Rich Paul is regarded as one of the most powerful NBA agents representing more than 30 players including some of the game’s biggest names from Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, to Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons to Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors.
Paul participated in a recent interview with The New Yorker and talked about being a Black man in a field that is predominantly white.Paul said that it’s hard to represent a white player. The only player that he represents is Bosnian Jusuf Nurkic of the Portland Trail Bla”It’s very difficult for me to represent a white player,” Paul told The New Yorker. “It just is. Look around. There’s very few. I represent a player from Bosnia. But, again, he’s international. He looks at it different.”
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Paul was asked: “So White players who are American don’t want a Black agent?”
“They’ll never say that,” Paul responded while smiling. “But they don’t. I think there’s always going to be that cloud over America.”zers, who signed with Paul back in 2019.
