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How former Bradley player Anthony Fields worked his way to a sports agency position

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@DaveReynolds2

Anthony Fields didn’t play much in his two years as a Bradley guard from 2013-15. But he’s certainly a player now in the world of sports agency.

Fields is a vice president of the newly formed basketball operations for Vanguard Sports Group and is based in Las Vegas.

Vanguard, launched in 2014 by longtime agent Joby Branion, was mostly a football-based agency until Branion hired Fields two years ago to organize a hoops division. Four current NBA players, including Wendell Carter, Jr. of the Chicago Bulls, are in the Vanguard fold joining such NFL luminaries as Von Miller, Keenan Allen and D.