76ers appoints new president 16/08/2010 |
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Former New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn has taken up the same role with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Thorn left the Nets in June after the franchise’s takeover by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
Ed Stefanski, who worked under Thorn in New Jersey before joining the 76ers in 2007 as president and general manager, will remain with the National Basketball Association team as its GM, the 76ers confirmed in a statement.
“Rod is one of the most respected basketball minds in the game today,” Ed Snider, chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the 76ers, said. “When we learned that he would not be re-signing with the Nets, we realised that this would be a terrific opportunity to bring one of the top executives in the NBA to the Sixers.”
Thorn, an NBA player from 1963-1971, was the Chicago Bulls’ GM from 1978-1985, drafting Hall of Famer Michael Jordan in 1984.
Following his decision to leave the Nets, the team hired Billy King as GM in July. King was president of the 76ers from 2003 to 2007.
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