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 and losers. Here, our main concern is sorting out the agencies that were popping […]
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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, or Dwyane Wade caliber players in this year’s draft pool, but there are plenty of guys ready to contribute strong minutes in the NBA. […]
Recently, I discussed the three main workouts that NBA teams are putting on for the top prospects in this year’s draft class. Teams are joining up on these workouts to cut the cost of doing them individually, which include the fixed costs of hosting the event itself, flying the players out to the workout, putting […]
Austin Walton, Dynasty‘s Director of Basketball Operations, originally turned me on to the website, ProPlayerVideo.com. He told me that many NBA/NBDL GMs, Assistant GMs, and scouts use the service to check out film on players who they might have not had a solid chance of evaluating in the past. Additionally, he told me that the […]
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The NBA Draft Cometh
Only a little more than a month away from the 2009 NBA Draft (June 25, 2009 at Madison Square Garden), and almost all the top prospects have signed on with agents. This is the time when Jonathan Givony over at DraftExpress.com really gets pumping, delivering what I believe to be his best work of the […]
“We’re talking about Twitter here.” That was Charlie Villanueva‘s comment regarding Bucks coach Scott Skiles‘ decision to ban the use of Twitter during games, after Villanueva’s half-time “tweet” during Sunday’s victory over the Boston Celtics. Villanueva’s response sounds comically similar to Allen Iverson’s “practice” rant, and although the Milwaukee forward did not think there was […]
David Falk re-entered the sports agency world in 2007 (representing draft pick, Jeff Green), and has not been afraid to vocalize his opinions about the industry ever since. “The sports agent business has become so corrupt — I would not encourage anyone to try to become an agent right now.” [Short and Sweet] – 4/23/08 […]
While the economy has taken its toll on the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), forcing a shortened 2008/09 season and causing many involved in the league to worry about its future, the National Basketball Developmental League (NBDL) seems to be doing just fine. Many leagues are firing executives and freezing salaries. The NBDL is expanding. Portland, […]
After being signed to his second ten-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on January 20th, and the initial threats of the Portland Trailblazers to all NBA teams, Darius Miles has officially signed with the Memphis Grizzlies. I wrote several articles relating to this specific matter regarding Miles (Blazers Miles From Resolving Conflict) and his financial […]
Recently debate has heated up regarding bringing a professional hockey or basketball team to Hartford, Connecticut. Since the Hartford Whalers left the city in 1997, Hartford has been without a major professional franchise. Back in 1999 there was hope that the New England Patriots would move to the city, but that deal fell through. Personally, […]