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Detroit
Pistons
complete
basketball
operations
staff
DETROIT
– The
Detroit
Pistons
announced
today
the
completion
of their
basketball
operations
staff
with the
additions
of
Britta
Brown,
Tony
Leotti,
Michael
Lindo
and Ryan
West, as
well as
the
return
of
former
staffers
Harold
Ellis
and Rod
Williams.
 Britta
Brown
joins
the club
as
Senior
Director
of
Basketball
Administration.
Brown
will
oversee
team
operations,
logistics
and
assist
in
day-to-day
management
of the
department.
Most
recently,
Brown
was an
Assistant
Athletic
Director
at
Eastern
Michigan
University,
responsible
for
athletic
and
alumni
events,
overall
development
and
daily
department
management.
She
earned
her
Bachelor
of Arts
in
Economics
from the
University
of North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill in
2008
where
she was
also a
member
of the
women’s
lacrosse
team.
 Tony
Leotti
joins
the
Pistons
as
Senior
Director
of
Strategy
and
Systems.
Leotti
will
assist
with
salary
cap
oversight
and
overall
strategy.
Leotti
joins
Detroit
after
four
seasons
with the
Cleveland
Cavaliers
where
served
as the
club’s
Director
of
Basketball
Administration
& Team
Counsel
and was
a part
of the
2016 NBA
Champions
front
office.
Prior to
joining
the
Cavs, he
served
as the
Associate
Vice
President
& Senior
Associate
Counsel
for the
NBA
where he
advised
team and
league
personnel
with
transactions
and
interpretations
of the
collective
bargaining
agreement.
Leotti
earned
his
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Mathematics
and
Economics
from
Georgetown
in 2004
while
also
competing
as a
lightweight
rower.
He later
received
a Juris
Doctor
law
degree
and a
Master
of
Business
Administration
degree
from New
York
University
in 2010.
  Harold
Ellis
and Ryan
West
both
join the
basketball
front
office
as pro
personnel
evaluators.
Ellis
rejoins
the
Pistons
following
a stint
as a
Pistons
assistant
coach
during
the
2008-09
season
and as a
scout
for the
team
from
2009-12.
Since
those
appointments,
he held
a
Director
of Pro
Scouting
position
with the
Orlando
Magic
from
2012-17
and a
Director
of
Player
Personnel
role
with the
New York
Knicks
from
2017-20.
West
comes to
Detroit
after
spending
more
than a
decade
in
scouting
capacities
with the
Los
Angeles
Lakers,
holding
the
Director
of
Player
Personnel
title
from
2015-19.
He was
also a
scout
for the
Memphis
Grizzlies
from
2002-09.
 Michael
Lindo
has been
hired as
Director
of
Player
and
Family
Engagement
and will
be
responsible
for
assisting
Pistons
players
and
their
families
off the
court.
Prior to
coming
to
Detroit,
Lindo
worked
at Under
Armour
for six
years as
the
Sports
Marketing
Consultant
–
Director
of Under
Armour
Association.
He
earned
his
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Sports
Management
from
Howard
University
in 2013
and his
Master
of
Professional
Studies
in
Sports
Industry
Management
from
Georgetown
in 2016.
Along
with the
announced
new
hires,
the club
also
announced
five
promotions
within
the
department.
Gregg
Polinsky
has been
elevated
to
Senior
Director
of
Player
Personnel,
Bernard
Condevaux
to
Senior
Director
of
Medical
and
Performance,
Dan
Rosenbaum
to
Senior
Director
of
Analytics,
Eric
Tellem
to
Director
of Pro
Scouting
and
Jhonika
Hawkins
to
Director
of
Executive
Operations.
The club
also
welcomes
back Rod
Williams
as
Director
of Team
Security.
He
rejoins
the
Pistons
after
serving
in
security
positions
with the
club
from
2012-14
and
2017-18.
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