After a considerable wait, the Philadelphia 76ers have finally secured their next team president. As first reported by ESPN's Shams Charania, the team's selection panel, which was led by former Warriors executive Bob Myers, has chosen Mike Gansey to function as the lead decision-maker moving forward.
Gansey, who most recently served as the general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers under Koby Altman, will be overseeing the 76ers for the foreseeable future starting with the coming offseason. However, given the way he operated back in Cleveland, some conflict with the ownership group is bound to transpire, and it is easy to see why.
As everyone knows, the 76ers ownership has cultivated a derision with regard to paying the luxury tax, ducking the exorbitant zone in recent years by parting ways with significant contributors like Jared McCain. This remains the biggest point of criticism against the team up top, as adopting such a frugal disposition directly conflicts with the organization's resounding win-now edict.
The 76ers could have a new problem in the works after hiring Mike Gansey
Philadelphia will not have much financial ammo this summer, but free agency will remain a priority for them. Almost half of their players could end up hitting thje open market, and key cogs like Kelly Oubre Jr. and Quentin Grimes will serve as tests of character for the ownership. After all, they simply cannot afford to let those two go, yet they will have to get deep into the luxury tax to retain their services.
Gansey, who was able to manufacture a powerhouse with the Cavaliers, was not under the same financial leash as his predecessor in Daryl Morey. This season, Cleveland had the highest payroll in the league, easily going into the luxury tax to keep their talented core going.
Of course, this was a coordinated hire. Myers is the president of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, which owns and operates the 76ers. However, it is not that easy for the big guns to make a rapid 180. Frugal heads will simply not just get that itch to spend like a one-day millionaire when it comes to, say, going after quality role players in the open market. That takes time, and that could throw Gansey off.
Obviously, this is merely premised on some conjectural pretensions. But having said that, let this be the impetus for the 76ers ownership to finally change their ways and start acting like the desperate-for-a-championship engine they advertise themselves as to the public.
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