Charlotte Observer -
Two days before what Gilbert Arenas has proclaimed will be his next 50-point game, no one wanted to say much about it."I'm not going to comment on that," Washington Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said.


Arenas had posted an entry on his nba.com blog under the heading "Time to Get my 50 Points vs. Portland."

He vowed to score 50 against the Trail Blazers on Sunday as payback for anyone who might have had anything to do with his not making the U.S. national team for the world championships last summer. Portland coach Nate McMillan was an assistant on the team


Guess he wanted to make that team bad...

He should have said he wanted to win.

I hope Brandon Roy fucks him up.

I hope he vows as much against us because two things are sure to hasppen.

1.)He doesnt make it.

2.)He does and they lose badly.

Ahhh, the chucker threatens yet another shit-ass team.

I could care less about him, or the Wizards. Untill they get a better coach, and Grape plays team basketball, they wil be the Suns lite(Note the l-ITe, not li-ght, making them the "real lite" version of the Suns).

he cant score 50 on the blazers. theyre a suprisingly good team this year, probably will beat washington.

I am so rooting for this to happen and for Tyrus thomas to win the dunk competition.

he cant score 50 on the blazers. theyre a suprisingly good team this year, probably will beat washington.

3/15 for 9 points. 2 assists and 5 turnovers. team got blown out. gilberts real good, very amusing, but he's a clown. and right now i'd bet my life he never wins a championship.

what an idiot. talking about writing checks with your mouth that your ass can't cash.....

This is by far the funniest part.

The Wizards activated F Michael Ruffin, who missed the past 37 games with a sprained right foot. He played 22 minutes and grabbed five rebounds but did not score. ... C Etan Thomas served the first of a Wizards' two-game suspension for throwing a punch at teammate Brendan Haywood during Friday's practice. ... The crowd of 20,173 at Verizon Center was the Wizards' 14th sellout of the season, matching their total of last season. They booed the home team off the court following the game.
The mob is as fickle as Arenas attitude.

guess they bought into the hype and believed arenas would deliver. afterall, this is the trailblazers we're talking about here.

i didn't see the game, but they are probably justified in their booing! :)

It gets better

Arenas Falls Far Short of 50 in Big Loss
By Associated Press

2 hours ago

WASHINGTON - Gilbert Arenas vowed to score 50 points against Portland. He wasn't even close, finishing with just nine as the Washington Wizards fell to the Trail Blazers 94-73 on Sunday. Arenas had made the promise in retaliation for Portland coach Nate McMillan's involvement with Arenas being left off the U.S. national team last summer.

The guard, who is averaging 29.4 points, shot 3-for-15 from the field, including 0-for-8 on 3-pointers.

"Thats like a dude saying he's going to punch you in your face," said Jarrett Jack, who guarded Arenas for most of the game. "With a guy like him, Kobe or LeBron, the easy way to guard him is don't let him get the ball back when he passes it. We did a good job of trying to deny him when he was one pass away, and my big guys did a great job of helping me whenever he got by me."

Jack and LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points each to lead Portland.

The Trail Blazers are the only team that Arenas has not scored 30 points against during his six-year NBA career.

"We have a new philosphy now and that is focusing on defense," said Arenas, who spent most of the game guarding Jack, who shot 5-for-8 from the field with five assists. "Right now we are still adjusting to that. At the end of the day, they scored a lot of easy baskets on us."

Reserve guard Juan Dixon had 14 points on 7-for-11 shooting with four steals and three assists in 27 minutes for Portland, which has won two straight.

"Dixon basically helped with the scouting report last night and really helped out on the floor with giving us the calls and knowing what to take away," McMillan said of the former Wizards player. "But we did have some other guys _ Jarrett played a really nice game and LaMarcus probably played his best game offensively and defensively."

With their 22nd victory, the Blazers eclipsed their win total of last season.

"Other than the (20) turnovers, they probably executed the game plan better than we've seen them this season," McMillan said.

DeShawn Stevenson had 12 points and Caron Butler added 10 for the Wizards.

"You can't put your finger on it," Butler said. "Portland played good basketball, that's it. They played great basketball on both ends of the floor. As a player, I was embarrassed about our effort."

Washington lost its second straight and fourth in five games since forward Antawn Jamison went down with a sprained left knee on Jan. 30.

Arenas averaged 28.5 points in two starts against Portland last season.

"When you tell a team: 'Hey, we don't have Antawn anymore. We can't outscore people. You've proven that we can't outscore people anymore. We have to go out there and stop people,' for a scoring team, it kind of takes that air out of you," Arenas said of what the Wizards have been hearing lately from coach Eddie Jordan. "We're who we are. We're a high-scoring team. We're a running team. That's what we do. We're a high-scoring caliber team."

Not on this day, when the Wizards scored a season-low 73 points, seven less than their previous low.

"That's just plain stupid," Jordan said of Arenas' comments about playing defense. "The whole idea of us having to have to play defense better, is that a problem or is that a question? That's ludicrous.

"We haven't found the answer for missing Antawn(not gilbert?)," said Jordan, who's waiting for some one to step up and fill the leadership void(aka arenas isnt a leader) created by their injured captain. "We're searching. ... Leadership is a big thing for a team. We don't have leadership and we don't have guys who can make plays like Antawn(not gilbert) makes plays. ... Frankly, we didn't have enough talent on the floor."(cheap shots galore)

@Notes: The Wizards activated F Michael Ruffin, who missed the past 37 games with a sprained right foot. He played 22 minutes and grabbed five rebounds but did not score. ... C Etan Thomas served the first of a Wizards' two-game suspension for throwing a punch at teammate Brendan Haywood during Friday's practice. "We could've used Etan," Jordan said. ... The crowd of 20,173 at Verizon Center was the Wizards' 14th sellout of the season, matching their total of last season. They booed the home team off the court following the game.

Almost like a cat guaranteeing a playoff victory for the 3rd time and not being able to pull it off for the first time.

This thread should be called either LOL@Arenas or LOL@Wizards.

The more general "LOL@Wizards" would allow a wider variety of content to be included for our amusement (the Haywood/Thomas fight, the Arenas/Stevenson bet, etc.)

I told you he was a punk. So his excuse for bad shooting is that they aren't used to talking about defense before the game? Amazing.

If I was Jordan, my response would have been "Did we lose by 41? I was concerned with the defense because I know Gilbert is a man of his word."

(actually, that would only be my response if I was being fired after the game)

It was funny at first but now he's really starting to become annoying.

This thread should be called either LOL@Arenas or LOL@Wizards.

The more general "LOL@Wizards" would allow a wider variety of content to be included for our amusement (the Haywood/Thomas fight, the Arenas/Stevenson bet, etc.)

well jordan fucked up here


Gilbert Arenas was not Eddie Jordan's first choice when they were under the salary cap in 2003.

"Wes [Unseld] said, 'We got some money' when I first got the job," Jordan recalled. "I told him I thought we should go out and get a classic point guard. Kevin Ollie or something. Wes said, 'What about Gilbert Arenas? He's talented.'

"I really didn't think he would fit in with [Jerry] Stackhouse. I thought he was too turnover-prone. And I kept hearing crazy stories about him in the locker room."

"Ernie talked me into Gil," Jordan said on Friday.

He just made shit worse and i can bet you that one of them is out,

Why would you say that unless you were trying to fuck up your team's morale?

"Ernie talked me into Gil," Jordan said on Friday.
http://kyra-mike.net/blog/ernie-bert-wtf.jpg

Jordan knows that the only thing that motivates Arenas is feeling like he has been disrespected.

This is kind of dysfunctional, and sort of smells of desperation.

Eddie Knows better contracts are awaiting him. He didn't like Hughes but he was expendable, he doesn't like Gilbert, and he knows players will always out live him so why not throw down the gauntlet. Memphis and Boston are going to hot for a coach and Eddie will be at the top of the list. He will have a chance to control the roster, and get guys he wants. In the meantime he challenges Gilbert to man up and play like a leader to up Eddie's asking price. It is a classic NBA coaching trick, number 135 of the LB play book.

Ollie >>>>> Arenas, as if you wouldnt choose him!!!