The Cleveland Cavaliers promoted Mike Bratz to director of basketball operations and also announced the hiring of Mark Warkentien as the director of player personnel.

Contracts terms were not disclosed.

Cavs general manager Jim Paxson told the media that the moves will allow the organization to improve its talent scouting at the college level, in Europe and in the NBA.

Bratz joined Cleveland in 2000 as a college and minor-league scout and most recently was director of player personnel.

Warkentien spent 10 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers and held several positions, including director of player personnel, assistant general manager and director of scouting.

The Portland Trail Blazers named Kevin Pritchard as their new director of player personnel. He replaces Mark Warkentien, who left the Blazers after nine seasons.

Pritchard had been a scout with the San Antonio Spurs and prior to that spent three years with the ABA's Kansas City Knights.

"Kevin brings experience as a former player, both in the NBA and internationally, as a successful minor league coach and as an NBA scout. He is one of the rising young executives in the NBA," Blazer GM John Nash said.

Via ESPN

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