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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."

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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."

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Michael Beasley challenges Nick Young for a Million dollars. After Nick Young told him he just started beating guys last in the Big3.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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Nick Young: Kyrie is the Kobe to curry mj ppl scared to say he’s better .. 👀

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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.”

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ClutchPoints: Nick Young: “[He] should have won Finals MVP… [ Jayson] Tatum is the best player in the league.” Rashad McCants: “Steph [Curry] and [Kevin Durant]… We always pick one of [the two, didn’t we]?” Nick: “Because we already knew who was [better].” pic.twitter.com/vfVWswgBjM

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NBA Central: Swaggy P says Steph Curry almost started crying in the locker room because he was on the verge of losing the Finals MVP to KD (🎥 @GilsArenaShow ) pic.twitter.com/EVTsF6lZDU

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ClutchPoints: "I remember they was neck and neck... Steph had one bad game, KD was hitting, locker room Steph's head was down, damn near in tears after a win." Nick Young on how bad Steph Curry wanted Finals MVP over Kevin Durant 👀 (via @GilsArenaShow) pic.twitter.com/o7hJcQY6Nb

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Young spoke about his experience playing with Arenas on the Wizards via the Gil's Arena podcast on Friday. Former UCLA player and current NBA Twitter meme king Josiah Johnson asked Young how he'd grade Arenas as a teammate. “S—t an ‘F’ f—k that, that n—a ruined my life I think,” Young responded. Johnson then pointed out the irony of him saying that while sitting in Arenas' house. “That’s my dawg, but he ruined my life,” Young clarified. “I tell him that all the time.”

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