Nevada Forward Olek Czyz Signs with Brad Ames of Priority Sports

Post author By Darren Heitner
Post date April 16, 2012
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Olek Czyz, a 6’7 forward from Gdynia, Poland who played college ball at Nevada, has signed with Brad Ames of Priority Sports & Entertainment. The news of the signing was first reported on Twitter by Vilnius, Lithuania-based basketball agency, Jump Start Agency. Jump Start Agency has a proven track record placing American players with overseas basketball teams, and appears to be very interested in Czyz’s future potential based on the company’s Tweet.

DraftExpress.com ranks Czyz as the 54th best Senior player this year. Czyz began his collegiate career at Duke before transferring to Nevada. The past two seasons, he logged more than 28 minutes per game and shot above 52% from the field.

Tags Brad Ames, Jump Start Agency, Olek Czyz, priority sports

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Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.

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