{"id":2099531,"date":"2025-10-18T06:49:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2099531"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:49:25","slug":"former-warriors-gm-bob-myers-leaving-espn-to-become-president-of-harris-blitzer-sports-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-warriors-gm-bob-myers-leaving-espn-to-become-president-of-harris-blitzer-sports-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Warriors GM Bob Myers leaving ESPN to become president of Harris Blitzer Sports &#038; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When Bob Myers stepped away as the Golden State Warriors\u2019 head of basketball operations, he said he might get back in the game someday, but he was looking for a new, different challenge, something maybe bigger than running a basketball team. For a couple of seasons, that was working at ESPN as an NBA analyst.<\/p>\n<p>This is more what Myers was thinking: He is leaving ESPN to become the president of Harris Blitzer Sports &amp; Entertainment. That\u2019s the organization that owns the NBA\u2019s Philadelphia 76ers, NHL\u2019s New Jersey Devils, Crystal Palace of the Premier League, and NASCAR\u2019s Joe Gibbs Racing. Meyers will also continue to work as an adviser to Harris, who is the majority owner and managing partner of the NFL\u2019s Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal has been to hire, grow, and retain the best and brightest executives in the world and we are a stronger, more dynamic organization with the addition of Bob Myers,\u201d Josh Harris and David Blitzer said in a combined released statement. \u201cHis experience as an architect of championship teams will complement our existing leadership structure, while also allowing HBSE to maximize opportunities across our portfolio. We\u2019re excited to have Bob continue his storied career here at HBSE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a successful career as a sports agent (focused on the NBA), Myers jumped to the Warriors\u2019 front office. He was quickly promoted to general manager and eventually team president, and in his dozen years in the Bay Area the Warriors won four NBA titles. He was voted NBA Executive of the Year by his peers in 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been fortunate to know Josh and David for a long time, and I\u2019ve always greatly admired them and respected how they\u2019ve built such an impressive global sports portfolio,\u201d Myers said in a statement. \u201cThis role was intriguing because it provides the opportunity to work with some of the industry\u2019s most talented leaders and executives across the world\u2019s biggest sports leagues. &#8230; This is the type of challenge and opportunity I was looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s got the challenge he was seeking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-4\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '206053216266379',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nbcsports.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Bob Myers stepped away as the Golden State Warriors\u2019 head of basketball operations, he said he might get back in the game someday, but he was looking for a new, different challenge, something maybe bigger than running a basketball team. 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