![]() ![]() "I'll see your at practice and you know what I do," Gilbert said. "I did," I told him, "but they keep arguing."Įveryone could hear Gilbert and Javaris going at it as we rode along. They were still going at it when we all got on an airport shuttle van to take us to our vehicles.Įrnie Grunfeld, the team president, leaned over to me and said in a pleading manner, "Talk to them." The two of them kept arguing as we buckled up for the landing. Their argument spilled over into a shuttle after the plane landed, and the two issued threats about what would happen at the next practice. Earlier this year he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm in the incident and was sentenced to 23 years in prison.Īccording to Butler, who now plays for the Sacramento Kings, Crittenton and Arenas argued over an $1,100 pot in a game of cards that night in 2009. In August 2011, Crittenton was involved in a murder in Atlanta. Both players later pleaded guilty to gun charges but avoided jail time, Arenas getting 30 days in a halfway house and Crittenton accepting probation. The incident led to a scandal that saw NBA commissioner David Stern suspend both Arenas and Crittenton for the remainder of the 2009-10 season. An excerpt of the book was published by The Washington Post. The details of the event are described in former Wizard Caron Butler's new memoir "Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA," which was released Wednesday. While in the Washington Wizards locker room before a practice in December 2009, Javaris Crittenton pointed a loaded gun at teammate Gilbert Arenas, causing teammates to cower and take cover, according to a teammate's new book.Īrenas, then the Wizards' biggest star, had brought four guns of his own to the locker room after a dispute over a card game with Crittenton on a flight back from Phoenix two days earlier. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĬaron Butler: Arenas-Crittenton locker room gun incident like 'Old West' ![]()
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