Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. was born on January 6, 1982 in the tropical city of Florida, USA.
Serves as Point Guard or Shooting Guard depending on the meeting, with a maximum height of 1.93 meters and an approximate weight of 95 kilograms.
He was raised by his father, since his mother was a drug addict and abandoned them shortly after he was born.
After this they moved to California, where he attended high school and later the University of Arizona, from where he was chosen for the Draft of the NBA of 2001.
At that point, the first-round teams put him aside because he was not tall enough to be a Shooting Guard, or the ability with the ball to be Point Guard.
Finally, in the second round, the Golden state warriors decided to play their chips for him, taking him out of Draft at the 31st position.
Luck was not with him much during his first season, but even so many commentators had the audacity to see him as a future promise of local basketball.
In the 2003 received the award for NBA Most Improved Player Award (The best developed player in the NBA). Before long, when he became a free agent, he was one of the most persecuted among the league’s institutions.
Finally, he decided to sign a contract with the Washington Wizards, after showing the media his incredible method of selection: flipping a coin to choose between the Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers and the Warriors.
After a bad start with the Wizards Due to an abdominal injury during training, things started to go smoothly when he paired offensively with Larry Hughes.
With the averages of both, Washington had one of the most dangerous offensives of the NBA, making Arenas quickly become one of the people’s favorites.
With his somewhat flamboyant and sometimes shocking demeanor, he is well known for being one of the most aggressive and competitive athletes in the league.
During the season 2004-05 was chosen to participate in the All Stars Game, averaging 25.5 points per game and a 45-game winning streak for the Wizards.
In the 2005 his average increased to 29.9 points per game, to which he added 6.1 assists. Despite this, neither fans nor coaches chose him to be part of the All stars.
Still, Arenas made it clear that he intended to win a championship with the Wizards, and that if it was a benefit for the team, he was willing to sign a resignation contract that could give the institution enough money to buy free agents that would allow him a better position.
In the season 2006-07 marked his territory stronger than ever, scoring the decisive points in totally close matches against the Milwaukee bucks, the Utah Jazz and the Seattle SuperSonics.
All these shots were worthy of applause as they closed the matches in favor of Washington with a triple from the air, after the final bell.
Later the December 17, 2006 scored a career record with 60 goals in a single game against Los angeles lakers. Finally, he added 8 rebounds and 8 assists to his statistic to beat the Lakers by 147 to 141.
In turn, as he converted 16 points in the extension of time, he is the creditor of the record of the NBA to the largest number of entries in this period.
He had a very controversial episode when he was not included in the team of the USA who would fight to get the FIBA World Championship 2006.
He said that the team’s coaches did not want his participation and that they had alleged his injury as an excuse that would not do them any good when he played against their teams in the NBA.
In the same statement he added that when they met he would average 50 points in both games with the Suns and the Blazers.
He accomplished part of this feat in the match against the Phoenix suns, looking every time he scored towards the substitute bench where they were Colangelo Y Mike D’Antoni, the national team coaches.
The January 26, 2007 was chosen to be the protagonist of the All Stars Game, but he should have put that honor aside when Gerald wallace of the Charlotte bobcats fell on his leg.
In this way the Washington Wizards they barely arrived at Playoffs, since Caron butler and Arenas were injured, and were finally eliminated by the Cavaliers.
In the postseason he announced that he would launch as a free agent at the end of the season. 2007-08 But if all went well, he didn’t plan to get away from the Wizards.
Together with his teammates Caron Butler, Etan Thomas, DeShawn Stevenson, Antawn Jamison, Jarvis Hayes and Roger Mason Jr. he held a party in which he spent 1 million dollars, which was also attended by many other stars.
He collects player jerseys and has over 200 of them, all autographed. In addition, it has its own line of sneakers Adidas: the Gil ZERO.
He is also the mentor and patron of a child of Washington that he lost his parents in a fire. It is usually seen in public with the child going bowling or just going for a walk.
Personal Distinctions:
NBA Most Improved Placer Award 2003
NBA All Star 2005
NBA All Star 2006
NBA All Star 2007