The other William WesleyHenry Abbot at TrueHoop is kicking ass in his investigation into this William Wesley dude. He got a call from an anonymous source named Eric, who gave him what sounds like the definitive story of who and what William Wesley is. He’s what’s known as a runner, which is a sort of middleman between the young black players and the old white agents. Go over and read the whole thing – it’s incredibly interesting if you’re into the inner working of professional sports – the stuff you’ll never read in the NBA Media Guide. “Eric” says that the whole situation with LeBron leaving his agent last year was all William Wesley.
Eric confirms the LeBron James story that has been hinted at in a number of places, including in comments on TrueHoop. According to it goes like this: William Wesley and Leon Rose lost the LeBron James sweepstakes to Aaron Goodwin at the time James was drafted.
But Wesley dug his heels in and committed himself to winning LeBron James back. He even went so far as to move into the neighboring condominium. Eventually, it paid off as LeBron fired his agent and became a client of the alleged William Wesley/Leon Rose team.
A runner is basically just a “guy who knows people”, and Wesley is allegedly the best on out there. It’s something that’s made him incredibly wealthy – he has a deal with agent Leon Rose that pays him a full commission for making sure a player signs with him, plus the perks, of course. Stuff like owning 10% of Brand Jordan.
Eric also confirms a tidbit on where Ron Artest is going and when, although his DaJuan Wagner story sounds absolutely ridiculous. Go read that now – for reals. While we’re excited and intrigued to read this, we’re a little disappointed, as well. We were sure we were hot on the trail of this story.
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Don’t forget there’s also a famous William Wesley who cuts hair.
This is fun, isn’t it?
It is – you know he must be reading your stuff. It sounds like both Eric and the mystery poster would want him to know people are looking into him. They’ll certainly make sure he finds out.
In Philly, we call guys like Wesley muscle. It just looks like he doesn’t have a mob to work for, so he’s going with an agent.
Wes is a nice guy and everyone needs to stop hating! He’s making it happen! Don’t be mad because you can’t…
and he gives back all the time putting smiles on peoples faces…
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