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Ruling has come down today on the near future of Washington Bullets Wizards stars Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton by NBA Commish David Stern. Well, kinda. The fellas will be suspended for the rest of this season. Okay so multiply that by 37 more games….. carry the 2……. That’s a lot of freaking money left on the table playa. So lesson to be learned here: If you carry yourselves as dumb-asses, you’ll be treated like dumb-asses. And I’m a big Arenas fan at that. Damn dude. Crittenton… not so much. Does he even play?

As reported By ESPN.com

Stern’s disciplinary actions were announced Wednesday afternoon after Arenas met face-to-face with Stern for the first time since the gun incident that put Arenas’ future with the Wizards in doubt.

The Washington Post first reported the length of the Arenas suspension, and a source with knowledge of the meeting told ESPN.com that Arenas told Stern that he expects and deserves to be suspended for the rest of the season, which was believed to be the punishment Stern favored. It was unclear whether Crittenton also would decline to file an appeal.

“The NBA has conducted a thorough investigation of events relating to this matter,” Stern said. “It is not disputed that, following an argument on the team’s flight home from a game in Phoenix, both Mr. Arenas and Mr. Crittenton brought guns to the Verizon Center locker room and — with other players and team personnel present or nearby — displayed them to one another in a continuation of their dispute. The players engaged in this conduct despite a specific rule set forth in the collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the Players Association prohibiting players from possessing a weapon at an NBA facility, and reminders of this prohibition given annually by the NBA to players both in writing and in person.

“I have met separately with Mr. Arenas and with Mr. Crittenton. Both have expressed remorse for their actions and an understanding of the seriousness of their transgressions. Both have volunteered to engage in community service in order to turn the lessons they have learned into an educational message for others. I accept fully the sincerity of their expressions of regret and intent to create something positive from this incident.

“Nevertheless, there is no justification for their conduct. Accordingly, I am today converting Mr. Arenas’ indefinite suspension without pay to a suspension without pay for the remainder of the 2009-10 season, and am also suspending Mr. Crittenton without pay, effective immediately, for the remainder of the 2009-10 season.”

The front office of the Wizards agreed. Like they had a choice.

But whatevs….. Stop being dumb-asses