The chances of Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas making the roster for the upcoming NBA Jam are looking increasingly bleak. After hinting that he might appear in future updates for the WiiWare title, Electronic Arts has backtracked and said that they can’t commit to updates for the title.
The comments made to the Sporting News jive with the relative lack of updates released for WiiWare titles. Electronic Arts had previously attributed his absence to “production deadlines and Gilbert’s current inactive status,” but said that it would be monitoring the situation and suggested that it could update the title in the future.
Arenas was originally suspended for storing unlicensed guns in his locker room and later mockingly “shooting” his teammates during a pre-game ceremony. He was recently sentenced to probation for carrying an unlicensed pistol in violation of Washington D.C.’s gun control laws.