FanHouse

As you unfortunate readers will find out this summer, a few of us at FanHouse's NBA HQ are salary cap wonks. The game is beautiful, the nightly docket (especially in April and May) divine. But I, for one, derive almost as much pleasure from poring through Basketball-Reference.com, the salary pages at HoopsHype and ShamSports, and Larry Coon's collective bargaining agreement FAQ. The offseason allows no rest for the minutia-minded.

So consider DraftExpress's new agent and salary database (via TrueHoop) a summertime goldmine. Jonathan Givony's site released the application Friday, and I've been otherwise oblivious to the world since. The player/team database uses salary figures from Sham, though Givony said in an e-mail some figures have been independently culled. (He added that the system's built in a way which always rapid updates and fixes on his side, which is a big improvement over existing references.) The agent listings -- with lists of top moneymakers and those with the most clients -- have been developed through independent research. Needless to say, it's impressive work.

For instance: Who's the top NBA agent? Well, Mark Bartelstein has more clients than anyone (41). But Arn Tellem represents players with a combined $193 million of guaranteed salary owed this year ... despite 12 fewer clients.