Two seasons ago, Gilbert Arenas was expected to lead the Wizards to the top half of the Eastern Conference. Even at the start of this season, he was part of what the Wizards proudly boasted would be one of the NBA’s best backcourts. Fast forward and Arenas has only eight points in two playoff games for Orlando, including two in six minutes during Tuesday’s 88-82 win over Atlanta. But it wasn’t an aberration. Arenas averaged only 8.0 points for the Magic during the regular season. Those kind of numbers place him with the other fallen former members of the 2006-07 All-NBA second team, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, not the two who went in a different direction, LeBron James and Chris Bosh.
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In hindsight, the Magic might’ve gotten just as little from Rashard Lewis, whose right knee didn’t even make it to the end of the year in Washington. Either way, his December switch with Arenas might go down as the least impactful swap of highest-paid players in NBA history.
