Gilbert Arenas Says NBA Stars Are Less 'Faithful' During Season: 'Different Girls Every City'

The retired NBA player also joked that he averages up to 12 lies to his wife daily.

Former Washington Wizard Gilbert Arenas talks during a press conference at Capital One Arena on November 18, 2022.
Image via Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Gilbert Arenas broke down how NBA players get away with wild infidelities during a recent livestream with N3on.

On the Monday (Oct. 23) stream, Arenas, who married Melli Monaco in January, detailed athletes living a bachelor lifestyle on the road, even when they have wives and girlfriends, or WAGs.

The former Washington Wizards shooting guard retired after the 2011-2012 season, but during his time in the NBA, he was in a relationship with Laura Govan. The exes were briefly engaged and share four children, while Arenas has a fifth child from a later relationship.

Around the 53-minute mark of the video below, Arenas told N3on that the "bad habits" come out when the NBA season begins.

"So when the season starts, now I'm flying to Miami. Now I'm flying to Atlanta. Now I'm flying to Los Angeles, New York, right? Houston," he told the streamer. "Coming in [at] 2, 3 in the morning. Where am I going? Strip club."

"So we are partying and drinking and partying and drinking damn near every city we go," he continued. "Different girls every city we go. So we're partying during the season on our work schedule. In the summer, we ain't doing none of that, 'cause our our girlfriends and our family's here. So, I can't be like, 'Yo, I'm about to go to Miami real quick.'"

Arenas added that professional basketball players are "more faithful" in the off-season.

Earlier in the conversation, Arenas questioned N3on's preference for having a woman come over at 7 p.m. and cuddling with her rather than sleeping with her.

After Arenas suggested that the streamer kick the woman out by 11 p.m. and claim he has "shit going on," N3on panicked and asked, "You want me to lie to a girl's face?"

"Who cares? I lie to my wife every 11, 12 lies a day. That's my job to lie. Her job is to try to catch the lie," Arenas joked.

The retired athlete revealed just how much he lies last year when he described how he swapped a $400,000 engagement ring with a fake version before breaking up with Govan.

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