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Gil's Arena Breaks Down LeBron James & The Los Angeles Lakers' HOT START as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to The Lakers starting off the season 3-0 under head coach JJ Redick and debate if the Lakers are legit threats this season. They open up the show reacting to a vintage LeBron performance on Saturday night where the King went off in the 4th quarter to drop a triple double and fin...

Gil's Arena Reacts To Stephen A Smith's SMOKE With Cemetery Larry and the rest of the Arena as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to Stephen A's response to Rashad McCants calling out the media mogul's interview with Jaylen Brown and debate if Cemetery Larry should be afraid of the smoke coming from one of the sports world's most influential media members. They also discuss Giannis Anteto...

Gil's Arena Breaks Down NBA Tip-Off With Dwight Howard as the NBA & Dancing With The Stars Legend returns to Gil's Arena to celebrate the start of the NBA Season alongside Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew. They open up the show by reacting to the Los Angeles Lakers opening game win over the Minnesota Timberwolves where Anthony Davis showed he may finally be ready to take the keys from LeBron...

Gil's Arena CELEBRATES The Tip-Off Of The NBA Season as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew kick off the NBA Season with a jam packed episode inside the arena. They open up the show by reacting to the news that both Joel Embiid & Paul George will be out for at least the first few games of the Philadelphia 76ers season and discuss if this is just a minor speed bump in the 76ers championship plans...

Gil's Arena Reacts To Bronny James' BREAKOUT Game as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew return to the Arena and kick off NBA tip-off week by reacting to break out games from the Lakers' rookies Bronny James & Dalton Knecht and discuss if their contributions along with Preseason Star Quincy Olivari will be enough to deliver LeBron & The Lakers with an NBA Championship.with a debate over which NB...

Gil's Arena Reacts To Giannis Antetokounmpo's WILD Trade Rumors as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew return to the arena for one last show this week and give their reactions to Giannis putting the pressure on and announcing that the Milwaukee Bucks may trade their superstar if he fails to come through in the playoffs this season. Gil & The Crew discuss the validity of Giannis' comments and deb...

Gil's Arena Breaks Down The Golden State Warriors' NEW Era as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew return to the arena and preview the upcoming NBA season for one of the league's most interesting teams in the Golden State Warriors. They discuss how Steph Curry & Draymond Green will keep their NBA dynasty alive and debate if Jonathan Kuminga will be the right player to step up or if they will have...

Gil's Arena Reacts To The Philadelphia 76ers' Pre-Season Injuries as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew discuss Paul George going down with a hyper extended knee before his 76ers career even began and Joel Embiid announcing that he is likely done playing back to back games for the rest of his career. They debate if this is the right move for the oft-injured big man and if Embiid & Tyrese Maxey...

Gil's Arena Reacts To The HOSTILE New York Knicks & Minnesota Timberwolves Trade as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew return for the Season 3 premiere of Gil's Arena and kick things off by reacting to the latest trade that rocked the NBA landscape, sending Karl Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte Divencenzo and other assets. They breakdown how KAT fits in...

Gil's Arena GOES WILD Celebrating Our Season 2 Finale as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew take the couch one last time to close out another hostile & iconic season of everyone's favorite hoops and culture podcast. They open up the show by reacting to the report that Kawhi Leonard has undergone ANOTHER surgery on his knee and lay out what this means for the Los Angeles Clippers' championship w...

Gil's Arena Reacts To Joel Embiid's MASSIVE New Contract as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew break down Embiid's decision to stick with the process and commit 3 more years to the Philadelphia 76ers. They discuss how this deal puts Embiid in elite company as Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only active players to have stayed loyal to a team for this long and debate...

Gil's Arena GETS REAL On Caitlin Clark & WNBA Playoffs as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew welcome Sheryl Swoopes back into the arena to break down the exciting end to the WNBA season and set the record straight on her feelings towards Caitlin Clark. With the WNBA season winding down they react to the record breaking year for the league discussing A'ja Wilson potentially putting up the best i...

Gil's Arena debates Trae Young's recent height comments that he would be the BEST NBA Player in the league if he was 6'8". Do you agree with him?! Find out what the crew thinks today. Along with Julius Randle getting Duped on Twitter. And the Women's Soccer League abandoning drafts. Should the NBA follow suit? This and much more NBA commentary on today's episode of Gil's Arena. Please leave us a l...

Gil's Arena reacts to Jamal Murrays MAX Extension with the Denver Nuggets. But are him and Nikola Jokic still NBA Championship contenders in the Mile High City?! The Crew also discusses Klay Thompson's upcoming season with the Dallas Mavericks. Mark Cuban says he will have an easier life with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Is this TRUE?! Finally, LeBron James is set on owning an NBA team when he is...

Gil's Arena Throws A Monday Night Tailgate as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew wrap up Week 1 of the NFL Season with a LIVE Tailgate watch party where the New York Jets take on the San Francisco 49ers. Watch and Play along with No Chill Gil & The Crew as they react to Aaron Rodgers first full start with the Jets and see if Christian McCaffery & the 49ers can start right where they left off la...

Gil's Arena Debates The Greatest Team In NBA History as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew look into MORE wild tweets from Swaggy P, this time battling over his idea that the 2018 Golden State Warriors were the greatest team to ever play in the NBA. With teams like LeBron James' Miami Heat, Tim Duncan's San Antonio Spurs dynasty and even the modern Boston Celtics, there are plenty of squads tha...

Gil's Arena Reacts To Jayson Tatum's Comments Towards Team USA as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew break down Tatum's take on his Team USA benching in his first public comments about the 2024 Olympics and debate if the NBA Champion & All NBA Star deserves more praise for his humility in embracing a diminished role this summer. They also break down how this never ending saga will fuel Tatum th...

Gil's Arena If NBA Hoopers Can PLAY In The NFL welcome the 3 time All Pro Gerald McCoy into the arena to preview the upcoming NFL season and defend the NFL from the NBA & the Crew's idea that Hoopers could easily dominate the NFL if they were able to suit up on the gridiron. Finally, No Chill Gil & The Gil's Arena Crew react to the 4th and final meeting between Caitlin Clark & Angel Reese where CC...

Dwight Howard Enters Gil's Arena Live as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew welcome the future NBA Hall Of Famer & NBA Champion into the arena to dish on his incredible NBA Career and how he sees the game today. The 3x NBA defensive Player of the year gets real on Rudy Gobert's impact (or lack thereof) on defense and breaks down Victor Wembanyama's defensive potential, answering the question of...

Gil's Arena Debates The Boston Celtics' BIGGEST Threats In The East as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew break down who could give the reigning NBA Champion the most trouble in their quest to repeat this season, landing on Jalen Brunson & The New York Knicks and Giannis Antetokounmpo & The Milwaukee Bucks as the teams most likely to take over the NBA's Eastern Conference. They discuss if the K...

Gil's Arena ERUPTS Debating If The Old School NBA Had Skill as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to Magic Johnson responding to Anthony Edwards comments that Michael Jordan was the only old school NBA player with skill and give their take on whether or not the future face of the NBA is right to say this generation is more skilled. Next, they react to Cooper Flagg signing with New Balance...

Gil's Arena Reacts To The WNBA HATING On Caitlin Clark as Gilbert Arenas as The Gil's Arena Crew break down Caitlin Clark's DOMINANCE following the WNBA's return from the Olympic Break and analyze another instance of the WNBA hating on the rookie with some nasty work from Skylar Diggins-Smith. They also discuss the heated Rookie of The Year Race between Clark & Angel Reese and debate with supersta...

Gil's Arena DEBATES Who Takes The Philadelphia 76ers' Last Shot as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to Paul George's comments over which of the Sixers' Big 3 will be shooting in the clutch and discuss how Joel Embiid & Tyrese Maxey will fit with their new superstar teammate. They also react to the war of words between Kevin Durant and Dennis Schroder over European Hoops and discuss KD's...

Gil's Arena Builds The PERFECT Roster For Team USA at the 2028 Olympics as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew break down who they think should lead the stars and stripes to another gold medal & build the ideal roster of the next generation of NBA talent to take on the best crop of world hooper the country has ever seen. They debate if Team USA will hand the keys over to 2x Gold Medalist Devin B...

Gil's Arena Expects BIG THINGS From LeBron James, JJ Redick & The Los Angeles Lakers as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew preview the 2024 NBA Season and kick things off with the most important team in association. They break down the team's lackluster offseason that saw no major moves beyond the hiring of JJ Redick & drafting of Bronny James and debate if a healthy Lakers team is good enough...