News has been sparse regarding the FBI’s probe into college basketball ever since it was announced earlier this year. While there have been some developments, namely Louisville’s firing of Rick Pitino, the ongoing nature of the investigation has meant that we haven’t seen any major reforms to the way college basketball operates, although that’s the kind of thing that would happen way down the road.
On Wednesday, one previously-announced development in the probe led to the downfall of a prominent NBA agent. Andy Miller, whose office was raided by the FBI in September, relinquished his agent certification earlier in the day, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
The NBPA sent out a memo to players that ASM Sports president Andy Miller has "relinquished his NBPA agent certification." He was representing Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Lowry, among dozens of others. He also represented Chauncey Billups and Kevin Garnett in past.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 6, 2017
As Wojnarowski wrote, this means that Miller “will no longer represent players in contract negotiations.” Miller boasts a rather impressive list of clients, including Kristaps Porzingis, Kyle Lowry, and Dwight Howard.
One of the names that popped up in the FBI’s initial announcement into its probe was Christian Dawkins, a former ASM agent who was arrested in September. As these charts from the announcement illustrated, Dawkins would allegedly get players pushed to him by coaches, sometimes because he was involved in giving coaches money directly, sometimes because shoe companies would get involved.
Awaiting a press conference in New York where U.S. Attorney Joon Kim will break down the NCAA corruption schemes. The flow chart: pic.twitter.com/blEb2NGnoK
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) September 26, 2017
Despite this, Wojnarowski wrote that not too much changed with Miller and ASM sports after Dawkins’ arrest.
Miller is the president and founder of ASM Sports, and many of his former clients are expected to remain with other agents in the company, sources said. None of the company’s most prominent clients left in the wake of the FBI probe, which included the arrest of an ex-employee, Christian Dawkins, in September.
The FBI’s probe into college basketball is taking its time, and the major fallout likely won’t come for some time. Until then, “smaller” things that will happen due to this probe will likely look like this.
