On this episode, we’ve got another Valley legend and just a legend period, Paul Rodriguez. Coming up in Socal, PRod, started out with a love for skating and took the sport to another level. As skate culture identifies with creativity, dedication and constantly shifting the paradigm, he’s always been at the forefront of it. We focus so much on developing skill, passion, living and breathing your craft, and that is a major, common thread in the skate game. For Gil, he’s drawn to PRod’s elite level...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 116
On this episode we’re going all in on the true love of skill in the game of basketball. Watching the postseason, skill is display at the highest level. We recognize the best players in the world going at each other with it all on the line. The deciding factor? Supreme skill. As Candice Parker pointed out after the Hawks knocked off the Knicks, when unleashed, skill wins every time. For Gil, that’s what it’s all about. As we saw with the Lakers coming up short, it wasn’t just about injury, execut...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 115
On this episode, we have another lab session with Agent Zero. This time with two hoopers you should absolutely have on your radar. Fresh off of a Final Four run with the University of Houston, AAC Conference Player of the Year, Quentin Grimes is heading to the league and rising up draft boards. His training partner, the lefty bucket getter from Mississippi State, DJ Stewart is quickly moving from under the radar to head turner. As part of their draft prep, the two have paired to train together a...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 114
On this episode, the postseason is upon us and this year, we’re looking to shuffle up the deck. It started out with a play-in tournament that needs some explaining. Sure, it might be a good idea, but after what we say this year, could definitely use some tweaking. Agent Zero has the answer. As for the playoffs slate, we have a lot of love for the East coming. Brooklyn stacked up and the question is...who can actually give them a run? But while we’re in the city, Mr. Anti-New York himself, Gilber...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 113
On this episode, what do you get when you have college friends, teammates, rivals, NBA stars and lifelong jokesters? You have Richard Jefferson and Gil’s 20+ year friendship. Since meeting as AAU players, to a recruitment trip that almost made the whole thing fall apart, Gil and Richard have been going tit-for-tat for a long time. If one sets the bar, the other not only raises it, but makes it unreachable. For Gil, this comes from a genuine bond with Richard, not just from talent on the basketba...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 112
On this episode, this is something we’ve been building up towards. We’ve talked a lot about the point guard position...how it’s changed, the value of scoring at the position and how to be a great point guard. Now, we’re bringing it all together, by examining how the point guard has evolved to this current era, where the position has never been more loaded with talent, more dynamic, or more skilled. For Gil, someone who -- as he points out to us -- led the progression to empowerment of the positi...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 111
On this episode, we’re circling back a moment in basketball that propelled us to where the game is today. At the time, Brandon Jennings went from Oak Hill Academy to the Euroleauge, it was a move that puzzled and surprised many. Instead of going the college route, one of the top prospects in his class, Brandon knew he had the pro makeup, so he went overseas to make it happen. When he was drafted number ten overall in 2009, he entered the league with a year of pro experience under his belt and so...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 111
Throughout sports history, there are distinctive moments and stories that alter the future of the game. Some tragic, some hard to process and some that leave us with the great “what if” dilemma. Len Bias’ death in 1986 was all of these and more. Adam McKay has launched a new podcast, Death on the Wing which examines sports, history, politics and cultural analysis and is hosted by Academy Award Winner, the man behind Vice, The Big Short, Succession and iconic comedies Anchorman and Step Brothers....
Apr 16, 2021•10 min•Ep. 111
On this episode, we hit rewind and travel back to the Showtime Era. One of the essential members of that iconic squad, 5-time champion and 8-time all defensive teamer, Michael Cooper takes us through exactly what made that team so special. Looking at the impact their style of play had on the game, we can appreciate how so much of the modern era was influenced by Showtime. For Gil, it was the substance and the strategy that Pat Riley unleashed with Magic at the point. Not only did Magic revolutio...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 110
On this episode, we’ve got one of the baddest dudes in the fight game, Tyron Woodley. He’s a guy that has evolved from his beginnings as a wrestler coming out of the University of Missouri, to a masterful mixed martial artist. As Tryon sees it, it is an art form and the octagon is his canvas. This is something we can relate to, work on your skills and show the world what you’ve got when it’s time to compete. For Gil, the mindset of a fighter is fascinating. Think about it...what is inside you th...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 108
On this episode, we have a question for you...does being the most relevant make you the best? For all of us we become prisoners of the moment from time to time, and we’re quick to crown someone the GOAT or the top dog. Old school dudes will tell us back in their day it was tougher, more competitive...and not like it used to be. But the reality is, the current era is the most evolved, most prepared and most skilled. Mainly, because of those that came before them. For Gil, he points to the next wa...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 107
On this episode, we tackle a big and timely topic in sports. The subject of equality. Throughout the history of sports, questions of fairness, an equal playing field and opportunities for athletes -- regardless of race, gender and age -- have existed. Movements have taken place and change has happened, but we’re still seeing roadblocks in the way of progress. So we’re diving into the heart of the issue and how to bring about change. For Gil, he sees where the future of sports is headed and what ...
Mar 24, 2021•56 min•Ep. 106
On this episode, we go big, with none other than Glen “Big Baby” Davis. Coming up as a manchild from Louisiana, Big Baby proved he could hoop with his unique combination of size and mobility. When he got to the pro level, he quickly figured out that to really make it, he’d have to use his unorthodox makeup to find his place in the league. Thankfully, he landed on a Boston team that was in win-now mode, and demanded its role players to get in where they fit in. For Gil, Big Baby was exactly the k...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 105
Presented by: Manly Bands and Keeps THE NO CHILL PODCAST A No Chill Production EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tim Livingston, Gilbert Arenas, Mike Botticello HOSTED BY: GILBERT ARENAS and MIKE BOTTICELLO Videography/Editor: Steven Rhys Foster Director: Steven Rhys Foster Sound: Alfonso Cano Talent Coordinator: Thomas Scott Production Assistant: Ethan Zakarin On this episode, it’s a special occasion, where we get to bring together two incredible talkers, as we’ve got Agent Zero with the man himself, Stephe...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 104
On this episode, it’s All-Star time, and in a year that it almost didn’t happen, it’s better late than never. For those named to the teams each season, it’s a career accomplishment that goes on the resume and something we acknowledge for years to follow. For fans, we want to see the best come together and our favorite players show out on the stage. This season it’s going to be a brief All-Star experience, but let’s appreciate that the tradition continued. For Gil, a three-time All-Star himself, ...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 103
On this episode, back like he never left, the Swag Champ himself, Nick Young. Before he heads over to China to play in the CBA, Gil wanted to get Nick on, and give him a proper send off. Nick’s come a long way through his basketball journey both on and off the court. We dive into those early DC days that shaped his career and, of course recall a few legendary stories from back in the day. In addition to his unmatched fashion sense, Nick’s style of play was ahead of its time too. For Gil, he reco...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 102
On this episode, we coach the man that runs the show at the most followed program in the country, Andre Chevalier, head coach of Sierra Canyon. His alumni includes Kenyon Martin Jr, Scotty Pippen Jr, BJ Boston, Cassius Stanley and Ziaire Williams. Coach Dre has the demands of a high profile team to handle, but it’s on level one hundred when you throw on the celebrity culture that surrounds the school. Their schedule takes them all over the map and they are the marquee name for every team they fa...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 101
On this episode, we’ve hit a big number so we had to ring in the occasion with the one and only Dwyane Wade. DWade and Gil go way back, but there’s a lot to the friendship and the rivalry that we haven’t heard about....until now. Think back to when a young Dwyane Wade entered the league and how his career tracked from there. He’s a champion, a lock hall of famer, but really one of the players responsible for shifting what the league’s future looked like. For Gil, it is DWade’s talent that needs ...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 100
On this episode, what starts out as a conversation about basketball evolves into a conversation full of life lessons. For John Lucas III, basketball has been life. His pops, John Lucas was a player, and has had a long career as a coach spanning multiple eras of the NBA. John grew up in the game, becoming a pro himself. He’s seen it from the perspective of the star, the back up, the journeyman and the rookie. The game took him all over the world, and is, for the most part, his identity. For Gil, ...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 99
On this episode, we’ve a coach on the show! David Fizdale truly embodies the spirit of the game, with a nod to the old school, and a well adjusted connection to the current era of players. Coach Fiz came up in an era of basketball in LA before players moved around, and one where your community was rooted in the game. As Fiz’s basketball life took him out of his neighborhood and far beyond X’s and O’s, he’s established himself as one of the best minds in the game. For Gil, Coach Fiz has always be...
Jan 20, 2021•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 98
On this episode, we get a look at Agent Zero at work...this time as a coach. It’s one thing as a player to individually push yourself, work on what you need to make yourself better and understand what works for you. Now, Gil’s applying that to players as pupils, giving them the groundwork to become who they want to be as players. For Gil, it all comes down to competition. Your time in the gym has to be for one thing and one thing, to be the ultimate competitor. To push yourself beyond limits and...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 97
On this episode, we’ve got a Hall of Famer and one of the best receivers ever to throw on a helmet, the one, the only, Terrell Owens. You know him as the all-time great talent and larger than life persona, but there’s so much more to understand in terms of his mindset and approach to the game. Also, it’s about time we stop to recognize just how much of a pioneer he was in his celebrations and the flair he brought to the sport. Oh and he also is a hooper. For Gil, putting high level athletes on t...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 96
On this episode, we jump right back into another NBA season. It was a short, short offseason, but looking at the glass half full for 2021, we’re getting a full season and the NBA cycle back on track. As much basketball as possible please! For some players, they didn’t get to the Bubble and have had long layoff, while for others it was a quick turnaround. Either way, hoopers staying hooping.] For Gil, as the season gets back, he wants to see who’s going to step up. From the guys in new places, th...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 95
On this episode, we take a trip back to the early 2000’s. In the early days of the internet and online media, a young Agent Zero became a blog sensation. His writer, current NBA beat reporter, New York Times best selling author and NBA on ESPN personality, Dave McMenamin. Back then, a young journalist on the rise, Dave was connected with Gil in DC to submit some entries to NBA.com. What they got was a whole lot more than expected. It was then that Gil discovered the power of the media, how to ge...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 94
On this episode, we run through the deep amount of young talent and future stars that we sat down with this year. When we set out to get familiar with the next wave of players, we wanted to give them an opportunity to pick the brain and learn from the one and only Agent Zero. Meanwhile, Gil wanted to see for himself what exactly this next crop was made of. Bottom line...the game is in good hands! From guys hitting the league, like Onyeka Okongwu or Cassisus Stanley, to the guys ready to make the...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 93
On this episode, we catch up with one of the most athletically gifted and psychologically prepared prospects ahead of the 2020 NBA Draft, Cassius Stanley. After one season at Duke and a product of southern California, Cassius is primed to make a splash at the pro level. While his 46-inch vertical catches your eye, it’s his poise and professionalism that will make him a difference maker in the league. Add in that year of polish under Coach K’s tutelage, and he’s set to have a huge payoff with his...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 92
On this episode, we head out to Vegas to check out one of the top players in the country. One thing you should know about Vegas (if you didn’t know already) they hoop out there. It’s not just the Summer League or Team USA camps, Jaden Hardy is proof that top talent is out in the desert. His unique makeup puts him in a category that blends the attributes of a playmaker and an assassin. This means he can create for himself, teammates and flat-out takeover when he needs to. He’s also atop the ranki...
Nov 11, 2020•57 min•Ep. 91
On this episode, we’ve got two Wizards greats together. John Wall, DC’s franchise player has been working overtime and is set to return on another level. John is one of the most electrifying players in the league when healthy, and as he’s getting back to one hundred percent, it’s what he’s adding that is the most impressive. We catch up with him at the Sports Academy in California where he traveled to put in work and square off against the likes of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and other top NBA ta...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 90
On this episode, we catch up with Darren Collison. Since hanging it up, Darren has moved on to a space where he is directly impacting the next wave of players. In 2019 he started Pro’s Vision, a full service training program based in Orange County, where he passes on his NBA experience, on court knowledge and rolls up his sleeves to get down to training top crop players. For Darren, he values the mentor role above all, as he stays connected to the game while watching his players' development. Fo...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 89
On this episode, we have a player that is in a position to have a next level impact on the game, break molds and shift the culture. Peyton Waston has been developing into a monster...and you will get to know him very soon. The top ranked player in California, he’s headed into his senior year at Long Beach Poly already committed to UCLA for 2021. His 6’9 frame gives him unguardable length that is backed up high level playmaking ability, the versatility you dream about and scary defensive skills. ...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 88
