NBA: 8 Things You May Not Know About Gilbert Arenas

As a basketball player, Gilbert Arenas may be a hot topic to discuss at the moment with the NBA's March 15th trade deadline looming large. However, how much about the star who has played for the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards and Golden State Warriors do you actually know?

Here are eight humbling facts about Gilbert Arenas, a player who was formerly given the No. 0 jersey because his detractors thought he would get on the court for that much time at the University of Arizona.

1. Arenas has a huge collection of jerseys of players, both past and present. The number of autographed jerseys currently runs up to more than 500. 

2. If Beyonce teamed up with Gilbert Arenas, you would think it would be for a show-stopper. That was not quite the case, though, during Beyonce's experience tour in 2007. Arenas gave good support for Beyonce's pre-concert food donation drive in Washington, D.C.

3. Arenas purchased goods worth $18,000 and delivered them to Hurricane Katrina victims sheltered at the D.C. Armory in 2005.

4. He also setup the Zero 2 Hero Foundation. This foundation works for children by raising funds to support organizations that provide foster care, adoption and child welfare services. Organizations helping the homeless are also supported.

5. He also bought a chair used and autographed by Barack Obama at a Wizards game. This brought a donation of $25,000 to Wizards care.

6. A further six organizations that provided for the homeless were aided by Arenas when he teamed up with Magic Johnson for the Freddie Mac Hoops for the Homeless Basketball Tournament at Verizon Center in 2007.

7. A boy who unfortunately lost his family in a fire when he was 10 years old is mentored by Gilbert Arenas. Arenas got him a job as a ball boy with the Wizards, and he goes out often with him to alleviate the loss of an entire family.

8. Finally, through Arenas' Scores for Schools program, he has donated $348,150 over the past three seasons. This money is donated to public schools throughout Washington, D,C. Initially, he used to donate $100 per point that he scored. Last season, he increased that to $150 for every point that the highest scorer from his team scored.

"When I leave the NBA," Arenas has stated, "I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say, 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.'"