If he's looking at a non-high major, dad went to Rhode Island, right? And there is a Jersey connection in place.
Also, if we miss on Jordan, Sina doesn't have to be as good as or better than Rysheed to help us; he only needs to be able to direct an offense better than Greene.
I would say it's possible that there may be an open scholarship -- some guys don't like to be repeatedly yanked out of the game before they've even had the chance to get going. Or worse still, not even inserted when the situation would seem to call for his particular skill set.