Gilbert Arenas was true to his word that the beard would be removed before the start of the regular season. Arenas sat out and watched a preseason game on the bench earlier in the week.

If you haven’t heard by now, Gilbert Arenas sat out the most recent exhibition game because of a “sore knee” but as it turns out, Arenas was perfectly fine and just wanted to give teammate Nick Young some more playing time. Arenas was fined an undisclosed amount by coach Flip Sanders and apologized.

I think Ivan Carter summed it up perfectly:

Gilbertology can’t be stopped. It can’t be slowed down. It can’t be contained. Gilbertology just rolls along in it’s own unpredictable yet oddly predictable pattern. There will be more. Oh brother, there will be more. The question is what? A present in a teammates shoe? Throwing the coach under the bus? Odd interviews about creating a chilren’s cartoon? A card game gone wrong? Stay tuned…..

Check out his post game locker room interview after:

The D.C. Sports Blog has a look at media day photos of Gilbert Arenas throughout the years.