Excel Sports Management represented the most first-round picks in last night's NBA Draft with six overall, including three European players repped through Excel's partnership with BeoBasket and No. 2 overall pick Brandon Ingram (Lakers). Klutch Sports Group repped No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons (76ers). Agents for the top five picks are listed below (THE DAILY).
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PICK
|
TEAM
|
PLAYER |
AGENT(S) |
|
1
|
76ers
|
Ben Simmons/F/LSU |
Rich Paul/Klutch Sports Group |
|
2
|
Lakers
|
Brandon Ingram/F/Duke |
Jeff Schwartz/Excel Sports Management |
|
3
|
Celtics
|
Jaylen Brown/G/Cal |
none* |
|
4
|
Suns
|
Dragan Bender/F/Croatia |
Doug Neustadt/The Neustadt Group |
|
5
|
T'Wolves
|
Kris Dunn/PG/Providence |
Ty Sullivan/CAA Sports |
* = Brown decided to go without an agent for contract representation. See today's issue of THE DAILY for the full first-round chart.
Trades "had been heavily rumored all week, but blockbusters did not shake up the top of the draft" (N.Y. TIMES, 6/24).
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel: “Basically the NBA Draft is the rose ceremony from ‘The Bachelor,’ but for dudes. … Some teams are looking for a big scorer, some teams are looking for a strong defender with a big body, some want point guards, others teams just want a good listener. You know, that’s worth something too” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 6/23).
