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**MJG** · 10-07-2004, 10:24 PM

Arenas and EJ continue to work on their relationship ...

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Washington Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan said he is still "learning to coach" Gilbert Arenas, his eccentric, sometimes erratic but often exciting young point guard. Jordan knows how a tight relationship between coach and floor leader can benefit a team -- his well-documented closeness with point guard Jason Kidd when Jordan was an assistant in New Jersey helped contribute to the Nets reaching the NBA Finals two consecutive years.

Jordan isn't nearly as close with Arenas as he was Kidd. "It's no comparison," Jordan said of the relationship. "Seems like they're two generations apart."

But theirs is a burgeoning bond, which began to improve last summer, when Jordan invited Arenas to New Jersey to watch a first-round playoff game between the Nets and the Knicks.

Sitting in front-row seats, the two talked basketball and life; they compared the point guard play of Kidd and Stephon Marbury; and they broke down some of the intricacies of the Princeton-style offense Arenas struggled to grasp last season.

"He was teaching me as I was watching," Arenas said. "It was good."

The routes they took to get to New Jersey are about as different as their approaches to the game. "He's an NBA player," Jordan said, before flashing a smile. "I drove 3½ hours and he flew first-class."

jazzy1 · 10-07-2004, 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by <b>MJG</b>!
Arenas and EJ continue to work on their relationship ...

Man Arenas keeps it interesting .

He is tempermental. He wants to win badly. He needs to trust his teammates. Once the trust is found instinctively watch out.

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