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NBA Hires James Jones as Executive VP and Head of Basketball Operations
UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – James Jones succeeds Joe Dumars to lead NBA basketball operations, overseeing rules, discipline, and game policies with over 20 years of player and executive experience.
- James Jones will take over as the NBA’s top basketball operations executive, succeeding Joe Dumars in the league’s front office.
- Dumars served in the NBA's basketball operations department beginning in 2022 and departed earlier this year to assume leadership of the New Orleans Pelicans' basketball operations.
- Jones played in the NBA for 14 years, capturing three championships, and spent most of the past seven years serving as the general manager within the Phoenix Suns organization.
- Jones expressed his excitement and privilege in assuming leadership of the Basketball Operations department, while Spruell praised him as a motivating leader with extensive knowledge of the game.
- Jones will be responsible for managing the NBA’s basketball operations, including the interpretation of rules, discipline for players and coaches, and the implementation of game-related policies, while helping to steer the league’s present and future strategies.
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NBA hires former Cleveland Cavaliers wing James Jones as executive vice president and head of basketball operations
Former Cleveland Cavaliers wing James Jones becomes the NBA's executive vice president and head of basketball operations, succeeding Joe Dumars in the role.
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