NBA: Bob Myers, 48, steps down as Warriors president and GM after winning four titles

Bob Myers is stepping down as president and general manager of the Golden State Warriors, he told ESPN.

“It’s just time,” said the 48-year-old.

Myers has been the architect of the Warriors’ four titles since 2015 and twice won NBA Executive of the Year.

The 6-foot-7 former UCLA forward previously worked as an NBA player’s agent, representing Brook Lopez, before joining Golden State in 2011.

At Tuesday’s press conference, owner Joe Lacob admitted he struggled to understand Myers’ decision: “I’m not going to sit here and tell you I get it because I don’t. no… But it’s really not for me to figure out why.” I just want him to be happy.

Stephen Curry (right) won four titles with Bob Myers in charge of the Warriors

Myers said he doesn’t think he can fully commit in the future, which is why he is resigning.

“The bottom line is that this job, the one I’m in…requires total commitment, full effort, one thousand percent, and if you can’t do it, then you shouldn’t do it,” Myers told reporters. journalists. Tuesday. ‘So that’s the answer to the question why. I can’t do that to our players. I can’t do this to Joe and Peter [Guber]. Really, I can’t do it myself. And that’s the question I wrestled with.

Myers’ contract expires at the end of June and according to ESPN he has declined offers from Warriors owners that would have made him one of the highest paid executives in the league.

He plans to discuss the future with reporters at a press conference at 4 p.m. EST Tuesday in San Francisco.

Myers actually grew up in the Bay Area for the Warriors before playing at UCLA.

After winning a national championship under Jim Harrick in 1995 and graduating in 1997, Myers articled with famed sports agent Arn Tellem while pursuing law school at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Myers would spend 15 years as an agent, representing Brandon Roy and Tyreke Evans, while negotiating contracts valued at over $575 million.

But in 2011, he received an offer he couldn’t refuse: the Warriors wanted to appoint him assistant general manager with a view to replacing longtime manager Larry Riley shortly thereafter.

Myers inherited a team that already had a budding two-star backcourt in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, but quickly added key players like Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli in the draft.

He replaced head coach Mark Jackson with Steve Kerr, traded for Andre Iguodala and added Shaun Livingston to prepare Golden State for its 2015 title while earning its first Executive of the Year award.

Myers and Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr talk during practice in 2022

Myers was a forward for UCLA (right) before becoming a player’s agent and NBA team manager

As an agent, Myers (left) represented players such as Brandon Roy (right) and Brook Lopez

Myers would claim the honor again in 2017 after signing Kevin Durant, David West, Zaza Pachulia and JaVale McGee to a team that would win two more titles before yet another rebuild.

Even when age and injuries kept the Warriors from reaching the playoffs in 2020 and 2021, Myers still found a way to reload in 2022, adding Andrew Wiggins to a team that would ultimately win another title.

The Warriors’ 2023 season ended in the conference semifinals with a loss to the rival Lakers.

During his tenure with the Warriors, Myers and his wife have become visible residents of San Francisco’s Presidio Heights neighborhood, where the couple live with their three daughters. Myers’ home is known to local residents for its elaborate Halloween displays, and he even rented a taco truck a year to help feed hungry neighbors as they went trick-or-treating with their children.