NBA
SALT LAKE CITY — In July of 2013, Utah Jazz front office executives Dennis Lindsey and Kevin O’Connor made the decision to start a rebuild of the team, which was signaled by not re-signing Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap and helping the rising Golden State Warriors add Andre Iguodala by acquiring the salaries of Brandon Rush and Andris Biedrins in exchange for draft picks.
A month later, Lindsey hired player agent Justin Zanik to be his assistant general manager. Zanik had never worked in an NBA organization before, but as the Jazz have evolved into a playoff contender, so has Zanik in becoming known as an up-and-coming executive.