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Phoenix Suns reportedly hire ex-Detroit Pistons assistant GM Josh Bartelstein as CEO

United Mortgage Wholesale CEO and Michigan State basketball alumnus Matt Ishbia recently purchased the Phoenix Suns.

Now, Ishbia has reportedly poached former Detroit Pistons employee, and ex-Michigan basketball captain, to help run the show.

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Pistons assistant general manager Josh Bartelstein has been hired as the Suns' new CEO, according to a report from ESPN. Bartelstein, 33, had risen through the ranks with the Pistons since being hired 2015.

Like Ishbia, he's a former men's basketball walk-on.