Quamdeen Ayopo “Ayo” Dosunmu is an American basketball player, he was born on 17 January 2000. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini. Today we will discuss about Ayo Dosunmu: Draft| Recruiting| Contract| Mask.
Ayo Dosunmu: Draft| Recruiting| Contract| Mask…
Dosunmu was born in Chicago to Nigerian immigrants. He descends from the Yoruba people in Nigeria and his name “Ayo” means joy in Yoruba language. Dosunmu began his high school career at Chicago’s Westinghouse College Prep, where he helped lead the Warriors to a 2015 conference championship against Al Raby High School and scored a season-high 40 points against Crane High School as a freshman, earning Chicago Sun-Times All-City Accolades.
No. 12 – Chicago Bulls | |||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||
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Born | January 17, 2000 Chicago, Illinois |
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school | Morgan Park (Chicago, Illinois) |
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College | Illinois (2018–2021) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2021 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |||||||||||||
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Draft
Hometown star Ayo Dosunmu falls to Chicago Bulls in 2021 NBA Draft. The Morgan Park and University of Illinois star expected to picked in the first-round but called it a “blessing in disguise” to fall to the Bulls.
Recruiting
The recruitment of Morgan Park High School point guard Ayo Dosunmu is over. The state’s top player is taking the road that so many Chicago hoops stars before him rarely considered, by committing to the University of Illinois.
The 6-foot-4 Dosunmu is the latest in a long line of Chicago point guards. He is the No. 1 ranked player in Illinois, according to ESPN 100 and the seventh-ranked point guard nationally. He is the first big get of Illinois coach Brad Underwood’s tenure and will join 2017 Illinois Mr. Basketball Mark Smith in Champaign.
Contract
According to former WCIA-TV reporter Criag Choate, now in marketing at the University of Illinois, the Bulls in 2019 paid the 38th pick overall just more than $6 million for a four-year deal — more than a third guaranteed. Could be a good guide for how much Dosunmu will get paid.
Mask
The Illinois star suffered a broken nose on Feb. 23 in an 81-72 loss to Michigan State. The injury caused him to go into concussion protocol and miss the Illini’s next three games.
He returned 11 days later for the finale vs. Ohio State donning a protective black mask which was quickly embraced by the Illini community.