By Justin Worsley
The Washington Wizards have fined point guard Gilbert Arenas an undisclosed amount of money after the team discovered Arenas faked an injury in order to give his backup, Nick Young, a shot at having more playing time during the Wizards 107-92 preseason victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Prior to the games, Arenas, 28, told coach Flip Saunders that his knee was a little sore and stiff during a morning practice and that he would most likely not play that night.
Young had a team-high 24 points in the win.
Arenas is trying to get back in the good graces of not only the Wizards organization, but with the NBA in general. The league suspended Arena's for 50 games last season after Arenas brought in an unloaded firearms to the teams home stadium, the Verizon Center, during an altercation with then teammate Javaris Crittenton over gambling debts. The incident put Arenas in a halfway house for 30 days and he is also under probation for the next two years.
If Arenas, a three-time all-star, had played, it would have been his first game since his suspension. Arenas has told the Washington Post that he will play in Thurday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
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