Anonymous NBA agent: LeBron leveraged his popularity with young players for Klutch Sports

In a recent article The Athletic published the statements of an anonymous NBA agent about LeBron James and his role in Klutch Sports:

Now I know it’s this façade that it’s Rich Paul, but it’s really LeBron who recruits for Rich Paul.

And because of his power and his prowess, people, the young players are seduced by LeBron James in the same way people were seduced by Michael Jordan with David Falk.

So, the fact that LeBron recruits and has empowered Rich Paul, and I get it, on the top guys, but if someone does their research, a lot of these guys have really gotten screwed, a large number of them, by mismanagement.

There’s at least five or six massive casualties. Nobody is saying anything and you can even say that the union should take some responsibility because they represent all of the players, not just LeBron James.

I’m starting to hear some rumblings that they might be overloaded. Because you can’t have this level of expectation for a client and service all of these guys. Ben Simmons. Garland. I know this as an agent, you can’t service them all at this level. You can seduce them, but you can’t service them all, at that level with what they say they’re doing. Nerlens Noel. Norris Cole. Shabazz Muhammed. They lost $80 million in Detroit. This is real talk.

Klutch Sports has among its clients Anthony Davis, John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, Draymond Green and Ben Simmons