Gilbert Arenas

Gilbert Arenas' act is finally starting to get real old real fast. He is a goofy looking person who no conscience when it comes to shooting the basketball. He will shoot from anywhere at any time. Sure he makes his many of his clutch shots, but is he dragging his team down? I mean the Washington Wizards have arguably done better without him in the lineup than with him in it. In the beginning of the year, before Gilbert was shut down for the season, the Wizards were a below .500 team fighting to even get into the playoff picture. Without him, and his ridiculous shot selection, the Wizards are an above .500 team solidly in the playoff picture. They are currently the number number 6 seed in the Eastern Conference. He takes way too many shots and turns the ball over way too much to be considered a premier player. He was not even shooting above 40 % before he got injured, which goes to show how much he shoots. (Kobe said that Gilbert Arenas was the most unconscious shooter in the NBA. This is the same Kobe Bryant that demands the ball every single time down the court). Now Arenas has told the team that he will opt out of his contract, a contract which already pays him more than 10 millions dollars a year. He basically wasted his entire year this year, by sitting out all but 8 games and has the nerve to publicly announce that he wants a bigger, more lucrative contract. That is definitely not a player that I would want on my team.