Lee Jenkins, Sports Illustrated’s lead NBA writer for the last eight years, is leaving SI to take a position in the Los Angeles Clippers front office as the franchise’s Executive Director of Research & Identity.
The 40-year-old Jenkins, who was hired by SI in 2007 as an NFL writer, is the second SI writer in the last 13 months to be hired by an NBA front office. In August 2017 the Toronto Raptors hired Luke Winn to be their Director of Prospect Strategy.
"Sports Illustrated called on my 30th birthday, the greatest gift of my professional life,” Jenkins says.