Is Gilbert Arenas for Real?

Ok, so this has nothing to do with our San Antonio Spurs, but I had to share this, um, interesting news.

Take a deep breath, and get ready for the latest in Gilbertology: Washington Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas is thinning the air in his house.

“I had my house converted to the Colorado altitude, so I am always above sea level,” Arenas said Monday at the Wizards annual pre-training camp media day.

“You know, that’s kind of weird,” Arenas said.

He’ll get plenty of nods with that statement, but, yep, he’s really doing it. Instead of going to the mountains to train — as some endurance athletes do — Arenas has hired a company to simulate those conditions in a home environment.

“I had to put a tent in one room, and then they are going to come during training camp and fix the whole house,” Arenas said. “Then I have a have a portable tent I’m taking on the road.”

Arenas’ hopes the living arrangement will give him more energy in the fourth quarter of NBA games, when everyone else is getting tired from breathing the same old heavy air.