Gilbert Arenas, who has missed the entire season due to a knee injury, is finally scheduled to return. On Saturday when the Washington Wizards play at home against the Detroit Pistons, Arenas is expected to play.
Although it’s difficult to know what to expect from Arenas, he’s well worth the risk for fantasy basketball purposes. Even when he has returned injured in past seasons, he has still put stats on the board. Obviously he won’t put up his stats from a few years ago but averaging 15 points and five assists is very realistic.
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Gilbert Arenas, who has yet to see live NBA action for the Washington Wizards, is back practicing with the team. In fact, reports indicate that Arenas is practicing at full speed and is playing extremely well.
However, it’s not a given that Arenas will return to the court during the 2008-09 NBA season. With the Wizards buried in the standings, Arenas returning to the court wouldn’t make much sense. Most people expect Arenas and the Wizards to play it safe and have Arenas sit out until the beginning of next season.
That said, it might be worth the risk of picking up …read more

After a torturous wait, it appears that Gilbert Arenas is finally close to returning to the court. He’s been practicing with the Washington Wizards since the first week of March and now his return looks to be just a matter of time.
Arenas says he’s going to have one last precautionary MRI and he is cleared by the doctors following the MRI, he says he will return. Although he’s talked a lot about returning for the last couple months, it seems like this time is for real. It’d actually be surprising if he wasn’t on the court at some point in …read more