Welcome to another year of providing the player/agent pairings as well as some notes for those selected in the NBA Draft.
Notes
- You won’t be able to convince me that anyone had a better night than Troy Thompson, founder of G.A.P.P. Sports Group. He saw his two sons, Amen and Ausar Thompson, picked 4th overall and 5th overall, respectively. He also serves as their agent.
- Bouna Ndiaye, who started Comsport and has had a lot of success representing players from outside the U.S., started off the draft strong with the 1st overall pick (Wembanyama) followed by the 7th (Coulibaly).
- A cool personal story for me is that I taught the agents who represent the 10th and 11th overall picks in the NBA Draft, Max Lipsett and Dave Spahn. The course was Sports Agency Management at Indiana University Bloomington and was taught over a decade ago.
Round 1
- Victor Wembanyama – Bounda Ndiaye of Comsport
- Brandon Miller – Wilmer Jackson of SAI Sports Management
- Scoot Henderson – Steve Haney of Par-Lay Sports & Entertainment
- Amen Thompson – Troy Thompson of G.A.P.P. Sports Group
- Ausar Thompson – Troy Thompson of G.A.P.P. Sports Group
- Anthony Black – Bill Duffy and Justin Haynes of WME Sports
- Bilal Coulibaly – Bouna Ndiaye and Jeremy Medjana of Comsport
- Jarace Walker – Joe Branch, Bill Duffy, and Justin Haynes of WME Sports
- Taylor Hendricks – Raymond Brothers of I AM Sports & Entertainment
- Cason Wallace – Max Lipsett, Marcus Monk, and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports
- Jett Howard – Dave Spahn of CAA
- Dereck Lively II – Rich Paul of Klutch Sports
- Gradey Dick – Bill Duffy, David Mondress, and Isiah Turner of WME Sports
- Jordan Hawkins – Ty Sullivan of CAA
- Kobe Bufkin – Jelani Floyd, Thad Foucher, and Joe Smith of Wasserman
- Keyonte George – Thad Foucher, Jason Ranne, and Joe Smith of Wasserman
- Jalen Hood-Schifino – Austin Brown of CAA
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. – Aaron Mintz of CAA
- Brandin Podziemski – David Mondress and Bill Duffy of WME Sports
- Cam Whitmore – Joe Branch, Bill Duffy, and David Mondress of WME Sports
- Noah Clowney – Rich Paul of Klutch Sports
- Dariq Whitehead – Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports
- Kris Murray – Kyle McAlarney and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports
- Olivier-Maxence Prosper – Todd Ramasar and Mike Simonetta of Life Sports Agency
- Marcus Sasser – Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports