The Chicago Bulls have named Bryson Graham their new executive vice president of basketball operations, the club announced Monday.
The 39-year-old executive spent the 2025/26 season as the Atlanta Hawks’ senior vice president of basketball operations after 15 years with the New Orleans Pelicans, where he rose from intern to general manager. League sources first told ESPN’s Shams Charania about the hiring before the Bulls issued their press release.
Graham succeeds a search that included Minnesota Timberwolves general manager Matt Lloyd, Detroit Pistons senior vice president Dennis Lindsey, and Boston Celtics assistant general manager Dave Lewin, according to multiple reports. The Bulls held in-person interviews last week and discussed Graham, Lloyd, and Lindsey over the weekend before unanimously selecting Graham on Monday, outlets including The Stein Line and Chicago Sports Network reported.
Regarded around the league for his scouting background, Graham served as general manager in New Orleans under former top executive David Griffin until the end of last season, when Griffin was dismissed and replaced by Joe Dumars. While with the Pelicans, Graham helped facilitate last summer’s trade that moved New Orleans from No. 23 to No. 13 in the draft to select Maryland center Derik Queen, surrendering the better of its own or Milwaukee’s unprotected 2026 first-round pick.
The Bulls, currently in a rebuilding phase, did not disclose contract terms for Graham’s new role.
Source: Hoops Rumors
