As I wrote on March 20, 2011, Jeff Schwartz is keyed in at Connecticut. At the time, my money was on Kemba Walker signing with Schwartz. It’s too bad that no one offered to bet against me. Kemba Walker has made it official that he will be leaving Connecticut a year early and has signed […]
Tag: basketball
My alma mater, the University of Florida, has had a good number of strong basketball players come through campus in the past decade, which is quite an accomplishment for the institution, considering it has never really been known as a basketball powerhouse. Two national championships and an Elite Eight run in 2011 definitely helps build […]
Temple University earned a #7 seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and knocked off a weak #10 Penn State basketball team in the round of 64 of the Tourny. Unfortunately for the Temple Owls, they had to match-up against #2 San Diego State University in the next round and lost 71-64. One of Temple’s stars […]
Late last night, it was reported that the Golden State Warriors is going to hire Bob Myers of Wasserman Media Group as the Warriors assistant general manager. Myers would not be the first basketball agent to switch to the team side of the business. Jason Levien went from representing Kevin Martin, Luol Deng, and Courtney […]
Casey Close represents Derek Jeter, Ryan Howard, and Derek Lee (amongst other baseball players). He is a former Michigan baseball player who won Baseball America’s National Player of the Year award in 1986. Close is a member of the fairly new MLBPA Player Agent Advisory Committee. He is nothing less than one of baseball’s major power […]
Joey Rodriguez was a big part of Virginia Commonwealth’s deep run in the NCAA Tournament. While my eye was on Jamie Skeen in my VCU Agent Selection Scenarios post, that same post did note than only 2 solid players have come out of VCU in recent years. Larry Sanders selected Happy Walters of Rogue Sports […]
The Portsmouth Invitational (basketball’s version of the “Senior Bowl”) just finished. The craziness of the basketball world will be at an all time high this week. The players that we have worked over the last two weeks (Corey Stokes, Alex Tyus, and Julyan Stone) all had above average showings for their positions. All three players chose their […]
What: 2011 College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) Conference When: April 20-22, 2011 Where: William C. Friday Center for Continuing Education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (map) April 20 Panels 8:30am – 9:45am: Show Me The Manual! NCAA Regulations, Agents, and Amateurism Jason Belzer — President of Global Athlete Management Enterprises, Inc. (GAME, Inc.) and current […]
The San Antonio Spurs have been viewed with an eye of skepticism all season long. Experts who bet on NBA basketball lines at BetUs have watched them post the best record in the NBA this season, but most people know that regular season and the playoffs are a different story. The Spurs hit the wall […]
Shabbat Shalom all the way from Los Angeles, California, where it is only 9 a.m. I am about to be moderating a panel at Southwestern Law School titled, “Pre-Professional Athletes in an Amateur World: NCAA Rules, State Laws, Agents and Extra Benefits.” If you have anything you think I should ask the impressive panel of […]