If you look on
Gilbert Arenas's calendar, you may find January 20th, 2009 circled, marked with an check, or even colored in red white and blue. No, not because he expects to comeback from his injury (hopefully, he'll be back by then) or even play against a major contender in the Eastern Conference. It actually has nothing to do with basketball.
According to the Twentieth Amendment, January 20th, 2009 at exactly 12:00pm marks the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Gilbert is elated about the day, but he won't be in Washington to celebrate. The Wizards will be on a west coast road trip playing the Lakers, Warriors and Kings.
Although Gilbert will be away, his house won't be empty. Apparently, he has setup an ad on craigslist offering his suburban DC home for [...]