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Gilbert Arenas opens up about his infamous locker room incident #shorts #nba #warriors #sports

6 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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Gilbert Arenas had three knee surgeries in 14 months, then a locker room altercation with Javaris Crittenton that overshadowed his entire career. He says the incident cost him his love for basketball and left him with deep regret and sleepless nights.

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Career going great, then you run into the unfortunate incident with Javaris Critton. Do you think that really end up changing the outcome of your career? Before that, I had 3 knee surgeries in 14 months. Truth be told, I wasn't the same player. Going through that situation with Javaris, it was real shocking. You can do 100 things right, you make one mistake, it erases your whole legacy. And that's what didn't sit well with me. This one thing is what you're judging me off of now. And, you know, I couldn't sleep at night with that. Like, that's where I just lost the love. I was batting 100%. I missed one shot. I'm the sorriest motherfucker on the planet. Like, I can't live with that, man. And then that's where, you know, I really kind of had lost the love at that moment. And right there, I was just moving through the motions. Boom, boom.