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Former Wizards VP Milt Newton available after ouster in Minnesota

By Jake Whitacre

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The Wizards' coaching staff isn't the only part of the team going through changes this offseason. The front office is going through some changes as well.

Marc Eversley, the team's Vice President of Scouting, recently joined the 76ers as the team's Vice President of Basketball Operations. But as fate would have it, the man he replaced in that role, Milt Newton, is available for hire after the Timberwolves let him go on Friday.

Newton worked with the Wizards from 2003 to 2013, when Flip Saunders hired him to be the Timberwolves' General Manager. He assumed Saunders' duties as the team's chief decision maker when Saunders passed away last fall. However, with Tom Thibodeau now in place as the team's coach and President of Basketball Operations, there was no role left for Newton to fill in Minnesota.

As you'd expect, some have suggested Newton would be a logical candidate to fill his old role in Washington:

However, it's worth noting after Newton left it was suggested that he may not have always been heard out during his time in Washington, for what it's worth:

Newton has also been connected to San Antonio, where he has ties with Spurs GM R.C. Buford:

If Washington doesn't bring Newton back, promoting from within appears to be the likely option:

Prior to joining the Wizards in 2013, Ross worked with the Thunder as their director of east coast scouting. In 2014, Basketball Insiders listed Ross among several others as someone who could up as a NBA GM in the future.