Gilbert Arenas disputes Caron Butler's account of Wizards' gun incident
Gilbert Arenas has a problem with the way former Washington Wizards teammate Caron Butler recalls the events that led to his dispute with Javaris Crittenton in 2009.
Butler, now a member of the Sacramento Kings, wrote about the incident in his memoirs that were released Wednesday, describing the altercation as if two gunslingers were preparing to duel in the Old West.
Always willing to throw in his two cents, "Agent Zero" took to Instagram to set the record straight - at least from his perspective - on what really happened that day, although his post was quickly deleted.
(Warning: foul language)
i respect@caronbutler book and got my copy but the #Gunsinthelocker story is FALSE in his book.....butler and i were sleep#javale #crit #boykins (JaVale McGee, Javaris Crittenton, Earl Boykins) were playing cards by time i woke up #crit was ballsdeep in losing so i decided to join the game...so#crit got #Booed which means he didnt get one book #spades so he had to match the pot which was 1100 but 800$ was his so he just lost 800$ and the pot now is at 1400$ and 1100$ of it is his....#javale won the first 1100$ pot so he scooped the money....#boykin asked javale "can i get my 200$ now since u have money"javale said after we land i dont wanna jinx myself....#crit spazz(give that n---- his money,u just won my money pay that n----)so i jumped in, damn dog thats between them two n----s" he turned too me and said f--- u n----"i said s--- u owe me 200$ i think u owe #caron 300$ but we aint says s---...he pops off again"oh f--- n---- u would try to money talk somebody"so now its my deal...so earl said im out..javale said i dont need no cards......#crit needs 5 new cards so most likely he was about to match the pot ONCE again so i said im out knowing javale got A K Q so since its #crit money in the pot no need to fight if he will get boo,ed so i show my hand and #crit got mad i had 3 trump cards and didnt fight with him......so he screams,MISDEAL gil showed his hand..javale said f--- that i win i have A K Q...so #crit trys to use misdeal as a way of starting the hand over so i said yall figure that out...so i walked to the back...they stay aruging but #earl convince them that javale wins...#crit yells loud F---- MISDEAL..so i yelled back..come get the s--- with yo hands if u wanna misdeal....so when the plane lands he walks back talking tough...saying if we were in the streets ill pop u in ur knees...i said s--- ill give u the guns too do it on MONDAY...it was #sat...we had sunday off.....i get to the gym at 8am i put 4 empty guns on his chair and a note that said pick 1 no one seen me touch a gun or seen me put them there...when crit came in...i was in the training room #crit#dsteve #blache #dom (Javaris Crittenton, DeShawn Stevenson, Andray Blatche, Dominic McGuire) were the only was in the locker room when i walked in...
The main difference in the two versions of the story seems to be that Butler believed Arenas owed Crittenton money, while Arenas thinks he was just being the voice of reason in a war of words with Crittenton, JaVale McGee, and Earl Boykins.
Crittenton received a year of probation on a misdemeanor gun possession charge, while Arenas spent 30 days in a halfway house, on top of getting two years of probation. Both were suspended for the remainder of the 2009-10 season.
- With h/t to SB Nation