Bob Myers explains what Sixers want in new leader, ideal timeline

"I'm a big believer in whatever the best answer is, whoever comes up with that is the best answer. I don't care who says it, but it requires a lot of debate, a lot of conversation. I'll tell you what I'm looking for in a leader, somebody that's committed to getting it done, to getting us there, and is aligned with myself, is aligned with Josh, is aligned with our expectations, our work ethic, our commitment, our competitiveness. If they want to make a big statement about what we need to do, I'll listen to that. I asked the staff last night, it exists, what are you guys going to do? What do you think? Lot of different answers, and they said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘I don't know the answer, but we're gonna figure out the answer.’ As far as, like, one specific thing, I never think, like I said, having been fortunate enough to see how you win, I love Steph Curry. I love him. He got one finals MVP. It's just crazy. It's not one person that wins championships. It's a team that would say, he would say that too, and he doesn't care. He's got four NBA championships. That's what matters. It's not about anything else. It's about the team, and we want as many people that—I know that nature is to look at one person. It's never one person, it's a team of people. Whoever wins it this year won't be one guy, it'll be a team of people, and we got to figure out what team we can put together that has an opportunity to do that."

Myers on his role during and after the process is complete

"I view taking the next few weeks not sure how long it'll be to identify a day to day leader. They will have a lot of authority here, which they should. What they're going to get, and our fans are going to get is them plus me. I won't be on the day to day level, but on the high level decision making, which is being here at the draft, being here leading up to the trade deadline, being available for free agency discussions, free agency meetings, things like that. I'm going to be involved at that level, and I can tell you that I imagine, and I’m saying this lightly, I'll be communicating with that person daily, if not five out of seven days a week. You know why? And I don't review that as a job, because I want to, I want to hire somebody that I can work with. I want to hire somebody that Josh can work with, and most importantly, I want to win. I think that I have had some experience in this space, and if I have something to say, it's harder for me not to say it, but that'll be my role, and obviously continuing to work with Josh on all this very high level stuff, but I'm looking forward to kind of that role. The best part of our work in sports is the competition. If you like competition, it's a great space to live in, but you got to deal with some pain. You got to deal with some loss, but when you win, it's all worth it, but that would be how I would characterize it."

Myers on if he'd like to hire somebody before the June 23 draft

"Yeah, I think, I'd like to have someone. I hope to have someone, but if it hasn't happened, that's OK, too. But the goal would be to have someone in place for the draft to get acclimated with the new group. By the way, the group is working now, and whoever we hire, not sure who that will be, will likely possibly already be evaluating the draft, where they're coming from. So, that's a benefit in some ways, but, yeah, I'd like to, and I hope to, but it'll be as much time is required to get the best person because, again, sure, have someone by the draft, but the goal will be to have someone that's the right person for a long amount of time after that."

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