Gilbert Arenas handles the Etch A Sketch

October 30th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

And we close out our basketball-centric day with a new NBA on ESPN commercial featuring Gilbert Arenas working it on the Etch A Sketch with a cast of characters around him.

What an artist this guy is.

{HT: True Hoop via Halfcourt Heave.}

Agent Zero makes up for 50-point boasting

March 22nd, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

E posted about Gilbert Arenas’ less-than-stellar performance against the Blazers yesterday - a game Gil proclaimed he’d drop 50 points.

Well, last night against the Sonics he dropped 42, including the above game-winner. Apparently, he took his jersey off and smoothed it out against the floor after he nailed the shot, hoping a mob of fans would rush the floor for it. That isn’t on the video, sadly.

When Agent Zero makes bold, stupid proclamations, I sometimes wonder if the novelty of the guy is ever going to run out. But, if he keeps doing things of this nature, I doubt that’s going to happen anytime soon.

It’s going to be tough to get that size 12 Gil Zero out of his mouth

March 21st, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

As Henry at a little blog called TrueHoop (heard of it?) points out this morning, Gilbert Arenas failed rather miserably in his quest to hang 50 points on the Blazers this season as revenge for his being cut (or “injured,” as Henry points out) from the U.S. National Team last summer.

We all know the story by now - remember, he said he could get 80 at Duke - and got a modicum of revenge earlier in the year at Phoenix when he scored 54 points in an overtime win.

But the Blazers, about whom they should make some sort of inspirational movie now, banded together and gave 100% and all that nonsense and managed not to get embarrassed in for the second straight time this year. By the end of the night, Henry says, the story was all Blazers:

You can see a little of that in these highlights, where Brandon Roy and Sergio Rodriguez both made nice buckets off the dribble drive. But what you’ll have to scrounge for on YouTube one day are the two straight drive-and-kick three-pointers Rodriguez created for Martell Webster, Brandon Roy’s six crunch time points, and most importantly, the Rodriguez-to-Fred Jones alley-oop.

Did I mention that LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 and eight, filling in for grieving Zach Randolph?

Yes, I’m a Blazer fan. It’s a good day to be.

What does all this mean? I guess the big story is one we all knew: careful making promises you can’t keep. But the other story is: who wants to make Portland an offer for Zach Randolph?

So not only did Gil not get his points … but he was so bad he gave Blazer fans hope. Wow.

In honor of Gilbert Arenas … and his (my) beautiful shoes

January 16th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Writing about Gilbert Arenas on a blog is becoming redundant - actually, correction, it is redundant - but today is a special occasion in the life of one young PostmanE.

His new favorite shoes, the ones he wanted for Christmas but didn’t get, the ones he’s (not really) saved for … well, they were finally purchased a couple of days ago. Observe the beauty:

Aw yeah. That’s the stuff. Let my personal celebration officially begin.

For some reason, these shoes have combined with Gilbert’s impossible-to-dislike personality to win a special place in my heart. I usually don’t buy basketball shoes that are “The [insert player’s name here]’s” unless that insertion is “Jordan,” but these were impossible to resist. So there you have it, shoe junkies.

Seriously, though, this post has a point: to direct you to Gilbert’s tremendous swag yesterday after yet another game-winning shot. MJD over at The Fanhouse has the video and, well, it pretty much says it all. Yesterday’s NBA action was tremendous all-around, including last night’s holy crap clinic by the Suns, but nothing compared to Gilbert’s continued excellence. He keeps this up, and pretty soon he’ll be outgrowing his blog-pet status - if he hasn’t already.