Is Gilbert Calling It Quits On 2008-09?
GilbertWhat will determine when Gilbert Arenas returns to the court? This shouldn’t be a hard question. Once his $111 million knee is back near 100%, Gilbert should be on the floor of the Verizon Center.
But there’s a chance that the status of his knee won’t be the biggest factor in Gil’s decision to play this season. If Arenas doesn’t like the Wizards’ record when he feels ready to come back, he just might bag the entire season.
“Me and Brendan, we talk about it,” Arenas said. “If I come back in January — that’s about 20, 25 games we counted — when do we say it’s okay? If we’re 15 games out, how hard is it to come back from that? It might depend on who is in the eighth spot at the time and what our record is.”
I’m usually a big Gilbert fan, but this is ridiculous. He mentioned something else about using this year to get someone high in the Draft, similar to what happened to San Antonio when David Robinson got hurt and they picked Tim Duncan.
But there are two major problems there: first, Robinson is in a League above Arenas. And second, Robinson tried to come back from a back problem before fracturing his left foot. He didn’t just throw away 40 games.
What are your thoughts on this?
Source: Washington Post
November 21st, 2008 at 8:33 am
Kudabeen says:
No more Gil related post…until he is on the court.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:37 am
Mr. K1X says:
i agree, enough is enough.
commercials
blogs
wax statues!!! haha
this dude is/was nice, but what have you done for me lately??
is he the next T-Mac??
November 21st, 2008 at 8:42 am
rodnets says:
@Kudabeen
Well said.
Next probable Dime posts:
1) Dime Piece : Topless Gil
Gil’s found pregntant
2) Name One Player who is not on the court and collects 100Gs.
3) We Reminisce: Gil Yelling Hibachi at the crowd while telling to crack 50 in every game.
4) Who spent more time injured Gil or Allan Houston
5) Gil Headed to Uzbekistan Warriors?
7) Gil’s dog.
9) Gil eats a tunna sandwitch that upsets his stomach.
10) Gil dates Lindsey Lohan
and so on, imagination is the limit
November 21st, 2008 at 8:43 am
Kobeef says:
BREEAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!
Al Harrington to the Knicks!!!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:49 am
Kobeef says:
Possibly for Jamal Crawford…that can’t be right….
but the numbers work….bad trade for NY if they give-up Crawford
November 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am
Notorious says:
Said it before and I will saying again, the MOST OVERRATED player in the league. What a gigantic waste of money by the Wizards. $111 million for a guy with bad knees and no heart. Seriously talking about sitting the year out for a better draft pick, what a loser. Great call Wizards, your future is tied to the leagues biggest loser, Mr heartless, Gil the Buzzkill.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:07 am
d says:
notorious, I hear that. Gil is weak. I honestly don’t think he makes his team that much better (if at all - well, this current team aside). But in recent years, what has he done to really help the Wiz get past the hump? I can’t recall much.
That is a serious, serious waste of money. Save the $111 mil for a bunch of other FA’s that make your team better. Or, in the alternative, buy a real habachi grill for the locker room. At least that thing would be actually getting used.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am
Sam I Am says:
HA !!!
To all my fellow DC natives who bashed on me a while back saying “No one here in the DC metropolitan area hates Gil.”
Well watch the lines start forming cuz this dude is a sell out and an expensive one.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am
D. Phoenix says:
@Kobeef,
The Knicks are trading Malik Rose for Al Harrington.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11212008/sports/knicks/walsh_cuts_a_deal_for_an_old_favorite_139971.htm
November 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
iain. says:
@rodnets, not lindsay dude that girl likes girls, if you know what I mean!
AND CRAWFORD FOR HARRINGTON NO WAY!?? maybe isiah is still calling the shots.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:38 am
that dude says:
Im from Dc and i feel ashamed.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:47 am
rodnets says:
@iain
That was on purpose, to see how invented the headlines are.
Peace
November 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am
karizmatic says:
Gilbert Arenas sucks.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Sam I Am says:
I mean trust I, as a local fan, was thinking damn we like 1-7 maybe we COULD start tanking it for the high lottery pick…
But I mean it’s just shameful and knowing our luck we’ll get a really low pick or a high pick and get kwame 2.0
November 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am
marcus the great says:
i mean, it would be better to not risk (another) injury in a season that you prolly won’t go far in anyway, while maybe gettin a high draft pick…. makes sense to me
November 21st, 2008 at 10:21 am
ninja cool says:
I knew this would pop up here soon. Yeah, great Agent Zero, even if you finish last, you still have that gazillion contract. So who cares, right?
November 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
soopatroopa says:
way to go gilbert…take the money and run…
only play if the team is in contention?…talk about a quitter…
gilbert sucks…and he’s clearly an attention whore…
November 21st, 2008 at 10:57 am
control says:
People ROASTED and are STILL roasting Vince Carter for his comments about quitting on Toronto. Why does Gil get a free pass? Vince has done more in his career than Gil ever has. Gil has been injured a bigger percentage of his career than Vince as well.
November 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
Gilbert Arenas says:
Woohoo! People are talking about me!
November 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am
Caribballin says:
this move would be gay.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
David Brandon says:
man….i like gil but he’s been puttin himself in a bad light lately by saying allll the wrong things. after hearing this, and knowing how competitive he’s come across as being, someone needs to run some damage control.
November 21st, 2008 at 1:29 pm
dano says:
gil’s the new penny hardaway. he had ONE YEAR that was good, the year after he got snubbed for the world championship/olympic squad. wiz’s management thought that was good enough for $111 million? even if he didnt get hurt he wouldnt be worth that much money. and now he goes and says something stupid like this. hes got no heart, no desire, and will never win anything. hes just a scorer anyway. ask carmelo or iverson how successful being a scorer in this league makes you.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Caribballin says:
oh yeah….gotta love the adidas ‘brother hood’ thing