Arinze Knew This Would Happen

I have a theory on why Arinze never smiles. He has known for quite some time that this is how his career would end. That is because Arinze Onuaku is unstuck in time.

I'm still not sure how it happened. Maybe Little-Arinze came into contact with a strong source of radiation, mutating him into this basketball beast, but also unhinging him from the normal timeline. Or maybe it had something to do with his ACL tear. Or maybe it has something to do with his birth place of ::Googles:: Lanham, Maryland - a mystical and mysterious place. (actually, it's not, trust me.)

I don't know. He may not even know why. But at some point in his time jumping he saw all this happening. Before it actually occurred on our timeline, he watched the moment when his quad tore. He watched himself on the court, like the rest of us, in shock and disbelief. Then he leaped forward and saw that he doesn't play for the rest of the tournament, and his college career is done.

All this time he's known, maybe even for all four years of his time here (or longer). He's been crushed! Not even able to even feign a smile for the kids.

Now, I know we're all in agreement on the time travel thing -- it's pretty inarguable. But there's still an unanswered question that we could cause some debate: Does he know how the team ends the tournament? Is he sad because Syracuse doesn't make it to the promise land and he blames himself? Or is he sad because they win it all but he isn't able to step on to the court to help them get there?