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Wake Forest's Aminu pulls out of U19 trials

By Andy Katz

Friday, June 12, 2009

Wake Forest freshman sensation Al-Farouq Aminu never declared for the NBA draft, with the intention that he needed to improve his game a bit before becoming a pro. His plan was to try out for, and likely make, the FIBA USA U19 team that is led by Pitt's Jamie Dixon and assisted by Purdue's Matt Painter and Southern Illinois' Chris Lowery. But earlier this week, Aminu decided to pull out of the trials -- scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday in Colorado Springs, Colo. -- for family reasons. W ...

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