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Hiring Arn Tellem a power move and a coup for Detroit

Make no mistake: Arn Tellem is a power player.

In a storied career spanning more than three decades, he’s been a lawyer, a dealmaker, an entrepreneur – and one of the most successful agents in sports history.

Now he’s a Detroit Piston. More precisely, he is the new Vice Chairman of Palace Sports & Entertainment, with broad responsibility for charting strategic business initiatives for the sports and entertainment business.

Owner Tom Gores announced Friday that Tellem would join the organization in August, joining Stan Van Gundy and Dennis Mannion at the top of the leadership pyramid beneath owner Tom Gores.