Bill Duffy (basketball)

Bill Duffy
Personal information
Nationality American
Listed height 6.4 ft 0 in (1.95 m)
Career information
College Santa Clara University
NBA draft 1982 / Round: 5 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Denver Nuggets

Bill Duffy is a retired professional basketball player and agent specialing in basketball representing players in the National Basketball Association.

Career

Basketball

Duffy is a former basketball player, and played basketball at University of Minnesota and was later transferred to Santa Clara University. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the fifth round[1] of the 1982 NBA Draft (the team's fourth pick that year).[2]

Sports management

In 1985 Duffy's boyhood friend, San Francisco 49ers legend Ronnie Lott helped him sign his first client, Cleveland Browns receiver Webster Slaughter. Later, Duffy co-founded Walnut Creek based BDA Sports Management together with Rade Filipovich, the agency represents stars such as Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Joakim Noah, Rajon Rondo, Mike Conley Jr., Jahlil Okafor, Luka Dončić, and Andrew Wiggins.[3][4][5][6][7]

Personal life

Duffy lives in the Bay Area, in Northern California with his wife and five children.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Draft History: 1982 Draft". NBADraft.net. Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  2. ↑ BDA Sports - About BDA
  3. ↑ HoopsHype - NBA Agents - Bill Duffy
  4. ↑ ESPN.com: NBA - With Yao, agent Duffy stands tall, too
  5. ↑ "Ainge's criticism of Rondo angers agent", ESPN, accessed June 25, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-07-10
  6. ↑ BDA Sports - BDA Athletes Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Bill Duffy". Forbes. 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  8. ↑ "AGENT BILL DUFFY". ESPN. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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