Basketball and News:Gilbert Arenas hits rock bottom
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Sometimes you have to hit bottom to look up and see everything that you are missing, to notice all that is really important, to feel what is being missed. One can only hope that this is one of those times. Gilbert
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Sometimes you have to hit bottom to look up and see everything that you are missing, to notice all that is really important, to feel what is being missed. One can only hope that this is one of those times. Gilbert Arenas pleads guilty to carrying an unlicensed gun. He had the gun right in the locker room. What is it with these young athletes and their guns?
So what exactly went down?
Sources say Arenas’ attorney had tried hard to plead the case down to four separate misdemeanor charges – one for each gun in the locker room – but Arenas’ past misdemeanor gun possession, as well as the public nature of the case, made it impossible. It took Arenas too long to surround himself with competent counsel and advice, and he paid a price.
His own judgment is horrible, and Arenas should’ve relied on others. He turned his guns into team security, when he probably should’ve hustled them out of the building. He kept talking, when he should’ve stayed silent. He let the Wizards advise him on an attorney, when he should’ve found his own.
Arenas testified to authorities that Crittenton responded to his ill-fated practical joke of laying unloaded guns on Crittenton’s locker room chair with the brandishing of his own weapon.
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They are now searching Crittenton’s house for guns and they have him square in their sites. This whole episode may cause the Wizards to implode, but others see it as a chance to do a little bit of spring cleaning. The chemistry on this team is terrible and the team was already sitting in last place and recently lost to the Detroit Pistons. Not a whole lot of teams can claim losing to the Pistons.
Right now it is even money that Arenas will serve at least 6 months of prison. Meanwhile the Wizards have already removed all remembrances of Gilbert Arenas from the team and the arena. If they are smart he is gone!
Gilbert Arenas is hanging his head outside of the courtroom
Gilbert has lost monetarily as well. The NBA player’s agreement allows David Stern to suspend Gilbert Arenas indefinitely without pay for the gun charges. Stern did just that costing Arenas 4 years of his 6 year 111 million dollar contract. Now we find out that Adidas has dropped Gilbert Arenas as a client as well. Corporate America is very cognizant of the family values.
The move demonstrates the short fuse that Madison Avenue now has with wayward athletic endorsers. Golf superstar Tiger Woods has been dropped by two corporate sponsors, ATT and Accenture, following recent allegations of his alleged extramarital affairs with multiple women.
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The Wizards are now in a position to turn this into a long term positive. Should they fail and they may, the team will implode.
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