Rich Paul has negotiated billions of dollars worth of contracts in the NBA.
The NBA is in its player empowerment era, and it started over a decade ago when LeBron James and his agent Rich Paul ushered his move from Cleveland to Miami.
ESPN analyst JJ Redick asked Paul about the power dynamics in the NBA when he guested the Klutch Sports Group founder on his podcast,"The Old Man and the Three"Related: LeBron James' agent gets real with Stephen A. Smith on 'First Take' Paul said that there are several elements that go into a player having power over their own situation. He said that it starts with"play" or simply player performance, and moves on to professionalism and the ability to garner respect from everyone, including team owners.
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