Thorn joins Sixers as club president
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08/12/2010 -
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rod Thorn wasn't out of work long, as the
former New Jersey Nets president has landed the same role with the
Philadelphia 76ers.
Thorn spent 10 years as team president and general manager of the Nets, but
announced last month he was stepping down. New Jersey then named former Sixers
general manager Billy King as their new GM.
In his new role, Thorn will be working with Sixers general manager Ed
Stefanski, who took over for King in December 2007 and had held the dual roles
of GM and president. Thorn and Stefanski worked together for seven years with
the Nets.
"I look forward to working with him as we go forward," Thorn said at a
Thursday press conference. "He understands me and I think I understand him. I
think we make a good team."
The 69-year-old Thorn was the NBA's Executive Vice President of Basketball
Operations from 1986-2000. Before that he served as GM of the Chicago Bulls
and was instrumental in the club's selection of Michael Jordan in the 1984
draft.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to do some really good things here," remarked Thorn.
"I've done a lot of different things over the course of time in professional
basketball. Having seen many different organizations, that's the key thing,
you have to have passion to win."
Thorn said his decision to resign with the Nets was in fact that, and he was
not forced out with the new ownership. He added that the Nets offered him a
lucrative contract to remain with the franchise.
"Over my time with the Nets, most of it was great," said Thorn. "The last few
years we dismantled the team, on purpose, because of a corporate decision and
that wasn't much fun. My feeling is, that time had run its course there."
Thorn helped build a Nets franchise that reached the NBA Finals in 2002 and
2003. The team went to the playoffs for six consecutive years from 2001-02
until 2006-07, then began to falter before this past season's club went a
franchise-worst 12-70.
The Sixers were 27-55 this past season and will start the 2010-11 campaign
with a new coach in Doug Collins.
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Barry Bonds is a 50-1 long shot to be this year's home run champ odds. The favorite to be this year's home run champ is none other than Albert Pujols, however.
Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.
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