Eastbay has two new colorways of the Adidas Gil-Zero Mid, however, they are calling them the Adidas NCAA Zero Mid basketball shoe. They are on sale for $69.99 as are most of the other Gil-Zero shoes. Meanwhile, Footlocker also has some Gil Zero’s for sale. Add on the 30% Friends and Family discount this Memorial day weekend and you can get a pair of shoes for around $50, provided you can find your size.

 

With highly rated Oak Hill Academy point guard Brandon Jennings declaring his intent to go to Point Guard University (Arizona) yesterday, I’ve put together a list of my top 10 NBA players out of Arizona:

10. Channing Frye
Earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors as both a junior and senior and ranks high in several categories on Wildcats’ career lists, including second in blocks, third in rebounds, and eighth in total points.

9. Steve Kerr
Named a Second Team All-American as a senior and to the PAC-10 All-Academic Team, not to mention, lots of championship rings.

8. Luke Walton
Named Honorable Mention All-America by AP following junior and senior seasons. Also garnered All-Pac-10 Conference recognition both seasons.

7. Sean Elliott
Won the 1988-89 John Wooden Award as college Player of the Year after his senior season at Arizona

6. Damon Stoudamire
A finalist for College Player of the Year. He led the Wildcats to the 1994 Final Four and a pair of Pac-10 titles (1993 and 1994).

5. Jason Terry
Arizona’s all-time steals leader. Named First Team All-America by AP; National Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated, CBS/Chevrolet and Rawlings/Basketball Times; and Pac-10 Player of the Year his senior year.

4. Mike Bibby
Named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and helped lead the Wildcats to the 1997 NCAA Championship as a freshman.

3. Richard Jefferson
Selected to All-Pac-10 Freshman Team after 1998-99 season and helped Arizona reach NCAA Tournament three times.

2. Andre Iguodala
Became the first player in Arizona history to lead the team in rebounds, assists and steals in the same season.

1. Gilbert Arenas
Named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press after both sophomore and freshman seasons. Named to All-Pac-10 First Team, The Sporting News’ All-Pac-10 First Team, NABC All-District 15 First Team. As a freshman, selected to Pac-10 All-Freshman First Team and to Basketball Times’ Freshman All-America Second Team. Helped Arizona reach NCAA Tournament twice, losing to Duke in 2001 NCAA Championship Game.

In honor of the NBA Lottery Order being held tonight and since many fans will be disappointed that their team won’t have one of the top 2 picks in the draft, I give you hope with my Top 10 list of NBA 2nd round picks dating back to the past 20 some years. Who knows, maybe your team will draft the next Gilbert Arenas.

As an added bonus, I’ve included a completely random note on free throws for each one.

10. Jeff Hornacek, 1986, #46 by the Phoenix Suns
A pure shooter. His free throw routine consisted of him stroking his cheek three times before every free throw as a way to say “Hi” to his 3 kids.

9. Nick Van Exel, 1993, #37 by the L.A. Lakers
A clutch shooter and an All-Star, he finished among the top 15 in assists in eight of his 12 seasons. In his later years he shot his free-throws a few feet beyond the free-throw line.

6. Carlos Boozer, 2002, #35 by the Cleveland Cavs
Voted to an All-Star this year (but was injured). Has a strange reaction to made free throws.

7. Manu Ginobili, 1999, #57 by the San Antonio Spurs
2 championships and maybe a third on the way. An all-star appearance to boot. Unfortuntley, he is pretty boring and average when it comes to free throws. So much so he does not deserve a picture

5. Toni Kukoc, 1990, #29 by the Chicago Bulls
Sixth Man of the Year, 3 championships. Once in 1999 against the Nets, he attempted 20 free throws. Boring.

4. Rashard Lewis, 1998, drafted #32 by the Seattle SuperSonics
A past All-Star. Once had a streak of of 35 consecutive free throws. Continuing with the boring theme.

3. Michael Redd, 2000, #34 by the Milwaukee Bucks
Made the All-NBA Third Team and an NBA All-Star in 2004. One of the top scorers in the league today. Last year, he made 50 consecutive free throws and shot an NBA-best 94.6% from the FT line in the month of February. Getting better but still not deserving of a picture.

8. Mark Price, 1986, #25 by the Dallas Mavericks
Consistently among the assist leaders, he won the Long Distance Shootout twice, and was a four-time All-Star. Made the All-NBA First Team after the 1992-1993 season. He was also money from the free throw line, shooting 94.7% one year followed by 94.8% the next.

2. Dennis Rodman, 1986, #27 by the Detroit Pistons
Hard to argue with 5 titles, two time Defensive Player of the Year, All-Defensive Team seven times, rebounding title seven consecutive years, two time All-Star, and was named to the All-NBA 3rd Team twice. Terrible free thrower. Once quoted as saying

“I can’t begin to describe the amount of crap I’ve taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.”

1. Gilbert Arenas, 2001, #31 by the Golden State Warriors
Didn’t see this one coming did you? What’s to say that hasn’t already been said? 3-time All-Star, blah blah blah blah. Oh and not only does he have the best free-throw routine in the league, he once supposedly tried to attempt a free throw by bouncing the ball off the court into the basket. I can neither confirm or deny that it actually happened.

Moderately Cerebral Bias has various pictures of Gilbert Arenas interviewed at public events and Gilbert interacting with fans.

One picture he did post on his blog was from Gilbertology reader Eric, who is sharing a very tender moment with Agent Zero.

According to today’s Washington Post, Gilbert Arenas (and Caron Butler) have been working out at Verizon Center since the Wizards were swept out of the first round. Arenas is expected to make a full recover in time for training camp.