Carl Landry of the New Orleans Hornets was formerly represented by Andrew “Buddy” Baker. Baker had represented Landry for over four years, including the period leading up to Landry’s selection as the 1st pick of the 2nd round by the Seattle Sonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) in 2007. Landry was immediately traded to the […]
At the end of last week, Mark Bartelstein, CEO of Priority Sports & Entertainment and agent to many stars in basketball and football, spoke to Bloomberg Sports about money spent on NFL free agents once signings commenced. Bartelstein said that he did not think that there were bigger deals signed than in years past, but that […]
Over the weekend, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports Tweeted the following: [blackbirdpie url=”http://www.twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/94530707271061504″] Wojnarowski Tweeted that statement after Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, and many other prominent basketball agents met with National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Executive Director Billy Hunter on Friday to talk about the NBA lockout (which […]
There are plenty of articles about the NBA lockout, and perhaps none will be better than the one recently written at Grantland by Bill Simmons. A little over a week ago, though, David Aldridge at NBA.com wrote an in-depth piece about the lockout, which is also a recommended read. Instead of summarizing Aldridge’s lengthy write-up, […]
Other than a couple kids from Kentucky (Josh Harrellson and DeAndre Liggins), the following is a comprehensive list of players selected along with their agents of record. Do not pay too much attention to the teams listed, as a lot will change based on trades. Based on the information that is listed below, BDA Sports, […]
Last week, I wrote about Kris Humphries, currently a power forward playing for the New Jersey Nets, firing sports agent Dan Fegan of Lagardère Unlimited and hiring Marc Cornstein of Pinnacle Management. Cornstein has a solid group of clients (including Samuel Dalembert, Darko Milicic, Beno Udrih, and Nenad Krstic), but it pales in comparison to Fegan’s list, which contains roughly 20 […]
The following list displays the Dallas Mavericks’ 15-man roster along with each player’s agent of record. JJ Barea – Dan Fegan (Lagardere Unlimited) Rodrigue Beaubois – Bouna Ndiaye (Comsport) Corey Brewer – Happy Walters (Rogue Sports) Caron Butler – Raymond Brothers Brian Cardinal – Mark Bartelstein (Priority Sports) Tyson Chandler – Jeff Schwartz (Excel Sports) Brendan Haywood […]
Michael Jasper has been receiving a lot of press lately. My favorite piece was written at ProFootballWeekly.com – Jasper overcomes enormous odds on journey to NFL. Also have to love the press about Gabe Carimi, Bear Jew. If only the players and owners could agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. I am ecstatic about the […]
While Priority Sports & Entertainment was one of the more successful agencies in the 2011 NFL Draft (representing a total of 13 Draft picks), the company also has a strong and growing Basketball division run by Mark Bartelstein, Brad Ames, Aaron Mintz, and Reggie Brown. Priority Sports’ recent move to partner with Hoops Internacional will […]
Round 1 1. Carolina – QB Cam Newton ~ Auburn – Agent: Bus Cook, Tony Paige, Chitta Mallik (B.C. Sports/Perennial Sports) 2. Denver – LB Von Miller ~ Texas A&M – Agent: Athletes First 3. Buffalo – DT Marcell Dareus ~ Alabama – Agent: Todd France 4. Cincinnati – WR A.J. Green ~ UGA – Agent: Creative Artists Agency 5. Arizona – CB Patrick Peterson ~ LSU – Agent: Patrick Lawlor (Galaxy Sports) 6. Atlanta – WR Julio Jones […]