After a few days, it's finally possible to speak about this without becoming apoplectic. Agent Zero is down. Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas will be out for three months or more after apparently not healing compl...
...just a moment.
Okay.
Gilbert Arenas will be out for three months or more after apparently not healing completely from the left knee injury he suffered last season, despite a previous operation. This time, he was 'scoped, roto-rooted, and underwent the dreaded 'M-word': microfracture surgery. Supposedly, the type of microfracture surgery needed for Arenas has a greater record of success and requires far less recovery time; this explains why he will probably return this season. Probably. Hopefully.
Wizards fans and friends have taken it well, all things considered. Still, what happened? How could the NBA's most swag-a-riffic leading light be lost again for another huge chunk of the season, especially during the slog that is winter in the NBA?
All possibilities are being considered at this time. All copies of NBA Live '08 with Arenas on the cover have been gathered from all Washington, D.C. stores and burned ritually. Nachos have been banned from all Verizon Center concessions until further notice in fear that Gil's new catchphrase might have brought an ancient curse upon an otherwise blessed city.
Still, this all seems more superstition than science. No studies have been completed regarding the medical efficacy of nacho cheese-like substances, but it's likely to be a better placebo than a Hibachi. Also, the NBA Live cover curse can be boiled down to injury-prone players and/or the worst case of blue flu since Paul Bunyan's ill ox sneezed, coughed, and spit up the great state of Ohio.
Article comments
1 - Matthew T. Sussman
But Antonio Daniels is a BGSU alum, so he'll be able to seamlessly transition the Wizards' offen...
...hurry back, Agt. Aught.
2 - RJ
Is it just me, or does the NBA suck more now than pretty much ever?
My fond memories of the NBA include Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the "Bad Boys," the "Jordan Rules," the double dose of Chicago Bulls three-peats, with Hakeem Olajuwon's Houston Rockets sandwiched in between, Shaq and Kobe in another three-peat, Ben Wallace and the Pistons shocking the Lakers in the Finals, and the Spurs being really good for a really long time.
It seems like now all we're left with is LeBron James, an unhinged lunatic owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an obnoxious, obese and gibberish-spewing Charles Barkley giving post-game "analysis" on TNT, and that's about it.
Am I wrong?
3 - alessandro
Yeah, this ain't the golden age for sure.
You forgot mind numbingly selfish wannabe-be "businessmen" thugs.
Then again, the Spurs seem to be a team that would have fit in nicely during the 80s and 90s during the Bulls run. Yet, the media finds them to "boring." Tim Duncan does not have the glamour (that's to hype) the media or maybe even the NBA are looking for. Go figure.