Gilbert Arenas

Andre: What songs are on your current play list?

Gilbert: Oh, I don’t know if I’m going to get in trouble for this, but that new Jay-Z. Woo! The new CD! Yes sir. His CD was called “The Takeover,” I’m in The Takeover, so obviously I have to have the CD.

Andre: If you were an inventor, what would you invent?

Gilbert: An inventor? You know how you have the microwave? …The Cool-O-Wave. You can cool things down real fast without going to the refrigerator. You can put it in there … BOOP … you know, a minute, it’s frozen. Ahhhhh. Actually someone gave me that idea, but I’m going to use it.

Andre: When and where are you happiest?

Gilbert: On the basketball floor. No, that’s when I’m in that mode. In my movie theatre, because I’m at peace. In my house.

Andre: What movies are you watching while you’re there?

It varies from Lucky Number SLeven, to Friday to anything with Denzel.

Andre: Who was your favorite fictional character?

Gilbert: Popeye. Because he was weak until they got him mad and he ate that spinach. To this day I don’t east spinach, but he’s my favorite.

Andre: If you weren’t a basketball player, what would you be?

Gilbert: A really bad comedian.

Andre: If you had to describe yourself in one word, what would it be?

Gilbert: Fun-loving. Is that one word?

Andre: That’s two words. It’s hyphenated. We’re counting it as two.

Gilbert: Yeah, I know… Unique.

Andre: What’s on your must-have list?

Gilbert: Video games and a TV.

Andre: What are you going to get for Christmas?

Gilbert: Truthfully, the last time I received a gift for Christmas was when I was in high school.

Andre: Really?

Gilbert: Yeah, because I usually don’t want anything. I gave Larry [Hughes] my bobblehead when it came out. It was a great gift for him, good present to have.

Andre: If you were invisible for one day and could spy on a famous person, who would it be?

Gilbert: Besides Halle Berry? Halle Berry of course.

[President] Bush, just to see what he’s doing back there … No, just kidding.

Andre: Who did you learn from when you first got into the league?

Gilbert: Chris Mills, Antawn Jamison … That whole Golden State Warriors team … Mookie Blaylock. If I learned anything from him it was about golf, 5-irons and all the extra stuff he had.

Andre: I heard you saw Borat?

Gilbert: Of course.

Andre: And?

Gilbert: I loved it. I think with that movie, you can’t see Da Ali G Show. You can’t see the show. You just to go right at the movie theatre. So that’s what I did.

Andre: Do you do an impression?

Gilbert: I had changed my room name to something he said on there. What was the name he said? Its something … Not Butler … I’m gonna get it. It’s Corky something. Its when he was like, “Bing, Bong, Bing Bing, Bong.”

Andre: What were your thoughts on the election last week?

Gilbert: Truthfully, I don’t get into that. That’s not my field. I leave that up to Etan Thomas.

Andre: What do you think about Britney and Kevin Federline breaking up?

Gilbert: They broke up? Was it over money? Was it over the songs he made? That CD, was it over that? Oh. Psha, I’m not interested. I’m saving myself.

Andre: For who?

Gilbert: Halle. Once she gets available, y’all gotta let me know.

Andre: You’re famous enough to get Halle Berry. Dave Justice, didn’t he date her?

Gilbert: Yeah, early, early. That was back when she was Halle. Now she’s HALLE. Capital everything.

Andre: I read that someone referred to you as the “Chad Johnson of the NBA.” Is that a fair comparison?

Gilbert: Chad Johnson? … I’m entertaining like Chad … I score like Chad. Chad?! You know … Who else is out there?

Andre: Well you don’t want to be like T.O.

Gilbert: No, no, no … Chad! Chad’s a good guy, right? I can roll with Chad. I can roll with it.

Andre: Who’s your favorite SportsCenter anchor?

Gilbert: Hmm, lets see … Who has not talked bad about me?

Andre: What television shows do you watch?

Gilbert: Everyone Loves Raymond, South Park - yup, all seven seasons ... Family Guy.

Andre: Who would play you in a movie?

Gilbert: Dave Chappelle or Chris Tucker.

Andre: You wouldn’t give your dad that role?

Gilbert: No, he’s not that entertaining like me.

Andre: Leading lady would be Halle Berry?

Gilbert: No, actually not. Nope. It depends on what kind of scenes we have.

Andre: How about for a comedy, who are you going to star with?

Gilbert: Sommore, she’s a comedian. Who else is out there? Monique … Yeah, I like comedy.

Andre: Who is the best University of Arizona basketball player of all time?

Gilbert: (Laughing) Are you serious?

Andre: There were some good guys out there…

Gilbert: There was some good guys out there…

Andre: Sean Elliott, Steve Kerr, Damon Stoudamire, Richard Jefferson, Bibby …

Gilbert: That’s a nice little list! I mean the best player at Arizona? Or period?

Andre: At Arizona.

Gilbert: Probably Sean. Sean Elliott. Yep, Sean Elliott.

Andre: What’s the best road arena to play in?

Gilbert: I love playing in L.A. … Golden State, now … Sacramento … New York.

Andre: What’s the food best served as leftovers?

Gilbert: Anything from Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving leftovers.

Andre: If you could trade jobs with anybody for a day, who would it be?

Gilbert: Bill Gates.

Andre: Really? You would want to deal with computers for a day?

Gilbert: No, no. I just want to be in his house! You know what, actually, referee. I would switch to be a referee. I know the rules like the back of my head.

Andre: When’s the last time you cried?

Gilbert: Cried? I think it was Jan. 6, 1982 … When I was born.

Andre: Best looking uniforms in the league?

Gilbert: Not our road blue ones, I can tell you that. I like Milwaukee’s new ones. They got rid of that purple…Golden State, “The City,” those are nice.

Andre: What do you think happens when you die?

Gilbert: Hopefully they have a big old party. I don’t like to live sad days, so I wish they have just a big old party.

Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards spends a lot of time online playing Halo 2. He brings an Xbox 360 to the hotel with him on the road and connects to Xbox Live through their Internet connection.

What does he want to do next? According to Xbox.com, he wants to be a modder.

"First it was just a lot of team play, then I got into sniping," said Arenas. "Now I'm into modding. I want to mod. I've been modded against so many times it's messing up my ranking. As soon as I'm about to get up to a higher ranking, I get modded three times in a row. I'm getting my mod box."

Here's hoping Arenas is joking, or that Bungie and Microsoft won't be treating celebrity cheaters any differently than the garden variety.

Washington Post: Funny story from yesterday's pre-game lockeroom: James Lang was lounging in his chair on the "east coast" side of the lockeroom, minding his own business when Arenas, Antonio Daniels and DeShawn Stevenson addressed his secret life as a "thief." Turns out, Lang borrowed someone's deodarant and was banned from the "west coast" side of the lockeroom, the side occupied by Arenas, Daniels and Stevenson. Arenas evicted Lang last week and Lang is not allowed on that side of the room anymore without permission.

"But what if one of the vets on that side tell me to get something, do I have to do it?" Lang asked. The moment that sentence came out of his mouth, I knew he was in trouble.

"Hell yes!" replied Arenas, Daniels, Stevenson and another west coast dweller, Calvin Booth at the same time in the same incredulous tone. Stevenson turned and gave me a look that pretty much said: "Is he crazy asking a stupid question like that?" As I started to try and interview west coast dweller Andray Blatche, Blatche turned and whispered to Booth, "Hey Cal, tell James to get you something."
"James," Booth shouted. "Can I get a gatorade?"
Lang: "No."
Blatche: "He's a vet, you better do it."
Lang, picked himself up out of the chair, walked over to the large fridge that sits in between the east and west coasts, grabbed a gatorade and rolled it over to Booth.
"Thanks," Booth said.

Arenas, while combing his hair with Jamison's brush while standing in front of Jamison's locker: "You see James, I asked Antawn if I could use his brush and he said yes. That's why I don't get fined."
Fined? Turns out, Arenas has instituted a system whereby Lang is fined $2.60 every time he goes over to the west coast without permission. Why $2.60? Stevenson wears 2, Daniels wears 6 and Arenas wears 0. I wish I was but I'm not making this stuff up.

Hoopshype Wizards star guard Gilbert Arenas admitted he told Jared Jeffries he should sign the Knicks’ $30 million offer sheet last August and run with it. The Wizards, apparently looking ahead to next summer when Arenas can opt out, decided not to match, much to the Knicks’ surprise. “He knows I'm going to be honest with him,’’ Arenas said before tonight’s game vs. the Knicks. “If they do that, I don't know if we were going to match it because it’s going to hurt our salary cap. But if you think that's the right thing for you, you've got to go for that.’’Had Washington matched, they would have soared over the luxury-tax threshold to re-sign Arenas. So far, the Wizards are looking smart. Jeffries said today he is shooting for a mid-December return, which is at least better than Jan. 1. Jeffries was signed to be their small-forward defensive stopper.Too often the Knicks have to go to an extremely small lineup because of Jeffries’ injury. It’s the lone excuse Isiah has to their 2-6 record.The Wizards may have matched Jeffries’ but DeShawn Stevenson then fell in their lap for $1 million. “I know we probably needed him more than they did,'' Thomas said. Jeffries told The Post that the Wizards would have matched but he requested to Washington GM Ernie Grunfeld not to. "They respected my wishes,'' Jeffries said.