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Gilbert Arenas Cover Player for NBA LIVE 08

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What Do yall think about this?
I honestly think he deserved it.
From 2nd round draft pick to NBA LIVE cover player.
WOW.

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My daughter picked up the cover and was like, “Da-Da,” and I was like, “You’re ******* right that's Da-Da! I’m on the cuh-vah.”
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I told you, didn’t I say it? It was going to be The Takeover and now a second-round pick that no one thought was going to last in the league more than two-to-three years, and six years later I’m on the cuh-vah of the hottest basketball game ever.
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There’s going to be four million of them. Four. Million. Cuh-vahs. Of me. In stores. Everywhere they go, it’s going to be meeee!

From parties, to trampolines at All-Star, to the cover of LIVE ’08.
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#1 JD2010, Apr 29, 2007

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Why did he use the Wizards' "r****d alternate" jersey for the cover photo?

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Why did he use the Wizards' "r****d alternate" jersey for the cover photo?
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Lol, I have no idea.
I would've used their away jersey.
The last 5 nba live cover players have had their AWAY or alternate jerseys on the cover.

Carmelo
Dwayne
Tmac
and now Gilbert

last time player had their home jersey on the cover was Vince Carter- nba live 2004

#3 JD2010, Apr 29, 2007
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Thank God it wasn't a member of the Mavs with their God awful green alternate that I think P Diddy designed for them.

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Thank God it wasn't a member of the Mavs with their God awful green alternate that I think P Diddy designed for them.
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it would've sucked to see Dirk Nowitzki on the cover

#5 JD2010, Apr 29, 2007
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Wow, another injured player to make the cover. I wonder what the incentive for EA sports to do this...

#6 alexcapone, Apr 29, 2007
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There isn't really a curse for NBA Live. Just look at the list of players mentioned earlier. Madden is the EA game to worry about.

*Edit: Wait, I think I may have misunderstood you. I thought you were saying another cover guy got injured (implying a curse), but I guess you may have meant that they picked an injured player for the cover. I haven't really followed that trend.*

If I'm not mistaken, Arenas kind of trashed NBA Live (in favor of 2K) a few years ago, which makes this kind of amusing.

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Yaozer said:

Thank God it wasn't a member of the Mavs with their God awful green alternate that I think P Diddy designed for them.
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actually, he didn't design those alternate gray ones, he designed the current alternate Mavs jerseys.

Good choice for the cover, again, I am another one who'd rather have him in his road jersey

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Dave2000 said:

actually, he didn't design those alternate gray ones, he designed the current alternate Mavs jerseys.
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I think that's what he said.

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Live isn't that great. 2k is better.

I like the gold jersey. Hope that the Wizards get some nice people in the offseason.

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i was just reading this blog by Wojnarowski... i'm going to have agree that this was a self-indulgent press conference when he has been avoiding his team completely during this playoff run

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/nb...lt=Aij.pjPW08KC03DSHofzPf.8vLYF?urn=nba,30607

Zero tolerance
By Adrian Wojnarowski
Sunday, Apr 29, 2007 1:44 am EDT

Out of the all times for Gilbert Arenas to come out of his self-induced silence, for all the reasons to do so, his choices on Saturday did little to dispel a growing suspicion that Agent Zero is all about Agent Zero.
So, the Wizards are getting destroyed in their Eastern Conference first-round series, on the way to a humiliating sweep by Cleveland, and Arenas calls a press conference before Game 3 in Washington to congratulate himself on getting his picture on the cover of a video game?
That's a franchise player?
"Everyone knows that this is the takeover year and I took over a lot of stuff," Arenas said. "I surprised myself. I want to finish the season by saying Agent Zero is on the cover of NBA Live 2008."
Wonderful, Gilbert. This had to be thrilling news to his coaches and teammates getting embarrassed by LeBron James and the Cavaliers with Arenas and Caron Butler out for the season. I can only imagine how hard it was for coach Eddie Jordan to bite his lip and keep his thoughts to himself upon hearing that Arenas ended his silence for this purpose.
This was the wrong time, the wrong place, for Arenas to be celebrating his favorite topic -- himself. All that Saturday should've been about was encouraging his teammates to make an improbable bid to get back into the series with Cleveland. After all, that's what franchise players say in the playoffs.
Here's what they don't say: "I have to pat myself on the back for that one. I have the copies of the game and I have been giving them to all my teammates. I let them know that next year, October 2, they have no choice but to look at me. Your kids, brothers, sisters, they have no choice but to look at me. I'm not only in the game, I'm on the cover of it."
Arenas has been nowhere to be found since tearing a meniscus in his left knee on April 4. He hasn't traveled with the Wizards. He hasn't talked to the press. When his teammates could've used him telling the fans -- telling them, for that matter -- that he still believed in this team, to not give up on it, here was the first line of his blog after his injury: "Unfortunately, I've been catching glimpses of my team."
Just maybe, maybe, he could've understood that the Wizards could've used him around the gym here and there, just giving his guys a little nudge. He had been feeling sorry for himself, he said, and that's why he stayed away.
Arenas is a magnetic, charismatic personality. He has all the ability to make this Wizards franchise his own. Of course, the coaches and players know who the real leaders are on a team, and they'll tell you that it isn't Arenas in Washington.
Anyway, with his Wizards fighting for survival in the Eastern Conference playoffs, Arenas left everyone with this on his NBA.com blog about the video game cover.
"Do you realize how big this is?
"They can't tell me nothin'. Mannn. Ohhh. Lorddd.
"It makes my whole rehabbing that much better now. Because while rehabbing, all I'm thinking about is 'I'm on the cover of LIVE.' "
I'm sure Eddie Jordan is thrilled to hear that is Arenas' motivation for returning to Washington next season.
Listen, Arenas is a good guy with a good heart, but he's done enough to sell himself, to remind everyone that he's the second-round pick who transformed into a major star. For now, it should be about the Wizards trying to get one game on the Cavaliers, about a franchise fighting to hold onto a little pride. Agent Zero should've known better.
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Good for Arenas. He definitely deserves it plus he's becomming more and more marketable now.

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Good for Arenas, he definitely deserves it plus he's becomming more and more marketable now.
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hell yeah!
commercials everywhere.
now he just needs a better team.

in my nba live 07 dynasty i even traded tmac for gilbert and caron.. lol

#13 JD2010, Apr 29, 2007

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yao needs to be on the next one. but congrats to arenas for being on next years cover. kinda cool that he plays live all the time too, so its fitting he be on the cover eventually.

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LFE171 said:

yao needs to be on the next one. but congrats to arenas for being on next years cover. kinda cool that he plays live all the time too, so its fitting he be on the cover eventually.
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kinda funny how's he has mentioned he like THE 2K games.

I'm sure LeChoke will get on NBA 2K8

#15 JD2010, Apr 29, 2007
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Those are the sickest jerseys in the NBA, Wizards need to change their colors to gold and black.

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AstroRocket said:

I think that's what he said.
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whoops your right, actually i like the alternate ones rather than this awful gray ones:

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Dave2000 said:

whoops your right, actually i like the alternate ones rather than this awful gray ones:

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Holy crap did Toine just sweat completely through his uniform or are they just extra shiny?

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live 2007 sucked !

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live 2007 sucked !
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hell yeah
and i hate how ppl cheat online

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