No I’m not talking about LeBron playing for the Lakers, but that other Los Angeles team, the Clippers, if you forgot they existed. The New York Post and ESPN recently reported that David Geffen, the billionaire entertainment mogul, wants to buy a controlling share in the Clippers. More importantly, Geffen told current owner Donald Sterling […]
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On May 4, the Chicago Bulls fired coach Vinny Del Negro. Yesterday, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired coach Mike Brown. There are a lot of rumors that the Miami Heat is thinking of replacing coach Erik Spoelstra. The Bulls have reached out to Phil Jackson, the Heat may be thinking of bringing back Pat Riley, and […]
Now that the deadline has passed for early entries who were testing the waters to either remain in the draft or go back to school, I like to go through the early entry list and look for agent names that surprise me near the top of the list. I already wrote a post about my […]
Since the end of this past college basketball season, the biggest draft question did not focus on whether someone would keep his name in the draft pool. Instead, it was on who the future #1 overall pick, John Wall, would select as his representation leading up to the draft. That person will pick up the […]
From the moment the news broke of Allen Iverson’s “retirement”, the real question was how long before he found someone willing to offer him a contract. So after just seven days of “retirement” and some flirtation with the Knicks, Allen Iverson is headed home to Philly. The 76ers, who have lost PG Lou Williams for […]
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The Influencers Of Basketball
The website, Hoopsworld, is on a mission to list the top 55 most influential people/groups in the sport of basketball. Yesterday, the site began the rankings by revealing #36-55. Seven agents are listed in that group; however, the site does put Leon Rose and Henry Thomas in the same slot. Here are the agents who […]
Yesterday, Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal tweeted that O.J. Mayo, the Memphis Grizzlies guard going into his sophomore season in the NBA, has dropped both his marketing agency and contractual advisor. His representation for team contracts was Leon Rose of Creative Artists Agency. Mayo’s marketing agency was LRMR Marketing, a company that has LeBron James […]
After reading the article I wrote yesterday on CAA’s acquisition of CSMG’s President, Henry Thomas, and all of his clients, I realized that I did not spend enough time talking about the implications of this move on the sports agent industry as a whole. CSMG wis probably gone for good, but what exactly does it […]
The deadline for underclassmen to pull their names out of the NBA Draft is one week from yesterday (June 15). Those that have committed to an agent no longer have an option of returning to school if they decide that they do not want to enter the draft pool. This year’s draft class has seen […]
Aaron Goodwin – Terrence Williams, Demar DeRozan Aaron Mintz (Priority) – Tyrese Rice, Jeff Adrien Andre Buck (CAA) – Dionte Christmas, DaJuan Summers Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – B.J. Mullens, Daniel Hackett, Eric Maynor, Alonzo Gee, Rudy Mbemba, Robert Vaden Arn Tellem – Wayne Ellington, Gerald Henderson Austin Walton (Dynasty) – Terrance Woodbury Bernie Lee […]