Avenatti is out of jail and firing off names on Twitter. So far he has insinuated that Arizona cheated to get DeAndre Ayton, Oregon cheated to get Bol Bol and UNLV cheated to get Brandon McCoy.
On his Twitter account Tuesday morning, Avenatti wrote, "Ask Deandre Ayton and Nike about the cash payments to his mother and others. Nike’s attempt at diversion and cover-up will fail miserably once prosecutors realize they have been played by Nike and their lawyers at [the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner]. This reaches the highest levels of Nike." Ayton played collegiately for one year at Arizona before becoming the first pick in the NBA draft last year. Avenatti included no specifics to back up his allegation.
Avenatti also claimed Oregon freshman center Bol Bol, a top-five NBA prospect and the son of former NBA player Manute Bol, “received large sums of money from Nike,” and the attorney even attempted to implicate Nike director of elite youth basketball Carlton DeBose.
And of course, Avenatti didn’t stop there. He brought up Adidas consultant Merl Code, who received a six-month prison sentence for his role in college basketball’s federal fraud scandal.
He also tweets out "And Duke".
Blackmail, or legit? Or both?
On his Twitter account Tuesday morning, Avenatti wrote, "Ask Deandre Ayton and Nike about the cash payments to his mother and others. Nike’s attempt at diversion and cover-up will fail miserably once prosecutors realize they have been played by Nike and their lawyers at [the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner]. This reaches the highest levels of Nike." Ayton played collegiately for one year at Arizona before becoming the first pick in the NBA draft last year. Avenatti included no specifics to back up his allegation.
Avenatti also claimed Oregon freshman center Bol Bol, a top-five NBA prospect and the son of former NBA player Manute Bol, “received large sums of money from Nike,” and the attorney even attempted to implicate Nike director of elite youth basketball Carlton DeBose.
And of course, Avenatti didn’t stop there. He brought up Adidas consultant Merl Code, who received a six-month prison sentence for his role in college basketball’s federal fraud scandal.
He also tweets out "And Duke".
Blackmail, or legit? Or both?