Report: Pelicans add former Bulls executive Gar Forman

The New Orleans Pelicans are adding a former NBA executive of the year to their front office, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Gar Forman, who worked for the Chicago Bulls for 22 years and was voted the league’s top executive in 2011, will reportedly join the franchise as a “special advisor.”

Former Chicago Bulls GM Gar Forman is joining the New Orleans Pelicans front office as a special advisor, sources tell ESPN. Forman will focus in the scouting area for David Griffin and Trajan Langdon.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 10, 2020

Forman first joined the franchise in 1998 – the same year former UNO coach Tim Floyd took over as the Bulls’ head coach. Forman was an assistant to Floyd at Iowa State and came over to Chicago as a scout.

In 2004, Forman became the Bulls’ director of player personnel, and in 2009, he was named the team’s general manager, a position he held until this spring.