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"but think he needs to refocus himself" RE: Gilbert.

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-cut down on deep 3 pointers early in the shot clock. gilbert is an excellent 3 point shooter and should be higher than 35 percent from 3s.
-forget about the whole team USA thing, or at least stop talking about it and scoring 50 points on the coaches that cut him.
-get out of "hero mode" at the end of game, and stay with the team game.
-maintain defensive intensity like superstars kobe and d-wade. don't be like vince and carmelo.

im a huge agent zero fan, and think he is awesome for the NBA. but the playoffs are coming, and washington is a legit contendor in the east, so gilbert needs to get his [censored] together.

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I'll grant you the first point. The rest of it just seems like projecting pop psych onto a guy. I don't know if you've read his blog entry that addresses things, but by my metrics, he's got his [censored] together moreso than a ton of other players.