Shooting a wizard with a gun11/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() According to witnesses they talked to, it sounded a little more volatile than simply Gilbert Arenas laying the guns out and Javaris Crittenton coming upon him getting angry and throwing a gun. Although the Washington Post did have more details. It was more like, you know.ĬONAN: So as far we know, nobody pointed a loaded weapon at anybody else? And this stems from the altercation they had during a poker game on the team plane a few days before. Not that it matters to David Stern or potentially to law enforcement officials - what he allegedly did, and actually, what he said he did, he laid out a number of guns in Crittenton's locker and put a note that said, pick one, that was intended for Javaris Crittenton to read. Pulling a gun and having a, you know, a standoff with Javaris Crittenton makes it sound like shootout at the O.K. According to reports, that's not exactly the case. The language of this can be very inflammatory when you say he pulled a gun. Neal, let me clarify one thing you said there. We know what he has said, that after the birth of his most recent child, he wanted his guns out of his home in Virginia, so he brought them to the Verizon Center, put them in storage at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. And Tom, do we know why Gilbert Arenas brought weapons to his locker room? Tom, always nice to have you on the program today.ĬONAN: And - I'm well, thank you. Joining us now from his home in Portland, Oregon, is NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman. That's at npr.org, just click on TALK OF THE NATION. Email us: You can also join the conversation on our Web site. police.ĭoes the punishment fit the crime? Give us a call. Commissioner Stern said that Gilbert, quote, "is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game." He's also being investigated by Washington D.C. It had already come to light by the Wizards at the Wizards' next game where in amidst of laughing teammates, he cocked his hands like pistols as he pointed them at his teammates. ![]() Last month, Arenas and another player, one of his teammates, Javaris Crittenton, had an argument in the locker room at the Verizon Center here in Washington D.C. Yesterday, National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern suspended Gilbert Arenas, the star player for the Washington Wizards, indefinitely without pay. ![]()
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