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Sixers GM Billy King Fired
It was about time. His replacement, Ed Stefanski, will be named tomorrow at a press conference.
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  • Patrick 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 respond (flag)
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Hoops and Other Pop Culturehttp://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 ...

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ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... (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 ...

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