Episode 270 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the hardwood discussing Gilbert Arenas.
It
was an uphill climb to NBA stardom for Arenas. Homeless for a brief
period as a child, Arenas was also lightly recruited coming out of the
Los Angeles area during the late 1990s.
Many scoffed that he
would be able to earn a single minute of playing time for the powerhouse
Arizona Wildcats. However, Arenas proved his doubters wrong. Wearing
number “0,” he started as a Freshman & then helped lead the Wildcats
to an NCAA Title Game appearance as a Sophomore.
An outstanding
shooter and scorer who could play both the Point and Shooting Guard
positions at 6’4” 215 lbs., many predicted Arenas would be a lottery
pick. Yet poor interviews and an injury sustained during a workout led
to a slide at the beginning of the second round which stopped with the
Golden State Warriors at 31 overall in the 2001 NBA Draft.
By his
second season with the Warriors Arenas was named the NBA’s Most
Improved Player. This in turn led to a lucrative Free Agent contract he
signed with the Washington Wizards. Overall, Arenas was a 3x All-Star in
Washington & led them to three postseason trips.
Sadly,
injuries and poor judgement which included him pleading guilty to a
felony firearms charge derailed his career before his 30th birthday.
Nevertheless,
“Agent Zero” despite the controversy remains one of the best players in
the histories of the Arizona Wildcats and the Washington Wizards.
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