NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Pelicans Governor Gayle Benson announced today that Joe Dumars has been named the team’s Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. Dumars will begin with the organization on April 21.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars — a former NBA champion as both a player and an executive with the Detroit Pistons — as their executive vice president of basketball operations.

Gayle Benson wasted little time in finding the next person to be in charge of the New Orleans Pelicans. Benson explained her decision Wednesday morning when the team officially announced Joe Dumars as the new executive vice president of basketball operations.