Three knee surgeries in a year and a half? Check.Two ill-attempted comebacks already? Check.
A team more than 40 games under .500? Check.
Nearly a full season gone by without so much as an update as to his whereabouts? Check.
Based on this impromptu checklist, it seems to me like Gilbert Arenas needed to come back, if only to rev up the nation's capital before they fully go to sleep when the Zimmerman Bros. come to town for the summer.
Why Agent Zero thought it would be a good idea to return to the Washington Wizards, with only nine games remaining, I can't really say with any certainty. Maybe he figured he had a whole bunch of extra time on his hands. Maybe, and more likely, he's the most selfish player this side of Ricky Davis. Only a player as selfish as Arenas, only a player as blinded by his own personal goals and desires would come back with so few games left in the season, and so little to play for.
The Wizards were a playoff team, as recently as last year. With a healthy Arenas and company in the East, they could again be a playoff team next year. How much of an accomplishment that actually would be is being investigated by our crack team as you read this.
Either way, stupidity and arrogance are the only factors at play. Though he came back for the final 9 games, he will only play in 7, as he's being held out of the second end of back-to-backs. Oh yeah, that's right, he's recovering from knee surgery. His third. Forgot about that.
A couple of the obvious possibilities that could result from this comeback are that he could get hurt or could wind up making it worse. But, something else to consider is that his presence could possibly sneak in a few more wins and lose a few ping pong balls for the Wizards.
I find it personally ironic that in a season for the Wizards that, basically since jump street has been all about praying for that number one draft pick, their superstar's first game back heroics were swatted away by Kwame Brown.
Sometimes, you can't make this stuff up.
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