Malik Rose leaves Pistons to take a job with the NBA front office

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According to TSN on Monday, Malik Rose is leaving the Detroit Pistons as their assistant general manager to take a job in the National Basketball Association front office. It has not yet been disclosed what that position will be and the duties of the position.

Rose had been the assistant general manager of the Pistons since 2018. He also worked in the Atlanta Hawks organization from 2015 to 2018 as their manager of basketball operations and the general manager of the Hawks’ G League (minor league) affiliate, the Erie BayHawks during the 2017-18 season. With the BayHawks, Rose was the NBA G League Basketball Executive of the Year. The BayHawks won the Southeast Division with a record of 28 wins and 22 losses, and reached the Eastern Conference Final before losing 118-106 to Raptors 905.

There is no doubt the Pistons are in a bit of a rebuilding stage and are in the process of increasing staff to their management team. Ed Stefanski of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania is currently the Pistons Senior Advisor of Basketball Operations. He has been instructed to find a general manager for the Pistons, and once the team finds a general manager, a replacement for Rose is expected to be announced.

One area where the Pistons have stability is at head coach with Duane Casey. There is no doubt that Casey is an elite NBA head coach, and has three years left with Detroit on his contract.

Rose played 13 seasons in the NBA from 1996 to 2009 with the Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder. He averaged 6.2 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per game in 813 regular season games. Rose’s finest NBA season came with the Spurs in 2003 when he had career highs in points per game (10.4) and rebounds per game (6.4). The native of Philadelphia also won two NBA Finals with the Spurs in 1999 and 2003.