October 7, 201510 yr https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/10/07/i-play-with-guns-caron-butlers-inside-account-of-the-gilbert-arenas-gun-incident/ On the flight home the next night after we lost at Phoenix, Gilbert, teammate Javaris Crittenton, and several other players were in a card game that got real heated. While Gilbert was a dominating presence on the team, Javaris didn’t roll with some of his ways. The players were in seats facing each other with a pull-out table between them. I was in the seat next to them half asleep as we began our descent into DC. My eyes popped open when I heard Javaris say, “Put the money back. Put the [expletive] money back.” “I ain’t putting [expletive] back,” Gilbert replied. “Get it the way Tyson got the title. Might or fight or whatever you got to do to get your money back. Otherwise, you ain’t gettin’ it.” When Gilbert put the money in his pocket, Javaris lunged over the table to grab him. Antawn Jamison, seated across the aisle, leaped up, shoved Javaris’s shoulder down on the table, and held it there with the full weight of his body while telling him to calm down. I got up and yelled “Hey, everybody shut the [expletive] up. How much was in the pot?” It was $1,100. “It shouldn’t be that hard to pay what you owe him,” I told Gilbert. “We all make a great living, so just pay the money.” A man who has a $111 million contract shouldn’t be fighting over $1,100. Message not received. The two of them kept arguing as we buckled up for the landing. They were still going at it when we all got on an airport shuttle van to take us to our vehicles.
October 8, 201510 yr You don't pull a gun unless you're ready to use it. Gilbert is lucky he isn't dead.
October 8, 201510 yr Just so everyone fully comprehends this. This was all(I'm sure they didn't like each other beforehand) over an 1100 dollar bet. Gilbert Arenas contract was for $111,000,000 over six years. That's $18,500,000 per year. If you're making $50,000 a year that's the equivalent of a less than $3.00 bet. Dumb dumb dumb dumb. Yet not at all surprised.
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