Detroit Pistons Announce Basketball and Business Operations Promotions and Additions

DETROIT – September 23, 2022 – The Detroit Pistons announced today offseason promotions and additions within the team’s basketball and business operations departments.

                On the basketball operations side, George David has been elevated to Associate General Manager; Rob Murphy has been promoted to Assistant General Manager for Pistons and President of Motor City Cruise; Josh Bartelstein and Tony Leotti have been promoted to Assistant General Managers.  Eric Tellem has been promoted to Senior Director of Pro Scouting and Jon Phelps has been promoted to Senior Director of Basketball Strategy.  Jamal James has joined the organization as Director of College Scouting.

                In player health and performance, Sebastian Poirier has been named Senior Director of Medical, Rachel Cutts has been named Head Athletic Trainer/Senior Physical Therapist and Trent Salo has been promoted to Senior Director of Sports Performance.

                The following additions were also announced on the coaching staff – Keith BogansRashard Lewis and Brandon Bailey have joined the staff as Assistant Coach/Player Development Coach and Brittni Donaldson has joined the organization as Assistant Coach/Director of Coaching Analytics.

                On the Motor City Cruise side of basketball operations, Ben Carloni has been promoted to General Manager and Stacey Lovelace has been named Assistant General Manager for the Motor City Cruise and special assistant to General Manager Troy Weaver.

Within the organization’s business operations, Dan Lefton has been elevated to SVP & Chief Revenue Officer; Alicia Jeffreys has been elevated to SVP & Chief Marketing Officer; Nicolet Lewis has been elevated to SVP & Chief People Officer; and Kevin Grigg has been elevated to SVP & Chief Communications Officer.

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