Longtime New Orleans Pelicans executive Bryson Graham has left the organization for a position with the Atlanta Hawks.Shams Charania with ESPN broke the news via social media. Graham will become the Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Hawks.Coming off a season where they finished 21-61 overall, the Pelicans are in the midst of a re-set after firing executive David Griffin and hiring NBA legend and Louisiana native Joe Dumars to run the franchise.Dumars has brough in several key staffers, moves sources tell WDSU diminished Graham’s standing in the organization.Graham started with New Orleans in 2010 and in 2024 was promoted to General Manager replacing Trajan Landgon who left the Pelicans after five seasons to become the President of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons. During his tenure, Graham has served as one of the organization’s key talent evaluators of players at both the professional, collegiate, and international levels, assisting with the team’s year-round preparation for the NBA draft, free agency and trades.Graham joined the Pelicans’ front office as a basketball operations intern during the 2010-11 season and rose through the ranks, serving as player development director from 2011-12, video coordinator/player development coach from 2012-14, scouting coordinator from 2014-17 and director of college scouting from 2017-19.Prior to joining the Pelicans, Graham was a graduate assistant for the Texas A&M men’s basketball team following a three-year playing career at A&M. The San Antonio native was part of the Aggies men’s basketball teams that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 2006-07 and the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2007-08 and 2008-09, graduating in 2009 with a degree in human resource development with a minor in business.

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Longtime New Orleans Pelicans executive Bryson Graham has left the organization for a position with the Atlanta Hawks.

Shams Charania with ESPN broke the news via social media.

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The Atlanta Hawks and new General Manager Onsi Saleh are finalizing deals to hire New Orleans Pelicans GM Bryson Graham as the team’s Senior VP of Basketball Operations and Philadelphia 76ers executive Peter Dinwiddie as Senior VP of Strategy and Analytics, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/Mm9haiGQyN

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 9, 2025

Graham will become the Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Hawks.

Coming off a season where they finished 21-61 overall, the Pelicans are in the midst of a re-set after firing executive David Griffin and hiring NBA legend and Louisiana native Joe Dumars to run the franchise.

Dumars has brough in several key staffers, moves sources tell WDSU diminished Graham’s standing in the organization.

Graham started with New Orleans in 2010 and in 2024 was promoted to General Manager replacing Trajan Landgon who left the Pelicans after five seasons to become the President of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons.

During his tenure, Graham has served as one of the organization’s key talent evaluators of players at both the professional, collegiate, and international levels, assisting with the team’s year-round preparation for the NBA draft, free agency and trades.

Graham joined the Pelicans’ front office as a basketball operations intern during the 2010-11 season and rose through the ranks, serving as player development director from 2011-12, video coordinator/player development coach from 2012-14, scouting coordinator from 2014-17 and director of college scouting from 2017-19.

Prior to joining the Pelicans, Graham was a graduate assistant for the Texas A&M men’s basketball team following a three-year playing career at A&M. The San Antonio native was part of the Aggies men’s basketball teams that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 2006-07 and the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2007-08 and 2008-09, graduating in 2009 with a degree in human resource development with a minor in business.