Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas are in a competition to see who is the best.
And, brace yourself, I think Gilbert is winning.
Not at basketball, but at planking.
For the uninformed, planking has become an international craze in which an individual lies face down in funny, unusual places and has their picture taken.
Arenas, for instance, has posted pictures of himself on Twitter lying face down inside a grand piano and in the median of an expressway tollbooth. After Gilbert’s planking pictures hit social media, Howard took to Twitter with a tweet that read, “Plank waaaaaarrr.” He then posted pictures of himself lying face down on top of soda machine, a Rolls-Royce and a riding lawnmower.
The two teammates also have pictures of themselves planking together on a double-decker luggage cart at the Grand Bohemian hotel.
Right now, from what I’ve seen, Gilbert gets the edge for originality and creativity. In fact, Arenas even inspired Open Mike to start planking. Below is a picture of me planking on a chair inside our radio studio as NASCAR Nationwide driver Justin Allgaier looks on. The trophy in the photo will go to the winner of Friday night’s Subway Jalapeno 250 Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway.
Here are some other planking photos of Howard and Arenas that the two players posted on Twitter pages.