Arena's a loser, period. I have respect for his shooting and scoring, but he cannot win, nor is he a synergetic (a Van Gundy word player. Max deal for him? Only desperate teams would consider that... Eh, I guess the Kings and the Warriors sans Baron Davis fit that description.
The Wizards will cough up the money. They can't afford to lose him...unless they decide to shoot for that 2010 FA season.
to tell you the truth ,i haven't recieved such messages yet,it's really a rummor.if the warraiors offered me such a contract ,i 'd accept it with no hesitation.
There is no correlation between Arenas and winning. He's kind of like Iverson to me, a very talented player with a lot of heart, but giving him a max contract doesn't guarantee any kind of playoff success. Baron Davis on the other hand is a match up nightmare and can be dangerous if he doesn't need to dominate the ball. Even with the injury history and age difference, I would take Baron.
With a foundation of Jamison and Arenas locked up to $180 million, Washington is destined for mediocrity for years to come.
If the Wizards let both or either players go, wouldn't that be more the definition of mediocrity? Like they could do much better. It's like looking at the Rockets' 3 years of first round exits and negating them for just the same reasons (injuries). It's strange to see rockets fans making this case. Even one year of full health isn't much of a case study. In the lowly east much less. It's not like the Cavs are a powerhouse. Why would the Wizards at quarter strength make them look so? Hm says you.
He is staying put http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3473164 Reports: Arenas agrees to six-year, $111M contract to help Wizards' future Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Gilbert Arenas is accepting less money from the Washington Wizards, invoking an attitude far, far removed from the world of his working-class fans. "What can I do for my family with $127 million that I can't do with $111 million?" he told The Washington Post. The unpredictable three-time All-Star point guard, in vintage Agent Zero fashion, told the Post and the Washington Times on Thursday that he has agreed to re-sign for $111 million over six years, considerably less than the maximum deal he said the Wizards offered him when the free agency period began on Tuesday. Arenas negotiated the deal from China, where is traveling as part of promotional tour for a shoe company, and did so without an agent. "I'm basically giving back $16 million," Arenas told the Washington Times. "This is in line with what I've been saying the whole time. You see players take max deals and they financially bind their teams. I don't wanna be one of those players and three years down the road your team is strapped and can't do anything about it." Arenas became a free agent after opting out of the final year of his six-year, $65 million contract at the end of last season. He initially said he was opting out to receive a max contract, but he later indicated he would be flexible in negotiations. Arenas also said that he would not re-sign unless the team retained two-time All-Star forward Antawn Jamison. The Wizards lived up to that part of the bargain Monday by giving Jamison a four-year, $50 million deal. Arenas has proven to be one of the most dynamic players in the NBA when healthy, but a major knee and an overzealous rehabilitation sidelined him for most of the last season. He had a first surgery on the knee in April 2007, tried to come back too soon and had a second operation in November. He missed 66 games before returning late in the season, but he had to shut himself down again during the first-round playoff series against Cleveland. Arenas has vowed to be more cautious about his rehab this time, and the state of his knee didn't appear to devalue his worth in talks with the Wizards. The Wizards cannot comment on talks with Arenas or announce the deal until a league-mandated moratorium expires next week. Arenas has averaged 22.8 points, 5.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds in his seven-season NBA career. He was known as much for his tantrums as for on-court play when he came to Washington from Golden State in 2003, but he began to display more maturity as he developed into a take-over-the-game player with a knack for hitting buzzer-beating shots. Although he still has his many quirks -- yelling "Hibachi!" after making a big shot is just one of many -- he has helped the Wizards became a playoff regular. Arenas' deal means the Wizards will have room to sign other players -- including free agent guard Roger Mason -- and still remain under the league's luxury tax. "It's a relief," Arenas told the Washington Times. "It was a burden at the same time. Your whole city is depending on you, wondering if you're going to make the right decision. I'm a franchise player and sometimes franchise players need to make franchise decisions."
