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.
Gilbert Arenas on the time LeBron James PICKED THEM apart 🤯
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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Lebron been coaching for decades
@jake-f6s8gSee it on YouTubeSpacing & Pacing...sit the big, attack & pick it up!
@ajpenny1427See it on YouTubeNot a big Bron fan but you gotta respect the IQ for real
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6'8 with shoes vs. 6'8 no shoes vs. 6'10 with shoes
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- Channel
- Out The Mud Podcast
- 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
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Which Cleveland center does Arenas say LeBron signaled to have substituted?
Arenas recalls James signaling for Ilgauskas to come out, prompting Washington to remove Brendan Haywood.


