Gilbert Arenas and teammate pull gun on each other

[burnzy24]

This happened in the locker room during an altercation over a gambling debt. What morons, both should be thrown out of the league. I guess the feds are now involved in the investigation too. Link

[Diskono]

Go Bullets!

[owbc]

I would say the NBA lost credibility, but it didn't have any to begin with.

[GAME05]

all other NBA GMs should take note--you should never draft a Crypt when the team is already Blood-controlled or else you won't have good team chemistry.

 

the Glock Company is really missing out on a lot of sponsorship opportunities here.

[burniebrewer]

Why does Arenas need a gun, he shoots enough as it is....

[homer]

To be fair, this story was leaked to the media by a playground buddy of Crittendon. Nothing's been proven yet.

[twobrewers]

I feel like Arenas is going to pull a George Constanza - "Is that not allowed? Because if I had known that was frowned upon..."

[burniebrewer]

To be fair, this story was leaked to the media by a playground buddy of Crittendon. Nothing's been proven yet.

Either way, it makes the NBA look more shady to the haters.

 

Serious enough that the feds are involved in the investigation though.

[Diskono]

The more I hear, the more I feel that this seems way too ridiculous to be true. That, and it was reported by the oh-so-reliable NY Post. I'm not buying it.

 

I could definitely see Arenas running around in the locker room blasting people with super soakers, though.

[davego]

Yep, the NBA is the worst. You would think they might even have a player they was involved in a gang-related shooting at their championship. Yea, then this player ends up being prasied as a great member of the Baltimore community...Sure glad the NFL doesn't have anything like that going on...

[bjkrautk]

Has anyone started calling Arenas "Agent Double-O-Zero" yet? If not, I'm calling it!

 

(For anyone who doesn't know, Arenas' jersey is #0, so he has taken to the nickname 'Agent Zero'.)

[burnzy24]

Arenas is now admitting to pulling out his gun but says he meant to play a joke on his teammate. link I wonder how long of a suspension Stern is going to give him. I bet Washington will use this opportunity to get out of that huge contract.

[homer]

Arenas suspended indefinitely:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4802267

 

What a dum dum.

[greeg35]

does Mike Redd own a gun?

[adamb100]

I really wonder how stupid some athletes are. Unloaded or not, anytime a gun enters the situation thats when it stops becoming a joke.

[TooLiveBrew]

Interesting (possible) twist here...

 

- What we know (or think we know): there was a dispute over money owed from an airplane game of Boo-Ray. Crittenton owed $1,100 to JaVale McGee though he disputed the rules, and Arenas proceeded to tease him. This led to words, then threats. Two days later, Arenas brought four handguns to the locker room and laid them in front of Crittenton's locker with a note that said "pick one." Arenas said as recently as this weekend it was just a "playful gesture." His teammate apparently didn't think so.

 

 

"Asking Arenas what he was doing, Arenas replied, "If you want to shoot me, I'd just thought I'd make it easy for you." As other teammates laughed, Crittenton crumpled up the paper, tossed one of Arenas's guns across the room, where it bounced in front of a team trainer, and said he didn't need any of Arenas's firearms because he had his own, according to the witness accounts.

 

Crittenton then drew his weapon, loaded it and chambered a round, the witnesses said.

 

Neither witness said the gun was ever pointed at Arenas, but both said Crittenton began singing as he held the gun."

 

 

- Holy [crap]. Singing while loading a gun? That's a little too Falling Down. But there's more:

 

 

Two of the five people in the room that morning, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Arenas had originally not disclosed Crittenton's action to protect the little-used guard from prosecution and had told Crittenton he would assume full responsibility for the actions of both players that day.

 

 

- Arenas is cooperating with federal prosecutors, and reportedly told them about Crittenton's role in a meeting on Monday. But Crittenton's gun hasn't been found, and a former U.S. attorney says it would be difficult to bring a case without a gun. Which isn't to say the Hand of Stern isn't going to come down just as hard - if not harder - on Crittenton.

Deadspin link

Washington Post link

 

Maybe Arenas is slightly less scummy than previously thought?

[Gobias Industries]

I hadn't seen that TLB. Interesting stuff.

 

I was shocked when this story broke. I've met the guy and he's without a doubt the most friendly, gracious athlete I've ever met.

[bigredrobbo]

Interesting (possible) twist here...

 

- What we know (or think we know): there was a dispute over money owed from an airplane game of Boo-Ray. Crittenton owed $1,100 to JaVale McGee though he disputed the rules, and Arenas proceeded to tease him. This led to words, then threats. Two days later, Arenas brought four handguns to the locker room and laid them in front of Crittenton's locker with a note that said "pick one." Arenas said as recently as this weekend it was just a "playful gesture." His teammate apparently didn't think so.

 

 

"Asking Arenas what he was doing, Arenas replied, "If you want to shoot me, I'd just thought I'd make it easy for you." As other teammates laughed, Crittenton crumpled up the paper, tossed one of Arenas's guns across the room, where it bounced in front of a team trainer, and said he didn't need any of Arenas's firearms because he had his own, according to the witness accounts.

 

Crittenton then drew his weapon, loaded it and chambered a round, the witnesses said.

 

Neither witness said the gun was ever pointed at Arenas, but both said Crittenton began singing as he held the gun."

 

 

- Holy [crap]. Singing while loading a gun? That's a little too Falling Down. But there's more:

 

 

Two of the five people in the room that morning, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Arenas had originally not disclosed Crittenton's action to protect the little-used guard from prosecution and had told Crittenton he would assume full responsibility for the actions of both players that day.

 

 

- Arenas is cooperating with federal prosecutors, and reportedly told them about Crittenton's role in a meeting on Monday. But Crittenton's gun hasn't been found, and a former U.S. attorney says it would be difficult to bring a case without a gun. Which isn't to say the Hand of Stern isn't going to come down just as hard - if not harder - on Crittenton.

Deadspin link

Washington Post link

 

Maybe Arenas is slightly less scummy than previously thought?

Nope, handguns in a locker room. Still a tool.