Back in 2008 when Gilbert Arenas signed his contract extension, I blogged “I guess we won’t need set up a Dan Steinberg suicide watch after all.” Arenas’ antics provided a great deal of content for Steinberg’s DC Sports Bog and still does. It isn’t fun content anymore though.

That’s where I screwed up too, because instead of tweaking Steinberg, I should have kept my original headline “Gilbert Arenas will break your heart.” That was my first instinct, but I ignored it because I thought the Steinberg one was funnier and more topical. I guess it was funnier, but sadly, the original headline turned out to be all too topical. Arenas pleaded guilty to a felony count of carrying an unlicensed pistol. This was after he “joked” about shooting his teammate and days later brought (unloaded) guns into the locker room. I can see why anybody would consider that intent. Here I though knee injuries would be the real problem (not that they haven’t been a problem) not something so awful.

Javaris Crittenton has to go too and I fully expect he’s out of there and due for suspension from the league too. He actually had a loaded gun in the locker-room.

So, Arenas is probably getting some jail time and the Washington Wizards have no choice to but to void his contract. I thought for a while before yesterday’s details came out, that they were going to use this as an excuse to get out from a bad contract even though they knew Arenas was not serious about anything his life other playing offense on the court. Now, that more is known, I don’t think that way. Void him, thank him for the pre-contract years wish him well and tell him to get help so that he can see the world in a way more similar to the rest of us. As “I said before, I don’t think Arenas sees the world differently because he is a millionaire athlete, I think he’s wired differently than everyone else, but he went way too far.

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