Athletes home and abroad face unique challenges, relatively short playing careers, and an unstable market for athletic services. WORLDWIDE SM offers its clients an integrated service package that provides the foundation for our clients to start and manage their professional careers. Our negotiating team includes two licensed NBA Contract Advisors with over 30 years of negotiating experience and our agency has the capacity to offer the following benefits to their clients as their prepare for the NBA Draft and prepare for the start of their professional careers:

• Pre-draft preparation
  The first step in the transition from the college to the professional game is to educate our clients on the business of basketball. We achieve this by implementing a personalized pre-draft and summer training program which focuses on on-court and off-court preparations. A program will be created for you and will be geared towards the preparing you for the pre-draft camp in Chicago and individual team workouts. Your training program will include the following:
  • Nutrition specialist
  • Strength & conditioning training
  • Skill set training and development
  • Full video breakdown, evaluation, and distribution
• NBA workout preparation and scheduling
• NBA draft positioning & market value analysis
  Our knowledge and experience in the industry provides an advantage as we work to find which teams will provide the best situations for our clients to begin and grow their careers.
• Contract negotiations
  • 30+ years of contract experience
  • Certified agency by the National Basketball Players Association (2005)
  • Licensed as a FIBA certified agency (2009)
• Manage our clients' business / branding endeavors
  • National and regional marketing
  • Endorsement contracts
  • Charitable associations
• Consultancy services
  • Tax Management / More Info
  • Risk Management & Insurance / More Info
  • International tax services / More Info
  • Wealth Management and Retirement Planning
    • Worldwide SM in an effort to better serve its clients has partnered with a Chartered Retirement Planning Team at Merrill Lynch. With all the challenges that athletes face in the U.S. and abroad and with lack of reliable financial information, Merrill Lynch in the Wealth Management Private Client Group provides our clients with estate planning, investment management, and retirement planning services to high net worth individuals. In meeting the unique needs of athletes, our staff focuses on three key areas: wealth accumulation, income management and career transition.