Free agent Gilbert Arenas

As expected, Arenas opted out of the final year of his contract with the Wizards. I don't know how willing he'd be to play the 2, but the thought of Derrick Rose and Gil Arenas as the starting Bulls backcourt makes me downright giddy.

Doubtful, I know, but a fan can dream...

Arenas has been quite clear that he'll only re-sign with the Wizards if they also re-sign Antawn Jamison. At this point, this appears to be the most likely chain of events. Yet, you really never know with Agent Zero.

Again, I wouldn't be upset with the Bulls if they signed them both. It certainly would start to make up for screwing up the coaching search so bad...

NBA trade deadline fast approaching

For those of you who don't see the NBA as a cesspool of crap, the trade deadline is rapidly approaching. After 3 p.m. ET today, there's no sense in playing with the trade machine again until the off-season.

One trade I'd like to see - Gilbert Arenas to the Bulls.

C'mon, I bet they could pull it off. The Wiz don't need a scoring PG, and might be better off with a Kirk Hinrich type guy. If I'm John Paxson, I'm more than happy to let Hinrich and Gordon/Deng go for Agent 0. I bet the Bulls would even be willing to throw in the shitty contract formerly known as Ben Wallace to even out the money.

Seriously, does anyone actually believe the Wizards will re-sign him after this season? He belongs in a market like Chicago.

Since we've been gone

Nothing all that new has come about…

LSU was like that really cute girl who cheats on you – not once, but twice – but you can't give up on because she says all the right things. They rode the strength of schedule pony all the way to the championship game – as many realized they would.

Meanwhile, tOSU scheduled their way into the title game, as anyone with half a brain realized they would, and were routinely annihilated by the Tigers.

Gilbert Arenas got banged up… again… meaning once again there's no reason to follow the NBA.

In hot stove action, Johan Santana was traded to the Mets for half of their farm system, give or take an arm. In related news, the entire American League declared February 2 a National Holiday.