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There's plenty worth reading in this article, but I was especially interested in his last few paragraphs, in which he profiles some of the league's leading "runners:"

William Wesley: "Worldwide Wes" transcends the runner label. He is a behind-the-scenes wheeler-dealer known for bringing in big game, and he is one of the league's most powerful men. Wesley steers clients to his personal attorney, agent Leon Rose. (Wesley was instrumental in turning LeBron James from an Aaron Goodwin client to a Rose client last year.)

Eddie Lau: A former high school player who was befriended by ex-NBA All-Star Jayson Williams, Lau is a major presence on the AAU scene in New York -- especially with the Long Island Panthers. He has been connected with agent Dan Fegan.

Reggie Brown: Known for his persistence in flipping players to powerful Chicago agent Mark Bartelstein, Brown is a regular at the United Center and at the West Loop Athletic Club, the home gym of renowned trainer Tim Grover. One agent says that at the 2004 All-Star Game in Los Angeles he grew so fed up with Brown's approaches to his clients that he told Brown, "We're adults, and I can't believe I have to say this, but if you don't stay away from my guy I'm going to have to kick your ass."

UPDATE: Aspiring agent Nate Jones of Jones on the NBA is feeling a little more ready to talk publicly about the time he met Wesley:

I’ve been kind of hush, hush about this for a while, but I actually have met Mr. Wesley before. There’s a whole funny story that goes a long with this (that I am still debating if I will get around to telling). Let’s just say it involves him lying about his name (even though I knew exactly who he was), paying for my breakfast (works for me), and me calling him out on funneling players to Leon Rose (which he denied, of course). Anyhow, I came away very unimpressed by the guy. It was just crazy to me, how a guy that obviously was not that intelligent could make his mark on the NBA the way he has. All this tells me is that the NBA is more "street" than the league office would ever want us to know.