Gilbert Arenas: Trust me, there’s NBA money in the podcast game, but it’s going to take time." "Don’t focus on views right away. It’s not about the numbers. What’s important first is your thumbnails, titles, and then the content itself. The thumbnails and titles make people click, but the content keeps them coming back. It’s all about being authentic and consistent. Make sure when you drop episodes, you’re doing it regularly. Build a podcast based on yourselves, not just guests. If you’re always relying on guests, you’ll run into trouble when someone cancels or can’t show up. Think of it like a TV show—people should watch because they like you, not just because of who you have on." "From there, it’s just about consistency. The stuff you think won’t go viral ends up being the biggest hit sometimes. Push your content everywhere—Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts. Treat it like Thanksgiving dinner: make sure you have short clips, 30 seconds, reels—everything. You never know what’s going to resonate. Something might blow up on TikTok but not on Instagram, or vice versa. The key is to put it all out there."

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That clip of Gilbert Arenas doing I can’t feel my face in an Orlando uniform is still jarring even all these years later. That era was… odd. - 7:26 PM

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Gilbert Arenas: "Javaris got mad and threw one of the guns. That’s what scared everyone. When the gun flew, the trainer freaked out. Even after all that, me and him were sitting in the jacuzzi, talking like, ‘Man, you play too much.’ He was mad over $1,100, but he said it wasn’t about the money—it was the principle. He told me, ‘You didn’t have to get in the game and mess it up.’ And I said, ‘Hey, you messed it up too, bringing out those two big guns with no bullets.’" -via YouTube / December 27, 2024

Gilbert Arenas: "How many guns did I bring? Four. I had the gold Desert Eagle, and then I had a Smith & Wesson .500. Only Shaq could shoot that one. I knew Javaris wasn’t going to pick it up. It was a revolver—a Dirty Harry gun. There’s no way in hell he was going to pick that one up. That thing would hurt your arm. My thought was simple: They don’t sell bullets in D.C., and he lived in Virginia. The only gun store is in Maryland. Was he really going to go through all that just to get bullets? It was an empty threat anyway." "That’s how I won this. I stood up and showed I wasn’t backing down. It wasn’t malicious. People act like I was trying to start something, but I wasn’t. I just wanted to prove a point. I had a 50-caliber Desert Eagle and a Dirty Harry revolver, both with no bullets. The media made it sound crazy, but it wasn’t like that. It was just locker room stuff." -via YouTube / December 27, 2024

Brendan Haywood: Gil is supposed to zip her up to the top of the key. He's supposed to drive on the weak side. I'm going to come down and pin down screen on Larry because everybody's going to be looking at Gil. Larry's going to pop wide open—Larry's having a great game—but knock down the jumper. Gil catches the ball at the top of the key. Cool. I'm thinking he's going to drive through the middle of the court. Does not. Drives the ball away from Larry, goes to between the mid-post and the baseline, and pulls a jumper up. Iconic shot. A hand in his face. Bow. Game winner. We all rush him, and we’re celebrating in the locker room. I walk over to him and say, "Yo, man, how’d you know to go to the left and not give the ball to Larry?" This man, with all seriousness, looked me in my eyes and said, "Larry was supposed to get the ball?" I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "I just watched the play to the moment. I knew where I was going to get the ball, and I just started figuring out how I was going to get my shot." I said, "Dog, you weren’t even shooting well." He said, "I knew I was going to shoot that one." -via YouTube / December 13, 2024

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