>> My name is David Mondress.
I work for a company called BDA Sports Management.
We are a professional firm that represents basketball athletes, exclusively basketball.
We represent approximately 35 NBA players,
and maybe 60 to 70 players playing internationally overseas.
My title is senior vice president basketball operations.
I do a lot of different things during the day.
But my probably most marketable skill or knowledge is my knowledge
of the NBA collective bargaining agreement, and am involved in our contract negotiations.
We're often on call to things that come up from our athletes.
So if some things come up and things happen with teams, and, you know,
let's put a fire drill, put out the fire.
And with that said, we also know, you know,
we support where each player is career-wise, contract-wise.
And I do a lot of planning and preparing for negotiations and understanding
where each team stands currently and where they project
to stand both roster-wise and financial-wise.