this is in response to the steven a. smith segment. that idea of pro basketball players might be bringing weapons into their locker rooms is hard to believe. nba analyst steven a. smith told me last hour he thinks a lot of secondary issues including race, african-american players, male players in general is all a part of this story. take a listen and we're going to talk about the tweets after this. >> you have quite a few players, it's not the majority but the actions of a few taint the many. you have the actions of a few acting like prisoners in a prison yard or something. >> what do you mean about african-americans? what do you mean -- explain that. >> i'm talking about the arrest of african-american players in the nfl, talking about the behavior of some players on the nba level of african-american decent. something that hasn't been talked about quite enough. >> you think it's cultural? >> i think you can make the argument it's cultural right now because you look at the way guys act and the way some guys are conducting themselves. it

say take one, expletive and when everything just basically elevated. >> this is according to steven a. smith's sources, cnn hasn't confirmed that. good information, steven. did they have a beef before this? did you know anything before this? >> not to my knowledge. the sad thing, gilbert arenas is a very affable individual to know him, a lot of people like him. he doesn't mean any harm to anybody in usual circumstances, but he is going through a lot in his life. this is a guy abandoned by his mom at the age of 3 1/2 years old. >> that is not an excuse. not an excuse anyone should act in that behavior. >> who is saying it anst an excuse. that wasn't me, just giving you some background information to the psychological issues that this guy has had to deal with. that is just one of the things. obviously, when you get $111 million, you get a bit of a big head. clearly, he is engaged in a strong level of idiocy and be dealt w i can assure you this whether it is the u.s. attorney's office, whether it is the metro police in d.c., no matter what they do, trust me, commissioner david stern is going to h

steven a. smith has been covering the nba for espn and nationally syndicated radio host.ou don't have to be totally hip in basketball to ask this very one specific question. and that is what was gilbert arenas doing with guns in a locker room? >> well, clearly from -- from his own admission he was being an idiot. that's only way to slice it now. it is completely catastrophic for the league. mainly for him. specifically because who knows what laws he has violated. it is against the law in d.c. to carry a concealed weapon. for to you carry it into the workplace. you know, all of these different things. there's a litany of violations we are talking about here. and there is a question about the guy that he got involved with. this is a guy that played at georgia tech university. seemed to be somebody of decent intelligence. but yet, still he didn't walk away from the incident himself and who knows what role he played or whether he indeed had a weapon in the arena himself. all of those things have question marks and a story broken by peter vecsey of the new york post. did an ou

a star playing can pick that up. great hands and feet. joe: steven stamkos in the corner and podi will make a break and steckel snared by smith and he will be h ithigh sc it a scoring for tampa bay. >> the teams are making magic. >> nice plan by santos wicked. back hander over the shoulder of the capitals goalie. in the high slot he will find another loose puck and rips it and no chance for the jerseys and the caps have struck and nice little curl off of the back of the leg. yes, all around, mike green with his 11th also on the pv. joe: mike green over 25 minutes per game. beating washington when it comes to ice time and he has authored more goals against tampa bay than any other team in his nhl career. tom fleischmann and miller excusing backstrom from the dock. tampa bay controls the drop. paul szczechura. mike smith was run over in the first period and macky has come off of the pines. alex ovenchin at the line and off side against dc. >> we would expect na was some sort of injury problem for mike smith. joe: remember in the first period he was not woosy and he had a tough time in front of the net when mike green scores. the caps have

smith waiting for the trapezoid and now steven stamkos through the center. >> angled well by semin. didn't get it out however. bo cheney he lost a handle and got it back. michal neuvirth got the pads and foster walks the line. tampa bay top point producer, foster steps in. deflected and scores! a brilliant back hand from steven stamkos. >> i made the point they got to have some guys for the in