Gilbert Arenas has always been somewhat of an odd duck but a feature in the latest issue of Esquire might just confirm that he is actually batshit crazy.
When I get a new cell phone, first thing I do is turn it off and call from my house phone and leave stupid little messages to myself. Like: “It’s me.” “It’s me.” “This is Gilbert.” “It’s me.” “It’s Gilbert.” I just fill it up, so no one can leave messages. If you don’t, you leave for an hour and thirteen people have called. So there are thirteen new messages you have to listen to and it’s like, Oh, man. I don’t feel like hearing people’s stories. Most people love leaving messages that they don’t want to tell you in person. So I cut that off.
Here are some other notable stories about Gilbert:
- He has an idea for a commercial where a kid in a wheelchair clotheslines a girl who catches his shoes
- He bought a colon cleaner off an informercial
- Lebron said to him prior to the free throws in last year’s playoffs, “If you miss this shot, you know who’s gonna hit the game winner.”
- He can beat people by 200 points in NBA 2K6
- He holds a grudge: he has a list of everyone drafted before him in 2001 and crosses people out when they’re no longer in the league
Links:
[Esquire]: The Pathology of Gilbert Arenas
One reply on “Someone tell Gilbert Arenas that you can turn voicemail off”
It was a great game. Both teams played hard. — That article was awesomely entertaining. Arenas is a total nut, but I’ll take that over the cliches that every other athlete spouts.
Props to him, and the other players like AI and Sheed who aren’t afraid to be themselves.