Let Mo’Kelly know if he’s reading “too much” into ESPN’s (writer Jemele Hill) “comparison” of Gilbert Arenas, Javaris Crittenton and Plaxico Burress.

Yes, the ultimate “point” may be different, but it still runs too close to Mo’Kelly’s sentiments for his liking…complete with “morality clauses” and “stupidity” references.  Not to mention saving one’s career versus saving one’s life…

Just a “coincidence,” to be sure.  Then again, maybe Mo’Kelly is just being sensitive.

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It remains unclear whether Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were joking around or serious when ill will about a card game allegedly led to guns’ being drawn in the Washington Wizards‘ locker room a few nights before Christmas. But if the Wizards and the NBA want to send a message to players that this behavior is unacceptable, here is what must be done once local and federal authorities finish investigating the matter.

	Plaxico Burress

1. Arenas and Crittenton should be suspended for the rest of this season.

2. The Wizards should use the morality clause to void the rest of Arenas’ $111 million contract, which after this season will tally $78 million.

3. The Wizards should be fined considerably — I’m thinking a high six figures — for even allowing Arenas to store his guns at a public arena and league facility, regardless of whether the guns were kept in a locked area. Bringing a gun inside a NBA facility is prohibited.

NBA commissioner David Stern doesn’t have to act swiftly, but he must act harshly. Players can’t fool around with firearms in a locker room.

Some reports suggest Arenas wasn’t serious when he laid three guns on a chair near Crittenton’s locker and invited him to choose one to settle their beef over an unpaid gambling debt, but who jokes like that? Besides, if you believe what Crittenton’s longtime friend Kendrick “Bookie Ball” Long told the New York Post — the first to break the story — Crittenton clearly missed the punch line of Arenas’ “joke.”

“[Crittenton] was just defending himself,” Long told the Post.

Although I believe that New York City’s grandstanding mayor Michael Bloomberg used Plaxico Burress‘ case for cheap political gain, it can’t be overlooked that Burress took a loaded firearm into a nightclub, thus putting a lot of innocent people at risk.

Full story HERE.

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