SeaNet

Spriggan, read above quotation from an Arenas fan. This is not good decision making. And it kills chemistry. Arenas is definitely the 'leader' of the Wizards. And their record indicates just where he's leading them.

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Sign and Trade for Vince? Any takers... anyone at all...?

G-Force

How many games has Gilbert scored 35+ points this season? How many of those games were wins? Just curious...

Spriggan

He's leading a crappy team to a crappy record. Same thing little-known roleplayer Kevin Garnett did last season. Last year, when Arenas had Hughes alongside him, the Wizards went to the 2nd round of the playoffs. People are hilarious with their continuous disregard of the particular circumstances surrounding a player. Just look at Elton Brand. He has single-handedly made 80% of this entire messageboard look foolish with his play this season. When a good player is surrounded by good players, his team does well. When a good player is surrounded by poor players, his team does poorly. Why do people find it so difficult to grasp this?

One guy on the Wizards is averaging an efficient 30 points a game. Another averages 18 ppg on 40% shooting. Somehow, the former gets all the blame.

Does Arenas sometimes shoot too quickly? Yes, this has been an issue his whole career, but his decision-making in this area isn't nearly as poor as it once was. It's improved by leaps and bounds. I never said he was perfect. He still makes mental mistakes. But saying Arenas never gets teammates involved is like saying Vince can't jump. And those shots he takes early in the shot clock? He tends to hit them.

The best thing, though, is that Gilbert Arenas is so selfish that two other players on his team last season averaged over 20 ppg, one of them sharing ball-handling duties half the time.

Then again, I am talking to someone who thinks that even Tracy McGrady (possibly the least selfish, sometimes to a fault, elite perimeter player in the entire league) is a selfish ballhog. Is there a single top scorer that you like, or do you follow some "if they score over 26 ppg, I hate them" rule?

cambyblockingyou

Arenas just plays out of position, he's not a PG. don't expect a shooting guard to play like a point guard. put him at his right position and he'll be fine.

Shanghai Kid

Arenas is the only reason the Wiz are even competitive in games. Whenever he doesn't have a big night I pretty much expect them to lose (their 1-8 when he scores under 25). What he's doing this season is amazing, anybody who thinks he's just being a ball hog needs to look at the fact that he's getting almost 30ppg on only 21.6 shots per game and shooting good percentages. He's been a more efficient overall scorer than nearly all the big perimeter scorers, only Lebron is doing more with less shots.

Seanet, you don't seem to know much about the teams situation other than probably thinking "Arenas is a PG who scores alot, thats why their losing" which is fairly simple minded.

All that said, Arenas WILL carry the Wiz to the playoffs.

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SCREWED like Bret Hart!

Spriggan

And that's the end of that.