Hooped Up

Gilbert Arenas is still probably a month a way from the Washington line up, but in the meantime the Wizards are sucking salt with the worst record in the NBA. Ya, the Thunder only have one win too, but that was more likely of a scenario than the Wizards current record of suckiness.  Still Arenas believes that finishing the worst can lead to being first.  

“I don’t want to see them struggle,” Arenas said. “But if this is one of those years where we don’t make the playoffs or we finish in last place … that’s what happened to San Antonio and that’s how they got Tim Duncan and look at them now … and that’s for the better.”

USA Today

With DeMar DeRozan and Brandon Jennings available in 2009, Gilbert might be right on the money with that thought.

Since Obama was elected President of the United States (sweet!), I’ve made it a point to answer my phone by saying “Obama” instead of “Hello”, because that’s how I roll. Gilbert Arenas has taken his Obama love a step further and got some ink to commemorate the historical presidential nomination according to the Washington Post.

“Arenas has decided to show his permanent support of President-elect Barack Obama with a tattoo. Arenas had the words “Change We Believe In” tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing. Then, Gilbert showed the outside of his pinky finger, which had “44″ inked on it.

Arenas shortened Obama’s campaign slogan, “Change We Can Believe In,” choosing not to add ink to his thumb. Arenas has “change” written on the outside of his index finger; “we” on the inside of his middle finger; “believe” on the inside of his ring finger; and “in” on the inside of his pinky and “44″ on the outside of his pinky.”

Arenas better save the other pinky for Obama’s second term…ya I said it…what?

What do you do if your playing basketball, a man jumps out of a tinted SUV talks to you for a bit and then invites you to an unknown location and all you have to do is get in with him?  

Well if it’s Gilbert Arenas, you jump in and if he offers you candy you take that too.

Good news for Antawn Jamison and really bad news for Brendan Haywood. 

“An MRI on Washington Wizards forward Antawn Jamison’s right knee Wednesday revealed he has a knee contusion and will not miss any regular-season action. Meanwhile, the news on center Brendan Haywood’s right wrist was far graver. Haywood’s wrist has a torn ligament that requires surgery to correct, so he will miss four to six months. The center, who first thought he had sprained the wrist, saw two specialists in New York on Wednesday, who both offered the same diagnosis. ”

Washington Times

The Wizards are without Agent Zero until maybe December and now they could be without starting center Brendan Haywood for six months.  Ouch!

“No word yet on Brendan Haywood’s consultation with another hand specialist in New York. We do know that Haywood met with another yesterday and that doctor recommended that he undergo a surgery that would put him out between four to six months. The injury is simimlar to the one Antonio Daniels suffered and played with last season but one key difference is that Daniels hurt his left (non shooting wrist). Haywood injured his shooting hand.”

Washington Post

If I had a knee injury that was compared to getting “tapped with a hammer”, I would be writing my will.  The PS3 gets buried with me though, vultures. If I turn into a zombie, I’ll need something other than a thirst for brains to occupy my time.

“Antawn Jamison, who went down with a strained right patella tendon in the first quarter tonight, was walking around after the game and said he is hopefully that the injury is not serious. Jamison is flying to Memphis with the team tonight and will undergo an MRI tomorrow.

“i’m not in that much pain right about now,” Jamison said. “Initially, it hurt like heck. This ice is doing wonders for me.”

Jamison on the play: “It gave out on me. I didn’t hear a pop or feel a pop so I didn’t think anything was torn but it just felt like somebody tapped it with a hammer. It was painful but once I calmed down and walked around a little bit, the pain went away.”

Washington Post

Juan Dixon officially joined the Washington Wizards for his second tour of duty, yesterday.

“When asked about his team’s roster situation during a news conference at Verizon Center yesterday, Washington Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan replied by saying that team president Ernie Grunfeld had “some things hidden in his back pocket.”

The news isn’t good for Washington Wizard fans today, as the Hibachi will be out of the Wizards line up for an extended period of time. 

“Gilbert Arenas confirmed that he underwent a surgical procedure this morning that “cleaned out some debris” in his left knee. Arenas, who has undergone two surgeries to repair the left knee in the last two seasons, has been limited during the rehab process all summer and said he has planned all along on not participating in training camp or the preseason.

Arenas, who signed a six-year, $111 million contract this summer, said he plans on returning to game action sometime in early December which would mean that he’d miss at least the season’s first month. The Wizards open the regular season Oct. 29 at home against New Jersey and play a total of 14 games in October and November. ”

Washington Post

Delivered to your digital doorstep is DeShawn Stevenson aka the Usher impersonator. He can’t sing so he doesn’t which should be applauded and unlike every Usher performance the shirt actually stays on, which should also be applauded.  

Channeling his inner Ashlee Simpson,  Stevenson delivers a lip syncing YouTube jem, from one of the studios probably located at the lebronjames750 world headquarters.

Enjoy!