<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Philadelphia Daily News - Billy King, the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers since May 19, 1998, and the combination president/general manager since May 26, 2003, has a verbal agreement with chairman Ed Snider to extend his contract.</div> <div align="center">Link</div> I always found King as an okay GM/President in our front office, but congrats to him otherwise on the extension. What do you guys think? Did chairman Ed Snider make the right move by keeping BK around for a little bit longer?
Hmmm... Well he did get us some very good players in the past drafts (Korver, Iguodala, Dalembert and Green) or sleepers for that matter. He pulled off that major trade for Webber and while it hasn't paid dividends yet, I think it will next season. Next he hired Jim O'Brien which I believe can potentially be a coach of the year candidate next season. That said I don't see why we can't hold on to him for just a little longer. Not that bad of a decision if you ask me.
Not a bad thing, King is a GM that will get the job done and I think that giving him a extension isn't a bad idea. Although, I really hoped we could sign a GM who has good player relations. What if the 76ers persued Dr.J as their GM, then a lot of players would want to come to Philly because of him.
