Draft:James Laughlin (basketball)
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 5 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 2,564 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
Comment: In accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, I disclose that I have been paid by my employer for my contributions to this article. Followthewhiterabbitt (talk) 10:24, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
| Napoli Basket | |
|---|---|
| Position | General manager |
| League | LBA |
| Personal information | |
| Career highlights | |
| |
James Laughlin is an American basketball executive who has been the general manager of Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since 2025. He previously spent five years on the staff of the Golden State Warriors, during which the team won two NBA championships, joined the staff of the Nigeria men's national basketball team in 2020, and spent four seasons as chief of staff to the head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Golden State Warriors (2015–2020)
[edit]Laughlin joined the Golden State Warriors in 2015 and was promoted to video coordinator in September 2016.[3][4] He later became the team's director of video operations.[5] During his five seasons with the team under head coach Steve Kerr, the Warriors won two NBA championships.[1]
During the 2019 Western Conference finals, Draymond Green publicly credited Laughlin with encouraging him to support the team's bench players, saying the advice had helped his performance in a Game 3 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.[6]
Nigeria national team (2020)
[edit]In 2020, while still the Warriors' director of video operations, Laughlin joined the staff that Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown assembled after becoming head coach of the Nigeria men's national basketball team, alongside Darvin Ham, Jordi Fernández and Luke Loucks.[5]
New Orleans Pelicans (2021–2025)
[edit]Laughlin joined the New Orleans Pelicans in 2021 and spent four seasons as chief of staff to head coach Willie Green.[1][7]
Napoli Basket (2025–present)
[edit]In May 2025, Laughlin left the Pelicans to become general manager of Napoli Basket, shortly after the club was acquired by a group of American investors led by Matt Rizzetta and Dan Doyle. The club had finished 14th in the LBA the previous season and was undergoing a broad restructuring.[1][2][8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Urbonas, Donatas (22 May 2025). "Former Warriors, Pelicans staffer James Laughlin to become GM of Napoli Basket". BasketNews. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Newly American-Owned Italian Hoops Team Hires Ex-Pelicans Exec as GM". Front Office Sports. May 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Warriors Announce Promotions in Basketball Operations" (Press release). Golden State Warriors. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ 2016–17 Golden State Warriors Media Guide (PDF). Golden State Warriors. 2016. p. 12.
- 1 2 Letourneau, Connor. "Inside Warriors' coach's quest to lift Nigeria to Tokyo Olympics success". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ Johnson, Dalton (19 May 2019). "Draymond Green shares how Warriors' video coordinator helped his leadership". NBC Sports Bay Area. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ 2022–23 New Orleans Pelicans Media Guide (PDF). New Orleans Pelicans. 2022. p. 4.
- ↑ "James Laughlin è il nuovo General Manager del Napoli Basketball". Lega Basket Serie A (in Italian). Retrieved 2 October 2026.