Gil's Arena EXPOSES How The Media DESTROYS NBA Legacies 

The fact that Dame made it over him is just crazy.

Facts that Dwight Howard one of the greats if I was in Orlando to wherever you got the numbers Duncan championship numbers in Orlando ring in La of course he got hurt you ain't going to be at your peak all the time some people will but that boy still gave his all when he was on that floor whether you like it or not he was one of them

That’s cuz he to freaky

Was Dwight really that good? He was raw and unskilled. Super athletic. But he wasn’t a winner. Couldn’t shoot. Couldn’t dribble. Weaker conference. His back went out before he turned 30. You guys taking five good years and thinking it’s enough to justify an all time career when he didn’t win anything during that time. When he lost some of those pieces around him, his game faltered because he’s not a great basketball player. Who was worried about Dwight after he left Orlando?

@@chriskeetley7146 "Mr. Kitty" agrees w/u 🤣

Love you keep writing this❗️🫡🤣🤭

Gotta always humble him 🫡

😂😂😂 never!

🤣🤣🤣 I see this message every time I watch a clip! Lmfao and he be talking big shit like he going HOF???!

They didn't play the same position

And so do u. And so does any fan. And so does any person u don't agree with. I don't care that grown ass men making millions don't like it when they get critiqued so they just sat here and had a cry session about it. U wanna be a superstar player. U want the superstar money. U think you're better than some other superstars then take what comes with that superstar status. They don't want an analyst who never played to critique them but a couch potato watching the game they respect more?? Bullshit they just pissed. Cuz Durant is prime example of a guy who don't mind sitting around yapping back at couch potatoes just for the fuck of it cuz he don't like to be critiqued

Yeah until that "die hard fan" says something he doesn't like then he'll be right back to, "ah ngga you aint never played pro, you don't know shit about basketball" 😂

Straight up 💯

So do some athletes. They b capping for each other. Really would know how cats feel if we was behind closed doors

Biased BS most of the time

He be having Diddy style freak offs to

@@BigDic-qz8suwhat that got to do with being on the 75th team we talking basketball you talking bout who he fucking yall niggas be so closeted it’s not funny

No🤷🏿‍♂️

Yes 🤷‍♂️

Howard and Bosh most definitely

You obviously missed the point !! They played the game!!! They should!!

@@gking7058 U obviously missed the point. I'm taking about players whose careers took place before them. Like players in the 90s, 80s, 70s, etc.

@@TTJJCC and it still stands!! The point they are making is… media ppl who never played the game is affecting players legacy !!! They literally are saying the only persons who have valid criticism are players who played!!! So it would be fine for them to bcuz they played the game!!

@@gking7058 Some of these former players have the same slanted biases just as the old media.

@@gking7058makes zero sense People criticize works that they never participated in Example music art architecture science plumbing electronics etc

Reggie did it on His own win , lose or draw he didn't go team up With other HOF in There primes over and over again. Yeah Lebron ranks higher then Reggie but far but what Reggie did more respectable he didn't take easy way. Lebron only top 5 player that's has more finals loses then wins

Reggie went at Jordan head on, never jumped ship like LeBron. Of course LeBron is better than Reggie, but to say he can’t be in the same sentence as LeBron is crazy.

bron is goat

At the end of the day Lebron made his own legacy by not staying on a team that couldn’t take care of em , it’s a new era them old days ova with deal with it

Factd

It goes both ways. Cuz they don't have a problem when the media votes them to all nba teams, MVPs and hall of fame. If the pilot crashes the plane(the player is a bust) it doesn't matter the hours of flight time you crashed. I get both sides. It just comes off like players and ex players only want compliments and praise when we all know it's different levels of pilots or players.

I think the league should give the players and coaches to vote with media vote as well. Be like coaches 1/4, players 1/4, and the rest can be the media. Then add some general fair play into the mix. That should be the most well balanced way or become agenda vote. That LeBron not being unanimous MVP one was spiteful no matter what. Dwight not winning another as well. The media suddenly become the gatekeepers of the greats. Why the fuck does a player need to be acknowledge by some bums who just don’t want them to replace their favorite player? That just ain’t right.

its one of the most backward things I've seen in our society. There is no other field where ppl who are less than amateurs have such leverage and control over "merit" based accolades and subsequent pay. Its like if my raise and promotion at work (i work in tech) was based on the opinion of a journalist at Tech Crunch

Always believed this. All star, all nba, even team USA. If it can’t be played on the court let the people with the actual credentials vote

@@enamweaknopahknop9661 Nah they tried that with the all star game and the players didn't take it seriously, they were just voting their friends who had no business being all stars. If anything the players are more bias than the media, they're just entitled prima donnas now. The fact they said the media should only speak if they're praising them is crazy 😂

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Gregg Popovich never played in the NBA. Erik Spoelstra never played. Nuggets coach Mike Malone never played in the NBA. Mike Budenholzer never played. Chris Finch, Tom Thibodeau, Alvin Gentry, Quin Snyder, Nick Nurse never played in the NBA.

@@penkima4923honestly all that shii yall saying sound good but the hof players they had was the ones really getting shii done they just was the face if we being honest Ty lue wasn’t shii but now is regarded a good coach because of bron

@@Lootchaserjayyea plus you don’t know if anyone was the coach with them same players on them teams they would have success

@@penkima4923they all watched the game tho. They studied the game to become coaches. They in the nba. That’s different from them analyst

Athletes aren’t too smart that’s why they get robbed so much. Easier licks

Exactly. These mfs think they rocket scientists. It's only basketball!!! It's a gotdamn game that kids play. These mfs are crazy lmaooooo

Agreed but the they don't analyse the game they psycho analyze the PERSON. Therefore opinion invalid

@@eastgate6134definitely

they act like the game of basketball is some sort of rocket science or hard to understand. it’s just a damn ball where you put it inside a damn net.

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@@SoSmooth3800 they don't

Your reaching but that's something you coach warriors love to do 😂

@@SoSmooth3800 lol well said.

But they can they still know the prep work and situations also a deeper knowledge of the game from being out there as competitors you just probably never played and understand the difference from the desk to being on the court thumb guy

Never forget! Mc-Can’ts play basketball on high NBA level

We never knew in the first place. He’s more popular as a pundit than a player 🤷🏽‍♂️

Gil only had 4 good seasons was

@@BigDic-qz8sugill got hurt if he didn’t he might be a hall of famer he was definitely like that

@@roddyb5310 debatable

Lol yea I believe the people who post LeBron avg 37...cause I don't even like Bron but I wouldn't disrespect him like that 😂

and where is your name

Wrong!!

@@GeeCruz-rb3wt yes sir mcants is above Reggie miller 🤣🤣🤣

THANK YOU!!

NFL players do the same shii as they should guys like skip been ruining legacies forever

No it wasn't

That's wrong too 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@williamgrierson4133 it's a OPINION it's never wrong it's just someone opinions

@@704jizzle2opinions can be wrong

That’s really over simplifying it. How many people have the skill and ability to play in the NBA? Less than 1% of the world’s population. It’s a reason why they get paid millions of dollars. They are the best in the world at what they do.

There arrogant 💯like bra yall play a child’s game for a living you were just blessed with certain attributes to make it pro like gtfoh😭

Big facts😭

thats a lie

100%

Dumb comment. People? 🤷‍♂️

The only real argument they have is D Howard on top 75. That is a crime. But we as fans can see whose good, whose trash, whose clutch, and whose a choke artist. I feel em on the difference of "opinion " and giving *perspective " but cats only want compliments sshh crazy.

Thank you I was just about to comment about this they argue with each other all the time and they all have been wrong before even tho they played in the league

@@MLC719 It would be convenient for them, if only former NBA players were allowed to call them out for their horrendously bad takes. That's the position most politicians are trying to get into.

lol BJ was funny for that one

😂😂

Lol

@@keithbaldwin5772 fr 😂😂

@@ydubbs8148 you clearly are an idiot. He is saying if you didn't play it shouldn't trump actual ppl who played

Not even close to what he's saying dummy. These athletes don't vote on who gets awards, money, contracts, etc. Listen up lil Breh 😅

They only want compliments. Like your girl saying how I look in this dress. If you say you don't like it? What do you know you don't know what it's like. We not blind bruh. Gil had some good years before the dumb gun stuff. Kmart had some good years with Jkidd serving em up and McCants was trash. Stephen A didn't tell me that, I saw it.

bur THEY DONT DECIDE who gets a grammy do they?? They don't decide who goes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yah? The point isnt that analysts cant have opinions, its that those opinions have an assinine amount of sway on substantive aspects of a players career

Exactly we have to remember that MOST were not the studious, you play a game, albeit at a high level perspective can be skewed .

So true, just coz they’re nba players doesn’t mean they’re smart, lol esp Gil, these guys legit just talking

Ah yes lets trust Stephen A and Skip, Yall so fucking dumb you wanna disrespevt the best of the best but Skip said so​@declankirkpatrick2947

@@declankirkpatrick2947not about being smarter. It is about literal experience versus just a talking head who just because they have been talking for a long time and watching for a long time somehow thinks they know more than the players.

They play the game. Have a better understanding of the intangibles. Analysts that never played do nor know more than the players

If you don’t understand you don’t understand your logic here is so flawed here’s the difference you can’t say shut up and dribble when the person who was told That had opened an entire school. Secondly she’s not a politician she’s a news anchor big difference. If anyone of us in the comment section wanted to be a politician we can with no experience I.E Donald Trump. To the people who say “they just be talking” know the difference in when they’re trolling for clicks anytime they have a serious discussion like this one it’s nothing short but informative and objectively the truth

And you think that isn't the same vice versa? You are living in this fantasy world where it's one-sided and I regret to inform you it isn't. And if you believe it is you're being incredibly naïve. Stephen a Smith quite literally announce his texts he gets from Jordan on live television lol

@@corpyhogan4433 Any reasonable person would see that's the point that I was making that it's vice versa must be a Bronsexual to not be able to see that and get in your feelings

How about Stephen A Smith, Skip Bayless and other media pundits who have Jordan as the goat. Are they all under Jordan pay role is Jordan paying them to say that?

@@Mason_23 He doesn't have to he's confident in his position

@@corpyhogan4433 Actually the point I was making but do you need a tissue Bron fanboy

i was about to say the same thing. This was a horrendous metaphor.

Typical Gilbert arenas take LOL made no sense 😭😭😭

The pilot metaphor is an over reach.

It honestly made sense

Me too 🤣 I’m was a sneeze away from calling it a buns analogy.

Hmm. They are now part of the sports entertainment media. By their logic, all other sports entertainment media figures are now disallowed from opinions on NBA players, if they haven't been in the league themselves. Most on the Gil's Arena have, so they just elevated themselves above a big portion of their own trade.

Media made you have a terrible game

Makes perfect sense. You fans just want your opinion to be valid so much.

You wanna have an opinion so bad bruh. Stop. You’re not that important. Listen to what they’re saying and stop talking. God gave you 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. Stop talking and listen boy

@@Th3gr3atjuanYou swallowing mad 🥩 right now fam relax🤣🤣🤣

@@kelzd15 just because you do that, don’t mean I do. Nice try though. You can Get back to slurping em off

Because people don’t follow a rubric, they just pick their favorite player based on their opinion. It’s kids that never saw Jordan play but call him the goat because their dad hates lebron😂😂 the goat should be subjective based on stats, you can’t win a ring by yourself and you can’t use that guideline and not make the person with the most rings the goat.

We got idiots from the couch saying MJ quit basketball, no context, he just quit and was chilling at home

You cam still critic and he is abum its thats simple its the fans who never played think he s great

They didn't need e.

Yeah athletes should just play because when they talk it’s all contradictions I’m not praising anyone but god

They don’t need the media for shit there play gets them to where they need to go

Without the media fans an networks they would be the WNBA they headed there anyway cause anyone who would waste 2hrs to watch divas play sports and not chasing your own bag is ridiculous the king era the worst era of basketball who hurt these men lmao

@@MichaelGibson-cd9vr the media and fans are there for entertainment

Nice try diddy

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Truth no reason be worse but injury

They have a perfect point tho and mark Cuban pointed this out in 2011 after the finals it’s nothing wrong with certain media and sports shows and opinions but a lot of the time now they speak as if they words hold true weight and they absolutely do not

And that’s exactly the way this era and every era after this needs to be. A lot of fans and the broadcasters need to know their place. Your patronage and viewership is all that’s needed. Your opinions, not so much…

@@1anth "A lot of fans and the broadcasters need to know their place." K-Mart said all sports entertainment figures, who haven't played in the NBA. Some of them are formally educated journalists, while some are not. They shouldn't be clumped together. "Your opinions, not so much…" Real journalists or professional analysts make far better basketball analysis than K-Mart or Gil, and some sports entertainers do as well. Former NBA players' opinions are welcome, but what they are trying to do is make more comprehensive analysis of different facets of the game, and usually fail at it. K-Mart has some vague idea of what was going on on the court when he played in the 00's, but he obviously haven't been watching the NBA very intently for at least a decade. And neither K-Mart nor Gil don't have the slightest idea of the most basic basketball stats.

@@deshaunblocker1323 "They have a perfect point tho and mark Cuban pointed this out in 2011 after the finals it’s nothing wrong with certain media and sports shows and opinions but a lot of the time now they speak as if they words hold true weight and they absolutely do not" Interestingly, Mark Cuban visited Skip Bayless' show, and corrected many of Skip's basketball misconceptions. And Cuban has never played basketball. Nearly none of former basketball players are able to argue as successfully with people like Skip, and so confidently correct him. Because former basketball are all talented in playing basketball, but chances are that nearly none of them are talented in analysis. Don't believe me? Watch one show of Gil's Arena, and there's a guaranteed at least one horrendously bad basketball analysis by a former player.

I think you missed what they’re getting at. Fans don’t have the level of detail to understand the nuance of a players career. But fans can influence ASG voting, for example, which can then inform a players salary negotiations. That’s not right. You can have all the opinion you want. But that shouldn’t impact how a player is paid and regarded in his career. Dwight Howard is seen, or will be seen, as less than because media idiots left him off the Top 75 team. That informs Dwight’s resume moving forward and how he can/could be paid.

@@wowsadowsa Anthony Edwards just said that Michael Jordan was the only skilled player in his era, and every player in today's era is comparably skilled to MJ. According to Gil, only analysts who have played in the NBA are allowed to criticize Ant-Man's comment, because they have the "level of detail" to understand "the nuance" of a players career. Truth is, former NBA players have at least as horrendously bad takes on basketball, as analysts who haven't played in the NBA. Don't believe me? Watch one show of Gil's Arena, and there will be one abysmally bad basketball take by a former player, guaranteed.

@@penkima4923 I’m not defending terrible takes from former players; however, there are older players who think the Dream Team could beat the 2012 Supreme Team. You can at least blame a player’s take from their personal opinion, having done the training, studied film (with coaches), and seen generations of professionals via open runs, NBPA meetings etc. How does that compare to Jason Whitlock saying that Jordan is the GOAT because of 6-0? Bayless saying LBJ has no clutch gene? SAS saying that if LBJ loses another Finals, he can’t be the GOAT? And these media members have too much power in that they vote for awards that inform salaries. That means that likability or lack thereof (see Westbrook) by the voting media can inform All-Star, All-NBA, and All-Defensive awards. That is wrong. The media is to blame for LBJ not having a DPOY. LBJ doesn’t have 5 MVPs because of “voter fatigue” despite dominant seasons in 2011 and 2018. These affect LBJ’s standing in the basketball pantheon. And that effect comes from ppl who could a) barely draw or understand a basketball play and b) are subject to 0 accountability for their words or hot takes.

@@penkima4923 I suspect that in his short bball life. Ant ewards has heard that only MJ is relevant in that time period. His comment about Mj being the only skilled player makes sense. unfrotunately

@@eastgate6134 So, because he heard that the other players aren't relevant, they must all be unskilled? No, that doesn't make sense. Would like to know who said to Ant-Man that every player in the 90's are irrelevant. Is the We done with the 90's movement about this idea? If it's only the 90's, which is called the Jordan era, because he won his chips then - Hakeem won two rings, Duncan and the early Spurs dynasty won one ring, and Zeke's Pistons won one ring. MJ faced Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Gary Payton and Clyde Drexler in the finals alone. Ant-Man is supposed to possibly be the modern MJ, and he hasn't seen any of MJ's final runs? And that's just MJ in the 90's. Still no, doesn't make sense at all.

These niggas have no rings they don’t know championship ball Gil same nigga who rather take more money then rings all that money he got nigga still working every day mmmm wonder why

And that’s the problem that’s what he talking about every man and every woman entitled to their opinion rather they right or wrong I get it you want to haters that do not have a clue

And that’s the problem that’s what he talking about every man and every woman entitled to their opinion rather they right or wrong I get it you want to haters that do not have a clue

Facts former players don't seem to respect each other

No argument for Bron being the greatest he’s not on MJs level no one is. Saying it’s arguable is a joke.

@@788lakersthe same person who saved Jordan legacy (Scottie) even says lebron is the goat. All time scoring leader lol there is a argument stop hating

We don’t respect mcants

@@sakaga6444😂 how did he save his legacy? Wade and Kyrie saved James legacy if you make a ridiculous claim like that. Obvious Scottie is hating and tried to do a tour about it that flopped with former teammates who even said Jordan is the GOAT. True Goats don’t get outplayed by a 6th man in the finals.

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BUT ONE THING WE KNOW GILBERT WILL CRITICIZE EVERYBODY EXCEPT STEPHEN A SMITH.... EVERYTIME KENYON MENTION STEPHEN A NAME ON THE SHOW WHICH WAS 3 TIMES, GILBERT WONT ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION

No matter how much we hate Jason Whitlock , when he exposed Stephen a Smith with facts about his college career, Gilbert made a whole 2 hour podcast about Stephen a Smith calling Whitlock names. Never not once did Gilbert address the facts Whitlock had

You can speak better about NBA basketball than you or any of us can…

Stephen A only failure as an analyst is going along the hate culture with Skiup. Shoulda draw the line and said nope, we are appreciating not hating, but that green paper is just too good for him to say no. From time to time, Stephen A say good stuff, but when JJ Redick sit opposite to him in basketball related stuff, oh boy, he look retarded sometime borderline goofy. It’s first time I thought that must be how every player thought if we really talk basketball with them. I thought I love basketball, but only diehard and those guys who were they can relate.

People criticize people in general. In all professions. NBA is no exception

@@charlesjohnson4874👏🏿👏🏿🫵🏿😭

Those aren’t sports

@@HomerunsamSOSA go back and listen to what he said before that time stamp.

Bra anybody that has lebron 2nd is straight capping and following a narrative 💯🤝

They talking those who judge the players as a person and don't focus on the game

@@eastgate6134 So, only former NBA players can judge each other at person level. Ingenious.

Gil thought he was dropping knowledge 💯😭

Customers drive the prices but shouldn't have any input into a captains flight plan or travel

Russ threw a awful pass

@@nicstone3141coach made a bad call

Delete this

@@deyontaewilkerson5886why? he’s right

That was what the technology consisted of at the time and at least in the print they had to be factually accurate not opinionated views on games they have no ability to play not even recreationally

The word of mouth is powerful, the Bible is still here bc of it🤷🏾‍♂️

without the broadcaster yes, analysts no. but i do enjoy "analysts" get proven wrong time and time again so theres that.

Nearly all of those patients were vaccinated in the near past, with substance that nobody thoroughly knows it's causes.

yes and that’s all the customers can critique , how smooth the flight was . they know nothing of the difficulties it took to fly and land the plane

Critical thinking IA important...being critical is part of it fursure

What CEO/Owner of an airline flies the plane? The owner is sitting where the customers are as well. The air traffic controller are the coaches. No one is more important than the NBA player of any organization. We can name 30 NBA players before we can name 30 owners.

@@LuckyShowTime lol not even flight attendants. They're the customer service agent who checks you in and weight your luggage.

I’ve never seen a team owner step onto the court or field themselves. NBA players to pilots: just as pilots learn to fly and provide a service for their passengers, NBA players train and perform to entertain their fans. Meanwhile, the analysts and are like the flight crew ensuring everything runs smoothly supporting both the players and the fans in their shared experience.

proof not everyone deserves to voice their opinion . owners don’t produce the product , players do

So how much credibility are you giving to former NBA players that diminish ENTIRE eras of basketball to uphold a narrative? Your level of achievement in a field doesn't NOT make you the forgone expert in that said field and I grew up with 2 professional basketball players and my knowledge of the history of the game exceeds theirs

It's a must to protect the narrative 😭

Facts

@@yeeshhdavis2154cap

U already know 😂

What are you yapping about? Name one. The # of former NBA players that even HAVE full time jobs in the national al media outlets like ESPN are minuscule. Theres the ones we know like KPerk etc and the ones on the Run It Back(?) show w Lou Will and them...paul pierce, KG.. Theres not many. Name who lost their job? The fact is they critique when theres stuff to critique and the sensible ones know that theres nor much to critique.

Nope because calling for screens to get the weaker defender on you the bulldozing in the paint and if I contest your shot it’s a foul on me isn’t impressive 🥱

@@Dipset415You just wanna bicker, results of being neglected ya whole life lol

@@RahmodJohnson naw I love hoops and this dude is a disgrace to the game and it’s competitive nature that I feel in love with💯💪🏿✊🏿

@@Dipset415bro that’s basketball 😂 nigga mad he ran a pick and roll you wanna see 1-4 flat chuck up a 20 foot brick 😂

@@Dipset415 you don’t luv hoops u enjoy trolling in the comment section be LeBron is better than your childhood basketball hero that’s why y’all have to concoct pinky n the lame brain type logic to hate. Using ur irrational pin head logic Kobe’s 81 point game was really only 38 cause he primarily came off picks and scored on arthritic Jalen Rose. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Trauma will do that you

Lowkey when he not there it’s boring

Were you a fan of Mccants when he played? Genuinely curious

@@lloydnyako6060he’s a much better personality than player

I miss when he spoke often on the work

over who?

He had 8. A simple google search would have told you that.

@@jasonhayman9521 RIGHT! 😂 and 4 other fools like that comment 🤦‍♂️

@@9amMoonwalker😂😂😂😂

They hate that reality that ppl have opinions and sit on a podcast and whine about 😂😂😂

No way u think it was smh

Why?

Why? Lol