Did Gilbert Arenas Pull a Gun on Teammate Javaris Crittenton, or Just Show Him Weapons?
By Jason McIntyre
Arenas told David Aldridge the guns drawn tale “[is] not the real story” but still hasn’t said what went down other than a few comical ramblings on twitter.
This is very reminiscent of what happened between Charles Oakley and Tyrone Hill in 2001. Hill reportedly lost a card game to Oakley and owed Oak (aka Michael Jordan’s bodyguard) a large sum of money. As the story goes, Hill never paid him the debt, which may have been $54,000.
Oakley memorably bitch-slapped Hill in the preseason before a game, and later in the year threw a basketball at Hill during the morning shootaround. Oakley uttered one of our favorite quotes in NBA history when he told the media, “Everything in life is double. If he didn’t pay me $108,000, he didn’t pay me. A gentleman pays his debt within a week or two,” and Oakley called said not paying was a “coward move.”
In 2009, the players let their heat do the talking. It probably won’t end well for Arenas.