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76ers agree to deal with Cavaliers’ Mike Gansey to be team president, AP source says
- On Friday, the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to hire Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey as their new president of basketball operations, sources confirmed to The Inquirer.
- Bob Myers, president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, led the search after ownership fired Daryl Morey earlier this month following the Sixers' second-round playoff elimination.
- The 43-year-old Gansey, a Northeast Ohio native, joined the Cavaliers in 2011 and served as general manager since 2022, earning 2016-17 G League Executive of the Year honors managing the Cleveland Charge.
- Myers will work closely with Gansey and remain involved in "high-level decision making" surrounding roster moves. The hiring concluded this week after final-stage interviews that also included Phoenix Mercury executive Nick U'Ren.
- Gansey inherits a Sixers team that finished 45-37 in the regular season after a dramatic Game 7 playoff upset of the Boston Celtics, before losing to the New York Knicks in the second round.
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David Murphy: Mike Gansey is the guy for Bob Myers and the Sixers on paper. But what exactly will that mean in practice?
PHILADELPHIA — The first thing everyone should know about Mike Gansey is that he was a hell of a college basketball player. The second-leading scorer on those John Beilein-coached, Kevin Pittsnogle-led West Virginia teams of the early aughts, Gansey dropped…
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