As you probably noticed from the absence of regular posting on my behalf earlier last week and my mentioning of it in the previous Friday Wrap-Up, I was in Key West for a part of last week enjoying the sun and Duval St. Upon my return, I was greeted by multiple emails about a story […]
David Falk re-entered the sports agency world in 2007 (representing draft pick, Jeff Green), and has not been afraid to vocalize his opinions about the industry ever since. “The sports agent business has become so corrupt — I would not encourage anyone to try to become an agent right now.” [Short and Sweet] – 4/23/08 […]
While the economy has taken its toll on the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), forcing a shortened 2008/09 season and causing many involved in the league to worry about its future, the National Basketball Developmental League (NBDL) seems to be doing just fine. Many leagues are firing executives and freezing salaries. The NBDL is expanding. Portland, […]
BJ Armstrong has received a lot of love on this website. The company that he works for received the #1 position on Jason Belzer’s Sports Agency Power Rankings, and Armstrong was featured in our most popular column, Interview with the Agent. No doubt about it, BJ was put on the map as an agent by […]
After being signed to his second ten-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on January 20th, and the initial threats of the Portland Trailblazers to all NBA teams, Darius Miles has officially signed with the Memphis Grizzlies. I wrote several articles relating to this specific matter regarding Miles (Blazers Miles From Resolving Conflict) and his financial […]
Recently debate has heated up regarding bringing a professional hockey or basketball team to Hartford, Connecticut. Since the Hartford Whalers left the city in 1997, Hartford has been without a major professional franchise. Back in 1999 there was hope that the New England Patriots would move to the city, but that deal fell through. Personally, […]
Last week i wrote a piece titled, Blazers Miles From Resolving Conflict, which now looks to be a true statement after today’s most recent update. I wrote about the Portland Trail Blazers absurd reaction to the Memphis Grizzlies signing of Darius Miles to a 10-day contract extension. Miles needed to only play in one more game […]
Bonzi Wells made his China league debut towards the end of 2008. He scored 48 points and snared 11 rebounds in the debut, helping the Shanxi Zhongyu to a 107-106 win over Tianjin. Wells went 17-37 from the floor and shot 5-15 on three-pointers. He also had seven steals in Sunday’s game. Some un Bonzi-like […]
If the name Darius Miles did not bring fear to the Portland Trailblazers organization when seeing him on the court, it does now. Miles is causing a BIG stir in the NBA, affecting all NBA teams and getting the NBA Players Association involved. When Darius Miles was under contract with the Trailblazers he suffered what […]
Although the NBA Draft is still a fair way off, there are already players who are being highlighted as potential draftees. Thousands of players go through the rigors of balancing school and sport to try and make it on the biggest stage in Basketball, but at the end of the day there are only 60 […]