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Octagon has signed senior, Jose Alvarado, from George Tech. He will be joining the NBA Draft Class with Jordan Schakel (San Diego State), Moses Wright (Georgia Tech), Mckinley Wright (Colorado), Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (Villanova) and international prospect Josh Giddey. The signing comes after Alvarado announced he was officially keeping his name in the NBA Draft on […]
Octagon Basketball has signed Australian-native Josh Giddey to their client roster. Giddey will be joining Mckinley Wright, Jordan Schakel, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl who signed earlier this month. The 6’8″, 211-pound guard is from Australia where he currently plays for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL. Giddey became the first Australian player to be part of […]
Octagon Basketball has signed Jeremiah Robinson-Earl to their basketball client roster. The Villanova Wildcat sophomore averaged 15.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game during the 2020-2021 season which helped propel the Wildcats to an 18-7 record and a berth to the Sweet Sixteen. Robinson-Earl explored his draft options after the 2019-2020 season but chose to […]
Prominent basketball agent, Daniel Moldovan, joins Octagon Baseketball as Vice President and Player Agent. Moldovan will bring with him his list of clients formerly represented by his Australian basketball agency Lighthouse Sports Management. The high-profile client list includes Toronto Raptors Center Aron Baynes and NBA veterans Jonah Bolden and Isaac Humphries. Also included on the […]
In 2015, I attended the “Sports Agent School” conference in Chicago, Illinois, which was a behind-the-scenes look at the NBA sports agent industry. The conference, hosted by ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla, featured a handful of former and current NBA agents and executives as panelists. One of them was Giannis Antetokounmpo’s agent. What stuck with me, among […]
Current Philadelphia 76ers guard and soon-to-be unrestricted free agent Alec Burks has switched agents from You First Sports to Octagon Basketball. Octagon Basketball represents NBA stars such as Bam Adebayo, Stephen Curry, and Giannis Antetokounmpo. The 29-year-old Burks now has the option to choose where he will continue his basketball career. Burks has bounced around […]
Anthony Edwards, one of the top NBA Draft prospects, has signed to an exclusive marketing and management agreement with Octagon. Octagon Basketball’s Omar Wilkes will be his representation. Edwards, the No. 1 prospect coming out of high school, was a McDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-Star. The Georgia native became a freshman sensation for […]
Global sports and entertainment agency, Octagon, recently announced its expansion in Europe with its Basketball Division. Octagon Basketball’s European headquarters will be based in Athens, Greece. Giorgos Dimitropoulos has been named Senior Director of Octagon Basketball Europe and will be managing player representation across the continent. Before joining Octagon Basketball, Dimitropoulos co-founded FCM Basketball “It […]
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