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The Katrina Effect

“Everybody loves New Orleans right now,” he said. “Sometimes, if you run an athlete nationwide, you might offend some of his rival fans. But with Chris, you can run him nationally and nobody hates him.” –Tom George of Octagon, Chris Paul’s agent Chris Paul has recently signed a deal to be an endorser for deodorant […]

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Forget the Players, Coaches are Keeping their Agents Busy

Guest contribution by loyal reader and current Q2 intern, Michael Goldman. While the NBA’s off-season is still about a week away (or less), the league has already seen some significant moves. However, these aren’t player trades or free agent signings, but rather a changing of the guard (no pun intended) in coaches. As usual, there […]

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Is The NBA Rookie Salary Scale Bad?

Before I get into the actual topic of the post, let me just say that I have received a handful of emails asking about how many people and the specific names of those that Dynasty is advising after the MLB Draft.  This information will soon be made available to the public, but for now, I […]

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Representing Champions

The 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions have selected their agents for the 2008 NBA Draft. On April 7th, I pondered whether any of the departing Kansas Jayhawks would be signing with either Jeff Austin or Mike Higgins based on their historical ties with Jawhawks players. Four Jayhawks have made themselves ineligible for the 2009 season […]

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Giving flopping another chance

Guest contribution by Dynasty Athlete Representation summer intern, Justin Herzig. When Googling the phrase “flopping in the NBA,” nearly every link that pops up leads to an article or blog criticizing flopping. Just about all the articles have one of two purposes: either to explain why flopping is happening or to complain about how flopping […]

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BDA Sandwiched With Mayo?

Honestly, the day I leave for a ten day trip to Israel, this happens? Anyone who knows me well, understands that I hate white foods (vanilla not included). I am not a fan of sour cream, despise cottage cheese, and refuse to intake any mayonnaise. I never had anything against one type of mayo, O.J. […]

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Hoop Dreams: The Next Big Cartoon!

The most exciting and promising project that I have been involved with as a sports marketing agent for Terrell White is Hoop Dreams. And no folks, I’m not talking about the 1994 documentary film about William Gates and Arthur Agee. The new Hoop Dreams is an animated cartoon that stars a group of kids, in […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

While Darren continues to schlep around Israel, I’ll continue his Friday wrap-up tradition even in his absence. The following are some headlines that we neglected to cover during the week. The Academy for Athletes, founded by former NFL running back Paul Miles, offers instruction in finance, health, law, public relations and social awareness. It also […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Dynasty has three new interns. There were so many qualified candidates that there was no way I could just stick with two. Congrats to the three who were chosen. I am continuing to work on a complete overhaul of this site’s look, which is still planned to be finished by the end of this month. […]

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Rooting Out Some Conflict Of Interest In The NBA

Take a quick look at recent interviews conducted with some of the most prominent members in the sports agent industry. Leigh Steinberg and David Falk have shown deep concern with the direction that our profession is going. In an effort to turn around some of the reverse evolution that Falk speaks of, the NBAPA proclaimed […]