Published 7/30/2008
by Gregory Sharpe
at Bleacher Report - NBA
"Hibachi" has done it again. Gilbert Arenas is the modern day Deion Sanders of sports. Young, flashy and now filthy rich! After turning down $126,000,000 and instead settling for $111 million form the Washington Wizards back in June, Gilbert has already started the spending spree.
Arenas has reportedly dropped a cool milli on a new pool for his Washington D.C. home. Equipped with not one, but two grottos. Oh, and what's a pool without a small man-made mountain built right on the side?
Agent Zero has propelled himself to a superstar in the NBA over the past two seasons. Never shy to back down from a challenge, Arenas' swagger has made him a hot topic. After being snubbed from the 2008 U.S. Senior Men's Team that will begin competition in Beijing next week, Arenas expressed his desires to get a little payback against the head coach Mike Krzyzewski for leaving him off the squad.
“One college game, that’s five fouls, right? … 40-minute ...
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