The Washington Wizards gave general manager Tommy Sheppard a contract extension and promoted him to team president Wednesday amid the franchise’s best start in 47 years. Sheppard will also retain his title of general manager as part of the deal.
The team also extended and promoted Sashi Brown, the former football executive who was given the new title of president of Monumental Basketball and special advisor to the office of the CEO at Monumental Sports & Entertainment.”
The Wizards did not reveal the terms of Sheppard’s deal, but it was described as a “multi-year” extension.
“Tommy (Sheppard) has effectively improved our team each year of his tenure by following the plan he laid out to us as his vision when we hired him as general manager,” owner Ted Leonsis said in a statement, “and Sashi has been instrumental in making us a leader in analytics, research and player engagement while efficiently streamlining operations across all of our basketball teams and venues.