Gilbert Arenas is empathetic of Allen Iverson's situation and hopes to avoid the same thing happening to him in Washington.

"It's hard in this league because when a team is built around you, it has to be built around you right," Arenas said before Friday's game. "That's why it's so important that I structure my next contract so that it will allow us to go out and get players if we need to. If you look at Allen and KG, they are making so much money, they really can't go out and get other star players. They're kind of stuck."