Billy King fired by the Sixers!

[rickortreat]

I am surprised by the timing, and not so sure about his replacement, Nets GM Ed Stefanski.

King made a lot of mistakes as Sixers GM, a lot of them were with Larry Brown and a lot of them came after.  The Sixers havent' been a contender for a very long time- failing again and again to build around Iverson, and then ending up trading him and Chris Webber away as net loses to the team.

It makes me wonder why this wasn't done sooner, I guess we may never know unless Mr. Snyder decides to speak.  Then again, he was the same way when he got rid of Flyers GM Bobby Clarke.

The Sixers played a terrible game last night against the Atlanta Hawks.  I couldn't even watch at the end.

[atom2030]

can't wait for bods comments after he returned from dancing through the streets ...
 

[Skandery]

ABOUT TIME!!

[Derek Bodner]

can't wait for bods comments after he returned from dancing through the streets ...
 

http://sixers.realgm.com/articles/114/20071204/sixers%5C_new_direction_leaves_lots_of_questions/

I'm happy about the move, but the timing does seem a little curious to me.  I'm not sure what changed between the offseason and now, which worries me a little if Ed Snider thinks he can retool.  But ultimately, Billy made enough mistakes where it's time to go.

[westkoast]

Was it if the had a decent first month of the season his job was secured for the rest of the year?  I sense some big trades coming from the Sixers this year.  Only reason I say that is it sounds like they wanted to get King out of the way now while they were still able to pull a trigger on a trade rather then waiting until later on in the season.

[Skandery]

I don't think so . . .

About the only thing that's for sure is Maurice Cheeks is definitely going to get fired.  Only question is will they have an interim or will Larry Brown come right in.  If they trade anyone it'll have to be Andre Miller but I think they could've done that without having to fire Billy King.  The King firing is either a Larry Brown or Ed Snider power play, not a way of securing a trade.  I'd be more sure that it was a Brown maneuver IF Stefanski wasn't hired.  Although, Stefanski could just be a GM figure-head in the same vein of a Bernie Bickerstaff (in Charlotte) or Randy Pfund (in Miami).   

[Joe Vancil]

Actually, I think Cheeks is safe until the end of the year, at least.  Hard to win with the team he's got, and Cheeks generally enjoys the support of Philadelphia fans - and that's saying something.