Report: Hawks hiring Bryson Graham from Pelicans
June 9 - The Atlanta Hawks are finalizing a deal to make Bryson Graham their new senior vice president of basketball operations, a move that would pry him from the New Orleans Pelicans after 15 years, ESPN reported Monday.
The Hawks are also close to hiring Philadelphia 76ers executive Peter Dinwiddie to be their new senior VP of strategy and analytics, per the report.
Graham and Dinwiddie would report to new Hawks GM Onsi Saleh.
Graham was promoted to Pelicans GM in June 2024 after five seasons as assistant GM. Graham joined the Pelicans in the 2010-11 season as a basketball operations intern.
The Pelicans fired David Griffin as president of basketball operations and replaced him with Joe Dumars in April.
Also in April, Atlanta fired GM Landry Fields and promoted Saleh to fill the position.
--Field Level Media
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