Gil's Arena is lying about the MVP Race...

[@thetruth4654]

Gilbert Arenas in his annual xenaphobic madness

[@Daniel-qn4qy]

More just anti whoiyte

[@xavierjohnson4496]

Same thing we counting them lol

[@kevinligutom6994]

This is supposed to be a black and white issue, not a “black” and “white” “issue”.

[@bnsz8704]

he just trying to be different

[@surtofgods8265]

Xena = warrior princess Xeno= alien/foreign

[@idahoandude3284]

I really think Gilbert is jealous. He hates that a "slow" white dude from some country in Europe has already had a far better career with more accolades than he could have ever dreamed of. Some people are gracious and enjoy other people's success and excellence, and some behave like Gil.

[@MrT571]

The worst part is that Arenas did it to himself. So, the palpable hate is even more immature and ridiculous.

[@idahoandude3284]

@@MrT571 honestly, you're right. Gil was insanely talented, but also a bit of an idiot sometimes.

[@Nemesis10001]

I think he hates that europeens are dominating the league for several years, even giannis was slandered by him each time he talks about the MVP race

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

you don't need those qualifiers, it's just he doesn't like white people

[@7srchoed]

It’s bigotry

[@jordanrobinson75]

Gil not knowing what he’s talking abt shocker 😱

[@Phinomial]

Out of any retired player who has their own podcast or shows up on talk shows, Gil has some of the dumbest takes I’ve ever heard. He also views himself as some type of perennial allstar bordering the HOF, but dude was a shot chucker that was never a part of a winning team.

[@tr3ball_wavey473]

Gil’s Arena is Lying??👀👀 I for one am Shocked😱!!

[@geekymetalhead5112]

"Imagine my shock!"

[@kinidiosodlosios6892]

Im in disbelief

[@crazynice32]

Truly baffled lol

[@Marc-n5e]

Water is wet

[@Lunkjohnson]

He's definitely on to something. The mvp award has turned into the guy that deserved last yr award. It's about almost as worthless as the all-star game.

[@NoVisionGuy]

Gil's Arena is a testament that being an NBA player doesn't mean you know your sht in ball and stats. Those guys esp McCants and Gil himself always got some ridiculous takes, idk if it's their clout strategy or something.

[@blomberg1056]

Just confident idiots

[@KB8Killa]

Gil says ridiculous things for 3 reasons. 1) gets paid by klutch sports 2) wants to get more clicks and attention 3) doesn’t like yt ppl

[@RemyKingKen]

Yeah it’s one thing when someone like Kendrick Perkins or Ryan hollins give a bad take. Gil’s at that tier below all time legend competing with all time legends(in his peak)

[@bingusenjoyer197]

@@KB8Killaehhh i dont think its white people, but it is absolutely xenophobia thats his problem. any player that isnt from america or canada he hates

[@awesomereviews1561]

Arena saying non sense once again. Like the time he said he cooked John Stockton and when you watched the game, he was the one being cooked by a 40 year old man.

[@adamm2787]

It's even funnier because even that one time he did "cook" 40 year old Stockton, Stockton only played 19 minutes. Of Gil's 34 points in that game 27 of them came when Stockton was on the bench. So he scored 7 on Stockton in 19 minutes. He "cooked" a 23 year old Carlos Arroyo and a 37 year old Mark Jackson. Gil just always be lying.

[@lilv3966]

What are you talking about. He also called Stockton a top 3 true point guard of all time last week.

[@ChrisJoestarr]

The fact that jokic literally got robbed 1 MVP by embiid and the media, cuz they created a bs racist conversation, these guys are still trying to diminish him is crazy

[@mr.denzelsausageton9719]

the truth is he with any other MVP they get “voter fatigue” but for some reason that concept doesn’t apply to him

[@sixoseven5623]

​@mr.denzelsausageton9719 nah people are coming up reasons to not give to him, he's literally just outplaying all those reasons. If he had the season he had last year, he wouldn't be in the conversation cause then voter fatigue would actually work. Right now he's just playing too good to use the "voter fatigue".

[@thekings6150]

​@mr.denzelsausageton9719 that's exactly the reason but people are just gonna twist it and cry racism and I'm not saying there wasn't people being racist about but a majority of people were saying what they were saying coz of the voter fatigue reason

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

What about the year before that? Jokic finished 6th and still won it. 😂

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Embiid should have won the year before.

[@wyotriumphrider]

I do not understand Gil's hatred for Nikola Jokic. It's completely irrational. Just enjoy the man's game. You'll never see another like it.

[@TellHerNothing]

Racists aren’t typically rational

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Jokic has never beaten a 50 win team in the playoffs.

[@dbza4107]

@@chrisuncleahmad789his TEAM hasn’t beaten a 50 win team he played well enough to win

[@malikwilson7387]

​@@dbza4107no jokic is a stat padder

[@xXMonstercanXx]

@@malikwilson7387bro how. have you seen how terrible his team is without him and his triple double is actually efficient. if you wanna talk about stat padders then talk about wilt or russ

[@kjjr3270]

Trust me don't take anything from Gils podcast serious, you will be losing braincells.

[@alcrawford4160]

When did you play Pro Ball to discount what an ex NBA player says

[@345imawesome]

@@alcrawford4160we can discount this typa stuff as he is not using any facts just feelings lmfao. Cut it out. These people can and have been wrong over and over. They ain’t doctors 😒 they’re regular people who play basketball

[@TheGlobalForce]

Loss of braincells detected. ^

[@smileyemory89]

Gils arena is like goin to the barbershop listening to old heads arguing

[@JacksonHole83]

@@alcrawford4160Gilbert Arenas was never known as an intelligent basketball mind even when he played

[@nicholassims1947]

Gil really makes ya realize just how gross racism is no matter who you're discriminating against.

[@ninocrown3247]

What did Gil say that was specifically racist? You’re saying he’s racist because he feels Giannis deserves MVP over Jokic? If Jokic was hurt and he said SGA, then what is it? You’re projecting your own obsession with race onto Blacks. When Gil said he felt Jokic deserved the MVP over Embiid 2 years ago, was that racist then? Of course not. Oh he just became racist, because he’s hasn’t coronated Jokic not even halfway into the season Reminds me how Kanye was being called racist by Republicans, when he bashed George Bush about Hurricane Katrina. Now that he’s an open Trump supporter and wears MAGA hats, he’s not racist anymore. Interesting 🤔 Any Black fan or ex-player who’s not keeping their big lips firmly planted on Nikola Jokic’s or Caitlin Clark’s azz until they decline or retire will be called racist or jealous. When Shaq said he felt SGA should have got MVP last year, because he led a young team, with no other All Star to the top of the WC. Jokic Stans in the comments talking about Shaq is racist and jealous of Jokic 😂 Get a f*cking grip 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@VaizardSociety]

LOW you should go on Gil Arena at this point

[@PrinceCortezJones]

camera gon have Low looking like the black Michelin Man lmao

[@IchabodCocaine]

Nah, he'd make the panel too emotional by killing them with facts and unbiased takes.. every episode one of them is struggling to contain there emotions while defending a crazy take lol I love the show tho

[@PrinceCortezJones]

@IchabodCocaine low would make Brandon lose the paint of his nails lmfao

[@KClouisville]

They wouldn't have him on because he actually knows his history and knows his facts. They're dependent on making up shit and saying dumb ass things with no one calling them on it.

[@sirleeproductions]

Giannis individually is doing pretty stellar honestly

[@IDF-Volunteer420]

Not on Jokic's level

[@Mahmoud-bl3hp]

@IDF-Volunteer420definitely on jokic’s level lmao

[@IDF-Volunteer420]

@@Mahmoud-bl3hp Sounds like cope but sure. Whatever you say.

[@Florian-yk8vg]

@IDF-Volunteer420 true but tbh its not that far off. he clearly is the second best player in the league right now. jokic is just doing absurd things atm but that doesnt mean one has to deny that giannis is having an amazing indiviual season so far.

[@IDF-Volunteer420]

@@Florian-yk8vg I'm not denying that Giannis is a great player, but Jokic is the clear number 1. He's breaking records set by legends ( Wilt, Magic) and has been setting new ones for the last five years.

[@TheGoogergieger]

Well, it’s official. Jokic can become literal basketball god and that still ain’t gonna be good enough for Gil.

[@sidjones16]

He couldn't because he is as a 20 in vertical. Jk, but seriously, Dwight Howard gave him trouble. Stop.

[@PAPADRACOLIN]

@@sidjones16 jokic didn't even peak and that was an incredibly close series, the idea that peak dwight howard would even be able to slow down Jokic is a joke. Jokic would destroy majority any of the greatest big men defenders in nba history.

[@justingabriel1765]

Wouldn’t be enough for me either I just don’t like him 😂, like I know he’s good but I think Giannis is better and has been better especially on defense but with Jokic we ignore that side of the ball or go to advanced analytics to prove that um actually when he’s on the floor there is precisely a .01% drop in the opposing teams offensive production so he’s actually a defensive god 😂

[@kidflashiv]

Ironically, ppl use Westbrook to try to point out inconsistency in the criteria but him winning in 2017 is what opened the door for inconsistency. Because he won in an unconventional way, it made way for a new scenario to win in and now it’s like voters can pick and choose which criteria they want to use year to year.

[@ulipeterson6112]

Yeah, people also seem to forget that Westbrook was heavily stat padding in his mvp season. Jokic on the other hand isn't.

[@noeljohnson1069]

@@ulipeterson6112 Jokic is clearly Stat padding

[@hijisfriend9030]

@@noeljohnson1069 calling him statpadding is like stating 2+2=5.

[@noeljohnson1069]

@@hijisfriend9030 Well 2+2=4 and Jokic is a stat padder!!!!

[@azure950]

@@noeljohnson1069 stat padding = meaningless stats which jokic's arent, he impact the game more than any nba player, his bpm is the highest OF ALL TIME this season (hes been in the top 10 for highest bpm in multiple seasons), everytime he gets benched the nuggets go down DRAMATICALLY, and when he comes back the nuggets come back, please learn what statpadding is before throwing the word around fool

[@markmcbroom2404]

It’s just Giannis and Jokic nobody else.

[@thetruth4654]

Nah it`s just Jokic Giannis is great, but Jokic is hands down the best player in the world

[@geekymetalhead5112]

​@thetruth4654 Honestly, I hope to god we get a Giannis Joker match up in the finals. Aka, the first match up that I wouldn't be mad if either one got the chip and FMVP. But, that's just my wishful thinking

[@cliffordgibbs9839]

@@thetruth4654take away Murray MPJ and Gordon and joker ain’t like that

[@markmcbroom2404]

@@thetruth4654 why?

[@NoahLinden]

@@cliffordgibbs9839 Jokic has a weaker supporting cast than any other MVP candidate, and it's not even close. Giannis has Dame and Lopez. Luka has Kyrie. AD has LeBron. Shai has JDub and Chet. Jokic has a couple decent role players and a horrible bench that averages like -14 in 12 minutes.

[@simbachegura6232]

Arenas talking about empty stats is ironic he did it his whole career

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

Gil arena is just a place where he can sit down and hate on jokic and CC with his buddies I always hate how they compare jokic and russel MVPs like the quality or impact is anywhere close

[@aminuabdullahi5922]

side bar "when embiid is healthy and playing" made me chuckle as an embiid fan cuz one thing low always will do is give embiid credit and other players, for how good he is while contextualising his injuries. instead of this annoying narrative around him right now

[@ulipeterson6112]

Has Gilbert Arenas ever heard of the word "efficiency"? Because besides Jokic other stats, his efficiency is insane!

[@wwefan2895]

My favorite thing is "Hey I had a huge issue with voting this year, they need to value 'x' thing more." *Voters take that criticism and do weigh the "x" value more when it comes up* "No it's not fair you didn't do it before so now you can't" People just want to have an excuse to whine that their personal favorites are not winning. They don't actually want anything to change

[@Eddiefkndiff]

I wish Gil was able to go out there so Jokic can treat him like bbq chicken personally.

[@bnsz8704]

This really shows how much of an all-time great Jokic is. The absolute BS that these media heads have to come up with for why he shouldn't be a 4 time MVP.

[@PetarZorić-k3b]

Joker, Freak and Luka are in the tier of their own, NBA is owned by Balkan dudes and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

[@Sonoman_8]

Been away from basketball for a couple of years. Your channel got me back into it. Thank you for what you do!

[@harrysalt5277]

It's sad but we have to watch from a distance cause the game as of right now is unwatchable, like a glorified practice game 😂 but we still gotta hold on to what made us love the game of basketball 🏀

[@DylanOfTheTower]

9:20 bit of an overexaggeration there. Nikola Jokic through 20 games has shot 247 shots in the paint. On pace for at least 1,068 shots at the rim. Westbrook took 657 shots from the paint in his MVP season. He shot 583 threes that season. Jokic is on pace for 344. Which is far fewer. And most of Jokic's shots come from the paint in general. He's only shot 44 mid range shots at December 14.

[@Kaylon965]

At the rim and in the paint are not the same just wanted to put this to you

[@Kaylon965]

Rus in his mvp season finished at the rim more than jokic does not a question

[@DylanOfTheTower]

​@@Kaylon965 the numbers literally do not support that at all.

[@DylanOfTheTower]

@@Kaylon965 I know that. It doesn't matter, Jokic is still going to end up with more shot attempts in the paint and at the rim if he keeps the same pace. In the paint Jokic is on pace for 171 attempts, Russ had 111. At the rim Jokic is on pace for 976 at the rim, Russ took 665 at the rim.

[@jonathandiggs7819]

Naw you might be my new fav KZbinr for basketball takes. You speaking pure facts!

[@NoVisionGuy]

Comparing Jokic to Russ is mad disrespectful to Jokic. Russ had an amazing season but the hate he got was because of the forced triple doubles and his teammates giving him rebounds.

[@KClouisville]

No doubt, there's literally footage of fellow Thunder players boxing out opposing players when the rebound should have been their's to allow for Russ to run in and grab it. They also positioned him in less optimal spots for his own team when the opposing team shot free throws just so it'd increase his chance getting a rebound off a miss. It was blatant. Another thing people miss in comparing the tree....Jokic is far more efficient getting his numbers.

[@nolimit4484]

@@KClouisvilleI get what you saying but that’s not the reason they was doing that. It’s so Russ could start the fastbreak. There’s also videos of him HUSTLING for offensive rebounds

[@Herosennin]

@@KClouisville Yeah you explained the BS narrative that only would make a sound argument if Westbrook wasnt going to break the offensive rebound record for guards very soon of which he's already third behind Jason Kidd and Magic who are 6'5 and 6'9 (and already has the best average) and if Westbrook the season BEFORE he averaged a triple double, was already averaging 8.6 rebounds and 10.4 assists. Then Ibaka, KD, Perkins and Sefelosha left. He was bound to get a triple double and before the season started EVERYBODY was saying he would. Then he actually did it and suddenly a standard fastbreak tactic to have the big man box out the other big so your ball handler can get the ball up court quick and the big man can run up quicker too that's been used over 50 years of ball, turned into an argument against him. They had the worst 3 point shooting in the league and their best offense was the Westbrook Addams pick&roll and Westbrook Addams fastbreak. Capela did the exact same thing for Harden and the ONLY reason people didnf say anything about it, is because Harden didnt average 10 rebounds. Thats it. Y'all just gullible for narratives that make or break players their careers and y'all dont even realize getting brainwashed in it.

[@chaseallison9063]

@@Herosennindifference is the big grabbed the ball and passed it to the guard you’re just plain wrong bro when Steven Adams intentionally does not grab the ball within arms reach I’m not going to be like oh yeah that’s russ rebound no he didnt do anything bro he just had a teamate box out for him and give him the rebound so yeah we gon hold that against him in fact I’ve seen clips of just Steven and Russ down there everybody else going down the floor and Russ gets the rebound that’s not a fast-break and any other time the big grabs it and hands it to the pg so no

[@Herosennin]

@@chaseallison9063 Bruh, how will your fastbreak tactic work if it's not your ball handler grabbing it so your SLOWEST player can run instead of having to pass the ball to the quicker ball handler? Did you like not read what I said at all? This is a 50 YEARS OLD tactic bruh. How to say you're a casual without saying you're a casual and doubling down on it showing how easily y'all buy in to narratives. I shouldnt even have to explain this. Have you seriously never realised how many teams did this over the years??? I'm not even sure anymore if you actually know what a fastbreak is saying this. Having to explain fastbreak tactics is like having to explain pick&roll.

[@BruvahSulaiman]

Mind you, when they removed talent from the team (Russ and PG) OKC still made the 6th seed and won 3 playoff games being led by CP3 who received MVP votes. In 1 year, CP3 won 3 playoff games with OKC. In 3 years, triple double Russ won 4 playoff games with All Defensive All NBA help from PG and at least a 1x All Star in Oladipo the first year. The way that first season without Russ played out, highlighted perfectly the true impact of stat padded triple doubles.

[@alvin081988]

Ever since that Gun incident....Gil does bot think rationally anymore

[@kurtywj]

MVP is not all about stats. It’s about the impact of the player to winning

[@onlyfacts3178]

thats why JOKIC is the MVP...with him they are 1st in almost every stat..without him they are 27 and 29...JOKIC cant play 48 minutes a game

[@JackSmith-b8m]

bruh, that's one of the reasons he is the GOAT. He is the best and the most valuable. Nikola is the GOAT put some respect on his name

[@GiuseppeDeRosa2001]

Love this channel this guy really knows his stuff!!!

[@cooleythecs]

You’re really good at this bro. The knowledge, arguments, cadence & tones fit well together

[@aaronnicholson61]

This is exactly why I do not listen to Gilbert cause he be LYING

[@michael_d.jordan]

Gil’s Arena rants will feed your whole bloodline bro, keep reacting to every single video they put out

[@bnsz8704]

"It changes every year" yeah because its situational. if it didn't change every year then why would there be voters? There would be a simple algorithm or formula if it was just the exact same criteria every year. Obviously, it changes every year cause every year is different. That gotta be one of the dumbest most old head arguments I've ever heard, and this is all Gil does!

[@xaevius5319]

one person that pops to mind is shaq. idk how people don't get that the mvp is a year to year relative award. people be comparing mvp seasons with other players to justify or cry why someone should win or shouldn't like that's not how this works..

[@sidjones16]

It's not situational. That's dumb. It's conditional. It's the conditions are TYPICALLY..... 1. Best player. 2. On a top 3 (out of 16) team. 3. Having a career year. #1 is usually set unless you have 2 great players. LeBron didn't get it in 2011 the same reason KD didn't in Oakland and Shaq and Kobe were the 2 best players in the league in the 2000s. They cancelled each other out. #2 Is VERY conditional. It's also the he main reason Jordan lost Magic, Barkley and Malone. Their teams had better records. #3 is the root of what ppl call "voter fatigue". Who's having a career year EVERY YEAR??! Your numbers the year(s) you win are now the standard. You have to beat YOU at that point. The reason it changes is because each "condition" is progressively harder. Also it rewards individual AND TEAM greatness which is the ultimate goal. Look up how many times the MVP MISSED the Conference Finals vs how many times they made it.

[@JackSmith-b8m]

He's a racist and is angry that a white guy is dominating his sport. That's all it is.

[@justc1re617]

Weve honestly been living in Giannis's and Jokic's league for a while now

[@Lunkjohnson]

What? They have a whopping 2 championships between the two of them in what 20yrs combined of playing basketball. So how is that their league? What because of regular season stats? What happens in the playoffs. Bucks are gone in the 1st rd, and the nuggets are gone in the 2nd rd. You my friend are very Dil-u-sio-nal.

[@QuestionEverything562]

Giannis, after he won his 2 MVPs has reached that 90s MJ level of expected statistical greatness. You just know he will get his 28-30 ppg/11-13 rpg/1.5-2 bpg on 54% FG% while his Bucks win 50+ games usually. Giannis has just been a standard par in terms of his own statistical greatness for 5-6 years now. He's never doing anything we don't expect him to do at this point in the regular season. It's why he never really has the same MVP buzz as other candidates anymore in the last 4 years now.

[@icantthinkofanamejustallow4199]

Which is nonsense by the voting system. Give that man his mvp

[@judology]

w take!

[@MarquisVegan]

Giannis plays both sides of the ball at an elite level. That makes more of a case for him as MVP.

[@GXprogamer]

Harden really led a team with ryan anderson and eric gordon to 55 wins and top 3 seed and still didnt win MVP Still can’t believe it lol

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

You're talking about a guy who brought a gun to the locker room, I mean..

[@sirjohnlegion2691]

Wasn't it Gun(s)? Plural?

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

@sirjohnlegion2691 even better, more than one 🤣

[@djordjelezajic8435]

Formerly known as Agent Zero , Mr. Arenas claims "...anyone can post all kinds of numbers playing on a weak team". OK. Strong team weak team, pancakes, scrambled,sunny side up, or boiled, eggs are eggs, which means nobody has better numbers overall, regardless of the team they play on. Misdirection,muddying the water, manipulations, mirrors and smoke,all techniques designed to confuse the issue: Whether you play on a championship team, or a mediocre one, if you lead in scoring AND assists, you are productive.

[@alekstrick0449]

This is the best and most accurate yt channel about the nba

[@nightrain9288]

I really like your reasoning, because it's always logical and not just based on narratives, unlike 90% of NBA media and fans. Especially the "well, player x didn't win it in 2002 and that's why in 2025 it shouldn't be player y".

[@sidjones16]

That's called being consistent. If player x had to WIN GAMES then player y should too. Y'all are the reason this world is screwed up. It's this goal post moving, gaslighting logic. Putting up big numbers by forcing the action is stay padding. Putting up numbers and not winning is called empty stats.

[@peco1551]

But you cant win MVP without at least top 3 seed, or does that count only for Luka?

[@canoli8]

The funniest part about this is Russ and Jok are teammates now 😂😂😂

[@BruvahSulaiman]

Westbrook was never snubbed. In fact, he never actually won an MVP by traditional MVP standards.

[@Ninth_Innings]

@@BruvahSulaiman neither has Joker

[@brendonwallace6640]

Bro jokic is so nice bro this how you know Gil don’t watch him play even watching him you know that dude is just better

[@spamaxsoowy3654]

I waited so long for this video! It felt like 4ever!

[@kilophoenix7795]

Daddy Bron is crazy😂😂😂😂

[@kyantechristian9747]

We are currently in the advanced stats era. If you want to be in the MVP convo you better be up there in those stats

[@noeljohnson1069]

The NBA needs to go back to rewarding the best player on the best team these stats stuff is what’s ruining the league

[@sidjones16]

​@@noeljohnson1069 the idiots are running the asylum. Anybody worth anything can put up numbers of you give them the ball. Then you spend yrs building a team to NOT run a system but to simply play through one dude. What happens when that dude isn't on the court? What happens when teams figure out what you're doing? Then it's "___ has no help"

[@Tako101]

17:01 Low….stop this man 😂😂😂

[@mordecai4348]

Talking about empty stats but saying Wemby deserved DPOY over Gobert 😂

[@MarquisVegan]

Wemby did deserve DPOY over Gobert.

[@Cyruseh]

These are honestly good cause Gil majority of the time has people or even he shares the same opinion as casual nba watchers and twitter nba guys

[@lilblast7745]

Bro did u casually start farting @4:37?

[@KoKoNuTz232]

As a mavs fan, i think Kyrie deserves to be there more than Luka this season. And, as an NBA fan, Jokic SHOULD not be leading the MVP race from the 7-9 seed. You can't claim that Luka didn't do enough with his 34/10/9 and 5 seed last year because winning matters, and claim Jokic should be no.1 in MVP. If I'm being honest, it should be either SGA or tatum leading the race, with Giannis at 3rd. I just wasted minutes of my life listening to you ramble when you missed the point. Arenas mentioned Luka not westrbrook the second time. FOH I'm done listening to this fool

[@MNIMN_92]

What memorable thing has Tatum done this Season Besides the 1st game of the season he playing on a Stacked team

[@MindAndMyth]

people forget russ numbers dropped quite a lot after his MVP season so how did he get snubbed if he didnt sustain his MVP level of performance? Also the season after that his team got WAY more stacked and they record only went up by 1 win.

[@7srchoed]

Nick Young isn’t lying, he’s just so lazy that he doesn’t think about doing any research.

[@GAshoneybear]

Yeah, I'm with you. He actually has better takes than everyone else (save for Josiah) but should research a bit more as well as he gets overshadowed by everyone else yelling.

[@legendarymajinn]

The discourse around Jokic is so nasty, and the fact that Gilbert Arenas is at the head of it, Mr Empty Stats himself, is even wilder

[@TonyKingOfTheOzone]

Hittin em wit dat daddy bron 😂😂

[@ROY57ON]

People straight up lying about Jokic's stat when the largest improvement he has made this season is his 3P% despite taking more shots.

[@vishtakes]

SGA for MVP. Yall can’t use the Chet excuse this time because he’s only played 10 games so far and Shai still has OKC in the #1 seed while Jokic Nuggets are in the 6th seed. It’s not like SGA numbers are ridiculously low he’s about to have his 3rd straight season of averaging 30+ points while averaging almost 2 steals a game.

[@noeljohnson1069]

Correction Denver at 7 seed right now a play-in team they’ve been there all season. Shai has to get rewarded for being 1 seed 2 seasons now and they have the youngest team in the NBA how can that go unnoticed 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@pibble9207]

@@noeljohnson1069Giannis or Jokic will win it. SGA won’t 😂😂😂

[@ninecool11]

I dont get how you can look at what Jokic is doing and say it could be empty stats.

[@MOCskoden]

Gilbert Arenas just hates basketball players that don’t have the following criteria: 1. Aura 2. Huge fanbase 3. Highlights / MixTapes 4. Non-Americans 5. Reasonable Context

[@desmondkaczynski8190]

White people need to be on there

[@BalkanGeopolitics2]

17:07 this is my face when rhinking about all the obligations i have in order to somewhat succeed in life and leave a good legacy 😄😮‍💨

[@Nunbutvibesant]

17:00 yooo this took me out😂

[@mrfathed3129]

Why does no one ever talk about Kareem winning it that one year when the Lakers had a losing record and missed the playoffs? I get that it was the 70's when the players voted no the media, but still? Even if Jokic has a .500 record. He's still far and away the best player in the league like Kareem was that one year.

[@sidjones16]

Because that was the very reason (if I'm not mistaken) that players LOST right for their vote to choose the MVP. Also it was the 70s. There were NO dynastic teams. No dominant teams or players. Kareem put up big numbers but accomplished NOTHING. Part of being the best is that you make your TEAM better...hence the MOST VALUABLE part. (emphasis not yelling). "You play to win the game!" You can't say Jokic won BY HIMSELF, then when he isn't winning....hes by himself.

[@BahamaVader]

10:40 don't forget about my boy SGA last season.

[@seeotherswin3049]

The goal post moves every year because there isn’t any specific criteria for mvp set out so every one see why it goes to that player

[@mc94.]

Gilbert is mad at Shaq and blames Jokic instead 😂

[@slackerofhell]

They call it Gil's Arena because you're battling the oncoming aneurysm every time you watch it

[@diegobromfield]

Someone already said it but I agree, at this point go on the show. Or have some sort of collab with Gil or someone from the show. You make some good points but you also overlook stuff just as they do in the moment. Even this video, you conveniently cut out the part where Gil and Josiah clarified what he was getting at with the Jokic 500 record slip.

[@AustinMulkaMusic]

“It doesn’t matter what race you are. Black, white, Asian. Just as long as we’re all from the same country 🇺🇸” - Gilbert Arenas, probably.

[@beastking1816]

Are they moving the goal post now??

[@geeyodude]

Please make a video of Gil’s fight with Nick 2 days ago. His opinion on finale’s experience is WILD.

[@idkijs435]

Heres the thing ... THEY THINK WE DONT WATCH... Last 6 years. Nuggets lost in the semis 3 times, had ONE first round exit, won one ring, and lost in the first round and lost one conference semi. Russ hasnt been past the forst round since he played with KD. Its NOT the same. Russ was DEFINITELY stat padding. Jokic is a walking stat. Its a difference. We watched big men saceifice their stats to give russ more rebounds. And they went NOWHERE

[@smoove2432]

Russ done something that hadn't been done in 30-40 years that nobody thought would ever happen while still getting a average roster who had just lost the best scorer in the league in the playoffs in the harder Western Conference. Without him OKC would of been picking number 1 overall the next year so he deserved his MVP.

[@beastking1816]

Him not knowing the Nuggets was #2 last year is wild 😂

[@chr900]

Nick wright be twirkin it up for daddy bron lmao

[@canadadry4609]

Bulls were still a top 3 seed in THEIR CONFERENCE when jordan won his first MVP in 1988. They historically judged you by your seed in your own conference. Its been top 3 historically until as you said russ won it as a 6th seed in 2017. Changed things for the worst. So That point about Jordan in 1988 is nonsense.

[@sidjones16]

Thank you! People who don't think don't let me their narrative challenged.

[@M.V.C-bg9sp]

Love your energy

[@Fab_rice95]

Once i understood this game of BB just a little, i blocked shows like first take, gils arena, undisputed, etc.... I'm glad i did that

[@roscoefilms]

Russ won that award becuase he had one of the greatest individual statistical seasons of all time, the fact he brought that roster to the playoffs is insane too.

[@charleythompson4695]

Jokic should be in the conversation at this point, but there’s about 3/4 of the season left to play If his play continues like this, but his team is in the play-in, Jokic won’t win it And if Giannis and the bucks continue to trend up and get wins, maybe be a 2 or 3 seed, it will be Giannis In terms of Tatum, he will not get the proper respect this year, possibly ever Luka will most likely jump up in the conversation if his play improves

[@Vorzilla]

Gil feeding the podcast world. You literally making Gils point . When Kobe had the best season of his career STEVE NASH won MVP. They are saying keep the same metrics you did when all the legends played.

[@MrMikeJagger]

It’s like the God of basketball reached into your soul and said “preach truth my son”🙏

[@andreh1888]

How are high-level NBA players so clueless?

[@joca1311]

Why not adopt general parameters based on which the MVP will be chosen...for example: 30% is influenced by the success of the team he plays for, 20% - the number of points, 15% - the number of blocks...etc?! That way, personal opinions would be reduced to a minimum...

[@williamwitt6212]

NHL has two MVP awards: one voted by the writers and one voted by the players association. NBA should do the same: have an award all about the politics, and have another award where game recognizes game. The player to name the toprhy after that makes the most sense is probably LBJ, since MJ is on the MVP trophy, but there are others you could pick, like Oscar Robertson, who was the longest serving president of the Players Association.

[@Ninth_Innings]

The reason the Denver nuggets is underperforming is because Denver wants everything to run through Joker when there are other player on his team who can play and make plays but if they are told to look for joker eveytime then thats on that coaching staff. Yes the nuggets should be better they literally was just in the wcf smh..... Its crazy how goalposts change based on how Jokic plays.... So as long as Denver is not winning, Jokic numbers are empty calories.

[@jasonrefsnider4057]

They also lost key rotational pieces in Brown and KCP the past 2 seasons.

[@sidjones16]

THANK YOUUUUU!!!

[@sidjones16]

​@@jasonrefsnider4057 3&D dudes. That's where the scouts and training staff come in. They found Jokic. How come they cant find some athletic dudes to play defense and spot up? One is exponentially harder to find than the other

[@jasonrefsnider4057]

@@sidjones16 Agreed. That comes down to your GM and player development. We can say the same thing about the Bucks as well.

[@ninecool11]

Heres where that argument fails. Look at the offensive rating when Jokic is not playing. They are like last, compared to first when he does play. They let their solid options off the bench leave, and murray hasn't fully recovered from his injury yet it seems

[@itzShturmy]

Gil's Arena is a clown fiesta. They discuss about Basketball without even analysing stuffs properly and in dept. The only one in there who would probably do that but he doesn't cuz he's just a co-hoster bringing up topics is Josiah.

[@mathewomolo]

I hate that we can't discuss MVPs without pulling out stats, and we all know why we have to do that now.

[@ididntaskverified3663]

That jxmy high roller video today reallly opened my eyes to how much jokic really out performs the league, with no allstars and the most Efficient time per possession

[@sidjones16]

How can a dude who can't protect the rim outperform the league? That performance isn't leading to wins though.

[@goku6414]

I NEED LOW ON AN EPISODE OF GILS ARENA

[@worldzworstgamer6539]

I love that Gil talks all that shit about Gianni’s facing bad teams when he only dominated shit teams his whole career and when he hit the playoffs outside of one year he was shit every time

[@jonwade2405]

The other greats that don’t have an mvp is because they were literally the 3rd and 4th best players in the league. SGA should’ve won last years mvp due to his play and how his team added 17 wins. This year Jokic is a shoe in with the stats he’s putting up. An mvp can change a players trajectory and SGA was snubbed.

[@klefusmcdonald2644]

Luka doncic carried his team to the finals last year, beating everyone's sweetheart SGA and Ant, proving he should have been the MVP, and no one said a peep, if you were pushing SGA for MVP last year, you don't know what TF ya talking about. A loaded team like OKC and they still got dropped. Luka and Jokic are the best two players on the planet.

[@Poopanology]

MY FAVORITE LOW QUOTE " ARE U DUMB ?"

[@legend1756]

Giannis is having a great run, an mvp caliber kind of run if Jokvic wasn't around. That's is simply how good he's playing right now.

[@McThiccyB]

I feel we be having this arguement every year now

[@SpiderGang56]

This Jokić slander needs to stop on this podcast