Newman Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Source Former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Billy King has accepted an executive position to run basketball operations for the New Jersey Nets and will be formally introduced at a news conference Thursday. King and former Cleveland Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry both interviewed for the position over the weekend and were the frontrunners for the job over former Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard. Jeff Bower, fired on Tuesday as the New Orleans Hornets' GM, had also interviewed for the position but pulled his name out of consideration earlier this month.King was president of the 76ers from 2003 through December of 2007, when he was fired by team chairman Ed Snider and replaced by Ed Stefanski -- ironically, the GM of the Nets at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
His Greatness Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 lmao The rest of New Jersey's cap space is going to be sapped by mediocre players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Mikhail Prokhorov loves the Duke boys from the coach, to Z and now to Billy King. I REALLY hope he has no control over the moves our GM makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
His Greatness Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 He should have full control over every move that Billy King makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Just get a scorer on this team. Melo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Just get a scorer on this team. Melo?He isn't making the moves I've been hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 ...turns out he was hired as GM, not President. [expletive] me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 , [expletive]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Of course he's GM. What do you think running basketball operations means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Of course he's GM. What do you think running basketball operations means?Reports were he was President. We are [expletive]ing stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 You guys are gonna be in cap hell...terrible hire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 How? Thorn gave him 15 mil, young players, small contracts.. Nothing past 3 years for anyone I think.. King has NO excuse for failure with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 How? Thorn gave him 15 mil, young players, small contracts.. Nothing past 3 years for anyone I think.. King has NO excuse for failure with that. You don't know Billy King that well, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 I know how he was with the sixers but he has a good situation here .. I don't see how he can fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 I know how he was with the sixers but he has a good situation here .. I don't see how he can fail. Billy King had an in his prime Iverson when he was here...and you know how THAT turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 lol please don't screw this up Billy! That's all I have to say. Hopefully he doesn't do Harris dirty though .. I would only move Harris if it involved Deron Williams or Chris Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 he will maybe be a good GM you never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx. Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 eh... would have loved to get Pritchard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 eh... would have loved to get PritchardI personally think Nets are grooming Bobby Marks but does not have enough connects to be a full time guy. The moves will be made going through him, Avery and King IMO. That really explains why we didn't get Pritchard because I assume he wanted the full control over the moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 I personally think Nets are grooming Bobby Marks but does not have enough connects to be a full time guy. The moves will be made going through him, Avery and King IMO. That really explains why we didn't get Pritchard because I assume he wanted the full control over the moves. spot on. What I was thinkin also.. I am over pritchard now .. We have good staff now in the front office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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