Gilbert Arenas - Page 3

C: The most improved player award in ’03, did you take that as a badge of honor or a knock against your skills?
Gilbert Arenas:  You know what’s so funny, if you would’ve heard my press conference, I was like, “truthfully I don’t deserve this, Trent Murphy deserves this.”  He got better.  I was always good, (laughs).  But I’m going to take the trophy anyway. 

C:  Would you consider yourself a shoot-first, pass-second point guard?
Gilbert Arenas:  When I look at that, and this is for our “experts” out there, when they call me a shoot-first point guard, and I’m like, am I the only shoot first point guard in this league that ever had two players that scored 20 points a game?  Yes.  So If I’m a shoot-first point guard, how do I have two other players that average 20 points?  And no one ever realized that.  I said name another scorer that averages the same amount as me that also has two players that average 20 points.  You will never find one.

C:  Do you think point guards need to be that way in today’s game?
Gilbert Arenas:  Today, yeah because you need an all around.  You need your guards that can score because it helps out everybody else.

C:  So you mentioned that you’d opt out after this season what cities would be your top choices to play in?
Gilbert Arenas:  L.A., San Antonio, Dallas, Houston

C:   Could you’d play with Kobe?
Gilbert Arenas:  Yeah.  Cause mentally I’m strong enough to play with him.  I don’t think everybody’s ready for his mental challenge.

C:  So you don’t think he’s a cancer?
Gilbert Arenas:  You see with Kobe I don’t pay attention; I already know his game because he’s a mental person.  So I can deal with that because I know, I’m a mental person too.  So I know if he says, “Gil lets work out for 3 hours,” I know the only thing he’s trying to do is, go 3 hours so I can quit.  He’s not there to make me look better or make me better.  He’s there to put me to quits so I know, it’s up to me to last 3 hours. 

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