The New Orleans Pelicans are making waves with their newest promotion.
Shams Charania of The Athletic reported on Tuesday that the Pelicans are selling former WNBA star Swin Money to their Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations. The promotion makes Money one of many highest-ranking ladies in an NBA entrance workplace, Charania provides.
Money, 44, was a really well-known WNBA participant, making 4 All-Star groups and successful three championships (with the Detroit Shock and the Seattle Storm). Additionally a former champion for UConn, Money joined the Pelicans entrance workplace in 2019 and had been serving because the vp of basketball operations and staff growth.
The New Orleans entrance workplace has undergone some turnover this offseason as GM Trajan Langdon took the lead govt job with the Detroit Pistons and fellow Pelicans govt Michael Blackstone adopted him to Detroit. However the Pelicans are filling these vacancies from inside, naming assistant GM Bryson Graham as their new GM and in addition elevating Money.