Alijah Arenas, son of ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas, in induced coma after serious vehicle crash: reports

Alijah Arenas, a five-star hoops imaginable and lad of erstwhile NBA subordinate Gilbert Arenas, was reportedly progressive successful a superior conveyance crash, according to aggregate reports Thursday.

Arenas was "hospitalized and placed into an induced coma," ESPN reported. The 18-year-old California autochthonal was traveling successful a Tesla Cybertruck soon earlier 5 a.m. successful Los Angeles, according to TMZ Sports.

Arenas precocious committed to the USC Trojans men's hoops team. 

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Alijah Arenas of the Chatsworth Chancellors prepares to sprout a escaped propulsion against the Jesuit Marauders successful the 2nd fractional of a boys CIF State Division II title hoops crippled astatine the Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento, California, connected March 15. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

In December 2024, Arenas was 1 of the top-ranked shooting guards successful the 2026 class. He precocious asked to beryllium reclassified arsenic a elder to let him to postgraduate from precocious schoolhouse successful 2025. 

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Gilbert spent 12 seasons successful the NBA, playing for 4 antithetic franchises. He hosts the basketball-centric "Gil's Arena" podcast.

Gilbert participated successful a peculiar father-son infinitesimal earlier this period astatine the McDonald's All-American Game successful New York. In an interview, the younger Arenas spoke astir immoderate of the similarities helium shares with his father. 

Former NBA subordinate Gilbert Arenas talks with his lad Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth astatine halftime against Monterey during a CIF State Division IV boys hoops title crippled astatine the Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento connected March 9, 2024. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

"Our personalities are a small the same," Alijah said. "I consciousness similar that's my dad's dream, too, that I could get to that level."

During a caller variation of Philadelphia 76ers defender Paul George's "Podcast P," the elder Arenas shared immoderate details astir the acquisition of coaching his son.

McDonald's All-American West defender Alijah Arenas dribbles the shot during the archetypal fractional astatine Barclays Center successful Brooklyn, N.Y., connected April 1. (Pamela Smith/Imagn Images)

"Ain’t nary days off. ... We get [300 or] 400 shots up earlier school," Gilbert said. "He’s coachable ... depending connected what time it is. In the mornings, we’ll get up astatine similar 5:30 truthful helium [practices] an hr and a half. [He goes to school, comes location and then] works out, and we got lifting close after. And past we got much shooting, much dribbling."

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Gilbert has 5 children, 4 of whom helium shares with his ex-wife, Laura Govan, Alijah's mother.

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