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Gilbert Arenas Pleads Guilty to Felony

Sentencing set for March; star guard's NBA career in peril

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2010 4:50 PM CST
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(Newser) – Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty to felony gun possession today as part of a plea bargain that tentatively limits his maximum sentence to 6 months. Arenas, 28, may have dodged extra prison time—in addition to the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to charge him for possessing just one pistol, not the four he brought to the Verizon Center locker room—but his guilty plea jeopardizes his contract with the Wizards.

The NBA has indefinitely suspended Arenas, who is in the second year of a 6-year, $111 million contract. Today's proceeding shed more light on the altercation between Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton. They had argued over a card game on the team plane before the incident, and Arenas threatened to shoot Crittenton in the face, the Washington Post reports. Arenas eventually left the guns in front of Crittenton's locker with a note that said "pick one."

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas arrives with attorney Kenneth Wainstein at Superior Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas arrives with attorney Kenneth Wainstein at Superior Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas arrives at Superior Court in Washington, D.C., Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas arrives at Superior Court in Washington, D.C., Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas and attorney Kenneth Wainstein arrive at Superior Court in Washington, DC, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas and attorney Kenneth Wainstein arrive at Superior Court in Washington, DC, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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atonausar
Jan 16, 2010 12:47 PM CST
Very rare for a professional athlete to wear his I.Q. on his team jersey.
cmenthead
Jan 16, 2010 12:12 PM CST
.....AND he is going to lose the remaining 4 years of his contract. it was back-loaded heavier and will amount to over 82 MILLION DOLLARS !!!! he is finished with washington and maybe the nba. he has been injured on/off since he signed his 6 year/ $111million contract.
Shannonals
Jan 16, 2010 5:01 AM CST
Wow Fegelahtoo, no, really, tells us how a supremacist thinks.

 
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