Former Louisville Cardinals head coach, Rick Pitino. Photo Credit: SI.com

This fall, sports agent Christian Dawkins, along with Adidas executive Jim Gatto and Adidas consultant Merl Code were charged in their roles of allegedly funneling money to families of two University of Louisville basketball recruits.

Additionally, former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person, Arizona assistant coach Emanuel “Book” Richardson, Oklahoma State assistant coach Lamont Evans and University of South California assistant coach Tony Bland were also charged in connection to the alleged scheme.

An investigation into this case was inevitable. College student athletes are not being paid and should be and universities are making millions off of their labor.

Here’s the billion dollar question in this particular case : What really happened?

Enter tailor, Clarence Jones.C.J.

Jones, a clothier to the stars and owner of Memphis-based, C.J. Custom Clothiers is connected to some of the characters involved. Jones, has designed shirts for Shaq, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley and suits for Gary Payton, Mason Plumlee and more.

A huge portion of Jones’ clientele are Division 1 athletes in the football and basketball world that are in transit to the next level in the NFL and NBA. The bespoke tailor also works with coaches like Duke assistant coach, Jeff Capel and Wake Forest head coach, Danny Manning.

Add the aforementioned Lamont Evans and Christian Dawkins, headliners in the FBI corruption investigation between NCAA coaches, player reps and the Adidas athletic company to that list.

Appearing recently on the Chicago-based The D & Davis Show, Jones tells hosts, Demonze Spruiel and Kenneth Davis that he does not believe Evans and Dawkins are bad guys. Due to his familiarity with some of these key characters, Jones pokes holes in some basic facts given in the investigation reports.

As per Regal Radio’s Kyle Means:

“A lot of stuff put on [Evans] happened at South Carolina, not Oklahoma State,” Jones told The D & Davis Show.

According to Jones, the investigation is going to be a crazy process in trying to figure out who is lying and telling the truth. While on the show, Jones refutes media reports that indicate Dawkins got Evans his job at Oklahoma St.

Jones also delves into the saga surronding embattled former Louisville men’s basketball coach, Rick Pitino who was placed on an unpaid employment leave from the university and lost $9 million from his place of employment and Adidas, the school’s sponsored apparel company. 

“Some things I just don’t see,” Jones told The D & Davis Show. “There’s a lot of ways you can get someone $100,000 better than that.”

The NCAA has not been Louisville’s friend.

In fact, it stripped them of 123 wins, four NCAA tournament appearances and its 2013 men’s basketball national championship after an investigation found that a former Cardinals basketball staffer hired an escort and strippers to entertain recruits.

This was all under Pitino’s watch.

Just last week, per the Washington Post’s Matt Bonesteel, the University of Louisville pleaded its case before the NCAA’s Infractions Appeals Committee in Atlanta, arguing that it should not be stripped. 

Also Wednesday, Louisville filed a counter-lawsuit against former men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino, who was fired in October after he was implicated in a federal investigation into college basketball recruiting. Pitino sued the school’s athletic association in November, alleging breach of contract and asking for more than $35 million in pay remaining on his contract.

That’s a lot going into the Christmas holiday week. While you’re tying your bows and wrapping presents, give The D & Davis Show’s interview a listen below. It is quite enlightening. 

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Montezz Allen and Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson joined the D & Davis Show with Demonze Spruiel and Kenneth Davis. The D & Davis show broadcasts every Saturday on ChicagoLandSportsRadio.com Photo Credit: Regal Radio

When it comes to sports, guy talk and the NBA Playoffs, objectively speaking, there’s no better man cave to discuss all of the above with than the crew that’s on the rise in the Windy City, The D & Davis Show.

The show which features two Chicago centered hosts in Kenneth Davis and Demonze Spruiel and their all-knowing producer Kyle Means, their Regal Radio brand that broadcasts at the Illinois School of Broadcasting on ChicagolandSportsRadio.com have been fixtures at places like WGN.

I’ve been rocking with these guys since I called in as an expert during my days at BrooklynFans.com during the 2013 NBA Playoffs when the Chicago Bulls took on the Brooklyn Nets.

The Bulls would end up winning the series with the heroics of Nate Robinson.

Five years later, we’re still going strong. Call ins talking LeBron James’ next destination and even having the honor of penning articles for their WeAreRegalRadio.com‘s platform with interviews with Naomi Campbell and Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi Mandela about the Mandela biopic  as well as my chat with D.L. Hughley about what else? Race!

The group has been gracious allowing me to sit on their platform in studio while in town doing panels with Charismatic Solutions & Google and Swank PR.

It’s about family! 

It was no different over the weekend when I stopped by the D & Davis Show along with Detroit’s finest;  journalist, Montezz Allen, sports anchor and assistant producer at WBBM who was in studio promoting his book, Watch Your Words: How we should use our words to speak faith, victory and prosperity instead of evil, lack and discouragement. 

Click here to purchase the book convenietly on Amazon.  

Also scroll down and press play below to check our chat on Saturday’s show. On the D & Davis Show. We discuss possible destinations for New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose, a Chicago native.

Speaking of Rose, he was was in attendance and sitting courtside at the United Center for game 4 of the Chicago Bulls’ round one series against the Boston Celtics. When shown on the jumbotron, Bulls fans gave Rose a standing ovation.

‪Crowd at the United Center cheering on Derrick Rose!‬ ‪ #SeeRed x #DerrickRose‬ x #Bulls x #Celtics x #KNICKSTAPE x #Knicks x #IsaiahThomas ‪SCOOPBRADIO.com ‬#Chicago #Newyork #SCOOPBRADIO

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But I digress! Montezz, myself and the D & Davis Show and debate Allen Iverson’s place in NBA history and predictions for the rest of the 2017 NBA Playoffs.

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The NBA is heading into Christmas and some things are as expected: Cavs, Spurs and the Warriors are doing well and the Sixers are still trusting the process. But here’s a surprise to some in the NBA, the New York Knicks are playing competitive basketball!

With the off-season additions on Derrick Rose, Courtney Lee, Brandon Jennings and Joakim Noah added to a roster that contained Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis, the Knicks are in fifth place and are giving the Big Apple something to cheer about.

I caught up with Demonze Spruiel-Hill, Kenneth Davis, Kyle Means and Sidney Brown on The D & Davis Show on Chicago’s Chicagoland Sports Radio to discuss the Knicks’ surge and a cursory look around the NBA.

Check out RESPECT MAG’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson on the D & Davis Show

Make sure to also check out the D&Davis Show at 12 PM ET on Chicagolandsportsradio.com. Also make sure to check out WeAreRegalRadio.com.

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