GA: I would rather just show them. All they would have to do is give me an opportunity to perform in front of them. You know, I'm a gamer.
I work hard. If I'm going to come to your team, or try out for your team, I'm going to give you my all. That's what I did [when I played]. If you take away the last few years, from my last year in Washington, and you think about my career, there was nothing but hard work. I was in the gym three or four times a day, working on my skills. If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did. That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.
GA: I know the Knicks—I've watched them. They need a lot of help; they need scoring. Someone who can just put the ball in the basket and take the pressure off him. I [also] called Jason Kidd before the season and said 'Listen, I feel that I can be better than some of the players you're going to have. I thought I would've been great coming off the bench for the Brooklyn Nets.
With Derrick Rose being down, Chicago could use some more scoring. They're struggling a little bit. I guess the Lakers, with Steve Nash out. I think I could've made that squad, because that's who I was working out with before training camp started.
I was playing pretty well there. But they had 15 players, so GA : Yes, I do. LeBron at the 1; Kobe-[Michael] Jordan at the If they played in the triangle that's what it would be. That's a tough one. Hakeem Olajuwon at the 4, and Wilt [Chamberlain] at the 5. GA : I like Kyrie [Irving]. He's a little bit more flashier than I was, but getting to the basket, having the one-on-one ability to your game, so you don't need the pick-and-roll to get you open—he has that.
It'd be Kyrie. GA : How many one-on-one players are there? There's a difference between one-on-one players and great NBA players. He's going to go down as one of the best. But a one-on-one player? He's not built for one-on-one. But those who followed his career closely know the turning point was actually on April 4, That night the Wizards were playing the Charlotte Bobcats when forward Gerald Wallace missed a layup in traffic and fell into Arenas' left knee, tearing his medial collateral ligament MCL.
Even at the time, the injury did not seem as daunting as a torn anterior cruciate ligament ACL or Achilles tendon, yet little did we know Arenas would never be the same. That moment was the beginning of the end of one of the most promising careers in the NBA at the time. Arenas rose to stardom quickly, but he crashed just as fast, leaving many to this day wondering what could have been.
Arenas' ascension began with the Golden State Warriors, where he went from a second-round draft pick to the NBA's most improved player in to free agency, all in a span of two years. Due to a loophole in the league's collective bargaining agreement that has since been changed, Arenas was able to bolt from the Warriors and sign for more money with the Wizards. And by his third year he was competing for scoring titles, averaging The misses led to Damon Jones game winner, and as close as that series was, it was over in 6.
Those playoff games vs. LeBron and the Cavaliers were as competitive as any postseason series. Gilbert Arenas played some of his best basketball vs.
I asked him about past stars going down to injury after facing the Cavs in his first regular season game back:. Gilbert Arenas has always had an interest in the media. Arenas is very active on social media when current issues arise, and is straight to the point when he comments. MT: Athlete blogs. There is a disconnect between the players and fans because the media middle man also has a job to do. How can the relationship be made more personal with athletes using their own voice?
Re: the media stuff, Gilbert Arenas was before his time. He would have been great in these explosive social media times, and that he is still active socially only confirms how his personality shines. Polarizing statements are the gift and the curse of Gilbert Arenas, so with the bad, is always the good. A post shared by Gilbert Arenas no. The 2nd round pick 31st out of Arizona was an NBA lightning bolt, and shortly after, his career imploded.
He played 47 games as a rookie due to injury, yet averaged After scoring The team used their one-time amnesty cause on Arenas to waive him. In the time that has followed his playing days in the NBA , Arenas has stayed around the game.
He had played the season with the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association, where he averaged He played in seven games averaging 6.
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