Executive With Sixers Ties Could Be In Danger of Getting Poached

If the Sixers are planning to replace team president Daryl Morey with former Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers after this season, they might have competition for Myers' services.

On Wednesday, Marc Stein of The Stein Line reported that Dallas Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont "has lofty ambitions" for his team's open general manager role. He named Oklahoma City's Sam Presti, San Antonio's R.C. Buford and Boston's Brad Stevens as three potential candidates, although he added that the Mavericks "realistically know that they have no calculable shot at luring any of them away from their current situations."

Instead, the "most frequently whispered Dallas target from that category" is former Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, who worked closely with Mavericks CEO Rick Welts in the Bay Area. Myers took a job as the president of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Sixers and New Jersey Devils, this past October.

Stein noted that Myers "has already brushed away overtures from Phoenix, Atlanta and presumably other NBA teams since leaving the Warriors after the 2022-23," so he believes Myers would be a long shot to take the Mavericks job as well. The Mavericks do have 2025 No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg in the fold, though, which could make the job appealing to Myers and/or other candidates.

It's unclear exactly how involved Myers is with the Sixers on a day-to-day basis, or what impact his potential departure from HBSE would have on the team. Morey is one of the more well-respected GMs in the league—although James Harden might beg to differ—and his front office has unearthed plenty of gems over the past half-decade, most notably Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe.

The Sixers are heading into a potentially pivotal offseason, though, so any changes at the top of the organization—or the parent organization, in this case—would be notable.

What might the Sixers do this summer?

Depending on how the next few weeks unfold, the Sixers could enter this offseason at a fork in the road.

If the Sixers advance to the second round of the playoffs or deeper, they might be less inclined to make drastic changes this summer. Anything short of that could put Morey and/or head coach Nick Nurse on the hot seat.

Maxey and Edgecombe figure to be untouchable for anything short of a Luka Dončić-esque heist, which leaves Joel Embiid and Paul George as their two main trade chips. George will have two years and roughly $110.7 million left on his contract this offseason, while Embiid is about to begin his three-year, $187.1 million max extension.

Given their age and respective injury histories, both George and Embiid likely have negative trade value at the moment. Even if the Sixers could get off one of their contracts without attaching assets, they presumably wouldn't get a huge haul in return. They have to determine whether the financial flexibility they'd gain from dumping one of those two would justify the cost both in terms of on-court value and trade cost.

Those aren't the only major decisions that the Sixers need to make this offseason, though. They also need to determine whether to re-sign Quentin Grimes and/or Kelly Oubre Jr., and how much they'd be willing to pay either one.

The Sixers have full Bird rights on both Oubre and Grimes, so they can offer either one anything up to a max contract even though they're already projected to be well over the 2026-27 salary cap. The question is whether they can afford to re-sign both while still avoiding the aprons (if not the luxury tax).

Beyond that, they're likely to have a pick in the high 20s from the Houston Rockets courtesy of the Jared McCain trade, and they will likely try to negotiate a new contract with Dominick Barlow before they reach the June 29 deadline to exercise their $3.4 million team option on him for next season. In other words, the Sixers' front office will have its hands full this offseason.

If Myers stays with HBSE, he figures to be intimately involved in those major decisions. But if the Mavericks get their way, the Sixers could have one less established front office executive to bounce ideas off of as they look to get back into championship contention in 2026-27.

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