Nets Overhauling Their Staff

The Brooklyn Nets will have to look to overhaul their staff in the wake of several names leaving positions with the team for positions in other organizations.

The latest person to leave the Brooklyn Nets is Trajan Langdon, who left to become the new GM for the New Orleans Pelicans. This is the third major off-court loss for the Nets since the season ended.

Langdon, the former assistant GM for the Nets and the reigning G-League Executive of the Year, was a very popular figure for many organizations looking to upgrade their front office positions. Langdon recently interviewed with the Timberwolves and the Wizards, along with the Pelicans.

Langdom's added value is that he spent time playing over in Europe. He has contacts spread throughout the world and speaks five languages, which could help the Pelicans attract big names from overseas. In addition to that, he has a scouting background with the Spurs and is mostly responsible for assembling the draft boards for the Nets when it came to their pick.

Who's most likely to take up the mantle, now that Langdon is gone? Gianluca Pascucci, the current director of global scouting for the Nets, is the leading candidate to step into Langdon's role. However, he is also a big name to become the GM for Olimpia Milano in the EuroLeague.

In addition to losing Langdon to the Pelicans, the Nets also lost G League coach Will Weaver, who left to take the head coaching job with the Sydney Kings in the Australian League. Chris Fleming, an assistant coach with the Nets, also left to take an assistant coaching position with Jim Boylen on the Chicago Bulls.

Jeff Hornacek is the leading candidate to take over that assistant role. He joined the Nets for training camp and some road games and based on that level of experience, is perhaps the perfect fit to take this role.

The Brooklyn Nets do have a lot of positions that they need to be. Considering that Pascucci could very well jump overseas, I wouldn't be surprised if the Nets decide to look outside their organization to find their next assistant GM candidate. There's plenty of options out there for them to look at, so we'll see which names come up there.

I think the Nets are set up for a wonderful future, assuming D'Angelo Russell continues to have improvements and they find the right people to fill these voids. Apart from that, they made the playoffs and you can't help but look up and I think that's where I see the Nets going into next season.