On Monday the Los Angeles Lakers announced that they have promoted Jordan Wilkes to Director of Player Development and Josh Wright to Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, and have hired Kristen Andrews as Manager of Nutrition and Wellness, and Adi Vase as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Wilkes has been with the team since the beginning of the 2013-14 season serving as a basketball operations assistant which involved a lot of player talent evaluation.
According to the Lakers press release, under his new title of Director of Player Development Wilkes will be assisting General Manager Rob Pelinka in the day-to-day operations of the team, focusing on the personal growth of the players on the roster, while providing resources and assisting in the development of life skills off the court and outside of basketball.