On Hibachi And Low Tops, Directly From The Source

You probably know by now that the blogosphere's favorite baller, Gilbert Arenas, has been up to some interesting things lately. First it was screaming "hibachi!" as he torched his opponents, then it was coming up with an interesting explanation of why high tops don't protect your ankle nearly as well as low tops. Thanks to Gilbert's very own blog on NBA.com, we now have some further insight into these things. First the hibachi explanation:

"I brang [sic] out the hibachi against Dallas. That's when I first started saying it, that I was the 'hibachi.'

It was some legal terms with one of my teammates. I had to buy the name from him. Brendan Haywood, he takes all the good names and waits for someone to buy it, so I had to buy the hibachi grill from him."

No word on how much Gilbert paid for the hibachi "naming rights," and interesting that he says he "brang out the hibachi" against Dallas, when we remember it appearing first against Charlotte. As for Gilbert's reasoning behind the low tops:

"I can only wear low tops because, in reality, all shoes are low tops. If you ever put on a pair of high-top shoes and you stick your finger in it, it won't get tight until the low part. So, high top is just for show."

I think I'm finally getting this whole Gilbertology thing. All shoes are low tops ... except for high tops. Got it. Whatever shoes Agent Zero wants to wear is cool with me. As long as he can find a way to continue his hot shooting on the road, you can expect to see Gilbert grilling his opponents in your home town the rest of this season:

"The hibachi is coming to a city near you. I'm cooking chicken and shrimp, but if you want to throw a double team my way, filet mignon gets cooked too."