The 76ers stayed in-house and hired Elton Brand as general manager on Thursday, according to a league source.
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.