The Official Gilbert Arenas Shrine

[montestewart]

We needed a little A-game Agent Zero last night.

PS: "a published writer," is a pretty loosey goosey standard which would include Charles Manson, Lyndon LaRouche, Adolf Hitler, Larry Flynt, me, and the Happy Hooker. Didn't Pol Pot publish a volume of poetry?

[Induveca]

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The published writer is one published by WashingtonPost for his basketball knowledge. Sports illustrated too. And he's been broadcast on Wizards post game shows based on his basketball smarts. You, not so much.

If the board suffers, it's because there are one too many folks like Hands, a blowhard who acts as though posting volume equals knowledge. That kind of stupidity would surely hinder board growth.

You don't like it? This is a completely voluntary activity.

Bravo, about time.

[pineappleheadindc]

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The published writer is one published by WashingtonPost for his basketball knowledge. Sports illustrated too. And he's been broadcast on Wizards post game shows based on his basketball smarts. You, not so much.

If the board suffers, it's because there are one too many folks like Hands, a blowhard who acts as though posting volume equals knowledge. That kind of stupidity would surely hinder board growth.

You don't like it? This is a completely voluntary activity.

Except it was me starting a thread to roll out the red carpet for new members and who many voted as more optimistic. Right. I'm the one holding the board back. Got it. Meanwhile we get an X mod attacking and loyal contributing member like me with the kind of stuff you just posted. Calling me not smart, a blowhard.

And if I'm not mistaken, you just did a long post in the EG thread that mimics views I have been posting for a while. So if what I post is stupid, you just joined the stupid club.

But welcome aboard.

As for published writers ( not taking a shot at Niv at all .. just saying in general ) we talk all the time about how these people get it wrong. TV voices, published writer, etc. Hell we talk about other GMs. They hold jobs in their field as well.

Having a job in a field does not equal better insight into all aspects of that topic. Just because you know someone doesn't change that.

What I do expect from a person like that though it more access. They might get information first.

There is nothing more lacking in self-awareness than a post by you.

The laughable/maddening thing about is that this is nothing that's a state secret. Check out every single thread in which you post....there's at least one person who's just dumbfounded about your lack of substance, your ability to take a million sides of an issue and -- when the blind squirrel finds its acorn - crow about it and ignore the 999,999 other, incorrect sides you've taken in an issue. And crow about it by doing things like replying to your own posts. That's. Just. Insane.

And you may not have been attacking Kevin as you say, but HE WAS ATTACKING YOUR INSIPID POST.
GET IT????

And the point was, that here is one of the boards two or three most knowledgeable and credible posters -- and he's calling you " a sanctimonious blowhard." Do you need me to quote the thing for you????

Congratulations on a first-rate demonstration of how to be a sanctimonious blowhard.

That should give you pause. But no....it's as if that never happened in your mind. You continue with your clueless ways.

You want to have a poll? Put one up about who is more credible between you and Kev. And stop overvaluing your contribution to this board by metrics that only involve who can spew out as much nonsense as possible. You think you're somehow the board savior? Look a Indu's reply just above this. What would you say to him?

LOL -- you're so clueless that you don't even get the meaning of Jim's response to Kev and I. It was, in essence, to stop punching below our weight (at you). Jeebus H. Christmas.

Buy a freaking clue

[pineappleheadindc]

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The published writer is one published by WashingtonPost for his basketball knowledge. Sports illustrated too. And he's been broadcast on Wizards post game shows based on his basketball smarts. You, not so much.

If the board suffers, it's because there are one too many folks like Hands, a blowhard who acts as though posting volume equals knowledge. That kind of stupidity would surely hinder board growth.

You don't like it? This is a completely voluntary activity.

Bravo, about time.

Thanks Indu, but methinks that was a complete waste of time because the receiver must have the innate ability to read and process. Not necessarily the case here.

[Induveca]

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The published writer is one published by WashingtonPost for his basketball knowledge. Sports illustrated too. And he's been broadcast on Wizards post game shows based on his basketball smarts. You, not so much.

If the board suffers, it's because there are one too many folks like Hands, a blowhard who acts as though posting volume equals knowledge. That kind of stupidity would surely hinder board growth.

You don't like it? This is a completely voluntary activity.

Bravo, about time.

Thanks Indu, but methinks that was a complete waste of time because the receiver must have the innate ability to read and process. Not necessarily the case here.

Not a waste at all, your thoughts echo the majority of long time board members I suspect. Truly appreciated.

[montestewart]

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The published writer is one published by WashingtonPost for his basketball knowledge. Sports illustrated too. And he's been broadcast on Wizards post game shows based on his basketball smarts. You, not so much.

If the board suffers, it's because there are one too many folks like Hands, a blowhard who acts as though posting volume equals knowledge. That kind of stupidity would surely hinder board growth.

You don't like it? This is a completely voluntary activity.

Except it was me starting a thread to roll out the red carpet for new members and who many voted as more optimistic. Right. I'm the one holding the board back. Got it. Meanwhile we get an X mod attacking and loyal contributing member like me with the kind of stuff you just posted. Calling me not smart, a blowhard.

And if I'm not mistaken, you just did a long post in the EG thread that mimics views I have been posting for a while. So if what I post is stupid, you just joined the stupid club.

But welcome aboard.

As for published writers ( not taking a shot at Niv at all .. just saying in general ) we talk all the time about how these people get it wrong. TV voices, published writer, etc. Hell we talk about other GMs. They hold jobs in their field as well.

Having a job in a field does not equal better insight into all aspects of that topic. Just because you know someone doesn't change that.

What I do expect from a person like that though it more access. They might get information first.

Hands, even though I occasionally engage in battle with you, I generally like you, just as I like everyone on this board, and as long and numerous as they are, I usually read all of your posts, because I'm a fast reader and sometimes you have observations or a perspective that I find useful. You are not the only snarky, sniping, baiting poster here, but you bring a unique and provocative style.

Lacking proof positive to the contrary, I can easily see you posting here as part of a university study to gauge and categorize avenues to and forms of irritation. Avid hands reader that I am, I would note your propensity for speculating manifold outcomes, then treating one of those outcomes, occuring in a fashion somewhat similar to one of your speculations, as a prediction realized by the course of events. There's a little of Ali's "I am the greatest" in there, minus the knockout punch. Possibly some unconscious (or conscious) baiting?

Nivek's largely numbers based observations don't sway subjectively in the wind with the Wizards fortunes. They frequently result in quite prescient predictions, and are one of the most valuable resources to be found here (and I'm not dismissing your Pangloss over all events, which has its own charms). If those numbers make him (or me, or anyone else) sound negative at times, it's not necessarily that we are "haters." EG may turn out to be better in the future than many of us here think he is, but you can't prove EG doubters wrong, because the doubt is well-founded.

Arenas, like Webber and Jordan before him, left DC on a down note. I know they are not all the same, but they all brought a sense of hope to a downtrodden franchise, and there is a range of mixed feelings about all three eras. I still enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. I'm hoping that the Wall and Beal era can take it a little farther, but for me, Arenas (with all of his flaws) was the closest thing to a true "star" that I've ever seen on a Bullets/Wizards team.

As juvenile as his behavior was at times, I never got a sense of maliciousness from anything Arenas did. He had a childlike sense of wonder about it all. Remember the first time he went to the all-star game, and he was snapping pics and shooting video of the other stars like he was just another wide-eyed fan?

I understand that Butler and maybe other teammates became exasperated with him, and I don't necessarily dismiss that, but based on comments I've seen from other players (Nash, LeBJ, Kidd, etc), he seemed well liked around the league, regardless of his behavior. Other than Unseld, Arenas became (in three years) my favorite Bullet/Wizard ever, and much as I disapprove of some of his actions, that has not changed.

There, a lengthy post worthy of El Capitan hands.

[Wizardspride]

We needed a little A-game Agent Zero last night.

Heck, we could have used a little "A-game Agent Zero" tonight as well.

At least I know he wouldn't have literally run away from the ball.

[Illmatic12]

He's baaack for the playoffs

[AFM]

lmao let my young fella live

[montestewart]

Wall vs. Juicy Mouth Sandy

Should be interesting

[dlts20]

Honestly, the Wizards need to accept Arenas back. He always rides for the Wiz. The Franchise is in good and sure hands now with Wall/Beal and Wall's leadership is great so Gil is no threat to cause bad vibes. Let the past be the past. He screwed up but overall was great for the Franchise. My dream scenario would be to advance to the ECF and honor him in one game against the Cavs since he had some big playoff match ups against them. I think that the crowd would go insane. It's time

[pineappleheadindc]

Juicy. Mouth. Sandy.

/end thread

#BringBackGil (Somebody needs to start a change.org petition aimed at that fake leadership guru Leonsis to bring Gil back into the fold).

[Tricky_Kid]

Retire his jersey

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[Sluggerface]

Honestly, the Wizards need to accept Arenas back. He always rides for the Wiz. The Franchise is in good and sure hands now with Wall/Beal and Wall's leadership is great so Gil is no threat to cause bad vibes. Let the past be the past. He screwed up but overall was great for the Franchise. My dream scenario would be to advance to the ECF and honor him in one game against the Cavs since he had some big playoff match ups against them. I think that the crowd would go insane. It's time

It'll never happen. Forgiving gungate is one thing. Everybody makes mistake.

But to continuously be a grade A **** over social media is another. Can you imagine someone that publicly shamed the WNBA for having ugly women honored by Monumental after all the media pushing they've been doing for EDD and the Mystics?

Like I said. It'll never happen.

[doclinkin]

Juicy. Mouth. Sandy.

/end thread

#BringBackGil (Somebody needs to start a change.org petition aimed at that fake leadership guru Leonsis to bring Gil back into the fold).

Ha! And John Wall too. Sorry to necrobump a thread, I just accidentally found this from links in the HOF thread. This seemed prescient to this year's situation.