The Sixers have landed on Daryl Morey\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n
Mike Gansey is set to become the team\u2019s new president of basketball operations, a source confirmed Friday to NBC Sports Philadelphia\u2019s John Clark.<\/a> ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/a> first reported the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gansey had served as the Cavaliers\u2019 GM since 2022, working under Cleveland president of basketball operations Koby Altman. He was in the Cavs\u2019 organization since 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n After being swept out of the playoffs by the Knicks, the Sixers parted ways with Morey on May 12.<\/a> Bob Myers, president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, led the search for the next front office leader. He wanted a versatile executive.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a big believer in character and leadership and I\u2019m looking for a person that embodies those things,\u201d Myers said at a May 14 press conference.<\/a> \u201cBut there\u2019s many characteristics under that which I believe qualify in making a modern GM a success.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s front-facing responsibilities. There\u2019s responsibilities in managing star players. There\u2019s responsibilities in managing up to ownership. There\u2019s contract negotiations, there\u2019s the draft process, there\u2019s evaluating analytics, there\u2019s (working with) the medical staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou go down the line and these jobs have an enormity to them. So I\u2019m looking to find someone that can check as many of these boxes as possible, but also (someone) that can raise their hands and say, \u2018Actually, I\u2019m not good in this space. I\u2019m going to need some support.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Sixers assistant general manager Jameer Nelson, Phoenix Mercury GM Nick U\u2019Ren and and Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd were other reported candidates<\/a> for the position.<\/a><\/p>\n Like Myers, Gansey played college basketball \u2014 two seasons at St. Bonaventure and two at West Virginia. <\/a>Cleveland\u2019s front office has been willing to pull the trigger on major trades in recent years, including deals to acquire Donovan Mitchell and James Harden. The Cavs ultimately were eliminated a round later than the Sixers this season, falling to the Knicks in an Eastern Conference Finals sweep.<\/p>\n The first major event on Gansey\u2019s calendar with the Sixers will be Round 1 of the NBA draft on June 23. The Sixers hold the 22nd overall pick.\u00a0<\/p>\n Decisions on team options, free agents<\/a> and potential trades will follow as the Sixers enter an interesting offseason. The team currently has a bright young backcourt in Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe, plus a pair of veteran stars on very large contracts in Joel Embiid and Paul George.<\/a><\/p>\n This story will be updated.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers have landed on Daryl Morey\u2019s replacement. Mike Gansey is set to become the team\u2019s new president…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,1008,6,678,207,3817,5902,4186],"class_list":["post-747389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-bob-myers","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers","tag-sixers-analysis","tag-sixers-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116660082009288548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}