The Beltway Blues: Tracy McGrady Has Been Bad, and Gilbert Arenas Needs to Go

MrThell posted 4/23/2008 from www.emptythebench.com [flag]

Arenas and McGrady went a combined 9-32 from the field Monday, with both leaving their teammates high and dry in the second half. Their seasons will end in a few days and they will have made approximately $31 million on the season between them ($11,946,667 for Arenas and $19,014,187 for McGrady). Next year their salaries will be even higher. There’s simply no way these two are worth it. [link]

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Comments (2)

Brian

+3

Gilbert, you're not allowed to vote this down...

Posted 4/23/2008 [reply] [flag]
fastbreakblog

+1

It is interesting that you mention both of them here. Are there any other players paid so big that come up so small in the post-season?

Posted 4/23/2008 [reply] [flag]

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THE AFTER PARTY
Published 4/23/2008 by DCScrap at EPIC CARNIVAL | SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
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PM Roundup: Brady on SNL or the Female Streaker?
Published 4/23/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... is out of his damn mind to try the NBA. (Burnt Orange Nation) “U.S. Housing Slump May Exceed Great Depression.” (Developments) Florida State’s football MVP in 2007 is arrested on a weapons charge and he had weed in the car, too. (Times-Union) The NFL draft lottery? Now that’s an idea! (Fox Sports) Novak Djokovic lands in GQ magazine. (Down the Line) Contemplating a T-Mac for Gil Arenas swap. (Empty the Bench) Lute Olson’s divorce goes public. (Arizona Republic) ...

Today's Top Five: Soulja Boy Reps LeBron
Published 4/23/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... . (Waiting for Next Year) 3) Gilbert Arenas "needs to be the center of attention wherever he goes -- and his team will always be worse as a result." Have bloggers completely turned on Gil for blogging? (Empty the Bench) 4) Chris Cooley is now taking over the world, moving some of his Internet insights to Yahoo!. In ...

No Your FanShots: 4/26/08
Published 4/26/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
... Empty the Bench makes the case that the Wizards should part ways with Gilbert. Personally, I don't agree, but you can take a look at it for yourselves. ...

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