Javaris Crittenton has broken his silence on many podcasts since Netflix’s Untold: Shooting Guards premiered. The documentary revisits his tragic 2009 gun incident with Gilbert Arenas and his 2011 manslaughter conviction. Now, having appeared on several podcasts, Crittenton has shared raw reflections on his downfall and other aspects of his life. He aims to reclaim his narrative while owning his mistakes. Also, his story interestingly serves as a stark reminder of how quickly privilege can vanish.

Javaris Crittenton has been on air a lot recently, especially with one specific person, none other than Gilbert Arenas. On Gil’s Arena, the former teammates dropped truth bombs about their relationship. “Me and you were super close. You was my partner. We used to hang out all the time,” Crittenton revealed, pushing back against polarizing media narratives. “The media created a completely different narrative because of the situation. People really have no clue how close we were.” And recently, they traded some interesting career stories at an NBA Playoff Watch Party with the ex-Warriors star Nick Young.

One of those stories involved some pending debts Nick Young owes to Javaris Crittenton. He playfully recalled a decade-old receipt during their podcast appearance. “Hey Nick, you know what I just thought about? He owe you money? He owe me some money, man,” Crittenton interjected, his tone dripping with mock outrage. And the floodgates opened up…

Crittenton responded: “You remember when I gave you my when I you you switched, you gave me your Range Rover, I gave you my Maserati and I went out of town and I didn’t drive your ring?” The memory clearly still stung as he jokingly continued: “You remember what you did to my Maserati and my iPod band? I need my money, man. My white Louis Vuitton belt. I need my money.” And to add fuel to the fire, Gilbert Arenas deadpanned his legal strategy.

“I’ll take it out of his check,” he said. But then came the mic drop moment: “Cause he just—the fact that I can use that in the court of law. I heard you, I heard all I heard is what I needed to hear.” With finality, Arenas said “Well, I remember this. Okay.” Nick innocently tried interrupting in between and said, “No I forgot I had his Maserati” while not being able to contain his laughter all the while. And although it didn’t work, it was sweet to watch him try.

This wasn’t just banter it was an inside moment revealed to us. The unscripted exchange revealed the deep camaraderie that defined their Wizards days where Maseratis, iPods and designer belts were just part of the locker room economy.

Nick Young reveals wild story and it’s not about Javaris Crittenton

In a recent podcast clip with Undergrndlounge, Nick Young shared a telling moment that foreshadowed the Wizards’ infamous locker room gun drama. The story begins not with Javaris Crittenton, but with Gilbert Arenas and a BB gun during what should have been a serious team meeting. Nick young revealed “He shot me with a BB gun in the gun meeting,” Young recalled, still sounding baffled by the memory.

Now you’d think that the people coming in to impose rules about not using guns and firearms, will have a strict response to this situation right? But the reaction from officials? Shockingly indifferent. “They looked and said, so, um… yeah, don’t bring guns, make sure you sign up,” Young said, mimicking the staff’s weak response. Arenas, sitting beside him, confirmed it without hesitation: “I shot, I shot this m*therf*****.”

But Arenas was quick to explain his reasoning: “They came to the crib and shot me while I was asleep.” When he later found a BB gun in Young’s locker, the retaliation made sense to him. For Young, that moment was revealing: “That’s when I knew he had power.” This incident seems almost comical compared to what followed between Javaris Crittenton and Arenas. Yet, it exposes the unchecked culture that allowed bigger problems to escalate. The BB gun prank was just a joke. But it was also a warning sign of the chaos brewing behind closed doors. As Arenas reflected later, with a mix of remorse and bravado: “There’s always a line between being a prankster and going too far… And I was always on that line.“