04-03-2009, 12:27 AM
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Year Of The Basel
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Why Is Arenas Out There Playing Now?
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I've said it a trillion times and will probably keep saying it, because, yes, I'm that stubborn:
For his own safety and the Washington Wizards' long-term wellness, I really wish that Agent Zero would have played in zero games this season.
However ...
I can confess now that I did fib a little. (Over and over again.)
I was secretly hoping that he'd at least play in one (or both) of Washington's two April games against Cleveland, since Gilbert Arenas was determined to ignore us all anyway.
Irrational as that thinking is, you can probably work out the reasoning. This is a league desperately low on real rivalries. Cleveland-Washington, one-sided or not, is one of the best, because the teams share an undeniable contempt for each other in spite of the Cavs' head-to-head dominance.
So even when I'm cringing watching a half-speed Gilbert out there -- who admitted to TNT's David Aldridge that he's hesitant to drive the ball because he's skittish about contact -- I was also selfishly loving the sight of Arenas and Brendan Haywood out there, making this an unexpectedly legit TNT Thursday and enabling the Wiz to finally field a lineup worthy of scoring a 109-101 upset at home to halt the Cavs' 13-game win streak.
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Why Is Arenas Out There Playing Now?
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