[Charania] The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to hire Orlando Magic assistant GM Stephen Mervis as Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations under new EVP Bryson Graham, sources tell ESPN. Bulls will also hire Brooklyn Nets executive Acie Law as Vice President of Player Personnel.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/ba41a9294f8b5

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

164 | 19 hours ago

i remember thinking Acie Law was going to be a good NBA player

Franklo | Warriors

58 | 18 hours ago

Just a matter of time before we see Monte Morris or Terrance Ross hired as GMs

RyouBestGirl | Spurs

26 | 18 hours ago

Diamond Stone as new Pelicans GM

podnito | Pelicans

6 | 16 hours ago

Diamond Stone and Dragan Bender, plus a few others. That draft was really an all-timer in the names department

RyouBestGirl | Spurs

2 | 16 hours ago

I randomly picked both name and a team so it was quite a coincidence that Pelicans drafted Diamond. lol

MrJustJason | Pistons

2 | 14 hours ago

Hire seventh woods also.. he may still be in school tho

Nickelnick24 | Bucks

2 | 15 hours ago

Alpha Kaba president of basketball operations

maddenphile | Kings

12 | 18 hours ago

Rodney Stuckey is gonna be an elite gm in about 6 years

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

2 | 14 hours ago

Dwayne Dedmon

SensibleRex | Thunder

3 | 16 hours ago

Those games against KD were great

Phils_osophy | Warriors

3 | 13 hours ago

Keith Smart thought he was better than Steph Curry. Smart is now coaching high school basketball in Utah.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

1 | 12 hours ago

Wasn’t that Don Nelson? and is that why the Warriors FO threw him into the Stephen Jackson to Charlotte trade so that Nellie couldn’t bench Steph?

Phils_osophy | Warriors

1 | 10 hours ago

Nope - Smart (https://fansided.com/2021/01/19/stephen-curry-serious-shade-keith-smart-acie-law/). Nellie was on the record early saying Steph was going to be an all-time great.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

1 | 9 hours ago

ahh the next season when he signed back there

FBGsanders | Bulls

1 | 13 hours ago

Isn’t Acie Law the guy who Johnny owes money to in Angels with Filthy Souls

iksnet | Knicks

97 | 19 hours ago

This is also part of the Vucevic trade now

TiredMillennialDad | Magic

13 | 18 hours ago

Lolol

ManUtd1994 | Magic

92 | 19 hours ago

Brooklyn and Orlando the two player development powerhouses of the East

Full_Durian_8171

56 | 18 hours ago

his tenure in brooklyn was for less than a year, before that he was in okc for 3 years and played a part in drafting chet, jdub, wallace & mitchell

anything from the OKC FO is a good hire

ManUtd1994 | Magic

30 | 17 hours ago

If he’s anything like Rob Hennigan he might just trade a bunch of assets to the Thunder and then return there after he’s fired

SleepJoken

8 | 17 hours ago

Hennigan and Troy Weaver isnt a great tree so far for Presti

DingleberryOrchard | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

Hennigan is a beast. Respect him.

Sweatytubesock

6 | 17 hours ago

He got the attention of the league when he was an equipment manager there - he adjusted a cockeyed basketball in a rack with blinding efficiency.

ozender | Bulls

8 | 19 hours ago

Sounds like they should call you. Oh wait.

RonDerpundy

55 | 19 hours ago

I don’t know my NBA org charts well but isn’t that a big jump from AGM to VP?

howser343 | Bulls

58 | 19 hours ago

Bulls seemingly restructuring the org so he’ll be taking over GM duties under the VP title while Graham is the EVP

RonDerpundy

7 | 19 hours ago

That would make sense

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RonDerpundy

6 | 18 hours ago

Calm down man it was just a question

FadeRunna | 76ers

21 | 18 hours ago

Acie Law IV?

I remember when he was supposed to be like Steph Curry (before Steph)

Thorbuck81

9 | 18 hours ago

They saw that shitty Bane deal and said thats what we need to do baby!

heat_fan_ | Raptors

7 | 18 hours ago

Hey Orlando did make the playoffs

Tundraaa | CHI

9 | 18 hours ago

Acie said 10%.

Imaginary_Crab2034

5 | 16 hours ago

Acie ain’t in charge any more

A_Destroyed_Soul | Bulls

2 | 18 hours ago

So two guys coming from teams that don’t have a great track record for developing players or producing elite teams. Sounds good!

BridgePatient | Bulls

38 | 18 hours ago

Acie Law was director of scouting at OKC for a few years and only in Brooklyn for one season.

Key-Share-9046

-13 | 18 hours ago

Maybe he should have scouted himself as a player to tell Keith Smart he was dumb as shit for playing him over Steph

Express_Bother6678

18 | 18 hours ago

He was with okc from 2022 until 2025. Director of amauteur scouting.

thesch | Bulls

3 | 17 hours ago

Orlando guy was part of the team that fleeced us on the Vuc trade

escapedhousefly | Magic

3 | 16 hours ago

Can the Bulls take Weltman too?

omikeon | Lakers

2 | 15 hours ago

We need new ownership in Chitown

Threash78 | Magic

2 | 15 hours ago

I’ve never heard of this mans.

theguytomeet | Magic

1 | 14 hours ago

Who?? 🥸

WashingtonSpecifics | Nuggets

1 | 13 hours ago

And thus, GRAHAMMER was born

rabidantidentyte | Nets

1 | 13 hours ago

#NOOO!

East1st

1 | 12 hours ago

Why? Has Orlando done something amazing I’m not aware of?

Keejtch

0 | 18 hours ago

Can someone tell me if this whole reorganization so far looks to make sense / are these guys good at their job? I want to have a unicum of faith.

IloveOnePiece119205

0 | 18 hours ago

I think hiring anyone from the Magic or Bulls is a bad idea

gedbybee | Spurs

-8 | 16 hours ago

These are just people for garpax to override.

thedrcubed | Grizzlies

2 | 16 hours ago

Are they both still there?

gedbybee | Spurs

-7 | 16 hours ago

Garpax will be overriding from the grave. I know pax is still there for sure.

EthanHuntBroMichael | LAC

-9 | 19 hours ago

Do you think this guy is stupid enough to take Acuff or Wagler at 4?

DisMFer | Bulls

12 | 19 hours ago

Given that Wilson has all but said that the Bulls have promised to draft him at 4 I doubt it.

mattmikemo23

-5 | 18 hours ago

I doubt they have said anything. All of this is probably on Wilson’s end to signal to the first 3 teams that he has a preference. Some teams won’t like that and skip drafting him. Danny Aing don’t GAF tho and would draft him anyway whether someone wants to be in Utah or not.

tamazingg

3 | 16 hours ago

If he goes 2 so be it, means we get Boozer or Peterson

mattmikemo23

2 | 16 hours ago

Agreed. We can’t go wrong. Not sure why I’m being downvoted unless I missed credible sources saying otherwise. Also, with Utah, it’s the exact same thing that happened with Ace Bailey 😭.