The NBA Can Wait: Why Ayo Dosunmu Came Back to Illinois | Big Ten Basketball | The Journey

The team was rolling, as was the star player when the 2019-20 postseason was canceled.
Illinois' Ayo Dosunmu refers to it as "a tough pill to swallow," but he got to work for whatever was next.
All the hours in the weight room and gym paid off. 😤
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[@emmanueladekunle3088]

Top ten pick for sure..hope the bulls get him

[@akshaychippada6503]

I'm getting scared he'll be selected before, 😞😞😞

[@emmanueladekunle3088]

@@akshaychippada6503 to be honest bro 😩..he needs to stay at Chicago

[@akshaychippada6503]

@@emmanueladekunle3088 yeah he's like D rose we gotta try our best to keep him in Chicago, he already loyal af

[@mith2946]

He's not gonna be top 10. I love him but even if he leads them to the national championship he may get near 12th pick.

[@akshaychippada6503]

@@mith2946 I agree that's why I think with Bulls current standings we can hopefully get him

[@garrettburkle8401]

“make the damn free throw”😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bendarling8796]

Best player in College Ball Right Now... Easily

[@Beamonnadrum12223]

No cappp

[@patmcdaniel9527]

@@Beamonnadrum12223 A+aaa AWS qa m.p no Km nhi no M.p LLP up

[@heynolan9379]

Cap it’s Garza

[@bendarling8796]

@@heynolan9379 Garza can't play defense and plus, Ayo outplayed Garza in their head2head matchup

[@heynolan9379]

@@bendarling8796 Garza has the most points in the big ten

[@willreem5099]

The one dislike is an Indiana fan

[@joshct9426]

Really great show Big10 Network. I never knew you had features like this. I'm a Duke fan but I'm on the Illionis band wagon for 2021.

[@abba-Flammenfresser]

Who’s here after the Illini won the B1G and are a #1!

[@jimmyjohn6533]

yikes

[@twogluon]

@@jimmyjohn6533 haha yeah, this didn't age well

[@NathanielByers]

He's got an awesome family! Hoping for all the best for Ayo, and this Illini squad!

[@SuperHtownswag]

Great player. Def an NBA lottery pick

[@rodhoward8805]

Dosunmu will learn a lot from Westbrook and Beal. You heard it here first..

[@matthewwelch6039]

goat

[@Growinggolfing]

Ayo gotta start dunking the ball. That’s what gets you in the highlights and the more your seen and talked about the higher you get drafted

[@tuffdave3271]

POV they just got eliminated

[@Beamonnadrum12223]

My favorite player

[@tomzeeh6618]

His parents and family are something else! Go Ayo and Illini and Bulls.

[@jeffy7360]

Illini Defense Lockdown at 9:53 Northwestern had no answers in the 2nd half

[@recap4371]

I wonder how his parents reacted to the Loyola game in March madness

[@benweddle1515]

We were just playing with our food in that Northwestern game

[@CH-lx5pb]

The most underrated PG in college

[@omari_styles]

you don't gotta save this family - ayo's mom ... I felt that

[@Nesquick1121]

comes back next year works on his right hand the sky is the limit #1 pick possible

[@tobassco]

A good player and team

[@nehemyahyisrael7170]

Let's goooo

[@thomasconway6843]

Frazier has vastly improved this year, too. So has Cockburn and the whole team. All the way, boys!

[@turtleislandlac1490]

Happy to have him back but the Illini need to stop losing and get another signature win.

[@mercedesmichaels4237]

Welcome Ayo!! GO BULLS 👀🔴

[@youngOG87]

Knicks 🙏🏽

[@yolandaqualls6822]

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[@onlydonsfilmz7933]

I hope he’s still there at pick 29 for the suns. High IQ High character competitive kid from a competitive family. He would fit right in with the culture.

[@TajuAlim]

I’m a fan 💪🏾🆙

[@YouTubeUser-yl5mn]

Can we talk about how the clock is at 69?🤣 1:30

[@ChrisKienke]

A-Y-O!!!

[@kylewardell8604]

He came back because he would have been a second round pick last year

[@nicodemuswellington9762]

Ayo was very disappointing in that Loyola game. He looked like a average player at best. Needs to come back for his senior season and redeem himself.

[@bigmacmovies1]

Future Knick

[@meechie5459]

No

[@bigmacmovies1]

Meechie 213 why

[@ronrubicon1593]

Um, the same reason I didn't enter the draft? Because he wasn't going to get drafted?

[@sansrival7102]

Hows that now?

[@ronrubicon1593]

@@sansrival7102 He was chosen in the 2020 NBA Draft? Interesting.

[@sansrival7102]

@@ronrubicon1593 and now he was drafted

[@ronrubicon1593]

@@sansrival7102 Yes. In the 2021 draft. Glad we're all on the same page.

[@sansrival7102]

@@ronrubicon1593 Ayo was a sleeper during draft day 🙂. Glad he is in his own town. Bulls got what it needed and yeah we are on the same bus bro 🙂

[@calmdown2876]

In the game against Maryland the Illinois guard Dosunmu lost the game for the Illini with about 2 minutes left on the clock by taking a wild ill advised lay up that was blocked by a Maryland defender. Dosunmu likes to play hero ball and does not understand team baskerball and good shot selection. Dosunmu is very selfish and does not know what sharing the basketball is he,s a me first player trying to grab all the sports headlines. Dosunmu has no discipline and this why Illinois will not win the big ten.

[@lavapancakes]

You're so dumb 😂 dudes one of the most selfless players there is and he draws so much attention from the defense that it allows his teammates to score

[@calmdown2876]

@@lavapancakes I played the game and he plays in a way that is detrimental to the team. I have watched this guy play and he takes wild uncoordinated off balance shots from bizarre angles that do not go into the basket. He seriously lacks fundamentals and does not understand the concept of team basketball. He and he alone lost that game to an unranked Maryland team with about 2 minutes left on the clock by taking an ill advised wild shot that was blocked. He looks like he should be playing for the Harlem Globe Trotters and not the NBA. He is a garbage street basketball player impersonating an NBA wanna be.

[@emmanuelallen4376]

STRONGLY Disagree

[@woooooooaaaaaahhhhhhbbbbbbb]

@@emmanuelallen4376 you watch the games or highlights ? Hes not gonna give an opinion this long to not make sense. Its more than just being a fan of the player

[@turtleislandlac1490]

Uh Ayo is also the reason the Illini won a lot of games.