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cmac2012 · #1 01-07-2010, 02:24 PM

http://stats.sfgate.com/nba/front.asp

Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards (NBA) brought four guns into his locker room to help deal with some sort of gambling debt (allegedly). Mr. Arenas needs the cash, no doubt, onna account of his piddling salary.

He's been indefinitely suspended:

With each game he misses, Arenas will lose about $147,200 of the $16.2 million he will earn in the second season of a six-year, $111 million contract. The punishment came on his 28th birthday.

TheDon · #2 01-07-2010, 03:24 PM

well thats his loss.. He got greedy and pissed it all away

strelnik · #3 01-07-2010, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

http://stats.sfgate.com/nba/front.asp

Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards (NBA) brought four guns into his locker room to help deal with some sort of gambling debt (allegedly). Mr. Arenas needs the cash, no doubt, onna account of his piddling salary.

He's been indefinitely suspended:

With each game he misses, Arenas will lose about $147,200 of the $16.2 million he will earn in the second season of a six-year, $111 million contract. The punishment came on his 28th birthday.

I don't think guns made him stupid. Celebrities think they can do anything, and get away with it.

Ask action hero-stud Wesley Snipes. He's still doing time for tax evasion, I believe.

Hatterasguy · #4 01-07-2010, 04:08 PM

Nah he was stupid before he had the guns.

#5 01-07-2010, 04:13 PM

Guns just allow stupid people to get into bigger trouble.

Carleton Hughes · #6 01-07-2010, 04:20 PM

His stupidity, for want of less politically correct term has nothing to do with guns.

Billybob · #7 01-07-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

His stupidity, for want of less politically correct term has nothing to do with guns.

Don't be a Hater

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LUVMBDiesels · #8 01-07-2010, 05:36 PM

I don't hear that he did anything WRONG with those guns...
I guess just having them is stupid, right?

I mean if you want gun stupidity look at Plaxico...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100107/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_burress_weapons_charge

NY refuses to free Plaxico Burress on work release

AP – FILE - In this file photo of March 31, 2009, New York Giants football player Plaxico Burress leaves the …

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer – 19 mins ago
NEW YORK – Plaxico Burress is not getting out of prison just yet.
The work-release application for the ex-Giants star was denied by the New York Department of Correctional Services because of the nature of his crime. Burress pleaded guilty in August to attempted criminal possession of a weapon for having a loaded handgun in a nightclub that went off and shot him in the leg.
"At no time did you report this incident to local law enforcement. As such, it is determined that you must serve a greater portion of your sentence prior to consideration for potential participation in the temporary release program," the ruling said.
The program would have allowed him to spend some portion of his two-year sentence at home. The announcement was made Thursday.
Burress applied for the furlough Nov. 25, about two months into his sentence. Though he had no prior record, the decision wasn't a surprise; less than 5 percent of the more than 31,500 work-release applications in 2008 were granted.
Burress can appeal, and may also reapply for work release in six months. His attorney, Benjamin Brafman, declined to comment.
Burress, then a Giants receiver, was at the Latin Quarter nightclub in November 2008 with a .40-caliber gun tucked into the waistband of his track pants. He later said he was concerned for his safety because a teammate had been held up at gunpoint days before. The weapon slipped down Burress' leg and fired, injuring his right thigh.
The gun wasn't licensed in New York or New Jersey, where Burress lived, and his Florida concealed-weapons permit had expired. He also failed to report the incident to authorities.
Prosecutors argued the bullet narrowly missed a security guard.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. supported the decision.
"The defendant took an unholstered, loaded pistol into a crowded nightclub, accidentally firing it with one hand while holding his drink in the other," he said. "This extreme and reckless disregard for safety is what New York's gun laws were designed to prevent."
Burress is being held in protective custody at an upstate prison because of his notoriety. The Giants released him in April, but the 32-year-old said he hopes to resume his NFL career.
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Associated Press Writer Jennifer Peltz contributed to this report.

Billybob · #9 01-07-2010, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Nah he as stupib before he had the guns.

Anybody know if Gilbert Arenas can spell?

ramonajim · #10 01-07-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels

I don't hear that he did anything WRONG with those guns...

DC law says non-DC residents cannot bring handguns into DC. Good/bad/indifferent as laws go, doesn't matter. Is the law. He broke it.

PaulC · #11 01-07-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

http://stats.sfgate.com/nba/front.asp

Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards (NBA) brought four guns into his locker room to help deal with some sort of gambling debt (allegedly). Mr. Arenas needs the cash, no doubt, onna account of his piddling salary.

He's been indefinitely suspended:

With each game he misses, Arenas will lose about $147,200 of the $16.2 million he will earn in the second season of a six-year, $111 million contract. The punishment came on his 28th birthday.

Four guns?!? Even Yosemite Sam found just two to be satisfactory. Stupib.