yahoo - 5/25/2026 4:52:26 PM - GMT (+2 )
The Los Angeles Lakers are bringing in someone with an analytical mind to work with general manager Rob Pelinka. The team reportedly hired New Orleans Pelicans vice president of strategy and operations Rohan Ramadas as its new assistant general manager under Pelinka, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The Los Angeles Lakers are hiring former New Orleans Pelicans vice president of strategy and operations Rohan Ramadas as an assistant general manager under president Rob Pelinka, sources tell me and @mcten. The Lakers have interviewed candidates to bolster their front office.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 25, 2026
Ramadas has quite the work history. He spent the past two years in a full-time with the Pelicans, getting promoted from senior director of analytics and innovation to vice president of strategy and operations after just one year. Prior to that, he spent eight seasons with the Pelicans as an analytics consultant.
Previously, Ramadas spent time in both the NBA and working on projects at NASA. During the 2016-17 NBA season, he served as a draft analyst with the Miami Heat. But he has also spent over a decade “supporting the Aerospace Corporation, U.S. Space Force, and NASA as a rocket guidance, navigation, control, and mission design engineer,” per the Pelicans.
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