And while Stern’s penalty is more severe than those handed out to Stephen Jackson and Delonte West for gun transgressions, Gil is one of the faces of the NBA, while West and Jackson are not. The NBA is an entertainment product, so its more damaging to the NBA when one of its stars messes up than when one of its role players who casual fans don’t even recognize messes up. You could say that’s unfair, but that is also why Gil gets paid many millions more then Stephen Jackson and Delonte West, so I’m not crying for him.

2. If you were already a parent of a 4+ year old daughter and a 2+ year old son and then recently had a 3rd child, as well, then, it might be easier for you to understand how exactly someone like Gilbert Arenas might just think that it would NO LONGER be a good idea to keep guns around his own house, with three children of those exact ages now living under his roof.

Looking after a 4+ year old and 2+ year old and a newborn is not the same thing as looking after a newborn and a 2+ year old, for example; as 4+ year olds are a different type of “curious” about the sort of things which they can find around the house that might be considered fairly well “secured”, under lock & key, in the presence of an infant or a todler.

[which is not to excuse the poor, overall, judgment of Gilbert Arenas, in this whole situation but to at least demonstrate just how easy it is for even someone well-intentioned and highly intelligent, like you, perhaps, to make AN ERROR, when it comes to saying something stupid and/or factually incorrect]

3. Given the lax penalties which have been handed down by David Stern in the past, re: various legal gun infractions, there should be little doubt, whatsoever, that the league-imposed suspension given to Gilbert Arenas, in this case, is excessive.

Not to excuse the media but here’s a BS excuse for the media (even Peter Vecsey)– If you behave in a way the media wants, then you don’t have to worry about the media.

Well spoken– media dude– Except its an excuse.

I also like how, as evidence that the media is biased and unfair, you provide examples from other stuff you read in the media. Gee, maybe folks are coming at it from all angles.

Still, I’d like to think that Arenas’ statement would have been along the lines of:

“I’ve apologized profusely to Mr. Stern and have expressed remorse with this entire ordeal. As a result, he has been gracious enough to only suspend me for the rest of the season and not for an extended period of time.”

But knowing how much Gil likes attention, and the fact that he has a bit of an ego (what NBA player doesn’t?), I’m betting he fudged how it really went down to make himself look better.

1) Why can’t Wizards be like Houston Rockets who over the last 3 seasons shine when their max star, top two max stars go out of lineup in a much hard division, conference.

2) If Gilbert Arenas starts showing up to Wizards games sitting courtside. I don’t think comparing this situation to the Marbury situation is a stretch.

3) Thank goodness for Gilbert, he doesn’t like mopeds/motorcycles.

It’s at least possible that Stern asked Gil if he thought he deserved to be suspended for the entire season, and that Gil responded with the “do the crime, do the time” thing. Then the commish says, “OK.”

From that quote, it’s not clear to me that Arenas requested a suspension (meaning that it was his idea) or whether he was just agreeing with Stern.

What’s so hard about owning up to the fact that he f****d up becasue of his choices and his choices alone? The saddest part of all of this is that there have been so many opportunities where Gil could have come clean and mended the relationship despite the fact he made some bad decision and his continued ridiculousness make it impossible for the organization to keep him. And who is it sad for? The fans who like to see a competitive team and liked the drama that Agent Zero brought to the team. Contract void or not,it’s the fans who are losing out here.