BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) -- O.J. Mayo, who is expected to be selected in the lottery in the upcoming NBA draft, accepted thousands of dollars in cash and gifts prior to and during his one season at Southern California, according to a report by ESPN.

On the sports network's show "Outside the Lines," Louis Johnson, a former member of the basketball player's inner circle, stated that Mayo accepted around $30,000 in cash and gifts during a four-year span from Rodney Guillory, an event promoter in Los Angeles.

Mayo's relationship with Guillory dates back to when he was a high schooler in Ohio and West Virginia, the report stated.

Prior to Mayo joining USC, Guillory was given monthly payments from Billy Duffy Associates (BDA), a Northern California sports agency, in order to buy a verbal agreement from Mayo that he would allow the company to represent him when he went pro.

Along with the cash, Mayo was supplied with a flat-screen television for his dorm room, cell phone service, clothes, meals and airline tickets for his friends and a relative, Johnson told ESPN....