Wednesday, January 6, 2010

THE NBA'S 3 G'S ( Gilbert, Guns and Gambling)

Well Commissioner David Stern just handed Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas an indefinite suspension from the NBA for his illegal gun possession case. It was only a matter of time before that happened, but Gilbert helped speed the process along with his flippant and carefree attitude. He showed total disrespect to his profession, his teammates/co-workers, his organization, the law and the Commissioner as well. I feel that the last straw was not his fingers drawn like guns in Philadelphia before the game but calling Commissioner Stern "mean". It was as simple as that. Stern was just in his suspension of Arenas. I didn't always agree with Stern when i played and still don't agree with some of the things he does as Commissioner but I and every other sensible player that played knew never to call him names, joking or otherwise. He like any other person has an ego and this situation was already bad to begin with. It involved gambling debts and guns. Those are 2 major issues in the sports world. The NBA is still recovering from the Tim Donaghy situation and here comes this whole mess. I don't want to get into the racial issues because stupidity is stupidity in any color. I also don't want to hear that He brought them to the arena to keep them from his kids. DUHH. Gilbert, you signed a $111 million contract. I think you can afford a gun safe. He was trying to save his butt with that excuse but if he really wanted to save himself he should have kept quiet and stayed off camera. He showed no remorse for the whole situation and that is the biggest mistake an athlete or anyone can make. I hope he learns a lesson from this whole incident. Its going to be costly in so many ways. It reminds me of the movie Frankenstein. When you create a monster you have deal with the actions of said monster. The Wizards and the NBA created a $111 million monster.

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