Arenas kept out longer

After proclaiming he would play at Sunday’s shootaround, an unhappy Gilbert Arenas learned at night that he had not been cleared by doctors from the Washington Wizards to play on his surgically repaired left knee against the Detroit Pistons.

“I was ready,” said Arenas, who underwent surgery Nov. 21. “But they went out there with a fishing pole and yanked me back.”

Chief Executive Donnie Walsh, who has reportedly talked to the New York Knicks about replacing Isiah Thomas as president, is leaning toward staying with Indiana and would take over day-to-day operations from President Larry Bird, according to the New York Daily News.

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