Gilbert Arenas Pairs With PETA
Written by Jason Keidel, Tuesday March 02 2010
Perhaps because no one else will.
During a charity event where he gave used fur coats to women in need on behalf of the animal rights group, Gilbert Arenas told The Associated Press that he is not nervous over his March 26 sentencing on gun possession charges.
It was a brazen answer to a pointless question, as the judge presiding over the case won't ponder Arenas's confidence when deciding whether to send the fallen Wizards star to prison.
"If the judge goes off with the story the papers write, then, yeah," Arenas said. "But if he goes off the actual real story, then I have no problems with it."
The remark is emblematic of the odd hubris Arenas has often displayed considering the trouble he is in. Arenas brought a small arsenal into the Wizards' locker room after a spat with teammate Javaris Crittenton. When told of NBA commissioner David Stern's fury over the matter, Arenas was dismissive in his response, and even contorted his hand to mimic a pistol in a subsequent team photo.
Such antics, as much as the crime itself, are what led Stern to suspend Arenas for the rest of the NBA season. The government is said to have recommended a six-month jail term for the Washington point guard. Once the sentence is announced, the Wizards may try to void his contract.
Arenas is in the second year of a six-year, $111 million contract. When asked if he would like to play again for the Wizards, Arenas said, "Basketball is basketball. I don't think people realize that."
Perhaps people don't think Arenas realizes much of anything.
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