The Sixers have landed on Daryl Morey’s replacement.
Mike Gansey is set to become the team’s new president of basketball operations, a source confirmed Friday to NBC Sports Philadelphia’s John Clark. ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news.
Gansey had served as the Cavaliers’ GM since 2022, working under Cleveland president of basketball operations Koby Altman. He was in the Cavs’ organization since 2011, including a five-season stint with the Canton Charge, Cleveland’s D-League affiliate at the time. Gansey won the NBA D-League Executive of the Year Award for the 2016-17 season.
After being swept out of the playoffs by the Knicks, the Sixers parted ways with Morey on May 12. 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.
“I’m a big believer in character and leadership and I’m looking for a person that embodies those things,” Myers said at a May 14 press conference. “But there’s many characteristics under that which I believe qualify in making a modern GM a success.
“There’s front-facing responsibilities. There’s responsibilities in managing star players. There’s responsibilities in managing up to ownership. There’s contract negotiations, there’s the draft process, there’s evaluating analytics, there’s (working with) the medical staff.
“You go down the line and these jobs have an enormity to them. So I’m looking to find someone that can check as many of these boxes as possible, but also (someone) that can raise their hands and say, ‘Actually, I’m not good in this space. I’m going to need some support.’”
Sixers assistant general manager Jameer Nelson, Phoenix Mercury GM Nick U’Ren and and Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd were other reported candidates for the position. ESPN reported that Gansey and U’Ren “were the finalists for the 76ers’ president job and both had separate final-stage meetings with team ownership this week on the east coast before the decision to hire Gansey was made on Friday.”
Like Myers, Gansey played college basketball — two seasons at St. Bonaventure and two at West Virginia. He was a key part of the Mountaineers’ trips to the Elite Eight in 2005 and Sweet Sixteen in 2006.
Cleveland’s front office has been willing to pull the trigger on major trades in recent years, including deals to add 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.
The first major event on Gansey’s calendar with the Sixers will be Round 1 of the NBA draft on June 23. The Sixers hold the 22nd overall pick.
Decisions on team options, free agents 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.
Regardless of how exactly Gansey proceeds, there’s no question the Sixers will aim to continue to draft well, find bargain role players and develop their in-house youngsters. With Gansey’s background in scouting and as both a D-League and NBA general manager, Myers decided he was the right fit.
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| # | Наименование новости | Тональность | Информативность | Дата публикации |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gansey makes it clear Sixers' front office will value the intangibles | 5 | 6 | 08-06-2026 |
| 2 | Diving into Mike Gansey's history, path to leading Sixers' front office | 0 | 6 | 30-05-2026 |
| 3 | Sixers promoting Nelson to executive VP of basketball operations under Gansey | 0 | 7 | 07-06-2026 |
| 4 | Report: Mike Gansey and Nick U'Ren ‘names to watch' in Sixers' search | 0 | 5 | 19-05-2026 |
| 5 | Daryl Morey out as Sixers president of basketball operations | 0 | 7 | 12-05-2026 |
| 6 | Report: Jameer Nelson, Matt Lloyd among candidates to lead Sixers' front office | 0 | 6 | 21-05-2026 |
| 7 | 6 things we learned from Bob Myers and Josh Harris' Sixers press conference | 0 | 5 | 14-05-2026 |
| 8 | Takeaways on Morey's track record leading Sixers' front office | 0 | 5 | 13-05-2026 |
| 9 | Myers says Sixers must ‘find an identity' under new front office regime | 0 | 5 | 09-06-2026 |
| 10 | Nelson gets ‘goosebumps' from rise up Sixers' ranks | 5 | 7 | 10-06-2026 |
