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It took all of a few hours into 2010 for us to get the first update on a potentially huge NBA story. By now, you've probably seen the story that broke on Christmas Eve: Gilbert Arenas had guns in his locker.
Arenas told The Washington Times he took his guns to the Verizon Center after his daughter, Hamiley Penny, was born this month. About a week later, he said he handed them over to team security to give to police.
"I wouldn't have brought them to D.C. had I known the rules," Arenas told the newspaper. "After my daughter was born, I was just like, 'I don't need these anymore."'
It was dumb, but it sounded like we'd all be able to move on with our lives. Depending on who you believe today, this might've been a lot deeper than just getting rid of some iron at the house.
Two reports came out in the wee hours of the morning. Yahoo! hit the web at 1:44 a.m. ET with news that the NBA's investigation has been linked to a "confrontation with teammate Javaris Crittenton."
The league’s ongoing probe hopes to determine whether Arenas had accessed any of his unloaded firearms while engaged in the dispute prior to a team practice at the Verizon Center on Dec. 21 in Washington. Tensions between Arenas and Crittenton escalated because of a festering disagreement between the two players, sources said.
The New York Post hit with its version around 2:53 a.m. ET, and as with all things in life, offers a view that's a bit more sensational -- and factually different in a lot of instances.
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, draw ing on the 22-year-old Crittenton, who quickly brandished a firearm as well.
Yahoo!'s report doesn't come right out and say they drew guns with each other -- it uses the term "accessed," whatever the heck that means in the instance of getting a gun. Also of note is the fact that The Post describes the incident as occurring on Dec. 24, while Yahoo! cites an incident on Dec. 21. (Did The Post mistake the date the news broke for the date of the incident?)
The Post also brings up a disturbing second part to this whole thing, which is the fact that Crittenton would've also had to have a gun. (Or did he grab another one from Gil's stash. This is unclear.) They also report the "festering disagreement" was a gambling debt and include the money quotes -- both second-hand and first-hand from Crittenton's "playground pal" Kendrick "Bookie Ball" Long.
First, the alleged quote from Crittenton in the locker room, at Arenas:
"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.
And second, the quote from "Bookie Ball," which is a great name and doesn't at all make me think of a player who has thrown games for gambling purposes.
"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.
As with all things Vecsey/NY Post-related, I urge you to take it with a grain of salt. There's usually some degree of truth, they're usually different shades of truth than, for instance, the Yahoo! report.
It took all of a few hours into 2010 for us to get the first update on a potentially huge NBA story. By now, you've probably seen the story that broke on Christmas Eve: Gilbert Arenas had guns in his locker.
Arenas told The Washington Times he took his guns to the Verizon Center after his daughter, Hamiley Penny, was born this month. About a week later, he said he handed them over to team security to give to police.
"I wouldn't have brought them to D.C. had I known the rules," Arenas told the newspaper. "After my daughter was born, I was just like, 'I don't need these anymore."'
It was dumb, but it sounded like we'd all be able to move on with our lives. Depending on who you believe today, this might've been a lot deeper than just getting rid of some iron at the house.
Two reports came out in the wee hours of the morning. Yahoo! hit the web at 1:44 a.m. ET with news that the NBA's investigation has been linked to a "confrontation with teammate Javaris Crittenton."
The league’s ongoing probe hopes to determine whether Arenas had accessed any of his unloaded firearms while engaged in the dispute prior to a team practice at the Verizon Center on Dec. 21 in Washington. Tensions between Arenas and Crittenton escalated because of a festering disagreement between the two players, sources said.
The New York Post hit with its version around 2:53 a.m. ET, and as with all things in life, offers a view that's a bit more sensational -- and factually different in a lot of instances.
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, draw ing on the 22-year-old Crittenton, who quickly brandished a firearm as well.
Yahoo!'s report doesn't come right out and say they drew guns with each other -- it uses the term "accessed," whatever the heck that means in the instance of getting a gun. Also of note is the fact that The Post describes the incident as occurring on Dec. 24, while Yahoo! cites an incident on Dec. 21. (Did The Post mistake the date the news broke for the date of the incident?)
The Post also brings up a disturbing second part to this whole thing, which is the fact that Crittenton would've also had to have a gun. (Or did he grab another one from Gil's stash. This is unclear.) They also report the "festering disagreement" was a gambling debt and include the money quotes -- both second-hand and first-hand from Crittenton's "playground pal" Kendrick "Bookie Ball" Long.
First, the alleged quote from Crittenton in the locker room, at Arenas:
"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.
And second, the quote from "Bookie Ball," which is a great name and doesn't at all make me think of a player who has thrown games for gambling purposes.
"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.
As with all things Vecsey/NY Post-related, I urge you to take it with a grain of salt. There's usually some degree of truth, they're usually different shades of truth than, for instance, the Yahoo! report.
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