Ceruzzi Sports attempted to recruit Kevin Love to their agency by using his former AAU coach Pat Barrett. Barrett received a $250,000 donation from the Ceruzzi agency.
In March, Barrett arranged a dinner at the trendy Mr. Chow with Love and Jay Williams, the former Duke star whose career was cut short due to a motorcycle accident. Williams had been trying to become an agent.
“My face turned completely red,” said Love. “I respect [Williams] as a player. But he came after me and once he started talking about all that agent stuff, I said, ‘You know what, talk to my family.’”
Grantham did arrange a meeting with Love's father, also a former NBA player.
“I told him, ‘I didn’t get any of your money,’” Stan Love said. “‘You were giving it Pat Barrett and he was spending it on all these teams he had and his [younger high school players].’”
“If I was going with an agent,” said Kevin Love, “why would I ever go with a guy who, no offense, but he crashed a motorcycle into a tree. I’m not going to go with a guy that’s reckless.”
) but nevertheless I really like that he has his head straight up. usually when you're a college player turning a pro you need to have an agent (at least media tells you this) but Love is such a smart dude that he knows what's his best.
It was kind of brutal.