SMWW Basketball Directors - SMWW Sports Agency

Sports Management Worldwide's agency utilizes it's sports directors in each sport to provide expertise to our network of agent advisors. Having sports directors allows SMWW to provide better service to our athletes as well as our agent advisors by having an experienced sports agent working closely on all aspects of the agent business within their sport of expertise.

Jeff Brodie - SMWW Director of Basketball and NBA Certified Agent

Jeff joined Sports Management Worldwide in 2008, and achieved the status of Director of Basketball Operations in 2009. He became a NBA certified agent in 2010. Jeff received his Bachelor of Science in Personal Finance from Oregon State University. He has carried that financial knowledge over to the business of basketball. Combining his education and professional experience, Jeff has been in the finance industry for over 10 years. Jeff is widely respected for his relational talents, communication skills and his proven ability to motivate, train, and mentor Basketball Agents. Jeff works closely with NetScouts Basketball, the International Basketball Connection which provides consulting and scouting for basketball teams worldwide.

Bret Kanis - Basketball Director

Bret Kanis Director - Basketball Bret Kanis is an agent/attorney with the Hightower Law Firm in Pensacola, Florida. Mr. Kanis is a certified player agent with the National Basketball Players Association. Mr. Kanis’ agent practice primarily involves representing professional basketball players, both in the U.S. and internationally; however, he also has experience in representing professional baseball, football and hockey players as well as basketball coaches. Mr. Kanis has sports marketing experience, having worked with professional and Olympic athletes with respect to their endorsements and marketing as well as a minor league sports league with respect to league-wide sponsorships. Mr. Kanis’ legal practice primarily involves representing closely-held businesses and their owners in all aspects of general business and tax law (including the formation of business entities, the acquisition and disposition of businesses and tax planning) as well as estate planning. As part of Mr. Kanis’ legal practice, he has represented professional athletes in contract negotiations, contract disputes and their off-the-field business ventures and personal matters; ownership groups in their potential purchase of professional sports franchises; and student-athletes in issues relating to their National Letter of Intent. Mr. Kanis graduated with a B.S.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis; a J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law; and a LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Mr. Kanis received the highest grade in his sports law class where his professors were prominent sports agents, Dan Fegan (basketball) and Barry Axelrod (baseball). Upon graduation from law school, for 2 years Mr. Kanis co-authored a bi-weekly sports law article that was published in the George Washington Law School, Pepperdine Law School and Hofstra Law School Newspapers. Throughout his career, Mr. Kanis has had the opportunity to work with high-round draft picks, Hall of Fame athletes and Olympic Gold medalists in various capacities as an agent and attorney.

Bret Kanis - Basketball Director

Trisonya Abraham - SMWW Director of Basketball Portland, Oregon, USA

Trisonya is considered one of the world's leading female basketball agents. Her dedicated and refreshing approach to player advocacy has enabled her to maximize her clients' earning potential and has facilitated a strong working relationship with both men's and women's basketball and the lucrative international basketball community.

Trisonya has acted as TTM Management's president since she co-founded the agency with her husband in 1995 and has plied her craft in nearly every country in the world and in every professional league in the United States. Trisonya provides a unique perspective when assisting her clients with contract procurement, contract management and overseas service. Her extensive international experience has enabled Trisonya to understand the European and Asian markets exceptionally well. TTM is the world leader in player placement in the highly lucrative Korean and Chinese markets and Trisonya's initiative in cultivating that market has provided some of the world's best contracts for her players.

In addition to her overseas expertise, Trisonya is fully certified by the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA), TTM Management clients are afforded a rare combination of professional expertise, all-inclusive service and personal attention often lacking in today's representation field. She has a thorough understanding of the WNBA draft, the rules governing free agency and the salary cap, and is able to work directly with the most powerful people in women's professional basketball. She has represented players on every team in the WNBA and maintains a positive working relationship with the head coaches and general managers of the league's thirteen clubs.

Trisonya and her husband, Michael, both work together from their home-based Portland offices and are well respected in the basketball community. Visit Trisonya's website at http://www.ttmmanagement.net/frameset.php

Cuneyt Tascioglu

Cüneyt Tascioglu was born in 1976, in Istanbul. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Istanbul University in 1999 and his master’s degree in Marketing Management in 2005 from Marmara University. He played basketball as a licensed player in Efes Pilsen youth teams for 8 years. Then he played in University team and Regional teams. He worked in sales and marketing management positions respectively in Marsa Kraft, Danone and Kimberly Clark. Then he established BFSA Sports Agents as a managing partner. He holds Players’ Agent License which he obtained from FIBA.