Kevin Durant has dropped Seattle-based Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management (GSM) as his NBA agent. It appears that Jason Whitlock was the first to report on the rumor of Durant’s decision to leave Goodwin, and followed up with a Tweet that Candace Parker may be the next high-profile athlete to leave the firm that […]
The following is a guest contribution from Heather Brittany. Heather is currently a law student at Loyola Law School and Sports Chair of its Entertainment & Sports Law Society. Seth Meyers is hosting the 19th annual ESPYS on July 13, 2011. This will be Meyers’ second year in a row hosting the awards show. Yesterday, I […]
I am heading to Tampa for the weekend to experience Gasparilla for the first time. While everyone has been complaining about the snow, it has been absolutely beautiful down here in South Florida. Hate to rub it in, but it feels real good. Here are a couple of clips (Part 1/Part 2) from last weekend’s […]
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 […]
Last week, Nima Zarrabi of SLAM Magazine published a question and answer session he had with David Falk when he bumped into the well known basketball agent at Evan Turner‘s first commercial shoot as a professional basketball player. It was an unexpected meeting, but Zarrabi was able to ask Falk quite a few questions. Zarrabi broke up […]
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 […]
It’s about time we give a big old SHALOM to Amar’e Stoudemire. The man is enjoying his time in Israel and really embracing the culture, after finding out that his mother is Jewish. Shabbat at my apartment next time you are down in South Florida. Check out the video at the end of this post […]
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 […]
After what seemed like the slowest sports news week of the year, this week has been full of stories – mostly revolving around LeBron James. I’m a little hungover from the excitement of Wade, Bosh, and James in the city that I will most likely be returning to in less than a month. Not guaranteeing […]
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 […]