is virtually untradeable at this point. we asked a couple of writers who know gil pretty well what their take was on the sentencing. we start with "the washington post" columnist mike weiss who talked to gilbert extensively over the years. >> i think a lot of people are going to be disappointed today because gilbert polarized this town over this incident. a lot of people feel like this is a guy who's given his free time to this community to better a lot of people, and why is he being treated like a menace to society? others feel if i brought my guns into the district and done what gilbert did, i would be in jail. i don't know if there is a right or wrong answer. i know gilbert arenas in all the decisions around him, polarized d.c. >> if he is that guy in 2007 making the all-star team, a dynamic player, that talent level with a lot of maturity, yes. we haven't seen that guy since 2007. we need to see a gilbert arenas who is a team guy, a team first guy, who is not going to break off plays because he wants to shoot three-poin

you're saddled with the guy that is almost untradable with the mean owed him. i think they going to try to make the best of a bad situation. if gilbert ax reinas -- in fact, that he didn't want to be here and maybe he will do it or get an offer he can't refuse for trade dates. maybe then andthat gilbert arenas is going to not only get himself personal out of the mess, but he might have to get the frank eye out of the mess he made. >> that is going to be an interesting next year for the washington wizards and gilbert arenas and, by the way, he will go to the halfway house. the judge said he can't play basketball or do his community service in a basketball-related way and that is going to be unbasketball like in his charity service and obviously today, the best case scenario for gilbert arenas. >> and he's trying to dig himself out of all of this and that looks like they don't have a way to get out of the contract. does he pick up or where he left off next season? >> here's the thing, will. he thinks they can't and i talked to some sources today with the new owne

arenas is still owed more than $80 million and is almost untradeable. we did ask a couple of writers who know gil pretty well what their take was. we start with washington post columnist mark wise who has talked with gilbert extensively over the years. >> i think a lot of people are going to be disappointed because gilbert has polar rooized this time, not just on the basketball court but over this incident. a lot of people feel like this is a guy who has given his free time to this community to better a lot of people. why is he being treated like a men nas to society? others are going to feel like, if i had brought my guns into the district and done what gilbert did, i would be in jail. i don't know if there is a right or wrong answer. i do know that gilbert arenas, and once again, all the decisions around him, polarized d.c. >> if he was that guy in 2007 making our team dynamic, that talent level with a lot of maturity, yes. we haven't seen that guy since 2007. we need to see a gilbert arenas who was a team guy, a team first guy, who was not going to b