Arenas' return date

In his most recent blog, Gilbert Arenas declared that his return to the backetball court will most likely be between late December and early January. 

"I know time frames are dicey, but they said anywhere from mid December to January 1, I'll be back by then at 100 percent," he explained. "I should be, if everything goes well. So that's the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza present I'm hoping for."

The decision to get the third knee surgery was a tough one, according to Arenas. "I sat out a whole month without doing anything. No nothing. No rehab, no jogging, no nothing. I took the time because whatever the pain was that felt like a pinch or a bruised bone, we felt that over time, with me not doing anything the pinch would go away. . . . It wasn't pain to where I couldn't play, but it was pain to the point where I couldn't get through rehab the way I wanted to and before I stepped on the floor I didn't want anything holding me back."

It sounds like Arenas is extremely focused on rehabilitating his knee the right way this time. The only way this tedious schedule could backfire on him is if the team is doing well without him before he comes back and when he does, he messes with the chemistry. 

Let's all just hope he's the same Arenas that took us into the playoffs every year, torched teams for 30+ a game, and made the rest of the team look good.

Let's just hope.