The New Orleans Pelicans have Joe Dumars as their new president of basketball operations, the team announced Wednesday. The move comes one day after the team fired lead executive

NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars — a former NBA champion as both a player and an executive with the Detroit Pistons — as their executive vice president of basketball operations.

Gayle Benson wasted little time in finding the next person to be in charge of the New Orleans Pelicans. Benson explained her decision Wednesday morning when the team officially announced Joe Dumars as the new executive vice president of basketball operations.