<![CDATA[reversepivot Blog Posts]]> http://www.washingtonwizardsnews.com/reversepivot/weblog/ <![CDATA[Gilbert Arenas return a good thing]]> http://www.washingtonwizardsnews.com/reversepivot/weblog/1511/gilbert-arenas-return-a-good-thing.html http://www.washingtonwizardsnews.com/reversepivot/weblog/1511/gilbert-arenas-return-a-good-thing.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:29:08 PDT So Gilbert Arenas is apparently going to opt out of the final year of his contract this summer and test the free agent market.  Honestly, if I were the Wizards, I'd probably say, "Okay, go ahead lets see what happens."  You know why?  Because, look at how well they played this year without him.  They've got a good core nucleus of players and promising young talent in Nick Young and Andray Blatche.  Yes Blatche and Young don't look like Kobe or Garnett right now, but you can see them progressing.  In fact Arenas' injury this season was great for Young, because he got a chance to really get some experience under his belt. 

As far as Arenas though, he got too big of a head last season.  Remember when he was dropping 60 on the Lakers?  Making like every three he threw up there from two steps over half court?  Yeah we all remember that.  But notice how his play slipped towards the end of the year after he became "Agent Zero," and boasted that he would drop 50 points on the Portland Trail Blazers.  That knee injury on April 4, 2007 almost seemed like bad karma coming around and biting him in the hebachi (a term coined by Arenas after he became Agent Zero). 

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