FILE - Joe Dumars, then-Detroit Pistons' president of basketball operations, speaks during a news conference in Auburn Hills, Mich, July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (Carlos Osorio ...

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars — a former NBA champion as both a player and an executive with the Detroit Pistons — as their executive vice president of basketball operations.