OT: Stern gets medieval on Arenas's ass

At my last job I fired a guy for cutting out a picture of a gun and taping it to someones computer with a note that read "boom boom cocksucker"
That's the real world. GA should be out at least the rest of the season. At first I did not think so, but the more I think about it, the longer I think he should be suspended.

 

Wow man were there witnesses? In those situations if no witnesses I just deny the whole incident occured. It has worked before!

 

Especially if you allegedly pull one on a co-worker over a gambling debt.

Arenas broke league policy, team policy and potentially multiple local laws. Even if he is found not guilty of violating any laws, just having the guns in his locker violated league policy and justifies the suspension.

Besides, indefinitely means just that - no definitive time period. It could be two days, or two years. All it means is the length of the suspension isn't defined at this time and will be determined as more facts are learned.

PDX_xB

 

Well now that we have beat that to death, now for the basketball side of things, which is now more positive.

Is it now not true that the Wizards need a PG?

 

He almost got away with it, but when his boss took him into the office to describe the situation, it went awry...

Boss: Hippie, we received some disturbing accusations against you.

Hippie: Oh really?

Boss: Yes. Cheryl in accounting says --

Hippie: --Fuck that lying bitch!

Boss: ...thank you, Hippie. You just made my job easier.

Hippie: Glad to help. Lying in the workplace is horrible.

Boss: Indeed. Please collect your things on your way out.

Hippie: Fuck! That lying bitch got me fired!

 

An experienced scoring PG?

 

"Stern feels like he's been taunted by (Arenas)," NBA source says. "He's done for the year....at the very least.

Good to know that multi-billion dollar industry leaders make decisions on such sober grounds

Along the same lines:

Is just a really silly sounding public scolding of the Wizards players by the Wizards management. It sounds like the kind of bullshit you hear from teachers in high school. “Hey you! don’t laugh at that! You’re not allowed to think that’s funny!”

All this is not to say it’s appropriate conduct on Arenas’ part. In fact, I’d be all for voiding his contract and setting him back $80M or so over it.

But above all, I favor it because it’s in the league’s interest to send that message about what Arenas does to the league.

It is in the interest of the league to have Commissioner Stern, who punishes guys because they’ve given the league a black eye. It is not in the interest of the league to have Vice Principal Stern, who gives the sense that he punishes guys worse because he feels taunted and slighted, rather than because they’ve given the league a black eye.

 

On Yahoo:

 

True enough. It is a preliminary injunction though, this isn't the full blown punishment. It seems to me that when Indiana had the brawl in Detroit, that it took months for them to go past the preliminary decision to the final decision, and then there was the Union to deal with, and an appeal before the playoffs. Being as how the Wizards will probably not make the playoffs, he might not bother to appeal except for financial reasons.

 

Oh man, KP needs to be all over this. We should be able to seriously help that franchise. Out of the goodness of our hearts, of course.

 

It makes me wonder how much of last night was Nate trying out Bayless in the 4th quarter instead of Miller for decision making purposes.... Paranoid freak fans dare to dream!

 

Had Agent Zero showed any remorse at all and not turned the situation into a joke he wouldn't have gotten this punishment.

His behavior after the fact is at least as stupid as the act itself.

That and the Wizards had to be lobbying for just this penalty behind the scenes. Gilbert's contract is the worst one in basketball right now.

Agent Zero Clue need to kiss Godfather Stern's ring. Instead he pissed on the Godfather's shoes. Gilbert is just lucky he didn't get a lifetime ban.


As for the union, they lost a huge amount of power after the last lockout. They are going to loose a whole lot more in 2011. I doubt they want to spend an ton of political capital defending a guy who is so bound and determined to hang himself.

 

1..2...3......Euroleague!

 

Word is Gilbert's guns weren't licensed in the DC area. So he had a concealed unlicensed weapon in his locker. That isn't a ticket. That's a felony.

 

Hmmm unsure about that. You aren't legally obligated to register weapons to my knowledge, but I could be wrong on that. Concealed is still a beef though.

 

You have to wonder....would a legit superstar get the same treatment - or is this kind of punishment reserved for wannabe stars (Arenas, Artest, Sprewell)?

 

Yup...pretty much the way it went down...
Of course I managed to get her canned about 2 months later and I took her job...LOL.

 

Oh I see. So long as he kisses the ring, it's okay. But if he's gonna get uppity, he should get slapped down.

Funny that the NRA hasn't got involved to defend Gilbert's god-given second amendment rights. Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that he's black, would it?

 

Of course not. It's because...um...ah...well...I'll get back to you on that.

 

Hmmm looks like this suspension will cost Gilbert a measly 146k per game.