Gilbert Arenas: "Our trash, the guys who can't stay in the NBA, are Europe's best"

Gilbert Arenas , a charismatic and controversial NBA player from 2001 to 2012 who joins the conspiracy theory that casts doubt on Michael Jordan's achievements, responded to Nikola Jokic's suggestion that NBA players should play in Europe to improve their development.'

In Europe, the most important thing is to win, and I wish all NBA players would go play in Europe just to see the pressure there

'The Nuggets star's theory is that "in Europe and on the national team, the most important thing is to win the game. I know it sounds silly. But in this league, you can see that some players need to score, get points, whatever, improve their stats. But on the national team and in Europe, the most important thing is to win, and hopefully all NBA players would go play in Europe just to see the pressure there is there".'

'Gilbert Arenas responds to Jokic: "We kicked your ass"'

Gilbert Arenas replied to Jokic in response to DeMarcus Cousins by reminding him of the United States' Olympic gold, "that's how we beat you and France. We didn't care about the statistics. We won the gold. If that's what you mean... We kicked your ass".

"We made this shit popular. We're the standard of basketball," Cousins noted.

He later aimed his barbs at the EuroLeague on his show: "We don't need to play in the EuroLeague. Our garbage, the guys who can't stay on NBA rosters, go there and are the best players in Europe. The best in all those countries are Americans".