism with his-making ability in the open court, I think he will surprise a lot of people. He will be averaging 25 easily by his third year because he just plays harder than everybody.

Okay. And, you know, when you're in college, you do have a zone that kind of stops you from that. So the fact that he did lead his team in every category with a zone, when he plays in the NBA and he's going 100% where 90% of the NBA don't go that hard, right? You're going to be watching a half-court version of how Giannis plays the game. And that's the thing that a lot of people will miss is the motor of Cooper Flagg at that age. And the reason why I brought up Durant is,

I mean, Durant's game inside-out, mid-range jumper, I mean, he has everything there. Flagg is probably going to be a better all-around player than KD. He's not going to be the scorer that KD is, but Flag has the potential to be a better passer. He's a great passer, and he'll block shots, and KD's an underrated defender, but offensively, just how he moves, he's not afraid to contact. He can inside you go outside and i i agree with you we get caught up and we see the end result but you don't see what you know bird magic michael isaiah all those great all the time that they spent like tiger woods all the time that he spent he has the

god-given ability it's the ability to want to take that God-given ability and take it to an even higher place. And that's what I love to see. And you guys know this better than anybody. Give me the guy who adds something to his game every year. Like, what is different? What are you doing? What are you doing?

What are you doing? Because you need to evolve because that defense is geared up for something then michael jordan takes you on the block and you go damn mike that's not fair but that's that's what it is you're you're you're adding to your game and that's what i think will be important for cooper flag do you want to be great because in today's nba you know in your third you know fourth year you're making 50 million dollars and you might not have that motivation um but to want to be great you know patrick mahomes wants to be great he got that 450 million dollar contract that didn't stop

him it it's it's like i want to prove that I'm that and then some. And that's where Shohei Ohtani, like that's what I love. Hey, I'm making it, but I'm going to show you I deserve that every penny of it. And then I might be underpaid. Patrick Holmes is underpaid. And who would have thought that when he signed that contract? They're like, oh, my God, what are the chiefs are doing? I said at the time, he'll be a bargain. And he is. But greatness, I think you want to be great. You have to be great. It's the most important thing to you.

And you can see that there are certain athletes who get to the pros, get to the NBA. And then it's like, I've made it. And then you don't add. Sometimes you subtract from your game. So Dan, heard you laugh when Gil said that Cooper would be averaging 25 by his third. You agree? Disagree with that? I can see you smiling again. Well, no. We're putting these expectations on him. I've seen it

too many times. I've been in the business for 40 years. I just, we put these expectations. They're the next. They're the next. Well, we're still looking for the next Mike. He ain't coming through the door. Magic.

There's not going to be another Magic or Larry or Kareem or, you know. That's what I worry sometimes. Then that goes back to the comment of, now, can he average that? Yes. Do I expect him to average that? i don't know where he's going if he goes to the wizards basketball's version of a timeout um i'm supposed to be mad because i play for the wizards but i understand i mean that that feels like you know when you punish your kids and you go hey if you keep doing that I'm gonna give you a timeout.

I think in the NBA, if they go, hey, Kuzma, you better. All right. We're trading you to the Wizards. You're like, no, no, anything but that. If he goes to the Wizards, he might get, you know, decent numbers. What if he I don't know, Utah? I'd love to see him in San Antonio. But, I mean, if he goes to New Orleans, there's only one ball, and you bring somebody in,

and all of a sudden you either have to embrace him or you're going to say, you've got to earn it. You catch up with us. And that would be my big concern. We've seen so many guys go to teams especially quarterbacks and they go into a bad situation if Patrick Mahomes played for the Browns he wouldn't be a hall of famer it's because he doesn't have the infrastructure there and it's so important if like Magic went right to the Lakers they were a great great team. Larry goes to the Celtics. They were a great team.

Mike had to build the Bulls up. Isaiah had to build the Pistons. The whole infrastructure is so important to your success because I've seen way too many quarterbacks go into a bad situation and they never get out of it. How about Brooklyn?

Nobody cares about Brooklyn. They could win a title and they still might not have a parade in New York City. No, I'm saying Cooper flag in Brooklyn. Yeah, I know. But that's... Is that my point? I mean, I don't know. Nobody cares about Brooklyn. I mean, my son lives in Brooklyn, but he doesn't go to the games.

That's why I thought KD and Kyrie were going to the Knicks. I thought they were going to take that franchise and they were going to bring it back up to where it once was. And then he said they were going to take that franchise and they were going to bring it back up to where it once was. And then he said they're going to Brooklyn. And I'm like, damn. The Beastie Boys go to Brooklyn. I don't know of any other people who want to, you know,

and you're going to go play basketball in Brooklyn? I don't know. It's better than the Wizards, though. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But you're always going to be in the shadow of the Knicks. Always. It's like you go to the Clippers or you go to the Lakers. It's the same thing with the Knicks. Even if the Knicks aren't winning and Brooklyn's winning,

it's still a New York Knicks town. Let's shift this a little bit. So recently we saw the situation with LeBron and Stephen A. Smith. LeBron confronted him during the Lakers game for comments regarding Bronny and Bron's parenting. And Stephen A. going on what LeBron described as a Taylor Swift-like media tour when LeBron pulled up the Pat McAfee show. So what's your reaction to the beef between LeBron and Stephen A. Smith?

Well, I'm going to guess there's one word that triggered LeBron, and that's where you critique him as a father. Okay? Pleading. You critique him as a father. Yeah. Okay? Pleading. You critique him as a father, and that probably hit home. Okay, first of all, Stephen Ake goes on the show, and this is when his son got into the game early against the Sixers, and he's matched up with Tyrese Maxey.

Tyrese Maxey, he burns everybody. He's a tremendous player. And then here's LeBron saying, or Steve May go, LeBron, promise me. Like, he made it seem like this is, you know, that he should be reported to the services. You know, he's a bad parent. He didn't send him to Afghanistan for the war. He just, J.J. put him in the game. That, I would blame JJ, not LeBron.

And I just thought that it was Stephen A being overly dramatic. And then if you critique me as a father, then we got a little bit of an issue here. Now, did it evolve or devolve into something silly? Like, do you really think Stephen A was going to swing at LeBron James? No. Would have liked to see it. No. Yeah, yes, because is LeBron going to put his hands on Stephen A? No.

He saw him. I'm going to say something to you. And it's basically, you know, and Stephen A. has come out and he's basically said, you know, hey, LeBron, Michael's the goat, not you. Like, why say that? I mean, you're doing it in an angry way. Like, you clearly don't like LeBron. There is history there. And LeBron probably thought, you know what, enough of this shit. You can critique me as a basketball player, but I gave my son an opportunity. Yes, is there nepotism? Yes.

Would you do the same thing? For yours. Would you do, if my son wanted to get into the business, I would be helping him get into the business. And I don't have any problem with lebron has been by all accounts pretty damn good parent and husband so steven a used the platform to make it about steven a and hey i can call out lebron and i i hated to see it i was embarrassed really for my profession but steven a you know felt strongly about it and then then as he said, hey, I was there. And athletes will say, if you're going to say something, show up.

And he did. I just didn't want to see if he was going to swing at LeBron. That would have ended quickly. That would have been quick. I got to see Mike Tyson fight in person a few times. It might have been one of those where you go, oh, boy. It's one punch, and that's it. Have you guys had any of that happen to you

where somebody challenges you that way? Me personally? No. Oh, yeah, Isaiah Stewart. Good job, Steve. Bring it up. Oh, shit. Yes, Isaiah Stewart did that to me, but the problem is he didn't read what I wrote correctly. He didn't read the words exactly how they were written.

I think, like, at some point, he pretended that I said something I didn't. So I wrote that, you know, I don't know if you got the NBA memo. The memo is, we wait till our teammates get behind us and then we pretend to fight so we don't get fined.

It's like WWE. He read that you waited until your teammates got there. So basically he thought I called him soft. And I thought he was faking. So I told him to fake. He thought I said he was faking. But not a member of the media. No, no, no. So he said he was faking. But not a member of the media. No, no, no. So he ran up on me.

Yeah, but a member of the media. I was the media. He was LeBron James. He was LeBron. And unlike Stephen A. Smith, swinging was not on my mind. I can tell you that for sure. I was trying to stop

myself from running, but it was the weight room behind me, and I, you know, one dagger real up in there. I just, I don't know why LeBron is so polarizing to people. I have great admiration for what he, I think it's the greatest basketball career, if you look at the totality of it. He's never going to be Mike, never.

People won't allow it. But LeBron, you're the all-time leading scorer. You're going to be in top 10 in steals and assists. Half your career, you played in the NBA finals. He dragged that Cavalier team that's one of the worst teams that's ever gone to the finals. Yeah, he bounced around to win championships. I get that. Mike never did. He went to the Wizards so he could be an owner. But it's just interesting how we hold on to that memory of Michael Jordan like it's dear life. And LeBron can never, ever.

LeBron could win seven titles. He would never be viewed as better than Michael Jordan, I think, in the public consciousness. So Dan, we talked about the LeBron, Stephen A. Smith situation. You asked our crew if they've ever had something like that. But have you ever had beef with an athlete over something you said that they weren't feeling? Yes. Yes. I had an interview with Alex Rodriguez that did not go well. I didn't know it didn't go well until I tried to get him back on the show. And then I was told when he was with the Texas Rangers, it's like Alex has a problem with you. And I'm thinking, OK, well, we were in Dallas and I went over to the Rangers game, went into the locker room. And what happened, back story, is I had A-Rod on and we were taping an interview.

And he starts talking about Derek Jeter's contract and saying he doesn't do anything better than me. And how can they give him $18 million? And then, you know, he said, hey, are we taping this? I said, yes. Now, at no point did he say, hey, just make sure you don't run that with Derek Jeter. And then he later did an interview, I think, with Esquire magazine and kind of said the same things that he said to me on my show. So I go to the locker room. I'm like, all right, I mean, I'll go. And if I said something, I'll apologize. I get in there and A-Rod is standing by his locker. And he's talking to a teammate. And I got Canseco and Pudge Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, I think Juan Gonzalez. They're all on the back of a couch with their arms you're like they're watching this because they know like something's going down and it could be me who's going down and a rod i think his teammate

was mike lamb so i i wait and i go hey and he goes and then he just got right in my face like we were nose to nose and i thought he's gonna drop me me and and I I was trying to figure out like what did I do and then he told me and I said you did the same you said the same thing in Esquire magazine and he just wouldn't listen so I said to the guy that I work with Rob Dibble who used to pitch for the Cincinnati Reds 6-4-2-35 I said hey D hey, Dibbs, if he knocks me out, I want you to hit him. And right there in front of A-Rod, I just turned. And I said, hey. And then A-Rod, for some reason, kind of turned away, and that was it.

The other one was Lawrence Taylor, LT. Oh, boy. He had just announced that he was being suspended for cocaine use, and I was a reporter at CNN. And LT read a statement to the print media, but I needed to get it on camera for CNN. He comes out of this press conference and then I'm there with my cameraman and I said, hey, LT, could you read that statement on camera?

And then he doesn't say anything. Keeps walking. And I said, LT, Dan Patrick, CNN, can you read that? He goes, call my agent. agent I said I already called your agent uh and then he kept walking and I go I said um hey and then he said don't you ask me again and then he had dark dark sunglasses on I could see the whites of his eyes through his dark sunglasses and I thought I'm in trouble so I say to my cameraman I I remember his name, Ricky Shine. I said, Ricky, keep rolling if he hits me. And LT got in a dark blue Porsche and peeled out. And I went, holy shit, what just happened here?

And all I was trying to do was do my job. I was trying to be respectful, but I thought that that was go time. Well, it wasn't go time, but it was gone time. I was in trouble. I was in trouble. But I think those are the two words. There's been misunderstanding sometimes with people, and then you try to clear it up.

But those are the two where I thought I was going to get punched. Well, Dan, we appreciate you for your time. Got one more question for you before we let you go. Obviously, there's been a lot of talk about the MVP race in the NBA. SGA, Jokic, both having tremendous seasons. Obviously, SGA got the Thunder, comfortable lead in the West. Joker having a historic year, looking to become the first center to average a triple-double. So where do you stand on the MVP race in the NBA right now?

I find it interesting that analysts will say, well, of course, Joker's the best player in the game. Okay. But he's not going to be the most valuable player. And I get that because there were times when, you know, Charles Barkley and Karl Malone won MVPs. Mike was still the best player in the game, but they had better seasons seasons here's what i worry about with sga and look they've had a historically great season you know what 51 wins of 10 points or more that's the most in history and you can yeah credit the three-point shot as well but i hope if sga wins the mvp that he wins the title because as guys know, when you don't win the title after you've been named MVP, you're not winning the MVP the next season. We saw this with Giannis.

You saw that with Joker. Joel Embiid is not going to come near that MVP form again. But SGA has had a wonderful season and has been unstoppable. But I don't like that. Well, he was most valuable, but he didn't win the title. He's still the most valuable player in the regular season. And I think we turn on these guys sometimes. Or the voters go, no, I'm not going to vote for him. It's like Joker. You know, you get voter fatigue.

And that's what I hope doesn't happen to him. It's like Joker. You know, you get you get voter fatigue. And that's that's what I hope doesn't happen to him, because nobody questions Giannis again. Nobody questions Joker. They won their title. Nobody questions Dirk. He got his title. Those are really important things that and having voted on those awards, and they can turn it on you. They can get tired about, you know, I had somebody tell me in Phoenix when they voted for Barkley and they're like, aren't you tired of voting

for Jordan? I said, no. No. He's the most valuable player and the most valuable player. He's valuable to your team, every other team, and he's the most valuable

player in the league. And he'll win a championship. And I just remember, you know, meeting this writer in Phoenix, and he was saying, you know, basically, why didn't you vote for Barkley? And I'm friends with Barkley. I even told Charles. I said, I didn't vote for you. And he goes, I don't blame you, man.

And I'm like, yeah, I'm voting for Mike. But I hope SGA gets it. I think this has been a great year and I hope that they're ready to go in the playoffs. But it feels like people haven't bought in all the way. It's tricky.

Them and the Cavs where you go, yeah, but let me wait until you get to a seven game series. Well, Dan, we appreciate you pulling up to Gil's Arena presented by underdog, Whoop Whoop. Everybody make sure to check out the Dan Patrick Show on Peacock Legend. Dan Patrick, thank you so much. What about the penis pills?

What's up? The penis pills? Oh, the Rose Park. We will get you some Rose Park. Okay. Or you can contact the medical provider 100% online. Thank you. Thank you.

Product placement. Hey, thank you very much. And Gil, keep killing it. Thank you very much, guys. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. All right. Shout out Dan Patrick.

Live in Vegas. We didn't even really get hit all the SportsCenter stuff, the This Is SportsCenter commercials. But for everybody who's in our age range, Lexi, you're a little younger than us, so it might be a little before your time, but those This Is SportsCenter commercials, but for everybody who's in our age range, Lexi, you're a little younger than us, so it might be a little before your time, but those This Is SportsCenter commercials used to be the shit. SportsCenter back in its heyday with that illustrious crew of anchors. But, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What the heck? What? Please. What? Stop. Man, when I win, when I lose, I win. Number one crash out. Put that shit down.

What? Put that down. You have two cups next to you. I won't. No, no, no. I won't. Put that in a. What? You have two cups next to you. I won't delete this. No, no, no. I won't delete this. Put that in a regular ass cup, bro. No, man.

You just got your ass whooped. No, you got your ass whooped on YouTube, dog. No, man, put that shit down. That ain't no championship mode. You was not acting like a champion. You was not acting like a champion. Yes, I was. Yes, I was.

No, you was not. Well, speaking of the Creator League, we do have Creator League Champion of the World, Mr. B. No, you was not. Well, speaking of the Creator League, we do have Creator League champion of the world, Mr. B. Brandon Jennings in here. Creator League finals loser. Really? Really? Thank you.

Your championship experience did not lead to a Creator League championship, but you and Mr. B were in San Antonio this weekend playing in the Creator League. Both your teams advanced to the championship game on Monday before the men's national championship game. So, things got heated in the final game of the best of three series. Let's take a look.

Is it heavy? Look at that foul. That's what you're screaming at the ref. the game three..... . . . . .

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. . . . . . ..... Three times? Why do they keep doing that? The three on two power play is a part of the Creator League. Swaggy, you are not feeling it.

You walked off the court, did not return as your team. He's going to score the game. I'll remind you that the power play is a fan. That's because of this shit. Look, three on two. And a miss. And a miss. And a miss.

And a miss. I got a girl and a 14-0. And a miss. I got a girl and a 14-0. You have championship experience. If Nick would have said nothing, he would have got the rebound. Quit or pee. Quit or pee.

Nothing wrong with having a woman. Jenna Bandy. I know. Damn. Not like that. They got all men. They posted a lot. First of all.

The motherfucker ran into her. The kid is the bigger problem. First of all, I think she had all the points in game one. Yeah, she did. She started off. Y'all didn't score. Did y'all see the running to her? I seen when she came in and boom, bucked her.

No, he ran her ass into the dam, to everywhere else. He just pushed her and she flew into the ground. I don't know what that got to do with the championship game. Because he hit David Sheen. So you're like your squad got cheated in the cradle. How do you get three power balls in a row? Three power balls. I had the last pick of the draft.

Mr. Biggs, so you build your team to greatness. You willed it. Yeah, so I had the last pick of the draft, and they talked about my team. I didn't tell them to pick them girls. Did you see? Did you see what he did to that poor dude? Did you have Kobe on your team?

It's like he showed you how to wheel shit. Why don't you live in the girls? 12-6. Then he's supposed to teach you. He got thrown. The nigga that do his face shit in the water at 4 AM, that's who he got. And he posting his little ball.

Something about Cash Nasty. Just posting. I had Draymond Green. Don't you get the ball back when you score? No, they make it and keep it. No, yes. I just said that. So all you had to do was score.

Show them post stuff. And then you get the ball. I seen those. And you could have did that the whole time. Two fouls, you get the free throw. They didn't call foul. You know what? I'm not even going to lie to you. I did win money.

That's cool. I won too. You bet against Swaggy. I bet $3,000 he was going to quit at some point. She don't know that. A very wise, a very wise. I know my swag. Who's my teammate? I know my Swaggy.

Who's my teammate? I thought my swag. Who's my teammate? Who taught me? I thought he was going to quit game one. I was like, oh shit, it's about to happen. It's about to happen. He's about to do me. He's about to do what I taught him. So anyway, let's move over to an actual champion.

A Creator League champion, Brandon Carriger team to the Creator League championship. They now win MVP with questionable circumstances. No, I think it was fan votes for the fans. Well, fans are haters as we know. I mean, yeah, we got Lou Will and them out of here in two. And then I knew I was going to beat, you know, so I knew I was going to beat him. Got lucky we got Lou. What you mean?

They best player, Godel, because Brandon want to kick his leg and shit. It was a foul. No, he broke his ankle. It was a foul. You broke his ankle. Get out of my shooting. Then he posting up girls, he posting up women and shit. It was a foul. No, he broke his ankle. It was a foul. Get out of my shooting. Then he pulsing up girls. He pulsing up women and shit. Just, huh.

Elbow and shit. What's the fault of that? Nothing. Nobody told you to put a 14-year-old on BJ? Who told you to put the 14-year-old on? Why you didn't guard him? Because my dude, I picked him when I played. So I had motherfucker just before me.

Why you didn't guard him? And let the 14-year-old guard somebody else? I did. I did. So we had play. So I had motherfuckers just to force me. Why you didn't guard them? And let the force you or guard somebody else? I did. I did. So we had a one-on-one button, right, where we can go ISO. First time I get the ISO, he followed me. I did see that. He didn't even check up. Soon when he wants to turn, he just rush to it.

No, they said, push the button, and then you just go play one-on-one. Everybody moved out the way. He just ran to the layup. So he followed the rules. First thing he did, just, no, no, no, no, no. It's like fire. It's like bringing the fire, basically. So you go to the topup. So he followed the rules. First thing he did, just chocolate. It's like fire. It's like bringing the fire, basically.

So you go to the top and you wait, right? No, that's not bring the fire. No, bring the fire is bring the fire. Whatever this is is whatever that is. Everything was big. They had four-point, it was big three shit. So look, they pressed the thing, bring the fire, and then you dribble to the top and you get ready.

Soon when he pressed it, he walked over and ran. So bad shit. I'm sorry. Thank you. I don't want to hear nothing you he walked over and ran. So bad shit. I'm sorry. Thank you. I don't want to hear nothing you got going on about you as a loser. I don't want to hear this loser say, tell me about how you win.

How did you beat him? What did you do? You don't know about that winner shit. That's why I'm going to ask the winner. Soon as you win. Winner's story. I mean, well, I just felt like it was real embarrassing for them to put the girl on me first.

Facts. And then they put a 14-year-old on me. Facts. So and what you say, every time you play against a girl, wax them. Okay. But not fouls. Lexi, do you agree or disagree with that?

I feel like the 14-year-old matchup is worse than the... No, no. He was bopping. He was bopping her. Hit her with all kinds of step backs. Lumen. Hoo-ha-ha!

Lumen, nice. Lumen, nice. Jenna's out there to score. Huh? Jenna's out there. No, no, not that one. It was... No, no, no.

That was Jenna. The game before. Oh. Who was the other, not that one. It was, no, no, no. That was Jenna. The game before. Oh. Who was the other girl? Bandy is a bucket guiter, as we know. She was in the Gills Arena. You did, you did.

What did you eat tonight? I want to know what a winner eats. What did you eat tonight? Bro, I just rested, bro. I just rested, got focused. They was out partying the whole week. They thought they was playing in the national championship game. I was there to win the Creator League.

The Creator League champion. I came there on a mission. Swaggy. We got to the finals, so you took it kind of serious. I mean, you did make it, but Swaggy, I'm looking at that UCLA jersey. They was out all night partying. I took the Cavaliers of 2008 to the finals like LeBron.

So the 08 Cav, not even the 07 ones. 07 ones, yeah, yeah. I feel good. Swaggy, I'm looking at that UCLA sweatshirt. I can see you the L right now There's a lot of else. This is not but I feel like Gil, you know when he missed the free throws against the Brian Don't bring me don't bring me in this brother. I feel like you I was never in a chair No, but I've been a champion you supposed to be the champion brother. I think I did good with the team I good shout out to Nelson man runner-up and Waggy P. Yeah, shout out Nelson. The people's runner up. Yeah, he was out there.

Getting pushed and shit. He was out there. Liability. Yeah. Liability. But you know, but you know, if you don't quit, I think your team does have a chance to win. You guys are only down six. Power plays in a row. Like they trying to, they won't try to win. So that's no, that was, no, that was fan voted. The fans voted for that. The fans voted for that. I never seen the fans, so the vote, so shit. You gotta see the vote. Brother, you was crying soon as the jump ball started. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Foul, ref!

It's a travel, ref! We what they ask for. Come on, ref! That girl had to cut the shit off. Yeah, you just see. I seen the whole thing. I did turn the sound off. You was crying the whole time.

So was I getting fouled? Your fat ass was getting fouled. You was out of shape. I seen the whole thing. I didn't turn the sound off. You was crying the whole time. Was I getting fouled? Your fat ass was getting fouled. You was out of shape. As soon as you kicked the ball the first time, I was like, he going to kick it again. He tired. Trying to get extra time because he didn't want to call a timeout. Trying to get his win. I did that for my dog, Nelson.

I know. I was tired. My dog, Nelson, was like, man, throw that shit again. Brandon, keep fouling. That's it. I was like, fuck it. Shout out to the Creator League. Shout out to Gil's Arena, inspiring the culture.

And with that in mind, let's talk some NBA basketball. So after getting fined $75,000 for disregarding the NBA's warning to stop doing the finger gun selly, hitting it twice in the Grizzlies win over the Heat last week, we offered John Moran some alternative celebration suggestions to avoid another fine during Monday's episode of Gil's Arena presented by Underdog Woo Woo. Woo Woo! Oh, that's their trophy? He does a bow and arrow.

The final present. Now it's going to be the same thing. It looks the same. It looks the same. For him, it's a grenade. For him, it's a gun. If they fine for the grenade. Any weapon.

Any weapon. Any weapon. You can't do nothing. So, Gil, you suggested that Ja do the grenade. Well, apparently Ja took Gil's advice, came through with his new celly, and the Grizzlies win against the Hornets in Charlotte Tuesday night. Let's take a look at Ja's deliberation.

Ja hits his bucket right here. Third quarter, whoop, threw the grenade into the crowd. We got another angle of it as well. Let's take another look. So Ja threw the grenade at the crowd. Covered his ears with the imaginary explosion as he backpedaled down the court. What the heck are they going to do now?

Hey, man, he sent the motherfuckers to the goulash, man. The goulash? Yeah. That's the second one. Y'all didn't see the first one. What was the first one? Guns don't kill people. Roll it under the bench. Stupid motherfucker.

Oh, he did? Boom! What he did? Guzz. Oh, I didn't see that one. That was the second time he did it. Yeah, that was the second time. Yeah, he rolled one under the bench.

His own bench? No, he rolled one under the other bench. Yeah, he rolled it under their bench and then did the boom. He needed to do it under their bench, and then they need to not not out of it funny Not a bit funny Like incorporate the whole The only way to do it or it'd be a reaction is if his bitch does it? Yeah

Grenade and then the whole bit That's gonna be the new one so funny is it's gonna be it's gonna be a big celebration So you got to throw the grenade and then the whole bench. Blue. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would be fire. That's going to be the new. What's the funniest? It's going to be a big celebration in AAU basketball. Throw the grenade. Y'all does have an influence impact on the youth. Sure does.

Swaggy, I see you over there eating candy. Two stupid dogs. Throw the grenade. Two stupid dogs. Blind leading the blind. Just the blind leading the blind. Oh. Are you ready?

That's what you're teaching the kids? Throw the grenade. Guns don't kill people. Stupid motherfuckers for guns kill people. That's what you're telling the kids. No, sir, we switched. You should have changed it up because we took away the gun and gave them a grenade.

I'm happy the motherfucker. A much more powerful weapon. You should have seen the first one roll it. So, Lexi, you were here on Monday when we offered Joss some alternative celebrations. I want to see the Spider-Man. Someone does it. Charlotte. He plays in Charlotte. A guard in Charlotte does it.

I don't want to see him do it. He doesn't. I want to see someone else do it. Yeah. I want to see someone else do it. What. I want to see someone else do it. What do you think about Ja's new grenade celebration? I'm like split with it because I do, like I said on Monday, I do feel like the NBA was picking on him.

But it's like you can't take the joy and fun out of the game for him. So he's going to keep doing celebrations. So I think they just need to leave him alone. But I thought that was fire. And as the chat is pointing out, nobody was harmed with the explosion of the imaginary grenade. Right, the fact that we're talking about

all these hypothetical. Imaginary things. That's what makes it funny, man. It's so stupid. I mean, I still think the lead's gonna try to find some type of way, though. They can't. It's a set of.

They said no more guns. Yeah, no more guns, right? Because. So you said, what about a grenade? No, no, because the idea, listen, the idea, and this is why I don't like the opinion of people. Because the opinion is the gun stuff. Reality is he didn't get suspended for it. They didn't suspend him for guns because he didn't do nothing wrong. It's not part of the NBA's policy

that you can't hold guns or have guns. It's not part of the state's policy. I believe Open Carry State... So they found a loophole to say detrimental to the team, which is not gun. just like Ben Simmons having a water bottle or a cell phone in your pocket during practice, detrimental to the team, right?

So the fact that he didn't get suspended for this act, you can't use your loophole to then start penalizing him for something he didn't get in trouble for. So that's the only thing I don't like about it. You didn't, like, if he got in trouble for guns, but you didn't suspend him for guns. You suspended him for the actions that he's not taking the shit seriously. And that's a different crap. Other situations you had, like, the law.

So you penalizing him for something that he didn't get in trouble for is actually unfair. So either you say, hey, no more pistols across the board so everyone understands it. Because from someone from the outside looking in and saying, wait, I do think this is unfair. You're penalizing him. You warned him. He did it again. You find him. Okay. Well, another person, a game later, watched the warning, watched the fine, and still did it. So he didn't give a fuck either. So what's the disregard on this? Did you give him a warning? No, nothing. But he watched the warning and a fine, and he still went out there and did it because it's natural.

Like, shooting? Shooting. Yeah, yeah. It's part of, that's what we do. Shooting arrows, loading them. Yeah, I mean, it's part of celebration. I've seen a little kid shoot an arrow at LeBron before in the AAU. Yeah, I mean.

And it definitely hit because he was very close range. It was very close range. But as I said, it's not because I look at it like this. You have to always use everything in context. What is the context of it? The context of this is celebration, meaning he's scoring or someone is scoring. And that's where it's coming from. This is not we both got in an argument. And I'm sitting like, yeah, after that, that's not what's going on here. Like, we get in the argument and then you be like, alright, see you in the back and do that. Okay, yeah, yeah. Fine or suspend that motherfucker right now. Because now that is a different context. The context here, I hit a shot or dunk on you, you do

the slicing of the throat, you do the baby, you do the night-night. All that is part of what we've been doing. Right? Yeah, it's over. Huh? Yeah. No, I've never seen that. Huh? Right? Yeah. It's over. Huh? Yeah.

No, I've never seen that. Yeah. It's over. Game over. That used to be the thing. Or you choked like it's... Yeah, the choke or this right here. They fined me 50K for doing the big balls.

Oh, for the heavy nuts? Yeah, for the heavy nuts. Oh, King Kong balls. Oh my God, yeah. Yeah. You done had a long last. Palo. 50,000 for the...

Promotion. In Toronto. Yep. I was in Toronto. I was playing with Detroit. I hit a shot in a big game and I was just like, 50,000 the next day. Because Karan used to do that. It's called big balls. You have no marbles. Sam said he had to stop doing it. It's the major league.

Did Sam do it before Major League? Because they kept firing him. But see, that's something you have to let everybody know. You have to let everybody know. So everyone actually understands. Celebrations is just part of it. It's the antics of the game. So tell us what.

You got to tell these kids, all of them, what can we do or not do? So you're say John knew? He didn't know if the do this good shit was gonna get him in trouble. Well a ton of players Every night two or three people do it buddy Hilton job did it late that game so John walking by the bit Buddy Hill did it to him first. No, no, no, no, no, no. Who did it first? A lot of people are doing it to... Buddy Hill and Ja doing it to each other could have been self-defense.

He did it to... I mean, um... He was standing his ground. Ja, you should know not to do that. You should do the grenade before you do anything. But anything gun... Pazinski. Pazinski did it. Anything gun-related with Ja Ja he shouldn't do. Just for Ja.

So what about grenade related? So before we talk about we have the other video of the other instances of Ja doing grenade celebrations during that game. Oh you f- He's being very supportive as a teammate. Oh so he was doing it the whole thing. Yeah, I think that last one looks like him throwing roast barks. Yeah, roast barks.

The fact that you said self-defense, it'd be funny if you would have said that. Yeah, self-defense. He pulled it out on me. We have a finger gun, imaginary finger gun. I know, and that's the bad part. Yeah, because, I mean, you can't help it. Like, when you're in the moment, you hit big shots, it's like, ooh, you go.

You know what I think the real problem is? And this is the real, real, real, real deep down problem. They ain't got no home training? No, no, no, no. It has nothing to do with them and the home. Nick, please. The league is looking right now at Ja because of this. Who is Nike's next guard?

Him. Him. Him, right? Kyrie switched. He was king. Yeah. Ja is the next king for the brand Right bronze about to be gone Katie's on his way out Booker doesn't I mean Booker sales But he's not as popular as Jaya's so you have Sabrina you have

Sabrina who is the biggest? Shoe seller amongst the guards so when they're looking at job It's more like yo we need to try to break him. Because when these two go out, you're... You are the brand. You are the brand of Nike. Nike is the league. So they're trying to figure out how can they...

They convince him to stop doing some of these things. And the thing is, have an actual conversation with the kid. Yeah, just talk to him. Stop trying to punish him. But do you think that hasn't happened? I don't know. No, not no real conversation.

No, you have to make him see, like some of these guys, you have to make them see the bigger picture. Because they don't have the surrounding like a LeBron James or a Kobe or a Mike, right, that's protecting the what's-his-name, right? These guys are just living in real time. So you have to have this conversation Adam Silver and all NBPA they got to sit down and say listen, this is what's happening. You'll think they have you are the next him Right. You don't think they have done that like Adam. You don't think he you don't think him and Adam some had to talk

No, they call us say you do it again. We're gonna find you What does he know? He know not to do good shit. He's been doing a celebration since he was in high school, college. There's nothing that says don't do it. He ain't been doing that. Everybody's been doing that. Everybody.

That's what I'm saying. You're talking about stuff. You're making it seem like he just made up something. If somebody decided to go through every film and count it, I guarantee you there's been 100 pull outs all season. That's the fact. How old is Josh? Huh? been 100 pull-outs all season. That's a fact. How old is Ja? Huh?

There's probably been 100 pull-outs. That's a fact. And you got to remember, after he got in trouble, people were still pulling out. So it's not like Ja, 25 years old, be 26 in August. He should know how to do anything gun related. Then everybody should. No, it's just everybody ain't getting caught with this shit.

No, everybody got to do it if they're going to start whining people. But Buddy Hill and all them was just doing it. But they not in trouble. Exactly. He got in do it if they're going to start finding people. But Buddy Hill and all them was just doing it. But they not in trouble. Exactly. He's not in trouble with it. No. He got in trouble with guns.

He didn't get in trouble with it. No, he didn't get in trouble. Acting up. What was the crime? Show me the crime. This is a beat. I don't know what the fuck he did. He got caught two times on Instagram doing the gun shit.

That was illegal? And then he going to come out here and do this. Was that illegal? He got in trouble for it? No, he didn't. OK. What did he get in trouble for? Detrimental to the team. So why?

Why? Because he wasn't conforming to the league. Why did he get in trouble with the league? Because he wasn't conforming to the league. Why was he detrimental to the team? Because he wasn't conforming to the league. So why didn't he conform? Just like this. What was the reason why he wasn't conforming to the league? If they find him right now, they're going to say

he's detrimental to the team. Has nothing to do with the group. He is not. he wasn't conforming to the league? If they find him right now, they're going to say he's detrimental to the team. Has nothing to do with the group. He is not conforming to what we want, so it's detrimental to the team. He's not falling in line. I've always said detrimental to the team is the worst crime you can have in the NBA because it can be anything. Right? That's what Ben Simmons said.

They don't want to play Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons, they don't want to play Ben Simmons. Right? That's what Ben Simmons said. They don't want to play Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons said no. Ben Simmons, they don't want to play Ben Simmons. Right? He's in practice. They say, run up and down. He runs up and down. All right, get into practice.

Like, man, I just finished doing 10. Ah, ah, water bottle, gun, whatever. We're going to suspend you for this game because we don't want to play you. We don't want to pay you. So it's detrimental to the team. And we get to hold this for as long as we want. It's the worst part. My father and your kid know not to post guns on anything.

What do you think about them just finding, like, another celebration? Yeah. They just found one. No, no, no guns, no grenades, no anything to do with anything. Oh, man, like. Like, what happened to the dance that he was doing? He was doing the same thing.

The whole nation, every kid is doing it. That's the problem. What, Doing what? The shooting. It's parked. The gritty ain't no fucking gun. The gritty is just a dance, nigga. Well, the football players took it.

I can show you 100 gritties when they finish off. You don't have time to gritty in the middle of the game. You don't. But to the point, the NBA. USA. It was cool. USA. USA.

We can go all out. What was the USA game? Get gritty down the court, Nick. Where? I'm saying you can't. It was cool. USA. USA. We can go all out. What was the USA game? Nick. Where? I'm saying you can't. If I got a gun, if I'm in trouble with guns, I'm not doing no gun shit.

He didn't get in trouble with guns. All right. He got in trouble for just being black and living. I'm just tired of this shit. If you're going to be dumb, just be dumb all the way. You don't think the guns had anything to do with it? No, he didn't have guns. Job met with Adam Silver after the first instance,

I think, when he was at Wet Williams. And that's why he got him for the second one. I'm not talking about two years ago. I'm talking about now. They need to have that conversation with him now. Because the lead is about to take a hit in branding. And he is the most popular kid for the next future. You still going to have a conversation with him

about guns? No, it's not about guns. It's about how you're acting on the court. I need you. You are our biggest seller. It's not about guns at all anymore. The Nike is the symbol of it. We need you to clean up your act

so we can push you to our brands. That's what this conversation need to be about. You are important to us. So we don't want to find you. We don't even want to have this conversation. We want you to be a model citizen so we can sell you. So what is a model citizen?

But still be himself. They got to find a happy medium. Because that's why people love Jock. That's who he is. Gun pointing was the best thing. This is the number one celebration in the Olympics. The Turkish shooter didn't have the scope

or the straight glasses. Nothing wrong with it. Doesn't Mikhail Bridges do that? Yeah, because the guy who won silver, when he won silver doing it, they started doing it when Steph was making

all those shots, they had Steph's face all over it. And what, Steph is a what, model citizen? He ain't got caught with guns and shit, right? He didn't got caught with guns and shit, right?

He didn't get caught with guns. Who, Steph? He didn't. What is the crime for guns? An illegal state with guns. Huffing it. All that shit. Anything by your name is attached to it. You shouldn't do this shit.

You shouldn't. And you should know not to do this shit. I don't care if you mad or not. I don't care if you feel like they're fucking with you. You shouldn't just keep shouldn't do it. And you should know not to do this shit. I don't care if you're mad or not. I don't care if you feel like they're fucking with you. You shouldn't just keep egging this shit on. Shit is not good. OK, let me ask you a question. I agree with that.

Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. But you have to admit that it's a fiction first. Is there a rule that you cannot have guns? I'm asking you a question. Is there a rule? Everybody probably got a gun. But you can't post it on Instagram.

And then you don't get caught with it again. Hold on. Can you post it at a gun. But you're not posting it on Instagram. And then you don't even talk with it again. Hold on. Can you post it at a gun range? Please say no so I can show you 100 people at a gun range with a gun. He didn't post anything. So the photo hit the internet. Then he was, I think, his friend, IG Live. Yeah.

He didn't do anything. He quickly tried to move the camera down. He got photographed somewhere. And then he was on someone else's. Like, I can say if he was in an illegal state. What was he doing with the gun on Instagram just holding it like this in the camera? He was holding it like gang shit like that. What but you just put it what is this dance right here that they'd be doing? Yeah, you know what team. In the White House. But that's what I'm saying.

Did they do it with a real gun? He didn't do it with a real gun. But what I'm saying is, what is the crime first? You can't use it out of context. Also, you don't know if his gun was real. But what I'm saying is, you can't use it out of context. If I can do this out of gun range, right? Because I'm in a legal state, Arizona, wherever it's state.

If I'm allowed as a citizen, First Amendment first. That's why they can't suspend him for guns, because then you fuck up with his First Amendment. So if his First Amendment allows him to have a gun like everybody else in the world, all the

other NBA players going to gun ranges, doing the gun stuff, shooting shit, that's fine. He hasn't committed a crime. The police didn't investigate in either state. That means you cannot fine him for this or suspend him for this. Now you have to find a loophole. And I'm saying this, once you find the loophole, you cannot use this as a penalty anymore. It's no different than resisting arrest, right? And

a lot of black people don't understand this. I pull you over for speeding, okay, or tinted windows, or broken taillight, right? But on your ticket, it just says resisting arrest because they told you to get out, they pulled your arm, you did

some shit like this. It's resisting. The original crime that you got pulled over for is not there anymore. Which means if you're not using this for this ticket, don't talk about it anymore. That's your, you're using it now out of context. Gil, question for you. So before Ja had the suspension, all those situations, there was a lot of discussion to talk about him potentially being the face of the league, emerging that superstar, even potentially megastar status. Is this a good penalize him for that because at the end of the day, he didn't do anything wrong. It's not against your policy.

So what he did, and that's the problem, what he did is not illegal. It's not part of the NBA's policy that he can't hold guns or have guns or show guns. That is not in your rule book. So what he did didn't even affect your policy. So you're using this very wrong. That's the problem with it. And I'm not even talking about from that standpoint.

I don't give a fuck but I'm talking about law. I don't matter about the message. I'm talking about law. I'm talking about law. It do. I'm not telling them shit. I'm talking about law. I'm talking about law. It doesn't matter, but what are we telling John? It do. You're talking about law. What are we telling John? I'm not telling him shit.

I'm saying don't use something that I didn't do. If I didn't break no law, God damn it, nothing. He's not doing a gun thing. So he did some laws. He's doing the grenade. He did a grenade. But do we still feel like he's antagonizing the league by doing so? He is.

It is funny, though, so it's tough. It's a dilemma for me because it's a really good celebration. And I think the league is... I think he should just stay away from... I know what he should do is what he should do.

But I'm saying you cannot penalize him for doing something you're allowing everybody else to do. Right. Okay, I agree with that. Just stop picking on him.

Because at the end of the day, not one of us actually has a gun charge. Oh, God. Oh. Okay. I agree with that. Because at the end of the day, not one of us actually has a gun charge. Oh, man. Not one of us do. Not one of us actually has a gun charge for you to just be focusing on me. But you next.

That is the argument. What are we telling John to keep doing or not doing? Stop with the guns. For him personally, for his image moving forward, saying, hey, listen, Kyrie Irving has left Nike. So just tell him what he should do. If you just shut the fuck up. Tell him what he should do.

I'm just saying that. Tell him what he should do. You didn't hear me? You don't hear me motherfucking talking. If you don't hear me motherfucking talking. I'm going to tell you what he should do. So again, I will be telling him, Kyrie, who used to be the guard that held down Nike, is gone.

LeBron is gone. LeBron is about to be gone. Katie. Katie's about to be gone. Then you have Booker. Then it's you. Giannis does Giannis. But for guards, Nike is ran by the NBA right now. They make all the calls. Olympic is ran by NBA. You are going They make all the calls. Olympic is ran by NBA.

You are going to be their biggest seller. So you personally, for yourself, need to change your ways so they can push you like crazy. That's all we need to say. That's it. For him. My point is that. I'm talking about for you. My point is that.

You shouldn't be able to judge him if you're allowing everybody else to do something. That's what I'm saying. He should be smaller. Smarter. That's for him. You can't justify him being judge him if you're allowing everybody else to do something. That's what I'm saying. He should be smaller. Smarter. That's for him. You can't justify him being. He should be smarter. I'm talking about him.

Yes, for him. I'm talking about for everybody else. You cannot penalize him. What would everybody else do? I'm talking about everybody else. What would everybody else do? You're not everybody else. We're not talking about whether it's legal or illegal just for him.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's a different conversation. No, it's not. I'm saying for the people who's on the outside trying to penal for him. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's a different conversation. I'm saying for the people who's on the outside trying to penalize him, you got to penalize everybody because at the end of the day, what the fuck do you think

he's thinking? Wait, hold on. You guys are finding me? That motherfucker's doing it too. You got to think on the other side too. He's celebrating. You're celebrating.

You're allowed to do what the fuck is that it don't matter I get it but at the end of the day we're all human imagine you getting hooked up or getting penalized like motherfucker we go to the club right they be like no shoes no tennis shoes and then motherfucker walk in

with tennis shoes every single time I thought you said no tennis shoes everybody keep walking and they just don't want your black ass in there with No tennis shoes. And then motherfucker walking with tennis shoes every single time. He's like, what the fuck is this, man? I thought you said no tennis shoes. Everybody keep walking and they just don't want your black ass in there with the tennis shoes. That's what I'm saying. Cause that's what he's looking at. He's that motherfucker sitting out there just watching hats, tennis shoes, walk through. Either you got to say no tennis shoes for everybody. No, no, no. Some people, it's certain some people on different levels, man. Like, like nobody's looking at Buddy Hill. Nobody's looking at Buddy Hill. Like that's what I'm saying. I, that's why

just for him personally, you're on another level and they're trying, they're trying to put you on another level. And that's why I said the conversation that the NBA and the NBPA need to have with him. Say, listen, you're not low. You're not a low level motherfucker, dude.

Your game, your brand, the public, these kids have chosen you. Please help us so we can help you. Right now, listen, right now, you're a $400 million dude. We can get you to a billion. Just help us.

That's that conversation that needs to happen so he can see outside of what he's seeing now. So what is he seeing now? He feels like he's being attacked. That's all he's seeing. I'm being attacked. And it feels like a reaction to y'all keep messing with me, so I'm going to mess with y'all.

Y'all keep messing with me and... That's all he's seeing right now. That's not a game you're going to win, though. They don't matter. That's what he's seeing. How old is y'all? 25. 25? He's young. That's what he's seeing. How old is Ja? 25. 25? He's young.

That's all he's seeing right now. You gotta talk to people like they're valuable. You have to talk to people like they're valuable, like he's worth it. And he is valuable, so you gotta tell him he's valuable. Stop talking to him and treating him like he... But you don't think Adam Silver and them told him that? No. That the value... Like, there's no way you letting this guy that you said

with this value that's next up and you not telling him what's coming. It ain't excuses. What the fuck excuses are we talking about? Then he go to motherfucking therapy or some shit. What are you talking about?

God damn. You're talking about a whole different conversation, man. Everything is around in the good thing. Nigga, listen to the conversation. Listen to what we're talking about. Everything is around

in the good thing. We're talking about the conversation. Listen to what we're talking about. We're talking about another conversation. Listen to what we're talking about. We're talking about marketing and what the NBA needs to do with him. All that comes together.

No, it doesn't. We're in another conversation. Nigga, we're in another door. We're in another door. We're in the club. You're in the outdoor club. We're talking about, he's asking, did the NBA already do it? And I say, no, they haven't. They should. They had conversations about what he got in trouble.

They haven't had the conversation about how important you are to us. But we don't know what that conversation has been. I know exactly what the conversation has been. The conversation has been, motherfucker, we're looking at you. When they ask, wait, everybody else is doing it. I don't care about everybody else. I care about what you're doing. And I'm saying, you can't tell him that's what you're doing.

You got to tell and explain to him why you're doing it. Everybody don't understand the same. Do you think he knows $400 million? Hey, at the end of the day, he signed a contract. That's all he knows. I'm around my family. Cool. He doesn't know there's a Kobe level or a Curry level or what's-his-name.

You have to help him get to that level. So you have to have a conversation with him. So he don't know that? The way people treat him and talk about him right now, he probably doesn't. Yeah, okay. Who taught him that? Show me someone on Memphis who would have taught him how to act. He's just out there playing.

Yes, we can see that. Somebody put the pole up of it. Like a dove. He's just out there playing basketball. Yeah, that's all he do. He don't know nothing in life. He don't know how to conduct himself. He don't know shit.

He got to make the choice for himself at the end of the day. He's just playing basketball. He's going to be that person for Nike. He don't know shit. He's just he got to make the choice for himself at the end of the day. He's just playing basketball. He's going to be that person for Nike. He don't know shit. As of right now. He's just dumb. Dog, he's just a dumb motherfucker. That's what we tell him.

I don't think that's what we're telling him. But let's keep going. But you're like a president, right? When you're running for president, isn't someone teaching that motherfucker how to conduct himself right? No. Because the guy who's running for president don't know how to fucking run for president. They tell him what to dress, how to, you know, like don't wear that tie with that, wear these clothes, this is what America like.

There's a team around that that lets this motherfucker know, right? Right? In theory, yes. So after he messed up one time, nobody talked to him. So he just out there just, oh, you know, I can just keep doing me. Just fuck it. I fucked up one time, I'm going to fuck up again. Is he doing that?

Is he doing that? Oh, no. No, but, man, just stop. Y'all didn't even know. Y'all didn't even know about that. The nigga said. He is the guard that's supposed to be for the NBA in the 90s. He said he's going to get help.

No, I knew that. What are you talking about? We're not talking about that, man. We're talking about today. The conversation they need to have with him today. OK. Today. Because when that happened, was Kyrie still

with Nike? Huh? Was Kyrie still with Nike when all that was happening? He was already gone? He is the Nike guard. So moving forward, they need him to push. So if I need you, I'm going to have a conversation. Hey, dog, I need

you, dog. Please. Can you a dog. I need you dog, please Can you bear with me don't leave them pivoting the d-book? No, no, the book don't have the book don't have to use So that's why I said it's him. That's why if you know it's him Then you need to have the conversation with him about it Nike all of them They have to have that conversation with him about it. Nike, all of them. They have to have that conversation with him. Well, that should be a conversation.

It's an important conversation because it's the brand. There's nobody who's coming. Who's in the NBA that Nike has? What guard? It's him. There isn't a guard that Nike has, but let's talk about a guard that Jordan brand has

Lakers smacked the Thunder Sunday in their first two straight meetings in OKC Two is the magic number for the purple gold as a 51 season will guarantee them the third spot in the West But the Thunder and the refs made sure they didn't get one of those two wins Tuesday night as SGA and his crew Got their leg back. Let's take a look at the highlights So SJ added another dominant performance to his MVP resume, finishing with 42 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, and extending his streak of 20-point games to 72 games, tying MJ and KD for the fourth longest in league history.

Jalen Williams added 26-4-4 in 11-21 shooting, and Lou Dort had 17. LeBron, the Lakers, with 28 points and seven boards, but also had six turnovers. Austin Reeves had 24, five and five, dropping 18 of those 24 in the first half. And Luka had 23 and five dimes before getting tossed under some extremely questionable circumstances.

We're going to show that in just a second. But let's look at, here's the play right here. So Luka hits a bucket over Hardenstein. Appeared to say something to a fan. But none of the talk trash was hit with his second tech in the game and ejected. The ref thought that the profane language was directed at him. Subsequently removed Luka from the game and ejected. The ref thought that the profane language was directed at him. Subsequently removed Luka from the game. Both of Luka's techs came from the same official, JT Orr.

And according to Vando, after Luka's first tech, Orr said he would talk to anybody on the team but Luka. So moments after Luka got ejected, Vando got hit with a tech for taunting after blocking a shot. Lakers were outscored 29-12 after the Luka ejection. Lakers had 18 turnovers in the game, so we're not going to just act like it was all the ref's fault.

Thunderscoring 29 of their points off of those turnovers. So with the Lakers lost, the Rockets secured the two seed. The Lakers must now win two out of their last three games to lock up the three seed. After the game, Luka and LeBron had this to say about the ejection in such a crucial game. You like to engage in some friendly banter sometimes with fans throughout the game.

So was that what was going on in the fourth and the referee misinterpreted? How did you see that happen? Yeah, I mean, you can see it, that it happened. But, you know, I never got a fan ejected, never. But if he's going to talk, I'm going to talk back, like always. So that had nothing to do with the ref, so I didn't really understand. I don't know why the ref was taking it personal. He had already gave Luka one and Luka knew that.

And Luka was going back and forth at that time with a fan that was sitting courtside like Luka does when fans get to talk. Talk out of their mind, whatever the case may be. And Luka was going back and forth when the ref took it upon himself to think it was, you know, versus him or whatever the case may be. But then another tee on Vando after a block shot, and the game was just weird as hell after that moment.

So, like I said, according to the fans, sitting courtside has a previous history with Luka dating back to his time with the Mavs. They've been known to get into it, including the playoffs last year. He yelled that Luka's shot was short. Shot went in. Luka reportedly responded with, F you, bitch, after he made the shot. The ref, like I said, JT Orr, thought that Luka was talking to him.

He was in earshot of what Luka was saying. Hit him with the tag, ejected from the game. Lakers going to lose the game. What was your mouth on courtside? You, that's it. So, did Luka deserve to get him. He was in earshot of what Luka was saying. Hit him with the tag, ejected from the game. Lakers going to lose the game. You're going to be on the court side. You, that's it. So did Luka deserve to get ejected from the game?

No. No. No. And he has a history of going to fans and engaging fans. I just feel like fans do that.

You just got to leave it alone. If the fans are paying money, if they want to talk crazy, then you got to allow the players to engage. Are they supposed to just not say anything? Because these fans have lost their minds with the things that they've said on the court side.

But you're going to throw the player out and not the fan? It doesn't make sense at this point because now it's getting progressively bad year after year after year, the things that fans say to players. So is NBA gonna have to tighten up on it or they just kind of have to have a conversation about it? Like, I don't really know. Respect to Luka for in his post game comments saying like, I've never got a fan ejected from a game.

I let them say whatever they want to me. We going back and forth, you know, some unfriendly banter. Gil, we were watching the game on playback. This has nothing to do with the fan. Fans are fans. Players are players. This is a referee problem. And when I say a referee problem is

you thought he was talking to you? Right. Are you that you think you're that important right now in this moment? Like he's going to look at you and say, Fuck you, bitch, after I just made a shot. How does that even make sense? I made a shot. How does that even make sense? I made a shot. It went in.

It's not like I'm saying, and one or whatever. I made a shot. So if I'm talking to somebody and that word, fuck you, bitch, comes out of my mouth, your brain doesn't tell you,

oh, that wasn't there. That wasn't for me. No, it's not because he's a red star. Because I'm pretty sure if you heard that, you probably heard that short. Like it just.

Like I mentioned, that ref gave Luka a tech earlier in the game. Vanderbilt, after the game, said that the ref basically told the rest of the team out there, Luka can't talk to me, only anybody else can now. So he was just waiting for Luka to just say something out loud. Because what Luka said doesn't match the action of what happened. Right, he has no reason. If he missed it or got hit and then looked at the ref and said it, but you're talking about a

made bucket. So he's not complaining for him to even say anything to you personally. And one bitch, that's me, right? That sounds like, oh, he might be talking to me. There's still maybe.

He might be. Maybe, right? He could be talking to the motherfucker who just fouled him. But they can't look at him. The ref couldn't go back. No, you wanted him out. I saw a video yesterday on TikTok, and it was from the NBA account. And they were interviewing the refs.

They're like, tell us something that people might not know about referees and all the rest were like telling all these random facts about themselves and no no they were why are we trying to put the refs it wasn't gonna let y'all win anyway like like y'all wasn't leaving okay y'all i mean mean, you know, Lakers fans. The Lakers. I mean, you know. I don't know. The refs trying to be in some retention too much. They got it. Should they add a personnel for y'all? No, him. I want to know. I guess that's something they got to look up.

How many technicals have that ref gave to him? Oh. I know the Scott Foster. Because this just seems so personal that this is not the first thing especially you give him one technical then you say everybody else can talk to me but him and then when you kick him out that everybody else is trying to talk to you and you said no I want to hear none of that shit so there must be some history here that really played out in real time.

Because there's no, you can't justify it for what he said, knowing the feds. Like the fact that we have the fans saying something, and these two have a back and forth, it lets you know the ref himself was out of this equation, and he put himself in this equation and fucked up a good ass game. Like this could have been an epic fucking game. We don't know what the results are because you kicked out the fucking best player on the court.

One of them. You got SGA over there too. Yeah, no, but yeah. Because the game was close. It was a good game. It was up one. Lakers took a one point lead at that moment. And then they come down and give, what's the name, Vando? Vando, a tech for blocking somebody's shot. And then they come down and give, what's the name, Vando? Vando, a tech after that. For blocking somebody's shot. And getting in their

face. And I guess the thing is, like, the same thing with the Jaws situation. And before we move on, the chat is beginning on me, Gil. So we did a poll on the Jaws situation. What is the question? Oh, they wanted their... The poll was, the question was, do you agree with Gil? What is the question, though? Agree with me with what? That he is the face of Nike?

You gotta know what my argument is. Is that what you said? Do you agree with Gil? What's the question of agree with me with what that he is the face of Nike? My argument was 55% said no, I'm just telling you my argument is that yeah, I see means they have a conversation with him That's my Disagreeing about though cuz I'm saying like I don't make the poll. But listen, my argument is Nike needs to have a Nike and the NBA needs to have a conversation about his future. That's my argument. That's what my argument is.

The chat was getting on me, Gil. You got to know what my argument is. Talking about my teeth and things like that. I had to read the poll results, but let's shift it over to now this Luka conversation. We asked the chat, did Luka deserve to get ejected? 88% said no. 100%, no.

Should be 100%. 12% Thunder fans in the chat. Are we going to talk about the Celtics today? No, y'all ain't been doing shit. We make a lot of threes. We've been chilling. We've been chilling. Beat the Knicks, that's not... Okay. I was wondering. You can if you like. What's happening in Boston lately?

We could just mention them once we have mentioned them three-point record Boston Celtics win I did a couple of a couple of days ago, but then they beat the Knicks last night Jason Tatum hit a three to send it to overtime Yeah, we I was going to watch. That's not on the docket? We don't want to. That's not. That's not. Yeah, I was like, we're not going to watch. It could be. JT? It could be.

Put in overtime? It very well could be. Yeah, Jason Tatum hit a 3% into overtime. Girls, you stated yesterday on this couch, Luka topics. No, no, no, no, no. No, that was yesterday. Show myself. Because we had Laker haters on the couch. We did have.

We have a Celtics fan. Go to shot. We're not Celtic haters, so... He's a Laker hater. Huh? He should be. I should because I'm a Laker fan, but when I became a Laker fan,

there was no Celtics. Man, he got hurt. No, what I'm saying is there was no Celtics. Like, they wasn't actually prominent. So 88% of the chat agreed. The gentlemen don't get hurt. Well, they are now, okay? No, I probably just didn't want to play.

So 88% of the chat agreed that Luka shouldn't have been ejected. But the question for you, Gil, is Luka already has a tech. This is a very, very vital game for the Lakers trying to lock up that three seed. Why engage with that fan like that and reportedly said F-U-B word to even put yourself in that situation too, Gideon? It's part of the game. I guess you're going to sometimes.

Sometimes you have that fan that just put that battery in your back that keeps you going. You don't even know the ref right there. I wonder what that fan today is like. Him, he's happy as fuck. I'm going to go get Luka Ejegi. I want to know what Luka ejected.

I want to know what they do all day. You have to have a level of audacity to talk crazy to somebody in their workplace on the phone. He takes pride in being that fan. I want to know what he's doing during the day to get ready. Nah, man. It's just fun. No, no.

They don't just walk in and turn it on. If you're at the Drew, somebody talking shit to you in the crowd, you record park, they talking shit to you. Exactly. I want to know what people are thinking about all day long. It ain't nothing personal. No, for this person, it is. Like, that's his thing, right? He probably got all season tickets

to the Luka game. This is Luka's arch nemesis. If someone asks him, were you happy that Luka got kicked out, I guarantee he says no. He did accept responsibility in part. But that's the problem

because this became a thing. It was funny when Luka got sent out. Of course, because this team wins. But you got to remember, him and Luka have this relationship.

Whatever it is, that means Luka says something one time and they have this little connection. So this guy would never miss a luca game because he knows luca's gonna engage him but but you kicked him out yeah like yeah i want to win but what the fuck is your problem like because like if you ask him are you happy that he got kicked out his answer is going to be no because he wants to see lu Luca play so he can keep going back

And forth so as a fan, that's a hackler. I don't want to see him get tossed. I paid I paid to see him He gives that fans life purpose At least for that day for that yes for that moment But did you like that should be a rule like if you're mad at Lucas you should be able to kick somebody else out by a man That should be a rule. Like, if you're mad at Lucas, you should be able to kick somebody else out. Like, hey, man, somebody got to go. And then you just pick the worst player. You, go. Keidler, go.

Like, I'm just saying there has to be some order. Because you're, like, how many, God damn, how many of the star players are being kicked out in this era? A lot. A lot. I think a lot of people are drawing a correlation comparison to Draymond, his antics on the court. It seems like he has a very, very long rope in terms of finally getting booted

versus Luka, the Lakers savior, Slovenian, not really familiar with the teams in ways. I mean, Luka does have a thing for complaining to the refs. Complaining. Making aggressive arguments, we would say, Now that he's on the Lakers. You think there'll ever be another ref do like what that ref did to Michael Jordan? Well, I believe you, Mike. Sorry, Mike.

Sorry, Mike. Sorry, the mic is crazy. No, no. Curry. Curry. Giannis. KD. Nah. Who else is out there? that, but Giannis, KD. Nah. Um,

who else is out there? Uh, Curry ain't really trying to get kicked out, though. Ron, for the most part. But they can say whatever they want. Yeah, for throwing his mouth at the ref. But for the most part, they have so much leeway

that they can say whatever they want. The ref don't take it personal. Yeah, the refs have to have so much leeway that they can say whatever they want. The ref don't take it personal. Yeah, they have to have like a bad day or they just have one that day to kick out. You don't think Luka's on that? He's just cursing his language. That's what I said, man. It must have been something. There's something here.

You got to look and see. Go to Luka's text and see how many this ref gave to him. Because, like I said, Vando and other players acknowledged it felt like it was a personal thing with Luka, with that ref. And I'm saying doing that because I'm just going to be honest. As a Luka Laker fan, I don't want this ref in the playoffs with us. We would prefer the defense. You know what I mean? Especially like a game six or seven, closing out or something.

Well, he definitely would be there. You know what I mean? Just so game six or seven closing out or something well he definitely would be there you know what I mean just so we can put that complaint in definitely on that game like you know

if Luger got like you know 20 techs his whole career and 12 came from that motherfucker oh yeah this is target right here get him off the

well he probably said something to him cussed him out in Slovenia usually that's how Slovenia so like I mentioned before obviously

Lakers have a lot to play for I wouldn't even give him a tech who him Nick yeah out in Slovenia. Usually that's happening. So like I mentioned before, obviously, Lakers have a lot to play for trying to let them. I wouldn't even give him a tech. Who? Him. Nick? Yeah.

He's going to walk off. Why are you mad at me because I beat you today? Think about if a ref gave you a tech. You should have got a tech in the creative league, like a lot of them. I'm not saying much. They just let you just. I don't say much.

Yeah, he kept throwing the ball. Were there texts in that? I don't know. It should have been. It should have been. Somebody almost got hit in the head. You know what? There should be a rule when it comes to texts. You shouldn't kick.

There shouldn't be no kick outs. Just a penalty. Get the ball back or something. You know, because when you kick a player out you're actually affecting Everything about the game. That's what I'm saying. So you shouldn't be able to have that type of power over the game So you should just be able to just give out text and that's the free throw you're saying something All right, you motherfucker you shoot two free throws or free throw and get the ball back Free points. Yeah, I'd rather you give free points then take out a whole player Guys gonna be abusing that yeah If you get a tech you don't you know, you're not gonna get kicked out man. Yeah, who's that? The first take you don't get kicked out. No, what I'm saying is I'm giving you a tech you're shooting free throw

You're getting the ball back cool Right, you're up your team. But for me to say, alright, I'm going to get you, motherfucker, and wait for you to say get out because there's no challenge in that. Now, I just kicked you out of the game. I affected the game. That's why I said

the game shouldn't be affected by you kicking players out of the game. I'd rather you just penalize them. One tech and you get one free throw shit I read the second when you get to feed though This should be like whatever but kicking out to that are do with the hot Yeah, but the tech said what but the things they be added to timeout for a minute But that's not doing hockey to Sit on the sideline for 30 seconds

It should be something like kicking out like we've done it's done shown that this is really affecting the game when you're doing this especially For language, which we see that type of profane language all across the league on a main shot And it was a buck. He should just start just keep cussing in his own With his own language? That would be. He just said. He said. He don't even speak English like that. That's the crazy part. He knows the important word. He knows how to cuss somebody out. He's learning the important words but let's get back to the game for a little bit. So, Thunder didn't have much to play for. Already got the the top seat in the west locked up.

Uh got smacked by 26 on Sunday like SGA said they were trying to get their lick back Lakers trying to wrap up the the third seed in the West uh Bron had said that this felt like a playoff-like atmosphere prior to Luca getting ejected so what did we learn about the Lakers and the Thunder in these why you said game seven. Or could be a sweep. Game seven for who? Could be a sweep. I think we'll sweep them.

Yeah, like, I'm not high on OKC like that. But because they don't have a second option that I feel like that can carry them. Because if SGA ain't. You don't like Jalen Williams as that? No, I like him. I just don't think he ready yet. Like, to be able to take over that load. All of a sudden, in the playoffs, SGA going to stop being consistent?

No, the game changes. Yeah. That's all. But you don't think he's learned from last year's playoffs how to stay consistent in the playoffs now? They don't give him as many fouls as they do in the regular season. They let you play through stuff. So, basically, it's going to look like this. the regular season. They let you play through stuff.

Basically, it's going to look like this. Because he foul-baits, Austin Reeves does too, and Luka. Whoever's getting their calls, that's who's going to win this game.

The MVP is not going to get the calls. Also, what I learned about OKC is SGA really trying to win the MVP for real I mean that's what we're saying

they really have nothing to play for SGA's still out there playing hard but is that a good thing or a bad thing people have been trying to take that award away from him so if he started chilling this last week the Lakers ain't blowing him out by 40 now 30 you think Lakers gonna sweep him? no it depends

it could be but it could Lakers gonna sweep him? No. It depends. It could be, but it could be like sweeped him? It could be one of them Lucas. It'd be a 4-2. They get him in six. It'd be a 3-1,

4-2. You don't think Lucas gotta learn how to control himself sometimes? I can't use this because this had nothing to do with him.

But you could use what they did in Boston, though. That serious. They was fucking with him. He was mad. He was mad. He started filing for no reason and shit.

See, the thing about the playoffs, man, you got to play the same team. Yeah, that's the only thing that worries me. That's why I said seven. You got to beat somebody four times. But if they got their heads on right, I think we could. Fuck around and just lose one. Yeah, it's a 4-1 or a 4-2 because as great as they were

playing yesterday, Lakers were still up. And then they went up by double digits. Not a lot of defense played early on in that game. Very high scoring first quarter. You know, so, I mean, you... The fact that this is the number one team and it literally, at the six-minute mark, it took for someone, the best one team and it literally at the six minute mark, it

took for someone the best player to get kicked out the game for you to then blow them out. Like, you know what I mean? It's not like you was blowing them out. They were, we were up and then, you know, you kicked them out and then that changed and then from there, just all hell broke loose. Yeah. The Thunder did force 18 turnovers in the game, scored 29 points over those. I can hear you.

And they still come to get number one. They still come to get number one. Like, listen. They have the top rated defense in the game, scored 29 points over those. I hear you. And they still come to get number one. They have the top-rated defense in the league. I hear you. With all that being said, we're up one. I'm still close. I'm just pointing out both sides of the equation. Is it seven? No, I didn't know it was.

I said it's seven. Because they're not playing as hard. They turned up to a primary game. You're going out there like, man, let's just get through these games, too. No. Okay, she came out going. But what I'm saying, you named all those turnovers. Nah.

They look nasty. Listen. Dude, that's what I'm saying. It looked nasty early in the game. All the turnovers. Bron has six. I hear you. The only one I respected was when he trucked the ref.

It happens. All right. So, all right. You had all the turnovers, right? All those turnovers you just named. They were shooting about, what, 67%? And at the six-minute mark in the fourth quarter, who was up? Before Luka got kicked out.

So, with all that bad game playing and all this great game they was doing, we're up by one. If you say we was down by 20, okay, I get you. But the fact that we did all that. They got to blow everybody out. We did all that, and we was winning the game still. So is the expectation that won't be a consistent thing against the league's top-rated defense?

You're a top-rated defense playing great offense, and you're down one. I'm trying to figure out where. They're not playing all the way 100%. The nigga had 46. What are you talking about? What are you talking about? I'm trying to figure out where. But they not playing all the way 100%. Like, they're not playing. The nigga had 46. What are you talking about? 42.

What are you talking about? Everybody played. Everybody played well. I'm going to get it. Everybody played well. They shot 60-something percent, dawg. As long as you out there, you just going to play basketball, going to fuck around, like,

and just get going. But they're trying to get to the playoffs right now Luke door had five For eight from the three-point. He has 17 Jenny Williams had 26 you playing a Homecheck had 14. So they're playing basketball Hologram what I'm saying is they're playing so if they're playing free and they're playing like this still down well What happens when they play tight? Like like So if they're playing free and they're playing like this still down what what happens when they play tight? When they play for real like they're like it's good. I got okay seeing calves getting

Yeah, they didn't care. I think they both get back. I Be honest like Michael I believe I believe a beat them, but the Lakers I believe calves more than I believe okay see no No, no, no the reason Nobody watch all the games like I haven't seen No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Yeah, okay. They do look really good with Donovan. But they have way more experience. But I'm saying they'll lose one star in... Yeah. Well, shit, I mean, they got about three or four All-Stars. I mean, I thought... All these teams could be... Boston could beat the Cavs, that's it, and only the Lakers could be OKC.

I don't see OKC losing to anybody else. You don't think a team like the Warriors could give OKC a run under the Warriors? Dude, the Bucs can beat Cavs. You know, the only thing that I see we have a problem with, with OKC, the only problem we have with OKC

and the same problem we have with Denver is rebounding. See, everybody else plays small ball. Everybody else plays small ball. We have that problem with everybody. But because they have two seven-footers, well, Hartenstein, he actually rebounds.

Chet usually – Chet don't do nothing. I don't know. He's not sitting there attacking the rebounder, so we don't have to worry about offensive rebounds. But, you know – That's why a team like the Clippers is concerning. You got Zubas out there putting up 20-20 games.

Yeah, that is a concern because the offensive rebounds, because usually Luka's on the back line, Vandal's on the back line sometimes, so we're not as big or athletic back there. Same thing with Jokic. If Jokic misses shots and you have MPJ and you have Gordon back there, 6'10", athletic, that actually pulls a problem for us. So yesterday on the show we talked about the Lakers' decision to play all their starters against the Thunder. You know, it's going to be tough

to beat the best team in the league twice in a two-game period, especially with a back-to-back coming up in Dallas. So now Lakers head to Dallas to take on the Mavs. Luka's first game back in his old stomping ground since getting traded back in February. Luka was asked about returning to Dallas to take on the Mavs for the first time

and had this to say. Of course, it's going to be a lot of emotion for me. I don't really know what to expect. I don't know how I'm going to feel, honestly. I'm looking forward to being back in Dallas, obviously, with the fans, seeing my teammates, ex-teammates. It's going to be very emotional for me, for sure. Kind of sticking on that, I know when they came to LA,

you mentioned that that game helped in terms of closure, but obviously you still had more closure need to be had. I guess, where are you in terms of that process? And what do you think tomorrow? I think this will also be your first time back in the city since the trade. What do you think just being in the city and you know that game tomorrow can do from that standpoint yeah I mean honestly I don't know about closure you know it's it's obviously a lot but you know like I said I'm excited to be back

here I know I know the fans can appreciate me being back here. So, I mean, honestly, I don't know. I don't know how I'm going to feel. But I'm just excited to be back. So, Lucas said teammates, and he corrected himself, said ex-teammates. But Mavs will honor Lucas' return to Dallas with a tribute video in these shirts. Let's take a look. So, featuring Slovenian text that translates to, Thank you for everything.

No word if Mavs GM Nico Harrison will be rocking one of these during the game. He got to sit in one of them seats, so he's going to have one. He can be the only one not rocking. So Lucas' first game in Dallas was going to be emotional regardless of the outcome against the Thunder. That's weak, though. But with that game going the way it did, him being ejected, it may add a little fuel to the fire. That's weak. though. But with that game going the way it did, him being ejected, it may add a little fuel to the fire.

That's weak. The shirts. They could have just said, thank you. Yeah. Because Luka's not on their team anymore, they can't put anything with him on it. They're trying to put on his little heart string so he don't give him 100 points.

Man, put the 77 up there. They can't use his name, image, or likeness because he's not a part of their team anymore. I guess that's an NBA rule. That's why the shirt is so bland. So that's why they had to go in a. That's why the shirt is so bland. Go in a whole different language. Or just don't have

no shirts at all. You know what the captain has for Klay. You know what they're trying to do. Play mind games. They're trying to play mind games so he don't drop 100 points on them. Listen, Dallas might get their ass. It's going to be a lake of them.

We've seen these games before. Emotional games coming back in. Listen, Dallas might get their ass. It might be. That's a lake. It's going to be a lake. Oh, man. But we've seen these games before. Emotional games coming back in. They can go either way. You can get overcome with emotion. You know, start tearing up thinking about what it was. You might shed a tear. So what are your expectations for Luka in his first game back in Dallas? From that response?

I don't know. I don't know. I'm saying triple, double. This is when you're supposed to have cold. This is when mamba mentality comes in. When they ask you that question, all I wanted to see is, I'm about to light their ass up. Boom.

Drop the mic and leave. It's not even his turn. So everybody's like, oh, shit, look at old Luka tie. Oh, he on demon tie. I need that. It's too late in the season. I need that. We need that energy.

He's trying to reverse psychology it. What? No, there's no. No, you need to know what time I'm that. It's too late in the season. I need that. We need that energy. He's trying to reverse psychology it. What? No, there's no. No, you need to know what time I'm on. No. You need to know the mission I'm on. And he's going to think that he's going to be sad, and then he's going to walk in.

Is Dallas playing, guys? And then boom, triple-double. Is Dallas playing, all they guys? AD playing? Is this AD? We're at 40-12-13 or something like that. Who they playing against? Oh, man, the old man.

Double-double. When I hit 60 against Kobe, he let me know, hey, you tell him, hey, when we come to Washington in a couple weeks, he better be ready. Yeah, I'm sure he had a phone call with somebody. That's the shit he's supposed to say right here. Hey, tell them motherfuckers I'm coming. Boom.

But what are you doing here, though? But I'm just saying, this is a time where you get to really stop you. Like, show them that it's big balls coming. Ain't no fucking friends. Right? There ain't no... I don't know, man. I mean,

they need to win. The Lakers actually need to win. Dallas actually needs to win, too. I don't think the Mavs have placed since Saturday. Obviously, Lakers coming in, second night of a back-to-back. Did the Clippers just beat Dallas? Everybody's saying the Suns are eliminated. It's hard to confirm whether or not, but if the Suns win all three of their games,

the Mavs lose all three of their games, somehow they can still be in play. Didn't they say Phoenix was eliminated, though? Did they hurt their mouth? Phoenix is gone. No, but they say if they win all three of their games and the Mavs all three of their games, it doesn't make sense cuz the Mavs are on the tiebreaker but seen it both ways but either way, Mavs still have something to play for. Yeah. With that

playing spot. Haven't played since Saturday. Luka coming back to town. AD should be in the lineup tonight. Hey, everybody get that. Triple double tonight. He should hit with that taking line. Who could not play in the final? Good luck.

Huh? Good luck. No, that, uh, you tell Nico. You tell that nigga Nico. Um, I'm looking for you. I'm gonna find you. Yeah, you should've hit it with the ticket line, man.

Come on, man. You got to set the city on fire. Tickets would have sold. Fuck it. If you would have did that, tickets would have gone. No, he ain't trying to get them. No, if there was a better team. If there was a better team.

I don't give a, like, trust me. This team is, come on, man. Dallas is the best. Like don't give a, like, trust me. This is a lame game. Like, come on, man. NBA, listen, NBA is about, like, entertainment. This is like kicking them when they're down. It's entertainment, man. It's not the same, dude. It's entertainment.

If he put that line on, I'm coming to town, and I'm going to find you, Nico, and I'm going to find you. Boom. Not even his personal. NBA would have been like, hey, ESPN, who's playing? Who's playing? Yeah, take them off.

We're going to put this game on. I'm going to find you. I did that shit. You saw ESPN today? When I said I was going to score 60, when I said I was

going to score 50 against Suns and Blazers, they put both those games on. Because the coaches, you didn't make the Olympics. But They put both those games on. Because the coaches, you didn't make the Olympics. But they put both those games on. On NBA TV. Well, they was putting

this game on TV. They put this game on TV when the trade happened. I'm going to be a watcher. I ain't even taking a nap today. You going to be on Playback tonight? Yeah.

I'm not taking a nap. Well, that means I'll be on there too. Yeah, Luka's going home. Hey, if you want to watch Luka take on the Mavs, pull up to Playback.TV slash Gilbert Arenas. It should be an exciting playback. I hope he shoots.

We're going to have fun. I hope he shoots somebody. Like you said yesterday, though, you... Boo! Didn't throw the... Grenade. Do them all. Do it all.

Do all the celebrations. Do you expect the Mavs to double-team Luka? Oh, yes. Hell yeah, double team Luka? Oh, yes. Hell yeah, double team that motherfucker, man. I expect them to double team it. I don't think Brown played today. I don't think they should. They should not.

You think Brown played today? No. What, they shouldn't play Luka? No, they shouldn't double him. Double him. I expect them to because I just think they're scary like that. You traded him. You didn't want him, but you say

he's all of this and all of that, right? He's some trash. Then treat him like trash. Play him man-to-man. Double him. But if you go sit here and double him like he's motherfucking Luka Doncic, then something's wrong with y'all then. That's a fun.

Luka calling you right now, dude.'s wrong with y'all then. You can't. Yeah, that's a fire. Luka calling you right now, Giv. To let you know how I feel. That's interesting, because y'all had a lot to say about Luka, so. Man, it's a play. How y'all gonna play it? Just play straight up like he's that fat man that y'all just traded away. That fat man.

Because we ain't doubling Anthony Davis. Alcoholics that likes hookah. Guard him like that. Jesus, monkey. Guard him like that. We're not doubling Anthony Davis. Hookah, guard him. Y'all need, Lakers need a win.

LeBron. LeBron can guard him. Ooh. That's a good one. That's a good one. That's a good one. That's a good one. That's a that. We're not doubling Andy Davis. Who gonna guard him? Y'all need, the Lakers need a win. LeBron. LeBron gonna guard him. Ooh.

That's why I don't think LeBron gonna play. LeBron's gonna guard him. Guard who, AD? No way. No way. Boom, boom, boom, left hand jump shot. If LeBron guarded me, I'm thinking the same thing to take it. Left hand jump shot.

What? I'm thinking like taking. Left hand jump shot. We know it's coming. I'm thinking the same thing to take it. Left-hand jump shot. What? I'm thinking like taking. Left-hand jump shot. Yeah, okay. We know it's coming. I'm sure. Turn around.

We know the move. I'm sure Bron can guard you. Bron, yes. So, let's keep this thing moving. Wolves entered their meeting with the Bucs Tuesday in need of a win to stay out of the play-in with the Bucs looking to stay in the fifth spot with the Pistons creeping up on their bumper. Let's take a look at the highlights. So, things are looking good for the Wolves early in the fourth quarter

After down knock down a three. Yeah, ten minutes remaining to give them a 24-point Boy, but then Janice and the Bucs started doing that like like a mark said you Can't play with them hands up play with the chest, but the Bucs went on a 34-3 run. 34-3? Including a stretch where they scored 23 straight points. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah. 40-13 in the fourth quarter. Giannis dropped his third straight triple-double.

Balls on him. 23 points, 13 rebounds. No, he fresh. 9-15 from the field. Bobby Portis had 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench in 29 minutes of action. It was Portis' first game back after serving a 25-game suspension for violating the league's anti-drug policy. He had to put it in. Testing positive for the painkiller.

He had to put it in. Porter was balling. He spent a 25-game. Kevin Porter Jr. added 21-5 and 5 off the bench. He was 6-for-9 from the field, 9-for-9 from the line. So the Bucs had lost the last 276 regular season or playoff games in which they trailed

by at least 20 points in the fourth quarter. Snapped that streak. Bucs won their fifth straight game. Snapped the Wolves five-game winning streak in the process.

So like I said, Milwaukee currently holding out the fifth spot. Likely rematch against the Pacers in the first round. Bobby Portis is back. Bucs are optimistic

that Dame Lillard will be able to return in time for the playoffs he had a blood clot in his right calf that's kept him sideline since March 20th Mr. B you spent some time in Milwaukee recently hanging out with the Nassus getting honored Bucks legend night yeah there's a healthy Bucks team still a threat in the West of course always especially when Giannis is healthy. And the way Giannis has been playing the last, what, five, seven, eight, nine, ten games

has been incredible. But getting Bobby back, man, I know Bobby's been out for 25 games, but coming back, having 18-10, and KPJ, man, he's been big for us off the bench. If we can get Dane back before the playoffs, yeah, man, he's been big for us off the bench. If we can get Dame back before the playoffs, yeah, man, I think, yeah, I think we'll be fine against the Pacers.

I mean, our only thing is Giannis has never been healthy in the playoffs for us. Yeah. Dame also, obviously, injury last year. Yeah. Against the Pacers coming back from this blood clot. Yeah. Different than Wimby's blood clot, I guess, in the right calf. It's a little bit different, a little speedier timeline.

Mm-hmm. Get him on the thinners or whatever. Yeah, but that was a good win for us, though. Especially with the season ending, you know, a team like Minnesota. Yeah, I can't wait. I'm excited. We definitely have a chance. Do you agree with Mr. B that the Bucs have a chance in the East?

They where right now? Fifth? Fifth. They would play the Pacers. I think they can beat the Pacers. In the four or five. We get the Pacers out, and then we got Cavs next. Mmm.

Then a potential meeting with the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals if they were to get to that fall. We see Suge over there not really feeling the Cavs. Sorry, George. Yeah. Brought lasagna today for the crew, so I'm supportive of the Cavs today. I ain't gonna lie. When you're talking about

placement, this is a great placement. Great situation. This is a great seating for the Bucs. If they're getting Dane back. If they're getting Dane back, Bobby's back. Now you got... KPJ. You got...

You got Kevin Porter. You got, yeah. What Kuzma? You got Kevin Porter. You got Kuzma. So you have a bunch of, like, a bunch of guys, like, when, you know, when everything gets tight in the playoffs and there's these guys that can just create offense out of nothing, you got two of them who just plays wild boy basketball, right, where they can just create when everyone's focused. So they can fuck around.

Get to the conference finals. They can fuck around and actually get to the chip. Y'all just got to stay healthy. Not that far. They can't beat the ball. Come on. They're not beating Boston.

They're not beating Boston. Hey, man, I said it. But they could get... I said it, man. They can barely beat... Analytics say, man. They can barely beat... I don't think they could be this Cavaliers, you know Well Gil said I believe we can the Bible. I can be

Didn't you say that what they're the only team that can really I think they're the only thing because Because they got a bunch of drivers while you got a bunch of threes. So yeah, yeah KPJ he He's going crazy. Bobby's back. Yeah, I mean. If we're healthy, all right. The Dame thing was sad, but it's a lot of KPJ. I think it's tough if y'all.

A little bit. Keeley and Kevin Porter play like that. I definitely didn't want us to play the Knicks first round. Why? You're going to beat you there. Why? Yeah, that's easy. Easy work.

Yeah, but Detroit got them. Yeah, that's what I said. If Dame is coming back, I mean. We don't know how Dame's going to look coming back. It don't matter. As long as he's on the floor. That's 25 a night. As long as he's on the floor.

Like, if you're looking at the offense. Or a threat of 25 a night. Like, you literally have one guy playing old school basketball. Like, he's seeking free throws and that's very important in today's game when you have think about what I'm saying think about the teams that are really actually dominating besides Boston SGA does what he does what everybody complained about that he puts everybody on the line, right? Which now you're in a penalty and we can't guard you.

We can't do this. Same thing with, uh, Austin Reeves and, and what same thing with, you know, Jokic for the most part. So you have a guy over there who's sitting there driving the whole time. There's nobody on, there's nobody on Boston who's fit to control them, which is going to be what, Jason Tatum or what's his name? So he's going to be putting those guys in some type of foul trouble. And you sitting there chucking a bunch of threes, it could backfire against that team.

Yeah, you bet it. They can't get past Cleveland. They're going to whoop Cleveland ass. They crazy. Cleveland got everything. Cleveland is big as fuck. They got a one guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, center.

They're the most solid team. Yeah, they're the most solid team. Everything you need. But they're not dominant, all of them. But they are the most complete team. Every position is damn near top tier or two tier. No, that's what I'm saying. They are the most complete.

They are the most complete team. Every position is top tier or two tier. Except for small forward. Except for small forward. But even he's a defender, though. If we match up against them, complete every position is top tier to a small if if if that was for but even he's a defender though if we match up against them they don't have two players that's better than Dame or Giannis on a tissue mmm maybe two players that's better than your day manana that's on right now yeah right now right now that's better today not talking career-wide about this year

about right now that's better than Damon Giannis right now. That's on the caps. Today. I would say we're not talking about who you would take. We're saying is the Garland better than Dame? Is he playing

better than Dame right now? This year, yes. This year. You don't think Donovan Mitchell is better than You don't think

Donovan Mitchell is playing better than Dame right now? Yes. Dame not playing. The day before he went down. What the fuck

is going on? What are we talking about? What are we talking about? Where is that? I don't even see that. That's better without fucking Donovan Mitchell. I take both of them. I'm going to take both of them over there.

Wait, hold on. So 25-5-7. 25, that's what Dame is at. 25-5-7. As the second option versus Garland, 22 and 7. Hmm. Name me two players

that's better than them two. Name me one player that's better than Giannis. I'm not asking. I'm just asking them two. So obviously they better, right? No, I'm saying... Who's better?

I'm just saying... Who got a better team? I'm just saying the players that match up. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You're doing numbers. That shit don't mean shit when I'm one and you fucking in six spots.

What are you talking about? It don't mean nothing. I mean, hey, I mean, you know, A.J. James. One nigga average person. A.J. James. If I say, name me somebody who's better than KD, and we just going to go to them. We can just say, fuck the record.

How many small forces better than him? I don't give a fuck what your record looks like. Are you actually better than that man? This year? That's what we're talking about. We can say KD and Book, and that has not translated. Here's the problem. Donovan Mitchell ain't better than Dame Lillard.

You're crazy. They have a better team. They have a better team. They have better structure. They have better balance. This year. No, I'm talking about right now. But this year, if we're just going to isolate the players and say,

you know, what your production is, what his production is, what is Giannis' production What we're not using the team He said those two players on their own not the rest of the team. That's all yeah I just said I just I just named two better players on the Cavs is better than those two So when you take their production put the production of it. That's it. I picked them So 22 and 7 is better than 25 Obviously it is. Shit.

Fuck, I mean, stats. Hey, listen. You're going to have a time. Listen, they're going to play against each other. They will. They done played each other already. So you think, are y'all sleeping on the Pacers? We're not going to get fucked by the Pacers.

The Pacers can watch out. The Knicks can watch out. The Pacers may be able to watch out, but they are in the fourth spot in the East. Yeah, that's fine. I mean, that's fine. Bobby, they suspended Bobby for 25 games. They would get four home games.

Bucks would get three if they meet. Okay. Y'all talking all this shit right now? This is playoff basketball, man. Right. Yeah.

So, you take LeBron over, you take Donovan Mitchell over LeBron right now? Donovan Mitchell over LeBron right now? Donovan Mitchell over LeBron right now. So what, numbers? No. Okay, then. So you can't use numbers for that to that, so.

I think LeBron's number's better than. Shit, LeBron having like 22 points. Let's go KD. I mean, Steph. I know he don't average more than 22 points. So you just guessing. I'm just saying. You just guessing.

I'm just saying. We talking about numbers. You're not even just looking at it. You're not even looking at it. Le'm just saying. You just guessing. I'm just saying. We talking about numbers. You're not even just looking at it. You're not even looking at it. LeBron's average is 25.88. What's Steph's average? Just so you know.

Wait, LeBron's average is 25.88? I know that. His last name is Steph. I'll throw you round up, Steve. He's just sitting there just yelling shit out. 25 to 24. Steph average. The fuck you think he average?

Steph average is 24 because it's 24.4. So you take a step over it. Why would you use those two as examples? So you're taking Donovan, you're taking Steph over. Why would you use those two as examples? Steph and Bron. Are you taking Donovan Mitchell over Steph? Are you taking Donovan? Because the numbers Donovan Mitchell having more than Steph.

So who are you taking? If you're saying the best two players on Golden State versus the worst two players on I'm taking, he said two. He said two players. So. Do what you just did to me, motherfucker. I'm taking... He said two. He said two players. So I would say... He said two players. He said two players.

He said two players. He said two players. He said two players. He said two players. He said two players. He said two players. He said two players. So I would say the two Cleveland Cavaliers players

are playing better than... He said numbers. The two. So I would take the Cavs two guards versus Golden State's two. With Jimmy Butler and Curry. With Jimmy Butler and Curry. With Jimmy Butler and Curry. Now we're talking about something else.

It's the two add them up. It's the two. You just did. They ain't numbers compared to these motherfuckers. They ain't changing the whole thing. We got Giannis over. We got Giannis over. He is a motherfucking clam.

Think about what we're saying. You're not listening. You're just using one. Giannis is over what's-her-name-in-numbers. He's over him-in-numbers. Great UCLA swagger. So I'm saying I'm going to take the Cavs, your two best players, over Golden State's two best players.

Why do you leave in the middle of the conversation? The conversation is giving Swaggy the bubblegum. He's changing the conversation. He picked two. He said the best two. I'm taking the two Cavs, those two, over two Golden States. Swaggy cursing right now as he uses the facilities here at Gills where he's presented by underdog Woo Woo. So let's talk a little bit about Giannis. You know it's a two-man race for MVP that is what it is but Giannis currently

third in that race averaging 30 points 12 rebounds 6 assists a steal in a block per game shooting 60% from the field. Second straight season averaging 30 or more points while shooting over 60% from the field, feat no other player has accomplished in NBA history. Also top 10 in player defensive rating this season. Mr. B, I'll ask you, does Giannis deserve more love in the MVP race for what he's doing on both sides of the ball? Seems like he's an afterthought now, not getting talked about.

I mean, I just think because the team is up and down. The team is so up and down this year. We got trades. You know, I think we started off really that well. But his numbers is always there. His numbers, I mean, every year you got to definitely put him top three or end the conversation for sure. But, you know, I think also if he was in, you know, a

different market, you know, you, his numbers will stand out way louder than than what it is now but I mean, he's every year he's gonna average 30, he's gonna 10 and whatever you think. So, it's always gonna be there. Now, naturally, you compare those to Joker's number from the offensive side. Obviously, you know, he smacks him out the water, right? But what he does on both sides of the ball, good, you feel like he deserves a little bit more respect.

I don't think he's obviously going to make that top two, so it don't matter. But is he that far of a distant third? I'd rather they keep the same energy that they've kept the whole time. Right? You just don't even sugarcoat it because if you just start now pushing them just to make them They're still not even not even a push but no then we're looking at right whatever if he's been third And they don't want to talk about third and that's it like I'm not gonna

I don't want to sit here and we start doing a campaign for him Just just okay, but it's just to make him feel better Right just to keep him at third. You know, it's just... You know what I mean? It's... Backhand and slam. But I guess my... Should he have been pushed a lot more?

As far as a third as people are acting like. As far as third is, to one and two, four and five is that far from Giannis. If we're going to do it that way. And that's all I'm saying. Yeah. You know what I mean? One and two. It could have been talked about. Four and five is that far from Giannis, if we're going to do it that way. That's all I'm saying. You know what I mean?

It's one, two, and then Giannis, and then four, five somewhere down here. Who's in the race? Who is four and five? It don't even matter. They don't even talk about three. Steph has climbed up. Yeah, I'm about to burn. The fact that they don't talk about three.

They hate Jason Tatum and the Celtics it's been yeah January huh I've been into yes yes yeah I mean but your kids in as yet they've been going crazy like what do you I know you guys is like what more do I need to do I don't know what what is Jason well Jason Giannis, what does Jason... What does Jason Taylor need to do? I feel bad. You know what I feel bad for? Now we're talking Celtics. Let's not... This is your moment to crash out for the Celtics.

I feel bad for him because... No crashing out, but it makes me upset that he's... I know what's gonna happen. He's checked every box that needs to be checked and people are not respecting him. And it's mind-boggling. Is it the team? He's boring. Who cares?

He wins. There's nothing boring about it. He ain't boring now, team? He's boring. Who cares? He wins. There's nothing boring about it. He ain't boring now, though. Gang winners and shit. He has an aura. I want everyone to throw that word away. You know what it is? Aura.

Because they've been, since he's came in, they've been winners. It's like Jokic winning MVP. People are just tired of just seeing him in his, you know, conference finals and the finals. They're tired of it. He has to have a losing season. And then redeem himself. And then come back. Yeah, it's just one of those.

He has to drop down so far. Like, oh, shit, they won 20 games. And then go back to first. Oh, shit, MVP. Do you think them not winning a back-to-back championship would do that? Would that be enough of a failure? Nope. They're going to win it.

Because I think they can win again. No, but that's what I'm saying. But if they don't win again, would that be like the springboard to his redemption arc that everybody was waiting on? He's in second next year or third next year and averaging 30. And you're like, oh, yeah, MVP talks. He's set up for failure. You think he'll ever win one?

Hmm? You think he can ever win one? He might get one. Celtics left the season series. I don't know. I think he'll ever win one? Hmm? You think he can ever win one? He might get one. I think so. Celtics left the season series. I don't know. I think he'll have that Kobe. I don't know.

He's going to have like a Tim Duncan career. Nah. Where he's going to have a lot of company. Tim Duncan win one? Huh? Yeah.

He won several. Yeah. He's going to have it like Kobe. He's going to be like Kobe. Hmm. He'll get one. I'm just like, win. Win.

What does he need? But that's what I'm saying. What else does he need to do? What does he need to do or average or team success that he needs to do? He got to get to 30. But if he gets to 30, that means they're not winning because somebody is missing that season. I mean, he got a super team. Look at his team.

The question becomes, you take Tatum off the Celtics, how good is that squad still? They're not that good, but they're still good. Take Jalen Brown off the team. How good are they? They're good. Still good. They're good. It seems like he gets knocked for team success

when other players kind of get elevated. It's like a holiday decline. Once holidays decline, I think his numbers go up next year. So, you know, holidays are going to be focused more on defense they decline, I think his numbers go up, like, next year. So how... How are they going to be focused more on defense and not even trying to score? I think in a year or two. It's...

Voters make stuff so difficult for the future. Like, they do. Like, the fact that he played the way he played last year and they won and they were favored to win, you should have, for optics, had him top three. Right? This year, right, you can literally put him in front of Giannis and nobody's going to be like, oh, no, they're going to look at the record.

They're going to look at it and say, you won a championship last year. They're going to say, okay, third. But the fact that you don't have him third while he's doing all of this, where does he go from here? That's going to satisfy you guys. So all this tells me is, oh yeah, you're

the new whipping boy. When LeBron leaves, and they need someone to whip for ratings, it's you. Because at this moment in time, there's nobody that the NBA media actually hates or wants to go against for ratings. That's a fact. They're not going to go against Wimby. They're not going against Stab. They're not going to go against Wimby. They're not going against Stab. They're not going against these young guys.

The only person who is at that level that they can sit there and talk shit about. So now it's just going to, even though they never put him at this pedestal. They're going to put him up there. They're going to put him up there for a second just so they can kick him off of it. Because that's where the rating is going to be. Well, I think that's what they try to do. Who's the most viable player on Boston? I like it.

You know, you got the Jacob Brown looking like Kanye West up there now. Who's the most valuable player on Boston? I like it. You know, you got the Jacob Brown looking like Kanye West up there now. Who's the most valuable player? Who's the most valuable player on the Celtics, Lexi, in your opinion as a long-time Celtics fan? Yeah, we can. We can do it. We can do that. P-Rabbit. Missoula.

That's the thing about Boston. That's why we have the dilemma we're in right now. There's not someone you could just be like, if you take him off the team, they're going to be terrible. Because they're not. They're not. No. If you take Jalen Brown off that team,

they're not even sniffing the Eastern Conference Finals ever again. What happens if you take Jason Tatum off? Same thing You take Luke off the Lakers We're not going But please don't even put that in their head You see what happened last night? You take any number two

I'm crazy No, no, no, no Who's number two? The block was on the court I'm just saying Gil, you're 22, it's 40 years old Yeah, but I'm just No, but, no, no. Who's number two? LeBron was on the court. I'm just saying. Gil, you're 22. He's 40 years old. Yeah, but I'm just saying.

No, but I'm saying is, did y'all notice? Did y'all notice yesterday when Luka got off the court, our defense went to shit? That's how great his defense was. All right. Defense did not perform well. What I'm saying? What? They scored like, what, 30, 30, 27 points?

29-12 or something like that. They scored like, what, 30, 30, 27 points? 29.6. They scored 29 points in six minutes. That's crazy. All because of that lockdown defense he had. The most valuable player might be Drew Holiday. If you take it, they haven't won a championship since Drew Holiday went over there. So if you take them off, they probably definitely don't make it again. See, exactly. But you can make an argument.

He's your most invaluable player, too. Who? Bucks. Who? Drew Holiday. Y'all ain't won shit since he left, neither. Fuck. I didn't say anything.

I mean, yeah. I mean, okay. You ain't got no gun back for that? No. But you believe it, truly. We traded him and P.J. Tucker. Yeah. I don't think they value P.J. Tucker.

And we got rid of our coach. Lots of changes. Listen, listen, listen. No matter what they say, man, I'm trying to tell you, y'all look all right. Y'all are all right right now. You know I don't like it. Y'all are all right right now. You have a man in it yeah y'all are all right right now you've abandoned your dog river slander i'm telling you right now uh uh kettleport kevin for the jury like the moves they picked up they lost some but picking up

some good corners kevin and you picking up kuzma that diary because people don't realize, Kuzma's all of 6'10", 6'11". I like this shit. So 6'10", 6'11", at your three, sometimes he's at the two, with Bobby Portis, with Giannis, with what? You are a fucking really big-ass lineup and very athletic. Yep. That's a scary lineup. When you're talking about the playoffs and saying, hey, man, fuck, just do this.

And you're like, oh, shit, what the fuck is this? Nobody's rooting for that. Because they're little. Cavs is little. They're small. Because even when we take Brooke out, I'm telling you, if I'm the Cavs, if I'm the Bucs and I'm playing the Cavs,

game one, I'm going to see what happens. Game two, at some point when he got both guards in, I'm going to have Kevin Porter and I'm going to have Kuzma at the 1-2. Who's going to be your center, though? Is Lopez still starting? Yeah. I'm going to have Lopez, Giannis, and Bobby Portis. That's where y'all lose, though.

I'm going to have Kevin Porter and what's-his-name. I'm going to say, Kevin Porter, just fucking post up. Or Kuzma, post up. Make them double. They're going to have to double. You're 6'10". What the fuck are they going to do down there? Yeah.

And just let them try to change their offense or defense for this matchup. They're not going to be prepared for it. They've never seen it before. And then on the other hand, put them in the pick and roll. I got fucking four people 16 and above. What are you going to do, drive? I'm going to say everybody's jerk. That's what the Lakers was doing that year on the 2020 Western End,

when they had them big-ass lineups. When was they big lineup? When they had A.D. Braun and Anthony Davis. A.D. Dwight. Dwight in at the same time with LeBron James and Kuzma sometimes. Those are the fucking big-ass lineups. Yeah.

Yeah. So, all hope not Yeah. I'm just saying it would be like the opposite of Golden State's death squad. Yeah. Alexis,

Celtics winning the chip this year, Tatum winning the finals MVP, improve his standing come next year with the MVP rest. No.

They're going to be bored. They got to... It actually might hurt him. Yeah. If he wins and wins finals MVP... I'm trying to tell you they're going to... Man, listen. They said it already. They're going to be like, we're tired hurt him. Yeah. It's a whipping partner. If he wins and wins finals MVP.

I'm trying to tell you they're going to, man, listen. They said it already. They're going to be like, we tired of him. They don't want Shayla winning. They threw the lob. The lob is when Braun's gone and they done whooping his ass and doing all that, you next. So it's OK. The league do need somebody to hate on them.

So it's both the comeback. Why? I mean the media. Why though? So it's both coming back. No, it's the media. I mean, the media. But why, though? So it's Boston coming back next year Who did they hate before LeBron? And Jason Taylor

is having a shade year. No. He don't win it? No, it wasn't as bad as LeBron. No, he got, I'm saying he averaged at 30, they number one.

But they, they hated Kobe because of how he You gotta give it to him. He made himself hateable. He gotta give you shit, bitch.

LeBron don't do that. What? So who did they hate this much before LeBron? LeBron has a Barbie doll. Anybody that they say is the next Michael Jordan is who gets the hate. So who was it before Braun?

Kobe. It was Kobe. But him and Braun and Kobe don't carry themselves the same way. It don't matter. Whoever gets close to the crowd. Like Kobe like, yeah. They ain't going to hate Joe. Braun's like, what y the same way. It don't matter. Whoever gets close to the crowd. Like, Kobe, like, yeah, he made me. And Braun's like, what y'all getting for?

They're not talking to you. You ain't close to no mighty Jordan. You give Joker another MVP, you win the championship, two championships, he's in the conversation. No, he's not in the conversation. No, he's not. With three championships and four MVPs, you're not in the conversation? Nope.

You crazy. To be hated by the whole league? To be the number one best player ever. No. No. No. No. No. Listen, man, he going to have all that. He going to have all that in 10 years. We're going to be like, oh, great.

Brother, he got that right now. He ain't even broke the top 12. OK, yeah. Just depends on who you ask. Yeah. Because people in Europe think y'all can take it. He said the best center ever. And that best center has how many MVPs?

How many MVPs does the... How does Kareem... Two more MVPs is over. Cool. How many chips does Kareem have? Kareem, six chips. How many MVPs does Kareem have? How many final MVPs does Kareem have?

How many points does Kareem have a lot you gotta win at least two more chips you can you can you can say it out loud six chips six mvps again six chips six mvps finals mvp two finals mvps like you're not even close to here what burger three three yeah What bird got it? 3-3. Where is he at? Like 7-8. No, no. And we're eating, man. Birds where? They got bird three, right? They don't have bird three.

They got LeBron two. They got Kareem three. I thought it was Jordan Magic bird. Oh, my God. No. Just a consensus. Overall, when you look at everybody's rankings, when you look at everybody's ranking, you go ESPN.

Kobe is fucking nine or ten. When you go ESPN, we're not talking about our opinion. We're just saying, when we say consensus. We're talking about what you say, what they put out there. When we say consensus. So that means you take Bleacher Report, you take everybody's consensus, you put them all together. They have LeBron two, Kareem three.

I gave Kareem Burns in the top five. All-time? What did he go? He says... They have LeVar, two. Kareem, three. I gave two birds in the top five. Just me. All-time? Well, he goes. He says. All right. While you look that up, let's move on to Mostly Fans.

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So our first question is from underdog user Quadlife33. If you got into a bar fight, what teammates would you take with you? So we'll start over here with you, Lexi. I don't fight. But if there was a bar fight, somebody was antagonizing you, what teammates would you like to have with you? So we'll start over here with you, Lexi. I don't fight. But if there was a bar fight, somebody was antagonizing you,

what teammates would you like to have with you to handle that situation? Peace? You just got to talk it out? Mm-hmm. I don't fight. We know this.

I will never even be in that situation to begin with. So that's my answer. But if somebody was pressing you, what teammates would you like to defend? If someone started pressing me, I'm leaving.

Okay. I'm not even going to get pressing me, I'm leaving. OK. I'm not even going to get into that. I'm out. You're coming back job-oriented style, right? Going home. Y'all got it. I'm going to go. Damn, you shouldn't say that out loud.

You're coming back with the pistols, right? Yeah. Not just leaving, just going home, watching a movie like nothing happened. Lexi, a woman of peace and prosperity. I am. Don't let people. Good vibes only.

Positive vibes and affirmations only in Gills Ring to present my underdog, Woo Woo. Mr. B, if you got into a bar fight, what teammates would you take with you? Larry Sanders, Steven Jackson. Oh, y'all going to jail. Giannis. We're the dogs, yeah.

We're the goddamn dogs, yeah. We're the goddamn dogs. We're the goddamn dogs. We're the goddamn dogs. We're the goddamn dogs. We're the goddamn dogs. I said Larry Sanders. I said Zach Jack.

Giannis, because I play with Giannis. You think Giannis has hands? Yeah, for sure. I throw people like the hook. DeAndre Drummond. Dang, how big is this fight? I mean, he said teammates. I mean, I'm bringing all the bigs I play with.

You're in a bar brawl. It's not even a fight no more. Do they still have bar fights? I'm at the crib, so I don't know. Me too, Joe. I don't know either. Praying. Preparing for Gills Arena.

Swaggy, bar fight with teammates, what do you want with you? I'm going to bring in, if I'm right there in the moment, see, I'm going to have JaVale with me because he got hands, but I'm going to call Gil to pull up because he ain't going to be with me because Gil, you know,

for sure calling Gil. I'm going to call him in many situations. Shut that bitch down! Pull up, but I need JaVale there because I haven't seen JaVale whip a couple people's ass. And Kwame Brown. Oh. He can't fight.

I thought he fought. Moving on, Gil, if you got into a bar fight. Never fought nobody. You never fought nobody? Gil, if you got into a bar fight, which teammates would you want to take with you? He's getting his ass whooped. I am taking Michael Dunleavy.

Dunleavy? Yes, sir. Oh, and Draymond. And Draymond. Huh? Draymond Green. Why would you take Dunleavy with you? Draymond Green. I'm tripping.

I forgot. So you can call the police. Oh, God. Speak to a manager. Call the police. What's wrong with you? They're not going to do nothing to a white man, right? Because if it's two black people, they're going to arrest both of them.

I need my white counterparty with me. Get us out of this conversation. Talk us out of this, Ben Levy. Duke, educated. Bucko. Educated. Talk about it. Speak to the manager.

Our last question. Underdog user, too much sauce. Swaggy, is it true that Dwight Howard is joining your Big 3 squad? It was announced today that Dwight Howard was playing final season in the Big 3. I got to tell you, it's true. Really?

Coach, really? Hey, man. Hey, no, listen. Can I be the assistant? I'm trying to win, too, man. I don't want to be the nigga who, come on, man. I want to win. You playing for real?

Yeah, you know. I want to be a winner. I want to be a winner. I want to be a winner. I want to be a winner. We still got Jordan Crawford. Yes, we got Crawford. We got Elijah Stewart. We, we, oh we, we still got.

Nigga, we, what? We still got. No, no, not him. Elijah Stewart, the USC. Oh, we let him go. You said the one eye, one eye, one eye gone. He retired. Oh, he retired.

Oh, okay, he retired on time. Why do y'all do this shit on this show every day? It's so unnecessary. One eye. One eye. One eye. One eye. One eye. One eye. One eye. One eye. He retired. Oh, he retired? Oh, okay, he retired on time. Why do y'all do this shit on this show every day? It's so unnecessary.

What? It's unnecessary. I know what I... Austin. I said Austin. Austin! Stop it, please. That was our teammate, so...

Yeah, he can talk. You can do that. We can talk shit about him. He knows. After the camera stopped rolling. We know he going left. All right. Oh, man. And on that note, appreciate everybody in here. We know he going left. All right.

And on that note, appreciate everybody in the chat. See, I've never been around him, so. Appreciate everybody on this show. I can't see that way. I was like, yo, hey, man, that whole side is open. He said, I'm sure it is. Appreciate everybody in the chat. Yo, because, no, I asked him. I was like, yo'm sure it is. He said everybody in the chat. And yo, because, no, I asked him. I was like, yo, you know they, like, you be alive.

Like, so we'll put everybody on that side, and then we'll have them on this side. And he still want to go this way. And I'm like, man, I'm open. Come on, man. Did y'all know? Did y'all know that he had this issue? No, he cold, though.

He who? No, no, he's good as a motherfucker. He good as a motherfucker. No, but it's just funny, though no, he's good as a motherfucker. He good as a motherfucker. No, but it's just funny, though, because he'd just be like, I can't go that way. If I go, I'm spinning back. You all right? They can't stop me.

Appreciate everybody in the chat. Appreciate everyone on this couch swag. Thank you, Dwight. Appreciate you for honoring our Instagram bet, wearing your UCLA sweatshirt here in the arena. Go Bruins. No, keep it on. Show's still on.

You know the contract. Show's still on. You know the contract. Show's still on. Creator League champion, Mr. B. Brandon Jennings. How do you point to that? His creator championship win over Swaggy's team. You're right. My bad. This has been another episode of Gills. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I was going to let you sit on the... Shannon Sharp, Nick Wright. This is the new outfit the glade of official LeBron glazed at Barbie you got to put it on or we don't know you the Real thing This is a LeBron outfit man, this is the new baby right here It's nice I don't know what do I even know what to do. I don't even know. What do you put in this thing? As empty.

The chat pointed out double grip glazing. Yes, it's a double grip glaze. Wallet. Oh, I put the blue chews in here. Yeah, you put the, you pop it in. You just, you gotta take it out like this. This has been another episode of Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. Whoa, whoa!

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