| NBA Live 2008 Online Challenge!New Orleans, and a spot in the 2008 NBA Live Challenge Finals!Always have the latest scoop on events, prizes, and features.Add the Arena Ambassador to your Comrade buddy list today!The latest official ladder on Arena is the Unreal Tournament 3 Duel ladder!Duel now on Arena!!Check the official bracket to see how the event unfolded!Sign up with Arena now and get into the action.Gather your allies, build your teams, and prepare to face off against formidable, merciless opponents in a race to claim the honor of being the highest ranked Arena Team on your realm.The main goal of the Arena PvP System is to offer players a highly competitive environment that does not rely so much on a huge investment of time but rather on a team's playing skills.Because the Arena System is meant to be the ultimate PvP challenge, the level requirement to join an Arena Team is level 70.You have the option of engaging other players in practice matches even if you are not level 70 yet, but these skirmishes do not gain you a Team Rating or Arena Points (more on those later).Like battlegrounds, Arenas are instanced playfields where teams of players fight against each other.There are three Arenas currently in the game.The Ring of Trials can be found in Nagrand, while the Circle of Blood is in the Blade's Edge Mountains.Unlike the other two Arenas, Ruins of Lordaeron has no physical location you can visit in the outside world.Each Arena has a different layout and some unique twists that add different strategic elements to the fight.Shadow Sight: After 90 seconds, two Shadow Sight powerups appear on opposite sides of the arena.Shadow Sight: After 90 seconds, two Shadow Sight powerups appear on opposite sides of the arena.Picking one up will briefly let you see stealthed and invisible characters, at the cost of slightly damaging your health.Arena Teams are similar to guilds in that they are persistent groups of players with their own name and symbol.There are three different types of teams, one for each type of match you can fight in the Arena: two players versus
two players (2v2), 3v3, and 5v5.Also, you need to be at least level 70 before you can join or
create an Arena Team.Creating an Arena Team is like creating a guild.Simply purchase a team charter from an Arena Promoter, name your team, pick your team colors and logo,
and collect additional player signatures depending on the team size (one additional signature for a 2v2 team, two for a 3v3, and four for a 5v5).Once you have all the signatures
you need, you can turn in your completed team charter.Once you have your team set up, it's time to prove your might in the Arena.You get into an Arena match like you join a Battleground: talk to an Arena Battlemaster
and select the type of match you want to queue for.You can select either a ranked game or a skirmish, which is a practice
fight that won't impact your Team Rating.When it finds a match, both
teams are teleported into the arena and the match countdown begins.Arena Battlemasters are located next to other battlemasters in major cities.Ask
a guard for directions.Additionally,
you can start arena games at The Ring of Trials in Nagrand, Circle of Blood in Blade's Edge Mountains, and Gadgetzan.Most arena
players seem to use the Arena Battlemaster in Shattrath City.Fights in the Arena are subject to a set of special rules.Countdown
At the beginning of each match, both teams are placed in separate holding areas on opposite ends of the arena, and a countdown begins.Any existing buffs and conjured items will be purged or deleted upon entering.Your health and mana are set to full.Energy costs are reduced to zero during the countdown so that teams can quickly buff up and prepare for the match.Soul Shard costs are reduced to zero so that warlocks can summon Healthstones for their party without needing to bring an excessive number of stones for their group.This also means that warlocks can summon pets during this period without using a soul shard.Pets are dismissed upon entering an arena.Players cannot change armor once an arena battle has begun, even if out of combat.No consumables other than bandages and conjured items can be used while in the arena.After the countdown expires, the gates fly open and the match officially begins.You will have no information about who your opponents are or what their class composition is until the match begins.Death in the Arena
When a character is defeated in an Arena match, they'll have the option to run around and "spectate" as a ghost by clicking on the appropriate option in the release spirit window.As a spectator, you can move freely around the arena and view the action but can not be seen by or interact with other players.Victory Conditions
Every Arena match is a game of Last Man Standing, meaning that the match ends once all characters on one team have died, with the other team being the winner.There is no time limit for Arena matches.When players enter the Arena, all cooldowns on spells or items that have 15 minutes or less are reset.The last pet a player had summoned will be resummoned outside the Arena upon leaving.Items that are indicated as quest items in their tooltips and have a "use" or "equip" ability will not work in arenas.From Team Ratings to Arena Points
The Arena System is meant to primarily reward competitiveness and player skill, and this is reflected in the way Team Ratings, Arena Points, and Arena Rewards tie into each other.Each team has a Team Rating.This rating reflects how well your team is doing in the Arena System; the higher your rating, the better.When you queue up for a fight, the matchmaking system uses your rating to find a suitable match.The exact formulae are a bit more complicated than that, but the basic idea is similar to the Elo ranking system used for professional chess.At the end of each week, your Team Rating is used to calculate how many Arena Points your team will receive for the week.The transformation from your Team Rating to Arena Points starts off as a linear function, but once you go beyond a certain rating threshold, the function becomes logistic.The Arena Calculator is a tool that allows you to do a number of helpful calculations for when and how you can spend your arena points.How many arena points will I earn this week?What's the average rating I'll need to get my desired arena reward?When can I expect to get my desired arena reward?Read more about the Arena Calculator.These items are purchased with Arena Points, the currency of the Arena System.Arena Points do not decay and you can stockpile a
maximum of 5,000 at any given time.To claim your rewards, visit the Arena vendor in Area 52 in the Netherstorm region of
Outland.Arena Seasons and Special Prizes
One very cool aspect of the Arena System is the introduction of seasons.Arena teams in each battlegroup will receive a
Swift Nether Drake
at the conclusion of the Arena season.Arena rewards that are slightly more powerful than those of the previous season.For example, at the start of Arena Season 2, new
Arena Season 2 rewards became available for purchase from the Arena vendors.Those who had arena points saved up at the beginning of the season could have purchased some of the new items right away.For the onset of Arena Season 3, Season 1's rewards are purchasable with honor points instead of arena points.This trend may continue in future seasons.Arena titles last until the end of the following season, at which time they are removed and
redistributed to that season's top teams.If I am a member of multiple Arena teams, do I receive points from all my teams each week?In a given week, your Arena Points are determined by the single team which earns the most points after accounting for Team Rating and team type.Do players keep their Arena Points after a season ends?Buy Gilbert Arenas Jerseys at NBAStore.Gilbert Arenas discusses his transformation into an NBA superstar.The Wizards lost leading scorer Gilbert Arenas to a sprained left knee Wednesday night against the Bobcats.Experience the top 10 plays of Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas' season.Gilbert Arenas has been Mr.Throughout his life, people have underestimated Gilbert Arenas, and he has set out to prove his doubters wrong.DeShawn Stevenson and Gilbert Arenas.Wizards edged the Jazz on Monday.Wizards scorer Gilbert Arenas chats in the studio with Ahmad.Enjoy reading my Gilbertology."Enjoy reading my Gilbertology."Quite simply, Gilbert Arenas is the first "blog superstar."Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Oct.Abe Pollin took over 41 games, the other half, for the road games.It was just great that they took the time to draw up signs for me.You try to better their chances of making it in life.Are you coming back to L.Why would I be coming back to L.That means you have nothing.Kobe responds to all these trade rumors.Dwyane Wade at the starting guards.Come on Commissioner Stern, please?Keep him on the West for me.Come on Kobe, I understand you want to come East but go ahead and stay on the West.When I said we were going to beat the Celtics on November 2, was that really a prediction?Boston and Indiana fans.Break out the Arenas jerseys.You still have to play the games.Once you get your knee drained it takes a while for it to effectively heal.They get a fresh start to life again.Mike Wise did another great job capturing the basketball side of my life coming into this league.This is what his life was and this is where he is now.Saturday, November 10 (because you know, I have to give everybody a fair opportunity) at 9 a.Preseason Basketball
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Oct.In six months the hibachi grill hasn't been heated up.It takes a while for the grill to get back cooking again.Once you start riding again, it's all good, but right now I'm rusty.I'm trying to get the rust off my bike chain.I'm wearing it on my leg for compression.I'm just trying to keep the blood circulating when I come off the court to the sideline.Some of these arenas are cold.Can you please take the hockey teams out of basketball arenas?The coldest arena is Phoenix, you'd be surprised.The city is hot so they keep the gym cold.Why have hockey inside a basketball arena?We're just trying to get our mojo back and get our confidence back so when we start off this season we can compete with that other Big Three that's out there trying to take our crown away from us.He just had a hand injury, that's easy to come back from.Wednesday to get the fluid out.They shot the needle in me to put the numbing medicine in and then they went and drained it and then they put some cortisone in to break up whatever is in there so I can get ready for the season.When I was little, whenever I got out of the shower I never wanted to touch the floor because once you touch the floor your feet are dirty again.So in the shower I used to put my socks on already without drying them off.And I had to have a new pair of socks every day.Every time I take a pair of socks off, I have to put a new pair on.So I had no clothes, but I had a million pairs of socks.So anyway, what happened in Philly was I was starting to get athlete's foot from all the moisture that collected from putting my slippers on around the house as soon as I got out of the shower.It started aching me so I had to sit out and let them dry for two days.It's one of those weird, kind of nasty stories like, "Ugh, nobody cares about your toes," but it sat me out a game.That's something you're not expecting.San Antonio, Dallas and Houston would be cities that I would like to play in if I opt out, they all come after D.If something did happen weird where Antawn left and we lost our team and it wasn't a good situation for me to come back, those are the four cities that I would want to play in.It wasn't like I said I want to play for the Hawks.You know, nothing against the Hawks but I'm talking about going to a championship team.Miami in there, but at the end of the day, if Shaq leaves that team breaks up.DeShawn's Tattoo
He has that big "STEVENSON" on his back.I've seen a lot of players that are getting their names on their backs.With the Gazo the Pranksta, the cartoon, for everybody who wants to try out to have their voice on the show my next blog post will have more details on it.I'm going to set that up for next week to have it up and running.Right now, since Marc Ecko hasn't replied about the Barry Bonds ball to me I'm going to do something different about it.Cola has dropped out as one of the color ways for the GilIIZeros, so I'm going to do a 756 shoe, the Barry Bonds shoe.It's going to be the San Francisco colors and it's only coming out in the San Francisco Bay area.I'm going to buy probably like 8,000 pairs of shoes and when I come to town, I'm giving them away for free.His name is Nick Young and he has a sidekick named Dominic McGuire.This is one of the funniest kids I've ever met.The problem isn't that he's funny, but that he challenges me in pranks.You know, his little sidekick.We're going to the store right now."They went to the store and got paint ball guns.They got the paint ball guns, the masks, the gear, everything.They came around the side of the house, jumped the wall, and came in through the garage.But by the time they did all that, I already was out of the house and jumped the other wall.They were in the house looking for me and I was across the street flattening their tires so when they decided to leave they'd be on flats.They looked around the house and couldn't find me so they came outside and saw me across the street flattening their tires.When they left the house, they stole my daddy's toaster!We all went to the store like Sports Authority and bought all these paintball guns, like eight or nine new ones (because I already had three), then we bought the CO2 cartridges and like 12,000 paintballs and I even bought a couple paintball grenades.Andray had enough of the pranks, but I guess he didn't.My team was me, my friend John and three guys who were at my house hooking up stereo equipment."Put the CO2 down or I'm going to shoot you with the paintball gun."Nick is screaming, "Close the door Dominic!So Dominic left the door open.Nick, "You have three seconds to put the CO2 back.He started to scramble to put it back and I got him anyway.So he's laying in the car all mad saying, "I don't want to play no more."So I tell them, "12 o'clock, be in my backyard and we're going at it five on five."We're putting all our stuff together at my place and they're putting their stuff together at their place but they are having trouble with it so I have my boy John and my other teammate Adam to go over to their place and have them help them fix their guns.And when John and Adam showed up at their place they tried to ambush them, thinking that I was going to come too.So John and Adam had to run out of there.So it's like 11:10 at night and all you here are paintball hitting the windows.They were already in the backyard.So we hurried up and put on all of our gear and snuck outside through some of the vents in the house.And then we had a nice, good old paintball shootout in the dark.But one the kids was a little too heavy.They said that he got hit so many times that he had trouble putting his clothes on the next day.We played for about an hour and a half.You're not in there with kids, you're in there with grown men that have families.NBA when I got picked No.That's the moral of the story: I had fun.Introducing Gazo the Pranksta
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Oct.He's just like me, only a cartoon.I'm creating a cartoon called Gazo the Pranksta.You know, there's more 'outs' then there are 'ins.So if you've seen Superbad, yeah ' it's sort of like that.It's an adult cartoon that's in the same range as Family Guy and South Park.The voiceovers are why I'm blogging.I'm going to do a casting call for the voices of the five main characters.So I don't want to put an age limit on the voice, but I want parents to know that it's an adult cartoon so they might be saying words that you do not accept as a parent or don't want your kids saying.So when I say I'm looking for voices and you think your son has a funny voice and you think I might choose him for one of the voices, I want you to know that there might be language you don't want your kid saying.We were going to launch this earlier, but I've been watching a lot of cartoons lately and Gazo wasn't where I wanted it to be.Check out my website, www.For all the people who are trying to buy website URLs with similar names, don't bother.This is going to be the first interactive cartoon.If people out there don't know what interactive means, it means when you watch this cartoon you better pay attention because something that's in the cartoon might be a part of real life too.OK, they told me not to say this, but I got to.So, if you see a website on there, that website will be created.But I don't want people to see that part of the cartoon and think, 'That's it?Well, this isn't funny,' before we get our new writers on board.Gilsarena, they just thought that with the creativity that I come with and the way I love watching cartoons that we should get together and try to launch a cartoon of our own.We worked on it the whole summer and worked with characters and stuff and I just thought it was a great opportunity, so that's where this concept came in at.The way we're going to hopefully do it is launch each episode on the website every week like it is a regular TV show anyway, and we might buy a cable channel and put it on TV too, just so everybody starts to know what time it comes on every week until an actual station picks it up ' a station like Comedy Central, because it will fit their programming.So each week, I'll either blog about it or you'll just start to know that on a certain day at a certain time there will be a new Gazo the Pranksta episode coming on.Gazo and his friends come and mess it up.It's been a hectic summer and I want to get this out before the season starts because once the season starts, that's when the writers will take the cartoon over and I focus on basketball while they focus on writing.Halo all day and those kids, those video gamers, are the 'out crowd.So I had the gamers send me everything they think about in high school and everything that happened to them in high school, just everything.They ranked me a 91 in the game, but I didn't want to go into some board room and demand that they make me a 95 because I'm on the cover ' fine, I'm not going to lie, I did do that.If you're playing as me and hit the Hot Spots button, the whole floor turns red.Whenever we go West, he goes from city to city and travels to watch me play.He goes to Portland, he goes to Seattle, Golden State, Lakers, Clippers ' he just drives and goes to all of them.Tom just wants all 20 pairs of the GilIIZero's actually.So I have some fans out there joining the cause.Marc Ecko, I would really love the opportunity to sit down and negotiate with you about this ball and see if I can convince you to give it to me without taking it to the Hall of Fame marked.Something like 500 websites are calling me a cheater, and they don't know what cheating is.Let's break down the word 'cheating' in video games.That means you do a modification to your XBox, you create your own Halo 2, you get online and then you just destroy everybody so you can get your rank up.But you didn't really get your rank up because Bungie kicks you off, so you got your friends' ranks up.Or, they'll just 'lag' you out of a game.Somehow they just intercept your connection and 'lag' you out.There are glitches in Halo.The team inbounding the ball couldn't even get past half court.There's this thing called experience points.So I go to him, 'I'll give you a jersey if you tell me what you're doing.He said 'OK' and he explained it to me.He said, 'You play social games and you get the points too.So I said, 'Social games are matched?So you can win a social game, which is not ranked, and get the points still?He said, 'I don't care about experience points because at the end of the day, I'm still good.So for all the Halo people who don't understand what I'm talking about, this is just like if you were playing Madden online and you find a kid you can beat down on and you keep sending him challenges so you can get wins.Or in basketball games, if you're playing somebody online and beat him by 30 points and he says, 'Rematch?It's a little patch that goes onto a shirt.Whatever your skill level is ' 32 or 50 or five ' that's what you are.Nobody is going to help me win there, because it's a ranked game and nobody wants to lose a ranked game.So when I go into a match and my opponent sees that eagle, they'll be like, 'Dang, you play a lot.They're not going to say, 'Dang, you're good!Your major is just for show.Most of the time it was because of my talent, the other ones were because I said I'd give them a jersey!If you beat Halo you can collect these skulls.And if you get all 13 skulls you get a special helmet and outfit for your guy.So for the first couple days, everybody was beating the game but nobody was getting the special helmet because they couldn't find the 13th skull.That one person told somebody else, who told somebody else, who told somebody else and then what happened was the one person who knew how to get the skull called up a group of friends, invited them to join his party and told them that they can play with him and that he'd go through all the boards and find all the skulls and do all the work and since they'll all be joining in with him, they'll get the achievement points too.So he went through all the boards and it only took him like five or six hours because he already knew how to do it, and everybody in his party got the special helmet and didn't do anything for it.If that's not cheating, then what my fan did for me shouldn't be cheating either.We're not slowing down somebody else's modem or doing something else to beat them.This was just my fan saying, 'Hey, I want you to have the eagle.I'll give you the eagle by losing games to you.Agent Arenas is a popular guy online and gets offers like that.Come on, there are people out there that have double shot modded controllers, they have modded Xboxes, they have this new thing (and I'm not even sure how you do it) where you put a rubber band around your controller handles so it will go only right and if it goes right the whole time something happens where the game won't cut off and you keep winning or something like that.Who is sitting there putting rubber bands on their controllers?At least I'm there playing the game.I'm too proud to jump in a game with them to help me get my rank up.You do the up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right and now you have the infinity ammo and infinity lives.Don't be mad at me for accepting the victory.What should I be like, 'I know you lost, but I'm not going to take this win, sorry.It wasn't about skills, it was for show.If you see that eagle on your screen when you're going to play me, you're automatically going to think I'm good.Oh man, they got destroyed.He said, 'People like you make it hard for people like us to get better because we sit here for six hours a day playing this to get better.What I'm doing is not cheating.The leaderboard doesn't have anything to do with experience points, it just has to do with experience.Microsoft must have sold millions of copies of Halo and I'm still ranked No.Like Kanye said, 'You can't tell tell me nothing, riiighhht.And MC187, you get the bonus prize.This is the only way you're going to get famous because it's not going to be through Halo.So keep it up baby, I'm rooting for you.One more thing, a big thanks to Aircalbev for supporting me in this time of tragedy on the Bungie message board of hatred towards Agent Arenas.God for giving me the man power and the heart and mind to stay up and keep playing Halo to the best of my ability.Now I got to do the "Marion Jones" thing: Sorry to all my friends and family who believed in me.It was my first game since April you know, but if Fantasy Basketball was started right now I'd probably be in the top five because I had four steals, four assists, three rebounds and one turnover in 20 minutes.That was a great 20 minutes for me.You want to win in the preseason and you want to win in the regular season.You want a team that plays at the same pace as you.That's the one team that you can say that you don't want to face in the playoffs and that's Chicago.But now that you see the results of what the tests can catch you're like, 'Oh my God, this is serious.Etan is one of the healthiest guys I've known in my career.He takes care of his body, he eats right ' I've never seen him eat anything bad.So when a guy that is this healthy has a problem out of nowhere, it shows you that you have to check on your bodies.My words to him were, 'You don't need to think negative thoughts.You're going to live a regular life and once you're feeling healthy enough, that's when you start playing basketball again.It started when we were 14 but then we were sophomores, juniors, seniors and none of those years he could dunk the ball.My friend was on the other line and he's like, 'Yo, Eddie passed away.So I was like, 'What the hell are you laughing for?OK, can you explain why the hell you're laughing?!And Eddie went up and dunked it and he got so excited that he collapsed.He didn't pass away from a gun shot or this or that.His favorite player was Allen Iverson so we buried him with an Allen Iverson jersey and No.Back in NYC
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Sept.One of my superfans, Doug Wallis Jr.This is part two of the Gil Extravaganza.Last week I was in New York with my shoes, this week I'm in the Big Apple with my video game.But see, we have to rewind back even before that because it's important to the story.On Tuesday, Halo 3 came out.So I was playing at 12:15 in the afternoon when I got back home from the gym on Tuesday until 4:30 in the morning on Wednesday.Sixteen hours straight of just Halo 3.Then I went to sleep and had to wake up at 6:00 a.After that I had to come up to New York to do a commercial for ESPN with Dwight Howard, Deron Williams, Mike Breen and Bill Walton.They wanted me there a 5:00 p.OK, when does the last one start?So I go the trailer and Deron Williams is in there sleeping.He was like, 'Man, I could have gone back to my hotel!But once I got there and starting loosening everybody up, we just had a blast.We had a good time talking about Stephon Marbury's interview again, because I didn't know he came out with a Part 2 and a Part 3, talking about, 'They tell me I'm crazzzzzy!So I was all over the world in the Big Apple.So those six or seven kids have it before me, because I gave my copy out.How come I can't find my Wizards jersey, I'm averaging 25 points!We were going through Howard University and I saw a kid in a black Arenas jersey and I'm like, 'It's cold outside and he's wearing that?Joker, Jack Nicholson smile on that one.I'm just so excited that people are digging me and supporting what I'm doing.I'm putting all the workouts and everything I did all summer into one day so all the media can come check out and see that I'm healthy.I'm not sure what the full schedule will be.I'll do the pool workout, I might break out the 1,500 makes early in the morning and then the full basketball workout at night.I'm only going to shoot the game winner, so it makes me think of the game winner.What really happened was that I had an Achilles injury and I went back to L.Back in the day when I would day dream I thought that if I could score 100 points against any team it would be the Boston Celtics.So anyway, since everybody is back on the Boston bandwagon it brought back old memories.On November 2nd, we're going to go into that building, we're opening up Boston.Right now I'm telling the Boston fans: You guys are going to lose.You might as well just cheer for me, because Boston isn't winning in Boston for the season opener.Who are you as a person to take away somebody's legacy because you don't like him as a person?He was 'alleged' of doing steroids.If you're going to get Barry Bonds' ball, why don't you go get Mark McGwire's homerun balls that got put into the Hall of Fame and Sammy Sosa's corked bat too?He was 'alleged' of doing steroids.When his kid grows up he's going to hate you as a person because you decided to be this super, superhero to go put an asterisk sign over his dad's legacy.Everybody knows that I used the hyperbaric tent last year and I scored 60 points against the Lakers during the season I was using the tent.Now, the Hall of Fame has my shoes from that game.Anything you do in life you're going to have somebody like Marc Ecko wanting to buy whatever you do in life to put an asterisk sign by it.That's how I look at it.People say that he's dirty, but the last time I checked anything out I saw that corked bats, spitting on balls, Vaseline on balls and stealing signals, that's all cheating too.The fans that voted for the asterisk, I think they're representing sports wrong because at the time that he broke these records, he wasn't on steroids.Go buy back his trophies and medals and put asterisks on them.If they ban it tomorrow, will people be looking at me as a dirty player?I'm not saying steroids are good or bad here.That's what I feel about that ball.You're just tagging it up.Let a fan, somebody who appreciates the game still, no matter what, accept that ball.If Barry Bonds is found guilty, I'll give it back to you.I'm not going to let you go around like some little superhero.I'll put it in my hall of fame.Marc, who are you to discredit Barry Bonds' legacy?Marc, what if someone tried to take away what you did in this world as a fashion pioneer?How would that make you feel as a man?Introducing the GilIIZero
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Sept.For all the shoeheads out there, allow me to introduce you to the adidas GilIIZero.Gil 20s, because that's how it's pronounced, but when you go to buy them in the store (which I know you will) it will say GilIIZero on the box.Boyz II Men has a shoe or something.There are going to be 20 different versions of my shoe next year.When LeBron comes to town, my feet will be ready.That's for Vitamin Water.It's a whole little campaign we're doing.That shoe is coming out on a Saturday, and it's inspired by the Redskins.That's for all the Redskins fans because they play the Cowboys on the following day, a Sunday.Visit Coke Rewards for details.The game is coming out on September 25, so maybe we'll move this release date up.This is coming out only in kids sizes.This one is also only in kids sizes and is for my daughter and other little girls.This is a company that's in Asia that makes toys.So they're going to have a a 24" vinyl figure toy of me with the shoe and it's going to be released in China.So this shoe is going to come out in Houston vs.I'm mixed with a little bit of Cuban, so this is for all the Cubanos.I'll also wear it in Chicago, because there are a lot of Cubans in Chicago.This is the 'Don't watch me, watch TV' shoe.Portland fans, that's a question mark.That might become Denver with A.So those colors are the Lakers colors.HeatApril 4, 2008
Wow, four releases against the Heat.Check out UNDRCRWN's home page.Tell me what city should get it.This was a concept that adidas came up with last spring after I wore a special edition shoe on a West Coast trip when I hit the game winner against Seattle.So I gave that pair to one of the ball kids in L.What if we came up with the GilIIZero, where I have 20 different versions of my next shoe?It's never been done before.I'm an honest person so I'm going to tell you the truth of how it went down.When they first showed me the shoe, we were in a room at a hotel, and they came out with the shoe.It was supposed to be a team shoe because we're doing a whole brotherhood campaign, so they wanted us all in the same shoe.Being a young player, I was like, 'I can understand what you guys are doing, but Kevin Garnett has already had nine signature shoes.Mac had nine signature shoes.I'm just now getting on the scene.Can I get the Gil Zero, part two?For me, as a shoe kid, I'm like team shoes don't sell.They sell to teams, but for a kid on the street, they don't want to wear something a whole UCLA or Oregon or Arizona team is wearing.So I looked at the shoe and I straight killed it.How do I go from the Gil Zero to this?Would you buy this shoe?There were a lot of people that went, 'Eww, no.Designing shoes is very hard because for some reason, as an athlete, you never meet the designer until the shoe is already made.We can start it up, baby.NBA that come out each season.I'll blog from New York.Fellas, Heed My Advice
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Sept.That's my "get me a sub" face.Dime, but here is the whole story.What was funny was Calvin used to come to me after we played Miami and was like, 'Man, by minute, you scored the most points on GP.Do you have a problem with GP?So coach subbed me out, right, and I'm like, 'Woooo.Bobby Sura goes in for me and I'm like, 'Good luck Bobby, that man is on FIRE.But no, he matched me up with GP again when GP came in during the second half.I'd have scored 50 on you in the first half!Now I go after the rookies whenever I get the chance just because of what GP did to me.You know, I used to fear him.Whenever I was working out I was thinking, 'This is to get ready for GP.NBA player, but people get in arguments and I do too.My girlfriend had to drive me to practice in the morning to go work out and I was looking in the car and I guess my daughter dragged sticks and rocks from outside and there was yogurt and stuff all on the floor in the backseat.But instead of thinking it to myself, it slipped out and I said it out loud.It was about her registering her car, because she didn't register her car.If you want to have a party, you and the kids, and y'all want to have a party and throw drinks around, hey, be my guest.That's your car, you have to live with that mess, I don't go in there.And then she got so frustrated with that, because she came back with, 'I take care of the kids and if you want the car cleaned, you have to clean it.It was probably a mile, but I had on smaller shoes.You know, I wear 13s, but I had on 12s because they matched the outfit I was wearing so my feet were hurting and I didn't have any cab money to take a cab and that all played a part.When you have a fight with 'the other,' don't answer their calls and don't answer their pages.That usually gets the point across that you're not talking to them.They got nice couches in there and it just kept me in the gym working on my knee and stuff.She kicked me out of the car on a Sunday, I had to wait till the following Sunday to talk to her again.She just got her car registered two days ago, we're waiting on that to be finalized but my dad's car still looks like trash day.Everybody thinks we have easy lives, but hey, if you don't want to argue and you don't want to fight, take the high road and sleep in a gym.Alexander Ovechkin has a blog now, I see.So I heard he had a little skill and he gave me his jersey.The problem with athletes getting blogs now is that they get blogs thinking they can hide away from the media, but, no, you still have to talk to the media.You give yourself a little bit of a human side.SLAM Magazine has a color way too for my new sneakers so, I'm going to put it in their heads now, if they have a color that means I'm going to be on my next SLAM cover.You have to put me on the cover, right?Minnesota, hey, you got to find a friend that lives in L.We came up with a great concept and it should be great, we're the first people to do it.Jameer Nelson and his family after hearing that his dad died in a tragic accident.EA Sports, Spalding, Vitamin Water, Fox Sports Net (who are giving me my own video game show) and another secret one you don't know about yet ' and I'm taking them all out to dinner.Actually, if you think about it, they're all technically taking me out to dinner everyday, but let's pretend to ignore that).The ball boys in every city are like, 'Hey Gil.Because I have you on my fantasy team '' I'm like, 'Yeah ' I feel good ' What do you win if I do well?If we are then I'll go out and score 40!One time a kid was yelling from the stands, 'I need you to score two more points!So I was like, 'OK, here goes your two!It wasn't my actual basketball skills, it was my swag.Nash, Kidd, Chris Paul and Deron Williams round out the top five.The video game version of Gilbert Arenas.Game winner from 15 feet.For all the people who are trying to get the backboards, rims and balls from my Spalding challenge on GilsArena.Now to recap, you got to pay attention to my next three blog posts because they're going to be important.It will give kids the chance to become stars.I'm Still a Rock Star
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Aug.If you go to GilsArena.I'm giving three lucky fans the chance to win a Spalding court.All you have to do is submit an essay on GilsArena.We went to the Titans field.That was the first time I was actually on the field of an NFL football team.The shoot was for like five hours and we talked for four hours and 30 minutes of it.He gave me Madden '08 that's juiced up.That means what whatever version you buy in D.So this is for all the shoeheads, I'm trying out a new something new.Every shoe is totally different.I'm hoping David Stern lets me wear all the different versions without giving me a fine.Hibachi (That Benihana's collabbed with me.They're doing the whole Willy Wonka thing.Your big sporting good stores are going to sell them, but most of them will go to the specialty shoe stores and the underground sneaker shops.It should cause a lot of hype because they are some good looking shoes.This isn't the big thing that I was talking about, that's happening in a couple more weeks.But I was telling him, 'You have to do that because seven out of 10 people don't know you enough to even remember what jersey number you wore in college.Ten out of 10 people know what I wore, seven out of 10 don't know what he wore.So by him having that gym, that gives him some clout.He's trying to be one of the elite Arizona players ever, which he's not right now.Jeff market is in a recession.So we joked about that the whole time.The famous Steve Kerr had an airball.But he still hit about four or five threes.And I had 20 points in the second half.Name any set of guards from another school that are better than the Arizona set of guards.Dave Hopla is good for me because he's the one who taught me to shoot when I was little.He's been working with me since I was 13 years old when I first entered camp.So having him there again everyday should just make me better.You can see what he did for Toronto and their shooting last year.He does an amazing job, so that's a plus for us right now.When I found out I was like, 'What?!How'd he get hit by a train?Then I had to balance out by working out and doing drills and dribbling the ball because I wasn't dribbling before, I was just sitting there shooting.But now I'm working on my overall balance and I'm back at 100 percent healthy so that's good.Barry Farms the other day and had about 35 points and was dunking and stuff, so I'm feeling good.Me and Ian Edwards texted.He said when I come to L.That's all I watch is comedy.And he wrote back, 'Yeah, I can see that.Somebody made a mix of my highlights to Chocolate Rain.Tay to make me a theme song.Comebacks Galore
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Aug.First Penny, Now Reggie?I'm one of the happiest guys around now because my favorite player is coming back to play.That's my favorite player growing up.The funny part is, you know, I collect jerseys and I just found an original Orlando Penny Hardaway jersey.There's nothing out there on him.He just needs to get on that right team.With him, he's not as dominant as he used to be but, he can be that third or fourth option.This is my last year, so the fans can give their last hurrah.With Reggie, I really liked how he finished that year and walked away from the game.But I guess he's sitting there, analyzing all these games and he's tempted thinking, 'Man, I can go in there and hit a shot!I'm letting Nick Young rent out one of my houses.At first I was hesitant to go all the way to Vancouver for the EA Sports NBA LIVE Summer Camp I'm hosting because I need to get my shots in still to get up to 100,000 makes, but they said I could bring my shooting coach.We're also having a hibachi cookout because you know the flame is on right now.It was my old college roommate's from Arizona, Jason Gardner's, wedding.Me, Richard Jefferson, Luke Walton and Channing Frye from the team showed up.You don't know what to give for gifts so you give money.Jason leaves for Germany, I think, to continue playing basketball overseas as soon as he gets back from his honey moon in Mexico.For some reason, he thinks he's better than me.He can't fathom that he's only the third best player from Arizona, and I'm No.He hustles, he plays hard, they're going to love him up there in Milwaukee.Dominic McGuire, our second round pick, also got signed.He has talent and just got overlooked a little bit.For all the Beyonce' fans out there, I went to her concert.You know, you see her on TV and you think, 'Oh man, does she really look that pretty in person?DeShawn Stevenson came, Caron came ' I watched the first eight songs or so, then went down and worked out, and went back to the suite to watch the ending.You're singing the same little songs you sing on TV.But Beyonce' was out there doing her whole thing and entertaining the crowd so I have a lot of respect for her.Come on, it was at the Verizon Center.The security guards know whose picture is on the building.I'm going to do the same thing with the jerseys for them.If you don't think this is the best interview in history, something is mentally wrong with you.So, I present Steph with the "Interview of the Century" Hibachi Award!And I can't leave without a little bragging.For all of you Madden fans out there that are camping out, waiting for the game to be released, I know what it's like.You can meet me in the lobby, my tag is Agent Arenas.Got Jokes
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Aug.OK, Ian Edward's got jokes too.Now everybody is going to YouTube and looking him up.Ian, you can put that in a royalties check made out to me.Puffy and Ashanti made careers out of stealing other people's beats.If you think about it, nothing is original.What I did was recycle a new joke instead of waiting for it to get old.It's not like it was some lame, 'Yo momma' joke.But I recognize good stuff and make it popular.I'm not a thief, I just reused it.The guy that is trying to sell the domain name of GilbertArenas.Patrick McEnroe was saying I should quit making jokes about sharks and worry about rehabbing.Patrick, you're right, I should be focusing on my knee.Rome was killing me too, but Rome's my boy so I can't say anything bad about him.Makes and Counting
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on Aug.All I need is a gym, a ball and a couple rebounders.I'm at 19,570 makes which is about one fifth of the way to my total.One fifth, 13 days gone by, so I'm not only on track, I'm above track so I'm happy about that.I'm the only guy in the gym everyday.You got to be weary about that when your team's in the East because the Celtics can easily jump to the top three teams in the conference now that they have him.The rest of us in the Eastern Conference got to get on our grind now.You wanted them to get the No.Allen and Garnett brings them back to the old days when it was the Lakers and Boston.Stars Weekend, but I also promised Larry Hughes that I was going to come visit him and his wife and do his little casino charity that his mother is throwing for her passed son.So, I'm stuck in the middle.When you're dealing with a wife, a girlfriend, a fianc'e, your biggest problems are going to be the simplest problems.So when you come into town, she's going to want to go out, go to the movies, go hang out, go eat dinner and you're going to want to stay home.It happens all the time.They don't realize when we get home we just want to be in the bed and the players don't realize if they have kids that the women want to get out of house and be relieved from the kids.We can talk about this in the off season!It's like they don't understand and I know a lot of players that went through it and I know a lot of other young players that are going to go through it and it's just something you got to go through and grow with.It's kind of difficult so what I started doing was coming real early so I get out of here by 12 o'clock and play with the kids for four or five hours, go to sleep around four, wake up, and go to the gym again.So if you're swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that's called trespassing.That is not a shark attack.So I have never heard of a shark attack.Sharks are walking now, huh!We live on the land, we don't live underwater.Makes or Bust
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on July 26 2007, 1:50 p.Hey, you're keeping track of my makes and misses correctly, right?Right now I'm in the middle of making 100,000 shots over 73 days.There's three people that rebound and tally my makes and misses.One kid is Garret, he's a ball boy and there's also Drew Cleary, our strength coach, and Brian Chase.He's actually trying to make the team and doing it with me.He's a shooter that went to my high school and broke some of my records, and this is what he just finished doing.Of course I'm still tempted by Cheetos.I'm still on a diet, but I didn't say I don't cheat away from the diet.I'm at four percent body fat now.I'll just call them the USA College Team.Verizon Center so I played with them.Chucky Atkins out there around the rim.The stroke was there, but I was looking like Chucky on the vert.Vegas, but those boys have been working out the whole summer.The man I lost to in the championship is the man who cut me from Team USA.I'm not sure if they're really USA Basketball material, but at the end of the day if they pick it, they pick it.It's good for us because he plays good defense, he hit open shots when he had to but he didn't worry about shooting, he was just out there playing trying to make the team better.By the time preseason starts I'll have put in 100,000 makes.You keep charts of all your shooting.Actually, the other day while I was shooting, I've seen Dave Hopla.When I saw him, he said he had his worst shooting performance of the year ' He missed six out of 187 shots!Right now he's shooting 99.That's who I compete against because he always told me to keep track of what you shoot.I'm a Summer League Watcher Too
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on July 13 2007, 12:54 p.Keep showing me something, Nick.Dominic McGuire looks very good.Nick Young is coming around, he looks good too.That second game he really came into his own.You know, they just got to get some wins.Of course I hooked Nick Young up with the Gil Zeros.I'm trying to make him an adidas guy.Las Vegas and told him to play like we used to play back in Cali.Then, when he was playing their second game out there I was watching it on TV and I saw the Wizards security guard, Jackie Miles, he was digging in his ear and I called him and I was like, 'Yo, we can see you on TV digging in your ear.And Nick Young was sitting in front of him and I told Jackie, 'Tell Nick that he needs to go ahead and show me something.And that's when he got like three dunks in a row.I'm knocking everything out of the way from my new shoes, print work, everything.I'm getting it all out this week.I'll be surprised when I get out there myself.But I will let you know if they use my idea.It's going to be on GilsArena.This is my second challenge.More details will come out soon.Make sure you do your research, the commercial has got to show what the NEVER FLAT technology does.The winner gets a Spalding hoop, just like the pros use only for outdoor, and two NEVER FLAT basketballs.So look for that on GilsArena.Last time, I went up to bat two times and hit two homeruns.Since my leg is healthier than I thought it would be at this time, I might just go out there.It's a Small World After All
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on July 2 2007, 9:19 p.It's funny, the same coach that recruited me to go to Grant ended up getting a job with USC and recruited Nick to go to the Trojans.I'm really looking into that.Otherwise, I'm doing good.I'm trying to get cut and ripped and get healthy.The locals said nobody has ever been bitten by a shark, there haven't been any shark attacks, you know they're not aggressive sharks.So I was like, 'All right, let me go in and give it a try.During vaction, mostly I just relaxed.Damn, everyone's getting traded!You know, I grew up an L.I'm like, 'Now wait a minute, you want to leave now?Damn, he wants to leave no matter what?So he's going to be most likely be in a worse situation than he was before.But with KG, I think it's a great move to get into a bigger market.He's been averaging 20 and 10 for the longest and people don't recognize it like they should have.Spanish, but I have Cuban in my blood.I'll take Top 50 beautiful something, I don't care what it is.What are my teammates doing with their hair?First Andray Blatche gets the Anthony Mason cut, and now I hear DeShawn Stevenson has a mohawk.You have that much time on your hands that you go to the barber and say, 'Can you carve in all this stuff into the back of my head?But then the people at EA Sports came and told me they wanted to make the game better, I came on board because my first basketball game was NBA LIVE 95.So once they started getting out of character it was like they weren't progressing with the game so I became a 2K fan and then now I'm back to LIVE and I think all the 2K fans are going to come back to LIVE again because they're going to see they made progress.It's not as choppy as it used to be.It's not like, 'Oh, this is fake.It's commercials, product spots, etc.Oh, and I changed next season to The Sequel to The Takeover Reloaded because I didn't get to finish last year the right way, I got hurt.So watch out for The Takeover Reloaded.Don't Worry Wizards Fans, I'm Not Going Anywhere
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on June 14 2007, 5:14 p.What is hard for anybody else to understand besides people in the NBA industry to understand that, on my contract, it's basically the same thing that Ben Wallace did but without the trade and the same thing that Chauncey is doing.They get the extension and get the 12.Now, if you don't make the max money but you become a max player during the time frame of your original contract, you have to opt out to get the max money.When I signed my original deal, I believed that I would become a max player so I had a player's option.Chauncey was getting paid four to five million dollars in his contract, and if he extends he's only going to make 12.But, if he opts out of that contract, he could possibly start at 10.Ben Wallace was like, 'Well, I'm only making three million and I'm worth max.Why am I going to extend?Like if Antawn says, 'I'm signing an extension,' you say, 'OK,' because he makes 17 million.So he goes 18, 19, 20 in his three years.This is going to be the last thing I do.He told me that I was the guy he wanted to build around after Jordan was gone.But I looked good doing it.That's all that matters to me, as long as I can shoot the ball.That was my first time running.Overall I'm at about 65 percent.I've been biking probably about 18 miles every two to three days.Me and my trainer have been doing it for the past three summers.My fear that I was having was falling, that was my biggest fear ' falling on my leg.The people behind me were too close so I couldn't break and I had to just jump the curb going at least 15 miles an hour.That wasn't a pretty sight.Yeah, you know, my ego is hurt but that's about it.Ha, well I guess I did end up doing a flip off my bike, but it wasn't a planned one.Some people recognize me.Sometimes they'll be shocked like, 'Was that him?!Why is he riding a bike?!So, we were going down hill and I was actually moving with the bus, so anytime the bus stops, I'm going past the kids.What happened was, once the bus got about three exits in front of me, the kids all got off.Tuesday because I had the Cavs winning Game 3.You know what's funny about stuff like that?You'll catch Caron wearing Lakers shorts or Miami shorts.It's just a pair of shorts.Throughout the year I've seen DeShawn Stevenson wear Utah shorts and Magic shorts and I've worn Golden State clothing from time to time.My team Final Boss won, so that was good.Now I've talked to the league of MLG and they're going to make me the first owner.So I get to be Jerry West, Abe Pollin and Mark Cuban without all of the antics.I'm going to be the owner in an upcoming sport.I'm a beach person, but it depends on if there are any sharks in the water.If there are sharks in the water, then I'm a pool person.The rooms are little floating bungalows in the water so I can actually jump out the front door and start swimming.This is my first time ever taking a big vacation so I'm excited.BET because then I won't be on regularly.So if ESPN picks it up, I might consider it.That's for this summer and then I have one next summer and it's going to be the business side of me and that should be funny because I don't know anything about business so I'm going to sound like Paris Hilton or Jessica Simpson.There ain't going to be any comments like that, but for business people, I'm going to sound like a straight idiot.Like, if I want to go to Tahiti, I'll bring my funniest friends and just make it funny and show them what every other summer looks like for me.We talked to the people who want to use me and we're like, if we can get them then we'll think about it.But I'm not guaranteeing anything.Mine is going to be more like Chicken Soup for the Soul.It's going to be hilarious.Reality stuff like that.It's a slotted system now.You can't do that anymore.So it's going to be mostly funny stuff like that.Attacking people, attacking the system, attacking critics ' stuff like that.Melo in our arena.Posted by Gilbert Arenas on May 25 2007, 4:30 p.I'm smiling thinking about the Gil 20's.I'm just 'Agent' right now.We're beefin' right now.You know, I've never done this before.I'm in California, even though I'm here.My body is here, mentally I'm in California, so I'll just see you in training camp ' I don't think he liked that very much.I've been designing my pool in the back since I have free time there, and I have time to redecorate my house, unfortunately.The people who did Antawn Jamison's house, I told them to come on over and throw another look in there.You know, I've been looking at this one for five years.The Halo 3 beta version is out.Unfortunately I still suck at Halo 2 and 3.So, yeah, I'm not that good.You don't have a three, I mean a real solid three.You get Durant at three, you have the Rookie of the Year at the two and you have a young one in Jack.So, you can argue for both.Right now he still needs to develop his offense, but Tim Duncan was great offense and defense, Shaq was great offense, Patrick Ewing was both, Alonzo was both.If you keep Zebo, that means you're going to bench Aldridge who did great for you last year.We need somebody coming off there so when we put me, Caron and Antawn on the sidelines, we have somebody who can still light it up.He came off and he just sparked us.Personally, that's what I think we need.Final Boss', Halo 2 tournament.You know how it's the Gil 20's and you're like, 'What does 20 have to do with Gil?It's not going to just be, 'Oh, it releases January 2nd.Every city I play in, whatever color I wear, that's going to be released in only that city.Cola, so we got a 'Coke Zero' color coming out.It's going to be interesting.Baron Told me in March that They'd Beat Dallas
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on May 10 2007, 3:30 p.And you know, you kind of smirk, like, 'You know how many wins that team has?He's like, 'Man we can beat them.For some reason they can't match up with us.First Round, we're going to the Second Round.He was like, 'Once they get a taste of these fans, they're not going to win here.So all we have to do is steal a game out there, because they're not winning here.My dad knew everything about the L.These are the best point guards and the best guards.They'd be like, 'You seen BARON DAVIS!?It was just a whole little high school thing, I was just a ninth or 10th grader.He takes his time with his.It's just confidence and health.That's the real Baron Davis.And everybody says the most dangerous point guards in this league are Steve Nash and Baron because they just do so much.He just has so much trickery with him.He's been injured so much that people forget about him.He's just got to stay healthy, that's all.Now It's Golden State vs.You guys have the game won, we don't need the daggers.Utah isn't going to win in Golden State.The only thing I was satisfied about last night's game was Derek Fisher.Those are the stories you remember.He's won championships, but that's going to be in his top three moments of all time.Second Team All NBA today.Other than that, I've just been working on my leg.I'm past Stage 1 faster than a lot of people thought I would be.Usually when you get a knee injury you try to get the lag out of your leg.What that means is if you have your arm straight out, and you break your wrist a little bit, that's that part that's lagging.Sometimes that takes months, and I got my lag out already.Now we're just strengthening and getting it to bend again.It's not just in the rehab sessions, I do a lot of it on my own too.No more crutches, but I'm still walking with a slight limp because I don't have full rotation where I can actually pick my foot up and walk like a regular person.But I can sit down 97 degrees, actually it's about 94 degrees now.Actually, of late, when the playoff games are done for the night I've been trying watching all of our games ' from Game 1 through Game 82 just to see how we progressed and what we could have done better.I'm just going back and recapping our season.Like I want to see Larry go far, but I want to see Cleveland lose.He texted to see how my leg was and I told him fine and I told him I've been watching some games.He was like, 'I'm going to do it.Like, when you're running a team, how do you run a team?He said, 'I'm a scorer too.I'm much faster than the team, so when it's a fastbreak, that's when I get my opportunities.So then, in my mind, whenever I wanted to score it was like, 'Fastbreak, fastbreak, fastbreak, fastbreak.That's why I score so much in fastbreak.Our offense is Princeton.If I do take a vacation, it's not going to be until my leg is 110 percent.Well it's going to be like James Bond movies for Agent Zero.You have The World Will Never End and then you have Casino Royale.So next year is The Sequel.That's great, The Sequel.Just like any other team, you get away for about a month.I've been keeping in contact with Caron, DeShawn, A.We got a pretty mellow team where everybody gets along.You have friends on so many teams and you want to see everybody win.And then on Phoenix, me and Steve Nash are good, me and The Matrix are great friends, plus me and Amare.For The Finals I want Golden State and ' I'm not going to say the East.EA Sports NBA LIVE 08, Starring Me
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on April 28 2007, 5:00 p.If you look closely, you can see me holding the game under my right hand.I'm on the cover of NBA LIVE 08.April Fools ' they playing games ' I got fooled again.That's what I'm hoping now.They're letting me do my own press conference.Do you realize how big this is?They can't tell me nothin'.Because while rehabbing, all I'm thinking about is 'I'm on the cover of LIVE.Most Likely to be on a Wheaties box.THIS is much bigger than Wheaties, I can tell you that!This has been a good year!Star, to the cover of LIVE 08.Y'all be at them stores.I'll even go to the store and buy a couple copies and give them out on GilsArena.Loose Cannon to Agent Arenas.Game 3 Tomorrow
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on April 27 2007, 6:30 p.If you didn't catch this jersey, you can still go to my website to get one.They played their butts off in Game 2.Larry Hughes had a big Game 1.Antawn is playing phenomenal right now.Brendan played great last game.Caron took his cast off so they better put him in their scouting report because he might be back.Plus it will be my first time that I show up at the arena since the injury so I know that everybody will be excited to watch some basketball.I'm going to just personalize everything.It will be up on GilsArena.Like if I sprain my ankle, I don't want to get treatment.It's kind of funny because they're all like, 'I can't wait to be around this in the summer, there's going to be some funny stuff here with Gil getting frustrated.And then, you know how all the trainers they think everything works perfect?It's like, 'You have to do this.I've done this millions of times and they're not so simple and boring to me.There's this thing where they put baby powder on your knee, they put a little metal rod in your hand and they have these electric little gloves and they rub your knee and it's supposed to bring down the swelling.And I'm like, 'You're telling me baby powder on my knee and you rubbing on it is going to bring my swelling down?Me and the trainer are going back and forth all day.Eric Waters (the trainer) is my man, but I have to fight him sometimes.I'm like, 'They're soft.They don't make them like me anymore.But I was just outside first because I forgot to put my brakes on in my car.So it was wet outside and I only had on my house slippers and they were wet when I came back in the house.So it was either both of us stumble down the stairs, or drop her.She was maddddd ' she didn't cry though ' but she was mad.You know, I play around with her and throw her around so much all day that she don't cry anymore.Like ' I've never seen anything like it ' she'll run and fall and hit her head on something and have all these big knots and she just walks around like it's nothing.It was at the top of the stairs and I just stepped on the wood and my right leg slipped up, and if I had continued holding her we both would have just fallen backwards down the stairs.So I just dropped her on her butt and grabbed the railing.It was scary last night, but it was funny this morning.Sleeping during the day, keeping everybody up during the night.Put it like this, she has my personality and my energy at that age, we'll just say that.I'm like, 'Uh uh, no way.She'll be like, 'Basketball!I'm like, 'No, the basketball doesn't hear you.Posted by Gilbert Arenas on April 20 2007, 3:30 p.Compared to two weeks ago I feel 80 percent better.I'm not as bored as I used to be.I've been getting my beefcake on trying to get stronger.God, I thought I was at the library walking into that locker room.The players enjoyed the company and I'm about to go on the road trip with them.I'm going to do a lot of talking.The message is, 'Punks jump up to get beat down.Same thing I was saying last year, I'm saying it this year.This ain't going to be no easy win so you can go ahead and get that out your head.You better come up with a real game plan because we are comin'.That's why I'm going on the road trip, I'm going to sit right behind their bench and just talk all day.I'm going to just talk about the whole team from start to finish and try to do my part by irritating them.Right before the season ended they played the Cavs and it was a close game so you know, the guys are feeling confident that they can make this a series.I'm Available to Play vs.Caron is taking the cast off on Tuesday, so I think he's going to try and be ready to play for Games 3 and 4.And then if they go to Game 5 I'm coming in, I'm going to play.So if I suit up, you all know what it's for.It's for three seconds left, stick me in the corner so I can shoot it.Get my Jersey Tomorrow
I've just been signing all these jerseys.Wooo, aw man, it's been hectic.Less than 24 hours to go.Get ready to go to GilsArena.Here's a hint: there's going to be four million of them.He can handle all the big stuff like the war in Iraq and all that, and I'll keep everybody distracted off what he's doing.I'll be the entertainer.I'll play the Bush part.Defensive Player of the Year: The Bulls' team.Coach of the Year: Jeff Van Gundy.Best Showman: Me, unfortunately.Most Swag: Oh man, that's me again.People are going to start getting offended.Most Underrated: If you're in the NBA are you really underrated?Tie between Brendan Haywood and Juan Dixon.In the summer it was Adam Morrison, but I think we got a rematch now.I've been practicing a lot.Speaking of video games, my video game team Final Boss just won the championship in Charlotte, N.So I want to give my shout out to Strong Side, Walshy and the two brothers: Orge 1 and Orge 2.You know, my genes is pretty good, a handsome guy like myself.I'll be waiting for those names to click in.I've been doing my part, you got to do your part.I'm So Bored
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on April 12 2007, 5:30 p.Log on to GilsArena.Saturday, April 21, 2007 it begins and 6 a.There is a limited offer for the first 2,000 Agent Zero fans to log on, register and purchase the Agent Zero Collector's Package.Zer0 2 Her0 foundation, shipping fees not included.Zer0 2 Her0 foundation, shipping fees not included.Also be on the lookout for further auction items from Agent Zero's private collection at GilsArena.We need money for the foundation, you can't keep just using your own.Oh man, I'm soooo bored.I've never been so bored in my life.She'll jump up and down for 10 and a half seconds and then she wants to go play somewhere else.The only thing I get to do is play with my son because he's in the same predicament I am ' he's an infant, he can't use his legs either.The only thing I can do is when I go to the restroom, my daughter likes to play in the bidet.She likes to play in the little water right there.That's the only interaction I have with her.It's like my XBOX: I've been playing it so much that it broke I think.I'm actually already starting rehab.It's mostly massaging and trying to fire up my thigh muscle.It takes 45 minutes to an hour.When he steams it I'm supposed to fire up my muscle.For somebody like me who doesn't like messages, I just turned off my phone.I'm just starting to turn it on for an hour a day and when I do turn it on I probably have ' 95 text messages.Do you need me to take care of you?I'll watch the good part of the game.I'm like, 'Lord have mercy.When he says every day, he means every day.But all my teammates have text or called me.I'm one of those guys, I can't watch basketball without wanting to go play.You know, so when I'm watching it, I'm sitting there dribbling the basketball.Star with Chris Bosh two years straight.Chris Bosh didn't say more than six words around me, and four of them was, 'What's up?What's up' during the practice and 'What's up' during the game, both years.No matter what you say, somebody isn't going to like it.My Halo team, Final Boss: Their first tournament of the year is going to be in Charlotte this weekend.Fly Jeans: You know, when I got injured I didn't want to receive calls so my business partner was like, 'Where are you?But, we're scheduled on time.I'll let you know what stores in the future.Oh man, he's a big critic.He was watching my team and was like, 'Man, you guys are just bad at defense.How does Dwyane Wade, with one arm, get to the rim and dunk?And I was like, 'It's not like it was his right arm, it was his left arm!So he's like, 'You got the man with one arm coming in and dunking on folk.He would have been layed out.He was like, 'You will beat me now?I'm going to get a shot attempt up, trust me.You're just a dirty player.He just wants to dance and fool around and make funny noises to try to throw you off your game.Hey, I'm Still Smiling
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on April 5 2007, 5 p.Son of a bee sting, that really hurt.Just telling jokes, you know.See, that's the good part: I was KNOCKED OUT!But you know, I could still bend it and walk.Internet connection wasn't acting right last night so my video game session wasn't working.So, when you're injured and video games is your life and you can't play it, it just makes the injury that much worse.It was good to hear from them.They just said, 'Get well soon.Actually, they thought I was playing when I said that I was done, because I joke so much.Mostly it was just a cleanup.You know, cut it off and then bring it back to me when it was all healed.Because, you know, Heather Mills on Dancing with the Stars, she had that leg.But they wasn't going for that.I'll be watching, either on the sidelines or up in the sky box or on the TV at home, because right now I can't really do too much.Once playoffs start, I'll be there for the home games.Unfortunately for all my fans, I don't get to travel.But I do have something for my fans.Since I have so much time on my hands now, I have the jerseys and I have 6,000 individual Gil Zero shoes that I'm going to be giving out to my fans.I'm going to start getting ready to sign them and then I really don't know how exactly it's going to work, but they can check out GilsArena.I've never had a rest for the last six years.That's why I'm still going to have my jersey giveaway.To keep everybody excited.He came to the hospital with his broken hand.Seventeen assists, one turnover and the turnover he had, he shouldn't have got it.If he keeps playing like that every night, then they're going to have the chance to win some games.There ain't no point in being sad, I can't do nothing about it.Coach Colangelo called me the other day and I tried to call him back and there was no answer, but before this injury I was planning on going and trying out again.I'm a basketball player.USA Basketball baby outfit for my son.Know Who You're Writing About
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on March 22 2007, 9 a.Arenas something,' and I was like, 'Oh, let me see what they're going to kill me about today.But it was something he said that kind of like made me think, 'Hey, OK, hold on.So this will be a little different, blog readers.You know, I didn't get the 50 I promised myself and my lovely fans.It was actually playoff basketball for the most part.That energy from when I touched the ball to when they called my name, you know, 'Boooooooo!That was the loudest arena that I've been to all season, and it's not even the playoffs.That was the loudest arena in probably a decade for a regular season game.Before that day I made that prediction, I don't think anybody knew who I was in Portland.It was funny, I was sitting on the bench and a fan said, 'Arenas, you suck!And he started laughing too and was like, 'Well maybe you're right.It's kind of funny people are there to see you score 50, and the other people claim they don't want you to get it, but at the end of the day they all want to see you score 50.The first public prediction was me starting by midseason of my freshman year at Arizona.Second, the day I got drafted they said, 'Gilbert Arenas, you're No.Game 41 comes up, I'm on IR, they're laughing.They was like, '16, seven and seven.So I leave Golden State that same year and I go to D.So I stayed in the arena that whole summer.You know, I look at it like this.Coaches to referees to media to the average Joe working on the street.When I was talking to a referee at halftime about a call, he was like, 'Man, I'm mad.He predicts his outcome.That's when I realized that everyone has predictions, I just tell you mine.Here comes the big 50, the big one.Then here comes Portland.Need that 50 against Portland.You know, I didn't come through like I said on that one.Then I turn on the TV and it's like, 'He should shut his big mouth, and just play basketball'he needs to focus.Since we're talking about numbers, 95 percent of the things I said I was going to do, I did.To understand me is to understand a fan.To understand a fan is to love the sport you're watching.Growing up, it wasn't about the money.That's what I wanted to know.Shaq in a big ol' couch that made him look like a midget, those are the things I fell in love with.You know, Penny Hardaway with the Lil' Penny.That's what I fell in love with.Star Game it looked like they were enjoying themselves and I was like, 'Man, I wish I could be there one day.You know, you go to the game this year and you see the fourth quarter.Does he think he's going to make it?Shaq said he's going to give me money, because I always dreamed about doing that.So if that's 'crazy' or 'quirky,' just give me season tickets to any arena and let me sit there with 20,000 other 'crazy' and 'quirky' people.So when I hear critics say, 'Just play basketball,' I say, from the age of 14, that's all I've been doing ' playing basketball.I've been playing from a fan's view.There's a few players, if you take the money away, they will still play it as hard as they do.Gilbertology' and 'Gilbert being Gilbert' means Gilbert enjoying his time in the NBA.From predictions that I say I'm going to do, to pranks, that I have fun doing with my teammates.I'm going to enjoy it because you never know when it's going to end.That was the best feeling I felt my rookie season.So when I hear critics say I'm 'quirky' and 'crazy,' I might be.So when he scored a tough basket, normally we'd give him the 'I can't feel my face.We come back down on offense, alright, pass it to the corner and he shoots a three ' no more hand in the face.So I go up to him at halftime and I'm like, 'What's up?You don't do the hand in the face no more?What do you mean you can't do it anymore?Uh, my agent said teams are asking what is the hand in the face and are wondering if I'm throwing up gang signs.What is with the hand shaking, the hands in the face, the hibachi, the nicknames?The reason people watch us is because it looks like we enjoy what we're doing.So when DeShawn told me he couldn't do the hand in the face anymore, I got offended.Because every little kid was doing it.When we go out there at halftime,' I said, 'Put your hand in your face and shake it.You know, that's what's wrong with sports now.Certain players did certain things and you knew that.You knew when MJ would hit a shot he'd put that right arm out with a fist and tap the floor.He hits the shot, and there you go.That's part of the antics.Believe it or not people, those are antics.From the dust coming up, to the fist of hitting a big shot, those are all antics.I'd hit a three and I'm bopping my head.If a little kid turned on the TV and they heard a critic say, 'We don't like when they do this to their head or do that with their fist or do the hibachi hand'' That would hurt a kid's heart, because when they go on the playground, they imitate that.The antics are changing, but they're still antics.Bulls played the Jazz and Karl Malone tried to post up Dennis Rodman.Because I knew what Rodman was going to do to him, and that's what I wanted to see.They love it, and then they hate it, for the same reason.Star jersey and try to play in the game with it, because he put 'Ocho Cinco' on his jersey.When we step inside that court and people come into those arenas and sit down, it's not about what they did that day, it's not about their rent, their jobs, how bad their day is going.It's about, 'I'm going to forget about it for two hours.Two hours while this basketball game is going on.Same thing with a player, no matter what's going on outside of the arena, when you get in there it's my job to entertain for two hours.So I think I have the right to put baby powder on somebody from my team's donuts for five minutes.Like when you're done with your job, what do most people do?Go get a glass of wine, relax themselves ' because they work, that's what they do.How come we can't do the same thing?It's funny how we're not human anymore.It's like once we sign that big deal we're not human anymore.Relaxing for me is going home and playing video games, watching a funny movie, writing a funny commercial to myself.Some people it's going and getting a glass of wine.Why because a player gets in trouble at a club that you ban everybody from the club?It's hard because there are players that are going to mess up all the time, but don't put us all in the same box.Because as a player, and you're in the heat of that moment which we all get, and you go up to that ref and you want to cuss him out and you say, 'Hey No.But if you say, 'Hey Eric ' Hey David, I think that was a bad call.Because you took the time to learn their name.Take the time to learn the players, the NBA and what's going on around us instead of just doing this clich' of writing.He's going to say, 'You know, both my ankles are sprained, my lower back is pulled, I can't run as hard as I did two days ago, but I'm still playing on my injury.Booyah, all that's solved.That's the perception of sports players.Why don't you guys just stick to what you do!Posted by Gilbert Arenas on March 18 2007, 4 p.The 2000 Arenas is here.A: Alijah Amani Arenas.We're trying to get him sponsored by AAA now and get his diapers paid for.Guys are on top of the world, all of the sudden gets traded to a new team and a different coach and it can go all down hill from there.That's what made him good.He's capable of doing stuff like that and they pulled it out.It was good play on both parts.With a team like that, you don't want to go into overtime, you want to go for the gusto.Gary Payton made a great defensive play the previous possession.He made one, then I made one.Everybody knows about it.At the end of the day, I want to win.It's harder in this situation now because it's winning time.But it's more of a team thing now that we get these wins and we don't droff ' we don't drop off.If I'm on fire, I'm on fire.I've caught glimpses here and there.We made it to the finals against Duke, but I can't really remember it.Leave all your heart here.Don't watch me, watch TV.Turn on your TV channel.It's getting a little cockier.Playoff time is coming so I need to get that edge going.Don't watch me, watch TV.It's like, 'I don't know why you're jumping to guard me, you've seen what's going to happen before on TV.So that's where it came up from.Stuff like that is nothing to joke about.Especially for someone who has kids.That's how this world works, off the internet.Know what it reminds me of?In Season One of Dave Chappelle he had a skit where he was like, 'I had a show once before, it got cancelled.The kids are crying like, 'Why would you do that to us!And he's just sitting there laughing.Have a Story For You
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on March 9 2007, 1 p.We sit in the corner section.Andray Blatche, he's that rookie.DeShawn was like, 'If you got a problem with me, then you got a problem with Antonio.Antonio was like, 'If you got a problem with me, you got a problem with Gilbert.Doing silly stuff back and forth, so I stayed out of it.One day, I come here like 10 minutes before practice and I always walk into the weight room first.He was like, 'Andray Blatche.He was like, 'Uhh, how do I say this?He threw all the clothes from your locker into the cold tub.What do you mean my stuff?Uhh, he thought ' because DeShawn threw his in the cold tub ' he thought you did it.But I told him that you wasn't even here yet.Gilbert is not here yet, so he didn't have nothing to do with it.And Andray was like, 'This is called Gilbert 101.So I go into the locker room and all my stuff is in there all wet.So I go, 'Oh, I see you're waking up a sleepy giant?Dray was like, 'As long as you don't mess with my car, I don't care.Let me just say this, after what we've done to him, I don't think he wants war anymore.Oh and he bought some nice little dress shoes for his suits, well I made them look like girls shoes and cut the tops off of them.For the last three years, they beat us up there and we beat them down here.I've been shooting the ball well ever since the chiropractor came in and basically popped my shoulder back into place.Like, if Dwyane Wade comes back, he's a brave man.Just my clavicle was pushed in.I'm back just like that?Let's get that straight.He was riding me from the time I got the ball until I got into the lane.That's what the argument was.It was a foul before the shot.So he was like, 'Well, then you get a tech.Coach Nellie says he didn't say that, but, at the end of the day, we'll take the win.I've been there, done that.I've missed those free throws already.Go all the way to the locker room, start taking your shower, go take the shower, get on that bus, it's going to be a long ride to the next city because I'm not going to miss these three.But since Antawn and Caron are back, even if they double team me, I feel confident when I pass them the ball that they're going to hit that shot so I'll give it up now.We got to get a win at Miami because those guys are playing great.They beat the hell out of the Bulls the other day.I've been with Washington that we're going to spend more than one day in Miami.Right now it's all playoff mentality.His role was so small I couldn't even tell my friends.That was him right there.My dad was excited about the role, I guess he thought it was going to be bigger than it was.He was like, 'That was me!Right there, in the black and white!I'm the face of the campaign.Haha, oh man, how the hell did that happen?That's what the campaign's about.For everybody who started off in my situation.Whatever you believe in you can do.It means, 'I can't feel my face,' from Lil Wayne.Make Way for Another Arenas
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on February 26 2007, 4 p.We're going to have another junior, the junior junior.I'm contemplating on it.He needs a real name so he can get girls and kids won't laugh at him.He can't be Gilbert, because they're going to call him, 'Who's eating Gilbert's grape?He might leave it as 'Little Boy' Arenas.This is an award that I had my eyes and dreams on my whole career.Thank you to my fans for reading and this is just a pleasure ' wait, when do I get my trophy?Just playing, I'll take it.They always thank God in these speeches, so I want to thank God for putting me in the situation where I can win awards like this.Star weekend and I came back out torching.As a guard that likes to get hit, I mean, I go in there and just jump.Somebody must have messed with my arm, my shooting arm.Mister 50 ain't had more than 30 points in one game yet, but he's Mister 50.If he ain't scoring 29 points a game, he can't talk to me.I'm Mister 29'Forget that, I don't need to be Mister 29.You all want to hear a story?This is a story people need to be reading on.So, now we're hovering over the airport for three hours!So we made an emergency landing in, I don't even know ' Sambook?We landed over there and then we sat on the plane on the ground for another two hours.They finally got us a bus and it took us four hours to bus there because the roads were still all snowy and icy.After we lost to them, we went to go take a shower and there was no hot water.New York because I felt all itchy from all the soap that stayed on me.Just straight AAU basketball when you go from one city to another city just stinkin'.We gonna cut off they hot water when they come to our city.The Mod Squad is about to be back and running.We feel comfortable playing them now.They got Wade out with a shoulder injury, that's a beast.Star starter now and I'm staying the same way I've always been ' just a lovable guy.He was actually honest, so I did it for him.So all my fans, keep buying them jerseys and them shoes, because I'm going to keep signing them when I see you on the road.The Golden One Arm
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on February 9 2007, 1 p.They call me the 'Golden Arm.So the only way I was going to make the bet worth that much was I had to put out some cash.You know, because he's the No.And that's what I had to do.It wasn't that I cheated ' (of course I cheated) ' everyone's seen me cheat, everyone's seen it ' it's the fact that I made 73 with one hand.See, on the tape, they don't show you what he was doing.He didn't do it to the extent I was doing it, but he was doing it.They just wanted to see me goofy and do the goofy stuff.He was pretending to shoot.But at the end of the day I WON.It wasn't for the money.Why am I going to make him pay for me cheating?Because hey, I was surprised too to see him make 12 or 13 in a row at the end.He's one of them people you can't let win at nothing.If you got to cheat to win ' hey, I'd rather cheat and say, 'Let's do it over and start it up another time.It was more of a moral victory than anything else.This is the same guy that says nobody can talk to him unless they're over 50 percent shooting.See, I couldn't let him win for the team.It was a team moral victory.It's just that he does it because he's funny.He's just a funny person.He says it just to irritate everybody.And then that tells Caron he can say, 'If you wasn't on the Oprah show, you can't talk to me.So we have a big ol' swagfest going around.And then here DeShawn comes, 'I'm the first player ever to leave out of California!Then its like, 'Oh, Lord.But, at the end of the day, I'm going to win somehow.I'm going to cheat my way.I'm going to win because I'm going to cheat until I win.It's like when you're playing against that veteran.I'll put in rules like if you foul me twice, that's a point.Did they come in here and beat us down, or did they?It was one of them games where you start off and you hit your first basket and you like, 'OK!Phoenix, a team like a Dallas, you know, Houston; You got to be clicking on all cylinders against them.It hurt not to have Antawn.You need everything to be clicking well.You can't have two players going in a slump or even one player going in a slump, you need everybody hitting shots that day.That game's already coming up?It's so funny how a game nobody ever thought about is going to become a watched game.Even if you don't watch the game, you're going to look at the boxscore to see what happened.So I'm feeling pretty frisky.It wasn't on against the Lakers and I was feeling really good about that game.Same thing against the Spurs.You're feeling good about your shot, but for some reason, it doesn't want to go in the basket.So we'll see what happens.It's going to be more of a fun one because at the end of the day, they really do not want me to get 50.Nate's a tough guy so I know that there's going to be a lot or elbows and a lot of double teams so that will just leave stuff open for everybody else.Vegas if they can't make it.Posted by Gilbert Arenas on February 1 2007, 1 p.They told me that I might have won.They said, 'We're 95 percent sure that you overtook Vince Carter.So I woke my daughter up and we started dancing.Well, it will depend on the coaches again and I think I've proven I'm worth it this year.But then when I heard'like, thinking about it now still makes me smile.Star has meant the same to me, because they've all been so different.Then the next year, I got snubbed and ended up getting put in by the Commissioner so I felt grateful and I enjoyed that one.And then this year I get voted by the fans and it's like each one has been so different and so enjoyable.It's part of the game, so, it happens.Thanks to the NBA you have a great dental plan.Hey man, that mouth guard ' I can't do that.How can anybody understand them?Charles Barkley had one, but Charles Barkley doesn't call them plays.It's just something you got to get used to and I wasn't used to it so I was mostly chewing on mine.I'm going back to the Hibachi days.No matter what goes on during the game, we want that win and that's the most important part about it.Beating Detroit was a great, great challenge for us.We have two bigs that we try to play and they have five shooters basically.Hibachi 3000 has to come back and get ready to play.Hibachi because me and Caron, we got to step up our games to keep this team above water right now until Antawn gets back and until Darius Songaila comes back.One of them, Roger Mason, what he did was reasonable.He made 81 out of 100 from the college three.You know, I went and I don't know how many I would have made out of 100.He was like a high school player compared to my shooting.Actually, he was really upset because I was bragging the whole time during it, and I've been bragging the last two weeks.All of them ' Caron, DeShawn, Calvin ' they was all with him.You know, I've been to Vegas before.It's going to be a challenge because they are one of the top four or five teams in this league.I'm having a Super Bowl party for the team.TVs and also, I'm a host.Hello, This Is The Hibachi Speaking
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on January 24 2007, 11:45 a.First of all, they're hard to guard anyway, but if they're shooting like that its harder.That team doesn't talk trash.Truthfully, they're not worried about defense.One college game'that's five fouls, right?...Duke, they got soft rims'I'd probably score 84 or 85.They got Webber down there.Not too many people can say they had a streak that long of hitting consecutive shots.They're looking good right now.That's going to be the team to watch in the next couple weeks.They were supposed to do a cover article on me and they went with Peyton Manning.As long as I'm in the magazine somewhere.Did It Again
Posted by Gilbert Arenas on January 16 2007, 4:15 p.The whole night, between Okur and Boozer, they were giving us the business.He hit big shot after big shot after big shot.Antawn ended up calling a timeout which ended up being a good thing.You know, I'm so fast when I get ready to move they're going to back up especially since I'm crouched so low.Maybe that had something to do with it.We rested our legs and we came out and had a great performance.It's the same thing we did in Toronto, but that lead over there was bigger than this one was.Scott Skiles screaming, 'We have a foul to give!That's just a smart play.If you know the guy is foul |
