The Minnesota Timberwolves will interview Brooklyn Nets assistant general manager Trajan Langdon to be the team's next president of basketball operations, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Langdon assumed the role of assistant general manager with the Nets in March 2016. His first experience in an NBA front office came in 2012 when he was hired as a scout for the San Antonio Spurs, where he worked with Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks.
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 11th overall pick of the 1999 draft, Langdon's playing career in the NBA lasted just three seasons. He went overseas in 2002 after failing to procure a roster spot in the league, immediately establishing himself as an impact player abroad. Langdon, who retired from professional basketball in 2011, was named to the EuroLeague's All-Decade Team for the 2000s. He's best known domestically for leading Duke to the 1999 NCAA Tournament championship game.
One of the most well-respected young executives in the NBA, Langdon's addition would be a coup for the Timberwolves, who are searching for some semblance of long-term stability in the front office. Minnesota fired coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau in January after a two and-a-half year stint with the team. General manager Scott Layden, originally hired with Thibodeau in 2016, remains with the Timberwolves.
Minnesota has several big decisions to make this offseason, most notably whether to retain interim head coach Ryan Saunders, son of late franchise icon Flip Saunders. Big man Dario Saric, acquired in the Jimmy Butler trade, is up for an extension this summer, too, and high-scoring reserve guard Derrick Rose is set to to hit free agency.
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