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The Detroit Pistons have narrowed down their decisions for the vacant President of Basketball Operations place.
Jake Fischer and Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports activities reported that the Pistons had narrowed the sector all the way down to 4 candidates. The 4 names listed had been Trajan Langdon, Scott Perry, Dennis Lindsey and John Hammond.
Fischer and Goodwill reported that the staff has employed a search agency to help with the hiring course of.
Langdon is at the moment serving because the New Orleans Pelicans normal supervisor. He has been with the franchise since 2019 and has constructed a roster that reached the postseason in 2021-22 and 2023-24. He has additionally been with the San Antonio Spurs and Brooklyn Nets in several roles.
Perry has been with the Pistons earlier than, as he was a entrance workplace govt for the franchise from 2000-2006. He helped assemble the roster that gained the 2003 NBA Championship and reached the Japanese Convention Finals six occasions. He most not too long ago served as normal supervisor for the New York Knicks from 2017-2023 and at the moment works as an analyst at ESPN.
Lindsey is at the moment serving as an advisor for the Dallas Mavericks and Hammond is a senior advisor to Orlando Magic normal supervisor Jeff Weitman.
Whoever Detroit hires to fill the function, which has been vacant since 2018, could have a troublesome job forward of them. The Pistons went 14-68 and had the worst report within the NBA. The staff additionally had a fall within the draft lottery, getting the No. 5 decide regardless of having the very best odds at touchdown No. 1.
