Ceruzzi Sports attempted to recruit Kevin Love to their agency by using his former AAU coach Pat Barrett.  Barrett received a $250,000 donation from the Ceruzzi agency.

According to Charles Grantham, CEO of Ceruzzi, Barrett promised he would provide introductions to more than a dozen of his top college-aged prospects, including Love, Taj Gibson and Chase Budinger.

In March, Barrett arranged a dinner at the trendy Mr. Chow with Love and Jay Williams, the former Duke star whose career was cut short due to a motorcycle accident.  Williams had been trying to become an agent.

?My face turned completely red,? said Love. ?I respect [Williams] as a player. But he came after me and once he started talking about all that agent stuff, I said, ?You know what, talk to my family.??

Grantham did arrange a meeting with Love's father, also a former NBA player.

?I told him, ?I didn?t get any of your money,?? Stan Love said. ??You were giving it Pat Barrett and he was spending it on all these teams he had and his [younger high school players].??

The Loves said Ceruzzi Sports never had a chance to sign Kevin, both because of their dealing with Barrett and their discomfort with Jay Williams.

?If I was going with an agent,? said Kevin Love, ?why would I ever go with a guy who, no offense, but he crashed a motorcycle into a tree. I?m not going to go with a guy that?s reckless.?

Williams left Ceruzzi Sports after efforts to sign Love failed saying he grew disenchanted with an industry where agents thought they could ?buy off? prospects.