NBA Players

Tue, Nov 3 2009
Ron”dough” Cashes In

Ron”dough” Cashes In

Also in: Contract Negotiation, Lead Story, NBA Teams

Rajon Rondo, the six-foot point guard for the Boston Celtics, has captured the worlds attention. The publicity he is getting is both positive and negative. The positive side being his performance with... 

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Tue, Nov 3 2009
Rajon Rondo Signs A $55 Million Extension

Rajon Rondo Signs A $55 Million Extension

Also in: Contract Negotiation, Lead Story

A year after helping a Garnett-less Boston Celtics get within one game of the Eastern Conference finals by averaging near a triple double (17.6ppg, 9.7 rpg, 9.6 apg), Rajon Rondo wanted to be among the... 

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Mon, Oct 26 2009
NJ Nets Offering Floor Seats and…Dinner With Devin Harris?

NJ Nets Offering Floor Seats and…Dinner With Devin Harris?

Also in: Sports Business

With the state of the economy today, organizations across the board are forced to come up with innovative promotions and marketing ideas to help generate revenue. The NBA is feeling the downturn like... 

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Tue, Oct 6 2009
Michael Beasley Chooses Jeff Schwartz and Excel Sports Management

Michael Beasley Chooses Jeff Schwartz and Excel Sports Management

Also in: Lead Story, Sports Agents

Last week, it was reported that Michael Beasley elected to retain the services of well respected agent Jeff Schwartz. Beasley has stated he wants to take a “more professional” approach to his career... 

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Thu, Oct 1 2009
Attractive Free Agents, Unattractive Market

Attractive Free Agents, Unattractive Market

Also in: Contract Negotiation, Lead Story, NBA Teams

With the lack of big name free agents, the conservative salary cap projections for next year, and the well publicized salary cap cutting for the summer of 2010, this NBA off-season has not been the most... 

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Tue, Aug 25 2009
The NBA Is Losing Its Competitive Edge

The NBA Is Losing Its Competitive Edge

Also in: International Basketball, NBA Teams, Sports Business

Matthew Epps, a Spring 2010 J.D. Candidate (like me) from Villanova University School of Law (unlike me), just received a high honor entering his third and final year of law school; he was published in... 

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Fri, Aug 14 2009
O.J. Mayo’s Search Ends With Smitty

O.J. Mayo’s Search Ends With Smitty

Also in: Lead Story, Sports Agents

O.J. Mayo’s search for a new agent may have un-officially come to a close.  Mayo cannot actually sign a new NBPA licensed advisor until fifteen days after his firing of Leon Rose and CAA.  But... 

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Thu, Aug 13 2009
Mayo Is Searching For A New Combo Of Advisors

Mayo Is Searching For A New Combo Of Advisors

Also in: Lead Story, Sports Agents

Yesterday, Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal tweeted that O.J. Mayo, the Memphis Grizzlies guard going into his sophomore season in the NBA, has dropped both his marketing agency and contractual advisor. ... 

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Mon, Jul 20 2009
Is CSMG Something Of The Past?

Is CSMG Something Of The Past?

Also in: Lead Story, Sports Agents

What do Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Devin Harris, Udonis Haslem, Dee Brown, Anthony Parker, Ronnie Brewer, Michael Finley, Shaun Livingston, Quinton Ross, Denham Brown, Marcus Taylor, Loukas Mavrokefalidis,... 

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Wed, Jul 8 2009
Eddy Curry Wants To Open Up The Books

Eddy Curry Wants To Open Up The Books

Also in: Lead Story, Sports Law

One thing that I have learned since starting this blog and reading quite a bit of material on the sports agent profession, is that nine times out of ten, a sports agent should not be in charge of handling... 

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Tue, Jul 7 2009
Still Want To Be An NBA Agent?

Still Want To Be An NBA Agent?

Also in: Lead Story, Sports Agents

Immediately following the 2009 NBA Draft, Darren Rovell of CNBC, released a list of the lottery picks, their agents, and the money that each player will receive over the next three years of his rookie... 

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Tue, Jun 30 2009
What’s Next For Boozer?

What’s Next For Boozer?

Also in: Contract Negotiation, NBA Teams

The Utah Jazz’s Carlos Boozer will decide today whether or not he should play out his contract option for next season which will pay $12.7 million or if he will test the open market. Since Boozer’s... 

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Sat, Jun 27 2009
2009 NBA Draft: Breaking Down The Second Round

2009 NBA Draft: Breaking Down The Second Round

Also in: Lead Story, NBA Teams, Sports Agents

Were you able to digest our breakdown of the first round?  Agencies like ASM Sports and Priority Sports came on strong at the end of the first round.  Which agencies found their home in the second round? Second... 

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Fri, Jun 26 2009
2009 NBA Draft: Breaking Down The First Round

2009 NBA Draft: Breaking Down The First Round

Also in: Lead Story, NBA Teams, Sports Agents

After 60 picks and 100,000 trades, we now know who was selected in the 2009 NBA Draft and what teams they may be playing for in 2009.  I will let the other web sites debate over what teams were the winners... 

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Tue, Jun 23 2009
Grizzlies Taking A Beating Leading Up To The Draft

Grizzlies Taking A Beating Leading Up To The Draft

Also in: Everything Else, NBA Teams

The NBA Draft is this Thursday?  Doesn’t it seem like there has been much less press/hype/coverage leading up to this year’s draft?  There are no LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard,... 

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Tue, Jun 23 2009
Social Media Use Risks Come with Benefits

Social Media Use Risks Come with Benefits

Also in: Social Networking, Sports Business

Shaquille O’Neal is a great promoter. And in this day and age, is it incredibly easy to make one’s self visible through the use of social media. Sometimes, though, there are pitfalls (in addition to... 

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Mon, Jun 22 2009
Turkoglu Testing Waters

Turkoglu Testing Waters

Also in: Contract Negotiation

If there is one thing that many learned from this season’s NBA Playoffs, it is that Orlando Magic small forward Hedo Turkoglu is a great basketball player. Hedo and his agent Lon Babby have realized... 

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Wed, Jun 17 2009
Why Did Jason Thompson Pick Andre Buck?

Why Did Jason Thompson Pick Andre Buck?

Also in: Sports Agents

Want to know what it takes to land a professional athlete client?  I am not the person you should be asking.  The best practices for recruiting professional athletes can be found straight from the mouths... 

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Sat, Jun 13 2009
D-Rose Budding

D-Rose Budding

Also in: Everything Else

The picture to the right was taken of Derrick Rose during his one and only year as a Memphis Tiger. The quotes below show the 20 year old taking accountability for his actions and owning up for a dumb... 

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Fri, Jun 12 2009
Pete Parise To Triple A Memphis

Pete Parise To Triple A Memphis

Also in: Dynasty Athlete Representation, Lead Story

Just went through a very draining few days of the MLB Amateur Draft, and the fun is not over yet.  We had some guys drop in the round selected because of signability issues, a couple of guys leave us,... 

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