Overview

• During Monday’s Stephen A. Smith Show, Smith urged Arenas to stop making light of his arrest and acknowledge the gravity of the charges against him.
• Arenas was arrested late last month on conspiracy, illegal gambling and false-statement counts for hosting high-stakes poker games at his Encino mansion.
• After posting bail, Arenas live-streamed jokes about “snitching” on co-defendants, prompting criticism over his casual attitude toward the legal process.
• Smith warned that sponsors and media partners—including ESPN and Underdog—are unlikely to collaborate with Arenas if he risks incarceration.
• A conviction could carry prison time and further damage Arenas’s reputation following his 2009 locker-room gun incident.