Gilbert Arenas’ Gun

By General
for NBA-Basketball.org

Published: January 9, 2010

Gilbert Arenas, once the posterchild of the NBA, has just been suspended indefinitely from the NBA due to ‘not being fit to take court in the NBA’. Commisioner David Stern had previously not suspended the All-Star guard after finding out about the gun possession ordeal due to wanting to wait for criminal investigations to clear.

However Gilbert Arenas has been acting irresponsibly since the news broke out that he laid 4 unloaded guns in the locker room of teammate Javaris Critentton after a verbal exchange stemming from a disagreement in a gambling card game. He has been on tweeting tilt, making numerous tweets that made light of his very serious situation. Also in interviews witht he media he kept making jokes and saying that he didn’t feel he had done anything really wrong and joked that David Stern was ‘mean’.

Gilbert Arenas Guns

However the breaking point occured when Gilbert Arenas, during a pregame huddle against the Philadelphia 76ers started gun slinging with his fingers ’shooting’ his teammates. The picture displayed above was so controversial that the NBA tried to have it removed. The Wizards even went as far as fining 4 of its player 10,000$ for seemingly enjoying Gilbert’s antics.

How long Gilbert Arenas will be suspended for the guns brought into an NBA facility and his subsequent irresponsible actions is unclear, some say in the vicinity of 30 games, while others say he is done at least for the remainder of the season. Whatever the length of Gilbert Arenas’ suspension, one thing is for sure: he’s finally learned his lesson.