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Wizards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton pull pistols on each other
Teammates pull weapons on each other
By PETER VECSEY and DAVID K. L I EXCLUSIVE
Guess they're still the Bullets at heart.
NBA all-star Gilbert Arenas and his Washington 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 violence concerns.
It was the three-time all-star Arenas, 27, who went for his gun first, sources said, drawing on the 22-year-old Crittenton, who quickly brandished a firearm as well.
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 Crittenton became enraged at the veteran 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."
Washington police said they were investigating Arenas for gun-possession violations. But the Wizards' gun grab has also drawn the attention of the feds.
"We're working with the Metropolitan Police Department on the investigation. That's about all we can say at his point," said Ben Friedman, a spokesman for the US Attorney's Office in DC.
The feds have been investigating gambling within the NBA since disgraced ex-referee Tim Donaghy admitted betting on games and feeding information to bookies. It was not clear whether the gambling debt that sparked the Arenas-Crittenton duel had anything to do with league games.
A top players-union official said he was shocked by the allegations. "This is unprecedented in the history of sports," said Player's Association Executive Director Billy Hunter. "I've never heard of players pulling guns on each other in a locker room."
Team owner Abe Pollin -- his sensitivity heightened by the fatal shooting of his good friend Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 -- changed the club from the Bullets to the Wizards in 1997 because he didn't like the violent overtones of the original name. Pollin died in November.
Arenas, who has three kids, reportedly told team officials he brought guns to his Verizon Center locker so they wouldn't be close to his newborn at their home in Great Falls, Va.
He denied pulling a gun on Crittenton and even mocked the suggestion he would ever point a weapon at a teammate.
"You guys, I wanted to go rob banks, I wanted to be a bank robber on the weekends," Arenas said sarcastically after a game this week.
Firearm laws in Washington are among the nation's strictest. Until a recent US Supreme Court ruling, private ownership of guns was illegal in the nation's capital.
As it stands now, gun owners are allowed to transport firearms only within DC under very limited circumstances -- such as taking the weapon to be registered or to a practice range. There's no provision under current DC law for a private citizen to have a gun at work.
In 2003, Arenas pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed weapon in San Francisco.
Arenas claimed the gun was legally registered in Arizona -- where he was star player for the University of Arizona Wildcats -- and said he forgot he needed California authorization to carry it there.
Crittenton hasn't played a minute this season for the Wizards and has struggled to overcome a bone bruise and strained tendons.
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Teammates pull weapons on each other
By PETER VECSEY and DAVID K. L I EXCLUSIVE
Guess they're still the Bullets at heart.
NBA all-star Gilbert Arenas and his Washington 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 violence concerns.
It was the three-time all-star Arenas, 27, who went for his gun first, sources said, drawing on the 22-year-old Crittenton, who quickly brandished a firearm as well.
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 Crittenton became enraged at the veteran 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."
Washington police said they were investigating Arenas for gun-possession violations. But the Wizards' gun grab has also drawn the attention of the feds.
"We're working with the Metropolitan Police Department on the investigation. That's about all we can say at his point," said Ben Friedman, a spokesman for the US Attorney's Office in DC.
The feds have been investigating gambling within the NBA since disgraced ex-referee Tim Donaghy admitted betting on games and feeding information to bookies. It was not clear whether the gambling debt that sparked the Arenas-Crittenton duel had anything to do with league games.
A top players-union official said he was shocked by the allegations. "This is unprecedented in the history of sports," said Player's Association Executive Director Billy Hunter. "I've never heard of players pulling guns on each other in a locker room."
Team owner Abe Pollin -- his sensitivity heightened by the fatal shooting of his good friend Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 -- changed the club from the Bullets to the Wizards in 1997 because he didn't like the violent overtones of the original name. Pollin died in November.
Arenas, who has three kids, reportedly told team officials he brought guns to his Verizon Center locker so they wouldn't be close to his newborn at their home in Great Falls, Va.
He denied pulling a gun on Crittenton and even mocked the suggestion he would ever point a weapon at a teammate.
"You guys, I wanted to go rob banks, I wanted to be a bank robber on the weekends," Arenas said sarcastically after a game this week.
Firearm laws in Washington are among the nation's strictest. Until a recent US Supreme Court ruling, private ownership of guns was illegal in the nation's capital.
As it stands now, gun owners are allowed to transport firearms only within DC under very limited circumstances -- such as taking the weapon to be registered or to a practice range. There's no provision under current DC law for a private citizen to have a gun at work.
In 2003, Arenas pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed weapon in San Francisco.
Arenas claimed the gun was legally registered in Arizona -- where he was star player for the University of Arizona Wildcats -- and said he forgot he needed California authorization to carry it there.
Crittenton hasn't played a minute this season for the Wizards and has struggled to overcome a bone bruise and strained tendons.
Read more: Wizards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton pull pistols on each other - NYPOST.com
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Well, you must have forgotten...they DID try to cover it up.
Antonio Pierce took Plaxico to Columbia Presbyterian where he knew a particular doctor, they checked in under a fake name, the hospital was reprimanded for not reporting the gunshot wound right away, Pierce was questioned by the DA as an accomplice, etc.
If you want to worry about defining whether Plaxico was THE STAR or not, go right ahead. The facts still stand.
Again, you said it may not happen with a first place team, I gave you an example where it happened with a first place team.
Sandra
Your not getting it.....what happened differently was MAJOR. ONE, he shot himself....and regardless of whether he used a fake name or not...the hospital HAS TO call the police. Areas did not shoot anyone. Secondly, it happened in a PUBLIC place. NOT the privacy of the team lockerroom...where just about anything that happens there....can usually stay there. This did not happen in a night club.
There was NO WAY in hell the Plaxico issue was gonna be kept hush.
S
Well, the nightclub didn't report it, and the hospital tried to not report it. Obviously they tried to cover it up, even though it happened in public. If they were successful in covering it up, of course, we never would have known, would we?
But in direct response to your initial point that the standings are a factor, yes, the Giants were in first place at the time.
Sandra
Well, the nightclub didn't report it, and the hospital tried to not report it. Obviously they tried to cover it up, even though it happened in public. If they were successful in covering it up, of course, we never would have known, would we?
But in direct response to your initial point that the standings are a factor, yes, the Giants were in first place at the time.
Sandra
Well, the nightclub didn't report it, and the hospital tried to not report it. Obviously they tried to cover it up, even though it happened in public. If they were successful in covering it up, of course, we never would have known, would we?
But in direct response to your initial point that the standings are a factor, yes, the Giants were in first place at the time.
Sandra
....Please show me where the hospital covered or tried to cover it up? I do not remember the hospital doing this.
AND the direct response ot your response is that it COMPLETELY different....and I clearly showed you why.
S
That was a major topic of conversation up here at the time. Probably not down there.
Sandra
That was a major topic of conversation up here at the time. Probably not down there.
Sandra
That was a major topic of conversation up here at the time. Probably not down there.
Sandra
Believe me, there are MORE than enough New Yorkers down here to supply PLENTY of NY sports news.
Can you please provide where the hospital tried to hide/cover-up this story? I am very curious to read this.
Woah, woah woah. Way too many sources there. For the record, what did Michael Wilbon say on this topic?
S
This made me laugh out loud...
Sandra
Woah, woah woah. Way too many sources there. For the record, what did Michael Wilbon say on this topic?
This made me laugh out loud...
Sandra
Woah, woah woah. Way too many sources there. For the record, what did Michael Wilbon say on this topic?
Wizards' Gilbert Arenas was wrong, but so was suspension - Dan Le Batard - MiamiHerald.com
There is one place.
And here you get the audio of the Wilbon interview.
The Flagship Station for South Florida Sports
S
Wrong links. HD was referring to Plaxico there, not Arenas. He was just funnin' ya.
Sandra
Wrong links. HD was referring to Plaxico there, not Arenas. He was just funnin' ya.
Sandra
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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