Gilbert Arenas FLAMES The NBA's Anonymous Player Poll

Gilbert Arenas FLAMES The NBA's Anonymous Player Poll as he and the Gil's Arena Crew react to the Athletic's Anonymous Player Poll of the NBA and destroy the dumb questions from the yearly exercise, like Who's The Goat between Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Paul Pierce which NBA players clearly don't care about.
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[@stacicroff2888]

McCants up here looking like a ninja turtle 🐢😂yea he gotta keep wearing hats

[@thakiid8568]

Lmfao

[@bryandungee1029]

Fr tho lmao thought I was trippin like “bro looking funny As hell”

[@alvinwest0304]

Not that red one oversized one, he be looking like Mario!

[@killedyoass6710]

im dead lmaooo 🤣

[@iyetisnipe]

NOOO OMFG 💀💀💀💀

[@ChrisWild-si4xz]

She really said she gon choose ant man over jokic cause personality I'm weak 🤣🤣🤣

[@qaz122]

Bro serious here take gave me a headache

[@letsssgooo4618]

Cause the joker is white and she wants the young fellas d!ck

[@TOoLoUd89292]

I would too

[@MegaUnavailableusern]

She’s an idiot. We can skip all her parts

[@oneandonly1478]

Thats why their league is stupid

[@brotherLee340]

I really like the fact the polls are anonymous. Players can be honest lol

[@oillizm]

It's sad that being honest isn't the goal. So you can't be honest if people know what you choose is what your saying? It's weak

[@lilpronto3627]

Bron is 39 & I still feel like he has 3 more years left in him, the fact he’s produced for this long is incredible!

[@jalilcook5113]

PEDS

[@ajwalker2842]

Nah dumb ass

[@yvans.]

That crazy it’s like never get tired he’s unbelievable. No players or athlete was ever that good in that Age. Bron just special. He’s all natural too.

[@larryjohnson2177]

Watch joker at the rookie game . Then you knew who he was period

[@lancewilliams8001]

@yvans how would you ever know

[@dontaeharvey]

Gil opions is always he doesn’t like something and it should be his way 😂😂

[@yourenotthatguy6295]

Exactly

[@Zucchiniisdelicious10]

Gil, it’s not five categories, it’s five choices within one category 😅

[@tyreek.6815]

you get what bruh meant damn lmfaooo

[@whatupcuz3688]

The more I watch the more I realize that McCants is just slow in the head. He can't even fathom that nba players would rate who they want to build their team around based on age/health.

[@Twp0.]

Good observation shrek!

[@kylonp7311]

Didn’t they chose Jordan as the goat tho 😂😂😂😂

[@ryancallsin]

Ya that shi was painful to listen to.

[@emoneyizhereson]

Man y'all really need to take a research methods course or something. It's been a minute since I heard this much survey/poll ignorance within a 5-min span 😂

[@CHIEFYTV_]

Magic Johnson can’t be in the GOAT convo??? Seriously? Cmon Gil…

[@dominiqueburton5851]

He can't

[@lamarlashley8738]

Tragic Johnson top 15

[@CHIEFYTV_]

@@dominiqueburton5851 Lebron can’t either frfr…he did the same thing Kareem did with less accolades

[@dariusewing6962]

@@dominiqueburton5851 Magic 5 is greater plus save the league then 4 LeBron and lost more

[@early9422]

Nope, not ever has magic been in the goat conversation

[@skippayless4357]

Rashad putting Soulja boy in same sentence as Lil Wayne, is worse than Paul Pierce getting a vote 🤣 💀 Lil Wayne actually might be the goat lol

[@dead3yeDino]

FactZ 🤣

[@early9422]

😂😂😂😂

[@brandonberry7902]

Weezy F Baby is the 🐐 He been on since 16 and still going

[@brandonberry7902]

I’m not understanding how people 4:18 can but Bron in the 🐐 debate when he kept switching teams. Then Bron gets compared to Steph, 1 team, Kobe, 1 team, MJ, 1 team. Do you know how many more rings Kobe, MJ, or Steph would have if they left their team to join with 2 more superstars. The fuckery

[@MikeBrown-eh2se]

Man this show is filled with a bunch of nba a player who ain’t did nothing but lose in the nba nobody had More then a three year run where they was killing

[@Saint_Meech]

Who thought Soulja was the best rapper or a good rapper. Mccants just be talking

[@Int.jay11]

He talking from a generational perspective

[@Saint_Meech]

@@Int.jay11 That’s obvious and no one ever thought that in any generation

[@jalilcook5113]

@@Saint_Meechyou must have not been around lol

[@Saint_Meech]

@@jalilcook5113 if you was saying that then say it but, that means your music taste can’t be great

[@katrinachavez3533]

Magic is the reason I fell in love with the game in 1979. He's my favorite player all-time, and it's not even close but without hesitation I proclaim Black Jesus to be the GOAT. That Black Cat had it all - athleticism raw as claps without jim hats, fundamentals taught to him by a highly-esteemed Univ. dean that were impeccable, maniacal mental of killers in serial, aerial anarchy that granted cockpit martyrs envy and his game was aesthetically heavy on the gravy. And I despised him and every other player that played in that conference.

[@kurokaizen1889]

Brother. Calm TF down.

[@katrinachavez3533]

@@kurokaizen1889 Man, I'm as calm as Reggie Noble in a Tijuana brothel with a stack of Baja Cali ganja.

[@DavidRealMusic]

Gil says Jokik is overrated everytime he gets a chance.

[@robertcurington3657]

McCants built like a manager at T-Mobile

[@PerformanceMatrix]

He’s rich that’s corny asf!!

[@stanleyrimpsonjr]

😂😂😂😂

[@mrblackman1992_]

@@PerformanceMatrix he not rich he said that himself

[@isaacannanjr2371]

Lmaoo 😂

[@BackyardBeachTraining14]

😂😂😂..All he missing is the purple polo

[@sugarz005]

She obviously doesn't understand how polls work.

[@AdamEdn]

Or that the Athletic may not have the reach or resources to get to the entire league 😂

[@chrisjohnson8228]

She cause caytltn bout too take over lol

[@C-Low2661]

@@AdamEdnthat’s not how polls work. A poll is not based on the entire population but on a sample size of the population. Usually 10% is considered to be the ideal sample size.

[@AdamEdn]

@@C-Low2661 I’m aware. I was agreeing with the original comment and also adding the possibility that an unaffiliated sports media company like the Athletic probably doesn’t have the resources to conduct her version of a poll or even the ideal one according to academia

[@selfawarepotassium]

@@C-Low2661small sample size polls are a compromise between practicality and accuracy. A smaller sample size is gonna have a massive margin of error here. They’re not randomly selected (presumably) and they’re not limited in their options. Also the larger the sample size the more accurate the result. I don’t see how she’s wrong here.

[@xx-qm8ue]

😂😂!!DAMN@!! Lexii Red started off the segment Suckin her teeth at the question 😭😭😭

[@basketballandmore]

Covered this as well. Very interesting things said.

[@okey7118]

Lexi started out hot and as the Darling... but she damn near Niko Level in the comment section 😂😂😂😂

[@Hail2daChief]

Or it’s looking like y’all hate women who got opinions

[@chuckplaysgames7925]

🌽🏀 ​@@Hail2daChief

[@deontelewis6768]

⁠@@Hail2daChieflmao nah or like most women it starts off one way but once they get comfortable 😭😂 take that simp shit to another page

[@Itz_Marni-_-]

@@deontelewis6768fr 😂😂😂

[@aceboogie3602]

​@@Hail2daChiefbig facts these the dudes like being openly fruity on the internet mfs so pressed over a females opinion 🍆🏇

[@mikec9555]

Bro mccants just be talking

[@jf2152]

he gotta be slow 😂😂 shit crazy

[@michaeledwards1644]

hes on the money with all his points.. plus I'm not putting Lebron in my top all time goats anywhere near close to Kobe or Jordan because defense and a jump shot can win any era in time.. Lebron can't.

[@dgftw]

He does that because Gil allows it. Nonsense triggers traction

[@kidfresh227]

@@michaeledwards1644 u just saying anything just like him😂😂

[@kylonp7311]

@@kidfresh227 y cause they have an objective opinion about lebum 😂😂😂😂

[@coreyrees840]

Yes gill that’s what underrated means 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@JuliusBradsfield]

Thank you for Sunday post!

[@arkcesafrica]

A much better conversation would be, Lebron at 39 or Jordan at 39

[@cw6410]

The Anthony Edward love seems a bit over the top to this point. It’s weird how some guys are treated so harshly ( Tatum) yet they are more accomplished and put up steady numbers

[@penkima4923]

Neither one, Ant or Tatum, are among the league elite, before these playoffs.

[@yourenotthatguy6295]

Tatum is not a superstar in this league

[@aaronlampkin284]

Ironic how Gil hate the poll but calls Jokic overrated every chance he gets

[@itsruffoutchea6636]

​@@yourenotthatguy6295😂

[@SourMilk93]

McCants over there on the couch looking like he bout to say "Hello Friend" (Little Bill head a**) 😂

[@Aateam1818]

McCants look like a mix of forest Whitaker and Warren Sapp with no hat 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yvans.]

Nah he looks like Dendee from Planet Namek (DBZ).

[@theophilus1981]

Why people heated over a poll, who cares, it's players opinions.

[@ItsQual-qe1uk]

Lil Wayne is definitely in the goat convo, idk what point you was trying to make with that.

[@sychobones3788]

I did the math and is .007518% of 133 (the number of voters). Meaning one person voted for paul pierce meaning Paul Pierce was one of the voters

[@L.SeveralTimes.]

Your math sucks. Drag the decimal two places for percents. It's 0.75%

[@sychobones3788]

@@L.SeveralTimes. I typed an exttra 0 oooh they still rounded bish

[@cesarbarbosa8875]

Only current players voted

[@Nightmare-we8vm]

I love that McCants said narratives can affect our perceptions without acknowledging that also applys for Jordan who was being pushed internationally after the Dream Team run.

[@kylonp7311]

Jordan is the goat and been the goat and no player who has 6Ls will ever dethrone him get over it

[@meanmug5258]

That shirt is perfect for Mccants because his head is to small for his body.

[@jeffreylanier222]

This is why you can't ask a woman an opinion like this. Lexi, picking with her feelings over play smh

[@QuiinGlobal]

Gil say “ right “ after everything 😂

[@donyeokeziri]

Right

[@flymanaz]

GIL pull up that Hall of Fame Probability predictor on NBA reference and talk it over with the full squad!!! 😮😮😮

[@coreyrees840]

Yeah I don’t understand if they gunna do it, poll every player

[@conservativecircle6345]

Lexi slow as hell

[@makempay8710]

The more she talks the more I believe she is. Thought she was cool when she first came on. Been downhill since her WNBA takes n tlkn bout MPJ

[@nate2litty]

Bad take after bad take 😂😂

[@Gfhmike]

Gotta be a right in cause Paul wouldn’t be a choice

[@730_Wu]

Gil is absolutely right who made you love the game I watched basketball growing up bt I became a FAN when lebron entered the league my first jersey first game I seen in person all lebron

[@XxFURYxXwarriorrr]

Never understood when people would get mad when we have the “goat debate” it’s all opinion based 🤣🤣💯 🏀

[@actionjackson8689]

She said they don't get enough people. 142 players is like 1/3 of the league. 🤦‍♂️

[@ckharper594]

6:23 that boy mccants getting salty 🤣🤣🤣 nobody thought Soulja boy was the best alive

[@Brodieiamnot]

That's a really good way to think about it, who made you fall in love with the game, for me it's Wade!

[@michaelwilson2640]

7:28 The older folks’ lists look ridiculous with Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain being the Goat, and the younger folks’ lists look ridiculous with Stephen Curry and LeBron James being the Goat. The only one that makes logical sense is the man in the middle aka the BRIDGE between Chamberlain/Russell and Curry/LeBron…and that BRIDGE is the greatest basketball player that any of us has ever seen, the GOAT of all goats Michael Jordan. 🇺🇸 🏀 🇺🇸 🏀 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🇺🇸

[@JoeNeely]

💯

[@luphawujezile7628]

You're deluded

[@kevincheboss6200]

We done with the 90s Bron goat when personal feelings are set aside

[@Hail2daChief]

This comment was dumb as hell

[@jamesonjameson4957]

No left

[@alvin081988]

The Woman not knowing how Poll Works ....did she not finish College

[@lamarlashley8738]

No

[@DreEls]

@@lamarlashley8738yes 😂 why yall just be lying lol

[@lamarlashley8738]

@@DreEls lol

[@BEEZE825]

Sounds about white

[@chilout2496]

She literally broke it down

[@cameronjackparker]

who the fuck put Scoot Henderson? -dawg

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

so russ was avg a trip dub and seemed to focused on stats and effed up everypnes flow...if that makes sense.......snatching boards from teammates passing up shots to get an assist type stuff

[@D84D]

Quote of the night: "Paul Pierce?'

[@PUTINWORK]

Added to Our Culture Now Playlist 🏆

[@user-eg7kz6cv8m]

Mccants HEAD boi 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

[@CashNout-lo1rl]

Finally a honest goat conversation it’s all personal

[@kbdemonbain4568]

yeah denver gotta pretty lucky in that draft MPJ dropped in the draft cause of injury concern he shouldn't of dropped as far as he did and then the fact they added gordon from orlando taking a teams best player a guy who was supposed to be a franchise guy as your 4th guy is crazy

[@Rilla38108]

Nobody on this set knows what they’re talking about smh

[@stanleyrimpsonjr]

I mean 6/6 is still untouched. Everyone below Mike has tried and failed.

[@stanleyrimpsonjr]

Jokic would still give u 26 and 12 without the same team. Remember he gets the bulk of the team assist because he can score so he draws a double team.

[@markmills9899]

Current players don't value winning as much do most current fans. It's just do you get your numbers, regardless of whether your team wins or loses

[@anthonydhatton]

These are the types of segments that need Kenyon

[@LovelySnowMountain-tf7go]

Whenever McCants say's "I dont understand it" that's the only time i believe to him

[@ikiwheese]

It's bound to happen over time. People don't appreciate MJ greatness just the same way I can't really appreciate a Wilt or Kareem. I didn't get to watch them play. I seen Shaq play. So I think Shaq is the greatest center i've ever seen. He was unstoppable. In my mind, he would destroy Kareem and Wilt. One thing is still certain in my mind. MJ is the greatest player i've ever seen play the game.

[@Neichus]

If you're drafting today between those players? Steph Curry. He is the blueprint.

[@ShaunWick]

LeBron will never win a "Jordan vs LeBron" poll. It's not just Jordan fans voting for Jordan, it's people who hate LeBron voting for him too. Yes their are Jordan haters, but not as many as LeBron. People would vote Nate Robinson over LeBron just because they don't like LeBron. 😂😂

[@brandonjackson6323]

Ayo Rashad shirt is outta pocket

[@kevincheneau8133]

“When we came up some kids thought Soulja boy was the best rapper in the world” iight unc.

[@TTJJCC]

This dude chose the worse examples of point guards for his argument. Brian Shaw, Derrick Fisher, Mario Chalmers etc. But failed to mention the teammates of those players were Kobe, Shaq, Lebron etc.

[@Dilly_Dil1y]

Maccants tilted me when he couldn’t get that one poll. It’s the current version bruhhhh 🤦‍♂️

[@coreyrees840]

Jesus Christ can’t even grasp the starting a team right now question 🤣🤣🤣

[@Lexyboogie]

These player polls always prove that NBA players are just as clueless as the media.

[@ryandiggs5227]

Y’all keep asking the players and the players have never said Lebron

[@jasonjackson33]

42% picked him and Jordan 45%. Pretty similar

[@basedkez]

This can be immediately proven false in the simplest of google searches

[@notsoalmighty6088]

Who the hell voted Jarret Allen to build a franchise behind 😭

[@guywashington3225]

Rashad look like Raphael from TMNT

[@artistre5699]

Didn’t kno Megamind was on Gil arena 😂

[@thechurchstore2386]

The Lexi fit…❤

[@insightfulgoods]

It's crazy how they're giving the definition of the words but saying don't use the word

[@AMGTT]

Jordon favorite player was David Thompson

[@nathanjones1550]

6:42 dumbest statement i mean did jordan not have a narrative was he not the first real narrative of goat he came after the white n black thing got solved with larry n magic we had isiah out there dr j etc he came at a perfect time with style etc and shoe deals and marketing that came because of those before him that he helped and was perfect for i mean u cant use social media for lebron being goat because jordan was a product of the greats working before him getting tv deals shoe deals etc. he was the first golden boy and they whooped his ass all thru the 80's he wasnt ready until the 90's

[@snupedummy]

Jordan had a good 6 year run and after that was just putting stats up not no finals runs conference finals straight just chucking the ball

[@memcrew1]

You are correct, marketing was used with MJ too.

[@carlsagan2607]

Did she say Paul pierce was up there!!? ☠️😭

[@williambreeze2659]

8:00 I'm not letting Dr J take my work!

[@user-sn4tc4bs3x]

Not a LeBron hater.. just a Kobe Iverson Jordan guy. The boy went 4 years straight in Miami and then another 4 years when he went back to Cleveland. The franchises were in the finals because of him. He's a OG & a H O G.

[@validatedclassified2564]

If 133 players took that poll then that's a significant amount. We have national polls that survey millions with similar numbers of respondents. So whether you agree or not the results give a good representation of what current NBA players think.

[@MR12AMAZING]

That's how I know none of these people understand how polls work when they think a fourth of the league is too small of a sample lol.

[@Husha2263]

Lexi needs to understand that, those players on that 'amamzing team' are players that were pretty much given up on by the league and developed thru drafting....Take away Joker and she wouldnt call the team 'amazing'

[@W.orld.Breaker]

Y’all chill on my guy Paul Pierce. He would’ve fried y’all favorite players in his best years. No cap 😂💯

[@particularlee]

yeah but they don't love him like that

[@solomonjohnson3502]

Why can't steph be in the conversation he has just as many rings as LeBumm only difference he change the game literally to just mf shooting threes!

[@FlyAwayChi]

Steph lost to Lebum in a Game 7 in the Finals on his own home floor (and played horribly that game when his team needed him the most) after losing a 3-1 lead...Also lost to Lebum last year in the playoffs when they shouldn't have.And he also gets a pass for having KD come help him for 2 rings...Both of their asses shouldn't be in the goat converstion..

[@penkima4923]

@@FlyAwayChi "Steph lost to Lebum in a Game 7 in the Finals on his own home floor (and played horribly that game when his team needed him the most) after losing a 3-1 lead..." All greats have a bad series at some point. "Also lost to Lebum last year in the playoffs when they shouldn't have." The Lakers had the best player of the series in AD. "Both of their asses shouldn't be in the goat converstion.." LeBron definitely should be in the GoaT-convo. Steph doesn't have as strong a case, but you didn't have strong arguments against it.

[@FlyAwayChi]

@penkima4923 Steph is someone who we're talking about being in the goat converstion and you just brought up AD, a player who nobody has in their goat conversation, as someone who was the best player in that series last year...case closed.."Goats" will their team to win..Steph hasn't willed his team to win enough at all to be mentioned with goats..."Goats" don't make history (3-1) in a losing way..And a 73-9 team getting KD?? Please...See how you just glossed over and didn't mention that? I knew you would..Steph gets the biggest pass ever for that and people have the nerve to only crucify KD for it..Kill the bs..And to LeBron, the player who had the biggest meltdown chokejob that we have EVER seen from a superstar in the FINALS, in his 8th year in the league, in his PRIME, with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosn on the court with him which should have made it easier....the "goat" debate stopped there.

[@penkima4923]

@@FlyAwayChi "you just brought up AD, a player who nobody has in their goat conversation, as someone who was the best player in that series last year...case closed" What case did that close? "Steph hasn't willed his team to win enough at all to be mentioned with goats..." Who are these GoaTs, that has willed more? ""Goats" don't make history (3-1) in a losing way.." As I said, every "GoaT" has played a bad series. You're saying they haven't, but you're wrong. "And a 73-9 team getting KD??" That was a weak move. But that wasn't vetoed by the league, either. And that was also after the Celtics formed a big 4. LeBron had a big 3 at Miami. And then there was the Spurs dynasty. And Gary Payton says, his Lakers were the first modern superteam. "Steph gets the biggest pass ever for that and people have the nerve to only crucify KD for it.." Many do give Steph a pass. But all the trades and teammates taken away, Steph is one of the best guards ever. "...Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosn on the court with him which should have made it easier....the "goat" debate stopped there." Out of 10 trips to the finals, one choke doesn't stop anything.

[@6252362]

Truth not the goat but could’ve went toe to toe with any of them on any given night. Respect the Truth.

[@Twp0.]

Best nba player all time Bill Russel Beat rapper all time Tupac Who would I pick right now Joker P.s. Lexie needs help

[@JuwanJordan-dp5wq]

Yes it's really no debate who the best player ever is since 2016 its been Lebron James passing Kareem so now it's more of a debate of whose 2-5

[@penkima4923]

LeBron won his 3rd ring in 2016. Is that more than MJ's 6 rings? And LeBron passed Kareem in total points. That's primarily a longevity achievement. Highest points per game average is more important.

[@DIRTYMATTRESSWRESTLING]

Lexi Brown be so chill .. I like her

[@AnitaHanjaaab]

Saying curry isn’t considered A GOAT is insane. The dude literally changed the way the entire game is played. He’s definitely A GOAT.

[@mooseman312]

Did she watch Paul Pierce? having him on the list is not that crazy imo.

[@Thichris]

crazy talk lmao

[@mooseman312]

@@Thichris Paul Pierce was a dog!

[@RITAS1964]

I am 60 years old and Dr J and MJ were my favorite players at one time, LeBron is my all time favorite as well as my Goat 🐐 choice.

[@Blue.Marvel]

Younger players is the reason LBJ went up in the GOAT debate 🤨. I call BS

[@casynovids]

Ahhh rashad rashad rashad ...... Isaiah says it's bron ...based on his versatility and ability to win with different coaches /teams

[@reginaldwright8801]

She picked just like a girl, her reason is that Antman is funner not a better basketball player, Jokic is what you want you pair him Kobe and championship on top of championship you put Antman with Kobe you got the Suns

[@user-ps4eb5ki2w]

did he really say Embiid has been injured just once. Do these people even follow the NBA

[@knighthonor44]

Does Victor Translate to Wins?

[@user-ub5fe2gs3m]

in the 90's when Jordan became the world greatest basketball in the "WORLD", there is not social media then but his greatness reach everywhere. Lebron is more social media famous.

[@SwagEverlasting]

McCants literally expressed what Jordan did against Bron lol wtf 😂

[@rollandcurtis874]

The 2024 ESPN GOAT POLL: Michael Jordan - 63% vs LeBron James - 37%. The 2020 ESPN GOAT POLL: Michael Jordan - 73% vs LeBron James - 27%. 🐐 👀

[@pierrechantalcorley7928]

😂😂 all the script

[@El_Fonzo]

Sports Polls don't prove anything

[@grvmbinoscott7163]

The 4 years difference what has the Lakers won ? One bubble championship , lost in the 1st round in 2021 , no playoffs in 2022 , swept in the WCF in 2023 , Currently down 1 -3 in the 1st round . Whoever voting are delusional

[@El_Fonzo]

@@grvmbinoscott7163 so? You acting jordan never lost

[@CreativeBigL]

Grvm All Scottie Pippen rings were during the BIGGEST expansion in NBA's history.

[@GeecheeSean]

tell McCants to put a hat back on wit his hating axz. This man always hating on LeBron

[@stanleyrimpsonjr]

Did Yall see all the missed coverage by Lebron on AG in game 3? He definitely don’t play both sides. Barely

[@dangerzone9747]

McCants is right as usual.

[@hussonnkingsr]

lexi look edible ngl