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Who Will Receive The Agent Fees On Stephen Curry’s $44 Million Extension?

Stephen Curry has signed a 4-year, $44 million extension with the Golden State Warriors.  If his agent takes a 4% commission on the total contract, that agent will receive $1.76 million.  But who will be the agent that collects the commissions on the deal? The cause for confusion is that basketball agent Lance Young recently […]

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Octagon Basketball Signs UNC Guard Kendall Marshall

Yesterday, Octagon Basketball announced that the company signed University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill point guard (and Virginia native) Kendall Marshall.  Marshall will be represented by Octagon agent Alex Saratsis. DraftExpress.com currently has Marshall as the 14th overall pick in the website’s 2012 NBA Mock Draft.  Marshall is leaving UNC after his Sophomore season; as a […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/15/2011)

I am not one for making predictions, but I have heard a lot of people guess that today would be a very important day in NFL Collective Bargaining negotiations for months.  In fact, many believe that at some point today, a new deal could be reached, effectively ending the NFL Lockout.  Sticking with the NFL, […]

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2011 NBA Draft Listing Of Players Selected And Their Agents

Other than a couple kids from Kentucky (Josh Harrellson and DeAndre Liggins), the following is a comprehensive list of players selected along with their agents of record.  Do not pay too much attention to the teams listed, as a lot will change based on trades.  Based on the information that is listed below, BDA Sports, […]

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Agent Selection Scenarios: Connecticut Basketball

Jimmer Fredette is to BYU as Kemba Walker is to the University of Connecticut.  UConn has advanced to the Sweet 16 and fans should be thanking Kemba for the 33 points he contributed to the team in its battle against the University of Cincinnati on Saturday night.  Next up for UConn is San Diego State […]

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Agent Selection Scenarios: North Carolina Basketball

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is back in the ACC Championship game, facing a familiar foe in Duke (the team we covered just yesterday).  I will certainly be switching over to that game when there are breaks in the Florida Gators vs. Kentucky Wildcats match-up for the SEC Championship.  Much like Duke, North […]

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Agent Selection Scenarios: Pittsburgh Basketball

I have received good feedback on this new column and plenty of Retweets on Twitter for the features on Ohio State Basketball and Kansas Basketball.  Keep those Tweets coming!  Up next is the University of Pittsburgh, who many claim to be the beast of the Big East.  They have a big game in a few […]

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Basketball Agents Getting Fired; Nothing New

On Sunday, Bob Finnan of The News-Herald wrote, There has been a flurry of agents who have been dropped by major clients in the last few weeks. If players don’t get the kind of contract they think they deserve, they fire their agent. That’s the new trend in the NBA. Players are changing agents like […]