Gil's Arena ERUPTS Debating The Laziness of NBA Defense

McCants hasn't worn the "rusty crown" since Swaggy P clowned him for it 🤣

It’s crazy because when Gil was talking about phoenix suns offense he never even brought up how Grayson Allen is shooting the best 3pt percentage in the league. You literally cannot play defense the same way as 15-20 years ago

its crazy how they missed Gil point and I rarely agree with him but he was 100% valid and it shows how retired players don't take time to study new school basketball and don't understand what they're watching

Defenders used to be able sag off into the lane, 2 guys on the blocks, sitting at the free throw line. Nobody was worried about the 3 point shot. Defenders had to cover half the distance, and even on a switch they are only covering 15 feet. Now that everyone can shoot from deep, defenders have to cover an extra 10 feet in every direction. That spreads the floor and opens lanes to the basket. Offenses are now doing things like having the screener on a pick doing give and go handoffs back to the ball handler while the ball handler is going downhill, then the screener steps back behind the 3. Defenses aren’t lazy, they can’t keep up with the firepower on offense.

Gil mentioned the difficulty in having these, um, discussions, without a whiteboard and that would actually be a pretty cool thing for the crew to have from time to time. I really enjoy when everyone gets into nitty-gritty details but sometimes even they can't follow each other and it would be great to have some sort of visual. Doesn't need to be a computer thing - put a whiteboard off to the side that they can wheel in when they want it.

They talking like the court is 6 ft wide 😂 nobody is rotating that fast when there’s 4-5 shooters on the court 🤦🏽‍♂️

The old school game plan is to force players to shoot long jumpers. The modern NBA is about protecting the perimeter. The game has changed and the shell defence, split line help is never going to be effective in today’s NBA.

“Every team doesn’t have shooters like the phoenix suns” while literally every team has 4 shooters on the floor at all times 🤣🤣

When gil said maybe if you shut the f*** up and let me say it.....right so you was at the 2....after Mccants went on that rage lol my stomach hurts again😂😂😂😂😂😂

I cant get over this man actually stealing michael Jordans whole wardrobe that shirt says Air Mccants😩🤣

Old heads don’t understand meta, evolution of the game, and analytics. Gils doing good for the basketball world

Gil’s right. You rewatch a 90s game now, a lot of the time the point is left wide open on the perimeter and he’s only looking to get the ball inside. In the early 90s teams were averaging 7 three point attempts per game, last year it was 35 per game. The idea that you’re going to play old school defence against a modern offence is laughable.

Mccants started walking into them bullets lol

Gils whole defense point has been mine for years now, help defense isn’t seen as much in the lane bc you have to guard the perimeter at all times now, no more 2 bigs clogging the lane for help

this is the best discussion that has been posted on this channel. I enjoyed it full

The nba handcuffed defenders by recreating the game as non-contact sport. NBA defenses are not allowed to meaningfully defend shooters because it is illegal to touch or even blow on them. Defenders are only allowed to be cones. Combine that with lack of effort and general competitiveness and you have a shooting contest/skills competition. We don’t know how skilled the modern player is because they have yet to be faced with defensive adversity.

I swear Gil is crazy but when he's right he's right

The "HE CANT BEAT ME IN NOTHING!" rant is epic 😂😂😂

I love how intense Gil and Rashad always get going back and forth but in the end it’s always love and laughter.

Gil your best show... this is the convo I wanna hear