Gilbert Arenas capped his 42-point night by banking in a right-handed runner as time expired to give the Washington Wizards a 108-106 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday night.
Arenas crossed over Earl Watson, drove with his left hand, then switched to his right and scooped up the runner past Seattle’s Rashard Lewis and Chris Wilcox. Arenas then jogged to midcourt, circled around and stripped off his jersey, dropping it at the free throw line on his way to the locker room.
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bun // Mar 21, 2007 at 9:08 pm
i hope u got the rights to the word gilbertology. i saw it on tv and this site just came into my head. btw did u see his shoes? please find pics.
Stephanie // Mar 22, 2007 at 10:17 am
I’m not too fond of the move Gil pulled with his jersey.
He needs to let this stuff go. In the beginning of the season, it was real humerous and I liked it. I’m not liking it so much anymore. He’s going overboard. This is a bad reflection on Eddie Jordan and Ernie Grunsfeld (owner). He could very quickly fall into the disfavor of a lot of people. I seriously think he undercut…took the focus off…a terrific performance in which he hit the game winner. It was vaguely reminicent of the time when Terrell Owens posed on the Dallas star, basically saying “this is my turf. I own you.” He could be on the verge of becomming a TO. TO’s career started off as very refreshing and is now freakin’ annoying. That’s not the route to take.
Gilbert has such an amazing story. It’s not just a campaign slogan. He really has gone from Zero to Hero. He is too smart. He’s too good of a player to let this s**t go on. He could unltimately be known as one of the all time greats. But, not if this continues. Perception becomes reality. If this is what people percieve you to be, it’s what you’re going to be.
garrett s // Mar 22, 2007 at 11:10 am
what exactly did he do with his jersey i missed the second half. and pics of his shoes are on espn.com in the nba section under “photos” those were crazy looking
garrett s // Mar 22, 2007 at 11:12 am
anyone have a pic of gil doing the hibachi hand motion????? i need to use it for my avatar on another site
gilzeezy // Mar 22, 2007 at 2:39 pm
bun - check this out about the gilzeros by adidas and a new company called Undrcrwn.
http://www.highsnobiety.com/home/the_daily_news/archive/2007/march/22/adidas_x_undr_crwn_partly_revealed/index.htm?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=27&cHash=a19806d89f
Lauren // Mar 22, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Stephanie…do you even understand Gilbert Arenas? Have you not yet read the blog that he just entered about people saying stuff like you just did? What he did is the exact reason why people love him…
Sam // Mar 22, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Stephanie, 1st u need to read his last blog http://www.nba.com/blog/gilbert_arenas 2nd thats what makes gilbert, gilbert. My friend who is a pheonix fan and i were talking about nash and gilbert. I told him that while nash is good i would have to be a pheonix fan over a wizards one. why? because nash has no personallity or at least none like gilbert. gilbert gets it 100% right in his blog, he does make being a fan fun. Like today i was wearing my gilbert jersey and was playing a game. I made one crazy shot right before i left and took my jersey off and layedit on the court and walked away (of course i went back and got it). Everyone laughed. This and many deshawn and Hibachi hand motions are part of the game and without players like gilbert to do them the game is just boring.
Sam // Mar 22, 2007 at 4:57 pm
sorry i made a typo i would “hate” to be a pheonix fan not “have”
Stephanie // Mar 22, 2007 at 6:00 pm
I’ve read it. Unfortunate, that I wrote this way before I read this blog. I totally understand Gil. I’m one of his biggest fans. No, not THE biggest…I don’t believe that exists. He sounded very genuine in his blog. It’s so inspiring that I cant hate on him too much. He’s a very intelligent dude, he’ll learn from the mistakes he makes. But that blog was amazing, very insightful and very true on the game of basketball. I respected him a lot before, but after reading his latest blog, I respect him a whole lot more.
I say a lot in the heat of the moment. If it was a home game, I don’t think I would’ve responded that way. I still hold the torch for Arenas, and will continue to watch every game.
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