Source, documents bolster Rick Pitino's account of Coach 2 calls with Adidas executive

Documents obtained by Courier Journal and a source close to University of Louisville guard Terry Rozier have bolstered Rick Pitino's account of calls between "Coach 2" and an Adidas executive described in an FBI complaint.

Pitino reached out to Adidas on behalf of Rozier after the shoe company terminated the Boston Celtics player's endorsement contract in May, according to the source, who did not want to be named.

Adidas notified Rozier that it was terminating his three-year, $300,000 agreement in a letter dated May 26, one day prior to a conversation that Pitino told Courier Journal in October he had with an Adidas employee to support his former player.

Pitino, the former Louisville men's basketball coach, said he spoke over the phone with James Gatto, the Adidas executive who is at the center of the FBI's investigation into college basketball corruption, on May 27 and again on June 1 to ask Adidas to reconsider its decision to break with Rozier.

Details of the termination letter were first reported by Sports Illustrated, which tied Adidas' decision to Rozier wearing Nike shoes during a shootaround prior to a Celtics 2017 Eastern Conference finals game.

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The May 26 letter, a copy of which was obtained by Courier Journal, was authored by Monique Hawthorne and included Gatto as a recipient. It stated that Adidas was terminating Rozier's agreement "effective immediately."

Rozier's Adidas contract, a copy of which was obtained by Courier Journal, contained the stipulation that he "not wear, promote, use or otherwise endorse or be associated with" any products or services of a competitor. Rozier's representatives are weighing whether to take Adidas' termination to arbitration.

The deal signed between Adidas and Rozier, originally dated Oct. 1, 2015, was to pay Rozier $75,000 in 2015-16, $100,000 in 2016-17 and $125,000 in 2017-18. Rozier was also to be supplied annually with Adidas products for up to a maximum retail value of $20,000 for use by Rozier and "the player's immediate family" and additional products worth up to $20,000 for "use by the player's foundation and/or charity(ies)."

Rozier has been wearing Nike shoes during games for much of this regular season, including his most recent game Sunday night against the Portland Trailblazers.

The FBI alleged Gatto was part of a scheme to attempt to pay the families of high school recruits in exchange for them signing with Louisville and promising to sign with Adidas and a predetermined agent when they turned professional.

Gatto, the suspended head of global sports marketing for Adidas, was indicted for his alleged involvement in the scheme, along with seven others.

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The complaint did not indicate what Gatto and Pitino discussed. FBI agent John Vourderis wrote that Christian Dawkins, a sports agent who was also arrested and indicted in the case, previously asked Pitino to speak with Gatto to secure "additional money" for the scheme. Dawkins also said Pitino agreed to help in the scheme, according to FBI documents.

Pitino, in a sworn affidavit, said "no such conversation took place."

Pitino was fired by Louisville on Oct. 16 and is suing the university and Adidas.