Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas had jokes after the FBI arrests of Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier on Thursday morning as part of a years-long probe into illegal sports gambling and illegal poker games.
And those jokes led to a spat with “foul” ex-ESPNer Rachel Nichols.
During Thursday’s installment of the “Gil’s Arena” show, Arenas, clad in a No. 24 Huskies jersey, danced to the set carrying a brown paper bag labeled “Informant Lunch.”
Arenas was indicted on three federal charges on July 30 in connection with a federal indictment that alleges he hosted illegal high-stakes poker games at his mansion in Encino, Calif.
When his co-hosts asked about it, Arenas said, “Informant? Nah, nah, nah, this is lunch … This is my lunch, man. I didn’t get to eat it over there, man. I was talking too much.”
“Got that Informant Lunch special this morning 
,” Arenas, 43, wrote on Instagram, adding the hashtag, “Agent Zero,” referring to his nickname.
Arenas made it clear that he didn’t have any involvement with the FBI’s probe into the cases with Billups, Rozier and Damon Jones.
“Two of them n—-s is gambling on NBA, one is throwing poker games and robbing his friends — It ain’t got s–t to do with me,” Arenas said.
After Arenas’ arrest, he joked on a livestream that he was “snitching” before he walked back his comments and said he had “nothing to do” with it.
After the news of Thursday’s NBA gambling probe — which included the arrest of former NBA player and ex-Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones — a video resurfaced of Arenas celebrating his release from a Los Angeles jail following his July arrest for a separate gambling probe.
Arenas was released on a $50,000 bond after pleading not guilty.
Arenas was charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of operating an illegal gambling business and one count of making false statements to federal investigators.
Former ESPN host Rachel Nichols, who currently serves as an analyst for Fox Sports 1, was among those that reshared the video Thursday. She appears to have since deleted it.
Gilbert Arenas says “snitching Gil coming soon” after being indicted on three federal charges accusing him of renting out his house for, and helping arrange, an illegal poker gaming racket. Gil is facing up to five years in prison but seems, um, willing to cut a deal. pic.twitter.com/cJLCoiUO3D— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) July 31, 2025
Arenas saw it and called Nichols “foul” for reposting the video and suggesting he “possibly snitched” on Billups, Rozier and Jones.
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