Brian Wright (basketball)

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Brian Wright
San Antonio Spurs
PositionGeneral manager
League NBA
Personal information
Born Silver Spring, Maryland
Career history
2019–present San Antonio Spurs

Brian Wright (born 1983) is the general manager of the San Antonio Spurs since August 2019. [1] [2] [3]

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Wright is the co-author of two books, titled '100 Heroes: People in Sports Who Make This a Better World' and '150 Heroes'.

He and his wife, Cara, have two children.

Early life and career

Wright, the youngest of three brothers and sisters, was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Wright, a 5-foot-9 guard, played Division III basketball at La Sierra University in Riverside, California where he was honored to the Riverside Sports Hall of Fame for his exceptional performances in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

Wright attended graduate school at UCF College of Business to earn a master's degree in sport business management (MSBM) from the DeVos Sport Business Management program in 2007. [4]

Wright worked for the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (2006–07) under Richard Lapchick, the Orlando Magic (2006–14) for eight years moving up the ranks from summer intern to player development and college scouting manager, and the Detroit Pistons (2014–16) for two years as assistant general manager.

San Antonio Spurs

In August 2016, Wright became the assistant general manager of San Antonio Spurs, stepping into the position vacated by both Sean Marks and Scott Layden. In the summer of 2019, Wright was the key player in the re-signing of Rudy Gay, and arranging the trade that steered DeMarre Carroll to San Antonio. [3]

R.C. Buford (GM since 2002) was promoted to the CEO title in 2019. In July 2019, San Antonio Spurs announced the promotion of Wright to the general manager position.

Wright and the Spurs organization selected Devin Vassell with the 11th pick, the highest draft pick since Tim Duncan, in the 2020 NBA draft. [5] Wright and the team drafted Tre Jones with the 41st pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Following the 2020 draft picks, Wright commented “The league has really changed, where you really looked at guys as one-position players, and you’re either a one, a two, a three, a four, or a five. What you see now is you’ve got guards, you’ve got wings and you’ve got bigs...You want guys that are versatile and can play multiple positions, and I think with Devin for sure he can play across multiple positions, and as he gets stronger, he’ll be able to do that even more...He’ll be able to play one through four in a few years” [5]

On March 29, 2021, Wright and the team signed Gorgui Dieng and waived Marquese Chriss. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brian Wright". San Antonio Spurs.
  2. ↑ Daniels, Tim. "Brian Wright Promoted to Spurs GM; R.C. Buford Gets New Role with Organization". Bleacher Report.
  3. 1 2 "San Antonio Spurs: All you need to know about new GM Brian Wright". July 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ Moyle, Nick (July 21, 2016). "Gregg Popovich believes Brian Wright will 'thrive' with Spurs". mySA.
  5. 1 2 "Grading the 2020 NBA Draft | Spurs land elite wing Vassell, Duke standout Jones". wwltv.com.
  6. ↑ "Spurs GM Brian Wright showed craftiness in Chriss and Dieng deals". March 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Spurs GM Brian Wright showed craftiness in Chriss and Dieng deals". March 29, 2021.
  8. ↑ "SPURS SIGN GORGUI DIENG". San Antonio Spurs.
  9. ↑ "Spurs waive Chriss after Warriors trade to open roster spot". RSN.
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