Some loyal readers may recall the attempt that I made back on April 28th, when I tried to Live Blog the 2007 NFL Draft, including the agent and company that had signed each player. It went well until about the 17th pick, when it became very hard for me to find out who represented whom. And then someone was nice enough to send me this list of the first 99 picks and their agents. This draft is going to be different.
I will attempt to list every player taken (only 2 rounds worth, so it should be do-able), their agent, and the agency that the agent works for. At the NBA draft’s conclusion, I will do some analysis and wrap-up with a little synopsis. I will probably be adding information as each pick is announced, so stick around and keep refreshing the page to catch the updates if you are interested.
The 2007 NBA Sports Agent Draft
1. Mike Conley, Sr. (MAC Management Group/BDA Sports) – Greg Oden – Portland Trailblazers
2. Aaron Goodwin (Goodwin Sports Management) – Kevin Durant – Seattle Sonics
3. Aaron Goodwin (Goodwin Sports Management) – Al Horford – Atlanta Hawks
4. Mike Conley, Sr. (MAC Management Group/BDA Sports) – Mike Conley, Jr. – Memphis Grizzlies
5. David Falk (FAME) – Jeff Green – Boston Celtics (will be traded to Sonics)
6. Dan Fegan (Fegan & Associates) – Yi Jianlian – Milwaukee Bucks
7. Bill Strickland (Blackwave Media Group) – Corey Brewer – Minnesota Timberwolves
8. Lon Babby & Jim Tanner (Williams & Connolly) – Brandan Wright – Charlotte Bobcats (will be traded to Warriors)
9. Donald Dell/Bill Strickland (Blackwave Media Group) – Joakim Noah – Chicago Bulls
10. Arn Tellem (Wasserman Media Group) – Spencer Hawes – Sacramento Kings
11. Arn Tellem (Wasserman Media Group) – Acie Law IV – Atlanta Hawks
12. Ken Carter (Young’s father’s cousin & New Orleans attorney) – Thaddeus Young – Philadelphia 76ers
13. Rob Pelinka – Julian Wright – New Orleans Hornets
14. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Al Thornton – Los Angeles Clippers
15. Aaron Goodwin (Goodwin Sports Management) – Rodney Stuckey – Detroit Pistons
16. Mark Bartelstein & Aaron Mintz (Priority Sports) – Nick Young – Washington Wizards
17. Charles Grantham – Sean Williams – New Jersey Nets
18. Sam Goldfeder (Excel Sports Management) – Marco Belinelli – Golden State Warriors
19. Wallace Prather III (WP Sports) – Javaris Crittenton – Los Angeles Lakers
20. Mark Bartelstein (Priority Sports) – Jason Smith – Miami Heat (will be traded to 76ers)
21. Mike Conley, Sr. (MAC Management Group/BDA Sports) – Daequan Cook – Philadelphia 76ers (will be traded to Heat)
22. Mark Bartelstein & Aaron Mintz (Priority Sports) – Jared Dudley – Charlotte Bobcats
23. Chris Grier Luchey (CGL Sports) – Wilson Chandler – NY Knicks
24. Justin Zanik & Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – Rudy Fernandez – Phoenix Suns (will be traded to Trailblazers)
25. Lon Babby & Jim Tanner (Williams & Connolly) – Morris Almond – Utah Jazz
26. Andre Buck (CAA) – Aaron Brooks – Houston Rockets
27. Sam Goldfeder (Excel Sports Management) – Arron Afflalo – Detroit Pistons
28. Lucky Capicchioni/Herb Rudoy (Interperformances) – Tiago Splitter – San Antonio Spurs
29. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Alando Tucker – Phoenix Suns
30. Marc Cornstein (Pinnacle Management) – Petteri Koponen – Philadelphia 76ers
Round 2
31. Buddy Baker (IM Sports Services) – Carl Landry – Seattle Sonics
32. Sam Goldfeder (Excel Sports Management) – Gabe Pruitt – Boston Celtics
33. Rob Pelinka – Marcus Williams – San Antonio Spurs
34. Chris Emens (Octagon) – Nick Fazekas – Dallas Mavericks
35. John Hamilton (Performance Sports Management) – Glen Davis – Seattle Sonics (will be traded to Celtics)
36. Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – Jermareo Davidson – Golden State Warriors
37. Arn Tellem (Wasserman Media Group) – Josh McRoberts – Portland Trailblazers
38. Jason Levien (LSR) – Kyrylo Fesenko – Philadelphia 76ers
39. Marc Cornstein (Pinnacle Management) – Stanko Barac – Miami Heat (will be traded to Indiana Pacers)
40. Discrepancy: Keith Glass or Herb Rudoy (Interperformances) – Sun Yue – Los Angeles Lakers
41. Andre Buck (CAA) – Chris Richard – Minnesota Timberwolves
42. Robert Fayne (Consolidated Management Group) – Derrick Byars – Portland Trailblazers
43. Chris Emens (Octagon) – Adam Haluska – New Orleans Hornets
44. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Rayshawn Terry – Orlando Magic
45. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Jared Jordan – Los Angeles Clippers
46. Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – Stephane Lasme – Golden State Warriors
47. Bouna Ndiaye (ComSport) – Dominic McGuire – Washington Wizards
48. Lucky Capicchioni/Herb Rudoy (Interperformances) – Marc Gasol – Los Angeles Lakers
49. Justin Zanik & Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – Aaron Gray – Chicago Bulls
50. George Bass (AAI Sports) – Renaldas Seibutis – Dallas Mavericks
51. No Agent – Jameson Curry – Chicago Bulls
52. Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – Taurean Green – Portland Trailblazers
53. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Demetris Nichols – Portland Trailblazers
54. Leon Rose (CAA) – Brad Newley – Houston Rockets
55. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Herbert Hill – Utah Jazz
56. Chubby Wells – Ramon Sessions – Milwaukee Bucks
57. Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – Sammy Mejia – Detroit Pistons
58. Costas Papadakis (FirstClass Management) – Giorgos Printezis – San Antonio Spurs
59. Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – D.J. Strawberry – Phoenix Suns
60. Marc Cornstein (Pinnacle Management) – Milovan Rakovic – Dallas Mavericks
Concluding Notes
- The winners (ranked by number of clients selected by agency):
- BDA Sports – 10 selections (that would be 1/6 of everybody drafted)
- ASM Sports – 6 selections
- Goodwin Sports Management – 3 selections
- CAA – 3 selections
- Wasserman Media Group – 3 selections
- Pinnacle Management – 3 selections
- Priority Sports – 3 selections
- Excel Sports Management – 3 selections
- Is it fair to say that Bill Duffy and Mike Conley, Jr. will get along? Not only did they have 2 of the top 4 picks (including the #1 overall), but 5 out of their 10 selected clients went in the first round (which means that they are guaranteed money).
- Why have I never heard of Andy Miller from ASM Sports before tonight? I need to pick things up around here. Someone get Mr. Miller to do an Interview With The Agent pronto!
If anyone can tell me who Sun Yue’s agentand/or Renaldas Seibutis’ agent is (the only 1 missing), I will be your lover.Thanks to reader, Almantas Kiveris for Seibutis’ agent and thanks to Jonathan Givony for Yue’s agent (the list is complete!)
- How about my Florida Gators? They racked up 5 selections out of 60 possible slots. It’s not quite BDA Sports numbers, but it’s still damn impressive. 3 Gators were taken in the first 10 picks, and Chris Richard, a backup, went before Taureen Green, who also went in the 2nd round.
- Will Jameson Curry select an agent and play for the Bulls or go back to school for another year?
- I am thoroughly exhausted. I have been live-blogging this whole thing and also contributed to ESPN’s TrueHoop live blogger draft (for the Heat…and was very disappointed with their picks). I hope you enjoyed this thread. It sure beat the hell out of my attempt at the NFL Draft.
-Darren Heitner
30 replies on “The 2007 NBA Sports Agent Draft”
Great work here Darren!!!
Andy Miller is one of the most powerful agent’s in basketball. He got his start as the Fleisher Bro’s intern and became big once he got the balls to steal most of their clients.
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=102815
He ended up having to pay Eric Fleisher something like $5M for stealing the likes of Kevin Garnett and Chauncey Billups.
He most recently made a name for himself during the pursuit of Sebastian Telfair (which was chronicled in “The Jump”)
Remember when Arn Tellem was feared and mighty? And now, Josh McRoberts? I enjoy that news a great deal. I believe the Germans had a word for this feeling, “takkethattfuker.”
Or, schaudenfreude
Arn Tellem still had two picks in the top 11…
How about the goodwin twins? Had two picks in the top 4, including durant who clearly is the most marketable. Also had the 15th pick, with stuckey.Not bad for a three person agency…
Not to mention losing LeBron James to Leon Rose and having a lot of people in the industry not believe in his abilities. Talking about Leon Rose…only one selection? And at #54? William Wesley, where you at?
Yeah Miller has been in the news more than once and has been involved in more than one large lawsuit. He took KG about the time Fleisher and the TWolves colluded in the Smith fiasco. Allegedly he lured most of Eric’s clients away with promises of dates with Wilhemina models? That’s what we call looking out for your clients’ best interests…
Great draft form the Gators. Darren you must be happy.
Nice work. A great night for the Gators too!
Sun Yue’s agent is Keith Glass, not Herb Rudoy.
The Sports Business Journal listed Herb as Yue’s agent.
Thanks for that Jon. And thanks for providing a great resource; DraftExpress.com
How about I list both for now, until we get to the bottom of this issue?
“BDA Sports – 10 selections (that would be 1/4 of everybody drafted)”
Last time I checked 10 out of 60 was 1/6
I think it’s quality over quantity. Goodwin Sports has represented two of the last five number one overall picks (James in 03 and Howard in 04) and represented two of the top three picks in this year’s draft. Combine that with their unprecedented marketing acheivements (see: LeBron’s marketing deals with the Goodwins and his deals after…120M compared to less than 1M) and there should be no doubt that they are pretty damn good at what they do. And this is without the backing of Wasserman Media, SFX, or CAA (as guys like Tellem and Rose currently have).
It is really not fair to compare LeBron’s marketing deals with the Goodwins as opposed to using his pal Maverick Carter. The bulk of the $120m is in his Nike deal which was a 7-year deal. His major deals were signed when he was with the Goodwins, whomever was his marketing agent at the time would’ve gotten him that much money…
@ Chris:
Uhhh…actually that is not true. How about you read this article (http://www2.sabew.org/sabewweb.nsf/e0087b5460c4a721862569c2005fa85a/78bfb8bf269a650f86256ea70057165e!OpenDocument) and see how it all went down. When LeBron was first looking for a shoe deal, most thought it would be for about $50M-$60M (See: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2003-04-06-lebron-shoe-deal_x.htm). The Goodwins played all the shoe companies against each other and made that deal happen.
As well, there are tons of other opportunities that LeBron’s people have not capitalized on. He hasn’t signed deals with a restaurant, a car company, a video game company, a cellular phone company, etc. There are always rumors of potential LeBron deals, but to date he’s signed nothing outside of a $500K Microsoft deal and $200K Lawnmower deal (I totally see the marketing synergies between LeBron and lawnmowers). Outside of Nike, LeBron really didn’t even have any ads going during the playoffs. I mean Dwyane Wade was eliminated in the first round, yet still dominated the marketing scene during the playoffs. And don’t tell me that Maverick and his current representatives couldn’t have signed him at least one $1M+ deal.
As well, check back in a month or so when the Goodwins are done collecting a ton of deals for Kevin Durant. People think that those LeBron deals just walked right up to his front door. Those deals were pursued and negotiated. The Goodwins had a plan on how they were going to market LeBron to the world. But after LeBron left them, all of that stuff kind of just went out the window. I truly believe that if the Goodwins still represented LeBron, he would have a ton more marketing/endorsement opportunities than he currently has now.
@ Hank:
And to think that I got an 800 on my Math portion of the SAT back in high school. I guess it has all gone down hill from there.
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