Roger Montgomery (sports agent)

Last updated

Roger Montgomery (born 1970) is an American sports agent and former professional basketball player. He is the current CEO of Montgomery Sports Group. As a sports agent, Montgomery has represented basketball players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and international leagues.

Contents

Early life

Born in Chicago, Montgomery graduated in 1988 from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. [1] [2] In 1988, Montgomery's senior year, Fairfax was the Los Angeles 4-A Division champion. [3]

College career

Montgomery first enrolled at Pratt Community College in Kansas. In 1991, he signed with Georgia Southern University [4] but transferred to Life University, an NAIA school, the next season. Montgomery transferred because he was not included in the starting roster at Georgia Southern. [5] At Life, Montgomery was an NAIA Academic All-American and graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business. [6]

Professional career

Basketball player

After graduating from Life University, Montgomery became operations assistant for the Houston Rockets basketball team. [7] When a two-month lockout began in July 1995, Montgomery played professional basketball overseas briefly in Switzerland, France, Finland, and Poland for three seasons. [6] [8] In the 1997 1998 season, he played in Tapiolan Honka of the Finnish league Korisliiga. [9] [10] He ended his career with Noteć Inowrocław of the Polish Basketball League. [11]

Sports agent

After his playing career ended, Montgomery co-founded Momentum Sports Management in San Antonio, Texas in 1999. [7] [8] At Momentum, Montgomery represented and trained Maurice Evans, who played college basketball at Wichita State and Texas before joining the NBA as an undrafted free agent. Explaining Momentum's approach, Montgomery told the San Antonio Express-News : "We focus on the transition from high school or college sports to the professional level." [12] Momentum also represented Desmond Mason, the 17th pick in the first round of the 2000 NBA draft. [13]

Montgomery founded his own agency, Montgomery Sports Group, in 2006. [6] He represented another undrafted player who would eventually become an asset to a team, Jeremy Lin. Montgomery hoped that Lin would be a first-round draft pick, but Lin was not selected in the 2010 NBA draft. Lin entered the NBA as a free agent and was cut by two teams before the New York Knicks signed him, and Lin became one of the leading players with the Knicks. [13]

Clients

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcus Camby</span> American former basketball player (born 1974)

Marcus Dion Camby is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named Defensive Player of the Year during the 2006–07 NBA season, leading the league in blocked shots per game. Camby is also a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team and is 12th on the NBA's all-time career blocks list.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willis Reed</span> American basketball player (1942–2023)

Willis Reed Jr. was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Reed was a seven-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection, including once on the first team in 1970, when he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). He was a two-time NBA champion and was voted the NBA Finals MVP both times. In 1982, Reed was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenyon Martin</span> American professional basketball player

Kenyon Lee Martin Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a power forward, he played for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA, and the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of China. He played college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was named the national college player of the year during his senior season. Martin was drafted with the first overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets. He was an NBA All-Star in 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dick Barnett</span> American basketball player (born 1936)

Richard Barnett is an American former basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Syracuse Nationals, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. He won two NBA championships with the Knicks. Barnett was also a member of the Cleveland Pipers in the American Basketball League. He played college basketball at Tennessee A&I College.

Maurice Eugene Evans is a retired American professional basketball player. He most recently played for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has served as a vice president of the NBA Players Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leon Rose</span> American lawyer

Leon Rose is an American basketball executive, attorney and sports agent. He serves as president of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a sports agent, Rose represented a number of prominent NBA players, including Allen Iverson and LeBron James.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Roberson</span> American basketball player

Anthony Roberson is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Roberson played college basketball for the University of Florida, and signed with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies as an undrafted free agent in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shannon Brown</span> American basketball player

Shannon Brown is an American former professional basketball player. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003, and played college basketball for Michigan State University. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 25th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roger Mason Jr.</span> American basketball player (born 1980)

Roger Philip Mason Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is the former deputy executive director of the NBA Players Association. He is the former president and commissioner of Big3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wes Matthews</span> American basketball player

Wesley Joel Matthews Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is the father of current NBA player Wesley Matthews.

The 1995–96 NBA season was the 50th season for the Knicks in the National Basketball Association in New York City, New York. After Pat Riley left to coach the Miami Heat, the Knicks hired Don Nelson as their new head coach. The team also signed free agent Gary Grant in November. The Knicks won ten of their first twelve games, leading to a 16–5 start and held a 30–16 record at the All-Star break. However, the team never seemed to get under Nelson down the stretch, as he was fired and replaced with long-time assistant Jeff Van Gundy after 59 games. At midseason, the Knicks traded Charles D. Smith and second-year forward Monty Williams to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for J.R. Reid and Brad Lohaus, and dealt Doug Christie and Herb Williams to the expansion Toronto Raptors in exchange for Willie Anderson and Victor Alexander. However, after playing just one game for the Raptors, Williams was released and re-signed by the Knicks for the remainder of the season. Under Van Gundy, the Knicks finished the season playing around .500 to post a 47–35 record, second in the Atlantic Division.

The 1992–93 New York Knicks season was the 47th season for the Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the off-season, the Knicks acquired Charles D. Smith, Doc Rivers and Bo Kimble from the Los Angeles Clippers, acquired All-Star guard Rolando Blackman from the Dallas Mavericks, and Tony Campbell from the Minnesota Timberwolves, and later signed free agent Herb Williams in November. The team also selected shooting guard Hubert Davis from the University of North Carolina with the 20th overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. For the season, the Knicks changed their primary logo, adding a silver triangle behind a redesigned text of the word "Knicks" and an orange basketball. The team slightly redesigned their uniforms, replacing the previous Knicks logo with the newer logo on the right leg of their shorts. The Knicks' new logo remained in use until 1995, when they added the city name "New York" above their logo, while the uniforms lasted until 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wesley Matthews</span> American basketball player

Wesley Joel Matthews Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He is the son of former NBA player Wes Matthews.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Travis Wear</span> American professional basketball player (born 1990)

Travis James Wear is an American former professional basketball player. He began his pro career with the New York Knicks after going undrafted in 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy Lin</span> American basketball player (born 1988)

Jeremy Shu-How Lin is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers of the P. League+ (PLG). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, generating a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". Lin was the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. He is the first Asian American to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Landry Fields</span> American professional basketball executive and former player

Landry Addison Fields is an American professional basketball executive and former player. He is the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Fields played five seasons in the NBA for the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors from 2010 through 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">JaMychal Green</span> American basketball player

JaMychal Green is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Green started his career in the G League and overseas before signing his first NBA contract with the San Antonio Spurs in 2015. He also played for the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, and Denver Nuggets.

The following are the basketball events of the year 2012 throughout the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toure' Murry</span> American basketball player

Toure' Ahmad Khalid-Murry is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Wichita State.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kris Wilkes</span> American basketball player

Kristafer Aaron Wilkes is an American basketball player. As a high school senior, he was a McDonald's All-American and named Indiana Mr. Basketball. Wilkes played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins in the Pac-12 Conference. He was a starter as a freshman in 2017–18, when he was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, he earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2019. He went undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, Scott (January 1, 1987). "Fairfax Has the Horses in City Title Race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2012. As of the 1986–87 school year, Montgomery was a junior at Fairfax.
  2. ↑ Howard-Cooper, Scott (March 15, 1987). "Fairfax Goes Ice Cold; Mater Dei Goes North". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ Fleischman, Steven (February 18, 1988). "Cleveland Loses Game to Taft and a Title to Fairfax". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Michigan wins big in high school recruiting battle". USA Today. May 16, 1991. p. 8C. Retrieved March 10, 2012 via LexisNexis.
  5. ↑ Clayton, Ward (January 2, 1993). "Heated side to Augusta-Georgia Southern Rivalry". The Augusta Chronicle.
  6. 1 2 3 "About Roger Montgomery". Montgomery Sports Group. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Williams, Van (June 24, 2001). "Evans likes his position". The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on November 2, 2001.
  8. 1 2 Kennedy, Alex (February 17, 2012). "Roger Montgomery Making a Name For Himself". HoopsWorld. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ "ACB". Archived from the original on 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  10. ↑ "Pro Exposure Online- Transaction Wire". Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  11. ↑ "Roger Montgomery". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  12. ↑ Finger, Mike (July 10, 2001). "Momentum gaining for S.A. sports agent". San Antonio Express-News. p. 1C. Retrieved March 10, 2012 via LexisNexis.
  13. 1 2 "After Backing a Dark Horse, Lin's Agent Is Riding High". The New York Times. March 9, 2012. p. D5. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.