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You may have heard Caron on the John Thompson Show on ESPN-980 yesterday, when he said that he didn’t think Gilbert Arenas is coming back this year. I was confused when I heard it because I had heard this take from Butler before, but on Monday, he and Jamison were both optimistic that Arenas will come back. So I asked him tonight, what gives? What was the change from Monday to Thursday?

His answer: "What happened?" Butler chuckled. "The truth. Man, the truth happened. I really don’t think it’s gonna happen."

Outlet.

You can read my take on the latest development in the Gilbert Arenas injury saga here, but if you're looking for an "All is well! Nothing to be worried about here!" opinion on it, you won't find it there.

Also, I tried listening to Thompson's interview with Butler but the stream doesn't seem to be working at the moment. When it gets back up, I'll try to provide a summary.

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I mean seven wins?

“on whether or not he should come back. "I mean, seven wins? Would you?” He asked me. He went on to say, “Right now, I’m not even close. It’s a matter of recovery. It’s taking a good two or three days to recover depending on how hard I go when playing 2-on-2. So, I’m not even sure. What am I gonna do, play a game here, play five minutes a game there?”"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/outlet/2009/Jan/09/post-game-rap/

I think the teams record is irrelevant to whether or not Arenas returns. Nobody is expecting him to play 40 mpg night after night. The whole point of his coming back is first, to give the team a chance to reorient itself to an Arenas-run offense so that we don’t lose the first couple of months of the 09/10 season making the adjustment. Secondly, we need to know what Arenas has left, if he can still be an all-NBA PG so that we can make appropriate trades and acquisitions in building our 09/10 roster.

by morethesamewiz on Jan 10, 2009 4:10 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and third

He’s getting paid to play basketball, so if he’s healthy its the ethical thing to do.

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