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- Ben Pickman, a former basketball writer, joins the Portland Fire as salary cap and strategy analyst.
- The Portland Fire is a WNBA expansion team that will begin play this summer.
- Pickman previously worked at The Athletic, where he covered women's basketball and gained an understanding of the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement.
- Vanja Cernivec, the Portland Fire general manager, has experience with the Golden State Valkyries.
