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That’s why Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak held regular meetings about the post-Kobe Bryant Lakers. Especially: Kupchak met secretly and regularly at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills with Dwight Howard’s agent Dan Fegan, who died in 2018. Fegan told me several times about those meetings. One topic: which coach might make Kobe more of a team player. Fegan advocated Phil Jackson. Failing that, he recommended ways the Lakers use the amnesty clause to jettison the biggest contract in the NBA. If the Lakers amnestied Kobe, Fegan believed, there were many paths to pairing Howard with another star and returning quickly to contention. For a time, it seemed to Fegan that Kupchak and Jim Buss, who made the big Laker decisions at the time, were leaning that way.

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Today Memphis sports columnist and radio personality John Martin posted a video on Twitter wherein Parsons explained exactly what happened during that fateful span. His explanation will be of interest to Blazers fans. Here’s the text of Parson’s statement: We’re in the Memphis meeting and I see like where Stack’s sitting, Fegan’s getting red and like kinda getting weird and then like five minutes later he asks, “Hey, let’s take a break. We’ll meet back up at five.”

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Chandler Parsons: He’s like, “CP, come here. You’re going to Memphis. Portland is gonna give you a physical and because of Greg Oden and Brandon Roy’s injury history, you might not pass. If you do that and they red flag you, bro, you’re taking a minimum deal and you’re smoked out of $95 million. I go back in there, bro, and I Oscar performance going back in. Oscar! I go back in there, “Listen, guys, I’ve never...I’ve never been more sure of something in my life. Grit and Grind to the day I die. I’m like, ‘I’m in!’ Imma get that [expletive] tatted.” I was like, “We can stop it here. I’m signing.”

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Chandler Parsons on getting a max contract: I was a second round pick. I had a four year deal, but the fourth year was a team option. And at this point, I'm starting. I'm averaging 17 points a game, like, I’m going! And my agent said they were going to pick up the fourth year. Why wouldn't they? You're owed like 920 grand or whatever, and it was just a huge bargain for them. I ended up hiring Dan Fegan, rest in peace. The only reason I did it is because he said ‘I can get you out of that fourth year’. He went to the GM and he went to the owner and said, ‘I'll get you Dwight Howard, but you're not picking up Chandler Parsons' contract.’ So instead of making 920K I got bumped to a max and we got Dwight Howard. It was the most gangster move I've ever seen. It was nuts! They said ‘agents get you paid, Dan Fegan got you overpaid.’

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“My agent at the time, Dan Fegan, calls me and says, ‘There's nothing we can do. You have to come back. You have to at least show up to practice. If you don't, they're going to sue you, they're going to come after your contract, they're going to take everything you've got,’” reveals Sanders. “I hung up the phone. I called them an hour later and said, ‘I'm retired from the NBA. But I’m doing it for free. I don’t want any money. Schedule a press conference so that when I get back after All-Star break in Milwaukee, I can let everyone know why I retired for free,’” says Sanders. “They call me back within 15 minutes and we have a deal. $15 million to just not come back type of thing. It was a rough way out,” Sanders says.

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Karl, who last coached in the NBA in 2016 with Sacramento, talked about his time with the Kings, the state of the NBA, the country and more. He was as candid about his time with the King, as he was on a recent podcast discussing his 112-game stint as coach, which started with the final 30 games of the 2014-15 season. He had no idea the wackiness he was stepping into when he accepted the job. There were already rumblings there would be conflict before Karl arrived, because late-agent Dan Fegan, a known Karl antagonist, represented Kings star DeMarcus Cousins. Fegan had clashed with the Kings’ front office over its treatment of Cousins and how it was going to best help Cousins win. Fegan didn’t believe hiring Karl would work. Fegan’s business partner, Jarinn Akana, was on Denver’s coaching staff when Karl was hired in 2005. Karl did not keep Akana on staff. That relationship was said to be the reason Karl was not hired sooner. When contacted, Cousins declined to comment.

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In the Trousdale section of Beverly Hills, the home of late basketball agent and attorney Dan Fegan has found a buyer at $8.825 million, public records show. Fegan, who died two years ago at 56, represented such NBA superstars as Dwight Howard, John Wall and Amar’e Stoudemire. His single-story home, built in 1968 and since updated, has four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms in about 4,600 square feet.

Los Angeles Times

Ronald Tillery: Pregame - Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons is not with the team. He was allowed to attend the funeral for former agent Dan Fegan.

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Dave McMenamin: Friends, associates and loved ones of NBA super agent Dan Fegan announced at his services today they are dedicating a memorial bench outside the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in his honor

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Liz Mullen: The family of the late NBA agent Dan Fegan, who died in a car accident in Colorado Sunday have announced plans for his funeral, as well as two memorial services in New Haven, Conn. and L.A.

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Denver Nuggets owner Josh Kroenke: Dan Fegan was a unique character. He was aggressive when he needed to be. He always had his players' best interests in mind. He was interesting to deal with from my standpoint because -- like I said -- he always had his players' backs until the end of the day. If you're a player, he was the type of guy you wanted in your corner for sure.

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Thibodeau on prominent NBA agent Dan Fegan, who died Sunday morning at age 56 in a motor-vehicle accident in Aspen, Colo.: "Really sad, a terrible loss. A great agent, a really good person. Just sad for his family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family."

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Nikola Mirotic‏: My heart breaks after hearing the news about my agent and friend Dan Fegan. My deepest condolences to the Fegan family for their great loss . Words cannot even begin to express the pain in my heart. I also pray for Dan's son speedy recovery 🙏

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Omri Casspi‏: Man. Sick to my stomach. Such sad news. We’ll always remember you and forever in our hearts. Got to cherish every moment on earth, as it can be taken away so quickly. RIP Dan Fegan. Miss you brother.

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