Arenas Gun Story Stuns Peers

Filed under: Bobcats, Heat, Wizards

MIAMI -- As incredulous as it sounds from an outsider's viewpoint, the still-unfolding, guns-in-the-locker-room story about Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards has his peers completely baffled as well.

"We were just saying, you might have arguments, discussions, a confrontation with a teammate, but how serious could it be where you felt you had to bring a gun into the locker room?'' asked Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace. "That's crazy.''

Wallace was speaking before the Bobcats/Heat game Saturday, sitting one seat away from his often-combustible teammate Stephen Jackson, who was suspended for seven games in 2006 after trying to settle an argument by firing his gun in a strip club parking lot when he played for the Indiana Pacers.

"Guys have got to protect themselves, but it makes no sense to have a gun in the locker room with teammates,'' Jackson said after the Bobcats' 107-97 victory. "There's no reason to get so mad you'd want to pull a gun on a teammate. Even I can't imagine that. No way would I ever think about that -- bringing a gun to a game, or into the locker room. Nothing should make you that mad.''

 

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