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Prominent NBA agent Andy Miller relinquishes NBPA license

By Alex Wolfe

TORONTO, ON - JULY 10: Andy Miller agent of Kyle Lowry with Masai Ujiri GM of the Toronto Raptors during the signing of the contract extension at the Air Canada Centre on July 10, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2014 NBAE (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JULY 10: Andy Miller agent of Kyle Lowry with Masai Ujiri GM of the Toronto Raptors during the signing of the contract extension at the Air Canada Centre on July 10, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2014 NBAE (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Andy Miller, who represents a number of NBA players, has seen his agency under fire during the FBI’s NCAA basketball probe.

In a rather sudden turn of events, big-name NBA agent Andy Miller has relinquished his National Basketball Players Association certification, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Woj’s report lacks the finer details at this time, but Miller — who most notably represents Kyle Lowry, Kristaps Porzingis and Serge Ibaka — is likely giving up his certification in response to the FBI’s probe into NCAA basketball. From Woj’s story:

"Miller, who was representing dozens of NBA players including Kyle Lowry, Kristaps Porzingis and Serge Ibaka, is considered to be part of the FBI’s probe into college basketball.Miller was the president and founder of ASM Sports and many of his former clients are expected to remain with other agents in the company, sources said."

Miller and ASM Sports haven’t put out a statement on Twitter nor their website yet, but more details are sure to emerge as the situation develops.

The FBI’s investigation into college basketball already hit near home for Miller and ASM at the end of September, when former ASM employee Christian Dawkins was implicated by the FBI after it first took its findings public.

While nothing has become public yet as to why Miller resigned today, it’s reasonable to speculate that he and ASM were likely complicit with some of the same illegal activities that took Dawkins down, which included “using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents and even tailors,” per the ESPN piece on Dawkins’ implication by Jeff Goodman and Chris Haynes.

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The fallout from this latest incident should be interesting, considering Miller himself represented the most prominent clients at his firm. Time will tell if this leads to ASM losing some of its bigger clients.

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