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Grammy-winning singer Rihanna has officially announced and welcomed the signing of former Kentucky University Wildcats basketball star James Young to Roc Nation Sports.
The R&B diva broke the news to her Instagram followers Thursday (May 1).
“I am proud to say that JAMES YOUNG is the newest member of the #ROCNationSports family!!! WELCOME HOME!!! http://rocnation.com/sports/james-young/,” RiRi wrote May 1. (Rihanna’s Instagram)
Roc Nation Sports also welcomed Young to the growing star-studded roster.
“#RocNationSports is proud to welcome James Young (@realjamesyoung) to the family!” (Roc Nation Sports’ Twitter)
According to reports, the NBA-bound player is expected to go in the Top 20 at this June’s draft.
Young joins Kevin Durant as Roc Nation’s only other NBA player. Roc Nation also claims WNBA star Skylar Diggins on its roster. Young averaged 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and shot 34.9 percent from 3-point range. He is currently slotted No. 13 in the latest mock draft from Sporting News’ Sean Deveney. (Sporting News)
Last year, Jigga promised the creation of Roc Nation Sports would break old habits and lazy traditions set by sports agencies for years.
“Within two months we had Robinson Cano and Kevin Durant,” Jay said in an interview referring to the New York Yankees and Oklahoma City Thunder superstars. “[The other companies,] they’re fighting it. They’re fighting it because it means you have to work now. You have to work now and they’re not comfortable with that. They’ve been spending 15, 20 years just sitting back and collecting the check and now they have to get out, get up and they have to work and they have to care about these clients because they’re going to see the work we’re doing and say, ‘Hold on, wait a second. Why am I not getting this sort of service? What are you doing? What have you been doing this week?’ Those questions are going to start coming so they’re intimidated by that. The fact that they have to work and they’re intimidated by the fact their clients are going to want to come to us. But if they’re doing a great job, there’s no reason for any client to switch.” (BBC Radio 1)
