What do Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Devin Harris, Udonis Haslem, Dee Brown, Anthony Parker, Ronnie Brewer, Michael Finley, Shaun Livingston, Quinton Ross, Denham Brown, Marcus Taylor, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, and Marcellus Sommerville all have in common? Their primary agent is Henry Thomas, formerly of CSMG. This weekend, it was reported (via Twitter) that Thomas will be […]
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Last week, the world baseball community was abuzz about the news that one of Cuba’s top young pitchers, Aroldis Chapman, defected from the Cuban national team and was roaming around somewhere in Europe. Fantasy baseball players immediately jotted his name down, baseball columnists were wondering what team he would be signed by, and I was […]
Immediately following the 2009 NBA Draft, Darren Rovell of CNBC, released a list of the lottery picks, their agents, and the money that each player will receive over the next three years of his rookie contract (before a team may extend that contract for an additional year). The slot values are much lower than what […]
This week, BaseballAmerica released its listing of the players selected in the top 10 rounds of the 2009 MLB Draft and their advisors (if they used one). Below are my notes. CAA dominated all other agencies in the 2009 NFL Draft. BDA Sports was king of the 2009 NBA Draft. Scott Boras Corp killed it […]
Were you able to digest our breakdown of the first round? Agencies like ASM Sports and Priority Sports came on strong at the end of the first round. Which agencies found their home in the second round? Second Round Kings – Jeff Pendergraph PF/C – Agency: Ceruzzi Sports Wizards – Jermaine Taylor SG – Agency: […]
After 60 picks and 100,000 trades, we now know who was selected in the 2009 NBA Draft and what teams they may be playing for in 2009. I will let the other web sites debate over what teams were the winners and losers. Here, our main concern is sorting out the agencies that were popping […]
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Q & A At Scout.com [Part 2]
If you didn’t check out Part 1 of an interview I recently was involved in with Jon Scott, writer for PatriotsInsider.com and Scout.com, go ahead and do so now. Part 2 is now up. In Part 2, we talk about topics like: Contract length, bonus money and gag orders on players.
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Q & A At Scout.com [Part 1]
Check out Part 1 of an interview I recently was involved in with Jon Scott, writer for PatriotsInsider.com and Scout.com. Part 1 has been posted on both sites, and Part 2 should be following soon. I had so much fun with it, that Scott may ask me to make this a regular column on the […]
I’ve only written about hockey on this site, but I am a huge sports fan in general. I like to think that I have a good working knowledge of the business side of the four major North American sports leagues. So something caught my eye while I was perusing the sports pages over the past […]
Myopic – [mahy-op-ik, –oh-pik] –adjective Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded. Scott Boras recently called out the Detroit Tigers organization for being myopic in the organization’s decision to bench Magglio Ordonez. By all accounts, Ordonez is having a mediocre season. His graphs […]