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发帖数: 2698 | 1 Arn Tellem
$183,332,549（球员总薪水）
39（签约球员人数）
11 （全明星人数）
In 1996, Tellem made his mark as an NBA agent by circumventing that year's
pro draft to maneuver 18-year-old Kobe Bryant to the Los Angeles Lakers. "
Basically, I kept teams from picking Kobe by not giving their coaches access
to him," Tellem told Sports Illustrated in 2003. "I knew teams would be
reluctant to take a chance on a high schooler without first talking to him
and working him out."[6] From 2000 to 2001, he represented 14 of the NBA's
first-round draft picks and controlled 13% of the players in the league—42,
in all.[6] His basketball roster included Bryant, Reggie Miller, Baron
Davis, McGrady, O'Neal and Brent Barry. As of the 2006 NBA draft, Tellem's
firm had represented the most first-round draft picks of any sports
marketing and management company for seven straight years.[15] Tellem and
his team repped four lottery selections and six first-round picks overall.
At the 2008 draft, they had six lottery picks and seven of the first 15
players selected, including Russell Westbrook, Danilo Gallinari and Derrick
Rose, the No. 1 overall pick.[23] Tellem negotiated contracts of four years
and $60 million for Ben Wallace; and maximum salary deals of five years and
$67.4 million for Joe Johnson; six years and $86.4 million for Gasol; seven
years and $126 million for O'Neal; four years and $50 million for Antawn
Jamison; five years and $87.8 million for Brandon Roy; five years and $65
million for LaMarcus Aldridge; five years and $60 million for Al Horford;
and seven years and $93 million for McGrady.[24] In 2009, Gasol reupped with
the Lakers for three years and $57 million;[25] a year later Tellem
hammered out Johnson's six-year, $123.6 million extension with the Atlanta
Hawks;[26] and, in 2011, Rose agreed to a new five-year, $94.8 million deal
with the Chicago Bulls.[27] When Tellem's client Anthony Davis was picked
first overall in the 2012 NBA Draft, the onetime University of Kentucky
power forward became the first player selected by an NBA team to play in a
full-length season since a 10-year collective bargaining agreement was
ratified by the NBA Board of Governors in December, 2011.[28]
As of July 13, 2012, Tellem ranked first among NBA player agents in players
repped (39), All-Stars (11), maxed-out contracts (six) and clients' salaries
($183,332,549).[29] |
