<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">6) Billy King, Philadelphia 76ers Billy King gets through money like I get through beefburgers. It's alarming. In recent years, he has either given out or taken on the contracts of Aaron McKie, Allen Iverson, Chris Webber, Samuel Dalembert, Dikembe Mutombo, Todd MacCulloch, Greg Buckner, Kevin Ollie, Derrick Coleman, Kyle Korver, Marc Jackson, Keith Van Horn, Eric Snow, Steven Hunter, Jamal Mashburn, Glenn Robinson, Brian Skinner, Kenny Thomas, Corliss Williamson, George Lynch - you get the idea. In recent times, he has made absolutely no mistake about spending a lot of money. He traded the expiring contract of Glenn Robinson for Jamal Mashburn and Rodney Rogers, for which all he got was 25 games of Rogers (insurance pays Mashburn's salary, but it still counts against the salary cap). He traded the expiring contract of Derrick Coleman for Corliss Williamson. He gave Iverson $80 million for 4 more years. He threw 6 years at Greg Buckner, then bought him out after 2. He chose to cut his losses and eat the big contract of Aaron McKie. He chose to cut his losses on the massive contract of Eric Snow and gift him away for what amounted to Kevin Ollie and his 5 year contract. (Kedrick Brown, the other piece of the trade, was out of the league within months). He threw $20 million at Brian Skinner, just to hire a coach that wouldn't play him. Speaking of which, he is still paying the contract of previous head coach Jim O'Brien, and has now turned to his fourth head coach in two years. Subsequently, he trades away Marc Jackson for a second round pick citing "payroll concerns". And then gives a five year contract to his replacement, Steven Hunter. Who he then tries to trade away to the Hornets in a bid to save on payroll. Illogical, really, seeing as it was King who created those payroll concerns in the first place. King's best moves have come on draft nights, which over the years have seen him acquire, via either drafting or draft night trades: Larry Hughes, Speedy Claxton, Todd MacCulloch, Nazr Mohammed, Kyle Korver, Sam Dalembert, Willie Green, John Salmons and Andre Iguodala. In 2001, King assembled a team around Allen Iverson that was good enough to get to the NBA Finals. It's what has happened since then, however, that has been the problem. After Dikembe Mutombo's career slowly trickled to a near-stop, King first sought replacement in the softer, whiter Keith Van Horn, before trading him after one season for the equally soft, somewhat blacker Glenn Robinson. Neither of them turned out to be good fits. Numerous years of public clamoring for an inside presence to compensate Iverson led to a trade for Chris Webber to compensate Iverson and the youthful perimeter players picked up through the draft. And even with both players staying relatively healthy, the pairing has not worked, as the team is sub-.500 at the break, barely holding onto the final playoff spot. For such a pricely outlay (a salary cap figure of $75 million this season, already $71 million committed for 2008), that's not a good return. And it's hard to know where to go from here, unless they finally do opt to trade Iverson. Something which can never be ruled out. </div> link: http://realgm.com/src_feature/480/20060221...successful_gms/ lol. look on the bright side. at least we dont have isiah thomas. lol.
At least Zeke tries to improve his team when they are stuggling, I give him that, he tries. Not to mention NY has the money to pay the players they sign, they make what 2 Mill everytime they open up Madison Square Garden.
I think Billy King gets a bad reputation a lot of time due to the team not gelling together, but he does the best job he can to put a winning team out on the court. It just never seems to mesh. I don’t think he is a bad general manager, he just takes a lot of risks, and unfortunately they haven’t really panned out these last few years. He overpays players, but he does not let talent walk out the door without compensation. I’m going to be honest when I heard we acquired Webber last season I was ecstatic, and thought it was a great move, as did many 76ers fans. It just has not panned out.
No surprise to me. He has made a lot of questionable moves, and his image as a GM has taken a hit because of them. He does draft well, I'll give him that. Dalembert (more of a Brown pick), getting Green and Korver in the second round (via trade), and Iguodala.
he does draft well, ill give him that. but now that LB is gone, he better not just give away our draft picks. after all, we dont have a first next year
Another reason why he's up there: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Billy King will continue to work the phones until the NBA trade deadline of 3 p.m. today, but the president and general manager of the 76ers said last night that he didn't expect to pull the trigger on a deal. "If we do it, it will be minor, because there's really nothing we'd like to do," King said in a meeting with reporters before last night's game between the Sixers and the Cleveland Cavaliers . "It takes two teams, but at this point in time, there's nothing that we can get done."</div> http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives...ed_to_stay_put/ Ugh.
