bigkat's Blog

OFFICIAL: Gilbert Arenas & Teammate were playing POKER (link inside)....

By bigkat | View all Posts
Posted Sunday, January 03, 2010 09:29 AM   37 comments
37 comments
comment Post A Comment
umgmu says:
01/03/10 10:13AM

Ironically, this story was first reported by a NY based reporter.

Michael Lee covers the team for the Wash Post and the team's radio/tv announcers travel with the team.

But they kept their mouth shut for obvious reasons.

Had Arenas not missed 2 seasons and the team was playing well, this would be less of a story. The whole 'gun' part escalated the story..

Based on the story, Gilbert should be up $54k per easy calculations.. what a tool..

Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 11:13AM
I know I might get flack for this but, this is one reason why black people will always be considered 2nd level citizens. I want to say after making that comment that I have plenty of black friends and even consider my 2 best friends ever are black. But when you do shit like this to settle an arguement or to try to settle it, then it just shows where people are. And yes these are just two of many, but it's not like it's a rare occurence that black men use guns to settle differences or to rob people. It's sad that these guys are rich and still resort to 'thug tatics" to settle this. It's also sad that black people who do try get a bad name by so many of their fellow race that make them look bad. This isn't what MLK had envisioned for his race. However people who claim to carry on MLK's dream like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson make excuses for these sorry ass people that they should condem if they want black people to advance. Instead they continue to make excuses and blame white people for problems rather then looking in the mirror. MLK was a great man, Sharpton and Jackson are race-mongerers.
art-frost says:
01/03/10 11:16AM
umgmu says:
01/03/10 12:13PM
Jarret- by and large Obama's election has quieted the likes of Jackson and Sharpton.. and Farrakhan is pretty ill ..
RJSmith says:
01/03/10 12:51PM


Nothing to do with race. Not going to make a big argument - but I will say this - look at all the white trash who suddenly get rich.
Britney Spears e.g.
Nothing to do with race. When (some) poor people get rich they don't know how to behave..

Do you think a black guy who has been rich all of his life would go around being gangsta? Because that's the way black people are?

I don't believe you have black friends - are they gangsta too?
Please, it's not in black people's blood - it's a social matter, gangsta or white trash=the same shit.
BostonKen says:
01/03/10 01:49PM
" Using the $103 per diem the Wizards give him when the team travels as buy-in money for the high-stakes matches."


!00 bucks= high stakes


smuv14u says:
01/03/10 02:25PM
I just want to make a small comment, why do people like yourself ( I'm assuming that your WHITE ) always have to make a big issue about what a Black person has done. I don't ever hear people like yourself say anything bad about the White people that Fuck their own family members, Kidnap little kids and leave them half naked  and DEAD in the woods, White teachers Fucking their students ( with your little comment" I'll do her" ) Like that makes it OK .
pjrez says:
01/03/10 02:36PM
Paging Scalabrine
samuelsosa says:
01/03/10 02:43PM
Scalabrine will be in here shortly. He is capping this years NBA SLAM DUNK COMPETITION. Last year he had a 100% guarantee and LOST. Who guarantees something that the FANS vote on?  Now he's gonna come in here and tell us how blacks had it rough and how they didnt have everything handed to them on a silver platter.
samuelsosa says:
01/03/10 02:44PM
These high profile BLACK athletes like REGGIE BUSH and OJ MAYO had it better than my white ass ever did.
jackdfan says:
01/03/10 03:11PM
"I don't ever hear people like yourself say anything bad about the White people"-have you ever watched the news?
"that Fuck their own family members"-have you ever heard of Utah?, "Kidnap little kids and leave them half naked  and DEAD in the woods"-well, you got me there. Perhaps you can close the kidnap/leave them for dead GAP-good luck
"White teachers Fucking their students"-have you ever heard of CountNoAccount?

Listen, MCScammer-when two white guys draw on each other in a locker room, let me know
When you know how to treat a lady, (Whitney Houston, Rianna)-let me know
When you have songs that want to assissinate the President or Fuck Da Police (hint-Google "fuck the police" and see if the Beach Boys pop up)-let me know

Oh, and for all you musicians out there-don't tell me these are "protest" songs-I think there is a slight difference between killing cops and give peace a chance....................


umgmu says:
01/03/10 03:42PM
hawk  amen brother ..
smuv14u says:
01/03/10 03:45PM
Hey Pigeon you really do know how to treat a lady all you have to do is take your wife and kids camping at 2 in the morning and come back home with just the kids. FYI I got that from the news. And you should know alot about UTAH just ask 1 of your cousins,  you know the one with the 3 wifes his sister included.
Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 03:48PM

ok I will answer each part of your post. First you don't know me, so you can't say you don't hear me say things about stupid white people, I do make big issues about idiots regardless of race. My view is white people who don't try are white trash and black people who don't try are N's. There is a difference between white people and white trash and black people and N's. As far as white people fucking their own family or killing kids and leaving them dead in the woods, I didn't realize those were crimes exclusive to white people. However you don't see white youths killing each other at an alarming rate with guns and such do you? You don't see the majority of prison population as white people. http://www.project.org/info.php?recordID=174 This is the most recent prison numbers I have. And last what comment "I'll do her" are you speaking of?

jackdfan says:
01/03/10 03:50PM
wow, smu, very creative. You ALMOST responded to everything.
Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 04:12PM

black men don't kill their wives? Oh wait you are right they just leave them with their kids and don't raise their kids. And as far as Utah, that is called polygamy and is a view of a religion (one I don't agree with) and instead of marrying multiple women, alot of black guys just screw, inpregnate and leave women. So I say that white people while I don't agree with polygamy, it's a man who marries and takes care of more then one wife and kids. More then can be said by alot of black me, which is an excuse of black males of why they do bad things, because they didn't 'grow up with a strong black man in their life.'

Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 04:17PM

are you going to respond to me or are you just not even going to try.

smuv14u says:
01/03/10 04:31PM
Yeah your right  Cock or 2, I did'nt know what your little birdbrain can handle. So the next time you pick up a History book you tell me who Kills Presidents
Ahambone111 says:
01/03/10 04:34PM


The point that smu is trying to make is this:

Gilbert Arenas pulls a gun on someone = we have someone coming into this thread & using his individual scenario as a commentary on black men AS A WHOLE, i.e. "this is why black people will always be considered 2nd level citizens."

Had this been a white NBA player (let's say, Luke Walton), I'm sure people would've come into the thread to let us know how stupid he was & how he screwed up this opportunity, but I highly doubt that the plight of this one white man would've been used to judge white people as a whole.

Yes, both black & white people commit crimes.  The difference is that, for the most part, white people are judged as individuals, while black people are judged as an entity.
Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 04:39PM
I understand what you are saying, but the point was that too many black men decide to "handle" issues with guns, while white men for the most part do not. Hence my comment of saying what I said. And yes Gilbert's scenario is individual, but hardly an odd occurence of guns being used to settle differences.
cacabware says:
01/03/10 04:41PM

I personally know some italians and irish that would handle the matter the same way  

 

once again,,,i don't really think this is a race issue,,,,,

cacabware says:
01/03/10 04:44PM
these people aren't exactly athletes though,,,,does that still count??????  
smuv14u says:
01/03/10 04:50PM
Yeah your right I don't know you, You can be that guy that works for Subway for all I know. Oh and speaking of prison say Hi to Charles Manson, and the guy who blew up the OKC buliding.. oh lets not forget Jim Jones ( may he R.I.P.). Now I'm watching the game so I don't have time for anymore of your corny ASS comments.
Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 04:52PM

the gun issue is between two black males so it in itself isn't a race issue, but should we not care that black men are killing each other because it's not a race issue? Or am I not allowed to care because I am white and it's not a white issue?  And it's not only other black men that they are killing, it's black women, white men and women as well. That is a race issue.

Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 04:56PM

It's ok, I understand you don't have what it takes to discuss this with me. It has nothing to do with race that you don't, just that you aren't that smart. I can tell by your comments that you are dumb. To bring up those people shows you have no clue. If there were alot of white people who did things like Charles Manson, Jim Jones and Timothy McVeigh then that comment would make sense. I understand you don't want to acknowledge how true my comments ring. I can and I am watching the game while typing, must be hard for an intellect like you to do both.

captjohn67 says:
01/03/10 04:57PM
granny always told me gamblin was nuthin but bad   ...don't see the race issue here either, just the dumbass one...
hugh613 says:
01/03/10 04:57PM
Guys, this has nothing to do with race and everything to do with background. What do you think guys like Adam Jones, Plaxico Burress, Michael Vick, Stephen Jackson, Derrick Rose et al. would be doing for a living if it weren't for organized athletics? Working at Charles Schwab or Bank Of America? Alot of these guys barely even met minimum academic standards to get into college for Christ's sakes.

If you're stupid, you're always going to be stupid. If you're a thug, you're always going to be a thug. No amount of money is going to change that. Let's not confuse this as a black/white issue: this is a smart/stupid issue.
hugh613 says:
01/03/10 04:59PM
Yeah, um... They executed him quite awhile ago. Don't you read the paper?
Ahambone111 says:
01/03/10 05:03PM


How do you know this?  You don't truly think that the news is giving an accurate depiction of- well, anything- do you?.

I think you should take a look at your statement and ask yourself, "Do I know this for a FACT, or do I know this based on conjecture?" 

Until you walk up to every black male and ask them, "Do you handle your issues with guns," and compare that to the the answer that every white male gives you (because you'd have to question every one of them as well), you're running a pretty baseless argument here.
jackdfan says:
01/03/10 05:03PM
You're only allowed on the computer for so long at the library.......
Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 05:24PM

yeah I have no clue because since I am white I don't know any white people and I am sheltered from knowing anything about black people because I live in a glass bubble where black people can't come. As far as the news goes most of the local news is liberal and won't report race usually unless it's absolutely necessary. White on black crime will many times be reported as a hate crime, while black on white is just a crime. No one can ever know 100%, but sit down and watch your local news and see how many violent crimes are reported on and how many are commited by black men. And again when the prison population is nearly triple black men compared to white, then what are you going to tell me, that they were all rail roaded and sent to prison when they were innocent? Are you telling me that crime isn't more prevalent in the black community then white?

westcoastTrojan says:
01/03/10 07:09PM

how fucking embrassing for Arenas. He boasts about taking former teammates money, but cant pay a measily $25k debt? What? He should have $25k as pocket change. What a fuckin loser.

JC should have kicked his teeth in.

Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 06:48PM

ok then enlighten me as to why. Most of what I understand from black people I know is that it's usually blamed on not having a strong black man (usually father) in their life (which I already eluded to) or that they had to turn to gangs and in turn crime/violence to feel safe. So if I haven't pretty much covered the reasons the "why" please help me to understand. Also to pass me off as just another dumbass from covers isn't exactly accurate. I didn't pass you off as just another dumb covers black guy, because you actually made your arguement as opposed to MC Hammer aka smuv. But I guess that's just the easy thing to do is to say I am nothing but another dumb white racist. Again as far as this having nothing to do with race, I understand what you mean. What my point is, that it's a pity that alot of black men resort to solving problems with guns. Is that not accurate? Please tell me that black men don't commit the majority of violent crimes in America involving guns. But what do I know I am just another dumbass covers cracka.

Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 06:50PM
smuv just made a bunch of dumb statements that made himself look dumb.
Jarrett75 says:
01/03/10 07:09PM
you still aren't telling me why the numbers of black men in prison are so high.
Ahambone111 says:
01/03/10 06:09PM


First of all, I wasn't assuming anything about your race- you could be black, white, green, or yellow for all I know- doesn't make a difference when you're coming in here with baseless conclusions.

The rest of your argument shows me that we aren't going to be able to have productive conversation past this point...You sound like the type of person who wonders why there can be a BET, but no WET...why there can be a United Negro College Fund but no United White College Fund...it also sounds like you look at the prison numbers without any OBJECTIVE analysis into the WHY, in which case I can once again assume that this conversation isn't going anywhere.

Then again, what can you expect in terms of valid social commentary from:

1. Covers
2. Someone who uses an incident that has nothing to do with race (and all to do with individual stupidity) and turns it into a race argument. 

...This would be what you refer to as "pulling the race card," right?
Ahambone111 says:
01/03/10 07:03PM


The easy thing isn't to cast you off as "another dumb white racist," but rather to use a non-racial issue as a means to promote veiled racism.  To say that this doesn't happen all the time on Covers would be a flat-out lie, because this is home to some of the most ignorant debate I've ever read.

In fact, if I didn't have the ability to realize that Covers is just a VERY small percentage of people, I could go on to make some pretty baseless assumptions of my own.

 
Add your response:
Please note that the blogger has the option of reviewing all comments before they are displayed to the public. Your comment may not be published immediately.
 
Advertisement