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Gilbert Arenas

Yahoo: The Arenas saga reveals NBA enablers

January 28, 2010

Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski on the Gilbert Arenas suspension: "All these lousy owners under (commissioner David) Stern, all these soft franchises, enable and encourage a league in which the stars have always been able to do whatever they want, however they want to do it."

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A different take on Agent Zero

January 14, 2010

Interesting take from Slate on the Gilbert Arenas saga: "… in the accompanying show trial, I'm siding with the player who wouldn't pretend to be ashamed, not the NBA authorities feigning righteousness."

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Jamison speaks unkindly of his team's effort

April 9, 2009

The Wizards take on the loss to the Cavs came from Antawn Jamison:
"We played selfish basketball and we tried to pad the stats and not play to win the game.  You're going to get blown out, and that's exactly what happened tonight.  It's just disappointing.  We talked about how we knew they (Cavs) were going [...]

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The divergent paths of the Cavs and Wizards

April 8, 2009

It seems like yesterday I was trekking through Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., heading to the Metro for a Cavs-Wizards playoff game, or Cavs practice. The Cavs and Wizards seemed to be playoff regulars – until this season, when the bottom dropped out for the Wizards. Gilbert Arenas missed most of the season, and the [...]

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Delonte West and Casey Blake …

July 26, 2008

So now word breaks that Cavs guard Delonte West is mulling a two-year offer to play in Moscow. West is a restricted free agent, and according to Yahoo.com he is pondering a $10 million deal. Gee, I wonder who (the agent) leaked that information (negotiating ploy), and for what reason (to get the Cavs to [...]

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Agent Zero to start?

April 24, 2008

Here we are in Washington, D.C., and no matter how many times a person visits — or even lives here (which I did in a previous life) — there's always something special about arriving and seeing the monuments and the neighborhoods and the centers of government. Great town. With a great subway system (the Metro). [...]

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