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Who Represents The 2010-11 Champion Dallas Mavericks

Darren Heitner — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:21:00 +0000

The following list displays the Dallas Mavericks’ 15-man roster along with each player’s agent of record.

JJ Barea – Dan Fegan (Lagardere Unlimited)
Rodrigue Beaubois – Bouna Ndiaye (Comsport)
Corey Brewer – Happy Walters (Rogue Sports)
Caron Butler – Raymond Brothers
Brian Cardinal - Mark Bartelstein (Priority Sports)
Tyson Chandler - Jeff Schwartz (Excel Sports)
Brendan Haywood – Andy Miller (ASM Sports)
Dominique Jones – Mike Hodges
Jason Kidd - Jeff Schwartz (Excel Sports)
Ian Mahinmi - Bouna Ndiaye (Comsport)
Shawn Marion – Dan Fegan (Lagardere Unlimited)
Dirk Nowitzki – NOBODY
DeShawn Stevenson – Mark Bartelstein (Priority Sports)
Peja Stojakovic – David Bauman (DB Hoops)
Jason Terry - Dan Fegan (Lagardere Unlimited)

What stands out most is that Dirk Nowitzki is not represented by anyone. Yesterday, Bloomberg Sports released a video explaining Nowitzki’s representation situation (embedded below). Nowitzki does not have an agent or a business manager, but he does apparently have a friend in Germany who advises him on contracts.

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Agent Selection Scenarios: Purdue Basketball

Darren Heitner — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:51:18 +0000

This is coming to you late, but better than never. We continue the Agent Selection Scenarios series with Purdue. The Boilermakers destroyed St. Peters by 22 points earlier today, with JaJuan Johnson scoring 16 points and notching 16 rebounds. Purdue will play the winner of Georgetown and VCU, which is in progress at the time of publishing this post. Here are some fairly recent Purdue alumni who have made it in the professional ranks.

Carl Landry - Andrew “Buddy” Baker (IM Sports)
Brian Cardinal - Mark Bartelstein (Priority Sports)
Brad Miller - Mark Bartelstein (Priority Sports)
Willie Deane – Craig McKenzie (Higher Vision Sports)
Cuonzo Martin - Andrew “Buddy” Baker (IM Sports)
Glenn Robinson - David Boyd

Bartelstein and Buddy Baker seem to have a nice grasp on the Boilermaker program. This year expect two players out of Purdue to be selected in the Draft – JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore. As discussed earlier today, JaJuan Johnson is rumored to be a recruiting target for BDA Sports. I imagine that Duffy et. al. is matched up against Priority Sports for the 6’10 Senior from Purdue. E’Twaun is also a Senior, and also has an impressive stature. Is he going to Priority? Is Buddy Baker making a push? May some other agency throw its name into the ring?

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Love-in New York

Zak Kurtz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:28:28 +0000

With the 2008 NBA draft only days away, the trade rumors and pre-draft jitters by teams have already begun to fly around the league. One rumor that we are starting to hear that may be a real possibility is the Memphis Grizzlies trading the rights to the #5 pick and the hefty contract of Purdue standout Brain Cardinal to the New York Knicks for David Lee and Malik Rose.

The Knickerbockers already have the sixth pick in the draft and would love to be able to pick back to back so early in the draft. The Knicks are looking to go young and get new faces in the City. After bringing in Coach D’Antoni and with the many high priced contracts the Knicks have on the team, the loss of Lee and Rose could be beneficial to the Knicks in the future. The Knicks are looking for a fresh team with new faces to make a new start and to allow fans to forget about the past four seasons. With a new coach and a new president, Donny Walsh, the Knicks are hoping the new faces can mesh with the old faces to combine for some more wins.

Mock draft boards have Freshman phenom Kevin Love, as the #5 pick, going to the Grizzlies. The Knicks are looking at either K-Love, Danilo Gallinari, Eric Gordon, or Russell Westbrook as probable #5 and 6 picks. They would love to see O.J. Mayo drop in the draft, and with the most recent allegations about him receiving money (apparently over $30,000) from Rodney Guillory, anything is possible.

If the Knicks do trade Lee to the Grizzlies, Kevin Love is certainly a serious candidate to replace him. They both have similar games and would fit into the Knicks new style with D’Antoni. Both can shoot from the outside and play close to the bucket. The Knicks have such a high team salary that the loss of Lee this year could be good for them. The former Florida Gator has one year left on his contract worth around $8 million. He has been playing well for the Knicks and with his experience in the league, will likely demand more money than that next year as a free agent. The past several years, the player going #5 has made less than $8 million which will certainly help the Knicks with their salary situation, however the addition of Brian Cardinal’s $13 million dollar salary would definitely make the deal seem less sweet. The difference in contracts between Cardinal and a #5 pick rookie, and Rose and Lee comes out to around $5 million dollars. As we all know, spending more money is something New York is used to and not afraid of doing.

These are only rumors, and no formal trades have been offered yet, but Knicks fans can only speculate and look forward to a new season with a lot of new faces.

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