Difference in Record With Arenas

Kablooie · Post #1 » by **Kablooie** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 7:00 am

With Arenas gone and other players allowed to take more shots and actually touch the ball for once, I was wondering what effect you guys think it has on your record this season.

I personally think Arenas should be a 6th man Ben Gordon-ish player off the bench since he's overrated and one dimensional, but you guys might have other opinions.

RMJ · Post #2 » by **RMJ** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 11:18 am

Are you kidding me? arenas 6th man no way dude and if EJ even done that arenas will just leave the team in a heart beat arenas is no 6th man and never will be

Post #3 » by **nate33** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 1:14 pm

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=738835

IBTL

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #4 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 2:52 pm

yeah, there's a thread discussing this already. Nice way to approach the question though. You'd think missing a 27 ppg scorer should really be a huge penalty but his lack of organization and concentration on defense is a big minus. Or at least the way he was playing last year. He might be better this year, if he ever comes back, he was showing signs at the beginning of the season before he went down.

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #5 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:05 pm

Arenas would probably serve better as a 7th man. Let the 6th man get the defense thrown at him while Arenas can come in and score about 60pts a game vs scrubs! YUEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAW

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #6 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:17 pm

Arenas definitely does not need to play 40+ minutes...

RickRoll_inDC · Post #7 » by **RickRoll_inDC** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:29 pm

not starting Gil is comletely stupid. he would opt out right away anyway.

what we should do:
play all of the big 3 for most of the 1st
run 2 for most of the 2nd and 3rd
and run all 3 for most of the 4th

and yes, we do have different opinions on Gil. he's much more than a one dimensional player. he can shoot, drive, and helps most everyone else because other teams have to plan for him more than Butler and Jamison

Brenice · Post #8 » by **Brenice** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 4:03 pm

This team with a healthy Gil is close to a 55 win team. Without him, it will be barely a .500 team.

Soup's Uncle · Post #9 » by **Soup's Uncle** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 6:54 pm

People are dumb if they think the team is better without a health, dominant Gilbert Arenas.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #10 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Wed Jan 9, 2008 6:57 pm

That's not the question though, it's exactly how worse off are we? Does adding him make us 5 wins better or 15?

I think you can make an argument that even with Gil healthy this team maxes out at 50 wins, if they're healthy all year round. Yet without Gil they seem on pace to finish at about .500, which means Gil only makes them about 8 wins better. So he's good enough to lead us to home court advantage in the playoffs but not the championship.