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Adrian Wojnarowski: Adams spent two years as Clippers G league head coach and has previous college experience under Tommy Amaker at Harvard and Jeff Bower at Marist.

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Marc Stein: The Nets have hired former Hornets and Pistons GM Jeff Bower in a scouting role, league sources say. Bower joins Brooklyn after a stint in the Suns' front office, which ended after Phoenix's trip to the NBA Finals in 2020-21.

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Marc J. Spears: The Suns say Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations Jeff Bower is moving on from the organization. Bower joined the Suns in April 2019 when James Jones was officially named general manager, and assisted Jones and Managing Partner Robert Sarver in the team’s transition.

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Gerald Bourguet: James Jones on what Bower has brought to the Suns so far: "He's done a lot of work with rebuilding franchises....his perspective and his views on what really changes a culture, what really impacts a player's mentality"

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Gina Mizell: Official: #Suns promote James Jones to general manager, hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations and retain cap guru Trevor Bukstein as assistant GM. Bower and Bukstein will report to Jones. pic.twitter.com/l3dflgvrWO

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Jeff Bower has agreed to a deal to become the Senior VP of Basketball Operations with the Phoenix Suns, league sources tell ESPN. Bower has been to the playoffs as a GM with Detroit and New Orleans.

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The Phoenix Suns are expected to hire former Hornets and Pistons executive Jeff Bower to a long-term deal as the team’s senior vice president of basketball operations in the next 24-48 hours, reports 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station’s John Gambadoro. Bower will come to the Suns with 11 years of experience as a general manager, most recently with Detroit.

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Bower’s hiring would not mean the end of the road in Phoenix for interim GM James Jones. Jones was part of the interview process. So too was Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jones and former assistant general manager Trevor Bukstein led the Suns’ front office this season as co-interim GMs after Phoenix owner Robert Sarver fired GM Ryan McDonough on Oct. 8, 2018, nine days before the 2018-19 regular season started.

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Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver has become focused on the candidacy of former Detroit and New Orleans GM Jeff Bower to assume a high-ranking front office role with the Suns, league sources tell ESPN. Sarver has begun to inform other serious candidates that he's retreating from them and toward a hiring that could be complete early next week, league sources tell ESPN.

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Vincent Ellis: In the wake of GM Jeff Bower leaving the #Pistons, I gather assistant GM Pat Garrity is a strong candidate to have a role in #Pistons front office.

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Vincent Ellis: In the wake of GM Jeff Bower leaving the #Pistons, I gather assistant GM Pat Garrity is a strong candidate to have a role in #Pistons front office.

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Amid a regime change, Detroit and GM Jeff Bower have parted ways, league sources tell ESPN. Bower has been a GM for two playoff franchises, as well an an NBA and NCAA head coach.

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Ed Stefanski tells ESPN on priority with Pistons: "The big thing right now ... is that we need a head coach and a GM. Those will be two items that we will probably do simultaneously.” Stefanski will meet with current GM Jeff Bower and discuss possible role. They have long history

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Current Pistons general manager Jeff Bower has been told by Gores he would be considered for the team president opening, a source confirmed to the Free Press.

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