Naism Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is completing an agreement to become a new president of basketball operations for New Orleans PelicansSources said ESPN on Tuesday.
Dumars-Dvojtý champion NBA as a player and winning manager with Detroit Pistons – returns to its home state Louisiana and Replaces David Griffin As a head of basketball operations for pelicans.
Dumars served as the main director of the strategy Sacramento Kings Since 2019-22 and since 2022 he has been a executive vice president for the NBA League basketball operations.
Dumars operated pistons from 2000-14, won the Executive Year in 2003 and built the championship team in 2004. He made a number of movements that powered the pistons for seven direct periods of 50 victories or more in 2001-02 to 2007-08-CHAUNCEY BILLUPS, traded for Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace and Rip Hamilton. They designed Tayshaun Prince.
The pistons have 14 50 winning periods in the history of the franchise-Polovina from them under the lead of Dumars.
Dumars, who developed Pistons in 1985, spent a whole 14 -year -old career as a shooting guard and a defensive stop with a franchise and won the NBA with “Bad Boys” in 1989 and 1990.
In New Orleans, Dumars is expected to soon immerse themselves in contemporary basketball staff, led by a renowned CEO of Bryson Graham and head coach Willie Green. As for the list of pelicans Zion Williamson on his direction with the team.
Williamson played in only 45% of his possible Pelicans games since he was in 2019 with the total selection No. 1 – and never played in Play -off after he suffered injuries before both team performances in 2022 and 2024.
Pelicans ended this season at 21-61-quarter the worst record in the league, before only Utah jazz (17-65), Washington Wizards (18-64) and Charlotte Hornets (19-63).
