Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas is nearing the troubling anniversary of the gun-related locker room incident that led to a 50-game suspension from the NBA and 30 days in a halfway house and two years probation from Washington's legal system.

His imagine has taken an enormous hit, something Arenas still believes has come unfairly.

"Everyone is going to have their judgments about everything," Arenas told Yahoo! Sports. "I never told the real story. Javaris [Crittenton] never told the real story. But everybody had a story out there, and that's the problem. You're judging me off a story that somebody else made up. And that was the part that hurt. That's not fair.

"I look at people different now. I try not to attach myself to people anymore as much because if people heard the real story..."

Those close to Arenas said he remains upset that some early media reports inferred he and Crittenton pointed the guns at each other.

"It's pointless now," Arenas said when asked to explain what really happened. "I already got in trouble.

"If I looked at a newspaper, I became this evil guy. Now wait a minute, what did I do that was actually evil? I don't know. It was frustrating, but ... it's in the past now, so hopefully I can just move on."