http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/4336 Recent articles about Gilbert Arenas en-us Gil remembers Abe as only he can: “This is, apparently, how the Wizards mourn. For example, a reporter asked Gilbert for his favorite Abe Pollin memory. ‘You know, after every win he would slap the [bleep] out of you in the face,’ Gilbert said, cracking up the room. ‘He’d be walking around, slapping everybody. I just remember the players used to come in, and when he was getting ready to slap you, they’d just give him the duck-in.’ Then Gilbert showed ... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_Rembers_Slap_Happy_Pollin/1629802 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_Rembers_Slap_Happy_Pollin/1629802 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_Rembers_Slap_Happy_Pollin/1629802 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/baaa9d824cb0c62801508734c68a39119e705280/small/Wizards_Arenas_falls_f178.jpg "It was kind of a hard evening, but at the end of the day, Abe Pollin loved us so much that we couldn't feel the pain until after the game," Gilbert said. "We had to go out there and just play. He wouldn't want us to stop doing what he loved because of what happened....We wasn't gonna try to lose this game for Mr. P. You know, he treated us like family, he [brought] us in, he believed in us. No matter what nobody was saying out there, he always believed we were h... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:57:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/It_was_kind_of_a_hard_evening_but_at_the_end_of_the_day_Abe_Pollin_loved_us_so_much_that_we/1628287 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/It_was_kind_of_a_hard_evening_but_at_the_end_of_the_day_Abe_Pollin_loved_us_so_much_that_we/1628287 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/It_was_kind_of_a_hard_evening_but_at_the_end_of_the_day_Abe_Pollin_loved_us_so_much_that_we/1628287 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/baaa9d824cb0c62801508734c68a39119e705280/small/Wizards_Arenas_falls_f178.jpg Gilbert Arenas's return to his Agent Zero coincided with the sad death of Abe Pollin, and it led to a surprising number of laugh-out-loud obituary moments. This is how the Wizards mourn. For example, a reporter asked Gilbert for his favorite Abe Pollin memory. "You know, after every win he would slap the [bleep] out of you in the face," Gilbert said. "He'd be walking around, slapping everybody. I just remember the players used to come in, and when he was getting ready t... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:23:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Agent_Zero_on_Abe_Pollin_aposs_death/1628140 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Agent_Zero_on_Abe_Pollin_aposs_death/1628140 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Agent_Zero_on_Abe_Pollin_aposs_death/1628140 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/baaa9d824cb0c62801508734c68a39119e705280/small/Wizards_Arenas_falls_f178.jpg Episode #4 of the Dagger Report (a Washington Wizards podcast) is here. This week, Mike Prada of Bullets Forever and I talk about the ways and means of Gilbert Arenas amidst early season struggles. To join us for his conversation, which was recorded on Sunday evening, is Jake Whitacre, contributing editor at Bullets Forever and managing [...] Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Dagger_Report_Washington_Wizards_Podcast_Episode_4_Whats_The_Deal_With_Gilbert/1623823 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Dagger_Report_Washington_Wizards_Podcast_Episode_4_Whats_The_Deal_With_Gilbert/1623823 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Dagger_Report_Washington_Wizards_Podcast_Episode_4_Whats_The_Deal_With_Gilbert/1623823 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/baaa9d824cb0c62801508734c68a39119e705280/small/Wizards_Arenas_falls_f178.jpg After a very frustrating two-game road trip where my team was defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, I made some comments that were misconstrued. If you didn’t catch it, I basically said that everyone on our team needs to check their egos at the door and play as a team. I thought it was a simple comment but some media outlets made it sound like my comments were directed toward Gilbert Arenas. I just wanted to let all Wizards fans know that’s the furthest thing from th... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:26:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/After_a_very_frustrating_two_game_road_trip_where_my_team_was_defeated_by_the_Oklahoma_City_Thunder/1623513 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/After_a_very_frustrating_two_game_road_trip_where_my_team_was_defeated_by_the_Oklahoma_City_Thunder/1623513 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/After_a_very_frustrating_two_game_road_trip_where_my_team_was_defeated_by_the_Oklahoma_City_Thunder/1623513 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/baaa9d824cb0c62801508734c68a39119e705280/small/Wizards_Arenas_falls_f178.jpg More photos » by Ned Dishman - NBAE/Getty Images Browse more photos » In this week's episode of The Dagger Report, a Wizards podcast co-hosted by me and Kyle Weidie from Truth About It, JakeTheSnake joins us in our quest to get inside the head of Gilbert Arenas.  We talk about his proclamation to go back to being "Agent Zero" and his recent struggles both on and off the court.  We also talk to J... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:29:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Dagger_Report_Episode_4_Whats_ailing_Gilbert_Arenas_edition/1623232 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Dagger_Report_Episode_4_Whats_ailing_Gilbert_Arenas_edition/1623232 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Dagger_Report_Episode_4_Whats_ailing_Gilbert_Arenas_edition/1623232 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/baaa9d824cb0c62801508734c68a39119e705280/small/Wizards_Arenas_falls_f178.jpg I attended practice today, and I'll have more later, but some really quick things while I'm on company time. And your newest injured Wizard is ... Caron Butler.  (Pay up if you didn't have him in the pool).  Butler has been trying to play through some ankle pain for six days, but it swelled up really bad during and after the San Antonio game.  He's scheduled to have an MRI this afternoon to figure out what's up.  Flip Saunders said he's not s... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:40:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Practice_Quick_Report_Caron_Butlers_injured_Nick_Youngs_starting_Gilbert_Arenas_is_talking/1618824 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Practice_Quick_Report_Caron_Butlers_injured_Nick_Youngs_starting_Gilbert_Arenas_is_talking/1618824 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Practice_Quick_Report_Caron_Butlers_injured_Nick_Youngs_starting_Gilbert_Arenas_is_talking/1618824 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/0/c09c5d0cd86d8c1ba95a66ad400ebda37585c2b2/small/PicImg_NBA_FEB_25_c386.jpg Mike Jones elaborates on Gilbert Arenas' comments Let's just say they're more drastic than I originally thought. Arenas said point blank that he's the only guy who has sacrificed. That's ... uhh ... not true. Brendan Haywood also fired some lobs back at Gilbert, though he didn't name him by name. Yikes. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:59:19 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Mike_Jones_elaborates_on_Gilbert_Arenas_comments/1614913 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Mike_Jones_elaborates_on_Gilbert_Arenas_comments/1614913 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Mike_Jones_elaborates_on_Gilbert_Arenas_comments/1614913 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg Gilbert Arenas said players on the team had "hidden agendas," noting that eight players on the team are free agents following the season. "I guess when you start losing everyone wants to start pointing fingers everywhere else," Arenas said. "I converted my game to try to get people involved, but at the end of the day, to be honest, this is the same team since three years ago. We added a couple of pieces, but everybody else is basically the same player. "... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:48:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_said_players_on_the_team_had_hidden_agendas_noting_that_eight_players_on_the_team/1611766 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_said_players_on_the_team_had_hidden_agendas_noting_that_eight_players_on_the_team/1611766 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_said_players_on_the_team_had_hidden_agendas_noting_that_eight_players_on_the_team/1611766 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg Gilbert Arenas: He’s been quiet this year, but the losing got to him last night in San Antonio. “I converted my game to try to get people involved, but at the end of the day, to be honest, this is the same team since three years ago. We added a couple of pieces, but everybody [...] Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:30:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_Very_Very_Unhappy_Wizards_Coming_Apart_at_the_Seams_Already/1611165 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_Very_Very_Unhappy_Wizards_Coming_Apart_at_the_Seams_Already/1611165 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_Very_Very_Unhappy_Wizards_Coming_Apart_at_the_Seams_Already/1611165 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg Two weeks ago an urban gossip blog reported that the fiancee and baby momma of Gilbert Arenas, Laura Govan, was having a sexual relationship with Shaquille O’Neal. The blog even went so far to publish alleged email correspondence between the two. The day after the blog report, O’Neal’s wife Shaunie, who is a friend of Govan’s, [...] Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gil_Arenas_Has_Strange_Painful_Message_For_Shaq/1602285 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gil_Arenas_Has_Strange_Painful_Message_For_Shaq/1602285 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gil_Arenas_Has_Strange_Painful_Message_For_Shaq/1602285 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg Resulting from multiple knee surgeries, absence from the court, and subsequent intake of criticism, Gilbert Arenas turned silent … most notably when he stopped blogging, the last entry occuring on November 15, 2008. By February ‘09, Gilbert had entered a full-on Hikikomori (Japanese term for a withdrawal from social life BTW), by not speaking to the [...] Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:36:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Origin_of_Gilbert_Arenas_Twitter_Revelation/1586250 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Origin_of_Gilbert_Arenas_Twitter_Revelation/1586250 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Origin_of_Gilbert_Arenas_Twitter_Revelation/1586250 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg More photos » by Ned Dishman - NBAE/Getty Images Browse more photos » One of the major storylines of the early season has been the "new" Gilbert Arenas.  The wacky, controversial shooter was apparently being replaced with a more subdued Gilbert Arenas who just wanted to get his teammates involved and become a pure point guard.  On the media end, he was doing a good job for most of the season, only ge... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Death_and_Rebirth_of_Agent_Zero/1579749 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Death_and_Rebirth_of_Agent_Zero/1579749 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/The_Death_and_Rebirth_of_Agent_Zero/1579749 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg More photos » by Evan Vucci - AP Browse more photos » You've probably already read about how Gilbert Arenas admitted he's having trouble figuring out his role in Flip Saunders' offense.  It's a pretty obvious thing to notice when you're watching, and I found it really enlightening, if still concerning, that Arenas opened up about it.  But I also disagree with both beat writers, who seem to... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:49:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_talks_about_his_struggles_learning_how_to_balance_scoring_and_distributing/1576447 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_talks_about_his_struggles_learning_how_to_balance_scoring_and_distributing/1576447 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Gilbert_Arenas_talks_about_his_struggles_learning_how_to_balance_scoring_and_distributing/1576447 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg Sorry if this ruins your holidays, but it seems as if Shaquille O’Neal has been cheating on his wife instead of practicing his free throws as he should be doing. At least this is according to the site YOUNG, BLACK AND FABULOUS; the first place I check for all of my NBA news. Who is [...] Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Is_Shaq_Shaqing_Up_With_Gilbert_Arenas_8217_Fiance/1533542 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Is_Shaq_Shaqing_Up_With_Gilbert_Arenas_8217_Fiance/1533542 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Is_Shaq_Shaqing_Up_With_Gilbert_Arenas_8217_Fiance/1533542 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/2/427dab06d895fe86db62dad4d24f70af5059be39/small/56469223.jpg