JULY 23: The moves are now official, the Spurs confirmed in a press release.
JULY 20: The Spurs are promoting assistant general manager Brian Wright to the role of GM, Jabari Young of The Athletic reports. R.C. Buford will remain in the organization and Wright will report directly to him, Young adds.
Buford, 58, has been in San Antonio’s organization since 1994 and has served as the team’s GM since 2002. The Spurs have won four championships with Buford running the front office.
Buford will likely help oversee Spurs Sports & Entertainment under his new title, Young adds. He and Gregg Popovich are expected to continue to oversee the team and have final say on personnel decisions.
Wright was hired by the Spurs in his current capacity during the summer of 2016. He was previously an assistant GM with the Pistons after an eight-year stint in the Magic organization.
Initially, Wright focused mainly on scouting with San Antonio. He’s been more active over the past year, fielding trade calls for Kawhi Leonard, leading the negotiations to re-sign Rudy Gay and engineering the sign-and-trade involving DeMarre Carroll, according to Young.
The restructuring of the front office could lead to an additional hire, Young adds.
It’s hard to put the Carroll sign-and-trade as a feather in his cap, not that he had much control over how that mess went.
The Gay signing was no bargain either. But I think it was the Davis Bertans trade that was to get space for Morris. Another non-win, though nobody’s fault.
yeah that is what I was thinking those moves were nothing to brag about.
Huge shoes to fill for Wright, but I believe in the Spurs
What is the difference between Spurs “sports” and Spurs “entertainment”? lol
I imagine “entertainment”
includes events that are not “sports.”
Spurs Entertainment also includes the arena and several minor-league teams. The WNBA team is being sold and was where Hammon played.
Buford does not have a job title there yet.
R.C. Buford’s new title weigh the Spurs will be CEO of the San Antonio Sports & Entertainment …
Spurs find the WRIGHT guy to become GM !!