Track 11: Deserves His Name

He sure does deserve to be called "Agent Zero", because that's exactly what he is: a zero. I'm talking of course about Gilbert Arenas, guard for the Washington Wizards.

If you haven't seen the recent onslaught of media coverage around the incident he's involved with, I'll try to briefly explain it. Arenas wanted to remove his guns from his house after the recent birth of his daughter, so he decided to bring them to his locker room at The Verizon Center (where the Wizards play). In the Washington D.C. area it is illegal to possess firearms outside of one's home, so Arenas was already in violation of the law. Now, here's where things become a bit hazy. The NBA allows players to possess firearms while traveling for self-protection, but it does not provide for firearms at official team events. This is another tally mark against Arenas.

It was publicly discovered a couple weeks ago that Arenas had stored the firearms in the locker room, but then he did something even dumber. He pulled one of his guns on a teammate over a gambling debt in the locker room. A gambling debt, really? Mr. Arenas, unless you bet away your house or something, you really don't have any reason to worry about a gambling debt on account of making millions of dollars a year. Then, he decides to try and downplay the incident by joking about it over Twitter. He even makes gun gestures with his hands at teammates during pre-game warm-ups at a recent game.

Now, he's been suspended indefinitely by the NBA and also is being investigated by the police. Quite frankly, he deserves whatever suspension, fine, or jail time he receives. This is just unacceptable behavior, and he obviously does not think about the consequences of his actions. He could've prevented much of this by not joking about the incident. It's just like a murderer joking about killing someone; you're not going to get sympathy from the jury.

What's even more crazy is the fact that he sat out most of last season with injuries. Now, instead of maybe being able to put forth a productive season, he's going to probably sit out at least the rest of the season. The Wizards also appear to be looking into terminating his contract.

Great job, Gilbert Arenas. Agent Zero.