Vorkunov: Brooklyn Nets name four-sport development exec as basketball operations director
Justin Bokmeyer, who has development experience in three sports is the new director of basketball operations. The Athletic reports that Justin Bokmeyer, who’s worked in development programs for the NBA and MLS as well as in collegiate lacrosse and softball, is the Brooklyn Nets new director of basketball operations. He replaces Ryan Gisriel who was officially named vice president of basketball operations by the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday.
Per Mike Vorkunov:
The Brooklyn Nets have added Justin Bokmeyer to their front office as their new director of basketball operations, according to league sources. Bokmeyer had been the general manager of the MLS NEXT, the league’s development program, and worked in international basketball ops for the NBA.
Between 2018 and 2022, Bokmeyer helped “guide the considerable growth and success of the NBA Academy program,” and Basketball Africa, the MLS reported when he was named the first GM of MLS NEXT in August 2022.
Indeed, Bokmeyer was instrumental in the creation and launch of the Basketball Africa League, the NBA’s African development league and the first North American-based sports league on the African continent. Bokmeyer’s responsibilities included oversight of basketball operations for the BAL and coordination of teams across 12 African countries.
Prior to that, the California native spent two years as the director of lacrosse operations and one year as director of softball operations at West Point, his alma mater. Bokmeyer also played professional lacrosse for the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse. (Joe Tsai of course is a leading advocate of professional lacrosse.)
Bokmeyer is a former military officer who served in Iraq. His bio notes the West Point grad spent 11 years on active duty in the U.S. Army. During that time, he served as a Platoon Leader and Executive Officer at Fort Carson, Colo. and in Nasiriyah, Iraq. He has an MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.
The Nets still have to fill the assistant GM position vacated by Jeff Peterson who was hired as the Hornets GM. B.J. Johnson who’s run the Nets draft the last three years as director of player evaluation, is seen as the leading candidate for that job.
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