The Washington Wizards continue to make changes to their staff and the Tommy Shepherd era begins.
Rogers was named vice president of pro personnel. Rogers has spent the last three seasons as director of pro personnel for the Los Angeles Clippers. With the Wizards, he will oversee the scouting for the NBA, NBA G League, and International players.
Dean Oliver will join Scott Brooks’ coaching staff. Oliver is known as one of the deans of modern sports analytics. He served as the Vice President of Data Science for TruMedia Networks where he worked with NBA, NFL and MLB teams on various data points.
Mike Longabardi, Corey Gaines, and Jarell Christian were also added to Brooks’ staff.
Longabardi has served on two staffs that have won NBA titles. In 2008, he was on the Boston Celtics staff and in 2015-16 he was with Cleveland Cavaliers.
Gaines has worked for both the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns while Christian was the head coach of the NBA G-League’s Capital City Go-Go.
