As reported on the Washington Post and Washington Times, Gilbert Arenas will opt out of his contract after next season and become a free agent during the summer of 2008.
On his decision to opt out:
“To me, it’s just a smarter business decision to play next season, opt out and then be able to sign a long-term deal that is going to keep me in one place”
On his intentions:
“I’m not opting out to leave. I’m opting out to sign.”
“I’m not looking at anything else. It’s just business. If something happens where they don’t want me or they’re going in a different direction, I can look elsewhere. But my intentions are not to leave.”
On signing with an agent:
“I don’t need an agent. I can do all of this research myself.”
Arenas would be eligible to sign a maximum contract covering six years and worth between $90 and $100 while other teams could only sign him to a five year contract.
14 responses so far ↓
Jeanie // Jun 10, 2007 at 4:31 pm
i hope its just a trick to get washington to give him more money!
Spurs fan // Jun 10, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I pray to the sweet Lord that Abe “the backstabber” Polin actually gives that fool a one hundred million dollar contract and saddles the Wizards with six more years of no passing, no leadership and no defense. That moron isn’t even a team captain.
Eppy // Jun 11, 2007 at 3:57 am
Listen spurs fan, I must say that I love the Duncan, Finley, Parker combination as much as the next guy and hope they cream “King James” in the finals, but nobody insults my Gil. The man has an air to him that no other superstar can. The fact that he can tell the truth at any press conference, give away his jersey every home game, and create his own charity foundation for kids, just in his first year of being a real star…well that’s something unique. As for his playing, he’s great overall and even greater with the wizards. If you think he was hogging the ball then please explain how Caron was totally kicking this season, and how they completely fell; apart AS A TEAM when Gil was injured.
Luigi // Jun 11, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Listen u %$*%( SPURS FAN UR SO %($#%*( GAY! U KNO BETTER THAN TO INSULT GILBERT ARENAS on his own WEBSITE
THATS WHY UR STUPID SPURS ARE GONNA LOSE TO THE CAVS IN THE NBA FINALS!!!!!!!
as for the news…. i think its just another crazii gilbert trick to get him more money and i hope he stays a WIZARD THE REST OF HIS CAREER! and w.o. Gil, this wizard team is nothing but a tempo team and thats it
GILBERT ARENAS SHALL WIN ALL-NBA 1st team next season
shawn // Jun 11, 2007 at 3:12 pm
SPURS FAN UR A )@#(!)@()!(@ RETARD YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING HES NOT THE TEAM CAPTAIN? NO (*!#@ HE WILL BE SOON. GET OUT OF HERE WHO COMES HERE AND INSULTS GIL ON HIS OWN WEBSITE U STUPID AHOLE HES A TRUE WIZARD AND HE SHOLDINT GO ANYWHERE and neway he does all these jersey giveaways i dont see tim duncan or french fag parker doing anything
blitz // Jun 11, 2007 at 3:52 pm
stop feeding the troll -_-
Spurs fan // Jun 11, 2007 at 8:53 pm
First of all, Caron is a great player without Gilbert’s greed. The team went in a tailspin during the games when he and Antawn were out, long before Gil got hurt. Gilbert is already making more than 10 million per year and the word is that he rejected a three year extension just recently that would have given him even more money. He’s just not worth it. He’s already paid more than a lot of great players in the league (more than all of the Spurs except Duncan) and he’s not a well-rounded player. In fact, he is one of the single worst defenders in the league. Don’t you wonder why the Wizards have the worst perimeter defense in the league right now ? (Check out 3-point percentage allowed, and number of 3-points shots given up per game this season). He’s not a franchise player, and is not a leader. He is just an excellent scorer. He’s getting paid what he deserves, and should be working on his defense and teamwork instead of calling press conferences about demands for more money or about how he’s on the cover of some video game. How many times do the Wiz have to make huge money, long-term offers to overrated one-dimensional players before they figure it out? (Juwan Howard, Rod Strickland, Kwame Brown, and half of Mitch Richmond’s contract) Oh, that’s right, they haven’t won more than 45 games since before Lebron was born. Knowing Abe Polin, they just might lock up that gauranteed mediocrity for another six to seven years….
shawn // Jun 12, 2007 at 5:00 am
how bout you get out of here if your gonna insult gilbert hes a franchise player get over it
evan // Jun 12, 2007 at 12:23 pm
dude spurs fan im not gonna rip u apart because i dont think there is enough left but big dea l he had a conference about his game who cares he was excited. he gets paid more than everyone on spurs except duncan because he is better than everyone on the spurs except duncan. and he has already made it clear this offseason that he is gonna work on his team…dumb$*&#
evan // Jun 12, 2007 at 12:24 pm
*he is gonna work on his defense
Eppy // Jun 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm
How can Gilbert be that greedy averaging 6 assists in a game. It may not sound like that much to you, but that’s pretty hard while also averaging 28.4 points a game. So your calling Gilbert Arenas the greediest player, destroying the Wizards, when he is 18th in THE LEAGUE for assists (that aint too shabby) and 3rd in THE LEAGUE for points, behind Carmello Anthony and Kobe Bryant. As for the defensive problem, HE’S A POINT GAURD!!! He’s not supposed to be getting the blocks! It’s Brenda “the Hair Dresser” Haywood’s fault that the defense sucks. But if you really think Gil’s numbers blow, he is 5th in steals per game among gaurds with 1.88 (Tony Parker is only getting 1.06, number 44 among gaurds, and only has 5.5 assists per game, 21st in the league). So I really would rethink your argument if I were you Spurs fan. And for the record, he looks FLY on the cover of that game!
Grizzle // Jun 12, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Yo,
Gilbert is Greedy!!!
He is greedy in BBALL, for money and attention…Lets get a real player now…
happy face // Apr 6, 2008 at 12:09 pm
if hes smart hes gonna leave the wiz and go somewhere where he has the potential to win a ship. If he stays its gonna prove that he doesnt care about a C-SHIP but rather scoring, franchise player and money. Go to some place like houston where you would fit right in with Mcgrady, Yao, and scola, you’ll get your c-ship there.
JEREMY DEAN HUNT // May 24, 2008 at 6:13 pm
first of all gilbert sucks he is no good the only thing hes as going for him is his will to win he is only good in clutch i dont think gilbert even deserves to be on the cover of nba live 08 he aint better than kobe and never will be did the wizards even make it to the playoffs this year if they did they got kicked out of the first rounds cause the suck so gilbert is making a smart desicion by goin to free agency you never know maybe he can get on a team thats actually won an nba champioship but the wizards sucks LAKERS RULE
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