Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Truth About It (a little PG-13) to Gilbert Arenas: "No one is questioning your decision to opt out of your current deal. It's a business decision that any of us would make. And the glass half-fulls think you are going to make good on your want to stay in Chinatown. Problem is, the quirkiness that we've grown to love and appreciate leads to a slight degree of mistrust. A result of your perceived unpredictable nature. But all this goes away if you show us that you're going to be about it. We got your back, we just want to know that you will be around ...
Open thread: Regular season game 22
Bullets Forever —
... winning percentage (.357). 16th in pace factor (90.2 possessions per game). 23rd in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (103.5). 16th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (108). Key links Ira Winderman. Crazy From the Heat. Dwyer: The race for the Southeast Division, surprisingly, is on. Jake and I help Hardwood Paroxysm. Steinz: Darius Songaila is Borat. TAI's letter and photoshopped image to Gilbert. I Want to be a Sports Agent blog preview ...
Today's Top Five: Bobby is a Cowboy
D.C. Sports Bog —
... .....more amazing. (See below) Also: Gilbert, can you be a legend ? And this video of Jarvis Hayes (still counts as D.C. for another few months) ...
A Letter to Legend
Gilbertology —
Truth About It, who you may remember for his Gilbert Arenas/Nacho Libre photoshop is at it again with a great letter to Arenas that includes this awesome photo:
Friday’s Basically Top Five Blog Links
Mr. Irrelevant —
This is a very special Mitchell Report edition of the Basically Top Five, meaning it’s without joy or finality. Before diving in, let’s get to some DC-related biznass: Wizards = TEH AWESOME!!1! … a letter to Gil … Cooley for Easterns … so many wOes. Also, tales from Comcast SportsNet’s holiday party are forthcoming, as is another banger from Benson.
Mitchell most ‘Hyped story ever? Yep, that’s 84 BallHype-tracked sports blogs linking to the report. A few of my faves ...
Don't hate the player: The grate of fame
We Rite Goode —
... on- and off-court in 2006-07, even if the ending was more fractured than fairy tale. Then, once his hype got a bit ahead of his 'comp this year, Gil was shelved before he could yet again let his play speak for himself. And do you doubt that he would have stepped up? Take a lesson. So now we're into a favorite pastime: Making yesterday's hero into today's tackling dummy. The Wiz are more than Arenas, of course, and we DC-ites all enjoy the new look, but like Dwyer / Truthaboutit / HSCS point out, let's not pretend this team into a contender yet. ...
Player Evaluation: Gilbert Arenas
Bullets Forever —
... Classic tournament, for the first time in its 16 year history. That Wildcat team featured the likes of Arenas, Richard Jefferson, Jason Gardner, Loren Woods, Luke Walton, Eugene "High Socks & 'Fro" Edgerson, and team leading scorer, Michael Wright. Gilbert dropped 14 points, but I barely remember him being on the court......he surely didn't live up to scouting report expectations. Gilbert Arenas? Who's that guy? Lo and behold.....almost seven years later.......I'm writing blog letters to the guy. ...




