The Sports Guy Ranks Arenas...

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...and he puts him at the 27th most valuable player, right before Detriot's Chauncey Billups. Here's his take:

Here's where you have to love the "Trade Value" game: Who turns down a Billups-Arenas swap, Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld or Pistons GM Joe Dumars?

The answer? Both would turn it down even though it's a fairly logical trade for both teams. Detroit increases its ceiling as a team (right now, it's second round and out) and gets a blue-chip scorer and gate attraction to keep up with LeBron in the Central; Washington gets an unselfish winner who makes everyone else better and gives it stability for once. That's a nice trade. In the end, Joe Dumars would flinch well before Ernie Grunfeld did -- he'd worry about Gilbert's impending free agency, he'd worry about going over the luxury tax and wrecking his salary structure this summer, and he'd definitely worry about Gilbert's knee problems and the curious way the Wizards came together as a team as soon as Gilbert went away. Ernie would flinch only because of the age difference (four years) and the local ramifications of
dealing the most popular Wizard/Bullet in 30 years. Either way, a fun argument.


Yes, it is a fun argument. And it's not like Arenas isn't talking about trades and player's value himself. But Simmons missed one key factor: Arenas is more than popular; he's "The Man" in DC. Antwan Jamison and Caron Butler may be team captains, but they weren't playing the role of Captain Clutch last season, and they weren't commanding double-teams on a regular basis. Regardless of how well they are doing now, they need him (as last night proves). It's his team.

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