Houston Rockets executive vice president Gersson Rosas has “emerged as an increasingly serious candidate” in the Charlotte Hornets general manger search, according to Marc Stein of the The New York Times:
Houston Rockets executive Gersson Rosas has emerged as an increasingly serious candidate in the Charlotte Hornets' GM search alongside the widely perceived frontrunner Mitch Kupchak, league sources say
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) March 19, 2018
Stein reports that Mitch Kupchak remains the “perceived frontrunner” for the job, though when asked by the Charlotte Observer whether he’s had conversations with the Hornets, Kupchak denied any contact, stating, “Nope.