“Agent 0” named NBA Player of the Week

Around the metropolitan D.C. area Washington Wizards’ guard Gilbert Arenas is known as “Agent 0.” To the players in the League, “Agent 0” is known as an explosive offensive talent. But to the NBA, “Agent 0” is now known as the NBA’s best for the week of Dec. 4.

On Dec. 11, Arenas was named Eastern Conference “Player of the Week” for games played from Dec. 4 through Dec. 10. Arenas averaged a League-high 37.3 points per game converting on 51.5 percent of his field goal attempts. “Agent 0” also connected on 18 three-point attempts, and handed out 5.5 assist per game.

During the week, Arenas lead the Wizards to a 3-1 record. His 38-point, eight assist effort help snap the Dallas Mavericks’ 12-game winning streak. On Dec. 6 he followed that outing with a 38-point effort against the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden, and 32-points against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philly, on Dec. 8. The two road victories were the Wizards first of the season. Arenas completed the week on Saturday Dec. 9, by dropping 41-points in a loss to the Houston Rockets at the Verizon Center. The 41 scored against the Rockets was Arenas’ fourth 40-plus game of the year, making him only the fourth player, joining Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant, in the last 20-years to score 40 or more points four times in their first 20 games of a season.