Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey has agreed to become the new president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN.
Gansey, who has risen through the ranks in the Cavaliers' front office since joining the team in 2011-12, now lands the top executive position in Philadelphia.
Bob Myers, the four-time NBA championship architect of the dynasty Golden State Warriors who now serves as president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, led the search for the 76ers' new head of basketball operations after ownership made the decision to part ways with Daryl Morey.
Myers will work closely in partnering with Gansey and assist in his vision for the organization.
Gansey and Nick U'Ren of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury were the finalists for the 76ers' president job, and each had final-stage meetings with team ownership this week on the East Coast before the decision to hire Gansey was made Friday, sources said.
U'Ren, who has served as the top basketball executive of the Mercury over the last three years, served multiple front office titles under Myers during their stints with the Warriors.
Gansey was instrumental, along with president of basketball operations Koby Altman, in helping build the Cavaliers into deep NBA postseason participants. They made it to the Eastern Conference finals before losing in four games to the New York Knicks after a 52-win season that included the front office making a blockbuster trade at the deadline in February to send guard Darius Garland to the LA Clippers for James Harden.
Gansey, 43, is a northeast Ohio native. He played collegiately at West Virginia, where he was a first-team Big East selection. Gansey previously served as GM for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA's G League.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.