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Now, Arenas is training in Los Angeles and sources close to the point guard say that he’s slimmed down and completely healthy. He’s hoping a team gives him a chance and gives him an opportunity to show that he can still be a contributor off of the bench. HoopsWorld

Free Agency, Gilbert Arenas 

The Goodman League Roundball Classic is scheduled for Aug. 19 at Wise High in Upper Marlboro. The day is scheduled to include an AAU game featuring Team Takeover and Baltimore’s Finest, a performance by Wale, and a Goodman League select team playing against an NBA team featuring John Wall, Gilbert Arenas, Ty Lawson, Josh Selby and R&B’s Chris Brown, of all people. Washington Post

Gilbert Arenas, John Wall, Ty Lawson, Josh Selby 

When former Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas signed a gigantic $111 million contract extension back in the summer of 2008, we sharply disagreed with the move, while giving a knowing nod to Arenas' reputation as the NBA's lovable goofball prince. Undeterred, Arenas set to spending that money and enhancing that reputation by beginning construction on a massive D.C.-area mansion complete with a grotto, an infamous shark tank (that cost $5,000 a month in maintenance bills), seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and a couple of "sitting rooms" that sit between bedrooms and bathrooms that Gilbert clearly didn't use much as his knees (and reputation) fell apart over the years since. Things bottomed out in 2011-12 for Gil, as he sat on the end of the bench in Memphis, two teams away from Washington and working for a minimum salary after hitting the waiver wire in late 2011. The contract has finally run its course, Gilbert's time in the NBA is likely done, and soon after the last of that confetti was swept away, Arenas put his mansion up for sale. According to his realtors, it can be yours for $3.5 million. Yahoo! Sports

Gilbert Arenas 

Q. The decision on Blatche? Ted Leonsis. I’m torn. I believe people should have second and third chances. On the other hand, I don’t know where he fits now in this lineup. On the other hand, he’s the last remaining touchpoint from the previous teams. That’s what [was] being discussed and weighed. I’m not afraid of amnestying him and paying him the money. We have turned the entire lineup in one and three-quarters seasons. We shouldn’t forget Gilbert played here John Wall’s rookie season until he traded himself to Orlando. Now there’s two big questions: Can teams win or is it just the three-star system that works in the NBA? That’s a debate that is going on. Three stars — they won it this year. But the year before, Dallas won and they were more of a team. Washington Post

Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Trade, Gilbert Arenas, Ted Leonsis 

A little more than a month later, Young is No. 11, Arenas is No. 10 and two of the faces of the Wizards wreckage are suddenly relevant. Young was one of the catalysts in the Clippers' stunning 24-point fourth-quarter rally, knocking down three straight threes in the final three minutes to help bring L.A. back. Arenas, signed by the Grizzlies in March, is a backup to Mike Conley. They have put the woeful ending in Washington in the rear-view mirror, never to be discussed. "No talking about the past," Arenas said. "When we see each other, we stay away from that area." SI.com

Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young 

"From what you heard and what you saw the years before, he has been totally different with us," said Conley. "I keep thinking, 'this can't be the same guy everyone talks about.' He's a very outgoing person, but at the same time he is about business. He wants to win. He has done nothing but help us." SI.com

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas, Mike Conley 

Jan Hubbard: Lionel Hollins praised G. Arenas in pregame interview: "I don't know why anybody thought he wouldn't fit in." Twitter

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas, Coaching, Lionel Hollins 

There haven't been any pranks. No altering the name on a jersey as Arenas did with Blatche's to make it read "Bitch." No putting dog excrement in teammates' shoes in Memphis. Being in Memphis reminds Arenas of a happier time in 2001, when he was a rookie second-round draft pick for the Golden State Warriors. There was no Agent Zero, or Twitter and other social media. USA Today

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas 

Then-Wizards center JaVale McGee had beaten Crittenton out of $1,100 in a card game. Wizards guard Earl Boykins loaned McGee $200. McGee didn't immediately pay back Boykins as he won the money and an argument blossomed. Arenas says he wasn't involved in the actual bet. "'Pay the man his (expletive) money. You've got all my money,'" Arenas says Crittenton shouted at McGee. "So I jumped in, 'Why you talking to your teammates like this? We family.' "That's when (Crittenton) started coming at me, '(Expletive, racial slur), just because you got all money, this and this and this.' That's when we started going back and forth. I didn't owe him anything. It was over a $1,100 pot he just lost." USA Today

Washington Wizards, Javaris Crittenton, Gilbert Arenas, Javale McGee, Earl Boykins 

Arenas pauses and sighs when asked how the situation escalated to the point of guns. "Someone said they were going to shoot me. So since I'm one of those guys who says, 'I want to see this happen. I want to see you actually shoot me,' that's where that came from," Arenas says, careful not to mention Crittenton as that someone. "I brought the four guns in and said (in a note), 'Pick 1, so the day you want to shoot me let me know, I'll be ready to get shot.' That's how." USA Today

Washington Wizards, Javaris Crittenton, Gilbert Arenas 

Rebuilding himself also meant getting over the death of his estranged mother, Mary Francis Robinson, who abandoned Arenas when he was 3. She passed away before sentencing for the gun charge. He had only met her once but paid her funeral expenses. " All of this just happened at one time. It was too much," Arenas said. "As many jokes I was telling to show I have it together and this hasn't phased me. … I just wanted to be out. I said (to Stern), 'Don't worry. I'm not going to fight you (on the suspension).' USA Today

Gilbert Arenas 

He has gone from Agent Zero— a three-time All-Star in six-plus seasons sporting No. 0 with the Washington Wizards— to the Invisible Man with the Memphis Grizzlies, a role player. He says he much prefers the shadows to the spotlight. "No one knows me for throwing my jerseys or averaging 29 points (in 2005-06). All they know is I pulled a gun on my teammate. So I don't want to be noticed," Arenas tells USA TODAY Sports. "When people say, 'Aren't you the basketball player?' "'No.' "'Aren't you Agent Zero?' "'Not at all. It's not me.' "I don't want to remember." USA Today

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas 

Gilbert Arenas is averaging a microscopic 4.3 points, but he seems happier than most guys who are putting up 20 a night. At Friday morning’s shootaround at AmericanAirlines Arena, the guard was all smiles as his Memphis Grizzlies prepared to face the Miami Heat. And why not? What he calls the worst period of his life is over. “I call them the dark years,’’ Arenas says of the period between December 2009 and December 2011. “What’s funny is I don’t remember them. When people ask me about those years, I just don’t remember. I guess I just subconsciously blanked them all out. … I’m just trying to have fun now.’’ FOXSports Florida

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas 

“When I got amnestied, I thought that was the best thing that happened to me because I didn’t have the pressure anymore,’’ said Arenas, who averaged 8.0 points in 49 games for the Magic last season after he had begun the year with Washington before being traded. “I didn’t have the media scrutiny anymore. I was just free. I was just a normal person again.’’ Well, he didn’t exactly live the life of a typical working stiff. Arenas embarked upon what he called an “extended vacation.’’ FOXSports Florida

Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Gilbert Arenas 

“Hey, when it was supposed to have been both of us going through the same thing, I didn’t hear his name,’’ Arenas said of Crittenton. “It was Gilbert and a teammate. Now, everyone finds out who was the real problem. Hopefully, he gets through it, and God bless him. But that’s none of my concern. “Like people say, the light eventually turns on the good one. At first, I was supposed to have been the bad seed, but I’m back doing something I love and that’s all I can think about. I can’t think about what he’s going through. He has his own problems and, hopefully, I just wish him the best.’’ FOXSports Florida

Memphis Grizzlies, Javaris Crittenton, Gilbert Arenas 

After sitting out the majority of the 2011-12 season, Arenas signed a one-year deal with the Grizzlies last month. Rumored possible suitors for Arenas included the Los Angeles Lakers, but in the end Arenas chose Memphis because he believes he has the backing of the entire organization. “I felt that everybody was on the same page,” Arenas told HOOPSWORLD. “From the general manager to the coaches to the players and that’s all I wanted. I didn’t want to come into a situation where half the group wanted me and the other half didn’t because it doesn’t work like that. Since I got amnestied, I was just going to make sure that I was in a place that I wanted to be.” HoopsWorld

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas 

Key contributors on the team like Zach Randolph and Rudy Gay had no problem anointing Arenas as a leader of the squad already – less than a month after signing with the team. “Agent Zero, he’s been great for us,” Randolph told HOOPSWORLD. “He’s a leader on this team. He’s been through the trenches, been in the playoffs. He’s got a lot of experience and he’s been great. “[Arenas is] definitely a leader,” Randolph elaborated when asked how Arenas could garner that role after such a short amount of time with the team. “He don’t talk a lot, but he’s just a leader with his presence and the stuff he’s been through.” HoopsWorld

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas 

After his teammates were busy heaping praise on the type of guy Arenas is in the locker room, the newest Grizzlies’ player told me he believes his 10+ years of experience have played the biggest role. “My basketball past is helping me through,” Arenas told HOOPSWORLD. “Everyone from guards [to the rest of the team] look up to me because they know what I’ve done and my work ethic. Players don’t talk about the locker room thing, that’s what you media guys do to make your stories. Most of the players know what goes on and what happens. “When you’re a new guy coming in, you have to make sure you don’t step on any toes – make sure who’s who and just always give positive reinforcement.” HoopsWorld

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas 

But the Memphis coach threw him out there against Brandon Jennings and Beno Udrih, and things didn't go badly. Then he did it again Monday at Oklahoma City (19 minutes, two steals, one assist) and the Grizzlies won again. So who knows? "I know they already have their rotation," Arenas said. "I'm here for leadership. Veteran wisdom. Right now they don't really need me. Conley was out [Saturday], so my number got called. I know my role. My role was to make sure I'm ready by the time the playoffs start." NBA.com

Memphis Grizzlies, Gilbert Arenas