Daryl Morey is gone, Bob Myers is leading the charge, and this is the start of something new or the most Sixers outcome imaginable

The Sixers announced Tuesday night that Daryl Morey is out as president of basketball operations. Bob Myers will lead the search for a replacement and oversee the department in the interim.

The NBA draft is June 23-24. Free agency opens the following week. The clock is already ticking and the Sixers need a new basketball operations leader before the most important offseason of the Embiid era begins.

Report: Sixers fire Daryl Morey after another miserable playoff exit >>

We’ve been calling for this on this site for a while. Daryl Morey’s results didn’t match the resources he was given. Five postseason runs, zero Conference Finals appearances, a 69-95 record across the last two regular seasons, and a trade deadline sell-off that gutted an already thin bench. The organization finally caught up to what the fanbase figured out months ago. Good. Now the hard part starts.

Give Daryl Morey Credit Where It’s Due (Unfortunately)

I’m not going to pretend Daryl Morey didn’t do anything right because that’s dishonest. His draft picks were excellent. Maxey at 21 in 2020 was a steal that changed the trajectory of the franchise. McCain at 16 in 2024 was another hit, even though Morey traded him away before realizing what he had.

Edgecombe at 3 in 2025 was a home run that might end up being the most important pick in franchise history. Morey’s eye for talent in the draft was legitimately elite.

The Ben Simmons to James Harden trade was a good move at the time. Morey turned a player who refused to play into an All-Star guard. The Harden tenure didn’t end well but the initial trade was the right call with the hand he was dealt.

Where Morey failed was everything else. In Houston, he was brilliant at finding undervalued role players. PJ Tucker being the classic example. He never replicated that in Philadelphia.

The Sixers under Morey were consistently thin on the bench, consistently poor from three-point range, and consistently unable to rebound. The team finished 23rd in both three-point frequency and three-point accuracy this season. Defensive rebounding was a glaring weakness all year. Morey did nothing to address any of it at the deadline because he was too busy “selling high” on McCain and ducking the luxury tax.

The Paul George Contract Is a Problem

The George signing was supposed to complete the puzzle. A $212 million max contract for a two-way wing to slot between Embiid and Maxey. On paper it was the right fit. In reality, George turned 36 during the playoffs, disappeared for entire halves of elimination games, and doesn’t look like a player worth $50 million a year.

The Sixers had a use-it-or-lose-it max cap slot because Maxey delayed his extension. They had to spend the money somewhere. George was the best option available. But the contract is now an anchor that limits everything the next POBO can do.

The Embiid Extension Is Complicated

The Embiid supermax was bad in hindsight. But it was also more complicated than people want to admit. Once the Sixers gave George his deal, denying Embiid his extension would have seriously damaged the relationship with the franchise player. At the time, the organization and most of the public believed this team was a legitimate title contender. The extension made sense in that moment even if it looks ugly now.

If Embiid is healthy, he’s the best player in the NBA. I’ll put that on record right now. The problem has never been talent. The problem has been availability. The supermax locks the Sixers into that gamble for three more years and there’s no getting out of it.

The McCain Trade Might Have Been the Final Straw

I have a feeling we’re going to learn that everything surrounding the McCain deal played a major role in this firing. The fan backlash. The player backlash. Embiid publicly criticizing the organization for ducking the tax. McCain going to Oklahoma City and contributing immediately while the Sixers got swept with a bench that couldn’t function. Morey said publicly that he was “selling high” on McCain. The market disagreed. The locker room disagreed. The playoffs proved everyone right except Daryl Morey.

Bob Myers Running the Search Is Interesting

Myers is a relationship-first guy who values development, continuity, and culture. He built the Warriors dynasty around Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. That’s an impressive resume on the surface.

It’s also fair to point out that Myers’ draft history outside of the foundational pieces he inherited wasn’t spectacular. He benefited enormously from having Steph Curry. Most GMs would look great with Curry on their roster.

I like Bob Myers as a guy that values relationships, development, continuity and all that but PLEASE let us find our new GM by the draft because #Peeeeyew pic.twitter.com/Zs11x7JI37

— 👽🗣️ (@SirEmbiid) May 13, 2026

My concern is the timeline. The draft is six weeks away.

Free agency follows immediately. The Sixers need someone in place who can evaluate the draft board, make trades, and navigate free agency with a clear vision for what this roster needs. If Myers conducts a three-month nationwide search and doesn’t have someone in the chair by draft night, the Sixers are going to waste another offseason.

By far the most Sixers outcome possible is Bob Myers conducting that nationwide search, interviewing every qualified candidate in the league, and then deciding the best person for the job is Bob Myers himself.

This franchise has never missed an opportunity to do the most Sixers thing imaginable.

Josh Harris Released a Statement

Part of it read: “To our fans, your frustration and disappointment are understandable and warranted. We have fallen well short of our own expectations and failed to deliver in the way this city deserves. That bothers me deeply.”

Cool. I doubt that, Josh. But go on. This is a man who owns teams in two cities, sits courtside with political figures instead of engaging with his own fanbase, and has overseen a franchise that hasn’t made the Conference Finals since he bought the team in 2011. Fourteen years of ownership. Zero trips to the Eastern Conference Finals. The statement is corporate damage control. Nothing more.

What Needs to Happen

The new POBO needs to be in place by draft night. The 22nd pick from the McCain trade needs to be used wisely.

Free agency needs to address the depth problem that has killed this team for years. The three-point shooting has to improve. The rebounding has to improve. The bench has to become functional. Oubre and Grimes are unrestricted free agents. The roster beyond Embiid, Maxey, George, and Edgecombe needs a complete overhaul.

Firing Daryl Morey doesn’t fix the Embiid contract. It doesn’t fix the George contract. It doesn’t fix the fact that the Sixers GM job isn’t particularly attractive right now because you’re inheriting a head coach you didn’t hire and two of the most expensive contracts in the league with limited flexibility to make changes. Finding someone great for this job isn’t going to be easy.

There’s a fair argument for moving on from Daryl Morey based on results. But firing him as punishment and firing him because you have someone better lined up are two very different things. If the Sixers don’t have a clear plan for who comes next, this is just a PR move to appease the fanbase while the same structural problems persist under a different name.

Maxey is entering his prime. Edgecombe is ascending. Embiid’s window is closing. The next hire either changes the trajectory of this franchise or it doesn’t. There’s no more runway left.

Get it right.

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