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[Justyce1]

Josh Jackson played for an Under Armor AAU team run by his mom and got paid by a few shoe companies and ended up at Kansas.
It means nothing that Ayton came to a Nike school. Most will assume that AZ just offered more than KU. That's where the 100k report will be thrown back in by outsiders, even though the dates don't match up.

The problem is AZ fans are acting like we are the only clean program and everyone's out to get us. The reality is we were recruiting most of the guys in the initial report
Quinerly
Little
Lonnie Walker
Bowen
Not to mention 2 players (Rawles and now Ayton) are said to have been paid under oath.
That's waaay too much smoke.

I guess were supposed to believe that Kansas and other big time programs were paying but we were beating them out for recruits just because?

I hope that's the case, but I highly doubt it is.

Aidids agent Gassnola claims to have paid Deandre Ayton. Arizona is a Nike school, so this makes absolutely no sense at all. 

More than likely this would've meant that they were trying to pay Ayton to go to an Adidas school like Kansas. That is if any of this is even true.

https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1050121277808218113

[GoCatZ]

They still have to show actual proof of payment. I bet there's none because You know they would've by now.

[DWIZZ]

Below is the biggest part of the most recent story regarding Ayton allegedly being paid by Adidas.

Gassnola said it was meant to be a secret operation, suggesting that coaches and schools may not have known about it.

Tells me that they're even saying Miller and Zona wasn't involved

[MDcAtZ]

Interesting that all BUT Ayton committed to Adidas schools... Doesn't add up. Gassnola was very clearly not paying Ayton to go to a Nike school.

[Little George]

Yep, Adidas paid Ayton to go to a Nike school and then sign with Puma. Right!

[AZCatMom]

UGH!  This is depressing right at the start of the season again.  None of it makes sense.  What happened to the FBI agent that disappeared with the money?

[eggdog]

This doesn't have anything to do with Arizona. According to an article from the Washington Post "The payment from Adidas was likely intended to get the star Bahamian big man to play either in Adidas's youth basketball league, commit to an Adidas-sponsored college team, or gain an inside track in signing Ayton to an endorsement deal, and was apparently unsuccessful. Ayton played for a Nike-sponsored youth team, a Nike-sponsored college program and signed an endorsement deal with Puma this summer."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/deandre-ayton-family-was-paid-by-adidas-when-he-was-amateur-witness-testifies-at-trial/2018/10/10/90bac7d4-cccf-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.504fcca78d36

[KansasCityCats]

This doesn't have anything to do with Arizona. According to an article from the Washington Post "The payment from Adidas was likely intended to get the star Bahamian big man to play either in Adidas's youth basketball league, commit to an Adidas-sponsored college team, or gain an inside track in signing Ayton to an endorsement deal, and was apparently unsuccessful. Ayton played for a Nike-sponsored youth team, a Nike-sponsored college program and signed an endorsement deal with Puma this summer."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/deandre-ayton-family-was-paid-by-adidas-when-he-was-amateur-witness-testifies-at-trial/2018/10/10/90bac7d4-cccf-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.504fcca78d36

Exactly...although the ESPN article highlights Ayton in the headlines...despite the fact that Arizona's name was never mentioned thus far in the courtroom.

[Little George]

Seems that getting players to the three schools mentioned were the intentions and Arizona was not mentioned there. If Ayton took money outside of the Arizona time that does not indicate Arizona was at fault. If these kids are being paid in league ball before college then there will be a whole lot more kids that fall into that group.

[WILD]

Here is the latest on the FBI trial. Still all just 2 adidas agents talking amongst themselves about Arizona offering 150k for Little. Still no proof. 

http://twitter.com/MattNorlander/status/1050400228627664897