10-14-2005, 09:58 PM
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A Reluctant Leader
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...101400727.html
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"I just don't like the name 'captain.' Ever since I was little," Arenas said. "I guess I'm a doer. I just do me. I don't like to tell anybody else what to do."
Furthermore, Arenas remembered that last season's captains -- Larry Hughes, Antawn Jamison and Etan Thomas -- appeared to be jinxed.
"When he said 'captain,' I was like, 'OK, Larry got hurt last year, Antawn got hurt last year and Etan got hurt last year,"' Arenas said. "I don't think I like that captain thing too much."
Finally, Jordan was taken aback when Arenas said: "Coach, sometimes I don't believe the things that I say. I don't know if these guys believe it."
Jordan should have expected as much. After all, it was the coach who coined the term "Gilbertology" last year to describe the mercurial point guard whose words and deeds seem at times to come from another planet. Jordan reconsidered his decision, but only for a few days. He offered Arenas a captaincy anyway, and Arenas accepted without truly being convinced, at 23, that he's qualified for the job.
"I'm still learning," Arenas said. "A leader is that person who knows everything, who's been experienced. I don't know if I'm that experienced to teach anybody yet. I'm still taking lessons from somebody like Chucky (Atkins), somebody like Antonio (Daniels), because they've been in the league more than me."
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