When news broke a few weeks back that NBA super agent Rich Paul was teaming up with United Talent Agency (UTA) to head their basketball division, it was a sign that NBA players are ready to branch out even further into their off-court pursuits in the entertainment industry. From UTA’s perspective, partnering with Paul made […]
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Rich Paul, who founded Klutch Sports Group in 2012, is merging with United Talent Agency to start a sports division. Klutch will retain its own branding and operate under UTA. Paul stated to the New York Times that, “nothing changes” in terms of how Klutch’s basketball business will operate. It is unknown how big on […]
Klutch Sports recently announced the signing of Warriors forward Draymond Green. Green told his former agent, B.J. Armstrong of Wasserman Media Group, he would be changing his representation. Despite his friendship with LeBron James, Green made it clear that James did not recruit him to join Rich Paul and Klutch. “It’s impossible to say LeBron […]
My how times have changed since July 9, 2019 when Hollywood’s new chosen one, LeBron James appeared to change the NBA landscape upon taking his talents to Los Angeles. At that time, the dawn of a new era appeared to arrive as the newest version of “Showtime” was ready to assembled. But that was then, and […]
Darius Bazley is a 6-foot-9 basketball prospect from the suburbs of Cincinnati. A consensus 5-star talent, selected to the Jordan Brand Classic and 2018 McDonald’s All-American, Bazley was committed to being the latest in a line of talented athletes to play for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University. However, the Orange and the basketball community as […]
Sure, everyone knows how much money in contracts agents have negotiated, but they don’t know how adept agents are at finding talent. Sports Agent Blog ranks the top eight agents based not on lump contracts sums negotiated, but on the pure talent they represent. After parsing through all the players represented by each agent, we […]
It’s been a long time, but I will be heading to Jacksonville this weekend for the annual Florida vs. Georgia game on “neutral” turf. It could very well be the game that determines who represents the SEC East in the SEC Championship game. Then, the following weekend, I’ll be heading to New York and be […]
This NBA offseason Klutch Sports Group has taken a monumental step in cementing its operation as a standard for NBA agents and client relations professionals. Founder Rich Paul continues this trend by ushering sports marketing executive Marquise Watts to Klutch Sports as President of Brand Strategy. Previously, Watts has worked with Adidas and Under Armour. […]
Since being selected with the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets, Anthony Davis has molded himself into one of the league’s most vibrant superstars. After winning a national championship at the University of Kentucky in 2012, Davis signed a three-year fully guaranteed $16 million contract as laid out […]
The NFL regular season is officially underway and it feels like the world is back on its regular orbit (if you’re able to ignore all the political drama going on in Washington D.C.). Speaking of football, the talk of the week was undoubtedly Nike’s new advertisements featuring Colin Kaepernick, who may be making more money […]