You Were OVERPAID! | Stephen A. Smith & Gilbert Arenas Talk Gil's 2008 $111 Million Contract 

Why would I listen to simp jaylen rose? Kobe dropped 81 on that chumps head.

@@user-si2sn5gw7b lol when words become mainstream and people don’t even use it correctly. Jalen HOF in other types of games. You too young to understand

@@user-si2sn5gw7b what doesn’t Kobe dropping 82 have to do with what he said Moe ham head?

@@user-si2sn5gw7b you gotta upgrade your vocabulary son nobody uses words like simp to apply to general people

@@user-si2sn5gw7b jalen rose wasnt guarding most of the time. it was mo pete. young boy probably dont know who mo pete is.

I loved gilbert back in the day. him beal and wall are my fav wizards players

being able to cultivate that relationship at his young age is crazy, thats what I respect most about Agent 0's career.

@Jordan Sharpe injuries and bad decisions too

So was Stephen wrong?

Never heard of that but i jus found my new favorite quote 💯💯

@@frankiey9943 That's a classic Jay lyric. You need to learn your hov

Aaron Carver i be fuckin with west coast rap mostly but imma definitely peep some east coast shit. What song is that?

@@frankiey9943 It's from a Ye track called so appalled from my dark twisted Fantasy. Jay is featured on it. Also if you haven't listened to that whole project I think it's ye at his best personally.

“Dark knight feeling, die or be a hero Or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” That’s the great Lebrons career summed up.

Preach

Not really.

That's wat he said lol

No he could have took half and signed other stars to make the Wizards team contenders.

@@adamsamuel8593 he took 10 million less than he could've made anywhere else. GTOH

Exactly! Like when ppl say player X shouldn’t be paid such amount. Why not? Lol I wanna see every player make money.

@@kwamewade915 cause people care about their teams and don't want cap space wasted on players who arent playing that well. They could spend that money on other players who are worth it.

Athletes

@@kwamewade915 if your goal is to win chips then you can correctly say someone is overpaid. Devin Booker, Kat, Dlo, and a bunch of other players aren't max contract players but they still end up taking up a 3rd of the cap

@@AhseemCarter I mean they could but these owners could care less about actually winning lol. I will stand by that.

@oo70mar I mean he was the MVP for his team, to be fair XD

@oo70mar hoping you mixed it up with most improved player lol

@@alexescutia4805 3 time most improved player😭😭 if you win that award 3 times, ur probably gonna be the goat by the time you reach ur prime💀

@@alexescutia4805 lol, how tf you would win MIP player 3 times. You would be avg 50, 20 and 15 by the third time you win it coming from a 30, 10, 10 season.

@@thatguyluis didn’t pay attention to the 3 time part loo

He's gotta play the game on a network owned by disney it's a bigger picture here though he can say what he wants lol

no one cares

@Jazz Prince yeah he gotta keep a persona

@@MrWowza2 exactly bruh... I’m almost willing to bet. This Stephen A is how he is all the time.

​@@Aplestamatos2 Well I mean you do. If you didn't care, why did you comment? When you don't care about something you give it attention? Weird.

It was a lot more in comparison back then

The numbers are just going up. That was one of the biggest contracts at the time. To put it into perspective jerami grant is getting 20 mil this year and gil highest year was 18

Superstars today would spit on 111 million over six years contract lol

@@Sheepskin501 grant is worth more than 20 million just saying, had he gone into free agency with the numbers he has right now, he would be getting paid in the high 20s possibly the 30s

@@superbruhz2602 what i was getting at is that a good relatively unproven young guy gets paid more per year then a proven star in Gilbert

Exactly dude! There's role players making that lol. Dude was arguably a top 3 player in his prime.

Lol. People see the 111 mill but aren't accounting for inflation or media deals from different years.

@@darrendent8288 Obviously the market has changed. That was ridiculous money back then, but that's our point. Looking back at that contract now, it doesn't seem so outrageous.

@@peteypab16 no where near top 3 when Gilbert as his prime Kobe LeBron Wade Duncan Melo KG Dirk Amare Paul Pierce is just a few players that was better than him I can add atleast 5-6 others before I get to Gilbert

@@Stonecoldalston stoudmire and agent 0 about neck and neck, but I get what you saying. He was 10-15

nah. he knew it was going in before he shot it.

He did start that

No he did not. Showtime lakers.

Nah Jamal Crawford was

@@jayreynold9440 Lakers is not a player! Who? And Gil is the first

Yeah but the seasons following his payday he was injured ALL THE TIME

What's the furthest he made in playoffs?

He was overpaid, everyone questioned his health since the knee injury and they were right to question it. Skill wise he was great but it's purely about his health

Please educate them bro.

@Primetym24 bro i totally forgotten he played for the magic and grizzlies lol

I feel like Mark did that with Dirk

@@doubarakonugah9019 Mark Cuban is straight like that I think. So is Jeanie Buss. They delayed the Lakers rebuild for 2/3 years to pay Kobe so he could make it through that last season.

@@talkingbroccoli so basically, this guy has no idea who’s a good owner or not

He never did anything in his career. He should be ashamed of himself. Hes the most underchieving nba player in history. With those skills

@@marcosjuarez1490 nah the most underachieving player in NBA history is SHAQ. lol. dude should’ve been at least a 8 time champ but he didn’t put the work in

@@Isaac-mk3wj 4 rings is not underachieving

@@brashadcarr680 it is when you’re Shaq

@@marcosjuarez1490 Gilbert was underachieving as a 2nd round draft pick?

Nah some fat ass RU-vidr uses that name

Candidate for MVP, similar to runner up

@@jessesimpson1579 wizards mvp lol

Eh... Can't help but think he's slightly bending this tho. He has a platform on ESPN for doing controversial takes to bring in viewers. It's personally something I don't care for honestly. 🤷🏿‍♂️

@@darrendent8288 yea I don’t like the controversy/gossip part of it either, but that’s his job I guess smh

@@igraham125 so speaking of a man's pockets isn't gossip?

@@FloydWhoElseTV pocket watching has always been gossip, not down wit that but that’s a part of the media game I guess.

@@igraham125 it just seems like he always brings it up and highlights money when it comes to load management, or injuries, or being out for personal reasons, like he never took a sick day on first take and left us with the terrible back up analyst

Salary caps make it a topic

@@_gamepoint_ In deed, very true. But the love of the Game is never a Topic.

@@_gamepoint_ I remember, I can't remember who said it tho I think it was Gilbert Arenas who said "If the fans only knew how some of the players felt and spoke about the game & fans, and getting their pay checks..

Cause love for the game is subjective, not measurable

@@_gamepoint_ salary cap is made by white supremacy, they want to save all the money they make from players...

gil was actually offered 127. he only took 111,

@@jourdansarpy4935 exactly

stephen a is like half of ESPNS virality campaign, he is not overpaid lmfao man is an entertainer.

@@ryanboehm8487 And Gil wasn't overpaid either. He was also an entertainer. Stop acting like the NBA is only about wins and losses. It's about generating revenue. Just like EPSN. SAS is just paid to keep salaries down.

@@ryanboehm8487 intertaining in uh vary annoying clown sense I guess.

How is Stephen A overpaid he's Espns top guy and is on like 10 different programs he earn every penny

I find it also cool . Question is if it was Jesus was white or Jew , what would be the reaction . Think about it...

It’s not their responsibility to “leave enough for the team”

@@jamesonedwardsii4943late response, but yeah it’s not their responsibility to focus on how the other’s eat. But if they’re concerned about legacy and respect as an all time great, they can’t complain about the teams shortcomings when they could have controlled the destiny by taking a little less so that others could have more

This is what you get with opinion based star arguments. Yes, I said it exactly how mean it. People will run to a specific stat to make their case and will sell it as fact. Context matters.

Ppl will always do that. If everyone was logical the whole world would work differently

NBA average height is 6’6, world average is 5’10. Gil at most is 6’4

That dude on the 5th place team getting the shoe deal is working 10 times older than those old cats who shot 38% from 2 point in their career.

Tf that got to do with the content of the video?

He's was an all star sure. But he wasn't a superstar. He wasn't gonna win a championship. Max dollars should go to guys who you can build around for years to come. Gilbert almost immediately got injured the next season and ain't been a all star since.

@@colinnixon7739 i don't disagree with what you're saying at all, just isn't the way the league goes with contracts. At the time, it did feel like he was a main component of our success, but alas we are a poverty franchise lol

He look weird as hell. Almost like a narc

Gilbert arenas isn’t even a top 10 scorer of all time

@@jaypc6680 “isn’t even a top 10 scorer of all time” okay? He’s up there, top 20

Stfu

@@jaypc6680 he had the potential tho

Gil was badass. He was taking logo shots when Steph & Dame were in middle school lol

Dumb question

Why is he telling anyone that they are overpaid period. That man can feed his future sperms lifestyle for generations . Lol I hate when he makes that the narrative about a athlete.

He did appear on the Jump a couple of years ago

Dont worry about what another man makes. Concentrate on your own money

people look more talented when resistance goes down

@@almadeunrebel yea but the talent is still going up, it's the natural order of this with time People learn from previous greats and implement things earlier into their games and adapt. Also with the explosion of interest overseas we are seeing better and better prospects come from everywhere else. The talent level is rising for sure, it's harder than ever to just make the league. Stars will always be stars so previous stars would be stars today as well and vice versa but the baseline to make the league is definitely higher than ever

better shooters collectively from range? yes more 3 and "D" players yes? more triple threat players? yes but we are still not talking about quality, only what it looks like. McHale will give AD work, Kukoc would shit on Luka, Alonzo would eat every center in this league. Come back at me with players from 2009 on

@@almadeunrebel kukoc doesn't shit on luka and luka absolutely cooks kukoc alive. Mchale could give AD work but AD would give him work right back. AD the better defender and way more athletic. He's a better roll man and finisher at the rim. Mchale had the better back to the block game and more moves and he was better near the rim but they both elite players. Both of them can't guard each other. Mourning was nasty but he couldn't guard a lot of guys today either, plenty of guys give him just as much work. Through history in every we've seen nobody can actually guard the stars, every star gives work to everybody.

@@letmegetuhhh3959 how? luka would be looking at greatness in front of him. kukoc did it for real, buzzer beaters in a real era vs real resistance. luka does it in ASG defense intensity, I could get 10ppg in this era