To have more flexible cap room to sign their own free agents, the Miami Heat traded draft picks and $16 million dollar trade exceptions to the Toronto Raptors for Chris Bosh and Cleveland Cavaliers for LeBron James. Teams with a trade exception have up to a year in which they can acquire more salary in other trades than they send away. Gilbert Arenas is scheduled to make just under $18 million this season. If the Raptors or Cavaliers are willing to take on the big contract, both teams have the assets to pull off a deal that could land them Arenas for virtually nothing, enabling the Wizards to get out of the remaining years of Arenas’ deal and to rebuild with John Wall.

It was first reported that Gilbert Arenas would wear #6 this season but then came word that Arenas may not wear #6 at all and if you’ve already purchased an Arenas #6 jersey, you were pretty much out of luck. Truth About It speculated that he may wear #13, in honor of his mother, who passed away on March 13. Now reports are Gilbert has settled on wearing #9 this upcoming season. Why #9? Who knows. That’s Gilbert for you.

With the addition of John Wall and Kirk Hinrich, is the writing on the wall for Gilbert Arenas? ESPN analyst Ric Bucher certainly thinks so as he tweeted that Arenas will likely be in another uniform come preseason.

If new owner Ted Leonsis is telling the truth, then expect Gilbert Arenas in a Wizards uniform next season, playing alongside #1 pick John Wall. When asked about the possibility of trading Arenas, Leonsis said

“We’re not actively trading him. But I would ask you to put yourself in another general manager’s shoes. He was injured for two years and suspended for a year and he’s a max [contract] player. If you were another team’s general manager, would you be trading for Gilbert Arenas right now?”

Meanwhile, Arenas has been in Chicago to workout with trainer Tim Grover.