Shootout at the DB Corral

Arenas, Crittenton suspended for remainder of season
AP

NEW YORK (AP) -- NBA commissioner David Stern has suspended Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of the season for having guns in the locker room.

Saying possession of guns in the workplace "will not be tolerated," Stern delivered the punishment on Wednesday after meeting with Arenas, turning his indefinite suspension into a suspension without pay.

Crittenton met with Stern on Tuesday and also was suspended without pay.

Arenas pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to a felony gun charge after an alleged confrontation with Crittenton in the Wizards' locker room at Verizon Center in Washington.

Arenas is scheduled to be sentenced on March 26. He's in the second season of a six-year, $111 million contract.

This news was probably to be expected and, for the most part, I don't really care. But I've been listening to a lot of 'The Tony Kornheiser Radio Show' lately and I can't help but get enthralled in the story. Gilbert Arenas seemingly has to be the cockiest, most immature player in the history of the league.

This all stems from what Gilbert calls a "practical joke." Apparently Crittenton owed him $25,000 and the two argued about on a team plane. While Crittenton suggested a fist fight Gilbert said he was too old (28) to fight and said that he would instead "shoot Javaris in the face." One listener to Tony's show found it odd that Gilbert considers himself to be too old to fight but not to old to pull practical jokes, such as crapping in a teammate's shoe.

So after the plane altercation Gilbert brought four guns to the locker room, spread them out in front of Crittenton's locker and scribbled a note that read, "pick one." While this might play as funny in Gilby's circle, Crittenton didn't see the humor and pulled out his own handgun. So both players were in the wrong but who do I side with most? The guy who didn't mockingly fire hand pistols nights later during warmups and the guy who doesn't crap in his teammates shoes.