Pete DâÂÂAlessandro (born June 17, 1968) is an American businessman, currently the executive vice president of basketball operations for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to joining the Magic, DâÂÂAlessandro was the general manager for the Sacramento Kings and an assistant general manager with the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets twice.
DâÂÂAlessandro attended Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York. He enrolled at St. John's University in 1986. While there, DâÂÂAlessandro began his work in basketball as a video coordinator under St. John's Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Lou Carnesecca. He later graduated from Nova Southeastern University School of Law in May 1994 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1995.
From 1997 to 2004, DâÂÂAlessandro worked for Professional Management Associates, a Washington, DCâÂÂbased sports agency, where he represented NBA and international basketball players.
He was hired by Golden State Warriors basketball chief and Hall of Famer Chris Mullin in 2004 to join the Golden State Warriors as the director of basketball operations. Golden State promoted DâÂÂAlessandro to assistant general manager in 2006. DâÂÂAlessandro became known for his strong analytical skills and expertise in the NBA salary cap.
In 2010, DâÂÂAlessandro was recruited away by the newly hired GM of the Denver Nuggets, Masai Ujiri, to work for him as his advisor. In 2012, he was promoted to Vice President of Basketball Operations. He helped the Nuggets to a franchise record 57 regular season wins that year. After Ujiri left for the Toronto Raptors, DâÂÂAlessandro was initially seen as the front runner for the general manager position of the Nuggets.
On June 17, 2013, he was hired as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings by new majority owner Vivek Ranadive. D'Alessandro pledged to aggressively pursue deals as the Kings GM and followed through on that with three major trades in the first five months of his tenure, including a 7-player trade with his former boss Ujiri in Toronto.
On June 10, 2015, D'Alessandro left the Sacramento Kings to accept a front office position as the senior vice president of business and team operations with the Denver Nuggets. DâÂÂAlessandro had a chance to return to his alma mater, St. John's, as athletic director, but chose to stay in the NBA. St. John's coach Chris Mullin had been pushing the university to bring DâÂÂAlessandro on board as AD, and the school had discussed contract terms with DâÂÂAlessandro.
On June 10, 2017, it was announced that D'Alessandro would take on a new position as assistant general manager for the Orlando Magic.
During the 2019-2020 NBA season, DâÂÂAlessandro played a key role in responding to NBA memos relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 NBA Bubble. DâÂÂAlessandro essentially served as an interpreter, translating complicated legalese into something the franchise can act on. âÂÂThatâÂÂs why I say Pete is the most valuable player of the bubble for the Orlando Magic,â said Jeff Weltman, the team's president of basketball operations.
DâÂÂAlessandro resides in the Orlando area with his wife Leah.