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When Gilbert Arenas returned to the lineup on Saturday, people began to wonder why he would choose to return for several meaningless end-of-season games? According to the Washington Post, Arenas simply needed to find out if he could play sooner, rather than later.
“I can play now or I can play at the beginning of next season and get hurt. Who knows? You’re not going to know until you get out there and test it,” Arenas said. “Fans are fans. They’re looking out for next year. They want to make sure I’m healthy for next season. At the end of the day, I have to find out where [the knee] is at. I can’t go all the way into summer and into next season wondering if I can jump, run or do any of those things.”
Arenas returned on Saturday after missing the first 73 games of the season and showed that he can jump, run and do other things — such as pass — while scoring 15 points with 10 assists in 29 minutes in his first NBA game in more than 11 months.