{"id":704363,"date":"2026-05-30T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704363\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:35:12","slug":"76ers-hire-cavaliers-gm-to-lead-basketball-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704363\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers hire Cavaliers GM to lead basketball operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia 76ers have hired Cleveland Cavaliers<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000012\" data-name=\"Cleveland Cavaliers\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Cleveland Cavaliers\"><\/a> general manager Mike Gansey as their new president of basketball operations, finalizing a multiyear agreement, his agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48913578\/76ers-tab-cavs-gm-mike-gansey-lead-basketball-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confirmed to ESPN Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gansey, 43, has spent more than a decade with the Cavaliers organization since joining in 2011-12. He previously served as general manager of the team\u2019s G League affiliate, earning NBA D-League Executive of the Year honors in 2016-17, before rising to the NBA GM role in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Under his contributions, Cleveland built a competitive roster that reached the Eastern Conference finals this season before being swept by the New York Knicks<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000006\" data-name=\"New York Knicks\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"New York Knicks\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes weeks after the 76ers <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/76ers-decisions-daryl-morey-nick-nurse\/754072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">parted ways with long-time president Daryl Morey<\/a> following a second-round playoff exit. Bob Myers, president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports &amp; Entertainment, led the search and will collaborate closely with Gansey.<\/p>\n<p>Nick U\u2019Ren of the WNBA\u2019s Phoenix Mercury was reportedly the other finalist.<\/p>\n<p>Gansey now faces key decisions this offseason, including the 2026 NBA Draft, where Philadelphia holds the 22nd pick, as the organization seeks to build sustainably around its core talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia 76ers have hired Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey as their new president of basketball operations,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,17603,342338,9688,85],"class_list":["post-704363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-mike-gansey","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}