Rick Sund
Rick Sund (Left) with Dr. Lashbrook (Center) and Larry Riley (Right) at the SMWW Basketball Career Conference | |
| Atlanta Hawks | |
|---|---|
| Position | Senior Advisor of Basketball Operations |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 4, 1951 Elgin, Illinois, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Ohio University |
| Career history | |
| 1974-1979 | Milwaukee Bucks (basketball operations intern) |
| 1979-1992 | Dallas Mavericks (general manager) |
| 1992-1994 | Dallas Mavericks (vice-president of basketball operations) |
| 1994-1995 | Seattle SuperSonics (consultant) |
| 1995-1998 | Detroit Pistons (vice-president of basketball operations) |
| 1998-2000 | Detroit Pistons (general manager) |
| 2001-2007 | Seattle SuperSonics (general manager) |
| 2008-2012 | Atlanta Hawks (general manager) |
| 2012-present | Atlanta Hawks (Senior Advisor of Basketball Operations) |
Rick Sund (born June 4, 1951) is a National Basketball Association (NBA) executive with the Atlanta Hawks. Sund also served as GM for the Dallas Mavericks from 1979 to 1992; Detroit Pistons from 1998 to 2000; Seattle SuperSonics from 2001 to 2007 and Atlanta Hawks from 2008 to 2012.
Currently Sund is a "Basketball GM and Scouting" instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide, founded and run by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook. He also speaks annually at the "SMWW Basketball Career Conference"