Thanksgiving is all about three things: turkey, family, and football. All three are very important to the standard American household. Turkey is quite tasty and happens to be extremely healthy (depending on the way you prepare it). Your family is composed of the only people you know will care for you at all times and […]
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Time to Hire an Agent
Guest contribution by loyal reader and current Q2 intern, Michael Goldman. While the D’antoni era in New York is off to a vast improvement from the Lenny Wilkins-Larry Brown-Isiah Thomas era, the Knicks thus far are posting a 5-3 record and not all is peaceful in the Big Apple. The most unsettling situation in the […]
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NBA Royalty
Guest contribution by current Dynasty intern, Jon Vollinger. When you think about royal families in the history of the NBA, several names might come to mind. How about Kobe Bryant and his father Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant? What about Jimmy Walker and son Jalen Rose? Then there’s Brent Barry and his father Rick Barry, who […]
Sure, if you find the best stocks to buy and utilize online tools that can help you predict what will happen next, you can make a fair bit of money investing in stocks. However, not everyone knows the best places to spend their money and are too worried about the fluctuating market to invest in […]
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B-Diddy Chooses China
Another athlete is choosing to head overseas instead of staying local in North America, yet this time it is his shoe deal that he is taking overseas. The Los Angeles Clippers summer acquisition, Baron Davis, has decided to leave his previous sponsorship deal with Reebokand represent the Chinese brand Li Ning. Davis is not the […]
When UnderArmour announced that its first basketball endorsement would be for Brandon Jennings, an American born kid who would go on to play his first professional game overseas, the final piece of the puzzle was in place to legitimize the overseas experiment. No longer are we wondering whether players will go from the NBA to […]
Nuances. That’s what contract negotiation often times boils down to. You think you got your client the best deal possible until a more clever agent finds a way to add in that extra clause into his client’s deal that serves as the cherry on top. Deron Williams and Chris Paul are undoubtedly ecstatic with their […]
Monta Ellis has been suspended for thirty games without pay for violating Paragraph 12 of the NBA Uniform Player Contract. It will cost him roughly $3 million of the $66 million contract he just signed. NBPA agents, do your NBA clients a favor. Email your clients the list shown below. Let them know that under […]
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Oklahoma City Thunder
September 3rd was the day that Clay Bennett and many Oklahoma City basketball fans were waiting for. After a Judge trial and much deliberation athletes and fans finally got to find out what the team name will be. After much deliberation, the fans and team officials have decided to go with the OKC “Thunder.” Since announcing the […]
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Monta Mo-ped Ellis
Looks like Monta Ellis may in fact be on his own island. At least he has an agent, Jeff Fried, to help him along in the process of trying to resolve the mess Monta currently finds himself in. However, this is the same agent who may have played a role in Ellis initially lying to […]