Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton Allegedly Involved In Locker Room Gun Incident
I don’t know if any of you followed the story last week out of DC that Gilbert Arenas allegedly
stored unloaded guns in a locker room in the Verizon Center and handed then over to authorities. His reasoning was he didn’t want the guns around with three young children in the house. Makes sense right?
Well…
Details (The best piece yet on the subject after David Aldridge’s great reporting set the bar high earlier) are emerging that Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were involved in an incident involving those three guns. Gilbert speaks of it and another incident on his Twitter timeline. He seems to downplay this as a joke gone awry. We are probably not going to get the full story on what exactly went down, but Jones’ piece is the most we’ve gotten so far. Gilbert Arenas is beloved in DC and does so much for the community but having guns in the locker room…loaded or not…was not smart. Abe Polin, R.I.P., would be sick. How this plays out will have a lasting impact on the franchise.
These are the stories that tend to get out of hand and I’m honored to say that David Aldridge, Mike Lee and Mike Jones have all done a great job reporting this as accurately as possible. Mark Stein on the other hand was digging deep into the demographic by actually including a preposterous reference to the 2004 incident in Detroit.
No.
The two have nothing to do with the other. There will also be writers speaking about the number of players who own guns.
Do you see why we do what we do here? There shouldn’t be any generalizations in dealing with what went down in DC because this is a situation all of its own so please reporters, stick to the script. Thank God the NY Post piece wasn’t the sole source. Thank you brothas for hopping on as quick as you did.
This is the reason why we need diversity in journalism.
Do you get it now? It doesn’t have to be all about snark. Good work fellas.
A recent (A DC win vs. Cleveland) locker room presser with Gilbert and Antawn (his first game back).
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January 3rd, 2010 at 7:06 am
….”Regardless of the details, though, Arenas could be in a world of trouble — with the District and Federal governments, with the league and with the Wizards — with the possibility, remote for now but still there, that the team could ultimately seek to void the remainder of his $111 million contract, signed in 2008.
NBA vice president of basketball communications Tim Frank released a statement Friday afternoon, reading: “There is an active investigation by D.C. law enforcement authorities, which we are monitoring closely. We are not taking any independent action at this time…..”
I am a Georgia Tech fan, and I hate to hear the Jarvaris Crittenton is involved in this.
The mainstream media has shown us time and time again by ‘tabloiding’ certain black athletes and we shall see if this Arenas story will blow up and be the first ’scandal’ of 2010.
Will Arenas be used as a guinea pig to void NBA contracts? ESPN is probably debating with their news and legal staff whether to pump this story up on all their platforms and will it generate a lot of internet hits and chatter among sports-talk radio listeners.
Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, OJ, were iconic figures who ESPN trashed left and right. However, there had been existing contempt for these guys prior to their legal problems.
Arenas is not iconic and outside of Atlanta and Washington, nobody has even heard of Critt. With Arenas he is seen more as a class clown with a big ego. However, that Plaxico Burress was seen as making a stupid mistake when a gun accidentally discharged and an opportunistic legal system led by Michael Bloomberg trumpeted that Burress should be put up as an example.
…”These are the stories that tend to get out of hand and I’m honored to say that David Aldridge, Mike Lee and Mike Jones have all done a great job reporting this as accurately as possible. Mark Stein on the other hand was digging deep into the demographic by actually including a preposterous reference to the 2004 incident in Detroit…”
This story hasn’t gotten out of hand (YET), but if Arenas or his lawyer have some friends in the D.C. legal community, they need to find a way squash this legal situation in a similar manner that Tiger Woods was able to escape his potential legal bombshell in regard to the Florida Highway Patrol trying to open a case involving domestic violence allegations.
Aldridge and others have reported accurately, but Arenas is his own worst enemy and he is still ‘tweeting’ and admitted…
….” yes i take blame for puttin them in my locker and i will hav to deal with that..bad judgment on my part….”
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:20 am
I’ve also tweeted very publicly that I want to secure an interview with Arenas along the lines of the one I did with Artest so a fact line is established. He’s here Tuesday.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Nothing good can come of this. Nothing at all.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:57 am
True Miranda.
Arenas is now tainted………..he is the new MSM bad boy.
January 6th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
At least Gilbert kept his shirt on and hasn’t been assailed by any crusty old Eastern European lesbians for chic ghetto pics. Can’t say the same for “The Pimps of December 30th” (LeBron and Tiger).
January 6th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
By the way, in the interest of truth and political correctness, I have nothing people who are “crusty and old,” nor do I have anything against “Eastern European lesbians.” It’s the combination that doesn’t work so well.
January 7th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Hilarious.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:52 am
LMAO!
January 7th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Speaking of that LBJ/Tiger cover trash, I will not post anything on the newest crap. Vanity Fair ain’t never paid me shit. Especially after this.
January 8th, 2010 at 3:44 am
I am staying out of the Arenas debate because I already got thrown off one site for stating my opinion
January 8th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Eric you have earned the right to state your opinion here no matter what it is.