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Former Kansas University basketball forward Thomas Robinson will be represented by Rival Sports Group of Beverly Hills, Calif., the organization announced Wednesday. Agent Tony Dutt, who also represents former KU players Marcus and Markieff Morris, will be handling Robinson’s NBA contract.
“Coach Self and the entire coaching staff along with Kansas University have done an excellent job in making Thomas the most NBA ready player in the draft and we are excited to be a big part of this process,” said Jason Martin, Rival co-founder.
“He is a great talent and an even better person,” said Richard Gebbia, CEO of Rival Sports Group.
Robinson is expected to be a top-five pick in the June 28 draft.
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Comments
bjwhite211 1 year, 1 month ago
Good luck T-Rob, I look foreword to watching you kill it in the NBA.
DDDHawk 1 year ago
Good luck, Thomas! Can't wait until the draft to see where you will start your NBA career!
mpann1818 1 year ago
Wherever he goes...I will be getting that jersey and spoting it proudly!
mpann1818 1 year ago
sporting
REHawk 1 year ago
Sport, in that jersey, the hoops world will spot you, coming and going.
memhawk 1 year ago
I'm sure there are some snappy quotes from Jerry Maguire, but I haven't seen it in years. Of course, the iconic one is "Show me the money!".
If only there was somebody who posts comments here who could compose a list of relevant quotes, etc. Anybody know who that could be?
nuleafjhawk 1 year ago
I'd be happy to do it - but: You can't handle the truth !!
memhawk 1 year ago
Um, right actor, wrong movie leaf!
nuleafjhawk 1 year ago
Sorry mem - I just thought you were looking for quotes, I didn't read closely enough !!
Hopefully this will bail me out -
Laurel (memhawk): You f**k this up, I'll kill you! Jerry Maguire (nuleafjhawk): I'm glad we had this talk.
KGphoto 1 year ago
Oakville completes you?
memhawk 1 year ago
He's re-watching the movie right now, I bet.
KGphoto 1 year ago
Help me, help you memhawk. Help ME, help you.
chaggs 1 year ago
T-Rob will have his new team at hello!
kustrong 1 year ago
"Who's coming with me?"
Rock Chalk
makeshift 1 year ago
"I can't quit you!" -Brokeback Mountain
prusso25 1 year ago
I am really happy to see T-rob finish out this season injury free. Jayhawk nation would be crushed if he busted a knee this season. Good luck in the NBA! Go dominate those boards.
JayDocMD 1 year ago
Someone help me understand why NBA rookies need an agent. Aren't the contracts set based on where you are drafted? Is there still some negotiation? (Length of contract?) Perhaps to help secure endorsement deals? I'm just wondering why pay someone 4-10% of several million dollars when the pay scale is set already.
Kyle Rohde 1 year ago
Was wondering the same thing.
memhawk 1 year ago
Wasn't there some issue with Xavier Henry and the Grizzlies? I believe he was being jacked around and his agent was able to reslove issues and protect him from potential legal risks after the fact. This is just one example. Agents are not revered as being very high on the integrity food chain, but they are necessary. Ironically, Henry was not with the Grizzlies for long and he probably was truly happy he did have an agent to negotiate the potential that became a reality when he did leave.
KUastrofunk 1 year ago
If I remember correctly, rookies are guaranteed a salary range not an exact figure. It's standard practice for teams to give the maximum amount but the Grizzlies were trying to give X the minimum.
txrockchalk 1 year ago
I imagine agents can lobby NBA teams to take their client as high as possible in the draft, presenting them with reasons why, and thus securing a higher $ amount on their contract. Also, there are no set contracts if you aren't a lottery pick, and no guarantee of a contract at all if you aren't selected in the first round. The agent could negotiate the amount of the contract if outside of the lottery, as well as secure and negotiate a contract if their client is taken in the second round or becomes a free agent (not selected at all).
marchphog88 1 year ago
Also worth mentioning is the fact that there is no guarantee as to draft position, and an agent is a good thing to have for those 1st-rd caliber talent guys who slip to the second round.
(cough cough - Mario Chalmers, Josh Selby - cough)
txrockchalk 1 year ago
I also seem to recall some fans and observers indicating Darrell Arthur's selection position (27th overall) would have been significantly higher had his agent quickly quashed rumors about him having health issues weeks prior to the draft.
bayareajhawk 1 year ago
I was just going to say that. Arthur had family members looking after his affairs and they did not handle that situation as they should have. He lost a lot of money due to rumors that went unchecked.
JayDocMD 1 year ago
Thanks - all the above are good points. Still think I would consider not hiring an agent as a rookie if I was lottery material. Seems that you could always hire a lawyer/agent if a contract issue arose. Sadly, I'm European D-league talent at best, so I'll never have that problem...
stockhawk 1 year ago
I imagine it's also helpful (necessary?) for negotiating endorsement contracts and the like.
jhawkrulz 1 year ago
It isn't that clear cut. For instance, the teams can given up to 110% of a certain amount, and certain teams (like Xavier's a couple of years ago), was trying to make them earn the 10% extra based on certain performance criteria. Now I am all for performance criteria; however, if I can get it guaranteed I will. In addition, the first two years are guaranteed for the first round and I think the first 14 are guaranteed for two years, so ironically, the second round need the agents more then the first round.
Also it really isn't about the NBA contract as there is probably more to be made off of endorsements and they help get those settled as well.
dylans 1 year ago
I don't think Thomas majored in contractual law, but it wouldn't matter anyways there are no 3 year law programs. The agent is there to protect you and get you the most money. A 21 year old doesn't realize all the potential pitfalls.
OakvilleJHawk 1 year ago
1] "I think we'll need a bigger boat." 2] "Who are those guys?" 3] "I'll have whatever she is having." 4] "Leave the car, take the canolis." 5] " I made him an offer..etc." 6] "...make the other guy die for his country." 7] "Rosebud." 8] "I'll be back." 9] "..outta my way, pilgrim." 10] "I coulda been a contenda."
OakvilleJHawk 1 year ago
PS Anyone who gets all 10 movies gets to lead the football team to sing with the marching band.
OakvilleJHawk 1 year ago
PSS Anyone who also can name all ten actors/actresses who spoke these lines, will have the Williams Fund named after them!!
KGphoto 1 year ago
KGphoto Fund it is!
KUsportsPA 1 year ago
Well... thought about looking at the other quotes... but the first one is actually, "You're gonna need a bigger boat." Try me again!
FoCoCoHawk 1 year ago
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here...this is the War Room!"
702Hawk 1 year ago
I think you meant "leave the gun, take the canolis." and "No bastd ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor, dumb bastd die for his country."
Chris1955 1 year ago
Some personal favorites from Blazing Saddles.
...."dancin around like a bunch of Kansas City fagg*ts"
... "It's twue, it's twue, what they say about your people"
"THAT'S Hedley Lamar"
"The new sheriff is near?"
"Work, work, work, work, work"
"Mongo like beans"
KGphoto 1 year ago
txrockchalk 1 year ago
Isn't Google awesome? ;)
KGphoto 1 year ago
Lol. C'mon. You knew those. Those are gimme's for any movie buff. I've seen all those movies like 5 times, at least. Except Citizen Kane, once was enough.
Not positive about the John Wayne one though. I feel like he probably said that in more than one, and the actress who said "I'll have what she's having", I just DID look up. I think It's Estelle Reiner. Rob Reiner's wife. So yeah, Google is great. Also Googled Robert Castellano who played Pete Clemenza. "...take the canolis".
Oakville, what movie was the John Wayne quote?
txrockchalk 1 year ago
You are definitely a movie buff in that case! Did you ever see that Excel spreadsheet that went around about seven or eight years ago where it showed a still from each of 50 different movies or so, and you had to name the movie? Also, I believe the images had the bodies of the actors digitally removed so you only saw their clothes in the scene. If you tried it out, I bet you did pretty well.
OakvilleJHawk 1 year ago
You lose...the random customer was Estelle Reiner, the Movie Director Rob Reiner's mother.
KGphoto 1 year ago
Oh, his mother? I thought it was his wife. Ha.
And the Wayne movie?
OakvilleJHawk 1 year ago
Oops, sorry..The Searchers [LOL ...his wife??...that's hilarious!!]
txrockchalk 1 year ago
There has to be a southern Missouri / Arkansas / Kentucky joke in there somewhere :-)
bad_dog 1 year ago
Just don't say "(S)he got a real purty mouth" or "Squeal like a pig" to her...
dtdjayhawk 1 year ago
I think #9 is Bear Claw from Jerimiah Johnson and the actors who played bear claw was will geer...??
dtdjayhawk 1 year ago
Jeremiah Johnson**
KGphoto 1 year ago
Wow, I was way off then. That was a good movie but I don't remember that line.
kellerman411 1 year ago
I hope T-Rob gets as big of contract as anyone to ever come out of KU.
marchphog88 1 year ago
He probably will, as he's likely to be the highest KU draft choice since Danny Manning, and contracts just weren't as big 35 years ago.
PittsburghJayhawk 1 year ago
24 years ago .. don't make me feel older than I already am. :-p
BayHawkaholic 1 year ago
Gooden was 4th in 2002 Raef was 3rd in 1998
T-Robb likely in that range, but for more $ ten years later.
marchphog88 1 year ago
Good memory. I forgot they both went that high.
I thought Paul would have been the next highest, and I remember him going 7th, I think.
BayHawkaholic 1 year ago
I think Raef and Paul were projected to go around 5-7, but Pierce ended up a steal for the Celtics at #10. Other than Olowokandi a bust, '98 was an exceptional top ten!
1 Michael Olowokandi (C) Clippers - Pacific (Sr.) 2 Mike Bibby (PG) Vancouver Grizzlies - Arizona (So.) 3 Raef LaFrentz (C/F) Nuggets - Kansas (Sr.) 4 Antawn Jamison (F) Raptors - North Carolina (Jr.) 5 Vince Carter (G/F) Golden State Warriors - North Carolina (Jr.) 6 Robert Traylor (F/C) Mavericks - Michigan (Jr.) 7 Jason Williams (PG) Sacramento Kings - Florida (Jr.) 8 Larry Hughes (SG) 76ers - Saint Louis (Fr.) 9 Dirk Nowitzki (PF) Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Dallas) 10 Paul Pierce (G/F) Boston Celtics - Kansas (Jr.)
jhawk7782 1 year ago
I don't see him beating Raef LaFrentz...
jhawkrulz 1 year ago
Well...not so fast. 1) I'm guessing that Paul Pierce's is bigger. 2) I know that Nick Collison's will have been bigger.
If you are talking rookie contracts, I'd actually be surprised. See the NBA went through a rookie and salary cap adjustment. So I would imagine that Xavier Henry's and Cole Aldrich's contracts both probably had higher dollar contracts and might have been guaranteed more.
I don't know for sure, but it seemed like they rolled the overall contract amount back $400MM across the board.
jaybate 1 year ago
Since people are into trivia lists today, who are Rival Sports Group's rivals?
(Note: I don't know the answer.)
And why did they select the name "Rival"?
(Note: I don't know the answer to this either.)
championhawks 1 year ago
So I guess I need to let go of my hope that he changes his mind and comes back to KU now?
yates33333 1 year ago
When I first read Self's comment about NBA ready I thought of the big dude from Kentucky. But per usual Self is right. That big dude from Kentucky will get pushed, shoved, elbowed, and knocked around a lot more that TR and a lot easier.
jhawk7782 1 year ago
I'm guessing you're talking about Anthony Davis in which case I would have to disagree based upon their head-to-head performances.
jhawkrulz 1 year ago
Did he even score against Withey?
Head-to-Head isn't really a fair comparison, they play two separate positions. Anthony Davis is clearly the better prospect and will get drafted ahead of TRob; however, AD will be going against the likes of Pal Gasol, Howard, Duncan, Ibaka, etc. He doesn't quite have the body to man up against them yet. And you know Withey actually made teams second guess whether he'll have the offensive skills to play against those big guys
UK beat us soundly and you could say that defensively AD was the key; however, offensively he was not the key to the game.
texashawk10 1 year ago
Agreed, Anthony Davis will be a poor man's Dwight Howard. He'll be a great defensive player and rebounder but have a limited offensive game.
JJHawq 1 year ago
The agent is there for more than just the team contract. He also helps round up endorsements and other money making opportunities... Others have noted that there is a little bit of a negotiation to go through (ala X Henry) w/ the team, but this is minor.
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