While the National Basketball Association is embroiled in a lockout that may be cause to terminate the entire 2011/12 NBA season, the NBA Developmental League (D-League) is pressing on. Yesterday, I received an email from Baskersfield Jam head coach Will Voigt announcing three upcoming open tryouts to be held in the Phoenix, Arizona area, Toronto, Canada […]
Carl Landry of the New Orleans Hornets was formerly represented by Andrew “Buddy” Baker. Baker had represented Landry for over four years, including the period leading up to Landry’s selection as the 1st pick of the 2nd round by the Seattle Sonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) in 2007. Landry was immediately traded to the […]
The news that the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) will prevent NBA players current under contract from playing in its league was not talked about much in sports business circles; however, it has a great impact on top tier NBA players and their agents. Before the CBA locked these NBA players out of its league, superstars […]
The first On to the Next One involving Peyton Hillis was published on July 1, 2011, and focused on Hillis’ switch from SportsTrust Advisors to Kelli Masters of KM Sports. However, I have come to find out that the change of representation was short lived. Last night, Masters informed me that Hillis once again changed representation (this time […]
I first learned about Ken Staninger and Stinger Sports Group over 4 years ago, when I covered the NFL agent and his company in an Agent Spotlight piece on this website. The obvious thing that sticks out about Staninger is that he is based in Missoula, Montana, which is the 2nd largest city in Montana, but certainly […]
On August 19, 2011, Kaufmann Sports Management Group, LLC (KSMG) announced (via its Facebook page) that it had signed Dallas Mavericks Guard Dominique Jones as a client. He has become KSMG’s first basketball client. Jones will be represented by KSMG for marketing purposes, while he will continue to be represented by Mike Hodges for team contracts. Hodges has […]
Jorge Sierra at HoopsHype broke the following agent change via Twitter: [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/hoopshype/status/104460217470812161″] As stated by Sierra, Royal Ivey’s switch of representation from Keith Glass to Jim Tanner, leaves Glass with no remaining NBA clients. Tanner, however, represents Ray Allen, Tim Duncan, Hedo Turkoglu, Shane Battier, amongst others. He is the head of the basketball division at law […]
Right around the 10th anniversary of Jeff Frye hitting for the cycle with the Toronto Blue Jays came the unfortunate news that he was fired by BBI Sports Group. However, I have heard that Frye still owns one-third of the company. Frye had been a partner with agent Jay Franklin at Franklin-Frye Sports for some time before the company […]
The following is a guest contribution from Heather Brittany (@HeatherBrit). Heather is currently a law student at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Sports Chair of its Entertainment & Sports Law Society. Renegade. Athlete’s rights advocate. Evangelist for the Olympics. Difficult. Exacting. Argumentative. Brash. Insane. Hyper-Active. These are all slogans and adjectives that sports agent, Evan Morgenstein, […]
The following is a guest contribution from Daniel Elsa. Feel free to follow him on Twitter at @dboy03. Oftentimes when exploring destinations to relieve oneself of the stress and daily hassles of life, getaways such as Las Vegas, Nevada are given much thought in exploring. Whether it’s the pitch of Sin City, “What happens, Stays […]