Gilbert Leaves $16M On The Table

You mean… Gilbert ONLY took $111 million? What a hero. What a bargain!

… puke.

Gilbert Arenas is the most laughable player in the league. Does he think accepting $111 MIL instead of $127 MIL, all of a sudden, makes him a philanthropist?

This guy’s agenda is all about catering to this “image” of being a lovable figure, while also concurrently thoughtful and deep. I hate people who put on a mirage, and try to pass off the notion that it is a reflection of their genuine selves.

Frankly, he is nothing but a media creation. And he is an OVERRATED basketball player, which is the most important factor to look at when you are left to determine whether this contract by its size, is just.

Truthfully, he was overrated before the injuries. And now that we’ve seen a glimpse or two of Arenas after being out for periods of time, he has been rendered ineffective. The mere fact that the Wizards are about the same record wise and winning percentage wise without Gil as they are with him illustrates his overratedness terrifically. One could even argue that the Wiz play better defense as a team with no Gilbert Arenas in the lineup. He is what he is; a poor man’s Allen Iverson.

Good luck with this guy on your payroll for the next 6 years, Washington.

wow, he leaves his team 1.6M of flexibility per year for 6 years, what a guy ::)

Soap, I don’t mean to get into a silly debate here. Yes I do think parting $16 MIL was a nice gesture at face value, but what difference does it make to the Washington Wizards who will still be over the cap for the next 4 years; who will be strangleheld of the ability to sign any marquee free agent?

Does anyone really think the “big 3” of Jamison, Butler, and Arenas is about to wreak havoc on the rest of the league for years to come? Haven’t they had three years to do just that? Unless first round exits are your definition of success, then I’m not so sure dude.

Let me clear the record here.. I do not mean to say that Gilbert is a bad guy, but he still isn’t any less of a media creation. Let’s look at this objectively; Corey Maggette might be signing with the Green at the mid-level exception. Is Maggette’s value truly that much lower than Arena’s, based on production over the last few years and their respective situations with regard to injuries? But yet, he doesn’t seem intent on strangleholding a team’s cap situation by the act of signing a humongous contract. Gilbert Arenas making all that money suggests just that. If he really cared, he’d take a smaller sized contract that was JUST based on his abilities and production and would allow the Wizards to sign better players around them so that maybe one day they might actually contend.

Again, how much will he be making? Like $20 MIL annually? Just because he seems like a personable guy on TV, doesn’t mean he’s worth that money. He is a false entertainer and Wizards fans, guaranteed, are going to grow tired of this guy’s blog predictions and unfunny writing topics.

What Arenas did is very unusual. Duncan takes less than he could get on the open market in order to stay in S.A. and allow them some flexibility. Brand might take a cut this year. Other than that, what franchise players actually turn down an offer to take a lower one? I know pierce didn’t, but if he were making only 16 mil next year instead of 18, we’d have a little luxury tax wiggle room, which could influence free agent signings. Not saying pierce did anything wrong, but we can’t just dismiss what arenas did.

Yeah but Tim Duncan actually deserved those big huge bucks. Turning down a portion of the offer to sign for a paycut is more heartfelt than an overrated chucker who won’t get you anywhere signing over a $100 MIL contract and being “generous” by only accepting $16 MIL less.

Regardless of whether or not Arenas “earned” the offer he got, he volunteered to take less than a team was willing to offer. No matter what you think of the circumstances or his abilities or his personality, that in and of itself is quite rare.

I understand that the potential hasn’t been fully tapped into because of injuries. But “potential” is hardly ever reached for a multitude of reasons in any sport. I do not think Gilbert Arenas can ever be fully healthy again. He played like crap this past year. Jamison and Butler are solid, but once again, there’s a lot more to attaining success than what they could “potentially” achieve. Frankly, the Celtics had to overcome all these problems with KG, Allen, and Pierce on one team. Take their inferior counterparts, and the mere fact that their alleged best player is one who is extremely unreliable because of the way he plays (chucking) and the injuries that have forced him to play below his expected production, it is enough reason for me to believe that the Wiz won’t be wreaking any kind of havoc on the rest of the league as long as this core is maintained.