Team & Partners
NILLY is built by a team with years of experience in athletics and finance, led by NBA Champion Kendrick Perkins and the Edly Advisors team.
Kendrick Perkins
NILLY Co-Founder + Brand Ambassador
Kendrick Perkins
NILLY Co-Founder + Brand Ambassador
Kendrick Perkins is an entrepreneur, commentator, analyst and former professional basketball player. During his 15-year NBA career he played for the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans, winning an NBA Championship with the Celtics in 2008. Having entered the NBA directly out of high school due to financial pressures, Kendrick co-founded NILLY to help student-athletes and their families more quickly and easily access their NIL earnings for their specific needs.
We’ve partnered with top industry organizations and service providers including Basepath to make the process as fast and easy as possible.
GradReady
GradReady helps students develop financial skills to successfully complete their education and navigate through life. The courses equip students with the tools to make sound financial decisions about budgeting, borrowing responsibly, establishing good credit and more.
Basepath
NILLY will use Basepath to manage athlete NIL contracts. Athletes will never have to worry about managing their repayments or reciving their share of NIL income.
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NILLY is an affiliate of Edly Advisors LLC., a Registered Investment Advisor and an education-focused fintech company specializing in funding students through Income-Based Repayment loans, Edly has developed an underwriting process for student loans, evaluating a school’s historical outcomes and the student’s academic progress and credit profile to inform lending decisions. NILLY supports an NIL revenue sharing product that allows investors to participate in NIL income.
How to get started
If you are a student-athlete interested in getting a NILLY License Payment, our process is simple and straightforward.
1
You Apply
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NILLY Evaluates
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You Review and Accept (or Reject) Your Offer