Bob Myers Rebuilt the Sixers by Robbing Curry's Last Title Window
The ex-Warriors architect landed LeBron on a 2-year, $8M deal and traded for Jaylen Brown — leaving Golden State standing pat with Steph turning 39.
Buried behind LeBron, Maxey and Brown — his 21.5 FP/game won't survive.
- LeBron signed a 2-year, $8M deal with Philadelphia
- Myers swung Jaylen Brown for Paul George
- Warriors stood pat; Curry turns 39 next season
- Simons: 14.3 pts, 21.5 FP/game in 55 games
- Sixers starting five: LeBron, Maxey, Edgecombe, Brown, Embiid
Bob Myers spent eleven years building the boat that carried Steph Curry to four rings. This summer he grabbed a hammer and went to work on the hull. As president of Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, Myers helped the 76ers pry Jaylen Brown loose in a Paul George swap and reel in LeBron James on a two-year, $8 million deal — two of the exact pieces that could've re-armed Golden State.
The Warriors, by contrast, did nothing. They banked on sentiment: Curry openly campaigned for LeBron, Draymond Green declined his $27.7 million player option to clear money, and James himself had talked up wanting to play with Curry outside the Olympics. Then Myers went on Rich Paul's podcast and made the case that Philadelphia was LeBron's best shot at winning. Philly's new starting five — LeBron, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Brown and Joel Embiid — makes that a pretty easy pitch.
The irony is thick. This is the same executive who signed Curry to that four-year, $44 million extension in 2012 when the league still worried about his ankles, stole Draymond at pick No. 35, hired Steve Kerr, traded for 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala, and landed Kevin Durant in 2016. Myers is the reason Curry had a supporting cast at all. Now he's building the roadblock.
What It Means for Golden State
The Warriors are the clear losers of the James sweepstakes. Their big offseason splash was the No. 11 pick, Yaxel Lendeborg, and a promise to run it back. That leaves a 39-year-old Curry to play hero ball on a balky knee just to drag this group into the playoffs. From a fantasy standpoint, expect Curry's usage and workload to stay sky-high out of necessity — good for his box scores, worrying for his durability.
The Fantasy Fallout in Philly
Philadelphia's depth just got crowded, and that's where fantasy managers should pay attention. Anfernee Simons put up 14.3 points and 21.5 fantasy points per game across 55 games last year — solid numbers that are about to get squeezed behind LeBron, Maxey, Brown and Embiid. Dean Wade (16.1 FP/game) and Ariel Hukporti (7.9 FP/game, trending up 6.7 over his last five) are deep-league fliers at best. Note too that Deni Avdija — one of the players Myers passed on in the 2020 Wiseman draft — is now a top-16 asset in Portland at 42.9 FP/game, a reminder of how one whiffed pick reshapes everything.
Actionable take: sell Simons high now while his name value is intact — the touches won't be there once Philly's stars are healthy. Hold Curry if you own him; the volume is guaranteed, but temper expectations on games played given the knee. Everyone else in this Sixers rotation is a wait-and-see until the minutes shake out in the fall.
