Bryan Colangelo

Bryan Joffrey Colangelo
Bryan (right) in a Raptors pre-game chat
Born	(1965-06-01) June 1, 1965 (age 51) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University
Occupation	Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations and General Manager
Children	2
Parent(s)	Jerry Colangelo (father) Joan Colangelo (mother)

Bryan Joffrey Colangelo (born June 1, 1965) is an American basketball executive. He is currently the president of basketball operations and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously held the same positions for the Toronto Raptors, and also served as general manager of the Phoenix Suns. He is the son of Phoenix sports mogul Jerry Colangelo. He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor of science degree in business management and applied economics. He was the 2005 and 2007 recipient of the NBA Executive of the Year Award.

Bryan began his NBA front-office career with the Phoenix Suns, a franchise then owned by his father. He was a part of that organization for 15 years, the last 11 as general manager.

During his tenure in Phoenix, Colangelo made a number of transactions that have received wide praise across the NBA, including the drafting of would-be superstars Shawn Marion and Amar'e Stoudemire. Colangelo was roundly criticized for his trade of Jason Kidd to the New Jersey Nets for Stephon Marbury, but corrected this mistake by trading Marbury and oft-injured Penny Hardaway to the New York Knicks for several contracts. The additional salary cap space created by this trade allowed Colangelo to sign Steve Nash back from the Dallas Mavericks in the summer of 2004. Nash would go on to be the 2004–05 and 2005–06 NBA Most Valuable Player, and the Suns would go 62–20 and claim the top playoff seed in the Western Conference in the 2004–05 season. As a result, Colangelo was awarded the 2005 NBA Executive of the Year Award.