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The Philadelphia 76ers are seeking a new leader in their front office after parting ways with Daryl Morey. Interim GM Bob Myers outlines the desired characteristics for the new hire and the timeline for the selection process.
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CAMDEN, N.J. -- The Philadelphia 76ers are looking to begin a new era in the front office after moving on from Daryl Morey after six seasons as the team's President of Basketball Operations. The Sixers made the playoffs in five of those six seasons and made it to Round 2 in four of those seasons, but ultimately, were unable to get over the hump as managing partner Josh Harris and Co. decided to make a change.
Replacing Morey in the interim is former Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers who was serving as President of Sports for Harris & Blitzer Sports and Entertainment. Myers led the Warriors to four championships in his 11-plus seasons on the job out in The Bay and will be looking to lead the search for the next head of basketball operations in Philadelphia.
On Thursday, he addressed the media sitting alongside Harris and he gave lengthy answers into what he is looking for in the new hire, his role during and after the process, and the ideal timeline on a hire. The following are the quotes in their entirety:
"I'm a big believer in character and leadership, and I'm looking for a person that embodies those things, but there's many characteristics under that, that I believe kind of qualify in making a modern GM a success. There's front facing responsibilities. There's responsibilities of managing star players. There's responsibilities of managing up to ownership. There's contract negotiations. There's draft process. There's evaluating analytics. There's medical staff. You go down the line, and these jobs have an enormity to them, so I'm looking to find someone that can check as many of those boxes as possible, but also raise their hand and say, ‘You know what? I'm actually not good in this space. I'm gonna need some support.’ Because the misnomer about these jobs is--I had some success in my previous job, but it wasn't me by myself. There are teams of people that make a team and an organization successful. So, making sure we have the right person to lead them, but also the right people underneath them, which is important, and the person that is going to get this job, like I said, I hope they check all those—they won't. It doesn't exist—How can we support them in roles that they don't have?"
The 76ers are looking for specific characteristics in their new hire, as outlined by interim GM Bob Myers.
The decision to part ways with Daryl Morey came after six seasons of playoff appearances but failing to advance beyond the second round.
Bob Myers is the interim GM of the 76ers, previously serving as the GM of the Golden State Warriors, where he won four championships.
Bob Myers has provided insights into the ideal timeline for hiring the new head of basketball operations, although specific dates were not mentioned.
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"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."
"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."
"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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