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Pistons Announce Front Office Additions, Promotions

July 31st, 2024 at 11:05am CST by Luke Adams

The Pistons have issued a press release officially revealing their new-look front office under president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon, confirming several previously reported hires and announcing promotions for executives who have been retained.

The previously reported hires confirmed by the Pistons include former Pelicans executive Michael Blackstone, who been named executive vice president of basketball operations, and former Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey, who will be the team’s senior vice president of basketball operations. The expectation is that they’ll be Langdon’s top two lieutenants in Detroit.

The Pistons also confirmed they’ve hired J.R. Holden, who will serve as the team’s vice president of player acquisition and development, and Gianluca Pascucci, whose title will be senior director of global scouting.

Notable in-house promotions include George David transitioning from associate general manager to senior VP of basketball administration and Eric Tellem being elevated from senior director of player personnel to VP of player personnel.

The full list of new hires and promotions can be found within the Pistons’ press release. Notably, former head coach Dwane Casey will continue on with the organization even after its front office shake-up in his role as senior advisor to basketball operations.

Pistons Announce Front Office Additions, Promotions

September 28th, 2020 at 10:15am CST by Luke Adams

The Pistons have announced a series of additions to their basketball operations department, confirming a pair of hires that had been previously reported. Here are those new additions and their titles, per the team:

Harold Ellis, pro personnel evaluator
Ryan West, pro personnel evaluator
Britta Brown, senior director of basketball administration
Tony Leotti, senior director of strategy and systems
Michael Lindo, director of player and family engagement

The hirings of Ellis and West in the scouting department were first reported last month by The Athletic. Ellis was previously the director of player personnel for the Knicks, while West – the son of NBA legend Jerry West – held the same role with the Lakers up until 2019.

According to the Pistons, Brown will oversee team operations and logistics, assisting in day-to-day management of the department; Leotti will assist the team with salary cap oversight and overall strategy; and Lindo will assist Pistons players and their families off the court.

Detroit also announced a handful of promotions, including Gregg Polinsky to senior director of player personnel, Dan Rosenbaum to senior director of analytics, and Eric Tellem (the son of Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem) to director of pro scouting.

The front office changes are among the first moves made by new general manager Troy Weaver, who was hired by the Pistons to run the basketball operations department earlier this year.