The 76ers stayed in-house and hired Elton Brand as general manager on Thursday, according to a league source.
Brand replaces Bryan Colangelo, who resigned in June.
Brand had been Sixers' vice president of basketball operations and general manager of their G-League team, the Delaware Blue Coats. He also had two playing stints with the Sixers. Brand most recently signed with the team in January 2016 to be a mentor to the young players.
Brand retired from playing in October 2016, ending a 17-year career that started when the Chicago Bulls chose him with the first pick in the 1999 draft.
The 6-foot-8, 265-pound forward's previous stop before rejoining the Sixers was with the Atlanta Hawks for two seasons. Brand previously played four seasons for the Sixers before he was waived on July 12, 2012.
They have been open about hiring a general manager willing to work in a collaborative decision-making setting instead of having the final say. Sources have said that the Sixers want their next GM to be someone who will be a public face and win over the fans.
The Sixers also elevated Alex Rucker to executive vice president of basketball operations. Rucker was the senior vice president for analytics and strategy.
The ownership group had a dinner interview Sunday with Utah Jazz assistant general manager Justin Zanik and had another one with Houston Rockets vice president Gersson Rosas on Monday.
