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Christian Dawkins says he ‘never had conversations’ with Sean Miller about Deandre Ayton

Remember that wiretapped conversation between Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins, the one ESPN reported more than a year ago involved the pair discussing a $100,000 payment in order to ensure Deandre Ayton played for the Arizona Wildcats?

Never happened. At least that’s what Dawkins said Wednesday after being found guilty of a pair of federal bribery charges stemming from an FBI investigation into college basketball corruption.

“I had no involvement with Deandre Ayton, that’s a fact,” Dawkins said, per a story college basketball insider Adam Zagoria wrote for the Arizona Daily Star.