Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton said he was "clueless" why his name popped up in allegations that a family friend received $15,000 from an Adidas rep while in high school.
Ex-Adidas rep T.J. Gassnola testified that he paid a family friend of Ayton $15,000 in order to help establish a relationship that might lead to Ayton playing for a school sponsored by Adidas. Ayton chose to play for ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, which is sponsored by Nike.
In the college basketball corruption trial, an ex-adidas consultant testified he paid a family friend of Deandre Ayton $15K to give to Ayton's mom during his junior year of high school. Deandre's response "I don't think they (my family) would do anything like that."
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"On that, I am so clueless on that," Ayton said, in video captured by Phoenix's 12ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. "I don’t know why my name is in that. My family has been supportive of me my whole career and I don’t think they’d do anything like that. But I just know my main goal right now is my first game as an NBA player is Wednesday coming up and I’m ready."
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