I was watching the Wizards/Boston pre-game show last evening. Arenas claims he has it out for the coaches who did not vote for him as an all-star. He mentioned their next three upcoming games as a motivating factor for him because he knows personally that these coaches did not vote him in.

Secondly, he is pissed that he only played nine minutes in the all-star game. He claims that he will redeem himself against the pistons and make the pistons pay for whatever.

It appears that Gilbert needs some kind of way to validate and will himself to win and shoot 5 million shots per game.

I will be at the game on Saturday night. I hope our boys read about Gil shooting his mouth off and take him back to school on saturday night.

Arenas has a back story that reads like one destined to be a Piston.

He was told by his highschool coach that he had ZERO chance to make the varsity team?

Go figure.

Most major universites passed on him thinking that he did not have what it took to compete at the college level.

Whoops.

Arenas dropped all the way to the second round of the draft after initialing thinking he would be a top 10 prospect.

Whoops again.

After a successful collegiate season, becoming the first player in his draft class to make the ALLSTAR team, and winning the respect of his NBA peers...it is safe to say that he has more than exceeded expectations.

He loves to play with a chip on his shoulder. I wouldn't take his comments to seriously. He is a competitor. Rather Pistons like, don't you think?

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dear Pistons,
can we PLEASE use this as an excuse to get up and play some DEFENSE!!!!
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Pistons don't disrespect opponents in the press.

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Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

good point.

II used to watch Arenas when he was in college. I watch him play every game here in D.C. live or on the local comcast channel.

Arenas is not a team player, he is very concentrated on his own individual goals and accomplishments. Eddie Jordan has pretty much given him the green light to shoot as much as he likes.

This area is the chief complaint amongst all wizards fans; his inability or refusal to get his teamates involved in the offense. So many times, Haywood/Michael Ruffin/Jeffries and others are wide open, instead of passing to these players in the low block he shoots the ball.

I really do not consider Arenas that great of a player, if I was shooting 190,000 shots per night, I could also be #3 in the league in scoring.

If you were to look up shoot first point guard in the Webster's dictionary of basketball terminolgy, you would find a small picture of Gil Arenas.

That's the reason he does where the number 0 on his jersey.

You're obviously more educated than myself on the subject of Arenas.

To hell with him then.

Arenas' big problem is that he is all about himself. His comments are immature and pathetic. He's so blinded by what he considers "personal disrespect" that he lets it cloud his judgement. His comments are not those of a "team player".

I never liked this clown. Poor man's AI.

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Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

Well well well Mr. Gilbert of the Arenas. You shot your mouth off and got over on the Big Bad Pistons. I like that Gilbert. It's part of the thrill of the chase. Talk smack and back it up, it aint smack, it's the truth.
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But the Pistons are all about the KILL.That means shuting your season down in the playoffs. That's a kill. Your gonna get kilt in the playoffs Gilbert. Can you stoke up your teammates to win a best of seven in the NBA Playoffs, Gilbert?
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Your name kinda has a gladiator sound to it. Gilbert of the Arenas. Like you were born to compete in the arenas. Unfortunately you are
Gilbertof the arenas. What is a Gilbert? I aint a "Thor" or even a "Victor". I think it's a "dork".
My name is....

GILBERT