After years of being a critical player in the Nets personnel picture, it looked like Jeff Schwartz's Excel Management Group would no longer be as powerful. His two big clients on the Nets last season, Deron Williams and Mirza Teletovic, had moved on. He had helped D-Will both get a big buyout from the Nets and a new home in Dallas. He also got the Nets to drop their qualifying offer for Teletovic, facilitating his departure for Phoenix.
That's what agents do and what Schwartz has done very well, getting his clients in --and out of-- situations.