#front-office

#front-office

Earlier this month, Chicago Bulls team president Arturas Karnisovas was apparently poised to make his squad the Eastern Conference's "biggest sellers" at this season's Feb. 5 trade deadline. This is the kind of overreaction that one can expect out of the least competent current front office leader this side of maybe Kings GM Scott Perry, who apparently has been inspired by Chicago's recent four-game win streak to jettison assets and equity in pursuit of young "win-now" components.

Most of that reputation stems from the team's constant bad luck when it comes to the NBA Draft in both the results of the NBA Draft Lottery and their poor results when it comes to their selections in previoius drafts. Nonetheless, those issues seem to be in the past now considering the current state of the Wizards young roster and the abundance of talented prospects the team has to build around moving forward.

People working at the front and back offices of banks are going to have wildly different experiences with AI, says Sopnendu Mohanty, the group CEO of the global advisory and investment firm GFTN. He told Business Insider that the disruption posed by AI will depend on whether one works in a bank's front, middle, or back office. "Front is all for the customer. The middle is all for the bank, and the back is just for processing all the activity," Mohanty said.

Mike Elias quietly received a promotion in the offseason, per reporting from Ken Rosenthal and Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic. His previous title with the Orioles was general manager but he was promoted to president of baseball operations before the 2025 campaign began. Today's report adds that the O's plan to hire a GM to work under Elias. The title change is largely ceremonial.

The front office took a bold step by trading Rafael Devers in June, marking a crucial opportunity that must not be squandered.

The Toronto Raptors will take their time to find the right fit to fill the void left by long-time Prez Masai Ujiri.