Author Topic: Washington Wizards Thread (2009-2010) (Read 32473 times)

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #425 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:28:29 pm »

Nothing. But even before this new situation I and many others wanted him gone for other reasons.

The gun issue just adds fuel to the fire and gives us a chance to dump his contract.

This guy is not right in the head. Something is wrong with him. The story about bringing the guns to the arena to get them away from the kids was a bold lie and now he's gambling with teammates and allegedly pulling guns on them instead of paying up.

The gambling issue is another one altogether. The NBA will be very careful with that because of the Donaghy debacle and other allegations in the past.

JMW IV · « **Reply #426 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:29:45 pm »

dont the washington news outlets have beat writers with the wizards every day? why did they not break this?

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #427 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:30:11 pm »

Quote from: JMadIV on January 01, 2010, 05:25:43 pm

does shelden williams know what happened?
or are you just desperate to make Arenas look like the antichrist just so you can say you are right?

Shelden Williams is an NBA player. What is in it for him to make up something like that?

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #428 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:30:45 pm »

Quote from: JMadIV on January 01, 2010, 05:29:45 pm

dont the washington news outlets have beat writers with the wizards every day? why did they not break this?

The guy for the Post interviewed Arenas after practice today and Arenas just denied the reports and laughed at it. He thinks this situation is funny.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #429 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:32:01 pm »

Quote from: JMadIV on January 01, 2010, 05:28:23 pm

i dont know if arenas did it, and neither do you.

all i am saying is wait until the whole story comes out before you start writing essays condemning him to the electric chair.

what i want to know is, why was the NEW YORK POST the first people to report?

I have no idea. Maybe they have a source. Would be nice to find out what really happened.

Will be interesting to see if the Wiz suspend Arenas in the meantime or will he continue playing. Game tomorrow night at home.

JMW IV · « **Reply #430 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:33:48 pm »

being an nba player means absolutely nothing. they do all kinds of crap and lie about it.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #431 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:34:19 pm »

holy crap, are you reading these tweets from gilbert, jmad?

I agree with Chad Dukes and Mike Jones:

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chaddukes: I've learned by following @gilbertarenas today is that he doesn't get it and may be a pervert. Did not see this coming. always liked Gil.

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MikeJonesSports: It's diarrhea of the keyboard for @gilbertarenas. Taking on gun allegations, now Shaq-babymama drama.

wtf is gilbert thinking?!

JMW IV · « **Reply #432 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:35:50 pm »

yeah gilbert may not be guilty of this, but he should stfu.

JMW IV · « **Reply #433 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:38:24 pm »

btw, who is chad dukes and why should i care what he has to say?

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #434 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:40:39 pm »

he does the afternoon radio show on 106.7 FM The Fan with LaVar Arrington. Has been doing local radio for a number of years.

He's a cool guy.

http://twitter.com/chaddukes

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #435 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:39:43 pm »

here you go jmad. Aldridge is one of the most respected reporters in the business.

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/01/wizards.arenas/index.html

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While the details are not yet clear, the substance of what was reported Friday by Yahoo! Sports and the New York Post -- that Arenas had a confrontation in the Wizards' locker room late last month with teammate Javaris Crittenton in which both players had guns in their hands -- was confirmed Friday by a league source. The incident, the source said, apparently involved a debt of $25,000 that Arenas owed Crittenton. It is not clear why Arenas supposedly owed Crittenton the money, but the dispute apparently began on a team flight as the Wizards came home the night of Dec. 19, after Washington completed a road trip in Phoenix.

The team had the next day, Sunday the 20th, off, but was back at Verizon Center on Monday, Dec. 21, which is when the incident allegedly occurred. The source indicated that it happened before the team was in the locker room for the scheduled practice, but that there may have been one or more players in the room at the time.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #436 on:** January 02, 2010, 12:41:42 am »

If they can get out of the contract, this may be the best thing to happen to the wizards this season

mitlen · « **Reply #437 on:** January 02, 2010, 09:35:29 am »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on January 02, 2010, 12:41:42 am

If they can get out of the contract, this may be the best thing to happen to the wizards this season

100% on this. This is their (Wizards) golden key.

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #438 on:** January 02, 2010, 10:55:21 pm »

Quoting the important part here:

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Depending on the severity of the findings, the Wizards could invoke the morals clause found in standard NBA player contracts and attempt to void the remainder of the six-year, $111 million deal Arenas signed in the summer of 2008.

Such an option might be tempting because the Wizards have yet to get much of a return on the investment. Arenas missed all but two games last season as he recuperated from knee operations, and has struggled to adjust to Saunders' offense this season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4791395

What a few of us have been saying for a bit.

JMW IV · « **Reply #439 on:** January 02, 2010, 11:55:21 pm »

so what are the local media saying about this?

didny gilbert talk to media today about it?

has anyone bothered to get the other guy's side of this?

or is having a gun in the locker room only wrong for players with bad contracts?

JMW IV · « **Reply #440 on:** January 02, 2010, 11:58:14 pm »

from what i read, the "source" was one of the other guy's friends.

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #441 on:** January 02, 2010, 11:58:49 pm »

Gilbert apologized, said he made a mistake bringing the guns to the locker room, but nothing about the argument. Will get a source in a sec.

PatsNats28 · « **Reply #442 on:** January 02, 2010, 11:59:08 pm »

Same link I posted above actually.

JMW IV · « **Reply #443 on:** January 03, 2010, 12:06:31 am »

supposedly the ny post source is a guy that played high school ball with the reporter's son.

one of crittendon's old friends that he hasnt talked to in 8 months or so.

that is, if you believe gilbert arenas.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #444 on:** January 03, 2010, 01:21:03 am »

wow. arenas is addicted to twitter.

his tweets are flooding my page

JMW IV · « **Reply #445 on:** January 03, 2010, 01:27:43 am »

you need to follow more people.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #446 on:** January 03, 2010, 01:33:05 am »

I'm following 105 people. He just posted like 20+ tweets in one hour. Not too many other people are tweeting this late at night.

imref · « **Reply #447 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:57:30 pm »

I'd expect Arenas to be suspended for the rest of the season, there's just no excuse for what he did (and he'll face criminal charges in D.C.).

PANatsFan · « **Reply #448 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:01:54 pm »

I wonder if I can get refunds for my tickets I bought in March? What sort of team are they running that the guns made it to the locker room in the first place? Verizon Center staff and the Wizards Management need to be penalized.

JMW IV · « **Reply #449 on:** January 04, 2010, 03:16:54 pm »

so apparently the real story is that this was a stupid prank gone bad.

according to the guy who was the times beat writer for the wiz, who talked to gilbert