gilbert arenas

The Orlando Magic announced that Gilbert Arenas had waived the use of amnesty provision in the new collective bargaining agreement, on Friday afternoon via a press release. This step does not persist in the day to re-tooling which saw the team trade starting power forward Brandon Bass of the Boston Celtics Glen Davis. Training camp begins on Friday evening.

Under the amnesty provision, Arenas and receive a full salary as scheduled, but the Magic would be "100% of the salary of the player removed from the team salary for tax purposes, Cap," according to the location NBA. Squares become free, and can not re-signing with Orlando.

Decision to part ways with Arenas after less than a year after Otis Smith, Orlando, president of basketball and made the controversial decision to trade power forward Rashard Lewis from the Washington Wizards for him. Arenas struggled stalled because of a knee injury that robbed him multiple times Explosiveness one fatally, in Orlando, averaging 8 points in 21.8 minutes per game and shooting 34.4 percent from the field. Also, he and coach Stan Van Gundy rocky relationship, Arenas has also been used to dominate the ball and messaging, while Van Gundy encouraged him to run the offense.

Arenas experiment, in short, proved to be failure, but the condition of the amnesty to enable the Magic to save face. Yes, and he will still draw a salary from, but more important because it is no longer on the court for them.

Wasted no time in parting ways with Orlando Arenas, teams and the NBA in the early afternoon on Friday reported they could use the amnesty provision between 16 and 9 December, with the Orlando action shortly thereafter.