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Speaking on Gilbert Arenas’ “The Arena” podcast, Young lent his insight into Green and Kerr’s relationship, and why their clash Monday night isn’t the same as past quarrels. “[Green and Kerr] always fight,” Young said. “They got into a big fight in [Oklahoma City] where we had to pull Draymond back, pull Steve Kerr back. But this time it’s different because they’re not the same championship team.”
“Everything going on with Steve Kerr, [his situation with Jonathan] Kuminga…it’s a lot over there,” Young said. “I just don’t know where they’re at this year. They feel like they just need to blow everything up at this point. This ain’t the first [instance] of them fighting. OKC was probably the worst thing I’ve ever seen between a player [and] coach. They both [were] holding each other back and cussing…it was a lot. It was a lot.”
Draymond Green wants to make it clear that Nick Young was a key contributor during the Warriors' title run that year. In Friday's episode of "The Draymond Green Show," the Golden State forward issued a rebuttal to clips he's seen featuring former NBA players Kenyon Martin and Rashad McCants, during which they antagonize Young. Green already had responded to Martin's shots directed at Green himself earlier in the same podcast. "But one thing I want to share with Kenyon Martin and Rashad McCants," Green explained, "you know, a couple of guys who try to attack Nick Young about his NBA championship, is this. I know you guys don't understand what it means to win an NBA championship. And because of that, you guys attack Nick Young because y'all don't know what it takes. So, I'm going to share with you all non-champions what it takes to win an NBA championship."
"And so when you go look at our championship run that Nick Young was a part of, Nick Young was the swing player in the Houston series," Green said. "In Games 6 and 7, Nick Young was one of the primary defenders on James Harden. Nick Young hit big threes. He swung the series for us. Guess what? Job done. When you talk about winning a championship, he swung the series. That's his job as a role player to swing one series. He did that.”
Nick Young’s message to Patrick Beverley: I’m back to the Swaggy now. Anytime you want to play me, I'm here, baby. You think I would let a player like that look like you beat a player that look like me? Come on, baby. We out here 7 days a week. Me anytime, any place. Come to LA next week, too, if you want to play. We can play whenever you want. Peace.
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Gilbert Arenas: Even though—listen—if I go down, I’m going to turn it into Swaggy Arena, right? I’m going to turn it into Swaggy Arena, and they gonna just—they gonna keep doing the show. Nothing changes." "Nothing. Nothing changes. The—the—the show continues. I just call in from time to time. I just make me a little cameo."
Nick Young: "But don't worry. Don't worry about the show or nothing, Gil. I got that now. We might as well just change the show to Swaggy’s Arena. In conjunction with Gilbert, we gonna put a little Gilbert sign on the side. It’s still Swaggy’s Arena until you come back home. And once you get out, it's back to you. But for now—I got it." "Just welcome to Swaggy’s Arena, y'all. In conjunction with Gibbles Arenas. We gonna have just your name on the side."
What would you do if someone challenged you to a $100,000 one-on-one basketball game? Well, in the NBA world, that kind of bet isn’t just talk – it’s a statement, a statement of ego. Recently, the basketball courts got blown away. Patrick Beverley tossed a $100K battle at Brandon Jennings, daring him to a 1 v 1 showdown. But before anything could hit the court, something wild happened. And no, it wasn’t Jennings stepping up. Let’s rewind a little and zoom in. Beverley, never the one to hold back, didn’t just talk, instead, he called out Jennings with a real-money challenge. This questioned not just Brandon’s skills, but his toughness. And for a hot minute, all eyes were on Jennings – would he respond? Would the former Bucks guard rise to this moment and go at Beverley in a 1v1 all-in match for six figures? But out of nowhere, the plot twisted in true basketball overtime fashion. Enter Nick Young, aka Swaggy P. With Jennings ducking the callout, Young took to his social media and threw his own name into the ring. “See me, play me,” he barked at Beverley, “I would make some easy money after the recession…I need it.” He didn’t just voice his opinion; he also supported Jennings. “BJ, I got you,” he told his co-host.
Tim Hardaway: Mark Price was a bad motherf*cker. He doesn’t get his just due. Nick Young: But where would he be ranked in this era? Tim Hardaway: There’s a lot of motherf*ckers who couldn’t stay with Mark Price. Mark Price was a fast white guy. He could stop on a dime, shoot in your face, split the double team, knew how to pass the ball, knew how to play the game. Mark Price was a bad motherf*cker. Rod Strickland, another motherf*cker. Kevin Johnson, another motherf*cker. We had some bad motherf*ckers in that era.
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Another Arenas will soon be on college basketball courts. 5-star guard Alijah Arenas, the son of former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, announced his commitment to USC on Thursday. Alijah called USC coach Eric Musselman during "Gil's Arena," Gilbert's podcast, to deliver the news. "Let's go!" Musselman screamed on the phone as Alijah sat next to his dad and former NBA guard Nick Young. Alijah then took off his jacket to reveal a No. 0 USC jersey, alluding to Gilbert's nickname, "Agent Zero."
Lou Williams: They had this friendship where they always bothered each other, pulling pranks, but this time they went too far. So, I said, "Call him, and y’all get on the same page, bro. Let’s have a conversation as a group tomorrow and move on." We decided to have a team meeting right before the game. It was for DLo to address the team, apologize to Nick, and let’s wash our hands of it and move forward. Everyone was in the lounge, chilling out. Nick comes in, DLo comes in, and the whole team is there—minus one. Kobe wasn’t there yet. He was probably in the building but clearly not interested in the drama. DLo starts his speech, and honestly, it was helping. We were breaking the tension because, for two or three weeks, there was a lot of bad blood. Nick couldn’t even be around. They really wanted to fight. DLo is going through his apology: "Yeah, I took it too far," and so on. Everyone was chipping in, and it was a good moment for us as a team. We were having struggles, so this was progress.
Nick Young: Kyrie is the Kobe to curry mj ppl scared to say he’s better .. 👀
Nick Young has joined Gil’s Arena, the podcast hosted by his former colleague Gilbert Arenas. Young rejoiced about the Boston Celtics’ NBA championship while appearing on the show. Swaggy P was happier that Doncic, a non-American, did not win a championship, nevertheless. “Let’s give it up for America. Because we won baby. America won baby. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown did it for America. They put Luka a**out. Oh my god. I got so tired of everybody talking about these foreigners and sh*t. America is here baby. It’s America’s league baby. It’s America’s league. I hope y’all see it. Tatum here. Motherf**king Brown.”