"Tell them … tell the team to bear down"

Gilbert Arenas‘ fellow captain Antawn Jamison — the leader of the Wizards — today said the solution for Arenas is simple. Be patient, the forward said.

“I told him this, ‘You haven’t played basketball like this in a long time. First couple of weeks it went well, but it’s been a while since you’ve been a month into the season, 15 games,’ ” Jamison said. “It’s almost a learning curve. I don’t think he knew what to expect, I don’t think we knew what to expect. So the thing he has to do was be patient. And that’s what we have to do as a team. I know he’s not where he wanted to be and we’re not where we wanted to be. But you’ve got to be patient and keep plugging away. If the season was 15 games long, then you start panicking.

“But it’s going to come to you, just got to be patient,” Jamison continued. “Other guys like myself and Caron have to step up until he’s back in that rhythm. This guy hasn’t played 15 games like this, a month into the season like this. So it’s tough. It’s just going to take some more time before the Hibachi and all the other stuff gets going. But if I keep believing in my teammates and myself to get going, then things will get back to normal.”