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.
Eddie Jordan, the most inept coach of the 76ers, ever. From Alex Hannum to Eddie Jordan, what does that say about how low the team has sunken since '82?— petergou- BRUTAL was all I'll remember about Stefanski!!!!!— twpman1
- Maybe Stefanski can go to the Astros with another Famous Ed..— DelcoDiva
- Stefanski should go back to selling used cars.— jimclements
- It's amazing that the fans have gotten what they've wanted: no more three-Edded monster (Snider, Stefanski, Jordan). Now all we'd want is for one of the youngsters (Jrue, ET, Lou, Thad) to evolve into a superstar -- it'd be OK, of course, if all four simply became borderline all-stars.— Leegles
- NO TO MONTA ELLIS!! NO!! monta ellis AND LOU!! man hell no. too many guards. I HATE SMALL GUARDS! useless. iverson was the exception. jrue has IT as a ballhandler. HE'S ALL THE GUARD WE NEED! jodie, jrue, and turner. should be the guard rotation. the rest should be forwards and centers. lou is in the doghouse. with a 1 ft chain no food no water.— combocancer1975
- eddie jordan was his downfall. omg that decision was so bad. sooooooooo bad. i remember begging him not to do it. i would have rather seen him give laimbeer or cassell a shot. but eddie jordan? a waste of time. other than eddie jordan. nothing negative to say.— combocancer1975
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.
