James Jones is the Executive Vice President of NBA, heads of basketball operations, which follows a long sports career and front-office experience.
44 -year -old Jones won three NBA titles as a player and in 2021 was nominated as an executive of the year as a member of the front office of Phoenix Sun.
“James is widely awarded as an inspiring leader and a partner of the Ghagh team as a highly successful player and team executive as an inspirational leader and a partner of the Ghagh team,” said Biren Spruel of League Operations NBA President Biren Spruel. “With its extraordinary relationship-making skills and deep basketball expertise, he is well suited to guide our efforts to shape the current and future direction of NBA game.”
More than 14 NBA season from 2003–17, Jones scored 5.2 points with 1.8 rebounds in 709 games (93 begin) with five different teams, including six sessions with Miami Heat.
Jones were in Heat’s championship teams in 2012 and 2013, while in 2016, he was also winning a title with Cleveland Cavalers. He was named the director of The Sun player Personnel in 2017 and was promoted as General Manager in 2019. He was a senior advisor to the team since May.
Jones who will replace the dumors. He left the League office in April to become the Executive Vice President of New Orleans Pelican.
“This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with so many talented professionals to put my passion for sports in a new role and increase the continuous success and development of NBA,” Jones said.
The role of Jones with the NBA will include overseeing discipline for rules change and implementation and violation of conduct.
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