Rod Thorn to become Sixers President

[Andrew]

Story @ Yahoo! NBA.

Rod Thorn has reached an agreement to become the new president of the Philadelphia 76ers, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

A formal announcement will come on Thursday.

Thorn will move into the organization over general manager Ed Stefanski, a close friend who worked with Thorn for six seasons with the New Jersey Nets. The embattled Stefanski will stay on under Thorn, keeping with a similar arrangement they had with the Nets.

Seems like a good move to me, he did a pretty good job with the Nets when he arrived there and there was of course that one pick in the 1984 Draft that turned out pretty well.

[Rip32]

So wait, that means Rod Thorn went from New Jersey to Philly and Billy King went from Philly to New Jersey? Either way it's not a bad pick for Philly. Thorn put the right pieces around Jason Kidd to get those 2000's Nets' teams rolling, so maybe he can do the same thing with a similar guy in Evan Turner.

[antho]

I'm a Sixers fan so I hope to god this works. I just hope we can either get a little bit more out of Brand, or trade away that disgusting contract of his.

[Jeffx]

Nets screwed up on this one.

[shadowgrin]

I suddenly remember Dr. J (from Nets to Sixers).