Gil's Arena - Nikola Jokic's Injury DEVASTATES Gil's Arena

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

Nikola Jokic's Injury DEVASTATES Gil's Arena as The Gil's Arena Crew react to the Denver Nuggets superstar going down with a hyper extended knee that will sideline him for at least 1 month and debate what this means for the perennial NBA MVP Candidate just 1 game after his historic 55 point Triple Double on Christmas Day. They then react to Giannis Antetokounmpo lighting a fire under his Milwaukee Bucks' teammates by laying down a ferocious and disrespectful windmill dunk while up 7 points at the end of the Bucks' battle with the Chicago Bulls and debate if the Greek Freak can get the Bucks back into being legit threats in the NBA's Eastern Conference. Next, they celebrate LeBron James' birthday as the Los Angeles Lakers' superstar turns 41 years old today and react to the King saying he's whipping father time with his continued high caliber play this late in his career before breaking down the Lakers snapping their losing streak as LeBron & Luka learn to play without Austin Reaves. After that they react to the San Antonio Spurs dropping 2 straight games after re-inserting Victor Wembanyama into the starting lineup and break down Kawhi Leonard balling after the Los Angeles Clippers lifted his minutes restrictions, sparking a debate over if the Clippers can rely on their franchise player moving forward or if they should try and sell high. Finally, they react to the first round of NBA All Star Fan Voting and give their take on who the fans think are the best players in the NBA this season. PLEASE give us a Like and Subscribe!! Today's Gil's Arena Crew : Josiah Johnson, Kenyon Martin, Rashad McCants, Brandon Jennings & Nick Young Gil's Arena premieres every Wednesday & Thursday at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Sign up for Underdog HERE with promo code GIL and play $5 to get $75 in bonus funds or bonus entries https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gi... Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/ARENA10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount SUBSCRIBE:    / @thearena0   Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos!   / discord   Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org; NY: Call the 24/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369) 2 Min Timer 0:00:00 Show Start 0:01:55 Jokic Goes Down With Knee Injury 0:06:22 Jokic Drops A 55 Point Triple Double On Christmas 0:23:04 Who's Better Draymond or Rodman? 0:39:19 The NBA Should Re-Evaluate Their Award Restrictions 0:46:27 Giannis Lights A Fire Under The Bucks 1:00:10 Kenyon Calls Cap On JJ Redick's Tough Practice 1:25:30 Luka & LeBron Need To Develop Chemistry 1:45:37 MostlyFans 1:58:00 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Gills Arena, presented by Underdog. Whoa, whoa! Our last show of 2025. Shout out to everybody for pulling up with us. Wish you all happy holidays. Merry Christmas, happy Kwanza, and everything else that you may celebrate here. We got most of the couch here with us today. How are everybody feeling?

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All right. We got a lot of things to discuss. Here's what's Cracking in Gills Arena today. Yoke's quest for his fourth MVP hit a roadblock. after he suffered a knee injury. Where do the nuggets go from here? Janice, trying to light a fire under his bucks teammates by saying to hell with the unspoken rules of the game,

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luxurious bonuses that we have for y'all. Still time to get it going before the new year. And as always, you can't watch the show live on YouTube. We have audio version available on Apple, Spotify, wherever you get to your podcast. So we got to start the show with some unfortunate news for the Nuggets and their MVP candidate, Nicola Yolkich. So let's take a look. In the final moments of the first half of the Heat Nuggets game, Monday night, Spencer Jones stepped on Joker's left foot

with Joker appearing to hyper extend his left knee as it buckled, sending him into the ground in pain. We got another look at it. It did not look good. Obviously, the Nuggets in their fans were holding their breath after this moment. At first it looked like, you know, I mean, Look, look, look, look, very bad. So Yolkish limped off the court at halftime, did not return to the game. Nuggets went on to lose the heat. So Yokos underwent an MRI Tuesday. The team announced he avoided serious injury with a hyper-extended left knee.

He will be sidelined for at least the next four weeks before being re-evaluated. So Yokic has appeared in at least 69 games of each of his first 10 seasons. This is the first time Yokic will miss more than seven straight games in his career if things hold up. But we saw the play. We saw the season that Yokin is having. What's your reaction to Yolkis are missing at least the next four weeks with the left knee injury? Damn, yeah, friendly. So the NBA, I'm sure whoever's up for MVP happy because that performance he put on for Christmas.

Yeah, we're going to talk about that in a moment. The chat was a little upset. We didn't talk about it on Friday, but we had a lot of other things to discuss. We were going to make sure we give Yonkits' love, but this knee injury, obviously a major setback. Not major, but minor setback for him at least the next four weeks, somewhere in the fifth. 50 to 20 game range potentially, which Mr. B, as you mentioned, he had appeared in all 32 games to start this season if he does not hit that 65-game minimum threshold. That's bullshit.

That's, yeah, it's unfortunate, man. Friendly fire, yeah, it's, you know, it's just one of those things you couldn't avoid. And for his way he's been playing for him not to, if he's. he doesn't come back before the four weeks is up not to be available for postseason awards is be a tragedy very nasty yeah it would definitely be a tragedy man but you know he's having a great year just yeah we know we all we all hate the timing of dudes getting hurt and injuries yeah it's bad timing like nothing else like it's yeah you There's nothing they could have did to avoid that, so, but it's a blessing that it's on the hyper extension, so yeah, because it definitely would look like worse, but yeah, his reaction to it, so yeah.

I'll say I haven't had one of those before. It's scared you to death because you don't know the severity of the pain that it holds. But it's more of a scare than anything. I think that he'll be ready before the four weeks is up. Once he gets moving around, sorting this subsides. I think also this is going to tell more about their team. And the totality of how they're going to function without him, he takes up such a chunk of their offense, their defensive rebounding, their assists, even the three-point percentage, which all keeps them at the top of the league in scoring, top of the league and three-point percentage. So you look at those two things and how if he's not on the floor, how that affects them.

It really shows you what the MVP is really about. When he's not on the floor, what is actually going to entail for the team, how the coach adjusts their whole system, since it's around him. And we're going into an all-star break. So you're looking at what kind of run they're going to make, you know, where they are in the West, how we looked at them being a contender. So now, you know, I don't think he's going to be out more than four weeks. So we can see what's going to be out more than four weeks.

so we can see what's going to happen with Denver. How Jamal Murray steps up to the plate, how the role player steps up to the plate, and where they go from here. It's going to be more than just about him and his injury, more than about their chemistry and where they go. Yeah, I was going to pick it back on what you said about that team. Them signing, Yonis Valatunis was a huge thing now.

It was helpful before, so yoghs had to play out of the minutes, but that signing over the summer is even more important now. So Nuggets, we're already without Aaron Gordon, Christian Brown, first in the time. Cam Johnson also down too. Now you talk about Junker. That's four of their five starters, currently out the line of Jamal Murray. Only healthy starters still out there active getting it. But to say all that, being down with two and three starters at times,

22 and 10 right now, third in the Western Conference. Like we say, Jokers has the potential to miss at least 10 to 15 games, if not more, if it holds up into this four-week re-evaluation period. And re-evaluate doesn't mean he's back on the court. That just means of four weeks you're getting re-evaluated. So hyperstand the left knee bone bruise, other things. But like we all said, Nuggets and their fans thought the worst after it happened. You were thinking ACL, thinking obviously extended time to tempt you out for the season.

So promising new silver lining for it to only be four weeks at this point. But how did the Nuggets sustain now without their MVP? Jamal Murray. No, it's not over. No, because they're still in a good position. and they still have a lot of guys who've, you know, played in a lot of big games. I mean, you are losing a guy who has, I mean, his IQ is probably top ten ever in the league has ever played the game, like his IQ for the game of basketball, so that's a huge loss.

But, you know, you got Jamal Berry, and you got guys that can still go out there and play. I think they'll be fine, but losing Yokic is a lot. No, loose and Joker, mean, you don't get the same calls that you normally get. Them guys, Joker get to the free-thel line a lot. And if you rely too much on Murray taking on crazy shots he do every night, I don't see y'all win ass. I think he did crazy shots? Yeah.

He was taking some crazy shots on Christmas Day. He dribbled all the way around, turned into three points. He made crazy shots. He does, but he's going to have to go for 60. Every night? You don't think they got enough? People that have got 10-day contracts. You might have to depend on them guys.

I think they get Aaron Gordon back, get him back, get him back. What, they're number three right now? Third in the West right now. The same calls as Shade do. As much as you don't like to say, he flails his arms and get all those three dogs. He gets all those calls that slow the game down.

Oh, man, he's the Joker, the best center of the league. It's a big blow. Big buy. It's going to be a big blow, but I think they're going to be a big player. They're not going to have money, right? I don't think they're going to go from my three to nine. 10 and 22. You think three to nine, big difference.

You think three to nine? It's kind of like, it's kind of like to me, like the bucks without. Yonis. Absolutely. Yeah, for sure. That you got to now, like, but they got a number two. They got a number two. They got a number two.

They got a legit number two. No, no, no, they have a legit number two. We don't know what you don't. We're not going to do that. That would be the difference between the two. It's Jamal Murray. But like he just said, you can't really. You can't really depend on him being a number one because he's never been in that position

where he can now operate as, I'm going to take good shots based on the fact that we ain't got the main guy that get me all my good shots. That's the reason why he's effective because he can take good shots inside the offense that's run under Joker. Now, Joker not there, Valachunas, I think, can mimic this a little bit. But the thing is, they play through Valachunas on the blocks. The thing is, they throw him the ball directly. directly on the block, and good luck stopping him.

Right. And he's a good pick-in-roll player. So, Jamal is going to get open. He can make rethrows. He just don't, he don't shoot a lot of threes like Nicola, but he makes shots consistent. They'll be better than they, than last year.

Oh, that shit was really over. Because Jamal Murray wasn't healthy last year. So Bruce Brown got to step up. It will. Tim Hardaway Jr. make shots. Peyton Watson is coming to his own. to his own.

They'll be right. I think it's more freedom. I think it's more freedom for them guys now. Yeah, they'll be right. Because now we ain't got to wear it now, now we got to shoot. But that's a problem. No, it's not. Freedom is a problem because these guys are going to be out of their body.

No, it's not. They're going to be playing too much freedom. Think about Tim Hardaway Jr. with too much freedom. He already out there like my shot anyway. So now he's really like his my shot. Like, hey, who else going to take the shots? We need somebody to take up for that scoring. You do, but you can't force it.

Who said they're going to. force it. All we got to play another way. The stabilizes Joker. He stabilizes the offense. He makes them slow down and execute. Really, if you think about how they play. You think about how they play. They don't shoot the ball quick inside the shot clock. They always make you play defense to the last second, especially with Joker. He know he could take that last shot. But now you got to depend on. I don't think Valachunis is a bad option. I don't think he is. I think he's always been a solid player. Him, Butchovich.

They kind of assemble the type of guys. where you can you could depend on them if you give them the ball enough they can get you some and he rebounds so it's just a defense if boost was in that position it would be way different because he's a he's a stretch three so like core is better than um Milwaukee right now hell yeah hell yeah bruce by making my yeah with boots and boots uh jamal mary i mean jamaar mary to me he's like the tony parker to me like he doesn't get the love but like he should have been an awesome like he's that guy that's like that old get all the look but he'll get in his shit that's like he'll get a buddy they got who Porter come all portie i was about to say yeah so that's some yeah they got some solid we saw what they did when nicola was i mean when yonis was out we saw that we know we ain't like we've seen it we've seen that when he when yonis is out we saw what we see what we see we don't have joker we're about to see now but they have they have

a legit number two Milwaukee don't so nuggets are in the midst of a seven game road trip We've played two of those seven games so far. So there's optimism from the team that Aaron Gordon, Christian Brown, can return at some point during this road trip. Five games left on this. Yeah, they're good. So ends in Boston on January 7th. Yeah, they're good.

Within the couple days or a week. And Aaron Gordon back doing his road trip. Oh, they do? Oh, yeah. Potentially. They get them back on his road trip. Oh, they're in a good space. They're cool.

They're going to be a good spot. By the time he'd come back, they're still going to be around five and six. Maybe. Maybe. Five games. Five games. Four or five games. When?

Out of the 20 minutes? How many they're going to win? Probably four or five. What you want to bet? I can bet that. What you want to bet? What you want to bet? I bet they win more than five games when he's out.

It depends on who they... They will win more than five games when the Colioch is out. What's the schedule? They will win. Right now, so let's just say up until all-star break. What you want to bet? From here to all-star break. I can see what they say.

They've got Brooklyn, Atlanta, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Dallas, Washington, Charlotte. They go win some games. They got the Wizards twice. Damn. Come on. Potentially, based on this schedule. That's seven games right there.

This is through January 27. They're not being a team. Bet. So let's bet on these games. More than five games. More than five games. They got seven. Name them ten.

Name them last place. Teams. It is the NBA, sir. It is. No, no. There's certain teams. No, Washington out. Listen, you don't show up to play the Wizards,

they'll score 140, nigga. And New Orleans are fucking around. Hey, that beat Washington twice, all the Magnet. Who? Yeah, they are. I can pay on that guy. They definitely not, they definitely not be a bad different. They definitely not be a middiver.

Where's the worst team? I said, Nets, that's Hawks. I don't know. Pelicans. Maves, Wizards. Mavs, Wizards. Wizards twice. They got shot in that window,

in that four week window. In that four week window, that set. Seven, eight games right there, all both teams. Is this in Denver? Murray. Is this in Denver? So they've got a Hawks and Bucks in Denver. They're on the road against the pelicans and maps.

They got the Wizards, Corners, Corners. Or Aaron Gordon. And go ahead. Hell, love. Yes. Yes. Peyton Lock. What's your name was in there?

Yes. Payton Watson. Yeah, he's coming to his own. Bala, Tunis. Uh-huh. Him, Arnold, Jr. Yeah, Bruce Brown. Yes.

And Murray. Yeah. Yes. You got two. Jamal Murray going to average 30 something doing this during the stretch. I'm going to be Kevin Porter. You're going to average 32, 33 during the stretch.

Kevin Porter is doing it. People coming in there like this. Party time. Party time. Right. Jamal Murray going to put it in. They don't get the same calls. No superstar calls.

They don't matter. You see that overtime. They're holding four down. They still got a system, though. They're going to hold the four down. They're the only team in the league that got a... Throw that motherfucker down the big Valatunis. Hey, that's something is gone.

No, no. Valachunas going to get you in file. I don't know if you watch that game. We're going to run that flex. It was throwing that motherfucker down the only valetian. He's going to draw two or three files. He's going to draw two or three files, dog. Yo, he's a...

That's a big-ass man down on that block, though. How old is Valatunia? I don't... Are you making all these old guys? Throw the ball on the block. Four minutes. and do more than they wanted to do. They can't play to this organization

to play this amount of minutes and know what they're going to do. You're playing them in. Guess what? His body can't take it. You are professional and your ass supposed to be just to the time. Not that the age, you are. Throwing that thing on the block.

You are just. No. Got to do more today, baby. I got to go to three early tonight. Do this what you want. Nuggets is just the third team in NBA history to have three different players score 50 or more points in the season.

Aaron Gordon, Joker, Jamal Murray, have all done it. Obviously, Gordon coming back from his hamstring injury. Yolkich, sideline now for next week, Jamal Murray. So that means... Can he look at how many games they won without Joker? Timmy. What's they working without Joker?

Timmy going to have a 40 ball. I'm telling him. Timmy gets that thing rolling. He had to roll another day. I'm telling you. All right. And he started getting him open shots. What?

No. So all time, they are 22 and 34 without Yokchch in the lineup. Like I said, he's been very dependable. Yeah. Had to play less than 69 games in the first 10th season. Compared to what other stars is out. So that means they might lose seven games, maybe. It depends on how long you're going to be out.

They're thinking, they'll fast and then it needs to, yeah. Them names that he named. That had 50. Them names from them teams that he named that they going to play, they can win all them. That's what I'm saying. They don't win all the games. I swear, they can literally go through, walk through. We'd be like, damn, they don't want eight in a row.

Yeah. 11 and 17 with autumn since the 20, 22, 23 season. So not, there's some reason for opportunity. And how many of the game, Jamal Murray was out some of them game. Aaron Gordon was out some of them. They ain't never really had a full amount. Yeah, we're going to look at the totality of the whole situation. Yolka's always been dependable, though.

Obviously, this is his first, instead of stretch. I love DJ to death, but DeAndre Jordan, when he was, Yokish was out, you couldn't go Valachuna. He ain't Valachunas. You can't throw the ball of DJ on the block. DJ go get a bucket. I love that. Your role mindset.

I can pass. I can do everything I need to do. Then I, you know, yeah. So remains unclear just how much time Yokic will miss with the injury with the potential he'll be ineligible for postseason awards if he's unable to reach that 65 game minimum. But what is clear is that he was well on his way

to secure his fourth career MVP. So we talked about this. We didn't talk about this on Friday, but I knew we're going to hit it today. Wolf's Nuggets where the nightcap of the NBA Christmas slate proved to be one of the best games of the season. Yolkich came through with another historic performance to leave the shorthanded nuggets

to the win. So we pick up the action late in the fourth quarter with the wolves down three. Let's take a look at these highlights if we can please. 3.6 second remaining in the fourth quarter, Ant Man came through. The Cup clutch three to tie things up, send the game to overtime, helping the wolves overcome a 15-point deficit in the final five and a half minutes of regulation. Minnesota took a nine-point lead in overtime with and dropping 44.6 boards before getting ejected. Julius Renner had 32-7 boards and six assists. So the Nuggets were without three starters, Aaron Gordon, Christian Brown, and Cam Johnson, all sideline.

Did have their dynamic duo of Nicole Yolkis, Jamal Murray. Yolkis came through with one of the most dominant performances in not only Christmas history, but the NBA history, 56.16 rebounds, 15 assists, 15 to 21 from the field, 4, 6 from 3, 22, or 23 from the free throw line. First player in NBA history with a 55, 15, 15, 15 game, and he did that shit on Christmas.

Also, at 18 overtime points. Most in league history. Second career Christmas, triple double. 56 points are Christmas, third highest in league history behind Bernard King and Wilt. Jamal Murray also had 35 points 10 assists. He was 9 to 18 from 3. Oh, my God. This game was crazy.

Nuggets and Wolps combined for 50 points in overtime. Nuggets improved a 3-0 against Minnesota the season. He told him, don't throw his jersey? No, no, no, he had the mic in his jersey. So he came back out of the side. Oh, oh. Yeah, no, he came back out of the game. I thought the guy told him, don't give him the job.

They told him, don't give him the jersey. He's got to give it to the kid, though. Let's see what the kid got to say. But came back, gave that kid the jersey autographed before. You got the mic in the jersey. You got the... Take the mic too, kid.

Yeah, man. Like I said, first and only 55, 15, 15 game, NBA history, a truly historic performance. We got to give Joker his love. Everybody in the chat was complaining Friday. We had a stack show that day. We had to make sure to give Joker his love before the end of the year.

So, wish y'all reaction to Yokic is 50-point triple-double on Christmas. Burping, burping babies came. You know what it is, man. You know he 60 on them dudes, 60 point triple double last year, 55 2.5 point triple double this year. He likes to see Minnesota

on the schedule. This notion that playing Rudy Gobert off of him It would go. It ain't helping. It will go. Play the clip. Play the clip. No, I'm not. Play the clip. I got something to show you. Here we go.

I got something to show you. We can speed through this. Speed, yeah, and I'm going to tell you when to stop it. Keep going. But go back, go back to the beginning of the clip. Like, I got, why is Jamal Murray guard on that game for him to go in overtime? I go back to that first shot, if you don't mind me. All the way to the beginning of it.

Right there. Why is Jamal Murray on him? And what is Nicola Yorkish doing? Like, soon as Anthony Edwards presents himself, go double him. Why is Peyton White, why is? Watson on Devinzao. Yeah, Devinchenzo. Why not put him the taller guy on Anthony Edwards?

Did they switch? No, no. Hey, Murray probably said I got him. No, that's dumb. Look where he went to. From the beginning. Yeah, but still, like, you got to put some height on him,

but what is Nicola doing? Why is he on the ball? If he throws the ball back to McDaniels, great because he's not going to throw it back to him. Like, this is coaching and this is IQ 101. Hey, man, this is young Kobe. This is young Kobe getting that bitch, Carlers. He ran through.

He stayed on him. Regardless what you do. He shouldn't have been on in front of the beginning. I end the timeout. Jamal Murray, you on the ball. Hey, Joker, come over here and get some of this. Joker, come over here and get some of this too. Keep going.

Joker will play defense. Hopefully y'all can get this. Yeah, let's go back to, go past the old. You know what to do. Joker is just looking. What should I do? Yeah. Yeah, Rudy.

Got to get his dad's out there. Stop, stop, stop. So this is what I'm talking about right here, right? I'm breaking down. Why is, go back, go back, go back, go back. See, he's off of him, right? Who is Rudy Garden right now? Nobody got to come up.

Who is he? 21 can shoot. Nobody. But who is he guarding? Right now he's in no man's land. He ain't. He helping. Who is he helping?

He got to come up more. To me, he helping McDaniels. Whoa. He didn't test. He didn't help. He didn't do shit. Yeah, because Joker's a pass, so he could throw that back. Exactly.

So listen, either all, either commit all the way or stay your ass in the corner. Regardless of what I'm doing. You ain't doing nothing. If he, if my guy, if I'm, if I'm McDaniel. So why he ain't on him then? If I'm McDaniels. So why Rudy ain't on him, your guy, why your guy ain't on him? If I'm McDaniels.

Yeah. I need help. Yes. All right. Rudy's right there. Right where. Right where. Rwanda.

In the paint. Rwant. Did he ain't even contest it? He don't have to. Because the niggas owner. He's under him. McDaniels right there. What you want Rudy to do right there?

Let me ask you a question. Since we talk hoop here, right? You want to talk hoop? If Nicola decides that he wasn't going to shoot this and fire that bitch over the 21, what can Rudy Gobert do? Calate contest. No, he's dead meat.

Rashon, stop the bullshit. He's leaving him hoping to get to shoot that ball. Wait a minute. But what do you want Rudy to do? That's what I'm saying? He got to be up more. What is he doing right now? What do you want him to do?

That's the question. I'm telling you what they want to do. What all the way to what? You can't lock your side. Go back. Remind it. Why would he convince what? Go now.

He's in the middle. Go why? Why? Look where he's at? What is he doing now? Stop, stop. Go back. If Nicola passes it right now.

He can't get out of here. Yes, he can. He's going to be late. He's going to be late. That shit is on the rim by the time he gets there. He's going to be. late. You say he can't get there late. Nick. He can't get there late. Nick. Nick. Commit to what? There is nothing to commit to. Brandon and Nick.

They shot a ploder at the dotted. You see what I'm talking about he's passing? He shot up voter at the dotted. What is he doing? He's in a, you know, he's in enough. What is he supposed to do? Stop that bullshit. What is he supposed to? You got to answer the question. I told you what to do. What is he supposed to do? He can't block. Stay home. He can't block. Stay at home. He's still doing nothing. He's doing nothing right now. So what? So what? Why are you mad? He's doing nothing regardless. If Nicola decides to throw the ball over there.

But he didn't, so he's still in no man's land. But you're saying he can get, my question is, he didn't even try to contest. He can't, what did he hear? What, he cannot Superman block that shot. Well, goaltending. For what? It's nothing he can do.

He's in the perfect spot to be in no man's land. Guess what he didn't do. He didn't pass the ball. He didn't pass the ball. What did this nigga just? You know, did he just say he's in a perfect spot to be in no man's land? Perfect spot to be in no man's land. The fourth time defensive player is.

So where are you supposed to, you can't block the shot and you can't, he hasn't passed it. What are you supposed to, please explain to me what you're supposed to put him on the ball. Put him on the ball. So the point I'm making is, the point I'm making is you might as well put him on the ball. But he's not on the ball. He might as well. The point you're making is not reality. Yeah, he should be guarding him.

He can't guard him. He made him shoot a floater. He can't guard him. At the dot. He made him shoot it. Yes. The shot he wanted to shoot. If he wouldn't,

the shot he wanted to shoot is a layup. That's not a layup. You know why he didn't shoot a layup? Because Rudy Go Bears right there. Right where. So he floated it. With his right hand. So if he was to spin back and shoot a left hand layup,

then he would be, then he would be right there. Rudy's there enough to go and contest it like you just said. Did he? He could contest it. Did he? Look what he did. Did he?

Like jumped up like a fucking stupid ass. Go back. Stop right there. Watch this. Okay, now you tell me this. Watch this dumb-ass jumping when the ball go through the net. Please look at this. Look at this dumb-ass jump when the ball go through the net.

But wait. No, no, no, no. We're not going to. We're not going to escape this, can you? The only thing. What can he do? Look where Joker's taking the shot. That's a shot he wanted to shoot.

Okay. So look who's contest. It's a good contest. No, it ain't. It's not a good contest. It would it be a better contest for seven-two guy on him. Bro, stop with that. It's a good contest.

How about having the seven-two guy on him? That's an offensive foul. Yeah, how about having a 7-2 guy on him? The difference maker, if a 7-2 guy is on it, he's still not going to- Would it be a better contest, Rashad? Is it still going in? Rashad. Yeah.

So you, what does a better contest mean if it still goes in? Brandon, I'm talking to you now, Brandon. It's a way better contest. Would it be a better contest on the shot if the 72 guy was on it? I mean, jump. How much credit you get you got? Huh? How much credit you do you get?

A way better credit. You're getting more credit, right? Okay. But guess what happens? The ball still goes in the net. All right. But what is what are you doing? Guess what credit?

Your full-time. Your guy. Yo guy. No, he can't bully him. He didn't bully shit. He shot it from the dotting. A bully is dunk in the seat. He's shooting it and he's down here.

But watch when the ball goes through the net. He pushed him out of him right here. But watch when the ball go through the net. Hey, he way he shot the shit from the doty. Watch this dumb ass jump. Look, look. Now you jump. The fuck you jump before the ball coming through the net.

56, 16, 15, Christmas Day. He owns. 15 of 20. He owns Minnesota. When he sees Minnesota, he owns them. Number 27. He owns them. He's, he's really defying what a big man is.

So 20, 30, point, 50 point, and 60 point triple doubles all against the Timberwolves in his career. Damn, he owns a team. All time defensive player out of year. Damn. He owned a T-Wolfs, though. Hey. What you mean? No, no.

That man. No, every time he see the, listen, every time he see Minnesota, he owns them. You can't touch. His favorite number 27. You can't touch, Joker. As much as we talk about shade and all that flopping. Choker flail and do his arms more than everybody. Yo, Nick.

He flails and they give him everything. They don't call them all, Nick. This man be wept up after the game. You're being biased, Ken. They return calls. Paul. He's speaking fact. He's playing the post. He's speaking facts, though. Oh, come on, man. Him and Joe L&B are the playing the flopping his bids we ever seen. They plan the post. Every time he fall, he's playing the post. Is he good? Yes.

They plan the post. Do he need to pop like that? Hell, no. They plan the post. He don't get foul though. He'll be getting found. They'll be getting fouled. They'll be getting fouled. They return the foul. Do you see his arms after the games? Hey, they plan the post. So I'm biased. Damn right. Can you do this in a game to somebody? Hey. You're damn right. I'm biased. He's playing the post. No, you can't. No. You can't do it. I guarantee you if he were to fail, it would have been no-call still. Yeah, well, he didn't.

Perhaps he'd get everything he won't. Perhaps even more impressive than it's. We talk about everybody else. We talk about the Shays, the Lucas, they all do the same thing in them three. I never hear people say nothing bad about Joker. Because you know why? Because you know why? Very fitting. He don't play defense.

Nick, you know why? Oh, no, you know. Listen, he was just lost on the game winning. Where was he, his back was turned? Hey, hey, hey, he looked at everybody. Okay, that's it. So you're going to pick one place. Yes, one play. One place.

You can say no. One player. And if he never, he always played. Nick, we got one right here. Well, go back. Hold on. I'll just show you a better defense of this. So, hold on.

So you want to put it out, right? He's putting it out. So you want to put another possession out. Like two possessions earlier when Ant ran the pick and roll, Nicole, the motherfucker fucking jumped out there and doubled him. So, he plays better defense than other two guys that you name. So I don't, like, Shea's a better, good defense, not the other guy. So you're not going to say him and Luca the same conversation defense.

He's just a big. The Cola plays around the basket more than the other dude, so I'm a little biased. Luca got a guard guard. Can we, no, can we say. Ain't no sense beside him that's doing what he's doing. So he ain't got nothing to worry about on the other end. Can we say, guarantee, let me. Can we say that Yokic is a top 10?

He hedges on picking rolls. He shows. He shows. He can't. Yeah. Oh, now. Oh, now we're comparing them to, you know, every four blocks. Yeah, that's a defendant.

Listen, hey, listen, we're here to give Ruby as love. I mean, yeah, we're here to give Yokers' love. Okay, so, but can we say that Yokis is a top 10 high IQ basketball player that's ever played in the NBA? If you can name me the top five, I'll give you top 10. Name me top five. Okay, well, we got to go Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan. No, no, no, no, I did. I said IQ.

He said, I said, basketball players. No, no, I said the top 10. IQ. He's a top 10 player. that's highest IQ ever. Top 10. High basketball. Everybody.

I'm gonna go J-Kid. I got somebody else in there. Y'all ain't going to like it, but I got somebody else in there. But y'all ain't going to like it. I got Draymond Green in there. As a top 10 IQ player. What makes you IQ?

Very high IQ moments and very low IQ moments. So it balances out. I think more higher than lower. Tell me the criteria, what big to... IQ? More high than love. Yeah, this is metrics. Listen to me here.

I mean, IQ, being able to do what you're doing in a court for your position. No, no, no, no, no, but I'm saying for what he does when he brings on the court. Paul, Jason, kid, Nicola, Magic Jones. I'm saying, I'm saying, what is IQ? Yeah, let's talk who. I'm not. Larry Bird, okay. Larry Bird, okay.

Larry Bird is top 10 IQ, high IQ all time? Being able to affect the game without scoring? Yeah. All that. What you do, for your position to be able to manipulate the game. Learn and know where people are supposed to be. Yes, manipulate the game, everything. Fletter.

Manipulate the game. Jason Kidd. Jason Kidd for sure. Chris Paul. But you gotta go with, no. It's LeBron. No. Go on every game.

No, he's not. You said, manipulate the game? Do you just said, though? IQ. You said manipulate the game, right? Who manipulates the game more than Chris Paul? James Harder. James Harton manipulate the game more than...

Who did that from? Not him? Yes, he did not. No, he did not. He was the first. He's average in 30. So who's the first person that either we're going to get a shot or I'm going to get an assist? I got a good one.

If that ain't manipulation for your ass, I don't know what he is. Manipulation, understanding the game IQ, your IQ, knowing how to- Is Russ is in there? I think Russ is the high- IQ basketball player. Is he in there? I think so. Russ IQ is better than Draymond Greens? I have a question.

Because y'all call him reckless. Is Westwood-Ruswick IQ of the game? I think Jemond is up there. You have to think of why. Why would you put Draymond Green in there? Because his name is in the amongst the greats because of what he cannot do and what he's overcome and done anyway.

Despite his, he's not athletic. He's not, he's tall. He's the Charles Barkley, Dennis Robin, of our era that was able to change the game by outthinking God. Outthinking God. Dennis Robin ain't better than J. Huh?

He's not better than J. Talk to this man about rebound, he would change your... One thing, rebounder. You'll change... Drayman Rinkas, shoot the three, spread the floor. Do you know what I'm going to rebound this man? Guards everybody from one through five. Dennis Robin cannot fuck with...

Go talk to my second. I hear what you're saying. But he cannot... I hear what you're saying. Listen, but why does Braymond have to do that in the glory? It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. My job is to...

You're deflecting, bro. Look, we're trying to have a conversation. Go ahead. I'm not reflect. So you're saying it don't matter. It obviously matters. If you're playing with Steph Curry and... That's my position.

Right? Listen. And you're six, seven. Okay. You have to get them the ball. Okay. And you have to rebound. Okay.

You don't average over ten rebounds for your career. Okay. Dennis Robert averaged over 13. Okay. He didn't have to give it to shooters. He was giving it to fucking Michael George. Okay. Right.

You're saying what's better. But wait. He's playing one side of the fucking floor. But wait, no. Who is? Dennis Robb, you're playing one side. The triangle goes sit down. I got to make a play.

3.13 rebounds. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Brandon. Come on. Brandon. Come on.

Let's not do that. What? Dreymond for his career average eight. That's fine. Dennis Robin for his career average seven points. But he does more. Don't do that. Don't do that.

Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. So Dennis Robin average two assists for his career. Draman Green average six assists. That's what I'm saying. Six assists. That means I'm a plus.

Four. I average 13 boards. How many he boards he has? Bringing him. He's the niche name. Dramon. Which is seven? Okay, Brandon, so you just used that criteria of six assists being more than two, right?

No argument. Right? Yeah. How many rebounds? So Dremont's average nine, a nine point seven rebound six assists for his career, 900 career games. Is that again now? Nine point seven rebound six assists. Seven rebounds compared to 13.

So you rounded the eight point six out. So the discrepan between those two assists and rebounds. 8.7 can't closer to none. It can't even balance that. I would do the same for you. I'll wait. Six or nine rebounds. No, listen.

No, no, no. I'm saying the balance. Okay, I give him the seven. Yes, yeah. Seven is that. He's going to put him way above Dennis Rodman. And I'm saying the rebounds is going to bring it back to 11th. Have you had, have you seen or hers like had a conversation or been like somebody that's like talking about rebounding?

Why he's so good at it? The trajectory of the ball. He watches how it comes off the guy's hands, the trajectory of the ball. That's not I can. That's a sick. No, Mas. No, is that I. No, that is.

But that's one thing. We're talking about a guy that average 8, 7, and 6 for a career with the best shooter that's ever played, with KD and all this. And I'm averaging 8, 7, and 6. So that means I'm flirting with a triple double every night out here. And you're telling me my IQ isn't hard. The fact that I'm supposed to be a part of this offense. So we have a hoop conversation, right?

Part of this offense. And I'm finding a way to get 8, 7 and 6 in here. You're putting them in the top 10 when we can name 10. IQ, IQ wise. You're saying because of those numbers. You're saying because of those numbers, so we can name 10 guys with way better numbers. Andre Carolenko, way better numbers. But you're not, but you're not like he's saying the numbers of the reason we're going to put a number.

There are guys that would have better numbers that had done better things for their career, bro. Brandon, can I actually know, can I, I'm going to bring up another guy. All right, okay. Joe Cam Noah. Is he a high IQ guy? Is Draymond? On the defense end? They average the same.

It's the same thing. On the deep, Draymond Green can score better than Jok's and Noah. Yeah, he does. Like y'all acting like, Draymond Green, does y'all watch the Bulls play? What about Chris Webber? Did y'all watch the Bulls play? What about Chris Webber? Is he high IQ?

Is he high IQ? Is Chris Weber a higher IQ than Draymond Green? He wasn't a point guard. He wasn't a point guard. Hasser, rebounders, shooter, defender. That's what I'm saying. I'm gonna say Chris Weber is not a higher IQ, uh, a, uh, a, uh, uh, a, uh, uh, a, uh, uh, a what about Kevin Garnett?

What about Kevin Garnett? Yes, because Camaginette played both. Yes. Yes, Kevin Gardner is higher. But I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. Because you play both his makes the higher IQ. I mean, everything. Everything, everything.

You said, no, no, he said, Chris Weber, but you said Chris Weber over Draymond Green. No, I think Draymond Green has a better IQ. Charles Barkley over Draymond Green. I'm going Charles Barkley. So I'm named, that's about three guys right there. I'm going to Charles.

And there's seven more guys. That's big, you name. All bigs. There's three, three big. Did you say you can't put them over? High IQ guys. High IQ as the game of basketball. We're talking about the Kobe Bryant, the LeBron James, the Steph Curry's,

John, Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Isaiah Thomas. Four plus three. You got two more spots left, Brandon. Magic Johnson's in there. You got one more spot. You got to go Bill Russell in there for high IQ. I can't give you anything about Bill Russell other than. What about, um, the fact that he was weird dude on his walk.

Huh? We don't know. Corrine? No. I think Kareen, too. I would say Kareen. I like the J-K-K-K-K-K-1. The J-Kid one, I'm rolling.

Take-in, you got to be smart. Russell Westbrook, you got to be smart. No, no, I'm not saying you're not, but high IQ. I'm talking about being able to manipulate the game and also be successful in it. Mark Jackson, I'm here. I'm here. No step.

Steve Nash. Right, John Rondo. Rondo. Rondo. He might be in top 20, high IQ. Out of everybody. I said John started earlier. Like Reggie Miller's.

Like the Clayton. Man, Reggie Miller, Rip Hamilton. We can go team by team. You can't dribble when you figure out the ways to get twins. Tim Duncan, high IQ. Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan is a top 10 high IQ. Ben Wallace.

Ben Wallace ain't up there? There's a lot of names that are getting put into this top 10. No, we're just talking about high. Okay, I'm just saying. Three times defense player in a year. The 10 is, all in that. The top 10 is the shattered. I'm just.

It's about 30 in the top 10. Yeah. It can be tied. It can be tied. At that. I'm saying, Draymond as an IQ for the IQ for the game to talk about the game. Smart basketball, smart. When he wants to be.

He got to be in here. Well, let's put it in him. Draymond Green next to Charles Barkley. When he wants to be. Draymond Green next to Charles Barkley, who's sitting down? You can argue that because he don't got the gifts that Charles Barkley had. So he ain't athletic. He's not athletic.

He don't score like Berkeley, but he figured it out. That's why. Barkley did not have Steph Curry or Clay Thompson to play with. He had Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson. He turned his game into something that they needed to win. Who? Draymond. He turned.

He became the point guard. He became the point guard for them. Did you say he turned his game into that? Yes, they had David Lee at first. He wasn't doing it. Andrew Bowman. And they cut him for Braymond Green because he was doing other things that they couldn't do. So that man, Health had nothing to do with it?

Man. But David Lee Health had nothing to do with it. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I don't know. I'm just asking. I'm just asking. He wasn't watching David Lee. I'm just asking. He doesn't know that St. Louis, boy. He doesn't know who David Lee was, for real. I'm just asking. Do you know what Dave Lee was out there doing for the Golden State Warriors? If he's that trash, please look up this man. Hey, Josiah, please look up Dave Lee's numbers as a gold he's never said.

Hold on. Hey, but if he can't do nothing. Just as a Golden State Warrior. Anything. I'm lining them up next to Charles. 17, 993. We're not lining them up against the boy. Hey, out, nigga. But look, thank you. You mind him. You're lying them up next to Charles Barclay. Yes. You're saying top 10 smartest nigger than ever. Do he even, his game, anything, look like he's supposed to spend in. That's just weird. So who's smarter?

That's what I'm saying. You got to put him in me. Nick. Oh, David Lee average 17, 9, and 3. As a warrior. He didn't win. As a warrior. He didn't win.

All right, well, let's say. You want to say. Oh, now you, this nigg is moving out. You want to bring up the dog the day. I told you what you didn't know. He didn't win. Like, I thought that was the goal. I thought that was the goal.

You already don't have to be a difference. You didn't take the trash out. You didn't take the trash out. We ain't even talking about that. We're talking about why you change the channel, nigger. Every time I'm coming here, the microwave on high. Who's turning the heat on? Let's get back to Yolkich and the kind of the ramifications of the situation.

Tempts my dream. So Yolkich in the midst of another. Yoakins in the midst of another dominant season, he's averaging 29.6 points. We're going to call it 30. 30 points, a league leading 12.2 rebounds, 11 assists. It appeared in every game the season. Obviously left that game at halftime. 10 of 16 triple doubles have come by the third quarter of this season. Only a player with multiple 50-point games so far on pace to have the highest player efficiency rating in league. So at Monday's game, Yokers was delivering a December to remember leading the entire league in total points, rebounds, assists, and plus minus in the month in route to winning the season. second straight player of the month award this season. But now, let's talk about the bigger issue in conversation. So with the rash of injuries to star players this season, now the prospect of Yokic, Janice, Wimby, and Luca,

all being ineligible for postseason awards. We've talked about this often, but will the NBA be forced to reevaluate the 65-game minimum after this season? No. Yes? You're fucking with legacies now, Shaan. Well, get healthy, niggum. Look, look, the fact they didn't even consider it for Joker, boy.

Y'all crazy. You wasn't saying that when Doyle and P. Right? You want to say it now? Now? What? Oh, my God. What kind of biased shit is that?

This is the question. What the fuck kind of shit is that? I thought it was some bullshit from the moon. Holliberty, he went down and my mother said, hey, man, you got to make sure you're healthy, bro. I thought I do some bullshit from the beginning. Nah, man, get healthy. Hey, freak accidents happen. Injuries happen.

We don't, we don't pray on none of that shit to happen. But if you're out a certain amount of time, it's somebody else's chance to get this motherfucker fucking reward. Hold on, hold on. Let me just hear me out. Just for shits and giggles, once again, if he plays 64 games and he averaged the same numbers

that he's averaging now, you mean to tell me that he shouldn't be first team all NBA? If he did 64? I said 64 games. The 65 game is the max. If he plays 64 games with averaging the same amount of points

and rebounds and assists that he's averaging right now, shooting the same 50% percent, 60% from the field, damn the 50 from 3, 80 from the line, You mean to tell me that he shouldn't win at least first scene all NBA? Wouldn't he be eligible? No, 65 games. Would not be eligible. He wouldn't be eligible.

Is that 64? 60, yes. Oh, he don't make the requirement. My niggas? What the fuck don't you get? This niggas crazy. If you two minutes late in the, hey, you get to the airport. Are you late?

And that motherfucker, don't close. Your fault. Guess what they're telling you. Go down the customer service and rebook your goddamn flight. That was self-inflicting. You was walking to the dough. You could have ran to the dough. That was self-inflicted.

It ain't got nothing to do with us. You can fight the steward of the lady at the front all you want. She's like, hey, take your ass down there like everybody else. That was self-inflicted. Yeah, I don't think they should change it, though. I think, I mean, because they made it a big deal to put it in. Is this going to become a money-issue, you know? Yeah, but then it's just too much back-up.

I mean. So this thing, it needs to be certain things that you have to put in. Like, like, if you sit now. Now, for rest and shit like that, and you don't meet the 65 games, yeah, I get it. You got a serious fucking injury. Like, you're out there, bitch, doing what he's doing, and you get some freak shit like this happened. And now I'm not eligible for the award that I, that I'm out here playing my ass off for it, because my teammate bumped into, like, come on. It's so bad.

It's a bad. It's not the same thing, lad. It ain't the same thing, lad. Win me this year, percent. If he's missing, no, just, I didn't like it from the beginning. So it ain't just because of Joker. I didn't like it from the beginning. So you penalizing guys, like I said, if guys, you're sitting out because of red,

they're like holding you out because of them games. Yeah, you should be penalized. Teams should be penalized. Yeah. Is injuries a part of the game? I understand that. But so is him out of the balling. Yes.

When you get injured. Yeah. Hey, man, we're sorry for your injury. Sorry, don't work. But you're going to have to scoge your little ass. over here. For whoever's next. Whoever hell is next? A Joker got hurt.

It's in the history books that he had the most historical season we've ever seen but he got hurt. Then the fucking dude that plays for the Utah Jazz there in the basement deserves to be a all-N-BA player? No, dog. It ain't about being deserving. It's about what's next. No, it's like next man up. It's deserving.

It's deserving. No, this ain't a position. This is a war that you're fucking with people's legacies here. Also, bread issue, what we're talking about. And if you fuck with people's Yes. Yes. That's the part of the game. No L&B, exactly.

They've been fucking with his legacy. He's been hurt for four years. What are we going to say? Hey, big fella, you need to do this. You need to do that. But now that this thing will get hurt. It ain't no, hey, man, you need to box out. So is this the same thing?

You need to ice your knee. Hey, my niggas, you need to bounce back a little faster. Hey, bro, we're not trying to hear this? Is this the same thing? Is this the same thing? Is this the same thing? Is this the same thing? Is this the same thing?

Yes, it is. No, it's not. Yes. No, it's not. 100%. One nigga ain't played, one dude have played. Both injured. How many games have they played over the last seven years?

It ain't close. Injury, though. But it's still injury. No, it ain't close. I think we should just keep the rule. One dude. So you think keep it, but there becomes a financial situation. So the 65 game requirement was initially instituted to criteria low management,

get the stars out there. But now you can have a situation where you have guys becoming Supermax eligible who wouldn't previously have been able to do so. So it may backfire owners' faces now where you're getting all these guys removed, but now you're getting new guys in all these All-NBA teams now, who may have not previously been eligible to get that Super Max bread. That's what we said before. Some guys don't make it that don't deserve it.

We understand that. You ain't got to pay the team. I'm all-N-B-A. I'm about to say, yeah, you don't. You don't have to pay somebody. Like Camiga. Huh? Like Camiga.

He didn't make an all-N-B-A team. We're talking about making all-N-B-A teams here. And post-season awards is what he's talking about. We ain't talking about a nigger that just playing 17 minutes a night. Like, no. You can let them go somewhere else. You're talking about all NBA players here that's being affected by this rule. Like, like I said, if it's the management thing, I'm with them.

But everything, every rule, like, there's exceptions to every fucking rule. There's exceptions to everything. So there's no exception to this. Well, they made the rule. Like I said, they made the rule for the exception that you niggas was actually sitting out more times. than you was. That's what I'm saying. So you were taking more time with your injury.

You were actually doing too much shit sitting out because you could still become an all-NBA player. This started because of low-management. Regardless. You started because of low-manage. But regardless. No, it isn't regardless. This started because of low-management.

The 65-game thing came in because of low-man- What is low-management? This came in because of low-man- What is low-man? They sit and healthy guys out is what it is-old-manage. It's sitting healthy guys. No, it's sitting healthy guys. Can we talk for a second? Can we talk?

Without interjecting each other. It's sitting healthy guys. Okay, I got you. Lowell management is injury prevention. And sit healthy guys, yes and no. Yes. Okay. Is it not injury prevention?

You can't prevent injuries. Okay. So why would you sit guys out? You can't prevent injuries, so play. What would be the point of me sitting you out if I'm not trying to prevent you from injury? You can't prevent them. For overplan you can't prevent injuries. Okay, so if you can't prevent injuries, why are we trying to take away a thing we just put in, a 65,

So why, if you can't, you just said it, you can't prevent injury. No. So, Nicola Joker. Who? Nicola Joker. Nickola Joker. They're with, Nicole Joker. Nicole Joker, listen to me very carefully.

If you missed the number and you can't prevent injury me, what does they have to do with us? What you mean? With who, with who? With the number, 65. What does it have to do with who? We put this number here so everybody can abide by the, because of load management.

So if you can't control injury, they put the thing, we're not going to change the rule because you're playing well and you got injured. We're talking about this. And you now want to keep your awards. No, we're talking about overall.

Because now you're injured. That's about him. You're making it about one person. Y'all making it about one person. I'm talking about the rule as in place. Y'all making it about Nicola. I'm making it about guys that's playing well. Injuries are a part of the game.

We know that. They put this shit 65 game minimum in because of load management. Teams are sitting healthy guys. When these fans are paying their hard-earned money to come see these stars play, the one time that they can get to see them play, and they're not playing. Fans are complaining, so the owners, they had to do something about it. The league did something about it. This thing, load management, so they tried to penalize them because of that.

Joelle and B lost an MVP because of such Wait a minute, huh? Oh, okay Like I said, I had a problem with the rule You're making it about one person Oh, this is Joelle and B now You're making it about two people This is not joke

It's about the rule itself So it applies It's about the rule itself Mr. B, why are you not changing the rule? Because I just saw someone else Just lose MVP because of a rule And a lot of things So if it's going to be like that, then, hey, we're just going to keep it the way it is right now.

If y'all want to change it in a couple years or whatever, that's fine. But as of what we've seen, since we've been sitting on this couch, they changed the rules. And a lot of people have been missing out on money and everything like that. So just keep it the way it is. Keep it the way it is. If you change rules and go back to low money, Elberton, all of the things. They already got their maxes, man. He missed out on 50s.

He got his supermax already. What are y'all talking about? He got his supermax already. He missed out on brick. He got it already. he can get it back he already made all NBA team he got paid for that already how much did he sign for how much money did he lose bro he lost money was it 220 I think it was too what are you talking about how much money did he lose out on anything he already signed his max oh no one second

super max at that he can make another all NBA team and get it back this just for that so what are you all talking about yes I'm Josiah how much does Josiah How much did Tyrese Halliburton lose? He didn't lose anything. He made 13 all-N-B-A in 2025, though. When he got hurt, how much money did he do? He didn't. He made all-N-B-A 20-25.

So he didn't lose out of anything, Josh? I heard you very clearly. He didn't lose anything. When he was trying to come back and play, he was trying to make the quota of the money that he was going to lose. He didn't lose anything, Rashad. He already signed. He didn't lose anything.

He signed for $2.60. Did he sign that before or after? Before all this. So he made it in 2024, made it in 2025. So what are you saying? So who lost money? He didn't. You said him.

He didn't. Yeah, I was saying other NBA players. And I said who? And I went to know. And y'all brought up Tyrese hyper and he didn't. And he didn't. So who else? Then lost missed out on money.

65. So he has to make just one more All-NBA in one of the next two seasons to be eligible for a three year extension. The next super max, right? The next supermax. So he ain't missed out on shit. So if he makes it next season, he'll still be eligible for that 26, 27, I believe.

Sign that three years. I'm just making, like I said, the load management shit has fucked up the game. Yes. Guys are sitting, teams are sitting healthy guys. Back to backs, they're trying to prevent things. I get it. They put the chips

in there. Your load is too great at practice. You got to sit out this day. You got, all of those things exist, yeah. You get injured, you shouldn't be able to win no awards. If you get injured, Nick? Yes, you shouldn't be able to win. So if you turn ACR, I agree. We don't know what could have happened during those games you miss.

Okay, soon have been asked the last couple. People go through funds. You don't know what could happen. Just keep the 65 shit ruling, and it helps. Wait, what does it help? It helps make people play. Who? That's what we want to see people who are not injured.

The people that's not injured, it helps people play. Y'all sounds stupid. Put pressure on head by. It helps people play that's not injured. Y'all sounds stupid. Well, let's keep this thing moving because we got a lot more to get to this show. If we rewarding guys for being injured, then there's a lot of guys to be getting rewards. That sounds stupid, right?

Yeah, I'm a reward. You hurt. Dame Lillard, we ain't no telling what you could have done. You could have been an MVP year, bro. We didn't even knowing. Who said that? Young B would have been first team, the last three. Man.

Jason Tatum, you could have been MVP this year, man. Could he? Did he play in the games this year? Y'all sounds stupid. It does not. The day in playing the game. No, y'all sounds stupid. All right, well, let's keep this thing moving.

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All right, well, let's keep this thing moving. We'll shift over to the Eastern Conference. Yonis made his return to the Bucks lineup Saturday in Chicago against the Bulls after missing the previous eight games while recovering from a calf strain. The Greek freak finished with 29 points and eight boards in his 25 minutes of action. With the last two points steering up some controversy and almost leading to some potential fisticuffs, let's take a look at what went down. So in the final moments of the fourth quarter with the bucks up seven, Yannis decided to end

the game with an exclamation point. After Kevin Herders missed three, Yannis grabbed the rebound with coast to coast delivering And this windmill dunk, it looked good. Let's be real. The Bulls thought the move was disrespectful. Luchy Main and Kobe White exchanged some words of Janus near mid-court as a scuffle ensued with players and coaches from both teams converging on the court in response to that situation. Yeah, that's okay.

You see it. I mean, what's going to happen? They ain't going to do nothing. There was a little pushing back and forth. See Bobby Porter's. I made his presence. Who's how to come up to? USC, baby.

And just like a Trojan. He got... Hold it. You know Kevin Porter going to get right. I'm about saying he went all that. No, he's going to get right in the middle. He was all that. There was obviously some situation going on.

So after the game, Yannis had this to say about breaking the unwritten rules. Are we 11 in the east or 12? 11? I'm just got to keep finding out of identity. identity and if that is to you know get a little bit of you know scrappy at the end so be like we're not a chance like why should we have like play the clock out and have respect and fair play like we we fight for our life right now this is like this is real talk i've been 13 years in the league if we keep on losing brother this probably half the team not going to be

here we're not going to make the playoffs like i really don't care At the end of the day, I just want to be available, be healthy, have my team win. And if that's what has to happen for them to, everybody to wake up and understand, like, we fight for our lives and we've got to get our hands there. So, Mr. 414, Mr. Bucks and 6, card carrying country club member, Mr. B. Yeah. Was Janice Windmill, would the Bucks up seven disrespectful in that moment against the Bulls? Not at all.

I just think where the Bucs are right now, they need. needed some fire power. And I think we talked about it on this couch, you know, about playing to the end, to the clock is at zero. You know, a lot of teams get mad when you, you know, you're supposed to hold the ball. But right now, the Bucks need some spark. You know, they need something they've been struggling and he's back now. So, you know, I love it. Maybe it could put some spark into the team and everything around the league, too. Like the fact that why do we have to stop playing, you know, when the clock is under, you know, you should play to the end. And You know, I love it, so I have no issue with it.

Swaggy, do you have any issue with Yannis? Winmilling with the Bucks up seven. The game already decided. Final moments. No, I'm kind of in between. What he said meant something. You know, I think they, I can see him trying to build some type of energy off this, like, you know, trying to find out of identity,

being the Joker or the lead, doing something to get the team going. but it can't be Janice, the guy that's doing it at the end of the game. He's the star of the team, one of the stars, you know, in the NBA. That's why I, that's just my

thing. It should have been somebody else, but if it's, at the same time, he is the captain, he's trying to set the tone. So that's why I say, I'm in the middle, you know, I'm in the middle. I just ain't, I don't know if I'm trying to see, can I, but I see Kobe or somebody doing that.

Yeah, but yeah, I understand you know, you can see Kobe doing that if y'all been getting if y'all was getting y'all ass with like that and then You know, Sam, it might be a game. He just be like yo That's why that's why I tell me. I got you. I got you trying to light a fire inside of his teammates Currently 11th in the Easter conference yeah fighting for their playoff lives All the trade rumors rumblings yeah future of this squad this organization their franchise player is just going to be a natural thing to just name Kobe at all all the guys just naturally just flows. Like, oh, good to do it. No, because I've been around them.

It's weird. How's it weird? Out of all the guys. It's my favorite player, so that's what comes from my head. Yeah, but like, does that make it okay? Yeah. Do I see him doing it? I've been in the locker room with the guy.

Yeah, he'll do some. But it's okay to still do it. Yes, I know him. That's like saying somewhere, yeah. Do I see McCants doing it? Yes, I know. you, motherfucker. You think I would do that?

Yes. If I... If I said... If it was nothing... Would you win me? You obviously don't know me, motherfucker. No, I'm not saying that. You obviously don't know me, motherfucker.

I would do that, digger. Respect for the game. Respect for the game. I'm not talking about that. That's what they're asking for. He said, why we got to bring... When you don't have respect for the game, it looks disrespectful to your opponent. So was that disrespect for the game?

We honest... It wasn't disrespectful to the opponent. The Bulls were still playing. A shot of three. Listen, we all know what the fuck is going on, man. We're not going to play dumb. There are teams that get mad when you do shit like that because it's not sportsman-like.

Especially from champions. Especially when somebody come in your house and do the same shit to you, you're going to feel some type of fucking weight. That's the whole point. But regardless. Ah, um. Yonis,

he needs some type of spark and it seems like that's going to be the way he's going to have to spark it off for himself people are going to feel some type of way about that but they're fighting for their lives so he's in the desperation he's in the desperation so it doesn't make it right and he feels like not making it right it's going to be what's going to help his team and I don't agree with it because that is other ways to spark your team and help them get their fire going But, you know, we don't give a fuck about the game no more, so it don't even matter. What happened to the game that we all love? No matter.

You think players nowadays don't care about the rules and regulations, whether... Wormer players don't care. Current players don't care. Don't nobody give a fuck, so it's just going to spiral out. Ain't no real respect out there no more. So we asked the chat if that windmill was disrespectful. 75% of the chat doesn't think that Janice's windmill with the bucks up seven. There you go chat.

It was disrespectful. in that particular moment. Obviously, the Bulls would disagree. Kobe White and Vuckey Man. But can you, let's move on to yourself? Distinguished gentleman from Oak Cliff celebrating your birthday today. Was Janice's windmill with the Bucks up seven disrespectful?

I don't think so. I don't care either way, whether you dribble it out or if you go play. I don't care either way. But my thing is, for the teams that get upset, have that much energy doing while the game is going on

like have that kind of fight exactly and be upset when the motherfucker's score on you during the course of the game like be like show that kind of like yeah show me that during the 48 minutes the 47 minutes and 35 seconds

show me that kind of fight then right that's what I like like if he dribbled it out it dribbler if you go shoot it you go shoot it we didn't do enough the mother fucking beat y'all today so right moving him like you know yeah he goes he went the windmill that motherfucker damn he get damn that was nice like or you can be mad like either way it go but show me that kind of energy and that kind of fight when the ball when we have possession after possession after possession show me that energy i've always thought that like why you you got a whole lot of

energy now the game is over right what was that doing the first 47 what was that bump chest 94 feet Bad part, right? That's my whole thing with it, man. Like, they, like, and y'all, this is not going to come as a surprise a lot of people. Sportsmanship is fucking overrated. Coach, it was out on me.

Yeah, that shit gets beat up. Right? That shit, yeah, coach, it was out on me. Yeah, that damn commercial. Yeah, that's the worst commercial ever. Because there ain't no, I don't know not one basketball player. We could know that

motherfucker was out on us. We could drop that bitch out of bounds both hands and go point our ball. Can I ask you all questions? When the team empty day bench what does that mean for the team to empty their bench? They quit. So when the other team

empty day bench, both teams empty they bench, what does that mean? What you mean? The team that's up? Both teams empty day bench. The game is? It's over. Game is over.

Or it could be brawny time depending on if it's over. Okay, now. Is the game over when the clock? I'm asking. Can I lay my plane? I ain't finished my statement yet. Is the game over? Let me finish the statement.

Okay. All right, both teams have emptied their bench. Let's just say that the winning team did not empty their bench. They're up 30. Starters are still in. Other team empty day bench. Starters are now flexing doing cartwheels. doing cartwheels and all kind of flexing dunks and 360s and all kind of shit.

Is it disrespectful? So let's flip that, though. I have the question, bro. Can we answer it first? I'm saying, but flip that. I think it goes another way. I think it goes better way. I want to know the answer, though.

Like, is it disrespectful to leave your starters in up 30 and they're dunking and tongue out and ah, all that is that disrespectful? No, no. Okay, that's all I wanted to know. No. I wanted the people to hear what it's like. So the reason why we call it empty in the bench is because it's a sportsman thing. So I said we empty my bench, you empty your bench. But I said to flip it though, right?

Go ahead. No, so to piggyback on your statement that you just made, right, I want you to flip it, right? The team that's losing keep their starters in and the team that's winning empty their bench. You know what I'm saying? So who, so the other teams, like, they keep, they starters in and keep play hard because they up and. at the end of the game I'm not supposed to go windmill the ball because we're up like no you you left your starters

in right so down 30 yeah but you left your starters in and I took I put my bench guys in as the winning team I put my bench guys but you left your starters in because you're down 30 yeah but you left your starters in you have a reason to why because you're down 30

hey I have a question so when so when Kobe Bryan put it when Kobe Bryant had his team them girls beat them them young girls, right? And he kept the score going up. Was that disrespectful? Or was that just part of the game, right?

No, because they'd beat them the previous year. Or was that just part of the game? Because we always bring up Kobe Bryant. So people love Kobe, and Kobe didn't care. So if Kobe don't care, then I don't care. But that was just probably sending a message. I'm just saying, Kobe didn't get out. Like, I just, if people cared more when the game is going on

like they do when them situations is happening, they're a much better product, man. Like, it'd be a much better product. Like, Anthony Edwards been kicked out of that Denver game. Like, that was, like, you know, I'm mad. Like, I'm, you know, I'm just saying, like, I'm, I'm in the heat of the battle. I don't agree with you get kicked out in it. And I thought he was bogus for him.

Yeah, I thought he's just saying, like, you see how it's in the, he's not, he's down. It's like they don't care about losing, but they don't want to feel disrespected. Well, hey, fuck your feeling. Yeah. Sports don't care about your feelings. I'm the first one to tell you. Put your feelings. If you that man, if you that man, go all the way, go all the way through.

Put your feelings in your pocket, man. Like, yo, dead ass. Put your feelings in your pocket when we are out here, bro. Hey, Kenyon, hey, this ain't Little League with everybody got to play. Yeah. Everybody got to. Everybody got to play five minutes. Everybody got to play five minutes.

There are ways to maneuver around that, Kenyon. You stay at it. Run it up. They're away. Like, no, man. Your ankle hurts, right? Your ankle, yeah. Your ankle, no.

Show me that kind of fight. The mangroot. And that kind of energy to stop him doing the first 47 minutes of the game. That's not the same. Last five minutes. That's what y'all missing the point. Please, you get to say whoever you want. Got missing the point.

At the end of the game, when there's five seconds left, pull the ball out, let the clock stop. If there's a minute left and you doing that, that's cool. Why five seconds? Because that's the whole standard of sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is all rated. That's the whole point. Yeah, you can run the score up.

Yeah, you can run the score up to 60. 70, 70, 80. Is it still time? But the last five seconds of the game? Man? Let the ball run right, bro. When you know the last five, okay, I'm going to let it go. I'm going to let it go.

Hey, you got to play, man. Like I said, either way, I don't care. If you dribble the ball out or you hold it, I honestly don't care. What happens when that nigger fouls you? What happens when that same guy, you go up there and you go dunk that bitch and I take you out? And guess what? I've seen, we had a fight in New York Knicks and the different nuggets, had a fight in the garden.

That's what leads to it. So, hey, we were up with us. We were up with that. We were up 30. George left starters in the game. They filed niggas, and it led to a fight. He told J.R. to go to the bass.

He filed the shit out of J.R. It led to a fight. They couldn't avoid it at all of that. But it could have, could have, coulda, should or would. We didn't. It was a person. So now you come to find out

what there might be a personal beef with the coaches. Like, I don't fuck with a dude, run the score up. So it might be So you never know You haven't seen it like that since So I'm asking a question though So during the cup

Right Do an NBA in season cup thing Where they go by point differential matter Right That matters in the cup That matters in the cup Did you just change the circumstance No I did not

You literally just changed the whole circumstance You just said that the points matter So the points don't matter It don't matter If it's not a cup You just said if it's the Cups, bro, you just change the whole circle. Do they play to the end of the game then?

But they have an incentive. They have an incentive, do they play to the end? So what is the incentive during a regular game? What is it? You're not going to win, trying to win a cup. You're not in a middle of a tournament where there's group A, group B, group C. There's an incentive to keep scoring. Why not treat the regular season games like that?

Because there's no incentive for that. There's no $500,000 on the line. It's wins or losses, right? wins and losses. That's what it goes down. You're reaching right now. No, does it go down to wins and losses? So why not treat the regular season game when there's no incentive?

So why do I have to incentivize you, motherfuckers, to keep playing? The last five seconds of the game, man. Why do I have to incentivize you guys to play until the last horn? So you need incentives, you need to be incentivized to keep playing. Why not treat the regular season games that when it ain't the cup games like those games? Keep playing until the final horn. Why not that action? You asked David, what is the name?

Adam Silver? Ask him, I ask you. I'm saying five seconds. The history of the game has sportsmanship for the last five seconds of the game. Some people get it. You play against the bulls. Was it like a rivalry or no? All the time.

All the time. Because it's only, it's like driving from here to Orange County. She ain't that far. Yeah. 45 minutes. No, about hour and a half. With that snow. No, snow.

Yeah. Yeah. You get an hour. For sure. Let's talk a little bit more about Yannis. Yonis been the subject of trade rumors throughout this season. So after the Bulls game, Yonis was asked if he still wants to be in Milwaukee if the team continues to struggle and had this response.

I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. Disrespectful towards myself and my teammate. I wear that jersey every single day. Disrespectful towards the organization, my coach staff, myself, and all the people that work hard for me to come out here and say, I don't want to be here. don't want to be here. Don't ask me that question. I'm here. I'm putting on the jersey.

And as long as I'm here, I'm going to give it everything I have, even in the last second of the game. No, man, I felt that. Even in the last second of the game. Okay. Is it refreshing to hear Yanna speaking like this after all the uncertainty? What? I mean...

He answered the question? I'm here. Oh, he didn't say... He didn't answer the question. He said, as long as I'm in this journey, I'm going on paper. Hey, yes or no, niggas, do you want to be here or not? I'm here. I'm here.

I'm here. I'm here. I mean, it's... Leave me alone with this shit. I mean, shit, Janice is playing it right. I mean, I'm here. As long as I'm in the Bucks jersey, I'm going to play for the Bucks. I don't know what my future holds.

I don't know what's going to happen in the summer. I don't know what's going to happen to anything. I don't know. But as up right now today, I'm in a Bucks uniform, and this is what I'm playing for. This is my team, and I want to make the playoffs. That's all we can just die on. Now, if it happens, some news come out, then, hey, it is what it is. But as of right now, Yonahna's just plays for the Bucks.

So according to reports, the Bucks have been steadfast in saying that they aren't going to trade them while also looking for ways to improve the roster. Some names have been thrown out there. Milwaukee, 3 and 11 without Yannis in the lineup this season, 11 and 8 with him in the lineup. Do we feel like, this is the Eastern Conference, though, as a reminder, can Janus will the Bucks back into being a legit threat in the East this season with this current roster? Will them, wait, will them where? Shout, I believe, early in the season. Wait, will them back.

You said you have more faith in the Charlotte Hornets. Still do? Absolutely. Wait, you said, will them back into... So they're currently 11th in the east right now at 14 and 19, the Charlotte Hornets. 12th in the Eastern Conference at 11 and 21. And this man been out. Where is it?

That's the only reason why. That's the only reason. No. Corners are 11 and 21. They are 12th in Adams. We're not going to do that. The Bucks are 14. No, we not.

Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it again. 11th in Adams and giggles. I'm not going to say that game. Can Janus Will the Bucks back into playoff attention? Yes. Yes, he can.

It's an all he got to do is get to 10. Man, 10 and you're in. Fuck, listen. It ain't hard to do. Hell. Get the 10. Currently a half a game outside of... Get to 8, 7.

So, how many games are out of 8? So out of 8, they are 3 and a half games right now. Yes, come on, man. Four games out of the 6thed, a guaranteed playoff experience. Yes. It is the Easter conference. If he stays healthy the rest of the way, and

yeah, he's Yeah, 14 wins 14 and 19 So that means Horners are three games back 11, I think two and a half There'll be more than half games back from the bucks

And how many of their best How many games They're best player they missed? Who would be Hornet? No, no, no No, no 14 games He's missed 14 games

3 and 11 We don't even know who the Hornets best player is Say it again He won 11 of them The Mello Lebris ball So you get So how many wins did the Charlotte Hornets have?

They have 11 wins currently. They have 11 on the total, on the season, total, and he has 11 when he played. All right, cool. Hornets have also had injuries. They had injuries too? Give a fuck. Did they have injuries too? No.

Oh, don't do that. They have injuries too? Mella LaFrance ball. Oh, shit. Cool. He can play every game. They still have 11 wins. I would still have more confidence in them, too.

Yeah. You're going to stick with your guns You're going to stick with it So we feel like Yannis can lead this team back Obviously, we got a little bit of time Before the trade deadline He ain't going nowhere Bucks don't really have much to trade with

But all things are possible Through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Never know, teams have done stranger things That is right there's possibilities And they didn't add a five six five team Trays in this bitch and We are also where Hope works at I got a question

And she's making money this holiday soon What's wrong? Speaking of head on man they hey dog hey shot they closed DGs down dog that's unfortunate that's a very unfortunate thing they closed Dallas gentleman down I got a question though oh so what happens if Janice actually says yes I want to be here yes I want to end my career as a buck what like what is that hurting because I remember like Kai Reese said that when he was in Boston a lot of guys say that you know to comfort ownership, fans, camaraderie in the locker room.

I want to be here. When you leave it up as a question mark, you get the media asking questions. Then you get frustrated with the question. You can diffuse the question just with a simple, yes, I want to be here, I want to be a buck for the rest of my career. That's not going to change.

That leaves everything in ownership's hands. Everything. You don't actually have to fight a battle. to fight a battle. If y'all want to get rid of me, it's going to be up to y'all. I'm not walking away from the fort. I think that's a simple. So you're saying y'all just haven't said nothing similar to that, or that type of

things haven't been said? Well, he didn't just asked him, and he did. He avoided the question. This is not the first time they asked him, though. It's disrespectful. Yeah, I mean, because right now we're leading up to the trade deadline that he could be traded. So right now, it's like, if you answered the question, with certainty

regardless of what you think is going to happen we're not going to keep asking you these fucking questions yeah they are for sure this means yes they are right that's my job yes they are so we said the same thing about the John of the Cominga shit right

they're going to fucking keep asking he's answering the question the right way he's doing all the right things they're going to keep asking the question though that's who they are they're going to keep asking no matter how he answers it

because in their mind he don't want to be or he's telling them he giving them the PC answer so they're going to keep asking to he give them answer that they won't. Listen, at the end of the day, it's all about playing the game. At the end of day.

Is he playing the game? Yes, he's playing the game. Yes, he's playing the game. At the end of the day, he has more leverage than any buck player that ever went there. At the end of the day, right? So he has all the leverage in the world. If I say I want to stay, then, hey, y'all, I want to stay. If you want to trade me, then that's on you.

But I want to stay. I have all the leverage. It ain't been a ring in Milwaukee in 50 years until he brought in there. So at the end of the day, whatever he wants to do, that's what it's going to be. Stop trying to make him say this and that. It's like, you know, at the day, whatever going going to happen, go happen. Like, at the end of the day, like, I see him, like, I see him going out. I actually, I actually really see him going out like Dirk. This is perfect. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, just, you know,

just keep, just keep it going. If not, then, all right, he's going. But if not, it's going to be like, yeah, it's just going to be like dirt. Like in the house and your girls say, where was you, was you at such and such as yesterday? and you say, I'm here now. I'm here now. That's all that matters. But he has all the leverage. I'm here now.

No, no, no. My girl said, I see you at the spot. I'm here now, babe. I'm here now. It is important to be present. I'm not here now. He has all the leverage.

I don't know if I was there or not. I don't know if who that girl was. I know that I am here now. Why do I got to answer how you want me to answer? I'm saying I'm here and that's disrespectful for you to keep asking that question. You didn't feel that? As a teammate, I like what you said. Because it's not the answer.

to the question. But why do I got to answer the way you want me to answer? It's not the way I want to ask me this way. You're going to ask me another way. I'm going to give you the same answer. I'm not avoiding you. I'm here. You're avoiding the question. It's like a lawyer. You're avoiding the question. It's a lawyer. We heard you say I'm not. So if I'm here, I mean I'm here. Do you want to be here? I'm here. Do you want to be here? I'm here. Yeah. No, it's not. That's irrelevant. No, I'm here. The question. No, I'm here. And then you say I'm here. That's irrelevant. That's not the question. And that's disrespectful for you to keep asking me that. Weird. I'm being weird as fuck. No, it ain't. It is almost 20. It's weird as fuck. Nah, I asked you. Because you want to be here and they still trade you. So what is the difference like? Like, I don't. It's like, you want me to answer. All right. All right. Go ahead. Go ahead. Let's get a different. He answered it. Let's go on you give a different answer. No. Speaking of being here. Go ahead, Josiah. He did. Speaking of being here, we are here in Los Angeles.

We have two NBA teams. We're going to talk about Lakers were embarrassed by the Rockets on Christmas Day. Getting smacked by 23 points. It was their third straight loss. The team going two and four in their last six games to that point. So after that game, J.J. Reddick said their next practice were going to be uncomfortable and he was not going to do another 50 three games with the team. And specifically a few unnamed players not caring enough about winning.

So after that practice, Reddick had this to say about the current state of the Lakers. That was, you know, priority. number one for me. Roll, clarity. You know, I think since we've gotten Braun back, we haven't been as organized offensively, too many random possessions.

So, you know, that's on me. So it's those three things. You know, defensive clarity, role clarity, and an offense organization. Interesting words there from coach. J.J. Reddy. I fucking hate the NBA, bro. That sounds like everything.

Like, I really do, man. That's crazy. You can do what you want to do in living color. Lakers were back in action Sunday at home against the Kings. So we're going to talk about that? Yeah, but he said that. You can talk about it right now, Kenyon, then we can show what happened in the aftermath of that.

Oh, no, I just wonder, oh, we had that. Let's do it, let's do it. I was sorry. Because we have some other shit to talk about after that as well with Luke and LeBron, but. Oh, okay, I just was, yeah. What's your reaction to JJ Redick saying that? Can we play that clip one more time? No, we don't have to.

We don't have to play that shit in one. So like I said before, like I said the other day, right, when he told my practice it's going to be hard, right? I call cap. You said it was going to be hard practice. I called cap. You said, players do not respect JJ. Yeah. And DeAndre Hayden said, so for DeAndre to make that statement, right?

Y'all bought that? Like, you said that? Yeah. Talking to the media, they asked, so how was the practice? Like JJ Redick said that the practice was going to be uncomfortable and this, and the third. And DeAndre Aden's words was, y'all about it. bought that? So

he didn't say that. Yes, he did. He did. Let me see. Yes. He said, yes. That's crazy. He said that y'all

bought that? And that's my thing. Like, stop it, man. Like, you wouldn't go come out and do that. And what, what? I'm, I'm,

I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I play basketball for a long time, though. And maybe I wasn't privileged to these conversations with like coaches and like roles like role definitions and defensive what was like those like I got to like give you a specific role on defense and I got to give you a specific role on our team in order for you to help us is that what is that what I'm

reading into is that what he's saying role clarity defensive clarity and offensive Sure. Is that what he's saying? I'm a coaching standpoint, yep. I need to define roles because it's unclear that these certain needs to come down and shoot when they won't. Some of the guys don't get back on defense as if we don't have a chain of command on defense. It's a lot of things you need.

You don't want Nick Smith just coming down post a pass to Luca, he's just jacking up shots. Well, Nick, you're in the game to get open shots from Luca. Not to come and just shoot shots when you won't. This is your role. Mark is Mark. It's smart. Your role is to guard the other guy's best player. Just let me ask you this, though, right?

Like, yes. Like, I'm sorry. Let's get some clarity, right? Do they, is drafting and free agency a part of evaluations? Like, is the evaluations a part of that process? You go and you watch a guy, you take notes, you ask questions, asked questions, coaches, and other people, he's been right? Is that part of the, is that part, like?

Yeah, sure. So IQ is no, it's not a thing then. When you're talking to these coaches and these people that you're doing these evaluations with, shouldn't IQ be part of that conversation? Yep, that's why I brought it up. Yep. The point I'm making is, it's a bunch of dumb basketball players then. If I got a really, if I don't know, if I can't look at my team and understand that I'm not supposed to shoot the ball before Luca.

Or if I'm not supposed to shoot the ball before LeBron James. Austin Reeves out of this bitch after 26. I'm not supposed to shoot the ball before him. I shouldn't have to tell you that. I really shouldn't. We knew that's an A-A-U. Can I interject? Yes.

On Y? Yeah, please. All right. You got to carve out. How much I like this. You do got to carve out of him. As a corner. Carve it out.

somebody tell you. No, no, no, hold on. Let's all. Here, carve it out or somebody tell you. I'm going to go ahead and cut the oven on. Put a pen in that. All right, let's cut the oven on. Put a pen in your statement. Okay.

So if you're a coach, if you're a coach, you've got a system that you want to implement, you can't go into plugging your players into this system without telling your players where you want them to be for the system to work coherently. We need you, specifically, in this spot, because this is where you're going to work best for the system to run when you got three guys who freely do what they want to do on the floor you need this is why we call it role plays they play specific roles you know you know you know you say we want to role play tonight that mean we're doing something different we're going to role play not being who you are right exactly okay you're not going to be in who you are

You exact for me or me, or me, you're going to be who I want you to be in date. Go over there, stand in that corner, roll and rise in the corner. As a role play, you got to be able to play. You got to be ready to accept your role, too. When the coach come in and say, listen, you thought your role was a good man to do this? No. Your role is this. You might not like your role.

But if you want to be on the flow and contribute, you better accept your. role. That's the whole point of a role player. We don't know that. They didn't know that. I didn't know that. You need role.

And that's why he said it the way he said it. We need a deep. I don't know how he did the three, but I know it was the defensive and the role accountability and all of these things that coaches usually run away from because the accountability

from the main players is pushed back with that. So your role players are supposed to just fall in line. When I tell you get here, that's how you're going to get your minutes. You get your minutes based on the role I want you to play. Then if you're out there. So let me ask you a question.

You could, you know, let's ask you a question. So we're talking about, so we, so we, this one specific team that we're speaking of right now. We're talking about the Lakers, right? Do they have a system? J.J. Riddick does have a system. What is it? I believe it's running it through Luca Dantage. That ain't a system.

defensive clarity role clarity and offensive organization that's not a system okay so what is it what is it

that's pick and roll basketball that's not a system we'll stand over in the corner and tell a guy wait on the ball to come that's the system for the Lakers obviously that's the system that he's implemented

that's what they've been running for the since the beginning of the training camp so that's something that was working and then he said what since LeBron's been back? Is he throwing shot at LeBron?

I'm just saying, I think he said I had a system going and then we got out of our system. I'm just, maybe I'm fucked up. Maybe I'm not going to ask you a question. I'm glad you said that, right? I'm glad you said that. So if it is a system, how can this man affect your system? If it's set in place, if it's a system,

how can plug in LeBron James into this system be affected. Okay, so play the clip again? Can we play the clip again, please? I think he said. Oh, no, you said. Since LeBron came back. Priority number one for me.

Roll clarity. You know, I think since we've gotten Braun back, we haven't been as organized offensively. Too many random possessions. So, you know, that's on me. So it's those three things. You know, defensive clarity, role clarity. That's on him.

And so there's no system. In an offense organization. Defensive clarity, role clarity, and office of organization, JJ Reddick saying that's all on me, being accountable saying that's on me. And that's on him, right? So there's no system. So if there was a system in place, a system is the triangle. We got away from our system.

When LeBron came back. The system is, we know where this ball is going. No, the system is pick and roll. That's a system. That's a system. That's a play. All right. So if all of our plays are picking and roll.

Those are picking. Rolls, man. Did we have a pick and roll system? Those are plays, though. We have a pick and roll system. No. Side pick and roll. Top picking roll.

Left side pick and roll. It's not a system, Rashide. Okay, so we're not going to say it's a system. It's not. What we will say is that JJ has some shit going. What? We're not going to say a system. We had an identity and then LeBron came back and things stopped doing the way it was doing.

It's my fault because I didn't correct that. What was that identity? Austin Reeves get your shit off And then what else Luca Donches get your shit off And then what after that? We've been winning LeBron comes in

Hey Austin Reeves has went from where to where He's been hurt for a girl poor pile He's went from where to where Austin Reese said Y'all not about to fuck up my score and average and shit Hey let me wait this out till we make some moves and shit We're not about to do this to me It's my best year

you're not about to fuck me up to bring this nigga back and he's going to fuck up my shots please we had some shit going me and Luca yeah I'm just I just don't like the notion having to tell guys what to do that's my thing

I'm just always predicated like I'm going to go out and do what it takes whatever whatever I have to do in order for us to win some games is going to be scoring some games are going to be deep some games is going to be this some games are like you shouldn't like it's different things every game

man you might get more shots today like the defense that you're playing against today nick you might get 20 shots today you play against another team tomorrow you might get seven shots but that's not a system but that's no that's no that's that that's no that's no that's how the corner is Nick no some days you beat the ball found you 20 times this day the ball found you seven times so that speaks on No. So? No. The game of IQ. You got to have a high IQ so where you can be in positions to where you always know how to like having a high. No, no. It's how they garden it tonight. How they guarding our system tonight. That's my point. So what is your point? That's what I just said. So if how they're like, okay, if that's what you just said, then make sense of the coach

having to tell you where to be. If you're going to do it on your own, that means you're going to You shit that you're not supposed to be doing when we're running this plate. I just told it. So it's the same sit. So you said, y'all run the same plays. You got a back-to-back, right? You're playing two different teams. This night against the Sacramento Kings, Nick got 20 shots.

Tomorrow they go to Golden State, run the same plays, him in the same spots. He got 27 shots. What did he do different? He followed what the coach told him to do. No, he did not. He played the same. same minutes was in the exact same spots. The defense dictated that.

But who told him to be in that spot? The defense dictated your 20 shots and your seven shots. He didn't do anything. He did exactly what the same right. The coach told him to do. The coach told him to be here in this play. The game did. If we're running a pick and roll, hot pick and roll with a big game does take how to move.

I learned that from Scott, Scows. We're running We're running high picking road With the big lifting Okay You know this So you're knowing as a point guard We're running it up

So he's lifting up on the street The high big is living He's not on the block Okay Right Going into the pick and roll We're running this all night You

We know as the corner niggas Where our shots Are going to come In this offense Which you win You either going to turn a corner You're going to hit the big On the road

You're going to swing To the motherfucking big He's going to swing to me in the corner Yeah, that's a simple Okay, wait, so let me fix. That's four on O. Let me finish, bro.

So listen, if the next night The next night we run a different play where the big is on the bottom. You switch to play. Yes, I know. I just, we're changing the plate now.

Coming down, big drop because they play it different. This team, the second team plays it different. But if I'm the. coach and I don't tell you to go down there. Hold on. If I don't tell you, if I don't coach you to go

be in this spot in this new area because we're going to run this because this is how they defend it. Now you have to rotate different. It's going to come to the other side of the court for this rolling rise street. Rose as in people should know. Don't that happen in film? It's coaching. It happens

in coaching. In film, though, right? Because we see it in film. Every time we have a game, what do we see? The next team that we play, right? So we know what they do. When we played Denver, I know what Kenyon was doing. Anybody. So it's all about film. It's coaching.

Film is a part of coaching. I know. If I'm saying, okay, who's not doing that? We see it. It's on film. That's where your roles come in. If we're not going to know. Did you just say the shots?

Did you just, hold on. Hold on, hold on. This man just said the defense dictates the shots. Did you just say that? I don't know. They plan it different. You just said they planned it different. You just said he rolled.

They planned it this way. And the next night, another. team playing the different. You just said that. Yes, they planned and different. What did he do different? He didn't do anything different. No, they did the same play. I just said to take the big down, can't you? They're running the exact so you're changing the

play. I said that from the beginning. So let's run the same play, Rashad. The defense is guarded different. He's going to get 20 shots one night, seven shots the next night. He didn't do anything different. His coach didn't tell him to do anything different. They run the exact same place. When we run in 10 to 10, 15,

We run in chin 15 It's a roll and replace Either he's going to throw it to me one night The defense might guard the roll This night, tomorrow they might guard the pop They dictated the shot Not the coach But I thought we were talking about

The coach didn't help shit in this moment If everybody don't know they rose Then me taking shots I shouldn't have to tell me You're like you're playing free ball That's why I put the IQ in it That's why I said, is IQ a part of the evaluation process? I said this.

But you still need to be coaches. Like, I knew what I was supposed to do when I came in. I made it. If I know they're trapped in the post every time, where am I going to go as a different? But it's not about plays, though. No, but what I'm saying, that's why we. I'm talking about your role on the team. Like, I knew my role when I was coming in in the game.

I knew what I was supposed to do. What was your role? Come in, score, right? Okay. But when. He didn't get himself there, right? Hold on, hold on, let him go. But when, like, the star came in, my role changed.

Like, I knew the, all right, I'm not about to take the ball out of his hand all the time. I'm going to wait until he come. I'm going to get in the corner. But when he's out the game, like, you should know that. I'm not going to take the ball away from Luke. And guess what that says about you? I know that. So my point, fucking exactly.

Your IQs came into play, Nick. You're on the floor with Gil. You knew you, you're on the floor with Kobe. You got to defer. That's your IQ. I know, but the defense come out at one game. They're from the beginning. They're doubling them dudes once again.

Are you going to get more shots? Yeah, yeah. If they're playing them one-on-one, what is your... You're going to get less shots. So that has nothing to do with coach it. It has everything to do with coach. Yeah, but where you get the shot? I know what you're talking about shots or no shots, but I'm saying...

That's your IQ. They're talking about roles on the team. And I'm talking about your IQ in that role. I know, but they're talking about the stars in their role. bro, like, who's going to take the corner person spot out of them three? Oh, no, there's... Nobody. You need to tell one of them that.

No, you don't. I don't think you have to tell LeBron, Luca, and fucking Austin Reeves how to play basketball. We're not talking about them, no. And the other two guys is out there with them. It's shell-true. Like I said, the other two guys is out there with them. It's full no shell-drill. If Vando, if...

Bro, what are we not getting it? If Luca is out there, you got Luca, LeBron, Alston Reeves DeAndre Aden and Vando They better get to that corner Huh? Vando You're in the wrong spot

Every time we run this play You're in the wrong spot He's in the corner every time To Vando's IQ He knows his limitations He knows that I'm not I'm not going to shoot the ball before LeBron

Luca, Alston Reeves motherfucking Brony James He knows this That's his IQ Ain't nobody got to tell Vando That he needs to defer I know Like

Ain't nobody Like just you don't Yeah You can yeah But I'm talking about With Brian Austin Reeves And Luca though

Do you feel like Luca and AR I feel like They got it The first in time Do you feel like LeBron Don't know

If he want to be one Or do he feel comfortable Being the corner guy Have you established That road for LeBron I feel that Tell LeBron Hey

Do you think Get your ass over there in that corner. You think that's going to work. But that's the conversation. He's saying it. He's going to work back. We have the conversation. Back to my point I made the day,

and don't respect him. So how can he tell that? They have their practice Saturday. That's what I'm talking about. You heard the comments from JJ Saturday. Lakers were back in action Sunday at home against the Kings. Obviously, down on the Austin reasoned that game, but they came through with their largest win of the season.

So let's take a look at those highlights. If we can, please. As we celebrate our final show of 2020, 5. Luca finished with a game high, 34 points, including 24 in the first half, along with seven assists and five rebounds. Nick Smith, Jr. sees his opportunity with Austin Reeves sideline, putting up 21 points in the 24 minutes of action. He was 5 for 10 from deep. Smith was a perfect 4 for 4 from the field in the first half. Helped the Lakers take a 15-point lead into the break. LeBron dropped 24 points on 11 of 13 shooting. It was his best single-game field goal percentage as a Laker.

third best of his career. Laker snapped their three-game losing streak to improve the 20 and 10 this season. Seem to be in sync. Obviously, it is the Sacramento Kings. The Kings have been wishy-watching the season, beat the Rockets recently in OT. Like I said, LeBron 11 of 13 with his 24 points.

So after the win, Luke and LeBron were asked about playing this stretch of games without Austin Reeves, how important it would be for their relationship on the court. And they both had interesting responses. Is this an important stretch, do you think, for your relationship? Yes. It is important. What do you want to say more?

That's good. You tell me how smart are you for no sake? Hey. Good notice. Hey, ours, I'll be involved in a play. Good notice. I want to create the narrative of me and me and Luca. There's five guys on the floor.

We've got about seven guys that comes off the bench It needs to be all of us You know, it's important that That we set the tone You know, you know, pretty much You know, obviously with AR out A lot of the ball handling responsibility Is going to be on our hands

And decision making going to be on our hands Without AR, so And that's the most important thing But, you know, we have to make sure Everybody's in a good rhythm And I thought, you know, we haven't got the ball The ball to rule as much lately Tonight was a great example of us

You know, finally getting some looks at the rim I thought Nick Smith was obviously amazing coming off the bench, but overall it was just really good. And it started with how we set the tempo, you know, from that standpoint. Robbins, they say him and Luca have to set the tempo, set the tone, but it doesn't want to create that narrative that it's just him and Luca. There is a team there. What I mean? When you look at this, Lakers, obviously, we'll miss Austin Reed's potential for some extended time. How important is this stretch without Reeves for Luca and LeBrona develop some more chemistry on the court?

Are we supposed to say more than they said? You can say whatever you want. They're supposed to say more than what they said. Are we supposed to go in depth of thinking of what they should have said? From your perspective. Yeah, Luca, you should say more than yeah. Obviously we know you're going to play together. We want to know how it's going to affect.

What is the chemistry between you and LeBron James? How are you guys foreseeing playing together and being an effective winning team without your other star piece? Hey, LeBron, how do you feel about playing with Luca? I think Brian answered the question. I think he deferred. He doesn't want to create that narrative, but him and Luca do need to set the tone. But if you do set the tone with letting the league know that me and Luca together

is a force to be reckoned with and we're going to make sure we're in our spots and do our team, like you're making it seem like y'all don't really fuck with each other. But at the same time, I mean, it's obvious for us to see that they can play together. Like that game right there, they all look good. It looked in sync, but they did play against Sacramento Kings. They are an NBA team and they were on this difference. The Lakers are like the best of the ass teams in the league right now. The top ass teams.

Like when they play the good, like the teams that you're going to see, it's always, they look bad. The Houston's O KCs when they play, like when they play the teams that You think it's going to be a good challenge for them. They're not on that level, you know. And it's it. For me, it's obvious, you know. Hmm.

Good work. Good word. Stick it to you, ain't it? No, they really do. I hate to get back on to the road theme, but they do need to figure that part out when it comes to playing them teams. Because that's what separates the Lakers now from, like, a Houston, everybody on that team know where

what they're supposed to do on that team. Ain't no confusing with who's the star, who's supposed to shoot the ball now and then. Like, for Nick, Nick Smith, it's going to be games with, he's like, he's never out there by itself to be the, to be the, like, the, me, the J.R. Smith, somebody, because he's always going to have a Luca or an AR or a LeBron out there. So for him, it's confusing.

Do he supposed to be that six-man Clarkson guy? Do y'all want him to take the ball away from, like, Luke or AR? Or do he's supposed to sit in the corner? So I think you do need to have some conversations with him and with LeBron. With LeBron. You've got to sit down and talk to him, man. What do you have to sit down and tell LeBron for you? Do he want to win?

If you want to win here, you've got to carve out the best three-man role in the NBA. Or do you want to still fight for the number one position? I think for me, we're talking about Luca and Braun. I mean, they have a negative of 13.2 rating when they're on the court together. So I think the disconnection right there with Bron being a third option, defensively, they both need to figure it out. You know, they both need to play harder on the defensive end. But, I mean, them together, it's already a negative 13.

So it's kind of like, you know, they're going to have to get together or figure something out together. So, Lakers are 9 and 5 with LeBron in the lineup this season. Just throwing that out there for your own. 11 or 5 with us. We're the best of the ass team. The best of the ass team. Guess where they are, still in the West. Currently fifth right now.

Fifth in the West. Tie with the Rockets, 20 and 10. The Rockets have the time. The Rock is just one last night. Was it last night, right? Believe it. So that putting them next to the Rockets, you look at contention.

being contenders, without Austin Reeves, being 9 and 5 with LeBron. I think they were like 11 and 3 or something without him. So 9 and 5 with LeBron, 11 and 5 without him, currently 20 and 10 on the season. So I mean, you look at different metrics where it can work without him, it can work with him. It can work with him and Luca. We haven't seen him in AR by themselves. All three of them together, it doesn't seem like AR is comfortable.

I don't, I think A.R. is in the position of Norman Powell where he then moved into a certain realm he don't want to move back into. I don't like that old apartment. I've been in the penthouse for nine months. Bro, I'm cool. I'm ready to get a crib now. We're moving on up to the east side. When you sit in the live flat seats in first class and you have to go back to economy, it can't mess with your mental psyche. I've not done it, but I've heard. Offing back there. What that experience has been like. Yeah, man, it's different. So I think that for A.R. and Brian,

and Luca for JJ to recognize something. He sees something that he want to talk about, but the air is too fucking thick out here. And everybody is so sensitive about what we can be said. It's like, yo, let's just have a conversation amongst men and amongst basketball players. We all supposed to be smart. Let's talk about how to make it easier for each other.

We can really make this thing easy. And DeAndre Aitin shouldn't be the one where it's like, Nick Smith, Jr., you come in here and get more shots to him. Now, he can't feel some type of way. So at some point, everybody got to like get together and buy into the system. I think that's number one. We have said enough. We have said enough for, all right, keep this thing moving.

December 30th, special day for a lot of celebrities, entertainers, and athletes as they celebrate their trip around the sun, Tiger Woods, Alihin, Leila Ali, James Winston, the Distinguished gentleman from Oak Cliff, Kenya Martin, Tyrese Gibson, just to name a few. It's also the birthday of LeBron, Ramon, James, Sr. Turns 41 today in the midst of his record setting, 23rd season in the league. Damn, bro, this is... 41, he old. Bring Brian Brian back to Cleveland.

In his 56 games at 40 years old, LeBron averaged 24.7 assist, seven rebounds. 1.1 steals per game while shooting 52% from the field. So LeBron was asked about still playing at a high level as he enters his 41st year on this earth. had this to say. I remember what? So I was LeBron 20 or 21 when I did a father time commercial thing. I'm, you know, I'm in about a well.

And I would like to say that I'm kicking his ass on the back nine. Thanks, soldier. Appreciate it. So LeBron, we're here at Shug, our resident Cleveland Cavalier's fan. All right, all right. Brons is the American journey.

Do your new me. That's a man. So you agree with LeBron saying he's kicking father times ass on the back nine of his NBA career using golf references now also a card-carrying country club of course I mean listen man Braun do whatever he won't but he's the American dream okay grew up with a single parent mother home didn't know his father figured it out found a way to find the right people around him to build an empire so whatever he wants to do

man go ahead and do it brother salute your kids got to you got your son to the league everything Ronnie James Jr. you overcome everything that everybody said you couldn't become So, hey. In Cleveland. Had to live in Cleveland for extended period of time. He's not, you know. Shout out Bon Thucon in Harmony.

Oh, man. The late Carl and Fire is you talking about here. Inspiration, you know, just for a lot of black kids to grow up and, you know, family first. That's why I like about them. You know, married kids, you know, you don't hear too many things about them out there. Yeah, man. Yeah, man. That right there alone says a lot. Happy birthday. Happy birthday, L.J.

I'm crying. You said it. Yes. Happy birthday, L.J. You said, like, y'all been friends for like years. Right. All right. Happy birthday, Kenya Martin.

It's Kenya Martin's birthday as well. If we were already, yeah. Black man, got his son to lead. Man, man. Family man, married. But just an angry mouth fucker though. It's a totally different. One is like the good angel and the bad angel, but they...

The distinguished gentleman from up cliff, Swaggy. Yeah, man. Distinguished. All right, well... No, man, it's a good man, there's more people in there. Hey, man, man, that's a good day, man. Lela Ali, Tiger Wool. Elijah Dushoo for all my freaking offense.

Yeah. Tiger Wool? I like it. I like it. What? What? Nothing. What?

Both of our number one pick. Amen, bro. Both number one picks born the same day. Listen, amen. No, man, but shout out both of y'all, man, for getting to your 40s. I pray God, you know, brings more to your life and y'all keep growing and keep seeing the world. Because it's nothing better than getting old and being able to see your kids grow older and everything. So I know for you can.

A lot better than getting old. No, respect to that, man. Not making old seem like it's cool. No, old is cool. No. Not getting old ain't cool. Yeah. Yeah, not getting old, yeah, yes, not getting old is cool.

I mean, not cool. Not getting old ain't cool, niggins. Yeah. That shit is not cool. What's not? I see you have a new book out. You don't see it a 40. But I hope you make it.

Eli, you have upgraded down there. Bro, listen. Go ask my kids. Go ask my kids and I bet I bet they beg different. Listen, I can't wait till 40. I bet my kids beg to differ. I'll be out here getting it in. I bet they beg to differ.

I'm not saying it's nothing. But it's not cool. This is... What's not cool about getting old, though? Like, you ain't ever seen the clumps? When you get older, your parents get older, like, shit, people start leaving. Like, that shit is scary, bro. But you believe in God, though, right?

I had a childhood friend died 14 years old. People leave all the time, dog. You appreciate these times to be with them. Does it make you more appreciative? Of course, always. That's why I said the older, the older they get, the more wisdom I get from people. Like, that's older. Like, I love to, that's why I golf.

I join golf because, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You get a lot of wisdom. Shout, I see you have the cookbook out. Any particular recipes that you have going on in the cookbook at this current moment? No, but... No. Y'all want to rush out this motherfucker every other day.

Shout to the fans. Shout to the chat, everybody. Happy New Year's, 2026. We're about to go up. You know what time it is, my golf event, everybody. We did have one more thing to cover before we. I'm sorry.

My back. You guys want to give Kawai. Hey, man. Kay, you have shit to do. Everybody's so ready to get the fuck out of here now. Everybody's so. Let's move on to mostly fans, man. Everybody be rushing every other day, God damn.

It's my birthday. I feel like every day is your birthday, sir. I got to go golf, so I got other shit to do. God damn it. God bless you all. Shit, just rush out this bitch today. Merry New Year. I ain't got one job.

Yeah, my, to all of you. Yeah, my birthday today, my wife's birthday Thursday. You know what I'm a strong black man. It's raining, too. Yeah, it's going to, yeah, it's just rain on. We have, New Year's. Go ahead. We have a special treat for all on this couch to say,

everybody. That's for the whole couch. Oh, shit. The Nick has to do the honors. Some champagne. Don't spray it. Hey, no, here, here, here. I like that white.

You can't get mad on your birthday, man. Don't spray it, quag. You can't get mad on your birthday, motherfucker. Hey, no, no. This shit on. No, no, no, chill, tell, chill, and nobody got it. Oh, you can't fight on your birthday,

Hey, Nick. Chill. That's the food. All right. Like if you want to... Black meat greasy. All right. I just show you fat meat greasing.

What that mean? It is. Hey, Nick, your fit is fire, bro. Oh, my man. My bad. I didn't mean to do that. See? I swear I didn't mean to do that.

You don't do that. You don't want to celebrate the birthday guy. Why? You got the fit on today. Yeah, man. Because, Swaggy, don't hear my jaws. Shout out to Nike and Foot Locker for blessing me with this pair of jobs.

Please do not spill any champagne on. Happy birthday, man. Happy birthday, man. You heavy on that porn. God, damn. Man, it's raining outside. Cheers, y'all. Cheers, man.

Happy birthday, though. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. For real, man. 2026, we're going up. We came a long way, man. A tough crowd.

Shout out to the White Coal Hall of Fame. All of those corner niggas ain't ever been appreciated in your life. We appreciate you. I'm getting a white coat. You are appreciated. One of 5,000. We are one of 5,000.

Trey Burke, all y'all. I love all y'all men. I got one more thing to say. I know better nobody else better not get no motherfucking birthday cake in this bitch that's somebody birthday

I can tell you that shit Oh, why is that Ken? We did not have the budget for a birthday cake this year but wanted to let you know but we have a cake for you in spirit

I just watched Hook the other day so we're going to have the imaginary cake Got after Peter Pan That's an angry man That's why you're scared Look he spoke too soon Because the guy God got his long voice

Shout out Gil Shout out to Gil To Gilber J Arenas, Gil, wherever you are. We miss you, we appreciate you. I ain't getting you got a damn, okay. We'll see you 2026. Go ahead, Josiah. No, before we go, we got to sing.

Happy birthday, Marlowe, Kenya, Martin. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear, yeah. Happy birthday. Hey, you can't be tough and blow candles out. Hey, you can't be tough and blow candles out, yeah. Am I the drama?

What I'm talking about? No, I was trying to be angry and shit real quick for my birthday. You ain't got to try, nigga. That's what I'm saying. Try. You ain't got a lot. As we close out this final episode of Gills Arena presented by Underdog Whoop Whoop.

For the calendar of the year of 2025, we just want to say we appreciate you to everybody in the chat who made us the number one sports show on YouTube over 406 million views. All white, all night. What does it take to be number one? We will let you know if you ask very nicely. Shout out to everybody else who made the list as well. Shout out to everybody who watching. Shout out to the chat.

What's up, chat? What is it take to be number one? Listen, if y'all really folk with me 2026, you're going to do hashtag pay me. Hey, I'm going to send out some money for y'all Because we get money in 2026 Y'all come over there and fuck with me on my page Let's get y'all pay, you know what I'm saying? I ain't got nowhere to spend this bread

You know what I'm saying? And as always shout out to the good folks An Underdog for making this possible Shout out to Gilbert J. Arenas The namesake of Gil's Arena For making this all possible Bringing us all together It's been a great ride where us

We look forward to more and better things to come In 2026 But until then Let's go This has been another episode of Gil's Arena, presented by Underdog. Whoa, whoa, whoa, we will see y'all next year! You see ya!