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2024 NBA Draft Player/Agent Pairings

2024 NBA Draft Player-Agent Pairings

Welcome to another year of providing the player/agent pairings as well as some notes for those selected in the NBA Draft.

Notes

  • Excel Sports had 6 first-round picks, WME Sports had 5 clients taken in the first round, Wasserman boasted 4 players taken in the first round, and CAA Sports finished the first round with 3 clients off the board.
  • And yet it was Doug Neustadt who runs his own boutique company who gets the prize of representing the first overall pick — Zaccharie Risacher.
  • Some notable agent names on the list who are not affiliated with major agencies are Nick Blatchford, Danny Green, and Aaron Reilly.

Round 1

  1. Zaccharie Risacher – Doug Neustadt of The Neustadt Group
  2. Alexandre Sarr – Bill Duffy of WME Sports
  3. Reed Sheppard – Aaron Mintz and Dave Spahn of CAA Sports
  4. Stephon Castle – Joe Smith and Thad Foucher of Wasserman
  5. Ron Holland – Justin Haynes and Bill Duffy of WME Sports
  6. Tidjane Salaun – Jeremy Medjana and Bouna Ndiaye of Comsport
  7. Donovan Clingan – Jared Mucha and Sean Kennedy of Excel Sports
  8. Rob Dillingham – Rich Paul, Calvin Andrews, and Lucan Newton of Klutch Sports
  9. Zach Edey – Mark Bartelstein and Kyle McAlarney of Priority Sports
  10. Cody Williams – Justin Haynes and Bill Duffy of WME Sports
  11. Matas Buzelis – Michael Tellem and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports
  12. Nikola Topic – Mike Lindeman, Javon Phillips, and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports
  13. Devin Carter – Marlon Harrison and Bill Duffy of WME Sports
  14. Carlton “Bub” Carrington – Nick Blatchford (UNLTD Sports) and Danny Green (Green Sports Management)
  15. Kel’el Ware – Max Saidman, Austin Brown, and Richard Felder of CAA Sports
  16. Jared McCain – James Dunleavy of Excel Sports
  17. Dalton Knecht – Anthony Coleman and Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports
  18. Tristan da Silva – Anthony Coleman and Sean Kennedy of Excel Sports
  19. Ja’Kobe Walter – Jason Glushon of Glushon Sports Management
  20. Jaylon Tyson – Wallace Prather of Prather Sports
  21. Yves Missi – Jelani Floyd and Joe Smith of Wasserman
  22. DaRon Holmes – Aaron Reilly of AMR Agency
  23. AJ Johnson – Bill Duffy of WME Sports
  24. Kyshawn George – Jelani Floyd and Joe Smith of Wasserman
  25. Pacome Dadiet – Yann Balikouzou of ISE
  26. Dillon Jones – Sam Permut of Roc Nation Sports
  27. Terrence Shannon – Calvin Andrews and Brandon Cavanaugh of Klutch Sports
  28. Ryan Dunn – Ty Sullivan of CAA Sports
  29. Isaiah Collier – BJ Armstrong of Wasserman
  30. Baylor Scheierman – Mark Bartelstein and Kyle McAlarney of Priority Sports

By Darren Heitner

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.