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Christian Dawkins: Sean Miller 'Fronted' Deal to Get Deandre Ayton to Arizona

Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball coach Sean Miller allegedly "fronted" a deal that would steer Deandre Ayton to his program when the Phoenix Suns big man was a highly regarded recruit.

On Monday, Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com reported jurors in the federal criminal trial regarding college basketball corruption heard a wiretap revealing as much.

Defendant Christian Dawkins—who was a former runner for former NBA agent Andy Miller—told business partner Munish Sood that Sean Miller "fronted" the deal involving Ayton on a telephone call that FBI wiretaps intercepted in June 2017.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.