The Washington Wizards removed Tommy Sheppard’s interim label and made him their full-time general manager, but they didn’t stop there.
Former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson III and former Cleveland Browns executive Sashi Brown will join the front office in a revamping of basketball efforts dubbed “Monumental Basketball,” Monumental Sports and Entertainment announced Monday.
A press release announced Monumental Basketball as “a newly-formed collective that includes the Washington Wizards, Washington Mystics, Capital City Go-Go and Wizards District Gaming,” putting the firm’s NBA, WNBA, G League and esports teams under the same umbrella.
“We have formed a new leadership team with a forward-thinking structure to adapt to the ‘new NBA’ that requires every possible strategic advantage to compete and win,” owner Ted Leonsis said in the press release.