The National Basketball Players Association does not prohibit certified agents from contacting other certified agents’ clients, a noted contrast to the NBA’s tampering rules, prohibiting team executives from contacting rival teams’ talent. That stance has frustrated many agents for years. And it’s not just Paul. Sources told Bleacher Report that Victor Oladipo was influenced to leave longtime representative Aaron Turner of Versus Management for Excel Sports just before free agency this summer. Excel gave Oladipo the same sales pitch: a new agent can deliver more money than the previous one. In this case, like Noel’s, they didn’t deliver. Back in 2017, Robert Covington left his agent Chris Patrick (who helped land the two-way forward his first legitimate NBA stop in Philadelphia) for behemoth CAA Sports ahead of signing a four-year, $62 million deal.