It doesn’t feel it’s been over a decade since Gilbert Arenas called it an NBA career. But Agent Zero is now an NBA talking ahead who’s raising a new generation of future hoops stars. When Arenas suited up for the Golden State Warriors, he met the former Sacramento Kings’ publicist, Laura Govan. During their relationship from 2002 to 2014, they had four children. Izela, Alijah, Hamiley, and Aloni are old enough to get attention outside their All-Star dad and reality TV maven mom.
The Arenas kids are phenomenal athletes who can go up against active NBA pros. See who these future NBA/WNBA stars with the Arenas names are.
Izela Arenas
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The eldest of Gilbert Arenas and Laura Govan’s kids, Izela Arenas, demonstrated basketball potential at a young age. She came to national attention at Sierra Canyon, where LeBron James’ went. Ranked no.88 by espnW HoopGurlz, Izela was one of the select few teens selected for the Jordan Brand Classic.
At Sierra Canyon, she won won a CIF Open Division championship, a CIF State Open Division championship, an ESPN national championship and four league championships. She’s a big part of the reason Sierra Canyon was ranked no.1 in the country.
Among the many offers from programs like Oregon, Arizona and Iowa State, the 5’9″ recruit picked Louisville. She’s currently a guard for the Cardinals who are looking to add another Arenas in their ranks.
Alijah Arenas
Alijah Arenas was born on March 16, 2007. Currently in his junior season at Chatsworth High School in California, he just reclassified for the 2025 class. The 6’6″ teen is already fielding college from UCLA, UTEP, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, and his sister’s school Louisville.
The 5-star shooting guard has all the makings to outclass Agent Zero. Gil had his son playing in NBA camps against the likes of Kevin Durant, Benedict Mathurin, Moses Moody, and Naz Reid. He’s got James Harden as a mentor attending his games too.
Alijah is an elite scorer ranked as a top 5 prospect. In six games on the Adidas 3SSB earlier this year, the 17-year-old averaged 22.0 points and 4.2 rebounds, and is 46% from the 3-point range. In one game he went 29 points with 6 rebounds.
Hamiley Arenas
No Chill Gil’s youngest daughter celebrated her Sweet 16 on December 9. Both her mom and her stepmom had the cutest birthday wishes for Hamiley. The Basketball Wives star threw it back to the days Hamiley was a little dancing machine. “To My One & Only they’ll Forever ever,” Govan captioned that post. “JUST BE YOU! Happy Birthday My Love.” Laura was on a roll since then, sharing more pictures with her kids.
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Gilbert Arenas’ fiancee, Melli Monaco also shared a cute picture of Hamiley on Monday and wrote, “Happy Birthday Beautiful!”
Govan calls Hamiley her miracle baby. She revealed a few times before that Hamiley was born breech. “8 months in & my amniotic sac erupted in my belly, and she had 23 mins to get out of my belly. My rib was broken getting her out and hearing her first breath,” Govan wrote on a birthday post to Hamiley.
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Hamiley has outgrown her dancer childhood. She’s a hooper like her dad and siblings at Notre Dame Sherman Oaks. In her birthday week, she dropped 30 points in one game blowing away the Internet when her mom and stepmom gloated about it.
Aloni Arenas
The youngest of the Arenas sibs, Aloni has been dominating the court since 7th grade. The 13-year-old recently debuted with the Compton Magic and delivered a 34-point performance. He’s still building his stat sheet but is already giving his mom, stepmom and siblings bragging rights with his talents.
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