Haynesworth or Arenas - Which Contract is Worse for D.C. Fans?

Bad contracts in the NBA hamstring a team for years.

In the NFL it’s possible to cover come a bad contract more easily.

The Wiz are truly screwed.

I don’t care about the money…

I just feel like Arenas tries a lot harder to be a great pro. He has been immature and has set the team back considerably with some of his latest antics, but I get the sense that he cares more about his teammates than Haynesworth. To be fair, that observation is from as far outside the locker room as there is…well, almost as far. Kevin’s vantage point—by law—is from 500 feet away.

My gut tells me that Gil works harder for his money than Albert. Also, in football, as dominant as Haynesworth is, he is still only one out of 11 guys on the field for his team, whereas Gil is one out of only 5. If both players were equally integral to their teams, I think Gil would have to get the nod since he represents a much higher percentage of the starting core.

That a good question you asked. Now knowing and talking with Gilbert Arenas who has done more for the Inner city of DC it clear that Gil will be here longer then Haynesworth or Portis. Gil is a Star and will always be a Star in DC. When was the last time you seen a Redskins besides Mr. Redskin #28 come and talk to the kids in SouthEast DC? Gil give back to the inner city and he always do clinics for free. You don’t see him with no body guards when he plays at the Goodman League. He drives up sign autographs young and old. He even buys kids shoes and clothes that are less fortunate. Like Ken said he tries hard and will grow in life.

I just feel that some of the players don’t know what it means to wear and represent the BG. For 21 mil in my account I would even cheer if they asked me to. I think long gone are the days where the Redskins Player was like Gods in the Nation Capital. I remember if you was Black or White, Jew or Baptist there was one force that United all of DC and that was the Washington Redskins Players of the 60’ 70’ 80’ and 90’. We had our grumblings but they was a family and was part of our family. These New Skins need to know that if they leave it all out on the field they will have a Sea and Wave of diehard skins fans. Heck with the money or scheme it about the BG Nation.

It’s not even close. AH actually has a good contract going forward.

Not even close IMO

In a perfect world, Albert would want to be as great as Gilbert does. The problem is, Big Al has the skills to be great, and Gilbert doesn’t. Haynesworth is a top 5 defender in the league. He could be #1 if he wanted to. Gilbert will never be the best player in the NBA. I don’t even think he can be top 10 again.

Based purely on their contracts, I’d have to go with Gil. But, considering all other factors, I’d have to go with Fat Al. We all know that AH can be the most dominating defensive player in the league IF he wants to. However, how many of us truly believe that Haynesworth is going to come in here and play with 100% effort? Plus, this 3-4 thing may not do Haynesworth any justice. Of course, none of us know for sure, but what will Haslett ask of Haynesworth? If Haynesworth will be asked to occupy blockers on occasion instead of being allowed to go after the QB like he wants to, his talents will be severely underused, and obviously, there’d be no point in having a player of his quality if we don’t use him to his full potential. Plus, I just don’t get the sense that Haynesworth truly wants to be here. I think if he really had a choice, he’d be on his way out.

I’m not trying to say that Gil isn’t without flaws, because what he did to get himself into that gun situation was completely idiotic, but Gil is still a good player and works as hard as anyone in the NBA and strives to be the best. Even though we all know he’ll never reach it, but still… Plus, the Wizards are well under the cap room this year, so they don’t absolutely need to get rid of him in order to gain cap room. And ultimately, I think Arenas will have more impact in the wins that the Wizards get (it may not be a lot of them, but whatever) than Haynesworth will have in the wins the Redskins get.

ask Javaris Crittendon how good a teammate he is.

So Lavar Arrington and Chad Dukes picked up this debate. I’ll be on their show at 4pm to discuss for anyone who wants to listen.
 
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the wizards need to be blown up.

Arenas, as impossible as it may be, is dumber than Haynesworth.

It all comes down to health. Albert misses 2-4games a year (12 – 25%), Gilbert misses way the fuck more than that. bye gil

I know some of you are smoking meth crack and some izz momo. You can’t compare AH to GIL. Who took the Wiz to the playoff and performed it was Gil. What has FAT AL done in 16 games not a got da*m thing. Gil is in the TOP 10 when he is health hands down. Yeah he was always known as a clown but hell the right to bear arms is legal. Add up what Gil get paid for 82 games vs 16 games and you will see that AH then stole the show. For all you damn Gil hater you will see this year he light up roasted some folks. Scoring 22.3 point is not sorry. Hell getting 4 sacks for 21 mil is sorry and you don’t even come to OTA. You summmmaaaa itchesssssssssss

while Haynesworth played a bit last year and MAY, MAY play some this year and produce

But Arenas’ contract is so much worse for the Wizards than Haynesworth’s is for us. The Wizards cant get out of Arena’s contract and its killing their available salary. We have no salary cap right now in the NFL, we can get rid of Haynesworth and the only one who will have suffered is Snyder(who cares?). Besides, Haynesworth can play for us and he will be great when he does, Arenas may not be available to play(jail,suspension) and when he does he will be a washed up PG that is second to John Wall.