Just caught up with Gilbert real quick inside the Wizards locker room and Agent Zero said his surgically-repaired left knee is feeling pretty good today. He said he has yet to set a date for his return, wanting instead to go a whole week without pain before he takes the court in a game. As you may remember, he practiced all last week, but held himself out of Monday's session because of soreness in the knee. He said he felt good in yesterday's practice and that his knee felt "a little" sore today. He said he'll continue to be patient, hoping for improvement, but that if April arrives and the on-again-off-again soreness is still there, he'll just go ahead and play.

In eight games this season, Arenas averaged 22.4 points and 5.9 assists. But chronic pain in his knee -- in which he suffered a torn meniscus in April of 2007 -- forced him to have a second surgery in November. He has missed the last 55 games for the 31-32 Wizards.

-- Mike Jones