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Louisville, KY (August 4, 2008): BEST (Blue Entertainment Sports Television www.experienceBEST.com) announced today that it has agreed to acquire the premier NBA player representation practice of Dan Fegan, Dynasty Sports Group. Fegan's firm represents many of the National Basketball Association's elite players. He is one of the few agents to have negotiated more than one billion dollars of player contracts and is perennially ranked as of the top three NBA player agents. Fegan will continue to manage his own practice and will work closely with Bill Strickland to further grow the BEST Basketball Division which includes all-star Rasheed Wallace, 2007 lottery picks Corey Brewer and Joakim Noah and 2008 first round draft pick Donté Greene. "BEST has become a major player in the sports and entertainment industry in a very short time," said Fegan. "I am thrilled to be joining its highly regarded and experienced management team and look forward to continuing to build BEST into the leading sports and entertainment firm." An impressive roster of over 31 basketball clients will join Fegan in the move to BEST, including four-time NBA All-Star Shawn Marion of the Miami Heat, four-time Chinese All-Star and the 6th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft Yi Jianlian of the New Jersey Nets, 2002 NBA All-Rookie first team and two-time NBA slam dunk champion Jason Richardson of the Charlotte Bobcats, number one overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft Joe Smith of the Cleveland Cavaliers, 2002 NBA All-Rookie first team and 7th overall selection in the 2002 NBA Draft Nenê of the Denver Nuggets, Erick Dampier and Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks, Troy Murphy of the Indiana Pacers and Rafer Alston of the Houston Rockets. "Dan exemplifies the BEST mission of accelerating opportunity. He has one of the best minds in basketball proven by his consistent and repeated accomplishments for his clients," said Michael J. Principe, Managing Director of BEST. "His further success in penetrating foreign markets, together with his expertise in NBA representation as demonstrated by the ground breaking contracts he negotiates for his clients, transforms our extremely talented basketball division into a truly premier agency. Dan will be a tremendous asset to the entire group of BEST companies." # # # About BEST About Blue Equity |