Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas, Jr.is an American retired professional basketball player...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 January 1982
CityTampa, FL
absolutely crucial means miss sudden trouble
We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that and then all of a sudden you don't have him, it means you have to adjust. We're having trouble adjusting.
goal
We're confident. Our goal was to get one of these (first) two (games in Cleveland). We got one and they come to us.
chasing coach hurt jordan player risk
Coach Jordan isn't going to risk a player getting hurt chasing a record.
coach game guess heard helping somebody
I was the one who was helping him out. But I guess he heard from somebody that I told Coach not to play him in Game 3. It wasn't like that.
among best chosen coaches entire excited forward happy honor honored looking picked players star teammates
It's a blessing. It's an honor to be an All- Star and I'm really happy that Commissioner (David Stern) has chosen me. I'm excited and honored to be picked among the best players in the game, and I'm looking forward to representing my teammates and coaches and this entire organization at the All-Star Game.
coach coming conference eastern knew mind
It was one of those nights. I knew an Eastern Conference coach was coming in here, so my mind was set already.
coach playing
Coach said, 'Throw away the plays. 'Throw away the plays?' All right. That's like playing outside.
close coach fighting fourth game jeopardize looked maybe sheet
I thought coach was going to put me back in but he just didn't. Once I looked at the stat sheet in the fourth quarter, but we were up 25. Maybe if it was a close game and we were fighting for the game. But when you're up 25, he's not going to jeopardize a player.
coach knew mentioned
Coach mentioned it to us but we knew this wasn't going to be a blowout.
enjoy fans honor nice
It's an honor for the organization, an honor for me and an honor for my family. It's nice for our fans to get to enjoy having an All-Star that's representing their city.
setting team win
I'd been setting up my team all night, ... I'm going to win the game. That's what I do. . . . They didn't say it was going to be easy.
physical protect
I know what he would say. He'd say protect yourself. ... Things have changed. Things are a lot more physical now then they ever were before.
adjust night pick ran
They ran one play all night and we never adjust to it - pick and roll, AI to Webber.
eddie glad left though
I wanted to go out there and get my wind, so I'm glad Eddie left me out there in overtime. Even though it's only the preseason, you still want to get the win.