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Article: The Flip Side of Gilbert Arenas; 'I Always Go Against the Odds,' Says Wizards Gifted Guard
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- September 7, 2003
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Steve Wyche Washington Post Staff Writer
The Washington Post
09-07-2003
The Flip Side of Gilbert Arenas; 'I Always Go Against the Odds,' Says Wizards
Gifted Guard
Byline: Steve Wyche Washington Post Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Sports
Gilbert Arenas sat in his agent's Southern California beach house one mid-July
day, hair uncombed, face unshaven. After days of enjoying a red-carpet
courtship by the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State
Warriors, the free agent guard was racked by sleeplessness and nervousness.
He did not know which of the long-suffering teams' millions he wanted to
take. As the waves poured in from the Pacific and the controller of the
video game he had ...