Pushing Buttons & Taking Names W/ Rashad McCants | The Underground Lounge S4. E6

Former NBA star, NCAA Champion, and Gil's Arena co-host Rashad McCants pulls up to The Underground Lounge for one of his most honest and unfiltered conversations yet.

Rashad opens up about the highs and lows of his basketball journey, dealing with the pressure of expectations, the injuries that changed the trajectory of his NBA career, and the accountability it took to find peace after the game. He also shares what led him into sports media, why former players are changing the basketball conversation, and how Gil's Arena became one of the biggest sports shows in the game.

One of the biggest conversations of the episode centers around the current state of Gil's Arena. Rashad addresses the questions fans have been asking, discusses the show's evolution, working alongside Skip Bayless, Gilbert Arenas' role moving forward, and clears up some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding everything happening behind the scenes.

Lou Williams, Spank Horton, and Rashad also dive into competing against legends like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, life after basketball, navigating politics in the NBA, the importance of controlling your own narrative, sports media, and why independent voices continue to reshape the culture.

As always, the laughs are nonstop, the stories are real, and no topic is off limits in the Lounge.