Soon after his birth a small island in Tuscany, Massimiliano’s (Max) family moved to Livorno where Max started playing basketball and had his first successes, winning 2 junior leagues championships. In 1984, he started his professional career, playing over 500 games for such clubs as Olimpia Milan, Fortitudo Bologna, Reggio Emilia, and Sassari. Over the course of his career as a basketball player, Max won the Italian Championship, Champions League (former Euroleague), Intercontinental Cup, as well as the second league’s championships.

In 2006, Max joined the team of Interperformances as a sports agent. Five years later, he founded his agency Alpha Agency. Later on, prior to joining BIG, he also cooperated with Octagon Europe. Massimiliano (Max) speaks English and Italian.

FIBA agent since 2007, I worked 27 years for TV Media, sports director of the number 1 channel in Lebanon, commentator of basketball games, as well as several regional and international championships. General Secretary of the Sagesse Club until 2004.

Manel Bosch was born in 1967 in Lleida, married with two children and living in Barcelona.

He has been a professional basketball player for 18 years in the ACB league, from 1985 to 2003, taking part in teams such as Barcelona, Unicaja, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Lleida, etc. He participated in 41 games with the absolute spanish national team. After his retirement as a professional player, he was appointed sports director of the ACB Caprabo Lleida team (2003-2005).

He started working as a player representative in the Media Sports Marketing company in 2005.

He has the Title of FIBA ​​Agent since 2008 nº: 2008019615 and is a Basketball coach (first level)

Manel Bosch founded in 2012 the representation company Global Sports Basketball Management where he currently works as CEO and player’s agent.

From 2011 to 2021 it has been the Spanish partner of the representation company Interperformances

His CV includes an E-MBA in Sports Management from Ramón Llull University, La Salle and Cruyff Academics International (Saint Mary’s College – San Francisco -).

He has experience in programming analysis. He is fluent in Catalan, English and Spanish.

Yegor started his basketball manager’s career back in 2007. Two years after, he became Ukraine’s first FIBA-certified basketball agent. For the past ten years, he has been successfully building strong reputation in the sports management market. Currently, Yegor represents national team players and high-level athletes from around the world.

Yegor is covering both male and female markets of Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.

Basketball professional with extensive experience in the Chinese basketball market. Worked with a Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) team for seven years, gaining deep knowledge of professional team operations and league structure. Specialized in player placement and recruitment, successfully placing both men’s and women’s players across major Chinese leagues including the CBA, NBL, and WCBA.

Experienced in organizing and managing professional basketball tournaments throughout China, coordinating teams, players, and event logistics. Strong network within Chinese basketball organizations, clubs, and international player agents.

Spiros was born in Thessaloniki and studied Business Administration from the ICBS Business School, but his passion is Basketball… He is going to be a valuable member of the Greek office of BIG in scouting and representing Players. He speaks fluently Greek and English.

Mateusz has almost a decade-long career as a professional basketball player. Following the end of his career as a player, he graduated from the University of Wroclaw where he gained a Law degree. Since then, he is representing the interests of leading Polish basketball players and athletes.

Pavle has been a full time professional basketball agent since the year 2000 and was one of the first agents that has received their FIBA license in 2007 ( 2007018085 ) and has German license for the BBL/ProA and ProB ( license number D-PAL-170 ). Has specialized in the area of the Adriatic League ( Slovenia , Croatia , Serbia , BiH and Montenegro) and Germany. Spent more then 15 years in Court-Side prior to joining BIG. Lives in Karlovac, CROATIA. Has a Business Management Degree from Westmoreland College (USA), and is fluent in Croatian, German and English.

Brandon Mitchell is a certified agent with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and FIBA, and the Founder & CEO of BAM Sports & Entertainment, a company focused on athlete representation, brand partnerships, and long-term career development.

Originally from Kansas City, KS, Mitchell attended Florida A&M University, where he earned a degree in Computer Information Systems. His passion for family and sports led him to establish BAM Sports & Entertainment, where he works with professional and emerging basketball players on contract negotiations, international placements, and NIL brand partnerships.

Mitchell currently resides in Los Angeles, where he covers the United States market and speaks English.

Roman Montañez was born in Manresa in 1979, married, with 2 children and residing in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Barcelona).

Professional basketball player for 20 years, accumulating more than 500 games in Acb (Spain) and some more in European competitions, playing for different teams in Manresa, Valladolid, Bilbao, Girona.

After retiring as a player in 2017, he became Sports Director in Baxi Manresa for 3 seasons (2017-2020).

In 2021 he became part of Global Sports Management SL, a player representation agency in Spain founded in 2012.

His CV includes an IESPORT certified MBA Sport Management.

He is fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan.

Jens Erik is a FIBA licensed agent operating from Copenhagen. As a former professional basketball player, he knows what it takes for players to succeed in Scandinavia. He started as a FIBA agent because he saw a lack of guidance for talented Danish players who want to become professionals. The past couple of years, Jens has built a great network within this region. Besides his agency, he works for ‘Children Basketball foundation’ which is a foundation located in Denmark who’s working to promote basketball for kids. Academically, he holds a master degree in ‘Human Resource Management’ from Copenhagen Business School.

George Patapatiou is a medical doctor with the specialty of Radiation oncologist. At the same time he has been a sports agent since 1999. George is the first person to receive an official license as a Sports Agent from the Bulgarian Federation of Basketball in 1999. He has been the exclusive agent and managed the careers of a lot of NBA and Euroleague players like Willie Solomon, Pero Antic, Vlado Ilievski, Vrbca Stefanov, Michael Wilkinson, Ryan Stack, Dimitar Angelov, Vasil Eftimov, Antanas Kavaliauskas, Todor Stoykov, Filip Videnov and others… George represents BIG’s interests in the Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo. George also speaks fluent English, Bulgarian and Serbian.

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey. Under Recruited as a player but had a very successful ncaa 3 career and then fought to have a 12 year pro career overseas playing in Denmark, Germany, Australia, Spain and Italy. Been helping place players globally since 2017. Experience also in player development and scouting. Bachelors degree in sociology and anthropology from Hobart college. Speaks English and Italian.

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Maximiliano es un ex jugador de básquet, posee extensa carrera en la Liga Nacional Argentina y once años en Europa con paso por Juventud de Badalona, Cantú y Rieti entre otros. Utiliza toda su experiencia y formación desde el 2010 como copropietario y atreves de ReTo-Agencia para representa y ayudar a construir carreras de Jugadores de Baloncesto y de Entrenadores. Gestiona junto a su Staff en torno un centenar de Atletas y Entrenadores distribuidos en toda Sud América. Reservando para los jugadores más Jóvenes el “ReTo Clinic Camps” anual, punto de partida para la formación, diagnostico y perfeccionamiento de quienes se transformaran en futuros profesionales.

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Maximiliano is a former basketball player, he has an extensive career in the National League Argentina and eleven years in Europe, passing through Juventud de Badalona, Cantú and Rieti among others. He uses all his experience and training since 2010 as a co-owner and dares of ReTo Agencia to represent and help build careers for Basketball Players and Coaches. He manages with his Staff around a hundred Athletes and Coaches distributed throughout South America. Reserving for the youngest players the annual “ReTo Clinic Camps”, a starting point for the training, diagnosis and improvement of those who will become future professionals.

With over a decade in professional basketball players’ management, Evaldas has accomplished dozens of successful signing across the Baltic region, the US and Europe. He also works with teams, players and coaches in China, South Korea, and the Philippines. Before creating BIG, Evaldas worked at such sports agencies as Octagon Europe and Jump Start Agency. He freely speaks English, Russian, and Lithuanian. His motto: screw it – let’s do it.

Xavier is a NBPA (NBA) player agent, one of the first FFBB (French licence) certified agent in 2003, one of the first player agents in the world to become FIBA certified in 2007. He played basketball since his young age, Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education & Sports Science from the University of Strasbourg. Former player youth coach. Agent since 1999, he founded his own agency, X’ Management in 2002, joined Court Side in 2005, quickly became a Court Side co-owner and one of the chief executives in 2010. Xavier, who made successful signings all over the world throughout his career, is now BIG agent in France. Languages: French, English.

Masataka has been a JBA certified agent since 2022, and has over 40 clients which makes him the top agent in Japan. He has strong relationships with the B League clubs in all divisions. Before becoming an agent, he was a CEO in the IT industry, and that business experience is now useful to him as a basketball agent.

His ultimate goal is to make Japanese basketball better.

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Silvio es un ex entrenador en distintas categorías del baloncesto Argentino, trabajó por más de 25 años como formador de jugadores jóvenes, a partir del 2010 se unión con Maximiliano Reale para conformar Reto Agencia. Para representar y ayudar a construir carreras de Jugadores de Baloncesto y de Entrenadores. Gestiona junto a su Staff en torno un centenar de Atletas y Entrenadores distribuidos en toda Sud América. Reservando para los jugadores más Jóvenes el “ReTo Clinic Camps” anual, punto de partida para la formación, diagnostico y perfeccionamiento de quienes se transformaran en futuros profesionales.

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Silvio is a former coach in different categories of Argentine basketball, he worked for more than 25 years as a trainer for young players, since 2010 he joined with Maximiliano Reale to form Reto Agencia. To represent and help build careers for Basketball Players and Coaches. He manages with his Staff around a hundred Athletes and Coaches distributed throughout South America. Reserving for the youngest players the annual “ReTo Clinic Camps”, a starting point for the training, diagnosis and improvement of those who will become future professionals.

Gábor Zsivera lives in Budapest, Hungary, he had a short playing career in Hun Div 1 and Div 2, but gave up pro balling at the age of 21 and started business in Hungarian basketball media as he became the head of the main Hungarian basketball website, www.kezdo5.hu and joined Sport TV as a color commentator of International Basketball Games (Euroleague, Hun Div 1 Games, Adriatic League, Champions League and NBA) in 2011. He joined ICT Europe 3 years ago after finishing career as a GM in Hun Div 1 men’s team, Vasas Budapest. Gábor represents BIG in Hungary and Austria.