NBA Rumors: Pelicans Interviewing Clippers' Trent Redden for Front Office Role

The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly been granted permission to interview Los Angeles Clippers assistant general manager Trent Redden for a "senior front-office position."

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported the news, noting Pelicans president of basketball operations David Griffin is expected to be "aggressive" in pursuing Redden.

The Pelicans introduced Griffin as their new president of basketball operations Wednesday. The former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager was boisterous in his opening press conference, saying he's committed to building a championship-level organization from the top down. 

Griffin told reporters:

"We need to get all the right people on the bus and we can figure out what we call each other once we are rolling to the right place, and I think that's a really meaningful thing. I think the areas you have the biggest ability to build competitive advantage in infrastructure is very much in performance and player care. It's an area I put a lot of weight on and area I'm very familiar with re-working and believing in."

Redden worked under Griffin with the Cavaliers and has long been linked to any job Griffin would take. 

The Pelicans are perhaps the NBA's most interesting team heading into the offseason. Anthony Davis is a presumed 2020 free agent (player option) and already requested a trade in January. While Griffin will have final say on all basketball decisions, Redden's arrival as his general manager would mean he'd play significant role in negotiations.

New Orleans also has the seventh-best odds of winning the Zion Williamson draft lottery.