Earlier this month, Los Angeles Lakers general manager and president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka said the franchise will be looking to hire two assistant general managers. On Monday, the Lakers filled one of those assistant general manager roles by hiring Rohan Ramadas, who had previously been the New Orleans Pelicans’ vice president of basketball operations and strategy.
Now, the Lakers seem to be moving forward quickly to hire that second assistant general manager. Per NBA insider Marc Stein, they have gotten permission to interview Prosper Karangwa of the Philadelphia 76ers.
“League sources also say that the Sixers remain hopeful that they can retain vice president of player personnel Prosper Karangwa as part of their revamped front office even though Karangwa has also drawn interest from the Los Angeles Lakers as well as Dallas.
“League sources say that the Lakers has officially secured permission to speak with Karangwa while Dallas has not yet formally lodged that request, but Ujiri’s interest in bringing both Karangwa and Raptors executive Patrick Englebrecht is certainly anticipated. The Lakers have stated that they plan to hire two assistant general managers this offseason and already secured one of them by striking a deal with New Orleans Pelicans analytics ace Rohan Ramadas.”
Karangwa was identified in a HoopsHype report a few days ago as one candidate for Los Angeles. Karangwa, who grew up in the Republic of Burundi and the Canadian province of Montreal, had a decent playing career that was mostly spent in Europe before the Orlando Magic hired him to be a scout in 2012.
Karangwa then joined the Sixers in 2020, and since then, he has helped their G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, win the league title as the Blue Coats’ general manager.
It looks like Pelinka will have plenty of help as he navigates what could be a consequential offseason for the Lakers.
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Lakers have gotten permission to interview 76ers’ Prosper Karangwa
Reporting by Robert Marvi, LeBron Wire / LeBron Wire
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