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Arizona basketball: 30 Greatest Wildcats of all time

By Shereen Rayan

TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 22: Former Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson waves to fans as he walks with wife Kelly Pugnea during the first half of the college football game against the Utah Utes at Arizona Stadium on September 22, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 22: Former Arizona Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson waves to fans as he walks with wife Kelly Pugnea during the first half of the college football game against the Utah Utes at Arizona Stadium on September 22, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr/ALLSPORT
Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr/ALLSPORT /

Arizona Basketball Greatest Player No. 11 – Gilbert Arenas

Position: Point Guard, Shooting guard

Years at Arizona: 1999-2001

College Stats: 15.8 pts, 3.8 reb, 2.2 Ast, 1.9 stl, 0.2 blk

College Awards: 

2000 Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
2001 NCAA Tournament All-Region
2001 1st Team Pac-10

NBA Draft: 2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall Selected by the Golden State Warriors 
Years in the NBA: 11

NBA Awards:
2003 NBA Most Improved Player
2003 NBA All-Star weekend Rookie Game MVP
NBA All-Star 2005, 2006, 2007
2007 All-NBA 2nd Team
All-NBA 3rd Team 2005, 2006

The notorious Gilbert Arenas was one of the best players in the world if not at Arizona and in the NBA. He spent 11 years for five teams in the NBA and racked up numerous awards including being voted an NBA All-Star in four years during his career.

Nicknamed Hibachi, Arenas along with Richard Jefferson, led his team to the final four then declared for the 2001 NBA Draft and was picked 31st overall. He brought unloaded guns into the Wizards locker room on his 28th birthday in January 2010 and was suspended. Arenas wrote an apology in the Washington Post in February, then was sentenced to probation and by May he was cleared and continued his career with the Wizards changing his number from zero to nine.

After losing to the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference Championship with the Grizzlies, Arenas went to play for the Shanghai Sharks of the CBA in China.

We predict Arenas, or Agent Zero, will make a huge splash in his career comeback entering the BIG3 Draft in 2019. Just recently, Arenas made 95 of 100 3-pointers in practice.

Yes, he still has it, but he also makes waves with his social commentary, most recently chiming in on Khloe Kardashian’s cheating baby daddy. Arenas has also appeared on the YouTube show Out of Bounds where you can enjoy his commentary. Arizona went to the NCAA Final Four and finished as runner-up. Arenas talks about NCAA corruption, being the big man on campus and getting free meals from fans in Tucson in this episode which includes this quote, “We were Arizona, we were the shit!”

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