Stefanski out with Sixers
General manager Ed Stefanski has been relieved on his duties, the new Sixers owners announced in their introductory press conference.
Stefanski out with Sixers
General manager Ed Stefanski has been relieved of his duties, the new Sixers owners announced in their introductory press conference.
Rod Thorn will remain as team president and will be the “captain of the ship,” according to majority owner Josh Harris.
“We were lucky enough when we bought the team to have two fantastic people doing one job,” Harris said. “We are going to stay with Rod. There are no current plans to replace Ed.”
Speculation had been that Jason Levien, a former NBA player agent and executive with the Sacramento Kings, would be involved in player personnel. Levien is one of the minority owners.
Asked about ownership’s involvement in player personnel, Harris said, “You can be assured that we are interested owners. We will be very focused, with lots of debate about what we do with players. At the end of the day, Rod is the captain of that ship. He will run that part of our organization. We will speak with you through one voice, Rod and Doug [Collins] voice when it comes to players.”
Stefanski has been a frontrunner for the general manager job with the Toronto Raptors. A source said late last week that those talks were moving forward, although reports have said that those talks have hit a snag.
Stefanski was hired as the Sixers president and general manager in 2007 after having served as the GM of the New Jersey Nets. His role was reduced to general manager when Thorn was hired before last season.
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Eddie Jordan, 'nuff said!— JBP- stefanski was over at ed sniders this afternoon blowing leaves.
talks are underway concerning snow removal. maybe he can go back to penn with the other legend in his own mind bilsky.Lets see if the palestra can fit those two inflated coconuts at the same time.
— natedog - ...the office
ED STAN.COMES ALONG AND STRAPS THE SIXERS WORSE THAN THEY WERE BEFORE WITH BAD CONTRACTS.PLEASE,GO TO RAPTERS AND TAKE IGGY AND BRAND WITH U.U WERE AWFUL.- Love it!!! And they cut the price of seats already. I have to fly out now!— Dwayne77
- Now if we can only pry Snider away from the Flyers.....— Atomic Fury
- Stefanski was the Sixers version of Ed Wade. He really did a poor job and it just got worse as the time passed. With new owners, at least we won't hear the annual whispers of Larry Brown returning. Hopefully that will be put to rest forever.
On second thought Billy King might get the Ed Wade Award but if Stefanski had more time, he would give Billy a run for his money.— AvoidSundanceVacations - Aside from hitting "the Shot" that defeated the hated Vanillanova, what did Ed ever accomplish?— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
- ...this press conference will be reenacted in it's entirety by... monkeys!
- How could Toronto possibly justify to its fans hiring Ed S?— boomartin
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- This guy was worse than the guy who preceded him ...— petergou
- Amen. EJ was a ridiculous coach ... and not in a good way.— petergou
- Billy King. Great basketball mind ... yeah, right.— petergou
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
