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"What's fun in Washington?" Chamberlain asked Billups, "We can go and have a walk tomorrow morning. This is the capital of America. It's the new year. Will there be many celebrations?"
Billups curled his lips and said, "Festival? I bet, there is absolutely nothing to do with Washington? Apart from the Pentagon, I never think there is any difference between ECIA and those small third-tier cities."
"And the White House," Iverson smiled.
Hill shook his head, seeing Chamberlain depressed, he said, "If you like memorials, museums or libraries, then you're here right here. If you want to find a stripper bar..."
"Strip bar? Which one?" Barnes asked enthusiastically interrupted Hill, "Why didn't I know that there was a famous strip bar in damn Washington?"
Hill spread his hands and said to Chamberlain: "Man, it seems we can't communicate with each other."
Chamberlain was helpless and shouted, "What does this have to do with me? Actually, I like memorials, museums, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Roosevelt Memorial, and the National Museum of Natural History. In short, I like it very much."
"Then you go shopping tomorrow." Jackson said with a smile.
Old Nelson clapped his hands and said to Chamberlain: "Man, prepare to attend the press conference."
His voice fell a little while, and someone pushed open the door and said, "Sadly, Mr. Nelson, today's press conference was cancelled."
Old Nelson was surprised and asked, "Why? Cancel the press conference?"
The NHA or other events have press conferences after the game, which is routine. The NHA even has strict regulations on this. The spokesperson for each team's press conference was stipulated before the game, and reporters also use this to set topics.
If the player or the head coach does not attend the press conference, he will be punished.
The staff member smiled and shrugged, "Sorry, sir, I don't know either." After saying this, he hurriedly left.
Marbury looked at the man's rushing figure and said, "I bet, guys, this bastard must know what's going on."
At this time, Morrow, holding his cell phone, slowly spoke: "I said brothers, I think I know why the press conference was cancelled."
Everyone was curious and looked at him. Morrow couldn't hide his shock expression: "There was a gun scandal in the Wizards' locker room. Arenas and Crittanton confronted each other with guns, Oh my God, look at this photo, Oh my God, this is the photo just released on the official website of "Capital Audience", just one minute ago."
"This is impossible." Iverson smiled, "If this happens, the Wizards will definitely try their best to cover it up. Also, who will tell the reporters about this? Don't tell me that the reporters took this photo by themselves. Now the game is over, and no reporter is allowed to enter the locker room. You know..."
"Allan, stop talking, come and see it yourself, my god, these two idiots are really confronting each other with guns. Look at Arenas's locker, there are two pistols inside," Jackson shouted.
Iverson sniffed and snatched the phone from Jackson in a hurry. Others snatched it. Moro shouted, "Damn, damn, don't you all have cell phones? Why do you still have to snatch my phone?"
Chamberlain, who has read the news, laughed and said, "There has been no peace in the United States recently. Woods' cheating door has not come to an end yet, and Arenas is here to compete for the headlines.
Chamberlain didn't care. In his opinion, this was just a joke from internal players. As long as this is explained, the police station has no right to pursue the matter. At most, the league banned two people for a few games and then fined some money.
The United States is free to hold a gun.
West said without caring: "Just such a small thing has made the headlines? Haha, why didn't I get on?"
Why did the former Supersonics force have to send West away or even cut him off? Because this guy also staged a similar explosive incident in 207. The victim at that time was the unlucky Collison, who threatened him to give up the locker room with a gun.
Not only West, Jackson also did such stupid things, but he was playing with friends in the bar.
Hill shook his head and said, "No, Arenas is going to be unlucky this time. The NHA labor agreement allows players to have guns legally, but they cannot carry guns when attending public events and games related to the league. Also, this is not another place, not Texas or Montana. Carrying guns here in the capital is considered a very serious matter. I think Arenas is going to be unlucky this time."
Reality proves Hill's speculation that things are moving in a more serious direction.
The gun management policy in Washington, D.C. is obviously much stricter than in ordinary places. The next day, local law enforcement officers filed a lawsuit against Arenas' behavior: "Cases involving guns are very serious in Washington, not to mention that there are many problems with Linas in the Gilbert River. Whether it is a joke or not, people always push themselves into trouble. He thought it would be illegal for him to attack others, but in fact he had already broken the law."
The law enforcement authorities then followed up and found that two of the four guns displayed by Arenas did not have gun certificates. In other words, the origin of these guns is unknown, which is quite serious in the United States. Although they are free to hold guns, they will be prosecuted if they hold guns without a license.
According to police investigations, they have proved that Arenas brought a pistol into the Wizards' locker room on February 21 last year, and he did not have a gun license at the time, which has violated the law in the Washington area.
If the police prosecuted and asked the judge to convict Arenas of possessing a gun without a license, he could face up to six years in prison.
Arenas also found something wrong. He stopped talking nonsense, but explained on the first time he accepted the prosecution: "These guns are my collection. I used to keep them at home and never thought about hurting anyone. There was a reason I brought the guns to the locker room. It was on February 10 last year. Just after my daughter was born, I decided not to leave the guns at home and with my children, so I put them in my own locker. Now, I handed the guns to the team security guards and asked them to the police because I don't want them anymore."
Stern responded on behalf of the NH: "We must take this matter seriously because it is not a trivial matter, which involves the safety of players and fans. In addition, I think this is a consensus that if you carry a gun with you, the possibility of you being shot will be greatly increased. We think this is something to be wary of, and although players will say that guns make them feel safer, in fact, guns will only make their lives more vulnerable to threats."
Chamberlain chose to beat Arenas, although the team was dismantled from the outside during the game.
Through Li Qun, Chamberlain said: "There is no doubt that Gilbert made a big mistake in this matter, and there is no doubt that it is. But we all know that Gilbert is such a playful guy. He certainly doesn't really want to hurt his opponent with a gun or threaten anyone. This is just a joke. We should treat a big child with tolerance, especially since he just became a father, he might just be too happy and joke with his teammates."
Arenas really likes to joke with his teammates. Sometimes this guy is a bit crazy when he jokes. His teammate Bletcher once found that someone had been smeared in his shoes. This is naturally what Arenas did, and he did a whole set of shows. In order to cover up the splash, Arenas also spent a lot of money on it, personally used a brush to brush flat, and then applied a lot of cologne perfume to cover up the smell...
Another thing that is well known is that during the rookie season, the old bird asked Arenas to buy donuts. This is the NHAR spoon rule, which is equivalent to new recruits buying cigarettes for veterans. As a result, Arenas applied a layer of talc powder to the appearance of the donut.
Other active stars also spoke up for Arenas. They are equivalent to colleagues. They live to the death on the court and have a good relationship in private.
James said: "I have talked a lot in private. He is very upset now. He feels stupid. I hope we can give him a chance to work in the community and let him help more people."
Arenas usually likes to play pranks with his teammates. He teased the team's big brother in the rookie season. After turning to the Wizards, he even did everything he wanted. Some Wizards teammates even compared him to the source of sin in the locker room.
Of course, not every player has the mentality of Arenas. He has angered his teammates before because of jokes, and this time the "gun door" is likely to be an overdue joke.
Another person involved, Cory Tanton, was a young player who just came to shoot from the Grizzlies half a year ago. Due to injuries and other reasons, he has not been integrated into this team. He can be said to be a new person who is incompatible with the overall atmosphere of the team.
The Wizards gave an explanation, so they used their identities to make up a story: the boss of the team, Arenas, who is used to having fun with his teammates, set his sights on the newcomer Corey Tanton, while the young man Corey Tanton obviously did not buy it very much. The prank turned into embarrassment between the two sides, and then became angry. Arenas half-joking and half-seriously took out the gun he carried with him. Cointang here was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Mars hit the earth to start the show.
Arenas's friend Richard Jefferson when he was studying at the University of Arizona also agreed with the story. He thought it was just a bad prank, and Arenas chose the wrong partner.
Spurs defender Roger Mason has been teammates for a season with Arenas. He feels that he has been accustomed to other players with jokes of this level.
The other teammates of the Wizards didn't think this was a big deal. They even publicly called for justice for Arenas because there was news that the league was about to ban Arenas, so Steve Stevens chose to protest the league's punishment by printing Arenas's name into tape and sticking it on his legs.
Although this incident was quite big, the league did not want to deal with Arenas. As a result, the New York News dug out a big news. Arenas and the Wizards claimed to the public that he and Crittanton were joking, but the New York News told the truth, that is, the two sides used guns because they did not pay back their debts due to gambling.
Now things are turbulent again. It is completely different to joke about confronting with guns and confronting with guns for gambling to collect debts.
As for gambling or not, this is another very subtle topic.
In the past, Charles Barkley and Mark Jackson talked about gambling on the court and attracted Stern to severe punishment. "Stainless referee" Tim Donacee revealed that the NHA referee community suspected of gambling almost broke the reputation of the NHA's many years of business. This time, if the open gambling between players is confirmed, the credibility of the NHAR spoon may drop to freezing point.
In fact, it seems that the gambling between Arenas and Corritanton is very likely to be true, but as previously reported, it is just a card game.
Fans who are familiar with Michael Jordan must have heard of the reputation of Flyers being good at gambling, and Charlie Rosen, a famous commentator of Fox Sports, also pointed out in the past few years that the gambling activities conducted by NH teams in poker have become quite popular, so it is absolutely impossible for Arenas and Corritanton to bet on cards on the road trip.
But Stern strictly ordered active NHA players to participate in gambling. If such a thing happens, it will definitely be punished.
Chapter completed!