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Gilbert Arenas got his season started with his usual scoring outburst and an OT-forcing buzzer-beater. He's also taken his outspokenness to a new level in an Sports Illustrated piece by Ian Thomsen.

Arenas talks so much smack in here that I'm still reeling. He says he's "stronger and a better shooter" than Isiah Thomas; tells us that LeBron James is not as good as the Cavs make him look; and insinuates that his ability to get other scorers involved puts him above James or Dwyane Wade.

But Arenas really digs in when it comes to his old nemesis, Kobe Bryant.

"I don't understand that,'' Arenas said. "I don't understand a player like him sometimes."

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"I've never seen [Michael Jordan] act like that. I didn't even see AI [Allen Iverson], when he was going through them bad days, you know? They were always talking about trading him, and he was like, 'If they trade me, they trade me; if they don't, they don't; but this is my city.' And I don't understand how Kobe doesn't feel that about L.A. -- it's his city.''

Gilbert Arenas Goes Off on Kobe and LeBron - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

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Arenas talks so much smack in here that I'm still reeling. He says he's "stronger and a better shooter" than Isiah Thomas; tells us that LeBron James is not as good as the Cavs make him look; and insinuates that his ability to get other scorers involved puts him above James or Dwyane Wade.

Above James and Wade...wow!...I like Gilbert and his outspoken ways...but that is going way out there isn't it?