The Washington Wizards on Friday reportedly promoted interim president of basketball operations Tommy Sheppard to full-time general manager.
Candace Buckner of the Washington Post reported the news.
Sheppard has spearheaded a collective in the basketball operations department since the Wizards fired Ernie Grunfeld in April. The Wizards reportedly pursued high-profile executives such as the Toronto Raptors' Masai Ujiri and the Denver Nuggets' Tim Connelly, who rebuffed their overtures.
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