Wizards’ Arenas suspended indefinitely as new details emerge in gun incident – The Post
Wow, the suspension of Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas is being played bigger than the introduction of new Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan on WTOP and washingtonpost.com (and the print edition too, though the image is only good today). By the way, nice to see Dan Snyder sit in the audience and not pull out the Super Bowl trophies that were won under previous ownership.

As for the Arenas situation, I don’t have a problem with NBA commissioner David Stern suspending Arenas indefinitely or the Wizards agreeing with it. The photo of him cocking his fingers to “shoot his teammates” shows that Arenas just isn’t being serious about a really bad situation for himself, the Wizards and the league. I’ll admit I laughed though, shame on me. Shame on the NBA for trying to hide the photo though.

Last night when I drafted this post, I had written in length about how in addition to appropriate punishment, Arenas badly needed counseling because he was not a malevolent person, he just sees the world very differently than most people. However, as more details emerge, I am having trouble believing that any more. Javaris Crittenton, the injured player that Arenas taunted, is alleged to have loaded his own handgun and cocked it after seeing Arenas had left the four unloaded guns in his locker. That isn’t a good idea either, but I can see why Crittenton allegedly did it, what Arenas did is a serious provocation. I expect Crittenton to be charged too.

What a mess.