I have a secret fascination with watching 'Dictator Stern' exercise his power and authority. He's going to KILL these guys.
Haha... I saw it... it's just been brought up like 100323023 times already... A bit of sarcasm in the morning?
Thank goodness the Rockets locker room is a bunch of fun loving guys...imagine if Landry and Scola pulled guns on each other...lol, that would suck.
NBA probing whether Arenas pulled gun on teammate http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/19275335 The NBA and its players' union will investigate whether a firearms possession probe of Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas stemmed from a dispute with teammate Javaris Crittenton, two sources told CBSSports.com Friday. An investigation by league security will expand after the New York Post and Yahoo! Sports reported Friday that Arenas' possession of firearms in the Verizon Center locker room in the days before Christmas Eve was related to an argument with Crittenton, a high-level source with knowledge of the probe said. The Post reported that the players pulled guns on each other during the argument on a practice day, while Yahoo! reported that the focus of the probe was whether Arenas had accessed his firearms during the argument. The league inquiry, which began several days before CBSSports.com first reported on Dec. 24 that Arenas was being investigated, initially focused on Arenas as the only team member to have possessed guns on team property, a clear violation of NBA rules. "There's no question the whole thing is going to be looked at," one of the sources with knowledge of the probe said. League authorities became aware of the matter in the days before CBSSports.com's Christmas Eve report that Arenas allegedly had possessed firearms in the locker room. Wizards officials scheduled a meeting with Washington, D.C., authorities for Dec. 23 to come clean about the matter, given the District's stringent gun-control laws. The meeting couldn't be arranged that day, so the team rescheduled for Dec. 24, several hours before CBSSports.com's story was published online, one of the sources said. After that report, the Wizards issued a statement saying that Arenas had stored unloaded firearms in a locked container in his locker at Verizon Center, and that the team was cooperating with NBA and legal authorities. Arenas told the Washington Times that he'd brought the guns to the locker room after deciding he no longer wanted them in his home after the birth of his daughter on Dec. 10. He told reporters this week that he'd removed them from his locker only to have them turned over to authorities because he didn't want them anymore. Washington, D.C., police issued a statement Wednesday saying they were investigating the presence of firearms at Verizon Center, without providing further details. Arenas said this week that authorities inquiring about the matter were mainly interested in whether he had obtained the guns legally. Arenas, 27, has a history of flirting with firearms possession laws; he was suspended for the 2004-05 season opener after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of failing to maintain proper registration of a firearm in California while with the Warriors in 2003. Brian Friedman, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C., told the Post that his office was working with D.C. police on the investigation. A call to the public information office of the Metropolitan Police Department was not returned Friday. The Post reported that the alleged dispute between Arenas and Crittenton stemmed from a gambling debt. A source with knowledge of the probe was unaware if that was among the details shared initially with NBA security, but the league has stated that it will investigate all aspects of the case. In addition to the NBA investigation, which could result in fines and/or suspensions, the NBA Players Association expects to initiate its own probe to ensure that "the facts are investigated and weighed," a second person with knowledge of the situation said Friday. Once it is determined that interviews with the players involved are necessary, the matter would be turned over to NBPA general counsel Gary Hall, a retired federal prosecutor, and director of security Robert Gadson, a retired New York City police detective, the source said. Billy Hunter, the NBPA's executive director, said he was aware of the report and was in the process of gathering facts. Wizards spokesman Scott Hall could not be reached Friday to comment on the new allegations. Wallace Prather, listed in the NBPA directory as Crittenton's agent, said Friday he resigned from representing the player on Dec. 10 and has no knowledge of the allegations against his former client. Arenas, who signed a six-year, $111 million contract with the Wizards in July 2008, has no agent listed in the NBPA directory. NBA rules collectively bargained with the players forbid the possession of firearms on league property or in the course of league business. In 2006, Sebastian Telfair was fined an undisclosed amount after a loaded handgun registered to his girlfriend was found on the team plane at Logan Airport in Boston when Telfair played for the Trail Blazers. Cavaliers guard Delonte West has been indicted on multiple weapons counts in Maryland for riding on his motorcycle Sept. 17 with two loaded handguns, a shotgun, 112 shotgun shells, and an 8.5-inch knife. Commissioner David Stern, who has not commented publicly on the Arenas investigation, has a history of waiting for the legal process to run its course before issuing penalties -- for fear of compromising investigations by law enforcement. But if guns are found to have been wielded during the dispute between Arenas and Crittenton, it is believed that the offense would be unprecedented in NBA history and would carry heavy penalties. The new details on the Arenas probe are only the latest twist in a dismal season for the Wizards, who were expected to emerge as a top contender in the Eastern Conference after trading for veterans Mike Miller and Randy Foye and getting Arenas back in the lineup after he played only 15 games in the past two seasons due to an assortment of knee injuries. Arenas, a three-time All-Star, has struggled to adapt to new coach Flip Saunders' system, and the Wizards (10-20) are ahead of only Indiana, Philadelphia, and New Jersey in the conference playoff race.
Wow how much is Arenas making this year? 15M? And he needs to gamble? Man if I get 1M I already won =.=
Man...I wish Gilbert doesn't get banned from the NBA with all the guns stuff that's been going on around him lately...
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If he did this, can the Wizards terminate his deal? Is there some code of conduct clause in there? DD
