Gil's Arena BATTLES Over The Next Face Of The NBA
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Gil's Arena BATTLES Over The Next Face Of The NBA as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew imagine an NBA after legends like LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant retire and debate who the league will pick to champion their brand moving forward. Will they choose an international face like Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic or Giannis Antetokounmpo to grow the game or will they stay on American hoopers and highlight the next wave of US Born superstars like Ja Morant, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum or LaMelo Ball.
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Bro the Donovan Mitchell jab had me crying 😂😂😂 “shit will stay right at 15”
This guy talks like he was good or something 😂
@@carlospaniagua3199bro that Brandon Jennings, he dropped 50 in Curry's face during curries prime😂😂😂 wym
He wish he had half of d Mitch career
The Cavs might win the chip this season, and Mitchell is considered the best Cav.
D Mitchell is a good player no doubt but as far as sales he wasn’t lying
Crazy I’m seeing this after Luka just got traded to the Lakers😂😂
Just seen that too bru 😂
Exactly this episode didn’t age well already 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Luka trade is something I'd expect to only see on 2K. Time for Gil to hop on the Luka bandwagon.
Definitely some 2k. I been saying since 2020 bron ain’t winning another though
bro im sayin ngl swaggy low key made that happen lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Put Donovan Mitchell in a Knicks jersey, it’s gone stay right at 15 😐 “
😂😂😂😂😂
Still in there tho 😅
That shii might go 16 😢
😂😂😂
That shit got me 😅😅😅
If SGA played for the Knicks. Stephen A Smith would be calling him Jesus.
I don't know why, but i can actually see that happening 😂
idk why. hes trash without fts
😂😂😂😂
SAS already gives props to SGA just to spite Jokic. Y’all Shai riders just cry for fun.
Now Luka is in the Lakers so you guys can stop this debate 😂😂😂
true
Maybe, If he work on his conditioning.
Facts but the NBA still needs an American face
@@kingofdacourtbro hes was the best in the world last year you dont need a six pack to play basketball
Bro Brandon Jennings really hates Boston lmfao
The *YN’s* Definitely Choosing *Lamelo* | *Ja* & *Ant* 💯
Exactly.
Im an old head and would stop watching the NBA if not for Ant. He's the closest thing we have to an old school player
Anthony Edwards is the 5ace of America and the 5ace of the NBA 🇺🇲
@Daveyjdigital Baloney
Luka in LA has entered the chat🤌🏽👀
The argument you don’t have to win to be the face of the league is crazy. Who was a face of the league that didn’t win multiple championships. Saying kids control who is the face is league only contributes to sales. Everyone needs to know who you are to be the face of the league. There’s so many components that have to align to be the face of the league.
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AI never won a ring and was the face of the league :)
Lebron was also the face of the league before he won one too
Why does it have to be one guy lol? Cant be more than one guy? Lebron and Steph were both popular as hell. In the old age of no social media and only TV, they picked Jordan to be the face, now theres so much more space to show players, why are we stuck with the midset it has to be one guy?
lebron and jordan was the faces of the leauge before they won a single championship
Legendary show tomorrow
I love when someone loses an argument they immediately start moving the goal post 😂
Gil
@ nah they all do it except K Mart he’s the only one that stands on his point
@@VinceVanishedglad someone peeped they all doin this shi 😂😂
Gil about to switch up so hard 😂
Your dedication really stands out in every video. Awesome work!
The d Mitchell shirt was crazy 😂😂
It shoulda been Ja but Anthony Edwards took his spot when he was out here being Ja Wick
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YOOOOO! JA WICK IS HILARIOUS!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This can’t be real😂😂 a few hours ago I watched this a a dom2k video about the Mavs and BJ said put luka in a Boston jersey it’s number 1, now dudes in LA🤯
7:13 was out of pocket lol
Wild asf 😂
😂 that was funny af tho
Luka to lakers nick called Yahtzee 😂
6:23 “I can see that in Boston really leading to increased Jersey sales” lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂 cuz a fool !
I laughed at well,small ass boston.lol.tstum is gonna be the face
U know they bout to buy the hell out of Luca jersey in Boston him or Jokic 😂😂😂
(Put Luka in a Lakers jersey) 😂 6:53
Ja, Ant & Lamelo for the US 🇺🇸 Wemby internationally & SGA for Canada. 🇨🇦
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Where is joker and Luka international ly 🤔
@@irvingzeistman9828jokic alr old luka making his way there the new faces is ja ant melo for usa wemby luka internationally sga canada then most likely ja/melo sga luka wemby globally
Same thing happened to "soccer" (I'm English)... After Ronaldo and Messi, there is no one to be the face - LeBron is in their era, as he too rode the growth of social media.
The money changed player behaviour, and social media slowly removed any mystique.
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Mbappe?
Exactly mbappe and Vini and Haaland and dont forget by boy Yamal
@_33Illuminate Mbappe is not the face of football... Ronaldo still sells more boots playing in Saudi Arabia, and Mbappe's barely the face of Real Madrid after just 25 games.
Mbappe doesn't compare for so many reasons - even on basic Instagram followers, he has 25% of Messi's total and 20% of Ronaldo's.
On the pitch, Mbappe would need to win the Champions League every other season of his career to match Ronaldo's five... He would need to win La Liga for 10 straight seasons to catch Messi's 10 titles.
@sabastinebenjamin2442 I'm English, remember... No Manchester City player has ever been the face of football in England, nevermind Europe or the world.
Your favourite footballer doesn't mean "face of football"...
SHERYL BUILT LIKE GRU 😂😂😂
The NBA needs to take the model of the NFL “no player is bigger than the shield” otherwise they will always run into this issue once their “face” gets old. Plus nobody in the league looks like they even want that title
The NFL has a Face: It is Patrick Mahomes
@@heisenberg2966yes.. unfortunately 🦅
@@heisenberg2966exactly and Brady before that
@@Saiko-RuRuFLY EAGLES FLY
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League is fucked when curry and bron are gone that’s just facts
Been Fucked Since The Goat Retired Buddy
Hell yeah
I'm gonna put somebody's face on there.
They gonna make sure somebody's face of the league, they just mad, we're not accepting all this stuff from overseas
@ face don’t matter what matters is the style of game bron and curry bring. Its enjoyable to watch, no one else like that
You must've missed school the day your English Elementary teacher taught the class the difference between fact and opinion 😂😂😂
gil said ja lol they do have something in common.
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@@CoolGuy-be1xgyou bouncin on it
Luka Doncic just got traded to the Lakers. I do believe that gives him the lead in terms of becoming the face of the league.
The issue is the "faces" have lasted sooooooo long this go around steph lebron and kd were supposed to pass the torches atleast 5 years ago but they just refused lol. Even the faces thst were supposed to replace them is old already really. I feel like most of the time by like year 4 or 5 if youre gonna be the face then you are by then.
NBA failed to market the young players on time, Wemby, Cooper Flagg… are probably next
Exactly that is so true bro !
Mccants just talk just to talk. It’s never logic it’s all feeling 😂😂😂
Ant Man will be the Face of the NBA hands down
That’s because of the league
Nah hes like top ten
Not in minnesota
It’s Ja. It’s been Ja.
We need a emergency pod LUKA TO THE LAKERS
Brandon turning into Rashad McCants Jr. I agree w/ him though 😂😂😂
I love how Gil told them to pull up the jersey sales and when it didn’t line up with his argument he said “we’re not talking about jersey sales”🤣
The star after Jordan was Shaq. So much that Stern rigged 2 WCFs, 1 ECF & 1 Finals between 2000-06 in Shaqs favour.
I think Shaq's stint was too short, but yeah, he was the most popular.
How stern rig it?
Shaq was definitely a face for a period of time. Shaq is one of the 5 most famous NBA players in history. Can argue he is a top 10 famous athlete in all of US sports.
I’m waiting to see y’all react to Luka and AD trade
Real shit😂
Tatum is the next face of the league imo. The fact that he receives as much hate as he does is the reason why. And hes a winner, jennings can hate all he wants but if his point is boston why isnt davis top 5 with LA? If tatum keeps winning rings it hurts players like ant who may not win a ring anytime soon. And ja won win either imo in the tough west, and he also has been hurt more. I just feel like an American, playing for a big market team winning that gets controversial press has a huge shot
Boston looks terrible lately, while they’re still probably the favorite, things could go bad for them real quick especially with the new CBA
@nydibs they'll be fine, I expect them to turn it on after allstar break. The coach needs to stop messing with the rotations
@@nydibsthey good bro
Nah, Tatum isn't that exciting and marketable.
@23ofSeptember well when you have a signature shoe, the 3rd highest selling jersey, and him getting benched was a bigger story than them actually winning gold, him being on the Netflix starting 5 special, and always amongst the top allstar vote getters, I'd consider that marketable
Brandon be talking too disrespectful on players that are way better than him 😂
The NBA heard this & said hold my cup ☕️ Luka to LA 😭
Well I guess it’s Luka 😂😂😂
The only NBA player i like and i watch all the time is Anthony Edwards and he's also young he's 23. His offensive bag is amazing, ELITE 3 level scorer with a 40+ inch vert he's fun to watch 📸🔥
Yeah. I wouldn’t watch the nba at all anymore if not for Ant. But the free throw merchants are the ones that the nba promotes for some reason
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Ant has been playing below all-star level in the regular season, for multiple seasons now. He's good in the playoffs, but chokes in the end. He definitely wasn't the MJ or LeBron as advertised. Ant needs to improve a lot to be the face.
The next faces of the NBA will be Wemby, AE, Paolo,Shai, And Flagg
not paolo
Luka
They don't make any player that is not from the us a face of the league
@@shawnsmith4113 Well, globally it will be Wemby but, American market it maybe Flagg or AE
@@cesarbarbosa8875 If Paolo leaves Magic. And goes to a big market... it's over.
Brandon be killing Me w the euro glaze
Put Luka in a Lakers jersey 👀🤯
I can’t wait for the podcast today 🔥🤷💯👏🏾
Now Luka’s a laker, Nick doing something behind the scenes
As a Grizzlies fan, I want Ja to stay BUT I know the NBA wants their box office superstars in big markets. These are facts based on statistics, so I'm just patiently waiting for the future face of the NBA to leave my team and break our heart like Coach Cal did when he took the 2009-2010 #1 recruiting class to Kentucky 😂
Literally the most realistic while also being professional podcast . Up there with all the smoke and Rasheed and bonzi.
There's very little professional in this show. These guys were professional basketball players 15 years ago, and pretend that magically turns them into great analysts, without following the NBA at all.
I always look forward your videos. Thanks for sharing such amazing work!
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@@pepeeltoro1592Definitely 🤖
“I want them jokers” nick a fool man😭😂
Who else came back to this video after the Luka trade 😂😂😂
Luka about to be #1 in jersey sales in 48 hr😂😂
Redo this with Luka now on the lakers 😂
Looks like the league decided, luka to the lakers… Brandon was right
Listening to this video on Monday is crazy! If only they knew at the time Luka was coming to LA 😂
Anyone else here after the Luka trade? Luka to LA means now there’s no question who’s the face of the nba. Let’s look back at this 3 to 4 years from now. I mean it’s kinda weird how the lakers are always getting those kinda players on there team? Kareem, magic in a sense, Kobe, shaq, LeBron?!?!, now Luka like holy
Didn’t Giannis blow everyone out in all star votes ?
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Giannis had 4.4 million votes, Jokic 3.7 million, Tatum 3.6 million, Lebron 3.3 million, KD and SGA with 3.1 million each.
Most popular players right now are actually mostly in the front court. The next leading vote getter was Wemby (2.8 million). Gil is saying only guards sell to the fans but the fans want to see the front court players the most at all star.
The actual next face of the league just got traded to LA 😂
Anthony Edwards is awesome
He da new face
Over rated. Fake alpha male wannabe Kobe/Mj. Will never be best player on championship team
@@youngnas15 - Ant is better than Tatum, and hes a champ. Or is Tatum not the best player on his team
5ace of America 🇺🇲
@@youngnas15Olympic Gold Medalist
Its Luka now
Luka Doncic…. Why do yall ignore this 😂😂😂
Luka for AD official😂😂im ready for the arena today
Here we go again with Gil and his takes that don’t make no sense 😂😂😂
He is the only one making sense (I’m only halfway through the video tho)
how ? jokic n giannis definitely aren’t the face . they have multiple mvp’s and still aren’t top 10 in jersey sales😂
@@toerawyeayou’re right, bc Bron and Steph are still the face. But the idea that the next face doesn’t have to be the top player in basketball is completely false. You have to be atleast a top 2 player, that’s why ant edwards hasn’t become the face anymore, bc hes not winning and not having an mvp caliber season.
@PeterParker-fs7ru Steph and LeBron only won with LOADED teams
Jokic and giannis aren't the face bcz they are in the smallest markets in the whole nba. Jokic and giannis in lakers and Knicks will be top 2. Globally in European market u will see thier jersey sales.
Nuggets are 3rd most watched team in middle east. They received the most fan votes. If the face of the company can't beat these 2😂
It's not worth it to be the face
It's not gone be Ja he messed that up and he keeps getting injured
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pretty sure giannis left every1 for dust in all star votes
You're 100% right about that, however.... most of his votes are coming from overseas so if we took away those votes he'll be top 5 but not 1. In context of this podcast they're speaking for American "Face of the League"
@@glenroyfrancis1085 "overseas" 💀 is there a pie chart that told u this info ?
Giannis got a lot of votes bc hes by far the best forward/center in the East. East isnt as competitive as the West
@ - theres more "front court" players to steal votes in the West, he would be competing with Lebron, KD, Jokic, Wemby, AD... its much more competitive in the West
He had 2.7 to Tatum 2.3 he didn’t leave anyone in the dust
Crazy work
Its Wemby obviously
Its clear as day
Is it? I'm not sold on Wemby, I think he already 90% peaked
@ in year 2???
@@Johnny.Naturalhe hasn’t even grown into his body yet. He’s going to start embarrassing teams pretty soon
Irrefutable
Luka jersey sales just doubled just cause he a lakers now which is crazy to say
Laker Luka is now the face of the league
I'M THE NEXT FACE OF THE NBA THEN ITS ANT MAN
@jaerock3908 Negative... The energy behind brands like Michael Jordan and LeBron James is being way overlooked.
In business, the face is needed to sell a product... The NBA doesn't need one face at the moment.
Just like Curry, someone will emerge.
@@HabitualLine-StepperI heard NBA still hasn’t recovered from Jordan retiring in 98
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Nick…called it
They next video bout to be a generation debate I can’t wait😂😂
It's going to be crazy. That trade is crazy.
This won’t age well now that Luka was traded to the Lakers hours after 😂 I’m going to get my jersey
Put Luka in a Lakers Jersey and he will rise to the top!😂
I can’t wait for the next take on Luka
It’s Ja but the gun sht has the nba scared to promote him
Ja averaging 20ppg on negative efficiency my boi give it up he ain’t like that
IM NOT WATCHING ANOTHER GILs arena until I see “GILS ARENA REACT TO THE LUKA TRADE
Lamelo's shoes sells more than ja's by far...
Gil bouta have the Lakers Luka jersey on next episode
Luka on the Lakers is WILD
Damn this is so crazy , these boys had to know before we did 😂
5:05 there’s no way he said Boston isn’t making finals this year 😂😂😂😂 What did Tatum ever do to him 😂😂😂😂
Man how many times we gotta have this discussion
Hate him or love him, but nobody will ever come close to what Bron was for the NBA. Trust me in a few years when Wemby will be in his prime, he won't come close to Bron, in terms of reputation. Bron is known worldwide, don't think Wemby gonna get to that point.
But i think the NBA doesnt necessarily need a "new face of the NBA" anyways.
Agree bron was crazy for the NBA. This dude was on the Cavs getting national tv games. Every sport show had a LeBron topic. LeBron could tweet “???” And have a 30 minute segment on espn. lol like he is the nba it’s crazy
Victor Wembanyama will undoubtedly be a global icon
92-94 96-98 Jordan era was different
Bad take. The NBA has been in decline for the past decade so LeBron leaving won't matter. The media only wants to talk about LeBron is the issue. Start talking about teams and plsyers that actually have good records instead of every topic being about KD, LeBron and Curry.
MJ made the game global, ratings were much higher during the MJ era than the LeBron era
JJ said “send da video”😂
I thought the arena was going to do an emergency segment for the AD/Luke trade.
Now we know it’s gonna be luka😭
Well that settles this debate… LUKA TO LAKERS 😂
I think Ja morant will be the face. If he comes to Chicago he will take over the league
Well you've got your answer after the Luka trade
Wonder where Gilbert arenas jersey ranks ? , last time I saw one was at a church rummage sale for 0.50 cents 🤣😂
Jokic is top 10 in jersey sales because he has the support of 5 Balkan Nations 😂
Gil is definitely wrong 😂😂😂😂i guess he don't remember....." Canni white a check,Yao " 😂😂😂😂
Welp. Luka might be the answer now. Lol
6:26 luka…….in a lakers jersey ….damnnn
Bro what Tatum do to BJ 🤣
Brandon Jennings is becoming a REAL Life SCRUB. His argument sucks!!!!! No diddy!!!
Biggest hater on the show
@ I didn’t think anyone could pass McCants but Jennings did that by far!!!!!
Luka Doncic is now a Laker... At 25, the Lakers are now his franchise.
Face of the league incoming??
Who is the dude that’s always laughing in the background??? 😂😂😂