Pistons to hire Mavericks executive as senior VP

The Pistons are hiring Mavericks executive Dennis Lindsey as their senior VP of basketball operations, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.

He’ll serve as one of Trajan Langdon’s top assistants in the restructured Detroit front office. Langdon was hired away from the Pelicans to become the Pistons’ president of basketball operations.

Lindsey was the other finalist for Detroit’s top executive job, which was previously held by GM Troy Weaver. That didn’t stop the Pistons from continuing to pursue Lindsey in a secondary role. He met with owner Tom Gores multiple times during the process of hiring a team president.

Prior to getting hired by Dallas, Lindsey was Utah’s GM from 2012-19. The Pistons are also reportedly hiring Michael Blackstone as their executive VP of basketball operations, so it’s unclear when Lindsey or Blackstone will be Langdon’s right-hand man or if they’ll have equal say.

Detroit, of course, is still in the midst of a coaching search after dismissing Monty Williams last week.