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Windy City Bulls C Simisola Shittu Joins Young Money APAA Sports
Former Vanderbilt Commodores player and current Windy City Bulls Center Simisola Shittu signs with Young Money APAA Sports for representation.
Shittu played all 40 games in the 2019-20 season averaging 12.3 points and 6.4 rebounds. Shittu shown impressive versatility and flashes over the season, with the most memorable being his 29 point, 18 rebound performance against the Westchester Knicks.
The British-born Canadian was highly touted as a topped ranked player in high school. Shittu went…
Justin Anderson Agrees To Terms With The Brooklyn Nets
Justin Anderson, who is represented by Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports & Entertainment has agreed to terms with the Brooklyn Nets ahead of the potential restart “bubble” season.
Anderson was named All-NBA G-League Third Team averaging 20.6 points, 6.6 rebounds per game. His point averages was 17th best during this season. Anderson is familiar with the team as he previously completed a 10-day contract with them back in January.
The signing comes after small forward…
Soderstrom Receives Largest Bonus For A Prep School Catcher In The Bonus-Pool Era
The Oakland Athletics have signed 1st-round pick Tyler Soderstrom for $3.3 Million (slot 26 value = $2,653,400) according to Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. Soderstrom received the largest bonus for a prep C in bonus-pool era. He is the son of former Major League Pitcher Steve Soderstrom who was the No.6 overall pick in the 1993 MLB Draft.
It was later reported by Jeff Passan of ESPN that Soderstrom will be joining the A’s at…
James Wiseman, Cole Anthony, Aaron Nesmith Highlight Excel Sports Management’s Draft Class
Excel Sports Management will be representing a star-studded group of athletes for its 2020 NBA Draft class. Potential No. 1 overall pick, James Wiseman, highlights the class. Wiseman signed with Excel back in December, giving up his remaining college eligibility shortly into the season. Wiseman opted to leave Memphis for the NBA, instead of facing a 12-game suspension imposed by the NCAA after it was determined Wiseman’s family accepted $11,500 in moving expenses from Memphis…
IMG Inks Rising Tennis Star Denis Shapovalov For Representation
IMG has signed 21-year old tennis player Denis Shapovalov to a worldwide marketing and management agreement. IMG Senior VP/Tennis Clients Max Eisenbud will represent him. Shapovalov is the No. 16 ranked player in the world. He turned pro in 2017 and did not previously have any representation.
The Canadian won the Stockholm Open in 2019 and has been ranked as high as No. 13 in the world. Shapovalov joins an IMG roster that includes Novak…
Trae Young Joins Long Time Agent At Klutch Sports Group
Klutch Sports announced Trae Young will be joining their client roster. In an unsurprising decision, Young’s long time agent Omar Wilkes agrees to run the basketball division at Klutch Sports.
Omar Wilkes, who was formerly an agent of Octagon, represented Young since he entered the league in 2018. Wilkes also brings with him the projected No.1 pick in the 2020 draft Anthony Edwards.
Trae Young has been nothing short of impressive since entering the league.…
Klutch Sports Signs Potential No. 1 Draft Pick Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards, Georgia guard and potential number 1 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, has signed with Klutch Sports Group.
Edwards will be represented by Omar Wilkes formerly of Octagon. Wilkes has since agreed to terms with Klutch Sports to become the Head of Basketball Operations.
Edwards at 6-foot-5 is projected on most draft boards as the number 1 pick ahead of James Wiseman and Isaac Okoro. Edwards finished the season averaging 19.1 points, 5.2…
Why Are NFL Agents Not Switching To Team Jobs?
The New York Post has a new article titled, “Inside NFL’s reluctance to hire ex-agents to run teams,” and even gave us at Sports Agent Blog a shout out. The lengthy (for New York Post standards) article references a trend in professional sports organizations to hire sports agents to work in-house, but notes that such trend has not made its way to National Football League franchises.
Leigh Steinberg is quoted stating that an…
Tandem Sports And Entertainment Has Announced Merger With YouFirst Sports
Tandem Sports and Entertainment has merged with YouFirst Sports, a Spanish multinational talent representation agency.
Tandem has an impressive client roster of Ray Allen, Tim Duncan and Grant Hill. It also represents the potential NBA Rookie of the Year recipient Ja Morant. President of Tandem, Jim Tanner, said that “merging our efforts in basketball will create exciting new possibilities as well as broader expertise”.
YouFirst has been one of the leaders in European basketball representation…