Arenas, top-5 recruit in ’26, reclassifying to ’25
High-five recruit Alijah Arenas, son of former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, is within the technique of reclassifying into the 2025 class, his father introduced Monday night time.
Arenas made the announcement on his NBA Watch Get together stream.
“We’re reclassing up proper now. I feel they simply permitted it at this time,” Arenas stated. “That is his senior yr now.”
A 6-foot-6 guard from Chatsworth Excessive College (California), Arenas is ranked as the No. 1 shooting guard and the No. 4 overall prospect in the 2026 class. If he does certainly full his reclassification, he’ll turn into one of many 5 finest obtainable recruits within the nation.
Arenas is likely one of the elite scorers in highschool basketball. In six video games on the Adidas 3SSB in July, Arenas averaged 22.0 factors and 4.2 rebounds, making higher than 46% of his makes an attempt from 3-point vary. That stretch included a 29-point, six-rebound effort in opposition to top-five recruit Nate Ament‘s Crew Loaded VA staff.
Arenas’ recruitment shouldn’t be too superior, though he lately visited Arizona for the Wildcats’ sport in opposition to Duke and has additionally been to UCLA’s campus. Alijah Arenas’ sister Izela performs at Louisville, and the Cardinals have been concerned in Alijah’s recruitment.
Different colleges linked to Arenas embody Kentucky, which reportedly provided him final month, Kansas, Alabama, Texas and USC.
He’ll flip 18 years outdated in March.
Gilbert Arenas performed two seasons at Arizona, serving to lead the Wildcats to the 2001 nationwide championship sport, earlier than spending greater than a decade within the NBA. He was a three-time NBA All-Star, incomes All-NBA honors in three consecutive seasons 2005-07.
