Michael Jordan is an owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, and owners have the right to install their family members in prominent positions if that’s they way they want to roll, because it’s their team, and they can do with it what they choose.
Jordan has exercised this right by bringing in his older brother, Larry Jordan, who has worked with the team in the past but has now been promoted into an official role with some significance attached.
From Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports:Larry Jordan, an older brother of Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan, was promoted to team director of player personnel, several sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Along with Michael Jordan, Larry will answer to team president of basketball operations Ron Higgins and general manager Rich Cho. Larry Jordan’s previous job was team director of special projects. He fills a position that was vacant for three years after Buzz Peterson departed to become the head coach at Appalachian State.
Is Larry Jordan qualified for a high-ranking job in such a relatively important position in an NBA front office?
Honestly, we have no idea. But he can’t do much worse than anyone else has in Charlotte.
Since the franchise moved there in 2004, it has been over the .500 mark just once, while making only one playoff appearance in the last nine seasons. The team has won 28 regular season games in total over the past two years.
