Sund not signed back yet...good or bad?

[AHF]

Those clowns already cost us the NHL in Atlanta for God only knows how many years

I don't expect a return for many, many years. They did everything they could to poison that well.

[macdaddy]

With the thrashers burdon gone i'm afraid that they think they can actually be successful owners in the nba.

[Sothron]

I don't expect a return for many, many years. They did everything they could to poison that well.

The only hope I have is that all the NHL people and the media blamed the owners and not the market over it. If we got a new ownership for the Hawks and the arena I do believe the NHL would be open to putting a team back here. Their problem was with the A$G not the city itself.

[Swatguy]

Drew knew Marshall was the real deal, that's why Jr. took the midnight train to LA after he lost the position. If LD is going to reject a needed player for some petty s... He needs to be fired ASAP and never given another NBA job again if even college or HS.

It wasn't Jrs. choice to leave. His parents made the decision. Jr. will be fine in LA.

[lethalweapon3]

Didn't see this elsewhere yet, but according to WIP radio in Philly, Sund's on the not-very-shortlist of interviewees for Rod Thorn's President/GM job (I think Thorn would stay on as President this season, then will become a consultant as his contract expires):

https://twitter.com/...436201515384832

Sixers interviewing candidates for Thorn’s job. Danny Ferry, Dennis Lindsey, Jeff Bower, Troy Weaver, Rick Sund, John Hammond all candidates

http://www.philly.co...horn_s_job.html

PHILADELPHIA - Whether the Philadelphia 76erss need wholesale changes or a tweak here or there this offseason, the first change appears to be with the man charged with making those moves.

The Sixers are currently interviewing potential replacements for president of basketball operations Rod Thorn, team sources told the Philadelphia Daily News on Monday.

The team has received permission to talk with personnel executives from some teams, a source said. The Sixers also have been turned down by some organizations.

Potential candidates, according to league sources, include San Antonio vice president of operations Danny Ferry; Spurs assistant GM Dennis Lindsey; Jeff Bower, who was a general manager for the New Orleans Hornets; Oklahoma City assistant GM Troy Weaver; Atlanta GM Rick Sund, whose contract expires at the end of June; and Milwaukee GM John Hammond, who has a year remaining on his deal. Hammond, who was denied permission to talk to Portland last month, was an assistant coach for Doug Collins with Detroit.

The Sixers' interview group consists of owner Josh Harris, CEO Adam Aron, Collins and Thorn, a source said.

Thorn, 71, took a similar role in identifying his successor in New Jersey when the Nets hired Billy King as general manager in 2010.

Thorn is entering the final year of his three-year contract as president, but the deal he signed in August 2010 with then-chairman Ed Snider included a provision for Thorn to become a part-time consultant for five years after his contract expired.A team source said that the process of replacing Thorn could take up to a year, which is why the search has started now. If "Mr. Right" were to come along in the near future, the Sixers would make the hire and Thorn would assume his part-time role immediately. The search did not start until after the Sixers' run into the second round of the playoffs had ended, the source said.

The source indicated that the organization is in no way trying to remove Thorn from his position; rather, it is trying to start a process that could take a while to complete, maybe even until Thorn's contract has expired.

One has to wonder, though, as the relationship between Collins and Thorn has appeared to be cool at times and downright cold at others. Both are extremely competitive individuals, and the butting of heads certainly had to be expected. But the source denied there was anything behind this move other than getting a head start on what might be a long process.

When Thorn came to the Sixers, he was reunited with GM Ed Stefanski, whom he worked with in New Jersey in a similar arrangement. That lasted for one season. In one of their first acts last November, the new ownership group relieved Stefanski of his duties and centralized basketball operations with Thorn and Collins.

~lw3

Edited June 12, 2012 by lethalweapon3

[frosgrim]

I think one of the big problems with selling the team is that Gearon wants to keep his ownership.In terms of Sund, I don't think it matters that much. He implements direction from Gearon Jr. The place Sund has the most influence is probably signing the min level vets. My guess is that he took point on most of those negotiations, but in terms of team direction and trading of "core" players, that is all Gearon.