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First Cup: Wednesday
Published 6/11/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Ivan Carter of The Washington Post: "A word on Gilbert Arenas, who filed the paperwork to opt out on Friday: Everything I can gather tells me that he will be in a Wizards uniform next season. I see the Wizards offering as much as it takes to keep him -- yes, that means the max -- and him taking it. That said, I see two darkhorses out there and I do mean darkhorses. 1. Arenas is notoriously quirky, he grew up in Los Angeles and loves the Lakers. Just throwing that out there. Obviously, he'd have to take way less to pull such a move but he'd also know ...

The Gilbert Arenas offseason primer
Published 6/11/2008 by Pradamaster at Bullets Forever
... In this scenario, though, the Wizards could get solid players back for Arenas, which is why it's really the only way Arenas isn't going to be here.  Who would make this trade?  I can't tell you for sure, obviously.  For example, Ivan Carter mentioned the Lakers and Orlando as darkhorses for Arenas in a recent blog post.  The Lakers seem pretty farfetched, because Arenas could only sign for the mid-level exception and they aren't trading anyone for him.  Orlando, ...

NBA Weekly
Published 7/3/2008 by Antone (noreply@blogger.com) at Hip 2 Da Game
... Gilbert Arenas opted out of his contract this week and became a free agent but expect him to sign back with the Wizards even if it means he gets a max contract. Now I love Gilbert Arenas and everything he brings to the table but is it really a smart idea to sign a guy to a max contract who just missed almost a full season because of a knee injury? I'm not so sure Gilbert Arenas is even a max contract type of player without coming off of a knee injury. Sure he can score in bunches but I don't think he makes as much impact on a game as someone like Chris Paul ...