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| Lead Photo · Mike Gansey takes over Sixers basketball ops |
The Lead · Sixers Forty-eight hours in, Mike Gansey hasn't said one stupid thing. |
| TUESDAY · JUNE 9, 2026 | No. 5 |
Ten years of this franchise have trained us to flinch at hope. Then the new president of basketball operations opened his mouth, and — against every instinct we have earned — it didn’t hurt. Gansey took the job replacing Daryl Morey and used his first turn at the podium to say he wants high-character players who actually want to be here — fountains, not drains. Jay Wright stopped what he was doing to vouch for him on X. The résumé backs the talk: since taking over Cleveland’s front office in 2022 he stacked smart role-player depth around a two-guard core and watched the Cavs win 64 games. He also confirmed the only part most of you cared about — Joel Embiid isn’t going anywhere. We have been sold culture in this town a hundred times. This is the first pitch in years that didn’t sound like a hostage video. |
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★ The Stoop ★ The word on every team, neighbor to neighbor |
| Eagles BOUGHT IN Josh Grizzard interviewed to be the offensive coordinator, lost the job to Sean Mannion, and signed on as passing game coordinator anyway. When a guy takes the smaller title just to be in the building, the culture talk stops being talk. Eagles report → |
| Sixers OVERDUE It’s officially Gansey’s front office now: Elton Brand is out as GM, Jameer Nelson moves up to the No. 2 seat, and Prosper Karangwa re-upped after rival teams came sniffing. Brand held a GM title for three years that nobody could ever pin an actual job to. This was past due. Sixers report → |
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★ What to Watch | This Week Gansey said he’s seeing Joel Embiid in a couple of days. First test of the new regime: keep the franchise center healthy, happy, and on the floor. | | June 23 The NBA Draft. The Sixers own the 22nd pick out of the McCain trade, and a roster this thin needs it to turn into an actual rotation player. | | June 30 Free agency opens. Gansey inherits the worst backup-center situation in the league and a bench that needs rebuilding from the studs. | | On the Site All-Star Week descends on Philly next month, and the Red Carpet Show lands on Independence Mall with free entry. |
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Trending The Eagles social team posted “The 1” to throw it right back at AJ Brown. New England posted Brown in his new No. 1 jersey captioned “The 1,” so the Birds turned around and posted their own No. 1 with the identical caption. After Brown told the New England press he felt closer to heaven once he left Philadelphia, a copycat subtweet is the gentlest response available. The full thing → |
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For one quiet June Tuesday the new guy said the right things and nobody got hurt. Enjoy it before the draft hands us something to argue about. ★ — TLL |
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