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Four Blue Devils Are Seen As Rising Stars In NBA Management

This article looks at rising stars in the NBA’s General Manager profession and four former Blue Devils are either mentioned or quoted: Elton Brand, Trajan Langdon, Shane Battier and Mike Dunleavy.

Brand, who is the Philadelphia 76ers’ GM, said this about how demanding the job is today: “[a]s a player, you don’t know what this is. You don’t know you’re responsible for people with dreams, aspirations, raises, who want to feel safe. You don’t know about the actual management of people.”

Langdon of course is the GM for the New Orleans Pelicans, but the team is basically run by David Griffin.