Bill Duffy (basketball)

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

Bill Duffy
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6.4 ft 0 in (1.95 m)
Career information
CollegeSanta Clara University
NBA draft1982 / Round: 5 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Denver Nuggets

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, Luka Dončić.[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. 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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