Joe DeMartino, ESPN Editor 9y

Here's what happens when Gilbert Arenas plays a carnival basketball game

Athletes! They're just like you and me, save for a combination of superhuman focus and physical talent that enables them to do things like hit 100 mph fastballs or dunk on 10-foot rims. Gilbert Arenas hasn't played in the NBA since the 2011-12 season, but if this photo is to be believed, he's still a thousand times better at basketball than the rest of us:

If this is true, I don't blame the carnival staff in the slightest for cutting him off. There are only so many gigantic stuffed animals in the world, you know. Wouldn't want a shortage.

UPDATE: It appears Arenas has not been banned for life.

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