can’t imagine ted saying ‘saw gil play last night, man, he was fat and limping and still had those stupid guns with him’
but even my cynical side can’t force me to totally dismiss this. nothing would make me happier than for 2010-2011 to be a gilbert arenas redemption year. or at least a kwame brown redemption year.

right?

during the regular season. He can shoot, get to the rim and finish. That’s enough.

a) Now that Lebron, D-Wade, and Bosh have each done it to improve their chances, who wants to be the poster child for the max contract deal that guarantees you kill your team and don’t win a title?

b) Gil’s got plenty to prove and if the team and new regime stands behind him now, they can legitimately say he owes them some flexibility in return for the second chance he’s been given

c) He’s getting older and is smart enough to know he can’t dominate by himself the way he once thought he could / did, ever so briefly.

We will still have enough room to offer a max contract to someone in the next year or two, and we’d have our new and improved Big Three.

In the coming years McGee, Blatche and Wall are gonna need to get paid, if we dont want to go into luxury we need to save some money.

Actually i don´t think we need a max player (like melo) next year, we need to draft another stud next year (maybe have to move up through a trade if we get to the post season or high lottery) to grow with Wall, AB and Javale. No matter how good Arenas will be this season, his contract is hurting our future as he gets older.

We may find out which stars played in that game if they’re in attendance at tonight’s Mystics playoff game. That being said, it’s great to hear from Ted that Arenas has been working hard this offseason and has seen some of his play, even if by accident.

but Gil is still my favorite player and I’d love to see him prove everybody wrong and get back to an all-star level.

“I think they need to trade Gilbert for the simple fact of all the baggage that will be around the team. You know, Wall’s a young kid, it’s his team to go forward, but there’ll be so much negative publicity around Gilbert, I think they need to make a clean break and let it become the John Wall Era.
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“I mean, I like Gilbert Arenas, I think he’s a really good player, but I think that’s the first thing that people are gonna think about. And John Wall is the future of the Wizards. They don’t need to be involved in any of that negative karma. I think they should trade Gilbert, if they asked me my personal opinion.”

Listen, if you can play, they can always find something for you," Barkley responded. “Everybody in the NBA’s making a lot of money nowadays. Like I said, they need to just make a clean break. Somebody will trade for Gilbert Arenas — he’s a hell of a player — but I just think from an organizational standpoint, they need to turn that page.”

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/07/barkley_wizards_need_to_trade.html