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If this is true both should be banned from the NBA.
“Guess they’re still the Bullets at heart.
NBA all-star Gilbert Arenas and his Washing ton Wizards teammate Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other in the team’s locker room during a Christmas Eve dispute over a gambling debt, The Post has learned.
League sources say the pistol-packing point guards had heaters at the ready inside the Verizon Center, the Washington, DC, home of the Wizards — whose name was changed from the Bullets over gun- vi olence concerns. It was the three- time all-star Arenas, 27, who went for his gun first, sources said, draw ing on the 22-year-old Crit tenton, who quickly brandished a firearm as well.
Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas (above) and Javaris Crittenton had allegedly been arguing over a bet debt when they drew guns.
It was not clear whether other teammates saw the shocking standoff, which happened on a practice day.
The duel in DC — unprecedented in sports history — was sparked when Critten ton became enraged at the vet eran guard for refusing to make good on a gambling debt, a source said.
“I’m not your punk!” Crittenton shouted at Arenas, according to a league source close to the Wizards.
That prompted Arenas to draw on Crittenton, who then also grabbed for a gun, league security sources said.
A playground pal of Crittenton’s from Atlanta, Kendrick “Bookie Ball” Long, confirmed the locker-room standoff and said he learned of it directly from the third-year player out of Georgia Tech.
“He [Arenas] was f- - -ing with him; he [Crittenton] was just defending himself!” declared Long, who said the dispute was over money but would not elaborate.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. No ammunition was handed over.
Today, the Wizards in a statement said they “take this situation and the ongoing investigation very seriously. We are continuing to cooperate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA and will have no further comment at this time.”
The NBA club’s statement didn’t disclose how Wizards officials discovered that Arenas was storing weapons on the job. But a league source said Arenas’ weapons were uncovered only after the confrontation with Crittenton.
Wizards General Manager Ernie Grunfeld declined to comment. “It’s in the hands of [Washington] authorities,” said Grunfeld, a former star Knicks player and president. “We’re going to get to the bottom of this, if there is a bottom to this.”
There is a bottom to this, kick these hoods out of the NBA. It is unconscionable that weapons should be in an NBA or any locker room and then brandished with such disregard for the safety of others. David Joel Stern should make an example of these punks and banned them from the NBA for life.
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Unless they recall him. Only problem? There is no recall law in CT. Another case of Mr. Loser getting it wrong.
