Colin Cowherd Gave Daryl Morey Credit for a Trade. Good Thing He Didn’t Work for Philly Anymore

Colin Cowherd is usually pretty buttoned up about his NBA knowledge, but Thursday on The Herd he made a mistake that would have been funny if it wasn’t so awkward. He spent a solid minute praising former 76ers president Daryl Morey for being aggressive and landing Jaylen Brown in a blockbuster trade. There was just one problem: Morey got fired almost two months ago.

Cowherd was running through Philadelphia’s wild start to free agency and kept hammering home how aggressive Morey was. “I mean, it’s really weird that it’s Philadelphia, but I think that’s a credit to Daryl Morey, who reportedly, I mean, uh, from what I read this morning, Morey was on the phone three weeks ago, a month ago,” Cowherd said. “So Morey was just the most aggressive GM here. That he, you know, Daryl likes transactions, and Daryl was hyper-aggressive.”

Co-host Jason McIntyre didn’t let him finish. “No, no. Da- Daryl, Daryl Morey got… They, they ran him off after the season,” McIntyre shot back. The correction was quick, but the damage was done. The clip immediately made the rounds on social media.

Here’s the thing: Cowherd wasn’t wrong about the aggression. The Sixers have been working the phones hard. But the guy getting the credit now is Mike Gansey, who took over as president of basketball operations on May 29 after Morey was shown the door following a second-round playoff exit. Gansey hasn’t wasted any time. He pulled off the deal that sent Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks to Boston for Brown, the 2024 Finals MVP. That’s a massive swing.

And it didn’t stop there. Philadelphia added center Dean Wade and guard Anfernee Simons in free agency and is reportedly lurking around the edges of the LeBron James sweepstakes. James is a free agent and the Sixers are one of several teams trying to make a pitch. According to ClutchPoints Senior NBA Reporter Brett Siegel, Brown never requested a trade out of Boston, even though the Celtics were shopping the All-Star wing all offseason. So the whole thing was player-driven in a weird, passive way.

Gansey’s first summer running a front office has already reshaped the roster. He’s aggressive, he’s decisive, and apparently he’s also invisible to national radio hosts. That’s fine. The trophy case at the end of the season won’t care whose name was in the headlines back in July.