{"id":543670,"date":"2026-10-03T20:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=543670"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:45:42","slug":"arenas-fires-back-at-jokic-our-trash-go-to-the-euroleague-and-become-the-best-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/arenas-fires-back-at-jokic-our-trash-go-to-the-euroleague-and-become-the-best-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Arenas Fires Back at Jokic: \u201cOur Trash Go to the EuroLeague and Become the Best Players\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, Nikola Jokic explained that, in his opinion, playing in Europe, where the result of every game matters, would be an ideal \u201ctraining ground\u201d for some players who are primarily focused on their individual statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilbert Arenas, unsurprisingly, had something to say about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf he was talking about the national team, nobody cares about the stats there either. Team USA didn\u2019t care about the stats. That\u2019s how we beat y\u2019all, and we beat France before that. We didn\u2019t care about the stats. We won the gold. If that\u2019s what he was talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then shifted the conversation to the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf he was talking about the EuroLeague, I\u2019d say we don\u2019t need to play in the EuroLeague. Our trash, the ones who can\u2019t make our rosters, go over there and become the best players in the competition. The Americans are the best players in those countries\u2026 Who won it last year? I\u2019m sure that team had an American as its leading scorer too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boogie claps back at Jokic\u2019s Europe take \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E2zTnQ0VCE\">pic.twitter.com\/E2zTnQ0VCE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gil\u2019s Arena (@GilsArenaShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GilsArenaShow\/status\/2106149485433033105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who won Euroleague last year? 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