From @RealGMcom
The Trade
In two separate trades, the Magic officially acquired Gilbert Arenas, Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark on Saturday.
Orlando sent Rashard Lewis to the Wizards in exchange for Arenas.
Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first round pick and $3 million in cash was sent to Phoenix in exchange for Richardson, Turkoglu and Clark.
Being an Arenas Fan ain't easy..
On top of being the Lakers fan you all know, I am a Wizards/Arenas Fan. Because of Arenas I have became a Wizards fan and over the past few yrs it's seriously a "fun" ride. Looking at your favorite player playing limited mins due to injuries and then bad mistakes like law suit is no joke. From one of the most exciting players to one of the most demoralize players. I kinda sense his end was near when Wizards got lucky with John Wall during the draft pick. I mean Arenas has done a lot for Wizards, bringing them to playoffs and no doubt Walls is great but I still think Arenas will be missed in D.C.
And the winner is?
I still can't figure out who is benefiting from this trade when I look at it. Lewis is struggling and so is Arenas. Arenas stats don't look all bad but I think he lost all his show biz mojo when he became Agent 9 and he is no longer the franchise of Wiz. So maybe going Magic ain't too bad for a start but will the Magic really benefit from his unpredictable playing style? They still have Nelson, Jason William at guard and now J.Rich as well. The rotation is going to be interesting. All 4 guards are all star level but totally different style.
I don't think Magic will be able to fight the Boston or MIami due to these trades thus not making them the winner of this trade.
The winner ? : Gilbert Arenas - at least he now got a shot to the conference finals with Howard n Van Gurdy.
And the loser is....
Wizards is struggling badly, year after year they just break my hear. The players ain't all bad but they just can't play as a team. I look at it that they are lacking of a real leader and a real franchise player. Can Lewis be the missing piece, I seriously doubt so. I have no idea who is benefitting more from this trade but I just felt that Wizards is the one losing the most out of this trade. Tough luck. Wizards lack a good SF at this moment due to Josh's injury but the management bringing Lewis in when Josh just recovered. Now both of them will go on rotation. McGee at C, Blatche at PF, and the guards rotation will be down to Wall ( when healthy), Young and Captain Krik. Somebody tell me this is going to work out better than having gil ?
But you will never know, players form, performance and morale are very different upon trades. New teammates, new fans, new expectation. So amazing will happen and we will just wait and see.
But as of now, The loser ? : yes yes.. It's the Wizards.
Signing off with Agent Zero -
Seriously, some of those play of buzzer beaters would be more logical if it was a pass into the paint or driving for a 2 points or draw foul than a 3 pts attempt. Exactly why he is a star and unorthodox one.
P.S : While trading to Magic, can Arenas please put on his Agent 0 jersey back on? No.9 just ain't his thing..
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