Cavs' Shelly Cayette Becomes 1st Black Woman to Hold Title of EVP, COO in NBA

Cayette was promoted to the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer.

She is the first black woman to be COO of an NBA team.

Cayette said that he would like to see the day when he is not making history. The goal is to do away with the firsts.

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Cleveland Cavaliers promote Shelly Cayette-Weston to executive vice president and chief operating officer, per @sbjsbd.

She is the first Black woman to hold this role with an NBA team 👏 @HighlightHER

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