Billy King new Nets' GM
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Billy King new Nets' GM
Former 76ers general manager Billy King has been named the New Jersey Nets’ new general manager.
King was hired Wednesday to replace Rod Thorn as the team’s top executive, new owner Mikhail Prokhorov announced in a release.
Thorn is stepping aside as president and general manager on Friday. He has said he simply wants a change of scenery after a decade of running the team.
Prokhorov said on Tuesday his new chief executive would control both the job as president and general manager, something Thorn did in recent months after general manager Kiki Vandeweghe’s contract was not renewed.
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ite483, what city were you living in? Billy King was a terrible GM who kept making moves that kept him from having Cap Space. He finally figured out at the end o fhis sixers run that it was better to have money available on the books than it was to sign averge or potential players to long term deals. Unfortunately, as soon as he figured it out and had cap space, he was fired so Uncle Eddy could come in and make basically the same mistakes that he did all over again.— Setdawgy- King's fatal flaw was that he had to answer to Larry Brown. If King had his way, we would have paired Paul Pierce or Dirk Nowitzki with A.I. instead of Larry Hughes, whom Brown loved. I salivate imagining how good that team could have been if Larry Brown didn't have the power to muck up every draft from 1997 through 2002.— WhizWit
- Jay Z would have been a better hire. But Billy always seemed to like Iggy - even though he didn't make the cap-crushing deal (only Slow Eddie could have pulled that off), maybe he'll be interested in getting him back.— boomartin
- ite483, that makes no sense. King gave big contracts to a ton of guys. So he was responsible for no cap space.— JonKap
- Billy King's best move was signing Kenny Thomas to a 7 year deal which just ran out last season.— CallerNo9
- Future Headline: After 5 years of failure, Billy King missing. Main Suspects: Russian Mob.— TradeIggyNow
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ummmmmmmmmmm... King created the "philly max" we will never know what he would have done with it... He had Brand in sight though... Brand, 2 no 1's lou and thad. For Damp and Captain Jack!!!!!!!!!!!! CUT DAMP!!!!!!!!!! Jrue, Captain jack, Iguodala, T Mac, Smith.— combocancer1975- In related news, the Nets sign Kenny Thomas to a six year 100 million dollar contract.— mjb
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- I can't say I think that Nets made a good hire here. The posters have done a good job describing King's mistakes. King seemed to make a lot of friends in the media, and I think that, and questionable ownership, allowed him to keep his job as long as he did. King's firing showed, to this point, that the 76ers had other problems besides him, though. Other teams are moving players, being aggressive; the 76ers keep looking for more ways to market Evan Turner and keep his name in the headlines.— 76erfn
- Did he get hired on the basis of his "stellar" performance for the Sixers? It will be interesting to see who is judged better after this year, Billy or Ed...— JohnFC
- He had no cap space because HE gave so many mediocre players 6 year contracts HE was the reason they had no cap space.— mbutley
- So the Nets couldn't get King James so they got Billy King instead??— Prego614
- Comcast tied BK's hands because they were looking to sell the team. To move AI and to blow up the team was to rebuild was to lose games was to lose attendance was to reduce the value of the team. He admitted last year that he wanted to blow this thing up long before he finally got the go ahead. Comcast tied BK's hands. We would have been better off if they had let him do what was needed to rebuild instead of trying to win with Iverson being the best player on a team that was maxed out at the cap. Business decisions...BK takes the fall from fans who don't know any better— mold1103
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