Gilbert Arenas' Eastern Conference Preview

[Berry, Mark]

I agree. I thought that was completely refreshing. Gilbert Arenas is a
nut, but he's his own kind of nut. I like him.

Mark 

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Great interview...it's so rare for a player to speak so candidly to the
media.


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> _Gilbert Arenas' Eastern Conference Preview_
>
(http://dimemag.com/2007/10/29/gilbert-arenas-eastern-conference-preview
/)
> By _Austin Burton_ (http://dimemag.com/author/austin/)
>
> For part of Dime's NBA Preview in Issue #37 (on newsstands now), I hit
up 
> two
> of the League's All-Stars - Gilbert Arenas and Carlos Boozer - to have

> them
> break down their respective conferences for the '07-08 campaign. I got
up 
> with
> Gil soon after he landed in NYC for another preview; the one for his 
> adidas
> Gil II Zero kicks. In between that he took some time to give me his
take 
> on the
> Eastern Conference:
> Dime: Who's going to be the story of the East this year?
> Gilbert Arenas: Everyone's gonna look at Boston to see how they come
off - 
> I'
> m interested, too. Even though they have three super-studs over there,

> they'
> re also old, you know? They're older players. I hate to sound like
that, 
> but
> they're older players. It's not like they're 26 still and they can run
up 
> and
> down with us. Ray Allen's coming off of two ankle surgeries, so that's

> gonna
> be hard to run with all the two-guards. I'm interested to see how that

> team
> comes along.
> I'm not worried about who plays point guard. With three guys that 
> talented, I
> mean, just bring up the ball and pass it. Do you really need him
trying to
> average 10 assists? Not really. He has to be able to shoot. When we
play 
> them, we
> 're gonna leave Rondo open. Like, We're just gonna leave you and let
you
> beat us.
> And you're not gonna double Garnett at the end of the game anyway,
because 
> we
> already know who's gonna take the last shot: Paul Pierce. See,
everybody's
> like "Who do you double at the end of the game?" You double Paul. Make

> Kevin
> beat you. If you ever look at game-winners, have you ever seen Kevin 
> really
> take one? He's a first-through-third period player, then he wants to
get 
> everyone
> involved because everyone's so focused on him at the end of the game.
It's
> gonna be a battle between Ray and Paul for the last shot. If it's me
I'm 
> like "
> Let Kevin take it." Because it's his nature to be so unselfish that he

> doesn'
> t want that shot.
>
>
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