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PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The 76ers have four primary candidates \u2014 Jameer Nelson, Matt Lloyd, Nick U\u2019Ren and Mike Gansey \u2014 in their search for a new president of basketball operations, according to a report from the Stein Line.<\/p>\n

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Bob Myers, the president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and former president of basketball operations during the Golden State Warriors\u2019 dynasty, is leading the search after Daryl Morey was fired on May 12.<\/p>\n

Nelson, the Sixers\u2019 assistant general manager and former St. Joseph\u2019s star, has risen up the front office ranks following his 14-year NBA playing career. He previously was the general manager of the Sixers\u2019 G League Delaware Blue Coats before being promoted to his current position last year.<\/p>\n

Nelson played 10 seasons for the Magic. He averaged 12.6 points and 5.4 assists per game for Orlando. Nelson was a NBA All-Star in 2008-09, the season the Magic reached the NBA Finals. He retired after the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n

It has been Nelson\u2019s goal to ascend to a team\u2019s lead front office position. He told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2024, \u201cI know, at some point, I\u2019m going to be\u201d in such a role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had to walk into the door, observe, and find out where I can lead and help,\u201d Nelson added. \u201cI\u2019m not a guy that\u2019s going to come in and pound my chest. I\u2019m not the loud speaker. But if there\u2019s something I need to say, I\u2019ll say it. I\u2019ll get it off my chest in the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Stein Line also reported that even if the Sixers make an outside hire, Nelson still would be in contention for a promotion within the organization. That raises questions about where to fit Elton Brand, who previously held the top front office title and then worked as general manager under Morey.<\/p>\n

When asked during a May 14 news conference about Brand\u2019s candidacy for the upcoming hire, Myers was noncommittal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m going to talk to Elton, get his thoughts on things,\u201d Myers said. \u201cFigure out what we think is best. But we haven\u2019t gotten to that level of detail with any of that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lloyd is the Minnesota Timberwolves\u2019 general manager under Tim Connelly and once was considered the frontrunner to be hired as the Chicago Bulls\u2019 vice president of basketball operations before they went with Bryson Graham.<\/p>\n

Lloyd has been part of a Minnesota front office that executed the blockbuster trades to send out Karl-Anthony Towns and bring in Rudy Gobert in recent seasons. The Timberwolves built a roster around superstar Anthony Edwards that advanced to two consecutive Western Conference finals, in 2024 and 2025, and lost in this year\u2019s second round to the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n

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Lloyd is viewed as an excellent communicator within an organization and with worldwide basketball connections.<\/p>\n

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Before his time in Minnesota, Lloyd spent 10 seasons with the Orlando Magic, where he oversaw scouting and held titles of vice president of basketball operations and assistant general manager. During that period, he overlapped with Nelson, then a player, and another Sixers assistant general manager, Prosper Karangwa, who was a scout and director of scouting with the organization before joining the Sixers\u2019 front office in 2020.<\/p>\n

Lloyd also was with the Bulls for 13 seasons in a variety of roles inside and outside of basketball operations, including in scouting, special projects, and media coordination. He once told the Dane Moore NBA podcast that, in those early days, he built a scouting database that is now used as a prototype across the league.<\/p>\n

U\u2019Ren spent nine seasons in various roles with the Warriors\u2019 coaching staff and front office \u2014 where he worked under Myers \u2014 before becoming general manager of the WNBA\u2019s Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

Last year, he constructed a revamped Mercury roster that made a surprise run to the WNBA Finals. U\u2019Ren\u2019s NBA experience ranges from video coordinating to scouting to player evaluation.<\/p>\n

Gansey has been the Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 general manager under Koby Altman since 2022. Before that, he was the general manager of the G League\u2019s Cleveland Charge.<\/p>\n

He has been part of the front office that executed trades for stars Donovan Mitchell and, earlier this season, James Harden. The Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals before being swept by the Knicks.<\/p>\n

The new hire will take over a Sixers team that went 45-37 during the regular season and pulled off a dramatic upset of the No. 2 seed Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the first round of the playoffs before being swept by the NBA Finals-bound New York Knicks in the second round.<\/p>\n

The hire also will face a challenging roster-building situation. The Sixers boast an exciting young backcourt in Tyrese Maxey, a recently minted All-NBA performer, and VJ Edgecombe, who finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. But Joel Embiid and Paul George, who are aging and have struggled with numerous health issues in recent seasons, have multiple years remaining on max contracts and are considered difficult to trade.<\/p>\n

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