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Rich Cho<br />
General Manager<br />
Rich Cho became the third General Manager in Charlotte Bobcats history on June 14, <strong>2011</strong>, and will enter his<br />
first season with the Bobcats in <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong>. As General Manager, Cho will collaborate with Bobcats President<br />
of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins in areas including player acquisitions, salary cap management and<br />
<strong>com</strong>pliance with league rules and the collective bargaining agreement.<br />
A native of Burma who immigrated to the United States with his family in 1968 when he was three years old,<br />
Cho became the first Asian-American general manager in American major league sports when he served as<br />
General Manager of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2010-11.<br />
Prior to his stint in Portland, Cho spent the previous 10 seasons as Assistant General Manager of the Seattle<br />
SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder. Cho entered the <strong>NBA</strong> as an intern with the SuperSonics in 1995 while<br />
earning a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. After serving as a part-time consultant for<br />
the SuperSonics in 1997, Cho was hired as the team’s Director of Basketball Affairs in 1998 before being<br />
promoted to Assistant General Manager in 2000. A member of the Washington State Bar, Cho also served as<br />
Vice President of Legal for the SuperSonics from 2005-07 in addition to his duties as Assistant GM. In that<br />
role, he was responsible for all legal work involved with sponsorship agreements, licensing issues, employment<br />
contracts and immigration issues. Following the team’s move to Oklahoma City, Cho also oversaw the<br />
Thunder’s D-League affiliate, the Tulsa 66ers, and their run to the championship game in 2009-10.<br />
Cho earned an engineering degree from Washington State University and worked as an engineer at Boeing in<br />
Seattle from 1989-94 before leaving to enroll at Pepperdine University School of Law in order to pursue his<br />
passion in professional sports. His law degree from Pepperdine includes an emphasis in sports law, contract<br />
negotiations and dispute resolution.<br />
During his internship with the SuperSonics, Cho, along with two Microsoft programmers, helped design and<br />
implement one of the <strong>NBA</strong>’s most advanced and <strong>com</strong>prehensive college and professional player-evaluation<br />
systems that integrates player statistics, scouting information and contract details.<br />
An avid explorer of restaurants and cuisine, Cho enjoys staying active by playing basketball, tennis, ping-pong<br />
and softball in his spare time. He and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Miranda and Annika.<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
FRONT OFFICE BBALL OPS PLAYERS 10-11 REVIEW RECORDS PLAYOFFS HISTORY <strong>NBA</strong> MISC.<br />
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