If you want to know why I’m calling Gilbert an idiot look no further than the picture above. Here he’s pictured shooting imaginary pistols during pregame introductions a day after meeting with the US district attorney over a reported weapons violation. Now although not a total result of the picture he finds himself suspended without pay.
Some people just don’t get it. I’m kind of hoping the NBA voids the rest of his $111 million contract so the Wizards can use that money to go after a big name free agent this summer. I mean why should us fans after suffer through more years of mediocrity over this fools actions. I say that but I can’t say I’d care less what happens to Gilbert after that, because even after it’s all over I’ll probably still look to watch Gilbert where ever he plays. He’s that talented an athlete and entertaining a personality but in this situation he’s continually showed bad judgement whether it be taking to brash rants on Twitter or during introductions in last night’s game and he deserves every bit of punishment that he gets.
Here goes a guy who came from nothing to be one of the best clutch players in the NBA. Raised by a single dad, he wears the number zero because he says nobody ever thought he’d be “somebody”. Well he came along way but now Gilbert is doing nothing but giving those people more ammunition(pardon the pun). Maybe it is a good thing he sit down for a minute. Maybe the flux of media criticism is coming too fast for him to control and make good decisions. Or maybe he is just an idiot. He probably needs to take sometime to come up with a calculated move to come back from this. Will that comeback involve playing in the NBA? Who knows. With Gilbert you never know.
