DeRozan Rumors
Words. HShoop
DeMar DeRozan (photo. McDonald’s All-American Game)
ESPN’s four-month investigation of O.J. Mayo’s relationship with Rodney Guillory, Bill Duffy Associates and USC might have a domino affect that touches the Trojans ‘08 Class. Tim Floyd’s star recruit DeMar DeRozan is supposedly going to opt out of his letter of intent if USC is punished for the Mayo fiasco.
“This is a good wake-up call,” Jermaine DeRozan, DeMar’s half-brother, said. “I’m just hoping SC doesn’t get put on probation [If it does], I would get . . . out of there.”
To add another wrinkle to the story, Guillory supposedly contacted DeRozan a few years back to get him to play on his AAU team. But DeRozan’s dad Frank had no part of it.
“Frank DeRozan said Guillory once attempted to recruit DeMar to play for his Amateur Athletic Union team, and when his advances were rebuffed, Guillory told other AAU coaches that DeMar was 15 years old when in fact he was 13.
The family then had to go to some lengths to straighten out the discrepancy.
“He was real mad because DeMar wouldn’t play on his team,” Frank DeRozan said of Guillory. “He went out and lied to a couple of other AAU coaches and said DeMar was older than he was. I said [to Guillory], ‘You can’t say nothing else to me.’ “
If DeRozan does in fact de-commit from USC, don’t expect him to leave the area. His mother is battling lupus, and DeMar supposedly won’t want to leave California.
[...] fact-fiding regarding DeMar DeRozan’s potential opting out of his LOI to USC, comes in this note from Nike’s HighSchoolHoop.com: ESPN’s four-month investigation of O.J. Mayo’s relationship with Rodney Guillory, Bill Duffy [...]
UCLA’s already loaded. Maybe Derozan should go to Cal or Fresno State.