Alijah Arenas, one of the top prospects and son of three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, has reclassified from the Class of 2026 to 2025. Arenas talked about the reclassification in a video uploaded on YouTube by Tarek Fattal on Wednesday.
The interviewer asked Arenas about the changes that are going to happen now that he does not have another year to decide on a college.
"It's just exciting like I'm just kind of like ready for it," Arenas said (1:11 - 1:30). "I know what I'm expecting so I'm just here like kind of just ready to take all the hits and then just move forward and keep doing what I'm doing, is the biggest thing like for me nothing is really going to change but just going up so I know what I was expecting going up I'm not just making the uh the decision and not know what I'm doing."
The 6-foot-5 shooting guard has consistently performed at a high level for Chatsworth High School. This season, the Chatsworth, California native is averaging 25.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
In the Adidas 3SSB circuit, Alijah Arenas played for Compton Magic in the 17U level and averaged 21.4 ppg while shooting 48.0%, including 24.3% from beyond the 3-point line.
According to 247Sports, Arenas has offers from 17 colleges including Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, California, Fresno State, UCLA, Washington State and more.
Alijah Arenas talks about dream school
Alijah Arenas will have to make his mind up sooner than expected. The interviewer asked Arenas if he had a dream school.
"Not much of a dream school, it's just more of like kind of like I know I feel like that's for everybody like what picks your interest," Arenas said (1:37 - 1:47). For me, haven't really discovered that, really looking into it though.
"Really looking deep, I'm looking at games, I'm looking at campuses like I'm trying to like look in like even stuff online like talk to a few coaches love love all the coaches out here but I kind narrow it down like the the further we get into kind of like 2025." (1:47 - 2:02)
The Bruins have the best chance of landing the Chatsworth, CA native at 34.4%. The Wildcats have a 30.1% chance, followed by the Bulldogs, who have a 2.3% chance of doing so.
Which college will we see Alijah Arenas play for?