Arenas Called All NBA Europeans Soft & Wants Them Out 

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Nba fans-based mvp ladder : 1. Nikola 2. Luka 3. Giannis Rookie of the year 1. Wemby Europeans have saved the nba period

I want USA to bring the best players they have for olympics and lose . They are so arrongant.

Nba is like, bad defences, dunks, dunks, dunks, 3P, 3P. and a crowd clapping like they are at an opera. Euroleague is a modern colosseum that you have to fight for your life...

SOFT = More intelligent and physical superiority becomes pointless Haha cry baby cry, Jokic is spinning you all around like kids...

NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award from Europa 2012-13 Marc Gasol 2013-14 Joakim Noah 2017-18 Rudy Gobert 2018-19 Rudy Gobert 2019-20 Giannis Antetokounmpo 2020-21 Rudy Gobert

He is bitter because the europeans are taking the good payed jobs in the NBA and many americans do not get enough contracts.

The irony is, Gilbert wasn't exactly known for his defense either, he was a medium-efficiency scorer who took a lot of shots. Also, NBA changed the rules because they were losing fans w/ 77-71 type college scores as a result of overly physical defending. Only 1 or 2 teams could even manage 100 ppg

Arenas is a clown, just looking for clicks. This is the same guy that said Jordan wouldn't be anything in today's game. As an American, I tell you...disregard this guy. He's more interested in other things than the truth or being honest.

Last season defensive player of the year Jaren Jackson Jr from Grizzlies , was ripped apart by European national teams in the world championship by playing against his small soft defense with true 5 big centers.

‘Jilbert’ 🤣

Typical American not watching anything else other than the NBA. Also as this not the guy that brought a gun to the Wizards' dressing room? Real tough guy....

it is quite an achievement to make McCants look like the smart one of the group

Best rebuff I heard "Did European players bring guns into the locker room"

Jokic with his fundamentals still destroys all their best defensive players

I don't get this hype with athleticism and focus on isolation plays. To me, basketball is a team sport. Also, a dunk doesn't give you more points than a lay-up, but in the long run it leads to more injuries. If you don't like the team sport aspect of basketball (passing, plays in offense that rely on several players to act well coordinated, communication, help defense and boxing out), why not watch one-on-one or three-on-three games?

this is literally the South Park "they took rrrrr jBssss" in real life

Watching from the U.S. I just subscribed! I love your platform so far.

I want them out too. Out of the NBA circus and return to the Euroleague.

Racism everywhere...

Gilbert Arenas couldn't make any roster in today's Euroleague. What a clown indeed.

Im pretty sure the last dpoys are europeans. Gobert, giannis and probably wembanyama will be either this year or next one

Man.. Jokic in serbia, giannis olympiacos, doncic back to Real Madrid and the euro League would piss on the NBA. Unfortunately, money rules the world

Guys you have a great broadcast. Greetings from Greece. We - still- love basketball and I enjoy conversations of people that love and know will the sport.

Talking about handles... Brown (Celtics superstar earning 60M) can't dribble the ball 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Gilbert desperate to stay relevant 😂😂

The tv rating are down the US but the tv deal are still high. However, there was a tv exc that did say they could do without the nba on their channel and be fine that how little it effects their bottomline.

As an American, I have to ask. If the American players are as great at defense as Gil claims, why are European players dominating American players? MVPs, DPTY, FMVP, etc. Gil, just like Kendrick are bigoted and racist.

leagues been changing the rules since the 90s for JORDAN! we are fully seeing the effects now that the coaching realized 3 is worth more than 2. but it was for jordans and guards in general.

Nobody should listen to that fool 😂 He brought four guns into the locker room

This is s white-black debate costumed as european-american one to avoid nasty consequences.

As a basketball fan from the U.S., we don't take Gilbert Arenas seriously. I wouldn't worry about what he says.

Maybe Vlade Divac was soft too?

Lol its like listening to those 2 foreign guys in family guy the way they speak "hey friend"

I'd love to see Gilbert call Jokic soft to his face. Gilbert doesn't want that smoke!

+ all those gimmicks after scoring a bucket = soft.

that guy is brain dead

Great job guys

The typical American arrogance where they call the winner of a national competition the World Champion.

Blatant xenophobia

Who were the last DPOY?

They should create two or three teams consisting only out of European players and see how it goes :)

And to think I got fired when I said my african american co-workers were lazy and i wanted them banned from the workplace. Smh

Context. He was joking and saying European players have improved scoring.

In terms of defense, take a look at the NCAA teams and how they play defense. Some teams play tenacious defense. The NBA is totally different, much more wide open game.

all star game should be EU plaers vs US, lets see about defence

Even thinking about what GA says is a waste of time. The whole thing he does is about creating controversial takes to get click's. There next to no research in what narratives he's spilling out, often enough they are based on "facts" they just make up. Best example is the last thing they discussed the achievements of Caitlin Clarke in College Basketball.

Just like with many other categories, the top shot blockers for example are mostly Europeans (Wemby, Giannis, Gobert etc).

The biggest issue is that everyone can carry and travel, it makes defence impossible. AI was responsible for that, because his "crossover" was literally a street ball carry. Refs not calling travels is why everyone appears so "skilled", if they got sent back to the 80s they'd foul out in the first quarter.

Is Giannis also European, or he is American(talking about playing style)

well there will more people from EU, in EU its a sport in US its entertainment, he got a catchy quote and some engagement.....

Last time i checked Mark Gasol and Rudy Gobert are dpoy and also Giannis is great defender

His college helps defense point is mute cause kids only go school for less than a year, lots of the defense is Zones too.

3 words to define Gilbert Arenas: Insecurity, Racism and misserable. He comes up with these hot takes trying to gain followers, just that. Cheers from the Dominican Republic.

GA brought a gun into locker room over card game money with teammate. Orlando GM bailed him out of DC.

Not a lot of people responded because of the saying: Never argue with stupid people, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

And THE HELP. One does SPH. They HELP😂😂😂

There is no chance for Luka and Giannis to score 60points in Euroleague, but in NBA they did.

Would be fun if NBA would go for it and have instead competitive matches vs european teams with real basketball ruleset and reffing.

It would ve more fair if the hyper athletic players was separated, then the others could play sound, fundamental, team basketball, and not have to worry about being assaulted on, and off the courts...

The college part is actually the most stupid part, besides what you mentioned about a lot of defensive players of the year coming straight out of high school, most NBA players are one and done today. So I doubt they learn that much in 1 year, compared to the 90ies and 80ies where most players were 3 or 4 years in college.

The NBA game through the most 80's and 90's developed into a game where pure, natural athleticism was the defining factor of winning and losing, far more so the fundamentals. Overseas players started flipping that script in the 2000's with the likes of Duncan, Ginobli, Parker, and Nowitski, where fundamentals and a more cerebral and strategic type of player started making their mark. That has continued to evolve to where the game is not just about athleticism any more. Arenas is caught up in the mindset where athleticism should always be the deciding factor. He needs to pull is head out of his "arse" and quit being so xenophobic. He hates seeing players succeed doing things that he was never good at, much like a petulant child.

I guess he was so hard that needed Shal to "help" him.

Gasols,nowitzki,parker etc..

Hibachi saying hibachi things

The DPOY is a competition between two French men. No Defence in Europe?

Thats why im subscribed to your guys channel voices of truth and clarity unlike Gggilbert aresnas

This year I started to look closely at March Madenss, and it shows that he defends himself very well, with low scores like in the 90s in the NBA. What happens to those defenses when they become pros? money, fame, mvp only individual awards. Only the international ones put more passion into it than the Americans. This is also noticeable when Europeans represent their countries and Americans have the "luxury" of not wanting to go (there is no money) and they will never understand that. The last World Cup the lack of teamwork was noticeable, they don't pass, they don't rebound, just horrible. As a joke for Gilbert: how many Europeans were on the USA team in the last World Cup? he he

jillbert sounds about right lol

Those young guys must learn a lot of history about Yugoslavia basketball school.😂

I would like to see a game between TEAM EUROPE and TEAM USA and there you would see who plays basketball with real defence!!! And of course TEAM EUROPE i mean with Luka, Jokic, Giannis, Wemby and many more.....!!!!!

Here's the thing, the way he said it was not as gentle as your title is making it out to be. He flat out and roughly said just get him out of the league. He went full-on I don't know how else to say it but d discriminatory. If American players were any good then the European players wouldn't be shining and getting paid these massive contracts

How the NBA could improve the "defense"? - Stop calling ticky tack fouls. - Stop handing out flagrant 1s like candies. - Fine $500k for EACH POTENTIAL flopping action. - Stop coddling star players. - Get rid of defensive 3 seconds; consequently, allow zone defenses. - Get rid of the so-called restricted area. - Stop allowing travelling, including borderline travel calls (if real basketball fans are unsure if it's a travel or not, it probably is). Oh my, is there an easier basketball question that this? 😂 The thing is, any ONE of these suggestions will most likely significantly improve defense and defensive numbers in an instant. Implementing all of it will, in my opinion, bring back the NBA's glory days.

And you didn't even mention Giannis

Arenas comes from the generation that thought basketball was THE sport where Black Americans were dominant. To see Europeans come in and rise to the top of the league is an ego blow for him because he knows nothing but basketball.

Hey guys totally agree 💯 , Gilberts takes are coming out of bitterness and even some xenophobia and could just be a marketing trick to get people talking which in this case worked with loads of Europeans. 1 question: why would put Perkins with Gilbert?? i wouldn't put Gilbert in same category as Kendrick Perkins, Perkins has become better recently with less filter than others and likes to keep it real while also keeping it politically correct as he's under ESPN whereas Gilbert is free to say any BS he wants for exposure

Gilbert "Agent 0IQ. Agent 0 relevancy. Agent 0 braincells" Arenas

Gobert? Marc Gasol? Giannis?

Don't feed the troll 😅

I want the all stars teams , americans players vs rest of world . I want to see something

Most NBA shows are hot-take, bar-level-convo shows. You won't hear any kind of "analysis" there, just hot takes. The hotter the better. "Giannis don't know how to win", coming from a dude who's famous about bringing a gun to the locker room. "Europeans cannot defend", but Gobert and Giannis are "Europeans". Even Embiid is European. Barring that Europeans are easier targets that KD and LBJ who have their "following" and in the case of LBJ lots of "soft power" in the US media, these shows effectively live by making hot takes.

What part of Europe is Lebron from?

😂 All we did was mess up ASG, sry

Funny thing, there's a European player that went to play in Euroleague, but also NCAA SO he got both defensive lessons and schemes 😃

Of coarse what he said was ridiculous, he did own it as a hot take however. Yes it was baised, yes it was a little inflammatory, but it was also a complement. He gave Euros a lot of credit for being more skilled, especially as shooters, which is the most important attribute in NBA players in the current game. Sure he said Euros have a bit of a struggle to defend because they are not as athletic, which if we are all being honest, in general, pretty much true. We all know Luca and Jokic, as good as they are, aren't the most athletic guys out there, and we all know that the more athletic Euros, while above average in the league, still aren't going to be in the top 10% of the league. While I believe they are plenty athletic enough, and many have proved they can still defend with IQ and fundamentals, I understand what he is saying, and I also understand the other component of what he means that I think many of all y'all didn't get. He's also saying that Euro players' gift at being more skilled, at shooting in particular, has changed the game from what it was, when it was more athletically driven. Having all those 40% 3pt shooters spreds the floor out and makes it impossible to guard 3 level scorers like SGA. In other words, take the Euros out and the paint will be more clogged again because defenders can afford to stuff off the perimeter like they used to. Last of all, he obviously didn't mean for the hot take to be taken seriously in the sense that the league should actually do it. It was merely an idea within the context of why it's much harder to defend in the NBA nowadays.

Pekovic played in Gilb's era.I suppose he was soft too.

who?

So this isn't racist?

I think Gilbert is not saying European in general is bad on defence, but the whites. (including the white American) He just didn't want to sound racist saying it. just my oppinion

Guys can you tell me what are you smoking and what Gilbert smoking? Rules are changed in beginning of 90’s , partly because of going international and getting bigger revenue and partly because of protecting the players (read as main star Jordan). The rest is scoring , since nobody want to watch game with low score and buckets made from free throw line

If a European Euroleague team brings in a couple of Americans, it is to score points or get rebounds. We have more attack dogs in Europe than in the NBA. Almost nobody scores 100 points in Europe. Who would be stupid in the NBA TO SIGN EUROPEAN DEFENSIVE PLAYERS? There are hundreds of them at a high level.

Don’t pay him any attention. Gilbert has always known to be a troll and do crazy antics. Gilbert is Dennis the menace.

“I just think European players are just way more skillful. They are just taught the game the right way at an early age. … They’re more skillful. It’s something we really have to fix. We really have to address that. We have to teach our kids to play the right way.” Kobe mutthafuckin Bryant I don't know, I think I'll take Bryants 2 cents over some dude who's famous for scamming the wizard 100 million dollars

Arenas based this partially on the ‘fact’ that Americans learn defense in collage and euros don’t go to collage.. well, I think we learn defense from day 1 in basketball, both on and off the ball.. Americans play AAU which is And1 type basketball taking turns in 1-1… pfff

He has no say, he opened the door to the NBA mentality players has this days of flashing guns and taking their millionaire job for granted

There are a lot American players who don't play defense specifically among the all stars so no need to blame the European for that 🤦‍♂️

He was saying it because he knew the NBA can't do it. He was actually appreciating the Europeans for changing the game. If you follow the Gil's arena podcast you should understand.😂

If what he said was true, then how come European basketball is more physical with tougher defence than the NBA?

Well, You have forgotten to mentioned an elephant in the room. It is USA cultural thing. Are Giannis and Viktor considered Europeans in this topic?

Fundamentals and team based > Roids and fame based