Sixers hire Thorn as president

The Philadelphia 76ers have hired Rod Thorn as their team president.

For Thorn, the new job is not so different or far from the old one. Thorn held the same position with the New Jersey Nets.

He decided to leave the Nets when the new Russian ownership group took over, but wanted to still be involved with the NBA.

Thorn will move above general manager Ed Stefanski, who he worked with for six seasons in New Jersey.

Stefanski is an old friend of Thorn’s but finds himself on the hot seat, which could lead to an awkward situation.

Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 5:10 pm by steve

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