And yet another update on the Wizards' leading man -- even in injury -- Mr. Gilbert Arenas ...

Agent Zero said in the locker room before tonight's game that he is waiting on team clearance before he can return to game action, and that the Wizards' medical staff wants him to undergo an MRI before giving him the OK.

"It's up to them. Ask the Docs," said Arenas, who has missed all but eight games this season with a second knee surgery since he tore a meniscus in April 2007. "They want me to get one more MRI to make sure everything's OK in there. After I get my MRI, if everything's OK, we'll see if they clear me."

Arenas said he will likely have the MRI done on Tuesday, the day before Washington heads to Orlando for Wednesday's game against the Magic.

So, if he's cleared, does that mean he will play Wednesday?

"Maybe," a smiling Arenas said. "Maybe."

It's a different tune than what we've been hearing since Arenas was cleared to resume full-contact practice two weeks ago. Before the message was that it was up to Arenas as to when he returned.

The contradicting messages actually began Thursday night. In the locker room before watching his team take on the Cavaliers, Agent Zero told me he just wants to go through a full week of practice with no soreness, and when that happens he will return. This was consistent with what Arenas said after his first full-speed practice on March 3.

But later that night when interviewed during the game by TNT's Cheryl Miller, Arenas said on-camera that he had wanted to make his return that same night, but team doctors told him that the team needed him for the full remainder of the season and that he wasn't ready.

When asked about Arenas' statement Wizards coach Eddie Jordan laughed.

"What did he say?" Jordan asked before the news was repeated to him. "Well, alright. We'll see how it goes. I haven't had any updates on him, but that's for me to find out sooner, than later, and that's not for me to know right now. I'm concerned about this game right now."

So ... stay tuned ...

-- Mike Jones