When Deandre Ayton first saw ESPN’s report that alleged Sean Miller discussed paying $100,000 for him, Ayton laughed.
“Because I had just seen other schools on it and other guys’ names on it. And I was like ‘wow,’” he said, likely referring to the Yahoo! reports that came out that same day.
“And then I saw my name and I was like, ‘this is crazy.’ Then I just called my mom and told her what was on it and she was freaking out. I was like ‘we’ll get to the bottom of this.’”
Shortly after ESPN’s report surfaced, Ayton and his family released a statement strongly denying any wrongdoing.