Koby Altman
| Cleveland Cavaliers | |
|---|---|
| Position | General Manager |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | New Utrecht High School |
| College | Middlebury |
Koby Altman (born 1982/1983 in Brooklyn) is the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Altman was raised in Brooklyn and is Jewish. Altman received his bachelor's degree at Middlebury College, where he was a three-year starter at point guard for the basketball team. After graduation, he went into real estate investment sales for three years. He then went to the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass), earning a master's degree in sports management. During that time, he was an assistant coach at nearby Amherst College. After his graduation from UMass, Altman continued in college coaching for several years, first as a graduate assistant at Southern Illinois in 2009–10 and then as a full-time assistant at Columbia.
Altman joined the Cavaliers front office in 2012, would gradually rise through the ranks, was part of the 2016 NBA Championship team as director of pro personnel, and became assistant general manager for the 2016–17 season before being promoted to GM on July 24, 2017.
In his first major move as general manager, he acquired an unprotected 2018 first-round draft pick (through the Brooklyn Nets), All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas, rookie center Ante Žižić, small forward Jae Crowder, and a 2020 second-round pick (through the Miami Heat) from the Boston Celtics in exchange for disgruntled star point guard Kyrie Irving. In September 2017, Altman's second major move came in the signing of three-time NBA Champion and multi-time All-Star guard Dwayne Wade.
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