Williamson signed an agreement with Prime Sports in April 2019, days after he declared for the NBA draft. Roughly a month later, Williamson parted ways with Prime Sports and signed with the behemoth Creative Artists Agency. Ford is suing the Pelicans’ rookie on the grounds that he breached their contract. “It’s a very straightforward claim that doesn’t depend on a lot of discovery to be established,” said Daniel Wallach, a legal analyst for The Athletic and the founder of a law firm that focuses on sports gambling. “It really doesn’t look at behavior as much as when the behavior took place. Having contact with a student-athlete is absolutely forbidden when he’s engaged in intercollegiate sports unless the agent is registered.”