Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards may now have reached the point of being irreconcilable regardless of the outcome of Friday's proceedings in the criminal case against Arenas, according to people close to Arenas and the team's management.

The type of plea Arenas agreed to would not be enough to allow the Wizards to void the $80 million remaining on the six-year, $111 million contract Arenas signed with the team in July 2008, other sources said. Yet neither side may be interested in reviving the relationship if and when the NBA reinstates Arenas, whom Commissioner David Stern suspended indefinitely Jan. 6.

A person close to Arenas said Thursday that Arenas believes President Ernie Grunfeld and the Wizards management failed to support him following his locker room confrontation on Dec. 21 with teammate Javaris Crittenton.

"If your own franchise, the people you considered family, weren't there for you when you needed them most, would you want to play for them and be around them anymore?" said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Arenas "was wrong for bringing guns into the locker room, and it's going to mean pleading guilty to a felony. It's serious business. But the way this came out and how Ernie and the organization handled the facts makes you wonder if he will ever play for them again."

Sources close to the situation said that if Arenas cannot be traded and his contract cannot be voided, brokering a peace between the team and the player would be difficult.

"Until Gilbert realizes none of this would have happened if he hadn't brought guns in the locker room and accepts responsibility for his actions, he won't be welcomed back anywhere," said an NBA official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.