Essay Up!

by Jake Whitacre on Aug 28, 2007 10:31 PM EDT in Agent Zeroisms

Have you ever wanted a court tricked out by Gilbert Arenas? Awesome. Here's your chance to get it, as he reveals in his new blog:

If you go to GilsArena.com, I'm giving three lucky fans the chance to win a Spalding court. They get the rim, the backboard, Spalding balls, and all the rest of the accessories. All you have to do is submit an essay on GilsArena.com on why you are the one that needs or deserves the court. I'll have the contest running now until October 1st. That gives you a month to submit your essay.

Let's hope your essay turns about better than that.

Speaking of Spalding, Gilbert also mentions that he shot a commercial for them along with fellow Titans QB Vince Young (you think they'd be doing something with EA Sports wouldn't you?) and said he was so cool that he added him to his "Fab 5". I guess Jimmy King has to ride the bench now or something.

In his latest blog, Gilbert also talks more about his new shoe, the Gil 20 and the different versions that will be released nationwide, including a Halo 3 version made by Microsoft. Better yet, this still isn't the "big thing" that he talked about in a previous entry, so stay tuned for that. He also touches on some other things like his ongoing rivalry with Arizona alum Richard Jefferson, Dave Hopla, Eddie Griffin, his quest for 100,000 shots in 73 days, a peaceful resolution to the shark joke fiasco, and precipi"TAY"tion.

I'd tell you that it's a must-read, but you already knew that.

RANDOM ASIDE: Are the Wizards an illegitimate team or what?

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Hopla

Ha! When I read he got hired, I sent Hopla an email congratulating him and saying something like, "I see Gilbert Arenas already works on his shot using techniques you told me about when he was still in diapers." Looks like Gil heard about those techniques the same place I did. It's funny that when I read Gil's account of him meticulous charting every shot he takes in practice, I immediately thought of Hopla, but I never really considered that Gil got it directly from him. I guess Occam's Razor works again.

by Vanilla Gorilla on Aug 29, 2007 3:22 AM EDT reply actions

More Hopla (apologies to those who don't care)

There's a cool Bog post about what a great shooter Hopla is. It's pretty ridiculous.

When I talked with Hopla years ago about his work as a shooting instructor, he detailed how difficult it is to get NBA players -- many of them great shooters already -- to listen to his instruction. Actions speak louder than words, he reminded, so rather than introduce himself to the team, he would find an open hoop as practice was about to end. As the team talked about how to defend the high screen or whatever, he would start shooting threes. After he'd made a few dozen in a row, guys would take notice. When he'd drained 90+ out of a hundred, they would be willing to listen when he tried to help them improve their shots.

by Vanilla Gorilla on Aug 29, 2007 2:02 PM EDT reply actions