Report: Detroit Pistons hire Dennis Lindsey as senior vice president of basketball operations

Lindsey, Trajan Langdon have worked together with the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets

FILE - This April 21, 2014, file photo, shows Jazz General Manager Dennis Lindsey talking to the media during a news conference, in Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz find themselves in a bit of a predicament on the eve of the 2015-16 NBA season. Lindsey kept the core of the team together after a strong finish to last season. He stuck to the slow rebuild philosophy and resisted the temptation spend lavishly in free agency. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (Rick Bowmer, Associated Press)

DETROIT – The Detroit Pistons have made a significant move, bringing on board the seasoned and successful former Dallas Mavericks Executive Dennis Lindsey as their senior vice president of basketball operations.

Lindsey’s hiring was first reported by the reputable ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday (June 25) at 7:11 p.m. ahead of the 2024 NBA Draft.

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Reportedly, Lindsey put together the Utah Jazz era when NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell and current Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert roamed the Western Conference.

Lindsey spent the 2023-2024 season as an advisor under Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison, leading the franchise to the NBA Finals, where they fell 4-1 to the Boston Celtics.

Lindsey and Trajan Langdon, the newly appointed president of basketball operations, are not just colleagues, but they have a proven track record of success from their years with the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets before building the dependable playoff-bound Jazz.


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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.

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