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"Richard Jefferson Recounts Gilbert Arenas’ Audacious College Scam: Fake Autographed Basketballs"

Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas reportedly pulled off one of the wildest memorabilia schemes in college history—right under the NCAA's nose. As told by Richard Jefferson, who played alongside him at Arizona, Arenas didn’t exactly “steal 50 to 100 signed team balls,” as he once claimed. Instead, he purchased most of them and then forged the rest of the autographs, distributing the counterfeit basketballs. Jefferson even encountered one of them at the Tucson airport—a real head-turner. If the NCAA had caught wind of it, things could have gotten much worse. Arenas has since earned the nickname "Agent Zero" and forged a big-league career as a dynamic guard—but his college hustle was on another level. #GilbertArenas #RichardJefferson #CollegeBasketball #NCAA #NBAStories #SportsLegends #ThrowbackDrama #NBA #Sports