At the end of this article about Nick Young (Monumental Air ’09!), Ivan Carter drops this juicy tidbit about Gilbert’s rehab:

Arenas said Wednesday that he is “a lot ahead of schedule,” and could return in late November. Jordan said the team will remain cautious with Arenas, who signed a six-year, $111 million contract in July. “Gil’s gone down this road before. He’s tried to really enhance his rehabilitation on his own in previous surgeries,” Jordan said. “But now he knows he has to be diligent, he has to be disciplined and follow the advice of the trainers and the doctors and he’s done that.”

Exciting news?  Absolutely.  But let’s make sure we guard our optimism here.  Remember last season he said that he’d hopefully be back by the end of February and didn’t officially come back until April, so while there’s a chance we could see him by Thanksgiving, there’s also a good chance we won’t see him until New Year’s Day, if not a little later.  Let’s just hope he doesn’t try to come back ahead of schedule if the Wizards struggle early without him and Brendan Haywood.

Speaking of Gilbert’s return, there’s a nice discussion going on over at Bullets Forever regarding what Wizards fans are expecting from him this season.  Check it out.