Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas, Jr.is an American retired professional basketball player...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 January 1982
CityTampa, FL
against capable game great helping jersey league nba night player run single taking team
Every single night in this league you are going to run up against a great player who is capable of taking a game over and helping their team win, ... Now we're going to New Jersey and they have great players. Being in the NBA is not easy.
great improving job team
We did a great job tonight. It was a great team effort. We have been improving defensively, and it's been showing.
great hot job knew pressure team tried
We're stunned, too. We did a great job for a team that doesn't give up. We knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. We just tried to keep the pressure on. We were just hot tonight.
coast feeling game great positive second since start west
It's a great feeling to start off with your first win. I don't think, since I've been here, we've done that on the West Coast trip. It's a great feeling because you go into the second game with a lot of positive energy.
feeling great road start trip
It's a great feeling to start off a road trip like that.
against charlotte drop face great row series three tough
We didn't want to drop three in a row before we have to face a tough Charlotte team. They always play us tough. It's going to be a great back-to-back series against them.
ball goes great happens shoot
What happens when you try to shoot and the ball goes up in the air? It's a foul. But we still got the ball to a great shooter. I thought it was going in. We all thought it was going in.
attack boards boxing great helping job last man point running team teams year
We were a great rebounding team last year so teams are really making it a point to attack the boards on us, ... As guards, we're going to have to do a better job of boxing our man out and then getting back there and helping out. That's how we can get out running and get into our offense.
areas defensive great growing knows
In this league, it's about growing up. That's one of the areas I've got to grow up in. . . . Everyone knows I can score. Everyone knows I can do all these great things, but if you want to be an MVP in this league, you've got to do everything. I've just got to become a better defensive player.
areas defensive great growing knows
In this league, it's about growing up, ... That's one of the areas I've got to grow up in. . . . Everyone knows I can score. Everyone knows I can do all these great things, but if you want to be an MVP in this league, you've got to do everything. I've just got to become a better defensive player.
both came consider great league picked rival together
He's my rival because we both came in the same year, but it's like we're together because we got picked 28 and 31, so it's great when you consider what we've done for this league and our class.
good might pressure tried win
We tried to pressure the ball, take him a little out of his game, and see if things might happen. It's a real good win for us.
against fighting gonna monkey number order win
We just need to win one in order to get the monkey off our back against them. They just have our number right now. But we're gonna keep fighting them.
defense effort extra fourth gave played quarter solid turned
We turned it on at the right time. We played solid defense all the way through, and in the fourth quarter we gave that extra effort and got the win.