Because if not, Raja Bell will take his/her chalupa. Apparently, Raja has just signed an endorsement deal with Taco Bell, which entitles him to free food at Taco Bell for the duration of his contract [Wade Debuts New Spot/Raja Signs with T-Bell]. Another interesting fact: both Bell’s have 4 letter first names. -Darren Heitner [tags]Raja […]
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True Hoop Wiki
Henry Abbott, through his basketball blog True Hoop, is on a mission to provide more knowledge about basketball agent/client relations to the common man/woman. On October 3rd, Abbott announced the creation of the first publicly available online list of NBA players and their agents. The website is named TrueHoopWiki, and will attempt to cover other […]
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Sweet Morrison
Adam Morrison of the Charlotte Bobcats is probably not the best looking guy in the world, but don’t tell that to his marketing agent. Morrison already has endorsement deals with Adidas, Topps, and EA Sports. Most recently, he has signed with Johnson & Johnson’s Lifescan subsidiary to be the face for their blood sugar monitors. […]
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Starbury’s Sneaks
In an interesting endorsement move, Stephon Marbury of the New York Knicks, has decided to be the face behind shoes selling for $14.98 [‘Starbury’ for less: Marbury to endorse cheap kicks]. The shoe will be called the “Starbury One” and will be on Stephon’s feat for this coming season. Another interesting note is that Marbury […]
According to Rum and Money’s Personality Test Generator, if I were an NBA player, I would be Gilbert Arenas. The test takes a minute to complete. Which NBA player are you? By the way, the analysis of the law review article is complete and will be posted some time tomorrow.
In an effort to focus on more important issues and shorten the amount of time that it takes readers to look over “nightmare client…” posts, I have decided to only give snippets of stories and if you are interested in learning more about each event, follow the external links. 1. Dale Davis of the Detroit […]
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NBA Player Firing an Agent
Upset with the performance of his longtime, New York-based agent Andy Miller, Al Harrinton has fired him in the midst of a trade from the Atlanta Hawks organization [Harrington fires his agent]. An important part of all of this is that league rules mandate that a player who fires his agent may not hire a […]
Sam Perkins and Detlef Schrempf, step to the side. Your one-time Seattle Supersonics teammate, Shawn Kemp is busy ruining his image after helping you to a 64-18 record in 1995-1996. Before we get into the nightmare clients, please enjoy this clip of Kobe Bryant picking off Detlef Schrempf in 1999. I think I speak for […]
You may not after reading these facts about player salaries. btw, MLS stands for Major League Soccer, America’s attempt to create a professional soccer league in the U.S. Looking at salaries alone, it seems that the league is has not reached nearly enough popularity so far, and needs a boost before players like Freddy Adu […]
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NBA Salary Cap Set
The salary cap for individual NBA teams in the 2006-2007 season has been set today at $53.135 million. The increase is $3.6 million above this past year’s cap. For a luxury tax to be placed on a team (the team would have to pay a dollar for every dollar above the number value), that team […]