Alijah Arenas in coma after car crash: Everything we know about USC commit, Gilbert's son

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The basketball world learned terrible news about Alijah Arenas, who was involved in a car crash and is now reportedly in a medically induced coma.

According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the 18-year-old basketball player was involved in a "serious car crash" on Thursday morning. Arenas, the son of three-time NBA All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas, was hospitalized and placed into a medically-induced coma following the accident per Charania.

Arenas recently played in the McDonald's All-American Game and played high school basketball at Chatsworth High School in Los Angeles. He is a five-star recruit committed to play at USC next season.

Five-star prospect and USC commit Alijah Arenas was involved in a serious car crash early Thursday morning, hospitalized and placed into an induced coma, sources tell ESPN. Arenas, 18, is the son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 24, 2025

We will continue to update this story as more information comes.

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