<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Today's 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline? Billy King says that if you've already read about something the 76ers are doing, or heard about it, it's not happening. That, the 76ers president/general manager said before last night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, includes an ESPN report about a prospective deal with Denver for Allen Iverson. But believe this: The Nuggets did call, and there was at least some level of discussion. You can equally believe that, despite a report on local TV about a two- or three-team deal involving Iverson and the Atlanta Hawks, that was far enough out of the blue to catch even King by surprise. And while it is true that King called Seattle asking about the availability of Ray Allen or Rashard Lewis, that was simply in the category of due diligence, no different from various teams asking about Iverson. King indicated that the Sixers might do "something minor," but doubted anything major would happen. The first minor thing that happened was that they chose not to re-sign backup big man Zendon Hamilton for the remainder of the season after his second 10-day contract expired. "We'd like to do something [major], but it takes two teams," King said. "At this point in time, there's nothing we can get done." The ESPN report indicated a deal with the Nuggets could include power forward Nene, guard Earl Watson and possibly draft choices. As that report appeared, an Eastern Conference executive asked King whether it was true that the Sixers were acquiring Kenyon Martin. (An executive from yet another Eastern team indicated the Nuggets' offer included Martin and Watson.) King acquired Chris Webber, Michael Bradley and Matt Barnes from Sacramento at last season's deadline for Kenny Thomas, Brian Skinner and Corliss Williamson. "Last year, we were able to do something major, but I don't think you do a lot of deals at this point in time," King said. "You have a lot of teams trying to get rid of money, [and] a lot of people don't want to take money in." That would seem to preclude the Sixers using their $4.5 million midlevel exception, their $4.45 million trade exception or the expiring $10 million-plus contract of the injured Jamal Mashburn; they want no part of paying large luxury-tax penalties. In an e-mail response Tuesday evening, King said, "We're not trading Allen." Last night, he said, "People always ask about him, just like I ask about other superstars; that's your job, to ask, especially when what's written in the paper are a lot of false rumors - it makes other teams want to call." And when teams call about Iverson? "I said no," King replied.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting B-22:</div><div class="quote_post">I guess someone thinks the 76ers can actually win than.</div> Nope, not really. Our owner pretty much said on the radio that we are far from a winning ball club. Although that is true, you'd expect people in the organization to be more optimistic than that, considering they are the ones who made the moves in the first place trying to win now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BigMo763:</div><div class="quote_post">Nope, not really. Our owner pretty much said on the radio that we are far from a winning ball club. Although that is true, you'd expect people in the organization to be more optimistic than that, considering they are the ones who made the moves in the first place trying to win now.</div> I didn?t hear that part I heard him say although we are an inconsistent team we still are an exciting team to watch, and he wishes the fans would come out to more games. He also said he thought the fans where a bit spoiled in getting to see AI so much that they don?t appreciate him as much as they should.
The owner says that, yet he does nothing to push this team into getting some better players? I know he isn't the GM but he has to put input into his own team. He wonders why fans don't even go to games?
He's not a basketball guy. He cares more about the Flyers than he does the Sixers, and Billy King is pretty much the guy running everything. Our problems not only involve our players, but our front office as well.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Mercury News - The New York Post and TNT reported that the Sixers came very close to dealing Allen Iverson to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for players including Nene Hilario, Earl Watson and Voshon Lenard. The reports said Sixers chairman Ed Snider signed off on the deal but was overruled by the board of directors of Comcast Spectacor, the team's parent company. </div> That's Comcast stepping in and basically saying NO. Because no AI (superstar) = No money being brought into the company
so basically what you are saying is unless the sixers trade AI for a superstar, he cant be traded because comcast will overrule all trades? thats BS, and this front office really has problems
Ticket sales are way down this year. Which means there is no money coming in to the company. They have gone so far as having "Trade your Gun in for tickets" and "Get 2 free tickets when you spend 90.00 and over in Modells". They are getting desparate. Trading AI would only make it worse. They would have to get someone in here, for example: Dirk, Ray Allen, KG, etc. Those were just examples. Remember it's a business.
Yes, with our management it is a business. They really haven't shown that they care about winning, which is really no surprise to me. The reason they keep Allen around this year is they still have some hope of building around him. I also have that hope, and I believe he can lead a team to a championship. However, the front office has done very little to build a team around Iverson that will be successful, and that is their fault, nobody elses. We are ranked second in the league in road attendance, and that keeps the money coming in despite the lack of home support.
