Pistons hire Orlando Magic Scouting Director as Assistant GM

Kilo · Post #1 » by **Kilo** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 9:13 pm

Keith Langlois ‏@Keith_Langlois 9m

The #Pistons have named Brian Wright assistant GM. He spent 8 years with Orlando. Most recently director of college scouting.

I can dig this as Orlando has done pretty damn good IMO with their drafting over the years. And he was poached via vertical offer/promotion rather than let go by Orlando.

DETermination · Post #2 » by **DETermination** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 9:14 pm

Things are actually happening? I want a smith trade now!

DBC10 · Post #3 » by **DBC10** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 9:15 pm

About to get more analytical up in here.

before anyone takes this seriously.

detroitKG · Post #4 » by **detroitKG** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 9:16 pm

Yea I definitely like this hire!

Ghost · Post #5 » by **Ghost** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 11:20 pm

Pretty cool I guess. Don't really know anything about him.

kurtis48239 · Post #6 » by **kurtis48239** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:03 am

Ghost wrote:Pretty cool I guess. Don't really know anything about him.

+ 1

Ghost · Post #7 » by **Ghost** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:26 am

I was curious, so:

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/ ... n_wri.html

and

"•Coordinate all of the NBA Draft preperation as it relates to Collegiate and International Scouting.
•Responsible for managing the scouting database as well as the video editing and sharing software for collegiate and international players.
•Conduct regional collegiate and minor league scouting in the Southeast.
•Responsible for maintaining and updating collegiate and NBA personnel reports and boards.
•Responsible for all of the video editing as it relates to the draft for both college and international players.
•Responsible for the credentialing, travel, and scheduling of team's collegiate scouts.
•Responsible for Free Agent research.
•Coordinate the fielding of our summer league team thru correspondence with agents and the Director of Player Personnel"
http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/7/7/ ... ando-magic

Pharaoh · Post #8 » by **Pharaoh** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 10:03 am

I expect there will be more scouts hired...SVG laid it out in an interview I saw somewhere

This hire? Don't know who he is and will have to investigate

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timgator · Post #9 » by **timgator** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:44 am

Brian's a friend of mine. He played college ball and a couple years overseas. He's an extremely intelligent and hard working person, and he's the consummate professional. We probably won't hear much about him in the immediate future, as is the case with any other assistant GM, but more good things will probably be said of him when he gets offers for GM positions. I really hope he's given the opportunity to succeed in Detroit. Good luck!