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Dwayne Wade Joins CAA as Corporate Consultant with Basketball Division

Reports broke that Dwayne Wade accepted a position with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Basketball Division. The details about the role are unknown, but Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports states that it will have an emphasis on corporate consulting involving multicultural brands. The 2006 Finals MVP played 13 seasons and won three NBA Championships with the […]

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CAA Announces Changes To Basketball Division

According to a press release from the agency, CAA Sports announced a new leadership structure for its NBA athlete representation practice. Veteran agents Aaron Mintz and Austin Brown have been appointed as co-heads of the division and will lead its efforts alongside Leon Rose and Steven Heumann. The current client roster includes 75 All-Star and […]

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Why the NBA Should be Opposed to David Stern’s 23-and-Under Proposal

The following article is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq.   Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. The twelve men of the USA basketball team stood tall with gold medals around their neck and their hand across their chest as their country’s […]

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A Top 10 Agent List Has A Notable Error

I am not a big fan of “Top __” lists.  That said, it is sometimes fun to observe others’ subjective rankings of members in a profession.  Kevin Baumer of Business Insider recently created his list of The 12 Most Powerful Agents In The NBA.  As for his rankings (with top 3 salaried clients listed): Arn […]

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The 2010/11 Miami Heat Preview – Championship Or Bust

Team Name: Miami Heat This Year’s Predicted Record: 64-18 Last Year’s Record: 47-35 Key Losses: Quentin Richardson, Jermaine O’Neal, Michael Beasley, Dorell Wright, Daequan Cook Key Additions: LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Juwan Howard, Mike Miller, Eddie House 1. What significant moves were made during the off-season? The real question is, what significant moves […]

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LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh – All Affected By “The Decision”

Many agents take on a greater role than strictly negotiating the contracts for their athlete clients.  This is especially the case for the more notable athletes who generate a large portion of their income through activities off of the court/field of play.  Agents who wear a marketing hat for representation purposes must not only be […]

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It’s July 1st, Do You Know Where Your Favorite NBA Free Agent Is?

It’s July 1st.  Basketball junkies have been waiting for this day for quite some time.  Their favorite teams can start talking to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh…for the past year, we have been doing all the talking for those teams.  Those three players are getting the most hype out of this ridiculous class of […]

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People Involved In/Affected By LeBron James’ Decision

On May 4, the Chicago Bulls fired coach Vinny Del Negro.  Yesterday, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired coach Mike Brown.  There are a lot of rumors that the Miami Heat is thinking of replacing coach Erik Spoelstra.  The Bulls have reached out to Phil Jackson, the Heat may be thinking of bringing back Pat Riley, and […]

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NBA Draft Virgins: Odell McCants & Kim Grillier

Now that the deadline has passed for early entries who were testing the waters to either remain in the draft or go back to school, I like to go through the early entry list and look for agent names that surprise me near the top of the list.  I already wrote a post about my […]

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The Dimming HEAT

As the doors close, ending another anti-climactic Miami Heat season , we are all left in wonder of what will become of the franchise in the next few months. After just finishing a series where the Celtics pummeled the Heat like a school yard bully, we feel chills that those games could be the last […]