Al-Farouq Aminu Waiting Things Out

There was some new news out of Atlanta yesterday concerning the future of incoming Demon Deacon Al-Farouq Aminu. This article [AJC] reports that the next step for Aminu is to have evidence presented for indictment "which could come at any time," and that it will be another 6 to 12 months before a court date is set.

Based on all that this could be a pretty long and drawn out process. If the process really does take that long then it's very hard to say how this will affect Aminu's plans here at Wake Forest. As long as he has not been convicted of anything they may very well still let him come and just play things by ear. It's possible, I suppose, that next year's entire basketball season will be over before he even has a trial. I'm very intrigued to see how this works itself out.

Also, I have heard rumors that Aminu was neither the shooter nor the driver. If true, that has to bode well for his future.

In even better news, Aminu has been named to the USA Basketball Junior National Select Team, according to this report [Times News]. It's an honor for him to be named to this team, but I what I think is even better about this is that it shows the basketball community isn't ostracizing him because of the incident. Hopefully that's an indication of how Wake may handle this, too.