{"id":197246,"date":"2026-05-25T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=197246"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:18:07","slug":"lakers-assistant-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/05\/25\/lakers-assistant-gm\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Hire Pelicans Exec, \u2018Literal Rocket Scientist\u2019 as Assistant GM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/05\/24\/fixing-the-lakers-bench\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> filled their first assistant general manager position Monday, adding Rohan Ramadas, the former vice president of strategy and operations for the New Orleans Pelicans. <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2058917270097678469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was first to report the news on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Lakers Hire Pelicans Exec, \u2018Literal Rocket Scientist\u2019 as Assistant GM<\/h2>\n<h3>Rohan Ramadas\u2019 Background, Expected Role With Lakers<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48845975\/sources-lakers-hire-rohan-ramadas-assistant-general-manager\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ramadas will retain a similar strategic role with the Lakers under president\/GM Rob Pelinka, helping the front office with regard to cap space, data and analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can confirm the Lakers have hired Rohan Ramadas as an assistant general manager. Ramadas worked for the New Orleans Pelicans the past two seasons in strategy and has a background in aerospace. Regarded as very smart by people in the league who know him.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanWoikeSports\/status\/2058919101222002807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really one of the smartest people in the business. Fantastic hire <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvuiS7xo95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LvuiS7xo95<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FearTheBrown\/status\/2058917656267227200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A graduate of the University of Southern California, <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rohan-ramadas-8b0213100\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramadas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spent 12 years with The Aerospace Corporation before joining the New Orleans Pelicans in 2024 as the senior director of analytics and innovation. He was promoted to vice president last May. McMenamin noted that Ramadas \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">implemented AI and coded models to aid the front office.\u201d Referring to his aerospace background, a Pelicans source told ESPN: \u201cHe\u2019s a literal rocket scientist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 800px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBqxsWfSMY\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3072px; aspect-ratio: 3072\/2048;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lakers&#8217; other AGM position, which will focus on player evaluation and development, has yet to be filled. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelinka described both roles as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/05\/12\/lakers-front-office\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;key pillars&#8221;<\/a> of the organization, part of the Lakers\u2019 vision to expand the front office ahead of the draft and free agency.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a9 William Liang-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers filled their first assistant general manager position Monday, adding Rohan Ramadas, the former vice president of strategy and operations for the New Orleans Pelicans. 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