BYU juniors Jamal Aytes and Davin Guinn are more than likely done with their basketball careers in Provo, as evidenced by the speeches given by head coach Dave Rose and the players during the team’s postseason banquet on Wednesday night.
Aytes, a 6’6 forward who began his career at UNLV in 2013-14 before transferring to BYU, has a long history of ankle and knee injuries, and played very sparingly this past season with the emergence of freshman Yoeli Childs. As a 4th-year junior, he has one year of eligibility remaining, but it doesn’t look like he will use it based on the observations of the Salt Lake Tribune’s Jay Drew, who was at the banquet:
“Aytes spoke briefly as well, thanking the entire BYU community for the love and support he received since joining the program in 2013.