Even Shadow Senator Paul Strauss had a car in the parade. And a classic one, to boot.

Given that this is bound to be a slow day at work, what better time for Gilbert Arenas and adidas to launch GilTV, undoubtedly the next phase of The Takeover.

Included are four new commercials — The Black President (above), Cooking With Gil, Agent Zero and Gilbert’s Island — all seemingly ripped right out of the pages of The Wizznutzz. Let’s hope those guys are at least getting some royalty checks from this.

On the court, however, the news surrounding Arenas isn’t so good. Nacho sat out last night’s game against Philadelphia due to soreness in his knee, but Andray Blatche picked up the slack, leading the team to a 116-101 win at the Phone Booth. Blatche was everywhere last night, scoring from inside and outside on his way to 26 points on 12-of-14 shooting along with eight rebounds. Arenas did not travel with the team to Charlotte for tonight’s game against the Bobcats, and could miss even more time while he gives his knee a chance to heal. This is all Jason Kidd’s fault.