![]() ![]() Below, Gilbert has just activated the pool’s waterfall with an app.Īlijah disappears momentarily out of view, then dashes off the roof hovering in mid-air - two dozen feet above the world - for what seems like an eternity. “It’s going to be OK.” Alijah Arenas, son of Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, jumps from the roof of their home into the pool in Woodland Hills, California.Īlijah Arenas stands on the rooftop of the pool house. “It’s going to be alright, Daddy,” said the boy. In the passenger seat, the boy touched his father’s arm. He refused to let the tears fall in front of Little Gil. On Monday, they were off to a shelter in Pasadena – but it didn’t allow kids either, so it was back to the park. There was no occupancy for children, but the manager provided pillows and blankets and allowed them to stay in the gym for the weekend. went to the YMCA near the park in Burbank. The next morning they had hot chocolate and donuts for breakfast. He would put his large hand on his shoulder before drifting off to sleep himself. He waited for young Gilbert to fall asleep first. ![]() He tucked the car in a filthy alcove and positioned large trash cans in front of it. It gave him and his son a modicum of safety. drove to a Thrifty Store and parked in the dank alley behind it under a streetlamp. They had surely made it.īut a cop tapped on the window and told him he couldn’t stay the night in the park. He wanted to escape a life of nothing in Florida. From Texas to Cali, he was driving on energy. ![]() He can’t recall a gas station he had stopped at. He had arrived from Tampa less than 12 hours ago. It cost a few hundred dollars and was pushing 100,000 miles, but the coupe had heart. He parked the RX-7 he bought from his brother at Olive Park in Burbank. The man behind the wheel is confused and tired. The Second Act of Gilbert Arenas begins on a very dark night.Īll safety has long since been abandoned. This is the story of a father and a son, the son who became a father and the prodigy who will exceed them both … although he doesn’t know it yet. Gilbert Arenas is a father of five entering a new phase, training a brood of basketball prodigies who will exceed him in almost every way.Īlijah, the second born, has emerged as a phenomenon - 16, skinny, with uncommon ability the best guard in Southern California. took his son across the country on a tank of gas and pure adrenaline for a better life - braving homelessness with $30 in his pocket. Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas at his home in Woodland Hills, California. ![]() He offers bold tales and sad regret, each with excruciating detail. He is the opposite of No Chill Gil, the exaggeration of his outsized persona which is showcased on his two popular podcasts. Arenas plops down on a gray sectional in a living room with floor-to-ceiling wraparound windows. The pregame coverage of NBA Finals Game 2 on the 55-inch TV is muted. He is a guy at home by himself on a Sunday morning. He is chill.īoyish, goofball, prankster is what they called him. On this day he is welcoming, quick and engaging. The gregariousness which captured the imagination of an entire eager city desperate for basketball glory.Īnd there’s the half-inch scar just below his hairline he got from trying to backflip off a roof into a swimming pool when he was seven. The innocence which doubled as a tractor beam. His right knee, which he has still yet to have surgery on, bothers him when it’s cold.īut there’s that same laugh. Maybe there are 10 extra pounds on his frame since his last game nine years ago. He is familiar, remarkably unchanged from the days when his on-court heroics wrestled with his off-court infamy 15 years prior. It is cavernous with five bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 10,300 square feet, artwork and rooms people never go in. His house looks like a spaceship docked on the side of a hill, amidst an overgrowth of firs, maples and those California-type trees. One is a near replica of the White House. Some are miniature castles with proud turrets and pointy roofs. Different versions ofApache Tomcat are available for different versions of the specifications.It is a glorious Sunday morning in the Valley, in a gated, sun-drenched community where homes range from ornate to ostentatious. Apache Tomcat ® is an open source software implementation of asubset of the Jakarta EE (formally Java EE) technologies. ![]()
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