NBA players draw guns in the locker room

[tashakor]

An NBA all-star and his Washington Wizards teammate reportedly drew guns on each other in the team's locker room during a Christmas Eve fight over a gambling debt, the New York Post reports.

Gilbert Arenas, 27, went for his gun first, the Post reported, citing unnamed inside sources. His teammate Javaris Crittenton, 22, allegedly brandished a firearm as well.

It was unclear whether other teammates saw the standoff inside the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., the Post reported.

The Wizards announced on Christmas Day that Arenas had admitted to bringing guns to the locker room and had turned them over to team security. The NBA club's statement didn't disclose how Wizards officials discovered that Arenas was storing weapons on the job.

"It's in the hands of [Washington] authorities," Wizards General Manager Ernie Grunfeld, a former star Knicks player and president, told the Post, declining to go into details. "We're going to get to the bottom of this, if there is a bottom to this."

Washington police said they were investigating Arenas for gun-possession violations.

Full report: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...DRgTSuVKDQ8XBO

[Demis-11]

idiots, first Gilbert brings guns to the venue (albeit a decent excuse, he did note the board he was safekeeping them) and then he pulls a gun on his own teammate...either Shaq has really gotten to him or Agent 0 actually thinks hes an Agent lol

im expecting suspensions

[EKBATAN]

some black people never change, no matter how much money they make and how far they go in life....what a low class act for a MILLIONAIRE!

[KasraKhan]

J.Critt baby. Would love to see him back on the Lakers

[mkbf2]

this entire team is falling apart. last week flip saunders called out the Wiz as the worst defensive team he has ever seen.

[Keyan]

yeah it's true, they never learn.. look at michael vick for example, still a thug after making millions

once a thug ass nigga, always a thug ass nigga

[Demis-11]

^^^

their players dont know how to play without the ball, im glad Saunders called them out like this...

BTW off topic... Steve Blake on Portland is hospitalized with pneumonia..which means Blake, Oden, Outlaw, Pryzbilla, Aldridge, Batum, Mills and Fernandez are all out!!!..wild stuff lol

[radin119]

read the title and said "this is mos def about agent 0"

[mkbf2]

^^^
their players dont know how to play without the ball, im glad Saunders called them out like this...
BTW off topic... Steve Blake on Portland is hospitalized with pneumonia..which means Blake, Oden, Outlaw, Pryzbilla, Aldridge, Batum, Mills and Fernandez are all out!!!..wild stuff lol

thats terrible... i like stevie blake. product of my alma mater UMD. i saw him against the nuggets few nights back. HE LIT THEM UP

[Masoud_A]

Arenas has accused nypost of publishing lies and has threatened to sue them.

[Arian]

^^^
their players dont know how to play without the ball, im glad Saunders called them out like this...
BTW off topic... Steve Blake on Portland is hospitalized with pneumonia..which means Blake, Oden, Outlaw, Pryzbilla, Aldridge, Batum, Mills and Fernandez are all out!!!..wild stuff lol

WTF!

[mkbf2]

Breaking News:

Multiple sources told ESPN.com that an argument commenced during a card game on the team's overnight flight back to Washington from Phoenix on Dec. 19 and escalated into a heated exchange between Arenas and Crittenton. The Wizards had Dec. 20 off, but sources say the hostilities resumed Dec. 21 in the locker room on a practice day.

Sources say that Arenas, in response to what was said on the flight, placed three guns he owns on a chair near Crittenton's locker stall and invited him to pick one before practice on Dec. 21. Sources said that Crittenton subsequently let Arenas know that he had his own gun.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4789650

[Hosseini]

woah

[Behzad12]

the new york post interviewed the new jersey nets players and many believe that around 60-75% of players in the league possess their own gun. devin harris said because they feel they need some protection for themselves (paraphrased).