The Philadelphia 76ers are in the midst of a busy offseason led by a new front office regime. The Sixers parted ways with Daryl Morey after six seasons and hired Mike Gansey as their new President of Basketball Operations following the decision.
Gansey has been aggressive in his first offseason running a basketball operations department. After 14 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and serving as their GM since 2022, Gansey has added helpful players Dean Wade, Ariel Hukporti, and Anfernee Simons in free agency while also pulling the trigger on a blockbuster deal for Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics. It's clear he is working on making the Sixers true contenders.
Wade, who played his entire seven seasons in the league with the Cavs, gave insight into what kind of person Gansey is as he rejoins him in Philadelphia.
"Mike Gansey, he's a great person," said Wade on Tuesday. "He's got a great family as well. My wife knows his wife really well from, you know, the past seven years, but I think Mike was a big reason I was in Cleveland. I got an opportunity at a two-way, I think he had a big say in that coming in every day for the past seven years, and he was one of the first people you see when you come in for summer workouts."
Gansey never played in the league, but he was able to play Division One while at West Virginia and had a lot of success. He was named to the All-Big East team in 2006 and averaged 12.8 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 39.5% from deep in his collegiate career at, first, St. Bonaventure and then West Virginia.
Gansey has been aggressive in his first offseason running a basketball operations department. After 14 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and serving as their GM since 2022, Gansey has added helpful players Dean Wade, Ariel Hukporti, and Anfernee Simons in free agency while also pulling the trigger on a blockbuster deal for Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics. It's clear he is working on making the Sixers true contenders.
Wade, who played his entire seven seasons in the league with the Cavs, gave insight into what kind of person Gansey is as he rejoins him in Philadelphia.
"Mike Gansey, he's a great person," said Wade on Tuesday. "He's got a great family as well. My wife knows his wife really well from, you know, the past seven years, but I think Mike was a big reason I was in Cleveland. I got an opportunity at a two-way, I think he had a big say in that coming in every day for the past seven years, and he was one of the first people you see when you come in for summer workouts."
Gansey never played in the league, but he was able to play Division One while at West Virginia and had a lot of success. He was named to the All-Big East team in 2006 and averaged 12.8 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 39.5% from deep in his collegiate career at, first, St. Bonaventure and then West Virginia.
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