Friday, December 18, 2009
He's Back
The Boston Celtics made some of the biggest moves in the off season picking up Rasheed Wallace and Marquis Daniels. The defending east champions picked up the modern day human highlight Vince Carter. King James's Cavs added the future hall of fame over the hill Shaq. But the biggest pick up of the off season was the physical therapy of Agent Zero Gilbert Arenas.
The season has started off very slowly for Arenas as he has played very tentatively turning the ball over far more often than Flip Saunders would like. While Arenas has shot a paltry 40% from the field and 72% from the free throw line on the new knee he seemed to be lacking the swagger that had him in the same category as Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade before the injury. Had Arenas not been injured in 2007 he was a lock to be part of the most recent dream team in Bejing. The past two seasons have been injury marred for Gil but now and throughout most of the season he has looked like a shell of his old self until Friday night. 45 points and 13 assists while shooting 60% from the field might have been just the medicine Gil needed to remember who he is. The kid that couldn't get a scholarship offer from his hometown UCLA Bruins or USC Trojans. The kid that could barely play in the NCAA championship game due to a shoulder injury in the semis. The kid that was ignored until the 2nd round of the NBA draft. He is Agent Zero. He is one of the premiere talents in the NBA. He has come back from plenty of adversity in his life and now it's just one of those times when Gil will get his game back.
In the past Gil was always answering his critics with anger in his game that told them they had no idea what they were thinking when they didn't recruit him, when they failed to draft him. Now he is answering the biggest critic of all himself. Friday night with the 45 and 13 he has answered the critc as he can dominate again in the NBA. He is only 27.
In Washington Antoine Jamison is playing some of his best basketball of his career. Caron Butler is one of the best third options in the NBA. Brendon Haywood is playing the best basketball of his life averaging a double double while being the defensive anchor. The depth is quality with Mike Miller, a rising star in Nick Young, and role players Andray Blatche and DeShawn Stevenson combined with Flip Saunder defensive preachings this could be the year for the Wizards. Not only could they knock off one of the beasts of the east but making a run for the Eastern Conference Championship could be a reality if this game has awoken Ageny Zero.
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