NBA star couldn’t afford gas and had to sleep in the stadium

When most of you hear the name Gilbert Arenas, you probably think of a gun, but Gilbert Arenas was much more than that.

He was an elite NBA player, one of the best and most talented guards of our time. He was a three-time All-Star and a member of three All-NBA teams. In his second year in the league, Agent 0 won the MIP Award. In his prime from 2003-2007 he was a nightmare for any opponent.

Arenas stayed at the stadium

It’s even more amazing that he spent his entire rookie salary of $845,000 before the draft, leaving him with a weekly budget of just $500 for the entire 2001-02 season. It even resulted in Arenas sleeping at the Warriors arena because he couldn’t afford the gas for the round trip.

Rude awakening upon arrival in Washington

“You’ve played and trained all your life to be here, and then when you get here it’s a rude awakening. You’re nowhere near what’s expected. you are not good enough You have a two-year contract, I have no money. It wasn’t fun. I even said at the time, ‘I wish I could go back to college. I took a pay cut to come here’…

At the beginning of the season I wasn’t good enough to be allowed on the floor. So that anger and that urge to sit in the gym for hours and watch movies was what drove me.”