The National Basketball Player’s Association has sent out a memo to players saying that longtime NBA agent Andy Miller has “relinquished his NBPA agent certification,” according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Longtime NBA agent Andy Miller out after FBI college basketball corruption case
Miller’s clients include Kristaps Porzingis, Kyle Lowry, and Serge Ibaka.
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Miller is the president of ASM Sports, and his clients include Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka, Jeff Teague, and Kristaps Porzingis, to name a few. Past clients also include Chauncey Billups and Kevin Garnett.
Why is Miller stepping down?
In September, ASM Sports was raided and Miller’s computer was confiscated by the FBI amid a college basketball corruption scandal. Miller had employed Christian Dawkins, a 25-year-old who is a central figure in the FBI’s case and has been charged with several counts of wire fraud and money-laundering conspiracy. Dawkins had been fired from ASM Sports in May after running up $42,000 in Uber charges on an NBA player’s credit card without authorization.
By relinquishing his certification, Miller is essentially ending his time as an NBA agent, as he will no longer represent clients in contract negotiations. It is expected that his NBA clients will seek other agencies, per Wojnarowski. Some clients, like Myles Turner, had previously backed Miller when news of the computer seizure was first reported.
The college basketball scandal involves several schools, including assistant coaches at Auburn, Oklahoma State and Arizona. The school thought to be at the heart of the scandal is Louisville. Allegedly, Louisville worked with Adidas to funnel $100,000 to five-star recruit Brian Bowen.
The FBI cleared Bowen of any involvement, but Louisville announced that he would not play for its men’s basketball team this season. Louisville’s head coach Rick Pitino was officially fired in October.
Miller has a history of unlawful behavior
In 2000, Miller broke two state laws for unauthorized contact with a University of Florida player while not being registered in the state of Florida. In 2002, a jury ordered Miller to pay $4.6 million to rival agent Eric Fleisher for the manner in which Miller had left Fleisher’s agency and taken clients with him.
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