Report: Sixers to hire Mike Gansey as president of basketball operations

The Sixers have a new front-office boss.

The team will reportedly hire Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey as president of basketball operations, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Gansey was one of four candidates — including Minnesota Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd, Phoenix Mercury GM Nick U’Ren and a lone internal candidate in Jameer Nelson — reportedly on Bob Myers’ short list to replace Daryl Morey.

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As Gansey separated from the pack of candidates, it’s been speculated that the Sixers could potentially promote Nelson to their GM role. The only word out so far comes from Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice, who has reported that a decision regarding the St. Joe’s legend has yet to be made.

In Gansey, the Sixers get an interesting candidate.

Gansey was a standout player in college for both Saint Bonaventure and West Virginia. After playing a few years professionally both overseas and the then D League, he quickly joined the Cavs’ front office as director of development league operations in 2012. He won the D League’s Basketball Executive of the Year in 2017 for his work with the Canton Charge, the Cavs’ D League affiliate. He was then promoted to assistant general manager before president of basketball operations Koby Altman named him GM in 2021.

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Cleveland was able to recover fairly quickly after LeBron James and company were swept in the NBA Finals by the Golden State Warriors in 2018. James departed to the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency and the Cavs won 19, 19 and 22 games, respectively, the following three seasons amidst a rebuild.

After selecting Evan Mobley third overall in 2021, adding him to a young core featuring Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, the team finished with 44 wins, good enough for the East’s eighth seed. Unfortunately, they lost both play-in games and didn’t get to the actual NBA playoffs.

A blockbuster trade for All-Star Donovan Mitchell helped the team raise the bar and expectations. After disappointing playoff finishes the following two seasons, the team fired head coach JB Bickerstaff and brought on Kenny Atkinson. Atkinson won 64 games in the…

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Publish date : 2026-05-29 21:21:00

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