NEW YORK (WKBN) – Former Cleveland Cavaliers sharpshooter James Jones is joining the NBA front office as executive vice president and head of basketball operations. Jones spent three seasons in Cleveland during his 14-year NBA career. He was a member of the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship team.

The Phoenix Suns thanked James Jones for his leadership as he departs to become the league's head of basketball operations

The NBA legend was spotted at the Cavaliers’ practice facility in a photo posted online alongside Cleveland summer league invite Denver Jones on Friday. Despite trade rumors swirling around him, James shut down any notion that him being in his hometown was anything other than his usual offseason activity.

Among the annual duties for Yale men’s basketball coach James Jones and his staff, of course, is to build a schedule. The Ivy League takes care of the bulk, and it isn’t hard to sprinkle in some low-level Division I opponents.