The recent signing of Kevin Durant with Nike means two things. 1) Kevin Durant and Greg Oden are now teammates. 2) Durant’s agent (Aaron Goodwin) made good on his guarantee. As an incentive to sign Durant, Goodwin made a guarantee that he would net Kevin Durant a shoe contract of at least 40 million dollars. […]
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I missed a lot of news from Sunday-Wednesday (being trapped in a poker room in Biloxi, Mississippi…losing my ass), and it took a while for me to catch up with all of that on top of reading yesterday’s important sports agent news. Thus, I bring to you a Friday wrap-up, of the biggest sports agent […]
Sports blog, SimonOnSports, believes that NBA agent Marc Cornstein must be on crack. It may not be crack, but it must be something. Cornstein, a sports agent at Pinnacle Management, represents 3 players taken in the 2007 NBA Draft: Petteri Koponen, Stanko Barac, and Milovan Rakovic [The 2007 NBA Sports Agent Draft]. None of them […]
Back on May 25th, only one day after I returned from the Holy Land (Israel), I pondered whether the Portland Trail Blazers should select Greg Oden or Kevin Durant based on more than just their playing skills [Who Will Blaze The Trail?]. At the time, I was led to believe that Greg Oden looked older […]
Watching the NBA draft Thursday made me think of this topic and how wrong it is. An ESPN reporter asked Mike Conley Sr., the agent of Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr, why he is the best choice to be representing both of these future NBA superstars. His answer: “This business is about trust and […]
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The Joys Of Being A Knicks Fan
Guest Contribution by an aspiring agent, and loyal reader of SportsAgentBlog.com, Zak Romanoff: Sitting in the fan section at Madison Square Garden during the draft on Thursday was a great experience. My friend Frank and I got to see Oden, Durant, and all the other stars walk by us and give high fives to all […]
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. […]
If you want to follow who represents whom, head over to the DraftExpress: 2007 NBA Draft Prospect Agent Listings. Joshua Golka put up a post on his Athlete Agent / Sports Agent Regulation blog about the NBA today [Basketball Agent Info]. It includes links for certification to become a basketball agent (NBPA and FIBA – […]
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Honorable Client of the Week
The media (and this site) does a disservice to athletes. Many media sources only focus on the bad things that players do on a daily basis. This site only highlights players’ wrongs in a wrap-up every Sunday night (does that make us any better?..probably not). It is hard for this site to mention all of […]
I am away in Washington D.C. until Tuesday evening and have not been able to find a lot of time to post much new content. If I find anything of note between now and then I will be sure to share it. You should have your weekly dose of Nightmare Clients of the Week on […]