Gilbert Arenas - Providing A Variety Of Amusements

With all the news that's been circulating about Gilbert Arenas a few thoughts came to mind, which I think are worth sharing.

There are plenty of curses in major sports, such as the Curse of the Bambino, Curse of Billy the Goat, and the Madden Curse. (Recently my favorite has been the Sports Illustrated Cover Curse.) I mention these because in '08 Gilbert Arenas was on the cover of EA Sports' NBA Live video game and although there's no curse directly related to the game, it did start a negative chain of events for Arenas.

Soon after his appearance on the game's cover he suffered multiple injuries from which he has arguably never recovered from and of course the latest episode - Arenas bringing four guns into the Wizards locker room, which supposedly started over a gambling debt. I won't get into the issue of gambling now but it is certainly another matter that is not receiving much attention.

Another matter that I found startling is the NBA's written gun rule, which prohibits anyone from bringing a gun(s) onto company property. I learned of the rule after reading about Arenas' infamous gun show and immediately thought, "what kind of people are in the NBA if there needs to be a spelled out gun rule???"

You've all seen this picture by now but its worth sharing because it's funny for all the wrong reasons. Not to say this situation lacks humor, because it doesn't, but Arenas' attempt at humor falls well short. This picture demonstrates his immaturity and points to the cloud upon which stars in this country think they walk upon.

Now to the humor....

Remember the name of the Washington Wizards prior to 1995? You got it - Washington Bullets. And before then, the team was actually known as the Baltimore Bullets.

That said, let's pick up the team during the 90's, when D.C. had a particularly high crime and homicide rate, which unfortunately but coincidentally aligned with the team's name. Isn't it funny that Arenas plays for a team formally know as the Bullets? Oh, and if there happens to be a dramatic increase in demand for Bullets gear I guess we know who's responsible.

Adding to the humor is the following picture of the Wizards mascot, G-Man. Make of it what you will but you have to agree the team might want to dispense of the air gun for the next few games.

For such a sad situation I'm glad humor can be found. As for Arenas though, doesn't he wish it was 2008.


Side notes:
 - Although he continues to lose sponsors, how happy is Tiger to have a distraction such as this to shift the conversation away from him? For example, no one seems to have noticed that the 2010 PGA Tour started in Kapalua today.

 - Don't be surprised if Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor comes out soon in support of Arenas. After all he did publicly support Michael Vick.