Diving into Mike Gansey’s history, path to leading Sixers’ front office

Diving into Mike Gansey’s history, path to leading Sixers’ front office originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Sixers are set to begin the Mike Gansey era.

On Friday night, the news broke that Gansey has been hired as the franchise’s president of basketball operations. So, how did he get here and what can be gleaned from his history?

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Basketball fans of a certain age may remember Gansey from his time as an excellent college player. He got some NBA draft buzz after averaging 16.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.9 steals as a West Virginia senior. While it’s been two decades since Gansey’s college days, he has a player’s perspective on key ingredients for winning teams.

Though Gansey never cracked the NBA, he played professionally for several seasons before joining the Cavaliers as a front office intern. The Cavs are essentially a hometown team for Gansey, who’s a native of Olmsted Falls, Ohio.

Gansey’s first experience as a lead executive came with the Canton Charge in the D-League. Canton had two 31-19 seasons and a 29-21 campaign with Gansey as general manager. He was named the D-League’s Executive of the Year for the 2016-17 season.

One of the Charge’s success stories during Gansey’s tenure was Quinn Cook. The undrafted guard won the 2015-16 D-League Rookie of the Year award, eventually broke through to the NBA and won two championships with the Warriors. Joe Harris is another recognizable NBA name who passed through Canton after being drafted by the Cavs with the 33rd overall pick in 2014.

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Two Gansey brothers teamed up for a season in the D-League. Steve Gansey, who’s about three years younger than Mike, was the Charge’s associate head coach for the 2014-15 season (under head coach Jordi Fernandez). He went on to serve as head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and College Park Skyhawks.

It’s typically tough to tell from the outside exactly who’s responsible for what in NBA front offices, but Gansey is known to have played a major role in the Cavs’ draft process.

Here are the Cavs’ first-round picks since 2017, when Gansey was promoted to…

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