Former NBA All-Superstar Gilbert Arenas supplied some key main points from the car crash that landed his son, 5-star basketball recruit Alijah Arenas, in a medically induced coma last week.
Showing on “The Dan Patrick Show,” Gilbert showed Alijah is “doing very well” with out a primary accidents, just about two weeks then he misplaced keep an eye on of his Tesla Cybertruck, crash a fireplace hydrant and slammed right into a tree. Alijah is ranked by Rivals as the No. 4 overall recruit in the Class of 2026 and is recently dedicated to USC.
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When requested to explain his fast response to finding out of the collision early within the morning, Gilbert mentioned he was once first of all perplexed because of a malfunction within the Tesla app:
“Usually I wake up at 4:30 and I go through the Tesla app to see if he’s heading home or at the gym. His car is at the gym, so I continue my workout and my daughter said, ‘What are you doing?’ I said, ‘I’m working out.’ She said, ‘You haven’t heard? Your son just got in an accident.’ ‘At the gym?’ ‘No he’s at the hospital.’
“I simply banned the entirety and trample over there and was once like ‘What the hell’s occurring? Was once it his automobile? What’s occurring?’ I spotted the app in truth malfunctioned. I discovered that out a pair days then when he began waking up.”
Alijah was released from the hospital last week and his father mentioned he was once heading in the right direction for a complete cure. Past there have been negative primary accidents, Gilbert mentioned Alijah was once positioned within the hibernation because of the smoke he inhaled pace trapped within the Cybertruck for a minimum of 10 mins.
Regardless of the early age, a bunch of bystanders, described through Gilbert as “angels,” reportedly heard the crash and managed to get Alijah out of the Cybertruck, which features electronic doors without traditional handles.
“My factor was once ensuring there have been negative damaged limbs, there have been negative burns. Fortunate for him, trapped inside a automobile for see you later, it’s fortunate there have been bystanders that heard the collision that early within the morning that were given him out.
“He was a little stronger than they thought. He was waking up going crazy, so they put him in an induced coma just to get the air … They were getting the smoke and all of that out of his [lungs]. I guess he was in the car, it looked like about 10, 12 minutes … Just inhaling that.”
Tesla’s website online features an explainer on how to open the Cybertruck’s doors when there’s no power, however handiest from the interior. It’s hazy if that was once the status latter pace, however pictures from the scene confirmed the auto’s entrance to be totally wrecked.
Gilbert discussed Alijah nonetheless had a humorousness pace improving. Upon finding out he had woken up from the hibernation in a health center below the UCLA umbrella, the Trojans dedicate reportedly joked about apologizing to USC head tutor Eric Musselman:
“Tell Mus I’m sorry I’m at UCLA.”
Alijah not too long ago completed his teenager season at Chatsworth Top Faculty within the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. The 6-foot-6 safeguard gained do business in from energy techniques together with Kansas, Kentucky and Alabama however opted to stick house with USC in a call introduced in January. He’s the one member of Rivals’ top 10 in 2026 to be dedicated to a faculty.
