Washington (CNN) -- Suspended NBA star Gilbert Arenas was sentenced to two years of supervised probation Friday for bringing guns into his team's locker room.

He also is to serve 30 days in a halfway house. Judge Robert Morin ordered him to perform 400 hours of community service and contribute $5,000 to a fund for victims of violence.

Arenas, a suspended point guard for the Washington Wizards, pleaded guilty on January 15 to illegally bringing four guns into the team's locker room during an ongoing dispute with teammate Javaris Crittenton.

Arenas' lawyers were seeking probation. They called the NBA player a good role model, and said he's already been punished severely through public scorn and loss of income.

Prosecutors, who sought three months in jail for the NBA star, said Arenas lied repeatedly about the incident. As part of a plea deal, they agreed not to seek more than six months in jail.
Prosecutors said Arenas also tried to persuade Crittenton to cover up their confrontation.

"If any other individual without fame, power and the wealth of this defendant brought four firearms into the District for the purpose of a similar confrontation, the government would seek their incarceration and the court would almost certainly give it," prosecutor Chris Kavanaugh said.
In the sentencing memo, Arenas' lawyers say those who know him depict him as an "offbeat, but fundamentally very decent" man.

"Despite a history of pranks and misguided practical jokes, he is a peaceful man who is not aggressive or confrontational in any way," according to court documents released by Arenas' attorneys.
CNN's Paul Courson, Terry Frieden, and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/26/gilbert.arenas.sentencing/index.html?hpt=T1

That is less than multiple years of probation. Guy got off easy.

If we get Lebron we need to snag him up in a Curry trade.

Shows how messed up NY gun laws are.

sebstar wrote:Damn, Plexico gotta be sitting in his cell like after reading that.

Shows how messed up NY gun laws are.

for real tho... lucky for Gilbert the mayor of DC didn't go after his ass trying to make an example of him the way Bloomberg did.

martin wrote:

TMS wrote:

sebstar wrote:Damn, Plexico gotta be sitting in his cell like after reading that.

Shows how messed up NY gun laws are.

for real tho... lucky for Gilbert the mayor of DC didn't go after his ass trying to make an example of him the way Bloomberg did.

the other thing to note is that one player fought tooth and nail and the other admitted guilt and bargained for plea right away.

This is true. I think Plexico was offered like what a 6 month plea deal, initially? But either way he was going to the joint, whereas Gilbert probably had a good idea that the concequences werent going to be that steep regardless.

TMS wrote:

sebstar wrote:Damn, Plexico gotta be sitting in his cell like after reading that.

Shows how messed up NY gun laws are.

for real tho... lucky for Gilbert the mayor of DC didn't go after his ass trying to make an example of him the way Bloomberg did.

Plaxico discharged a loaded weapon in a night club and covered it up.

GIL brought weapons to his place of work, supposedly unloaded, supposedly as a joke.

Maybe if the DC Mayor came out and threw up a stink then GIL would be getting 3-6 months. Maybe he should have gotten at least 1 month incarceration and then the 1 month roach motel treatment.

I don't really know. I wasn't there. None of us was. Just doesn't sound like the best situation.

But then again I don't think Iverson went to jail for threatening someone with a gun way back when in Philly did he?

I will say this: If we ever hear GUNS and ARENAS brought up again? Then he must go away. For then he hasn't learned a damn thing other than he's above everyone.

Of course, I kinda expect Arenas to get traded to NY when we strike out on free agents.

loweyecue wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:Part of me is disgusted he got no time, while the other part thinks there should be an actual victim to justify jail time.

So lets wait till he kills someone then we can teach him a lesson? That's messed up, but you are entitled to your viewpoint.

Since when does being a moron imply you're going to kill someone? Is Gilbert Arenas a violent man?

I presume you were and are in favor of the Iraq War then? Ah, they might have weapons of mass destruction, better **** em up now so we don't have to wait for them to kill anyone

TMS wrote:Arenas is reported to have 500 guns in his collection... this dude is preparing for war.

So he's an obsessed collector. That kind of makes sense given his personality. You'd figure he'd be the type to be like that guy that kept stealing women's panties out of laundromats and ended up with 10s of thousands of them in his collection. Guns? Unless he's got a lot of antiques then he's got a problem.

Guns are not toys. Gilbert thinks they are. Jayson Williams thought they were. The more Gilbert plays with his guns the greater the chance one day he's going to shoot someone. It will likely be an accident much how Williams' situation was but...hey, we're not talking about water here we're talking bullets.

Athletes and their guns are never ever a good mix. Ever.

This guy does not get it and unfortunately I think there are pretty good odds we see him in trouble again.

Someone who is so full of themselves as he is and thinks he's above the law as he does and views his pranks as funny while not many other people do are destined for trouble.

It's found him and it won't end. We will be hearing about this clown again. The judge in his case will regret not giving him a stiffer penalty.