Warriors president and general manager Bob Myers is stepping down from his role at Golden State after 12 years with the team.
“It’s just time,” Myers, 48, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Myers first joined the Warriors in 2011 as an assistant general manager, but was promoted to general manager after just one year with the franchise. During Myers’s tenure as GM, the Warriors won four NBA championships and he won two NBA Executive of the Year awards.
Myers’s future with the team has been a topic throughout the season, as his contract was set to expire at the end of June. Since the Warriors’ were eliminated from the playoffs, the two sides reportedly stalled in contract negotiations, leading to the team “bracing” for his departure despite offering him the chance to be “one of the league’s highest paid executives,” according to Wojnarowski.
Wojnarowski mentioned Mike Dunleavy Jr., the Vice President of Basketball Operations and Kirk Lacob, executive vice president and son of owner Joe Lacob, as two names who will get more responsibilities moving forward.
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At a press conference later on Tuesday, Myers explained that he was not all in on the team the way he was previously, and that is how he knew it was time to walk away.
“The bottom line is this job requires complete engagement and complete effort, 1,000 percent,” he said. “If you can’t do it, then you shouldn’t do it. That’s the answer to the question of why.”
"The bottom line is this job requires complete engagement and complete effort, 1,000 percent. If you can’t do it, then you shouldn’t do it. That’s the answer to the question of why.”
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) May 30, 2023
Bob Myers on why he decided to step away pic.twitter.com/3vI65FRG9s
With the opening, Golden State will be looking to fill a major role in the organization for the first time since they hired Steve Kerr as head coach in 2014.
