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Netflix has released the first trailer for Shooting Guards, the latest entry in their sports documentary series Untold. Shooting Guards will tell the infamous story of Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas bringing a gun into the locker room in December 2009.
According to Netflix, Untold: Shooting Guards, which will begin streaming on the platform on Tuesday, May 6, will “unpack how a gambling dispute led to guns drawn in an NBA locker room” between Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton.
As a result of the incident, Gilbert Arenas and Crittenton were suspended for a majority of the 2009-10 season (he had been an All-Star in 2005, 2006, and 2007). Arenas’ career was never the same after the incident, either, as it effectively brought an end to his tenure with the Wizards, as he was traded to the Orlando Magic for Rashard Lewis less than a year after the locker room stand-off.
Crittenton, on the other hand, was charged with the murder of 22-year-old mother-of-four Julian Jones in 2011. He plead guilty to manslaughter in 2012 and was sented to 23 years in prison, although the sentence was later reduced to 10 years, leading to his release in April 2023.
Here is the official synopsis for Untold: Shooting Guards, via Netflix:
“Former Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton shook the basketball world with their infamous gun incident in 2009, but what really went down when guns were drawn in their NBA locker room? Through raw first-hand accounts, Arenas and Crittenton unpack the events that had a life-altering impact on both men, and ultimately led Crittenton down a dark and tragic path. For the first time, this eye-opening documentary reveals the full story.”
Untold: Shooting Guards was directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández and executive produced by Five All in the Fifth’s Douglas Banker alongside Ben Silverman, Howard Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Chapman Way, Maclain Way, Ryan Duffy, Trevor Engelson, and Tim Livingston, and produced by Propagate and Stardust Frames Productions.