There will be no Jump Men or Swooshes in Alijah Arenas' future ... Gilbert Arenas' high school basketball star son tells TMZ Sports he's signing a contract with Adidas!!
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00:00You're entering university, NIL deals are going to be crazy.
00:06Have you had major companies or brands approaching you, wanting to sponsor you?
00:10Yeah, I've had a couple, but now it's deciding, sitting down, before I go open to it, it's
00:18like sitting down and talking with my family just to make sure it's the right fit for me.
00:21Right, I mean your pops was with Adidas, is that right?
00:24Yeah, he's with Adidas, yeah.
00:25Would you be interested in doing something similar?
00:27Yeah, I'm about to sign a deal with Adidas.
00:29Oh you are?
00:30Oh fantastic man, congratulations.
00:32Is that, have you talked about that before?
00:34Uh, no, not really.
00:36That's amazing bro.
00:37Yeah, thank you, thank you.
00:38Your dad must be so proud of you.
00:39Yeah, he is.
00:40You know, it was just like a family decision.
00:42Yeah.
00:43It was pretty easy, just talked about it, you know, it just feels like the good fit
00:47for me.
00:48Did you buy anything to reward yourself, to celebrate?
00:50No, no, no, no.
00:51You haven't bought a thing?
00:52No, no, no.
00:53The, like, to reward myself is just the deal itself.
00:57Right.
00:58That's rewarding enough for me.
00:59Do you invest money or how do you, like, you're going to come upon quite a bit of money in
01:02your career probably.
01:03Do you plan to invest it or do you like lavish things?
01:06No, not really.
01:07I'm pretty simple.
01:08You know, like, especially for the deal that I have now, we're really like tuning in and
01:13looking at it and then what we're going to do is, you know, obviously I'm going to invest,
01:16I'm going to do certain things, but I'm just going to sit down and learn as much as I can
01:20before getting into big steps like that.
01:22You're a smart kid.
01:24Are you excited for university, man?
01:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:26I'm really excited to go to USC.
01:27It's going to be amazing.
01:28Coach Muscleman, the environment, the kids, the school itself, my teammates, everything's
01:32going to be a blast.
01:33It must be hard not to get distracted by girls, like when you go to university, man.
01:37No, no, no.
01:38It's pretty easy.
01:39It's pretty easy.
01:40I'm a gym rat.
01:41You know, I stay in the gym, keep my head down, work hard.
01:42Do you think you can be better than your dad, like a better NBA player than your dad when
01:46all is said and done?
01:47Trick question.
01:48Trick question.
01:49For me.
01:50I love this question.
01:51For me, yes.
01:52You know, as long as I work hard and I stay in the gym, I feel like there's no limit to
01:55what I can do.
01:56Do you and your dad talk about it?
01:57Do you have a bit of a competitive thing?
01:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:59So we've played once in the past.
02:00You know, he's, as he gets older, as I get older, he's stopped, but, you know, it's always
02:04been just like a family thing.
02:06Right.
02:07You think he can get more points in a game than him?
02:08He's known for getting quite a few buckets.
02:0960 is a lot.
02:10I know.
02:11Yeah, I feel like I...
02:12Ah, I love that.
02:13I love that.
02:14Hey, man, you're so cool.
02:15Thank you, sir.
02:16I appreciate your time, man.
02:17Good luck with everything.
02:19Thank you, bro.