Jeff Zillgitt, and Sam Amick

USATODAY

The Detroit Pistons plan to conduct a comprehensive search to replace Joe Dumars in the front office, a job that is coveted around the league.

Several names are on the Pistons' radar, a person familiar with details told USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

The latest names to surface are: Cleveland Cavaliers acting general manager David Griffin, Boston Celtics assistant GM and team counsel Mike Zarren and NBA senior vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe.

This list also includes Orlando Magic assistant GM Scott Perry, who is from Detroit and used to work for the Pistons, Golden State Warriors assistant GM Travis Schlenk and former Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo, according to the person.

ESPN reported earlier this week that Grant Hill, a former Pistons star now working for Turner Sports, is also a possibility, and the Pistons may also look into an arrangement similar to the one Doc Rivers has with the Los Angeles Clippers. Rivers is both coach and senior vice president of basketball operations and works with vice president of basketball operations Gary Sacks on personnel decisions.

This job has interest because there are talented pieces, including second-year big man Andre Drummond, who averaged 13.5 points and 13.2 rebounds and shot 62.3% from the field, forward Josh Smith, forward-center Greg Monroe, who could be restricted free agent this summer, guard Brandon Jennings and forward Kyle Singler.

The Pistons will have money to spend in free agency this summer, and a new front-office executive could also be in position to find a new coach.

Dumars resigned as president of basketball operations earlier this week but will remain an advisor to the team and the ownership team, led by owner Tom Gores.

Pistons director of basketball operations Ken Catanella and assistant GM David George are preparing for the draft and free agency. They are reporting to ownership executives Phil Norment and Bob Wentworth, both of whom are partners is Gores' private equity investment firm, Platinum Equity.

In a news release earlier this week, Wentworth said the Pistons have developed a preliminary list of candidates that includes "the best executives in the business."

Jed Hughes, a representative of national search firm Korn Ferry, has been retained by the team to run the search. Korn Ferry assisted with the Raptors' GM search last summer, which ended with the hiring of Masai Ujiri, the NBA's 2013 executive of the year with the Denver Nuggets.

Before joining Korn Ferry, Hughes was instrumental in many high-profile searches for senior-level executives, including the University of Michigan's hiring of football coach Brady Hoke. He was Michigan's linebackers coach under Bo Schembechler for two seasons in the 1970s.

Contributing: Detroit Free Press' Vince Ellis