Some people were surprised by Gilbert’s recent admission that he slept in the Verizon Center but this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Let’s refer back to a December 2006 column by Michael Wilbon:

“I put so much into it after Team USA cut me,” Arenas said, “I was literally living in the gym. I was in there beating myself up. I know it now. I was putting too much pressure on myself, but I wanted it so bad. . . .

“I was in the gym too much. The trainer would say, ‘Gil, you’ve already had a long summer. Get out of here.’ And I would sleep right outside the practice gym. The way I am, I would judge myself based on my performance with Team USA. So I felt I wasn’t good enough. I was questioning myself. You know, stuff starts running through your head. I was feeling, ‘I’m not even playing. I’m sitting and the guys out there aren’t even Kobe and T-Mac. There’s no Tim Duncan or Kevin Garnett out there.’ “

Need more proof? Check out this article from Esquire, where Gilbert is the “subject”:

ENTRY 8: UNUSUAL SLEEPING RITUALS
SUBJECT [interviewed while playing two-man Halo in his bedroom]: You can’t see very good. I’ll sit down on the floor if you want.
OBSERVER: No, I can tell you like to play on the bed. I’ll stay here.
SUBJECT: I just started sleeping in this bed after three years. I used to sleep over there.
OBSERVER: Where? On the couch?
SUBJECT: Yeah. I trained myself to sleep on the couch.
OBSERVER: Why would you do that?
SUBJECT: You know.
OBSERVER: Not really.
SUBJECT: I don’t like women all up on me, touching me. So I get up and go.
OBSERVER: Yeah?
SUBJECT: Then they get up and go. [Subject points to the video-game screen.] Stay there. Wait for me behind that door.
OBSERVER: What door?
SUBJECT [shaking his head]: I discovered that women don’t like that much.