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Spring time is Playoff time in Philly again
Published 4/5/2008 by Rando at Sixers Journal
... play-offs. Granted that is not such a considerable feat in the NHL, but it's better than the alternative we had around here last spring. To hear the Sixers clinched a playoff spot for the 1st time in 3 years is a surprise to no one by now. Their resurgence started two months ago. So by now the ficklest of fans had come to know that this was not the Sixers of old. They have burst out of the mold of a struggling young team overshadowed by the incompetence of the Billy King era. BTW, it looks like King is going to New York . By now you know the 76ers are not a squad that gets ...

GM Watch: King and Gabriel in the mix?
Published 4/9/2008 by frank <info@brewhoop.com> at Brew Hoop
... In other words, King had a nasty habit of throwing huge money at role players who were never going to put the Sixers over the top. Sound familiar?  There's also the further question of how much of the Sixers' success during the Iverson era really was due to King given Larry Brown's active role in personnel decisions. Ironically, the Knicks--another team stacked with role players making obscene amounts of cash--are reportedly interested in the possibility of a King/Donnie Walsh tag team after the latter was hired a week ago. So while the Bucks could use a guy like King in ...