Bill Duffy (basketball)

Bill Duffy is an agent representing players in the National Basketball Association. His BDA Sports Management company represents stars such as Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Joakim Noah, Klay Thompson, Rajon Rondo, Mike Conley Jr., Jahlil Okafor, Stanley Johnson, and Andrew Wiggins, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry. [1][2][3][4] Duffy is himself a former basketball player; he competed at the collegiate level for Santa Clara University, and was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the fifth round[5] of the 1982 NBA Draft (the team's fourth pick that year).[6] He currently resides in Walnut Creek, California.

Bill Duffy was honored at the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyer Association (BESLA) Awards and received the association’s Sports Humanitarian Award for 2011.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ HoopsHype - NBA Agents - Bill Duffy
  2. ↑ ESPN.com: NBA - With Yao, agent Duffy stands tall, too
  3. ↑ "Ainge's criticism of Rondo angers agent", ESPN, accessed June 25, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-07-10
  4. ↑ BDA Sports - BDA Athletes
  5. ↑ "Draft History: 1982 Draft". NBADraft.net. Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  6. ↑ BDA Sports - About BDA
  7. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/besla-announces-2011-conference-theme-inception-mastering-entertainment-and-sports-paradigms-in-a-digital-universe-130133698.html
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