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Lakers Appoint Ex-Pelicans Strategist Rohan Ramadas Assistant GM

5/26/2026

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Lakers Hire Ramadas

The Los Angeles Lakers hired former New Orleans Pelicans VP of strategy Rohan Ramadas as assistant general manager.
Ramadas will oversee strategy, salary-cap and analytics, using his aerospace and artificial intelligence (AI) modeling background.
Owner Mark Walter added Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi to the Lakers’ hiring process.
The team, holding the No. 25 pick and $48 million in cap space, will add a second assistant GM after firing most scouting staff.

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Lakers Hire Executives

The Lakers named Lon Rosen president of business operations, succeeding Tim Harris.
Michael Spetner became the league’s first chief strategy and growth officer under the new ownership.
Ryan Kantor was hired as vice president of global partnerships, also from the Dodgers organization.
Dodgers executives Farhan Zaidi and Andrew Friedman now advise the Lakers while the team plans biomechanics, movement, and recovery labs at its practice facility.

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Lakers Hire Engineer

Lakers finished as the No. 4 seed and were swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Ramadas holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in astronautical engineering from USC.
He spent ten years as a guidance engineer for NASA and the U.S. Space Force, building AI models that aided the Pelicans with player evaluation and cap planning.
The Lakers’ front office is eyeing a younger core around Luka Doncic to reshape the roster outlook.

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Lakers Hire Ramadas

The Los Angeles Lakers hired former New Orleans Pelicans VP of strategy Rohan Ramadas as assistant general manager.
Ramadas will oversee strategy, salary-cap and analytics, using his aerospace and artificial intelligence (AI) modeling background.
Owner Mark Walter added Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi to the Lakers’ hiring process.
The team, holding the No. 25 pick and $48 million in cap space, will add a second assistant GM after firing most scouting staff.

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