Arenas being investigated for gun possession

newslowsad · Post #1 » by **newslowsad** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:23 pm

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entr ... 3/19138766

Just what the team needs... :banghead:

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #2 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:37 pm

I'm not sure why he had it, I mean he knows Shaq plays for CLE.

Post #3 » by **miller31time** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:37 pm

Dat2U · Post #4 » by **Dat2U** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:40 pm

Fine and maybe a one game suspension, at worse. That is, unless DCPD decides to get involved then there might be more trouble ahead.

keynote · Post #5 » by **keynote** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:34 pm

Let's see. What other kinds of distractions can we come up with?

mohammed10 · Post #6 » by **mohammed10** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:45 pm

keynote wrote:Let's see. What other kinds of distractions can we come up with?

Perhaps he was holding the gun for Delonte West?

Post #7 » by **nate33** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:47 pm

It looks like much ado about nothing:

Mike Jones wrote:I was able to get a hold of Gil by phone, and this is what he had to say: "It happened like December 10th. Right after my daughter was born. I decided I didn't want the guns in my house and around the kids anymore, so i took them to my lock box at Verizon Center. Then like a week later, I turned them over to team security and told them to hand them over to the police, because I don't want them anymore. I wouldn't have brought them to D.C. had I known the rules. After my daughter was born, I was just like, I don't need these anymore.”

The biggest concern is that the league doesn't permit players to have firearms on league property. I don't know if Arenas will get suspended for that, or if he'll get a pass because he was the one who brought the guns to security attention in the first place.

closg00 · Post #8 » by **closg00** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:12 am

Total non-story on a slow news day.

GhostsOfGil · Post #9 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:01 am

wow wt blew this one way out of proportion

Hoopalotta · Post #10 » by **Hoopalotta** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:11 am

*Yawn*

Lucrazi28 · Post #11 » by **Lucrazi28** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:59 am

I guess when he found out the kid was his he didnt need those guns anymore.....lol :lol:

Shaq=Incognito...... :wink:

southnc · Post #12 » by **southnc** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:04 am

Hmmm.

This maybe somewhat similar to what happened to Sebastian Telfare, who got caught not once, but twice with a gun. The first time was actually on the team plane (!), hidden in a pillow. He later claimed his girl-friend put it there and he forgot?? The 2nd time I believe he was caught with one in a car in NY, which is a big no no.

Regardless, I don't believe he got anything worse than a minor suspension for the 1st offense; but the 2nd once got him traded away from Boston I believe.

verbal8 · Post #13 » by **verbal8** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:59 am

At least he didn't pull a Plaxico and shoot himself in the foot.

Hopefully this is a non-issue, but it does seem like the DC gun laws could be the wild-card.

newslowsad · Post #14 » by **newslowsad** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:38 am

DC investigating this too...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/ ... ice-probe/