Manhattan Strip Clubs: Caught in the Web: Gilbert Arenas & Javaris Crittenton have season-long …
It’s been said that this whole incident wasn’t as serious as the New York Post initially reported, which said both players pointed guns at each other. Nonetheless, the incident yielded serious consequences for obvious reasons. Arenas’ 50-game suspension is the NBA’s third most severe suspension not involving drugs, behind Ron Artest’s 86-game suspension for his role in the brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills in 2004 and Latrell Sprewell’s choking of Warriors Coach P.J. Carlesimo in 1997 that ultimately resulted in a 68-game suspension. Meanwhile, Crittenton’s 38-game suspension is the league’s fourth highest. Before this incident, Stephen Jackson’s seven-game suspension for his felony count for criminal reckless driving and firing seven shots near an Indianapolis strip club in 2006 counted as the league’s longest suspension for a gun-related offense.