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The NBA has suspended Wizards star Gilbert Arenas for the remainder of this season for breaking its gun rules and pleading guilty to a felony gun charge in Washington, D.C.

Arenas met with NBA commissioner David Stern for one hour in Manhattan Wednesday, after which the league announced that Arenas would serve what would amount to a 50-game ban.

The other Wizard involved in the Dec. 21 incident, Javaris Crittenton, also was suspended for the rest of the season. Crittenton has been out for most of the season with a foot injury.

Arenas and Crittenton each had guns in the Wizards locker room during a heated confrontation that was a result of a gambling dispute.

"There is no justification for their conduct," Stern said.

Arenas last played a game on Jan. 5 and reportedly recommended to Stern that he be banished for the rest of the season. Arenas appealed to the Players Association not to appeal the penalty and the NBAPA has honored his wishes.

According to sources, Stern did not consider imposing a lifetime ban on Arenas, a three-time All-Star and the face of the Wizards' troubled franchise.

The suspension may be the least of Arenas' troubles. He faces up to six months in jail after pleading guilty to carrying a pistol in Washington, D.C., without a license. Sentencing is March 26.

The Wizards could try to void Arenas' contract if he goes to jail. He was making $16 million this season and has four seasons left at $80 million.

Crittenton was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation and community service after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge.

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.