The Washington Wizards never told the NBA that an all-star player and his teammate drew guns on each other in the team’s locker room during a fight over a gambling debt, the New York Post reported.
The league reportedly found out about the Dec. 21 incident after the Post inquired about it. The alleged gun duel now threatens to end not only the careers of the two players involved, all-star Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton — but also of general manager Ernie Grunfeld, the Post reported.
“This is gonna cost Ernie Grunfeld his job,” a former NBA team president told The Post. “Because the buck stops at the top.”
Neither player nor Grunfeld have been suspended.
The incident occurred inside the locker room at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Arenas, 27, reportedly went for his gun first after a verbal fight with Crittenton about a gambling debt. Crittenton, 22, allegedly brandished a firearm as well, the Post reports, citing unnamed inside sources.
It was unclear whether other teammates saw the standoff, the Post reported.
The irony (an irony that won’t be missed by NBA fans) is that the Wizards used to be the Bullets, but the name was changed after the left-wing nutbars running the city couldn’t get gun violence under control (turns out that passing laws against guns doesn’t really stop them; apparently people willing to murder will ignore gun laws too. Who knew?) and they decided that having an NBA team called the bullets was a bad idea that sent the wrong message.
That worked out real well for ‘em, huh?