Tag: Creative Artists Agency

Report: Texans LT Laremy Tunsil fires agency

Houston Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil has fired his agency, Creative Artists Agency, as he seeks to land an extension with Houston.

Houston Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil has shaken up his representation.

According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Pro Bowl left tackle has fired his agency, Creative Artists Agency, on Tuesday. The move comes after reports have surfaced that Tunsil seeks to be the highest paid offensive lineman in the NFL.

2020 will be the final season for Tunsil, who the Texans traded two first round picks and a 2021 second-round pick to obtain from the Miami Dolphins. There is no reason for Houston to have spent all of that draft capital to not retain Tunsil.

The Dolphins picked up Tunsil’s fifth-year option, and he will count over $10 million on the Texans’ salary cap in 2020. If the Texans are able to extend Tunsil, it would help add more cap space, even though Houston has the ninth-most salary cap space in the NFL at $61.3 million.

 

Report: Knicks plan to hire former LeBron associates, Rose and Wesley

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has strong connections to the new Knicks regime, including a name you haven’t heard in a while.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. And in the case of the New York Knicks, who are once again undergoing a regime change under owner James Dolan, they are handing their franchise over to trusted hands who know plenty about running the show in New York. But this time, rather than influencing in the shadows, they will be front and center.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the New York Knicks are closing in on a deal to bring in CAA super agent Leon Rose into the team to be their new President. But there’s another interesting wrinkle, as Shams Charania of The Athletic reports, that Rose will bring along his confidant, William Wesley, otherwise known as “World Wide Wes.”

It wasn’t that long ago that “CAA running the Knicks” was a running bit around the league. However, the Knicks were at least good when CAA stacked their team with clients in the earlier part of the decade, like the 2012-13 season in which they won over 50 games and made it to the second round of the playoffs. The Knicks are also clearly trying to follow the blueprint for success that has been followed by the Golden State Warriors (Bob Myers) and Los Angeles Lakers (Rob Pelinka), as two squads that have thrived with former player agents in the front office.

Wesley, while not technically an agent, has worked for CAA for decades now and developed a very strong relationship with NBA players all over the league, including LeBron James. He’s even been name-checked in songs by Drake and Jay-Z. Wesley and Rose were both strong parts of LeBron’s camp during “The Decision” back in 2010. A few years later, James eventually left to join Klutch Sports after Rich Paul left CAA to start his own agency.

Now that LeBron is in Los Angeles for the foreseeable future, there’s no way the Knicks are going to be able to turn back the clock to 2010 and bring him to New York again. However, it will be interesting to see what his former colleagues do now that they have the chance to bring the Knicks back to relevance.

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