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Nets’ rebuild will be Trajan Langdon’s model for Pelicans

Outgoing Nets assistant general manager Trajan Langdon said the team has put itself in a position to land the biggest stars.

Langdon, who is leaving to become GM in New Orleans, said getting the Pelicans to that point would be even sweeter, because it would be achieved with a small-market team nobody believes can win.

“My time here in Brooklyn has been fantastic. The challenges that were here upon me coming in three years ago were daunting, and what we were able to do in three years was tremendous,” said Langdon. “My intrigue about [the Pelicans] job was about working with [executive vice president of basketball operations] David Griffin, especially once he told me how much [owner] Mrs.