Sixers GM Billy King Fired

• Patrick

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  So, what prompted the move now, as compared to the 500 other times it might have been appropriate?

  Posted 12/5/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Report: 76ers Will 86 Billy King
Published 12/4/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... Nets president Rod Thorn allowed the move because it's probably Stefanski's dream job: not only is it a promotion, but it's also a homecoming as he grew up near Philly and played college ball at Penn. Plus, and it'd be naive to think this wasn't also a factor, it should be years before the Sixers are even close to being a factor in the Atlantic. I don't think many fans will regret seeing King leave, although they may resent it didn't happen sooner. From Enrico at The 700 Level: My problem with all of this: you trust the guy enough to trade away ...

The Roundup: Screamin’ A’s Rant on Bloggers, John Maine Crossdressing and Jimi Hendrix Played Football
Published 12/4/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... on more risk than they could handle … Chimp beats college students in a few tests … the Sporting News blog is up and running … NSFW shots of Kate Moss sunbathing poolside … LeBron - dapper or dense? … Whew! Fortunately for us, we focused on journalism in college and worked in newspapers, so maybe that qualified us as ‘trained,’ and Stephen A. won’t have to hate us. (Sports by Brooks) Billy King gets fired as GM of the 76ers, and you can be damn sure it had to do with his ...

You Won't Have Billy King To Kick Around Anymore
Published 12/4/2007 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty: Front Page Posts
Philadelphia has been wrestled from the wretched hands of Billy King. There will be plenty of time for celebration for fans of the 76ers and fans of sanity in basketball. For now, we discuss Billy King's greatest achievement with regards to we Sacramento fans: He took Chris Webber off our hands. The Webber trade was before most sportsblogs existed -- there were some (Blog-a-Bull's predecessor comes to mind), but it was land of the message boards. As such, few schools of thought erupted in any defined form online in the wake. Of course, fans all made up their own minds, and columnists became the flag ...

76ers Fire Billy King
Published 12/4/2007 by HM at Hoops and Other Pop Culture
http://www.the700level.com/2007/12/billy-king-reli.html I used to watch Billy King play when I was at Duke Law. He was NCAA defensive player of the year and a very heady player. I frankly never understood his meteoric rise from college basketball player to head of an NBA organization. Oh well. King obvously did a horrible job and he will not be missed by Sixers fans like this subtle commenter on the above-linked Blog: I am glad they fired him, he was a cock sucking loser. i wish he would just die! Posted by: Sid ...

Tuesday Bullets
Published 12/4/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... (Via the 700 Level): "It is not known whether Larry Brown, a consultant to the team and a close confidant of King's, would remain with the team in any capacity under Stefanski. A Philadelphia native, Stefanski played high school basketball in Drexel Hill at Monsignor Bonner (where he later was head coach for four years). He also played three seasons at Penn, where he graduated in 1976 from the Wharton Business School. He was a television analyst for ESPN before joining the Nets in 1999. Stefanski was named the Nets' GM in 2004. Stefanski was ...

76ers’ GM King, Deposed; Varejao to Bobcats?
Published 12/4/2007 by David Roth at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... “The only surprising thing about Billy King’s departure from the Philadelphia 76ers,” announces the 700 Level, “is that it didn’t happen sooner.” The Philadelphia Inquirer’s estimable David Aldridge has ...

Those Sneaky Coach Types [Blogdome]
Published 12/4/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... • Jerry Sloan has been coaching the Jazz for a very long time. [InsideHoops] • Is Jacoby Ellsbury really that great? [Cobra Brigade] • So, how are those winter meetings going? [The Sports Hernia] • More potential BCS tweaks. [CollegeGameBalls] • Do those great small college running backs have any chance to make it in the NFL? [One More Dying Quail] • At last, Billy King is gone. [The 700 Level] • The Raptors point guard dance off. [Food Court Lunch] ...

Dec. 4: I'll BLINK to That
Published 12/4/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... for the new regime. I've had numerous Sixers fans here in the office asking me to comment on this. All I can say is: from the Sixers fan persepective, the 700Level.com sums it up best. Caron Butler can ...