Once upon a time, Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis proclaimed that his team will “will never, ever tank.”
Then he fired Ernie Grunfeld, replaced him with Tommy Sheppard, and completely restructured the front office with new hires, including former Cleveland Browns executive Sashi Brown, who was known as the NFL’s Sam Hinkie.
Washington’s front office now includes a number of new faces — two of which were plucked from the Los Angeles Clippers (Mark Simpson as the vice president of player performance and Johnny Rogers as the vice president of pro personnel) — with a variety of kind-of confusing titles and duties.