Former NBA Star Gilbert Arenas Claims Two Recent Players Were Paid $200K to Attend Duke

Posted Sep 16, 2019
Gilbert Arenas claimed in the Instagram comments of a Stephen A. Smith video that he knows players have been paid to go to Duke. “u really think players are going to duke without being paid over Kentucky??? I know two players in the last 5 years that’s gotten (200k) to attend duke,” Arenas wrote. “how many west coast kids leave the west to go to college??????" (Mediaite.com)

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