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05/29 17:39 CDT 76ers agree to deal with Cavaliers' Mike Gansey to be team
president, AP source says
76ers agree to deal with Cavaliers' Mike Gansey to be team president, AP source
says
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- The Philadelphia 76ers have found their replacement for
Daryl Morey and have agreed to hire Mike Gansey as their president of
basketball operations, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated
Press on Friday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the hiring has not yet been
revealed publicly.
Gansey joined the Cavaliers in 2011 and has worked as their general manager
since 2022.
The 43-year-old Gansey is a Northeast Ohio native. He played collegiately at
West Virginia, where he was a first-team All-Big East selection. Gansey
previously served as GM for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA's G League.
He replaces Morey, who was fired earlier this month after the 76ers were
eliminated in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The 76ers were easily ousted by the New York Knicks to end Morey's sixth season
in charge, and the organization quickly decided that someone else would lead
the basketball operations department.
The Sixers went 270-212 in the regular season under Morey but just 28-26 in the
postseason, failing to advance past the second round. They returned to the
playoffs this season after missing them for the only time in Morey's tenure in
2024-25, when they went 24-58.
Bob Myers, the former Golden State Warriors general manager, led the search for
Morey's replacement.
Myers built the Golden State teams that won NBA championships in 2015, '17, '18
and '22. He worked as a commentator at ESPN after leaving the Warriors before
joining Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment in October 2025 as president of
sports.
His first major move with the Sixers is adding Gansey to the front office. The
76ers decided when they fired Morey to keep Nick Nurse as their coach.
Gansey worked under Cleveland President Koby Altman and helped shaped the
Cavaliers into an Eastern Conference playoff team.
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