Gilbert Arenas was not Eddie Jordan's first choice when they were under the salary cap in 2003.

"Wes [Unseld] said, 'We got some money' when I first got the job," Jordan recalled. "I told him I thought we should go out and get a classic point guard. Kevin Ollie or something. Wes said, 'What about Gilbert Arenas? He's talented.'

"I really didn't think he would fit in with [Jerry] Stackhouse. I thought he was too turnover-prone. And I kept hearing crazy stories about him in the locker room."

"Ernie talked me into Gil," Jordan said on Friday.

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