Gilbert Arenas, who pleaded guilty to a felony gun charge in January and will be sentenced for his crime next week, let slip an unfortunate tidbit about his affinity for firearms. In an interview with Esquire magazine due out next week, the ASSOCIATED PRESS reports:

Arenas told Esquire that he used to have as many as 500 firearms in his home, having bought many of them from an elderly man’s World War I collection. He says he put all but four of them in storage when he started having children.

Wow, dude was down to four. Talk about living dangerously! Read more…

There’s been plenty of speculation that one of the reasons Mark Cuban traded Josh Howard to the Wizards last week was his concern about Howard’s partying. More specifically, Howard missing a recent game because he was hung over. Cuban addressed that on the Dan Patrick Show today:

Cuban also talked about former Maverick Josh Howard missing a game because he was hung over. Cuban said that he thought Howard could have done more to play that day.

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UPDATE: It’s official, Arenas and Javaris Crittenton both gone for the rest of the season.

Michael Lee of the WASHINGTON POST reports:

A person familiar with today’s meeting between Gilbert Arenas and NBA Commissioner David Stern said the Wizards’ three-time all-star guard requested to be suspended for the remainder of the season and sources said that Stern plans to abide by the request.

According to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Arenas also told Stern that he would tell the players’ union not to fight the suspension.

Stern will announce his ruling later this afternoon.

Mind runs wild with those requests from Arenas.

Maybe today wasn’t the best day for PETA to introduce it’s new ad campaign featuring Gilbert Arenas:

And a close-up of Gil’s non-mink ink:

I personally prefer the poses done by Amanda Beard and Tony Gonzalez’s wife October.

Thanks to Dan Steinberg of DC SPORTS BOG for the tip.

The NBA released a statement today from David Stern that stated Gilbert Arenas has been suspended indefinitely from the league without pay:

“The possession of firearms by an NBA player in an NBA arena is a matter of the utmost concern to us. I initially thought it prudent to refrain from taking immediate action because of the pendency of a criminal investigation involving the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department, and the consideration of this matter by a grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia. For the same reason, I directed the Wizards to refrain from taking any action. Wizards personnel continue to be interviewed by law enforcement authorities, some are scheduled for appearance before the grand jury and the investigation is proceeding with the intensity that one would expect for such a serious incident.

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WASHINGTON POST Wizards beat writer Micheal Lee caught up to Gilbert Arenas today and asked him about Peter Vecsey’s claim in the NEW YORK POST today that he drew a gun on Javaris Crittenton over a gambling debt. Lee Tweets:

I grabbed Arenas after practice. He told me he is considering filing a lawsuit against the NY Post. “That’s not the real story,” he said.

Arenas: “I saw the story. Very compelling. Some real O.K. corral stuff.”

I posted earlier today that Vecsey’s story about the incident seemed to be based solely on a single Crittenton acquaintance. That doesn’t make it wrong, but Arenas obviously is now disputing Crittenton’s friend’s claim.

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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports breaks the news that there’s a lot more to the Gilbert Arenas gun locker story that we’ve been led to believe.

(Vecsey took Arenas quote out of context)

An NBA investigation into Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas‘ possession of guns inside the team’s locker room has been linked to a confrontation with teammate Javaris Crittenton, multiple sources told Yahoo! Sports.

The league’s ongoing probe hopes to determine whether Arenas had accessed any of his unloaded firearms while engaged in the dispute prior to a team practice at the Verizon Center on Dec. 21 in Washington. Tensions between Arenas and Crittenton escalated because of a festering disagreement between the two players, sources said.

Arenas told reporters on Tuesday the District of Columbia police also are investigating the circumstances under which he brought the guns to the arena. The D.C. police issued a statement on Wednesday saying they were assisting the U.S. Attorney’s Office in a joint investigation into “an allegation that weapons were located inside a locker room at the Verizon Center.” The statement did not name any individuals

After the story broke, Peter Vecsey of the NEW YORK POST alleged more details about what happened between the two players.

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UPDATE: Details on Gilbert Arenas gun possession probe from Mike Jones of the WASHINGTON TIMES:

Arenas stored unloaded guns in locked box w/out ammo at the Verizon Center and soon after notified team who notified authorities. He and wiz are cooperating.

Arenas said he took guns from his home after birth of daughter on Dec. 9 because he didn’t want them around his children.

A week later he turned the guns over to team security and asked them to turn them over to authorities because “I don’t want them anymore.”

UPDATE #2: The Wizards released this statement:

“The Washington Wizards have learned that Gilbert Arenas stored firearms in a locked container in his locker, unloaded and without ammunition.  The Wizards organization and Arenas promptly notified the local authorities and the NBA and are cooperating fully with law enforcement during its review of this matter and will have no further comment at this time.”

Gun in his locker? Aisle 1, Bad Idea Dept., Gil.

Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports today:

The NBA and Washington Wizards are investigating Gilbert Arenas’ alleged possession of a firearm and whether he violated league rules.

“The investigation will be concluded shortly,” said the person, who requested anonymity because the probe had not been completed. “The NBA is aware. There are no criminal charges.”

The WASHINGTON POST’s Michael Lee has confirmed the investigation.

Accord to the league’s collective bargaining agreement between players and owners, players are not allowed to possess firearms on league property nor while conducting league business.

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Sorry if this ruins your holidays, but it seems as if Shaquille O’Neal has been cheating on his wife instead of practicing his free throws as he should be doing. At least this is according to the site YOUNG, BLACK AND FABULOUS; the first place I check for all of my NBA news. Who is Shaq trysting with? Laura Govan, who also happens to be Gilbert Arenas‘ fiance and the mother of his two children.

(The Gilbert Arenas, Laura Govan, Shaquille O’Neal love triangle offense)

YBF claims to have sources who confirm the O’Neal-Govan shenanigans — Shaqnanigans? — and the site has something even more salacious, it says: Emails between the two lovebirds. Here’s one now!

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From the Twitter of Washington Wizard Mike James yesterday:

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For second there I thought I had stumbled onto Brooke Hundley’s Facebook account.