The Washington Wizards have dealt 28-year old SG/PG Gilbert Arenas to the Orlando Magic for 31-year old small forward Rashard Lewis. Arenas played in 21 games (14 starts) for the Wizards this year and he averaged 34.6 minutes, 17.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game. The handwriting was on the wall when Agent Zero was treating the locker room like the O.K. Corral that his time was short in Washington. That being said, he was one of the better players in Washington Wizards’ history and I think he has a lot left in the gas tank and he’s going to prove that in Orlando.
Rashard Lewis played in 25 games (all starts) for the Magic this season and he averaged 32.4 minutes, 12.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Lewis has now played in 874 games (785 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 34.4 minutes, 16.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Lewis will likely benefit from this move as the Wizards will likely play him at his natural small forward position. In the end though, this deal was about money to the Wizards as Agent Zero is a much better basketball player then Rashard Lewis is.