Analysis: The Washington Wizards tout diversity. Here are six black candidates they could consider in GM search.
Chauncey Billups could bring a championship pedigree to the Wizards' front office. By Candace Buckner Candace Buckner National Basketball Association with an emphasis in covering the Washington Wizards. Email Bio Follow April 22 at 11:31 AM The Washington Wizards are searching for their next president of basketball operations and general manager, and majority owner Ted Leonsis has touted diversity as major selling point with this job opening.
Among the 30 NBA teams, there are only four African American general managers but many more work in various front-office roles. Here are a few rising black executive candidates the Wizards could consider. Billups, 42, played 17 years in the NBA and won a championship in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. He was named NBA Finals MVP.
Trajan Langdon The 2019 G League Executive of the Year, Langdon oversaw the Long Island Nets during the team’s run to the finals. While directing the G League affiliate, the 42-year-old has also spent the last three seasons as the assistant general manager for the Brooklyn Nets under Sean Marks. If the Wizards want to go internal, Capital City Go-Go General Manager Pops Mensah-Bonsu has longtime ties to the team and region. Pops Mensah-Bonsu At 34, Pops Mensah-Bonsu was tasked with running the day-to-day operations of the Capital City Go-Go during its inaugural year in the G League. As the Go-Go’s general manager, Mensah-Bonsu worked jointly with the Wizards in helping to develop the team’s pair of two-way contract players.
Rose, 44, took a circuitous route to the front office. While riding the bench with the New York Knicks near the end of his playing career, he earned a master’s degree in sports management. After retiring, Rose moved to the broadcast booth with the Philadelphia 76ers and spent offseasons interning with the team, even helping build the brand and selling tickets for its upstart G League affiliate, the Delaware 87ers.
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