From Realgm.com: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Sonics granted the New Jersey Nets permission Sunday to speak with former general manager Rick Sund about the Nets' vacant GM position. Sund, who is a consultant with the Sonics after being fired in June, is in the final year of his contract. The Nets' job became open when Ed Stefanski left to become GM of the Philadelphia 76ers . When Sund was relieved of his duties by now-departed vice president Lenny Wilkens, he remained with the organization but did not want to step on the toes of new management with any suggestions. So he has essentially remained out of the spotlight, except for an appearance on Fox Sports Northwest as a Sonics analyst last week.</div></p> LINK!</p> Wow. What the hell? Rick Sund? This better just be talking. And not anything serious. I don't want Rick Sund in New Jersey.</p>
See: Every Sonics Draft pick since June 1, 2001.</p> http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SEA/draft.html</p> And just think about all the transactions they've done, the shitty FA they've signed...only to come out with 1 winning season.</p>
That drafting record is mixed- there's certainly an eye for catching 2nd round steals there. The glaring error was taking Sene 10th, but remember the Nets were thinking of trading their 2 picks to do exactly that.</p>
He's not that bad at drafting. Any other team would have picked those same players and made the same mistake.</p> He is good for finding gems in the second round though like lukewarmplay stated.</p>
Seems Thorn just wants a personnel guy, scout type. don't know with his years in the league that Sund would want to do that. The only good thing about it is that you may have the early jump when Thorn decides to step down.</p>
<table width="650" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="30" bgcolor="#003366" colspan="4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ffffff">Rick Sund Seattle SuperSonics <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#003366">...</font> <select onchange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,1)" name="select"> <option selected="selected">General Managers</option> <option value="billy_knight.htm">ATL: Billy Knight</option> <option value="danny_ainge.htm">BOS: Danny Ainge</option> <option value="bernie_bickerstaff.htm">CHA: Bernie Bickerstaff</option> <option value="john_paxson.htm">CHI: John Paxson</option> <option value="danny_ferry.htm">CLE: Danny Ferry</option> <option value="donnie_nelson.htm">DAL: Donnie Nelson</option> <option value="mark_warkentien.htm">DEN: Mark Warkentien</option> <option value="joe_dumars.htm">DET: Joe Dumars</option> <option value="chris_mullin.htm">GSW: Chris Mullin</option> <option value="daryl_morey.htm">HOU: Daryl Morey</option> <option value="larry_bird.htm">IND: Larry Bird</option> <option value="elgin_baylor.htm">LAC: Elgin Baylor</option> <option value="mitch_kupchak.htm">LAL: Mitch Kupchak</option> <option value="chris_wallace.htm">MEM: Chris Wallace</option> <option value="randy_pfund.htm">MIA: Randy Pfund</option> <option value="larry_harris.htm">MIL: Larry Harris</option> <option value="kevin_mchale.htm">MIN: Kevin McHale</option> <option value="rod_thorn.htm">NJN: Rod Thorn</option> <option value="jeff_bower.htm">NOH: Jeff Bower</option> <option value="isiah_thomas.htm">NYK: Isiah Thomas</option> <option value="otis_smith.htm">ORL: Otis Smith</option> <option value="ed_stefanski.htm">PHI: Ed Stefanski</option> <option value="steve_kerr.htm">PHO: Steve Kerr</option> <option value="kevin_pritchard.htm">POR: Kevin Pritchard</option> <option value="geoff_petrie.htm">SAC: Geoff Petrie</option> <option value="rc_buford.htm">SAS: RC Buford</option> <option value="sam_presti.htm">SEA: Sam Presti</option> <option value="bryan_colangelo.htm">TOR: Bryan Colangelo</option> <option value="kevin_oconnor.htm">UTA: Kevin O'Connor</option> <option value="ernie_grunfeld.htm">WAS: Ernie Grunfeld</option> </select> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left" rowspan="3"></td> <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left" rowspan="3" bordercolor="#CCCCCC"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seasons: 6 Playoffs: 2 Division Titles: 1 Conference Titles: 0 NBA Titles: 0</font></td> <td valign="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left" rowspan="3" bordercolor="#CCCCCC"></td> <td width="425" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Best transaction: Traded guards Gary Payton and Desmond Mason to the Milwaukee Bucks for guards Ray Allen, Kevin Ollie and Ronald Murray and a conditional 2003 first-round draft pick on February 20, 2003.</font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="425" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Worst transaction: Signed center Calvin Booth on August 3, 2001.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="425" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Executive of the Year: Never.</font></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#003366" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#ffffff">TRANSACTIONS:</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SEASON 2006-07</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">April 24 2007 Named team consultant. April 11 2007 Signed guard Randy Livingston. January 25 2007 Signed forward Andre Brown for the remainder of the season. January 15 2007 Signed forward Andre Brown to a second 10-day contract. January 5 2007 Signed forward Andre Brown to a 10-day contract. January 4 2007 Waived guard Desmon Farmer and center Andreas Glyniadakis. November 5 2006 Signed center Andreas Glyniadakis and waived guard Kareem Rush. October 31 2006 Signed forward Nick Collison to a contract extension. October 30 2006 Signed guard Luke Ridnour to a contract extension. October 26 2006 Waived guards Milt Palacio and Denham Brown. October 20 2006 Waived forward Kenny Adeleke and exercised the contract options on centers Robert Swift and Johan Petro through 2007-08. October 2 2006 Signed guard Denham Brown. September 29 2006 Signed guards Milt Palacio, Desmon Farmer and Kareem Rush and forward Kenny Adeleke. August 15 2006 Re-signed forward Chris Wilcox. July 27 2006 Traded forward Mikki Moore to the New Jersey Nets for a 2009 second-round pick. July 12 2006 Signed forward Mickael Gelabale. July 10 2006 Signed center Saer Sene. Draft 2006 Selected center Saer Sene (10th overall pick) and guards Denham Brown (40th overall pick) and Yotam Halperin (53rd overall pick). June 23 2006 Tendered a qualifying offer to forward Chris Wilcox. June 7 2006 Named Gordon Chiesa assistant coach.</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SEASON 2005-06</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">April 17 2006 Exercised the contract option on head coach Bob Hill through 2007-08. March 22 2006 Signed forward Noel Felix for the remainder of the season. March 12 2006 Signed forward Noel Felix to a second 10-day contract. March 8 2006 Signed forward Marcus Fizer to a 10-day contract. March 2 2006 Signed forward Noel Felix to a 10-day contract. March 1 2006 Waived forward Bryon Russell. February 28 2006 Waived guard Rick Brunson. February 23 2006 Traded Reggie Evans to the Denver Nuggets and center Vitaly Potapenko to the Sacramento Kings for guard Earl Watson, forward Bryon Russell, a 2008 second-round pick and cash from the Denver Nuggets; traded guard Ronald Murray to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mike Wilks. February 14 2006 Traded forward Vladimir Radmanovic to the Los Angeles Clippers for forward Chris Wilcox. February 7 2006 Signed Mateen Cleaves to a second 10-day contract. January 28 2006 Signed Mateen Cleaves to a 10-day contract. January 20 2006 Named Detlef Schrempf assistant coach. January 4 2006 Waived guard Mateen Cleaves. January 3 2006 Fired head coach Bob Weiss and named Bob Hill interim head coach. October 11 2005 Named Brendan Malone basketball operations consultant. October 6 2005 Exercised the contract options on guard Luke Ridnour and forward Nick Collison through 2006-07. October 4 2005 Re-signed forward Reggie Evans to a one-year qualifying offer. September 30 2005 Re-signed guard Mateen Cleaves. September 27 2005 Re-signed guard Ronald Murray to a one-year qualifying offer. September 21 2005 Re-signed forward Vladimir Radmanovic to a one-year qualifying offer. August 31 2005 Signed forward Mikki Moore. August 26 2005 Named Bob Hill and Ralph Lewis assistant coaches. August 24 2005 Matched the offer sheet tendered by the Minnesota Timberwolves to forward Damien Wilkins. August 23 2005 Re-signed center Vitaly Potapenko. August 5 2005 Signed guard Rick Brunson. August 3 2005 Re-signed guard Ray Allen. August 1 2005 Signed Jack Sikma to a contract extension and named Walt Rock assistant coach. July 18 2005 Named Bob Weiss head coach. July 12 2005 Signed center Johan Petro. June 30 2005 Extended qualifying offers to guard Ronald Murray and forwards Vladimir Radmanovic, Reggie </font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Evans and Damien Wilkins. Draft 2005 Selected center Johan Petro (25th overall pick) and forwards Mickael Gelabale (48th overall </font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">pick) and Lawrence Roberts (55th overall pick). Traded the draft rights to forward Lawrence Roberts to the Memphis Grizzlies for cash </font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">considerations.</font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> June 22 2005 Signed a three-year contract extension.</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SEASON 2004-05</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">January 31 2005 Waived guard Ibrahim Kutluay. November 5 2004 Signed guard Mateen Cleaves. October 28 2004 Waived guards Mateen Cleaves and Galen Young. October 15 2004 Waived guards David Young and Carl English. October 7 2004 Waived forward Leon Smith. October 4 2004 Signed guards Mateen Cleaves, Carl English and Galen Young and forwards Damien Wilkins and Leon Smith. September 22 2004 Signed guard Ibrahim Kutluay. September 1 2004 Signed guard David Young. July 26 2004 Traded center Calvin Booth to the Dallas Mavericks for forward Danny Fortson. July 14 2004 Signed center Robert Swift. Draft 2004 Selected center Robert Swift (12th overall pick) and guard Andre Emmett (35th overall pick) and David Young (41st overall pick). Traded the draft rights to guard Andre Emmett to the Memphis Grizzlies for a future second-round pick and cash considerations.</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SEASON 2003-04</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">April 7 2003 Signed forward Leon Smith to a 10-day contract. October 22 2003 Exercised the contract option on forward Vladimir Radmanovic through 2004-05. October 1 2003 Waived guard Joseph Forte. September 28 2003 Signed center Predrag Drobnjak and traded him to the Los Angeles Clippers for a second-round pick. September 27 2003 Re-signed forward Reggie Evans. July 19 2003 Signed guard Antonio Daniels. July 9 2003 Signed guard Luke Ridnour. July 7 2003 Signed forward Nick Collison. Draft 2003 Selected forward Nick Collison (12th overall pick) and guards Luke Ridnour (14th overall pick) and Willie Green (41st overall pick). Traded the draft rights to guard Willie Green to the Seattle SuperSonics for the draft rights to guard Paccelis Morlende.</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SEASON 2002-03</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <td height="22" colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">February 20 2003 Traded guards Gary Payton and Desmond Mason to the Milwaukee Bucks for guards Ray Allen, Kevin Ollie and Ronald Murray and a conditional 2003 first-round draft pick; traded guard Kenny Anderson to the New Orleans Hornets for center Elden Campbell. October 24 2002 Waived guard Miles Simon. October 23 2002 Waived forward Kei Madison. October 9 2002 Released guard Sean Colson, forward Jameel Watkins and centers Eric Chenowith, Jonathan Kerner and Ron Rollerson. September 19 2002 Re-signed forward Rashard Lewis to a seven-year contract. August 21 2002 Signed forward Ansu Sesay to a two-year contract. August 19 2002 Exercised the contract option on guard Desmond Mason through 2003-04. July 22 2002 Traded forward Vin Baker and guard Shammond Williams to the Boston Celtics for center Vitaly Potapenko and guards Kenny Anderson and Joseph Forte. July 18 2002 Signed center Jerome James to a three-year contract. Draft 2002 Selected center Peter Fehse (49th overall pick).</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td colspan="4"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SEASON 2001-02</font></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <td height="22" colspan="4"> <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">April 9 Signed forward Ansu Sesay for the remainder of the season March 29 2002 Signed guard Randy Livingston for the remainder of the season; signed forward Ansu Sesay to a 10-day contract. March 19 2002 Signed guard Randy Livingston to a second 10-day contract. March 9 2002 Signed guard Randy Livingston to a 10-day contract. September 8 2001 Signed forward Vladimir Radmanovic, their first-round pick in the 2001 draft, to a three-year contract with a club option. August 3 2001 Signed restricted free agent center Calvin Booth, who had been with the Dallas Mavericks, to an offer sheet. Draft 2001 Selected forward Vladimir Radmanovic (12th overall pick), guard Earl Watson (40th overall pick) and forward Bobby Simmons (42nd overall pick). Traded the draft rights to forward Bobby Simmons to the Washington Wizards for the draft rights to center Predrag Drobnjak.</font></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
Apparently the main requirement for this job is to be follicly challenged. So here is my guess as who ends up being the Nets next GM</p> </p>
How about Chris Mullin....with the knowledge that he would one day step into Thorn's role....Brooklyn native.</p>
