{"id":755506,"date":"2026-06-08T06:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/755506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:12:20","slug":"elton-brand-out-as-gm-jameer-nelson-promoted-in-76ers-shakeup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/755506\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton Brand out as GM, Jameer Nelson promoted in 76ers shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NBA guard Jameer Nelson is taking on a significantly larger role within the 76ers organization following a dramatic front-office shakeup.<\/p>\n

With Daryl Morey no longer the team president, the 76ers have also removed Elton Brand from his role as general manager \u2014 a position he held since September 2018.<\/p>\n

Taking his place will be Nelson, the Philadelphia native and former NBA All-Star who has been the team’s assistant general manager since May 2025 and has been in the team’s front office since 2020.<\/p>\n

Nelson will work under Mike Gansey, the newly hired president of basketball operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Elton Brand, Daryl Morey, and Nick Nurse pose for a photo during the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery on May 12, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois, at McCormick Convention Center. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The changes for Philadelphia follow yet another disappointing postseason exit, as Philadelphia’s hopes of a deep run ended, once again, in the second round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Coming off the high of a seven-game series win against the Celtics, which included three straight victories to end the first round, the 76ers were swept by the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

Nelson has steadily climbed the organizational ladder since transitioning from his playing career.<\/p>\n

The former Magic star has worked in player development, scouting and executive roles, leading to his promotion to the general manager seat.<\/p>\n

His promotion signals a new direction for a team attempting to regroup after another second-round exit.<\/p>\n

The 76ers haven’t reached the Eastern Conference Finals in 25 years, and since becoming a perennial playoff team again, they’ve been eliminated in the second round in six of their last nine seasons.<\/p>\n

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Jameer Nelson and VJ Edgecombe talk during Round 2, Game 2 on May 6, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Philadelphia enters the offseason with major roster questions, too.<\/p>\n

Joel Embiid, 32, is going to make a combined $120 million for the next two seasons, with a $67 million player option in 2028-29.<\/p>\n

Paul George, 36, will enter the third year of a four-year deal, earning $54 million next season with a $56.6 million player option for 2027-28.<\/p>\n

Tyrese Maxey, 25, has three years remaining and will make over $40 million next season.<\/p>\n

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Jameer Nelson starred on the Magic alongside Dwight Howard. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 76ers, who own the No. 22 pick in the draft, will also have free agency decisions to make on Quentin Grimes, Andre Drummond and Kelly Oubre.<\/p>\n

With this hiring, Nelson now becomes one of the most influential figures in shaping Philadelphia’s future.<\/p>\n

Before enjoying a successful NBA playing career, Nelson starred at Saint Joseph’s University, where he became one of the most accomplished players in program history.<\/p>\n

After being the No. 20 pick in the 2004 draft, Nelson played with the Magic for 10 seasons, and starred on the 2008-09 team, which reached the NBA Finals and lost to the Lakers for Kobe Bryant’s first ring post Shaquille O’Neal.<\/p>\n

Nelson, an All-Star that season, averaged 16.7 points and 5.4 assists per game while shooting 50 percent from the field, 45 percent from three and 89 percent on free throws.<\/p>\n

He retired following the 2018 season after stints with the Nuggets, Pelicans, Celtics, Pistons and Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA guard Jameer Nelson is taking on a significantly larger role within the 76ers organization following a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,5683,7,1332,4189,3225,568,7086,9736,6,249,66128,678,207,3817,8796],"class_list":["post-755506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-assistant-general-manager","tag-basketball","tag-daryl-morey","tag-elton-brand","tag-front-office","tag-getty-images","tag-jameer-nelson","tag-mike-gansey","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft-lottery","tag-nbae","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers","tag-the-76ers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116713012862241267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755506","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=755506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}