Another NBA team has its eyes set on a member of Stan Van Gundy's staff.

Detroit Pistons associate general manager Pat Garrity has emerged as a candidate to take over as general manager and president basketball operations for the Orlando Magic, ESPN's Marc Stein reported Saturday.

Stein, citing unidentified league sources, reports Magic general manager Rob Hennigan is likely to be fired at season's end, creating an opening at the top in Orlando.

How that impacts first-year coach Frank Vogel remains to be seen, but Stein speculates Doc Rivers - with two seasons remaining on his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers - could eventually make a return to Orlando.

The Magic are 25-45 and headed for their fifth straight losing season.

The Pistons lost two Van Gundy confidants over the summer, with former player Ken Catanella heading to the Sacramento Kings and Bright Wright to the San Antonio Spurs, both in assistant general manager roles.

Garrity, 40, was promoted from director of strategic planning to assistant general manager in June, overseeing analytics and the team's salary cap.

A month later, following Wright's departure, he had his title changed to associate general manager. To date, Garrity works closely with Pistons general manager Jeff Bower.

"Pat's a really, really smart guy," Van Gundy said. "And a patient and thorough decision maker. He puts some time in before he comes to a conclusion and makes his recommendation.

"Really similar to Jeff, (he'll) give nuanced opinions."

Asked over the summer about his aspirations to one day become an NBA general manager, Garrity, who played nine of his 10 NBA seasons in Orlando, punted.

"That's such a far, like, goal down the road," Garrity told MLive. "I wasn't really thinking about that, just because there really are only 30 of those jobs and it just would take such a long time to do. I just wanted to get back in and be a part of a team and build something."