Andonian previously worked as a scouting coordinator for the Houston Rockets when the front office was helmed by Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey.

The Philadelphia 76ers will hire Ariana Andonian away from the Memphis Grizzlies as their new VP of Player Personnel.

Ariana Andonian will join the Sixers as a vice president of player personnel, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported. Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey retweeted that news. As Howard Beck detailed in a 2017 Bleacher Report story,

Could the Sixers’ efforts to get a new arena land them on the Camden Waterfront? It seems like it might be picking up steam.

New Jersey's push to bring the Sixers across the Delaware River comes as tense talks continue in Philadelphia over the team's desire to build a new arena in Chinatown.

Legislative leaders in Trenton called the idea “a game-changer” for Camden, while a prominent Chinatown activist warned that the Sixers were simply trying to “scare politicians" in Philadelphia.