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Mega Sports Agent Arn Tellem Joins The Detroit Pistons

According to Yahoo! Sports NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski, veteran and highly respected sports agent, Arn Tellem has agreed to become the Vice Chairman of Palace Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the Detroit Pistons. Per ESPN.com, Tellem will be in charge of business operations and league initiatives for the Pistons, as well as be […]

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Arn Tellem And Amar’e Stoudemire Invest In Israeli Basketball Team

Shabbat Shalom comes a couple of days early with this article that combines sports agency and Israel.  The Jerusalem Post has reported that basketball and baseball agent Arn Tellem is part of a group that won the bid to purchase a ninety-percent interest in Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem.  Also included in the new ownership group […]

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Tracy McGrady Thanks Agents Arn Tellem And Tim Hoy In Farewell Facebook Post

Tracy McGrady was drafted #9 overall by the Toronto Raptors in 1997.  In 2000, he signed a whopping 7-year $93 million contract with the same team.  And recently, after a long, up-and-down NBA career, McGrady has called it quits (although he will continue to play overseas).  But he exits with dignity. On October 9, McGrady announced […]

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Wasserman Media Group’s Recent Promotions Indicate Strong Desire To Retain Arn Tellem

Casey Wasserman, Chairman and CEO of Wasserman Media Group has announced that Arn Tellem will become Vice Chairman of the company and basketball agents BJ Armstrong and Thad Foucher are promoted to Executive Vice Presidents of Basketball.  Together, Armstrong and Foucher will lead the group that manages the careers of over seventy-five professional basketball players around the globe. […]

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Kentucky’s Anthony Davis Hires Agents Arn Tellem and Thad Foucher of Wasserman Media Group

NBA prospect Anthony Davis is the extremely likely number one overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.  The NCAA National Champion center/forward from the University of Kentucky had been going through a lengthy vetting process of agents, with the assistance of his father Anthony Davis, Sr., until late last week when he finally announced that he […]

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Rudy Fernandez Happy About His Change To Arn Tellem

Back in April 2011, HoopsHype reported that Rudy Fernandez sent a termination letter to Andy Miller of ASM Sports and Spanish agency U1st Agency.  At the time, it was only known that Fernandez was signing with Spanish agent David Carro of Hoops Fair Play.  Soon thereafter, Fernandez also signed with Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group, which provided him with a strong international […]

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Arn Tellem/Don Nomura Planning For Yu Darvish’s Posting

Some of the hottest baseball players who are eligible for free agency after the 2011 MLB season include Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols (go here for a list of all 2012 MLB free agents).  However, one of the most sought after baseball players may be someone who is currently in MLB affiliated ball.  His […]

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Brandon Knight Chooses Arn Tellem Of Wasserman Media Group

Brandon Knight surprised a lot of people when he declared that he would keep his name in the 2011 NBA Draft.  Knight is a very smart, talented basketball player, but many believe there is still a lot of room for Knight to develop as a true point guard.  Even with that in mind, Knight is […]

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Aaron Goodwin Plans To File Complaint Against Arn Tellem

I am not sure how this originally got past my radar, but over the weekend, I read for the first time that Aaron Goodwin plans to file a formal complaint (if he has not already), with the NBA Players Association, against Arn Tellem.  The complaint will be based on Al Horford’s switch from Goodwin to […]

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Doug Glanville Compares Boras To Tellem

I never knew that Doug Glanville went to UPenn or that he is now writing for the NYTimes.  Anyway, he threw an interesting quote out to David Gurian-Peck of The Daily Pennsylvanian concerning choosing between Scott Boras and Arn Tellem as an advisor when Glanville was preparing to be drafted: “Scott Boras was dynamic. He […]