Quite simply, Gilbert Arenas is the first “blog superstar.” Beginning in October 2006, Gilbert started to entertain fans with more than his scoring and jersey tossing on the court, but with an inside look into his whirlwind life with witty insights in his weekly posts on NBA.com. His Agent Zero Blog File was there for his scoring predictions, his 25th birthday bash and his All-Star experience in Vegas and continues to be considered the top blog of any pro athlete today.
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I stopped my shots at 50,000. I’m not going for 100,000 anymore. I did 50,000 in 26 days. What happened was I sat out a couple days and that turned into a whole week because my arm was sore. I thought tendonitis might be starting to kick in so I had to shut the 100,000 down. Then I had to balance out by working out and doing drills and dribbling the ball because I wasn’t dribbling before, I was just sitting there shooting. I was looking like Jud Buechler. The way I was going, I was preparing just to be a spot-up shooter. I’ll save that role for my after years, then I’ll just be a spot-up.
They told me it was just too much on my arms and I needed to work in some of my legs and footwork stuff so I stopped at 50 k and I still had like 45 days left to reach my goal. But now I’m working on my overall balance and I’m back at 100 percent healthy so that’s good. I played pickup ball at Barry Farms the other day and had about 35 points and was dunking and stuff, so I’m feeling good.
For all the Beyonce’ fans out there, I went to her concert. You know, you see her on TV and you think, ‘Oh man, does she really look that pretty in person?’ Yes. She does. I never realized what makes her so different until I saw her live. She’s an entertainer. She has everything. She entertained me. I gladly spent money on a suite to see her. I invited a couple of my teammates too. DeShawn Stevenson came, Caron came ‘ I watched the first eight songs or so, then went down and worked out, and went back to the suite to watch the ending.
I never go to concerts because I feel like, ‘What’s the point? You’re singing the same little songs you sing on TV.’ But Beyonce’ was out there doing her whole thing and entertaining the crowd so I have a lot of respect for her.
At the end, I got back stage. Come on, it was at the Verizon Center. The security guards know whose picture is on the building. I got all access. She gave me a hug and I had her autograph my Wizards No. 1 jersey with ‘B-E-Y-O-N-C-E’ on the back. There’s no scandal behind the hug. Me and Jay-Z are good. We’re good peoples. That’s going to be a new part of my jersey collection. Ciara and T.I. are coming and I’m going to do the same thing with the jerseys for them. But Beyonce’ is, and always will be, the originator.
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Oh man, that was great man. I was just excited to actually see my shoes in a store. You always dream about that as a little kid. You go out and buy everybody else’s shoes, you know, so I know there is a lot of kids who idolize me that are growing up and can’t wait till my shoe come out. You know, so it was exciting for me to be there at the NBA Store.
That was my first time there. It was great. I was trying to buy some of the memorabilia. I’ve been looking for MJ for the last two years. It’s all there. We was trying to hurry up and get me out and get me to another interview. I didn’t get to go back. I’ll probably go back in the summer.
They’re low tops. I can only wear low tops because, in reality, all shoes are low tops. It you ever put on a pair of high-top shoes and you stick your finger in it, it won’t get tight until the low part. So, high top is just for show.
It gives people a different look. It’s more of an Air Force I type of look that you can wear with jeans. Kids in school can actually wear outfits with it and look nice. That’s the way I was going.
I don’t get my ankles taped. Truthfully, like I said, you put a pair of high tops on and stick your finger in, there’s no support around your ankle until you get to where a low top would go. It’s just for look. Just lace them up tight.
I look at it like this, if come down on my ankle it gives me room to flex it.
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