This is our second episode in our series going over some forgotten NBA teams throughout history. Today we take a look back at the Washington Wizards who were led by the big three of Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler during the mid 2000s. Arenas was a player ahead of his time who had deep range and could get to the basket, but unfortunately injuries and an infamous locker room incident ended any potential this team had.
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31 Comments
Nah those jerseys were fucking fire.
Aye naw the wizards owner is real af for that we need more owners like that. I’m not saying giving deals just bc but just looking out for there stars especially when you have no future anyway like lakers with Kobe in his last few years
The locker room stories just reminds me of a quote that basically said your team is a reflection of its leader. And given level of unseriousness Gilbert possesses, as hilarious as it may be, I'm not surprised.
Clutch Scale 0-10 Lebron 5, Kobe 8.5, MJ 10, AI 6, Larry Bird 4.5, Magic 9. Scale is based on finals' adversities. Kobe had a bad Game 7 against Boston. Lebron against Dallas is obvious but the Heat losses look really bad to me. If you go to the Finals with MJ…..You will win every time. That's just a fact I can't deny.
2012-2013 Knicks pls
Bro brought a gun to the facility
Walk in areas like Gilbert Areans😤😤🔥🔥
Critteren was about that life, he is in prison for 25 years for murder in 2011, Gilbert got real lucky. Also Gilbert Arenas got paid until 2020 I think they cut and stretched that huge contract.
Great video 🔥🔥
Keep the great videos coming love the content
This was needed after all that bs gil be talking in his nut ass arena
Do the 2013 Knicks next!
Overrated.. he be on the podcast talking like he won back2 back mvps ..
Well interesting fact: Gilbert Arenas was going to be a top-10 pick in the draft, but due to his immaturity, he got sent to the 31st.
One: he doesn't do the treadmill training because he doesn't want his new shoes to get dirty.
Two: the NBA interviewer asked him what he would do in the future. He answered a pimp. They asked again can you say anything smarter, and he said he wants to be an international pimp.
Three: he blew his money before his rookie contract.
But that seemed to be a blessing in disguise for Agent Zero.
2012-2013 Knicks
Isiah Thomas coached Knicks with Steve Francis and Stephon marbury
please put the background theme song list in the description
I think I just found my new favorite basketball channel
11:41 😂😂😂😂
The story gets even more chilling when people found out Javaris Crittenton gets a 23 years in prison for Atlanta shooting death
Gilbert Arenas was very much important to the nba. Petitioned for 2nd rounders and undrafted guys to get paid earlier than 1st round picks. Amnesty clause was also introduced cause of his massive contact from the wizard to help teams rebuild from a bad contract. Truly generational
Who heard about Gilbert arenas blasting Hakeem Olajuwon about how he was charging guys 55K to learn about his foot work and how footwork is a thing of the past
Make a video on yao Ming’s rockets run
Should’ve covered the DeShawn Stevenson/Soulja Boy vs LeBron and JayZ beef. Can’t talk about the wizards without that
Making jokes about guns and Gilbert just wanted to honor Washington history and Bullets championship. Completely misunderstood guy.
Not the most important nugget to this video but it'd shed some light on why the Lakers traded for Kwame: The previous season had a gridlock at SF (Butler, Devean George, Luke Walton and Juaine Jones). They were thin on bigs. Vlade Divac played less than ten games and retired. The backup C was Brian Grant who they used the amnesty clause on leaving only Chris Mihm. The Lakers needed a big and the only properly tradable SF was Butler (Jones got traded to Charlotte for just a draft pick).
The funny part is everyone is REALLY about to find out how ahead of his time Gilbert is with adjusting his home to Colorado’s sea level because Denver’s home advantage is about to destroy the league in their repeat year
Dame going to the bucks
Dame is a buck WHATTT💀
Best Teams to never win a title:
2000 Portland Trail blazers
1998 Utah Jazz
1996 Seattle Sonics
1995 Orlando Magic
1994 New York Knicks
1984 Los Angeles Lakers
1980 Philadelphia 76ers
2004 Indiana Pacers
2007 Dallas Mavericks
2011 Miami Heat
2011 Chicago Bulls
2013 New York Knicks
2014 Indiana Pacers
2016 Golden State Warriors
2020 Milwaukee Bucks
2022 Phoenix Suns
I remember him in NBA Live days during my childhood. Agent Zero is a real deal at his time