Daryl Morey has been relieved of duties as president of basketball operations with the Sixers after six seasons, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.

The decision was made after Morey met with Sixers owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer on Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. Head coach Nick Nurse will be retained for a fourth season.

Former Warriors executive Bob Myers, now the president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, will lead the search for the new head executive. Myers will oversee the franchise’s basketball department in the interim. The Athletic reported on Monday that Morey and/or Nurse could be on their way out.

Harris issued this statement via a press release: “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Daryl personally and professionally, and I’m grateful for his contributions over the last six seasons. After speaking with Daryl, we determined that it was time for a fresh start. Bob Myers will lead the process of identifying a new leader and I believe his experience in constructing four NBA championship teams will be a valuable resource to our organization. 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 and I have confidence in Bob to establish a path forward for our franchise.”

Morey was hired to bring the franchise a championship for the first time since 1983. Philadelphia reached the postseason in all but one of Morey’s six seasons but fell well short of the ultimate goal. The Sixers did not advance beyond the second round of the playoffs under Morey.

It wasn’t for a lack of trying. He acquired James Harden during the 2021/22 season but Harden demanded a trade after the following season over a contract dispute. Morey opened up significant cap space prior to the 2024/25 season and signed Paul George to a max deal, along with several other notable free agents.

Injuries derailed Morey’s plans. George, Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid have played only 43 games together over the last two seasons, including the regular season and playoffs. That trio is owed $153MM next season.

After the Sixers were swept in the second round by the Knicks, Embiid remarked, “… Gotta get better, from top to bottom. Ownership, front office, players, coaches. Everybody just gotta get better.”

It will be up to the next team president to put together a championship-caliber club. Morey’s replacement will have two major building blocks in Maxey and VJ Edgecombe, who finished third for the Rookie of the Year award.

Nurse is 116-130 in three seasons as Sixers coach. Nurse guided the Sixers to a first-round comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Celtics but Philadelphia was overmatched against the Knicks, who swept it out of the postseason.