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LeBron's bench signal gets an Arenas replay on Out The Mud

A playoff memory becomes the standout clip in a week of Arenas stories, from championship ideas to a Ferrari mishap.

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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Gilbert Arenas remembers the substitution that opened everything up. LeBron James would signal Cleveland's bench to remove center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas; Washington would respond by sitting Brendan Haywood. Then James and Larry Hughes would attack the basket.

In Out The Mud Podcast's most-watched new upload, Arenas says he spotted the pattern while injured on the bench, after Washington had already lost an earlier series. Reviewing the film convinced him it had been happening from the beginning. The story is less about an unstoppable individual move than persuading the opposition to remove the player protecting its rim.

That excerpt has reached roughly 335,000 views and is comfortably the channel's busiest video right now. Viewers are discussing James as an on-court coach, the importance of spacing and the unreliable business of comparing players' listed heights. Arenas also recalls urging his coach to try Jared Jeffries on James instead of Caron Butler.

Arenas supplied plenty of other material across the week's fifteen uploads: a player he says could stop him, a possible championship pathway for Philadelphia, a near-team-up with Dwyane Wade and a Ferrari story involving an unshoveled driveway. His basketball memories fit naturally on Zach Randolph and Tony Allen's show, where former players can explain the thinking behind the highlights.

The channel added about 2,000 subscribers over the week, although its daily viewing is currently below its usual level. Among nearby podcast channels, Cleared Hot had a particularly large viewing week; Bach and Arthur Podcast was quieter, with no subscriber gain. Out The Mud's strongest draw remains Arenas explaining the move before the move: getting Haywood onto the bench.

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The facts
Subscribers
185,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
2,600,881
Videos published this week
15
Video published
November 8, 2026
Video views so far
334,562
Views on its first day
137,309

The numbers

Here is how Out The Mud Podcast's audience and uploads moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Triforce!
46,983
subscribers
185,000
▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
total views
165,830,939
views per day
308,319
typical day: 424,372
As of November 11, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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