"My job ain't to wake you up": When Gilbert Arenas shared how he pushed son Alijah Arenas to learn discipline 

Alijah Arenas, son of former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas, is one of the top prospects in high school basketball. He reclassified to the Class of 2025 earlier this month. Alijah will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his father, a three-time NBA All-Star.

In a video uploaded on Sep. 1, 2020, on YouTube by Fubo Sports, Gilbert Arenas talked about parenting, comparing his own style to how his father used to raise him.

"My dad let me find my way and he just made sure when I did need something, it was there. Same thing here (with Alijah Arenas). I wake up to this day 6:30-7, and I work out. I work out two times before he wakes up.

"He asks me to wake him up, 'No no, you got to wake yourself up, you know that ain't my job to wake you up,'" said Gilbert Arenas. (9:51 - 10:25)

The former Orlando Magic player also talked about pushing the Chatsworth High School player without him noticing:

"I'll push and see where he goes. He doesn't know I'm pushing him. We did a leg day, he had EPX weightlifting and then he had to go play with the high school kids and then when it was done, I said Coach Todd's here, I mean he's dead tired.

"He asked why can't he come at six and I said what's the point of six when you can do it now, knowing he's dead tired, just to see if he was going to." (10:30 - 11:23)

The 6-foot-5 shooting guard now ranks at the fourth spot nationally, second in the shooting guard position and third in California.

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Does Alijah Arenas have a dream school?

In a video uploaded by Tarek Fattal on YouTube after Arenas' reclassification, he was asked about his dream school.

"Not much of a dream school, it's just more what piques your interest," Arenas said (1:37 - 1:47). "I haven't really discovered that, really looking into it though."

On3's recruitment prediction machine suggests that UCLA and Arizona have the highest chance of landing Arenas.