Who could Sixers look at to replace Daryl Morey to run basketball ops?
With Daryl Morey out in Philadelphia, one has to wonder who the 76ers could look at to replace him to run the basketball operations department.
As the Philadelphia 76ers now begin the search to replace the recently departed Daryl Morey as the team's President of Basketball Operations, one has to wonder who the Sixers will look into as candidates to replace him. There are a number of potential candidates just based on reports that Bob Myers, who will lead the search, will look both internally and externally to replace Morey. When it comes to internal options, Myers can look at GM Elton Brand who has been on the job since 2018 and will certainly be considered an option to replace Morey and lead the basketball operations department.
Myers himself is even an option. The GM of the Golden State Warriors for 111-plus seasons before being hired as president of Harris & Blitzer Sports Entertainment, Myers could certainly run the department in an effort to help the Sixers over the hump and get them past Round 2 for the first time since 2001. He won four championships in Golden State and is another internal option to handle the position.
As far as external options go, a report by ESPN when covering the Chicago Bulls front office search brought up some names that could now be pivoting to Philadelphia. It gives an example of who could be available for the Sixers in their search to replace Morey. Before the Bulls hired Bryson Graham to be their Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, these were the names that were involved per the ESPN report: Timberwolves GM Matt Lloyd Pistons senior vice president Dennis Lindsey Cavaliers GM Mike Gansey Spurs assistant GM Dave Telep All four names have extensive front office experience with Lindsey having 30 years of front office and scouting experience.
He has been with the Pistons since the 2024-25 season, but he spent 11 years as the GM of the Utah Jazz and was a senior advisor for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2023-24 season when they made their run to the finals. Meanwhile, Lloyd has been the head man in Minnesota since Tim Connelly left in 2022, spent 17 years with the Bulls, and 10 years as an assistant GM with the Orlando Magic beforehand. Gansey was running Cleveland's G League team before being named the Cavs GM after Koby Altman left and Telep has been in San Antonio for 13 years doing various jobs in the front office.