Rodney King Thorn (born May 23, 1941) is an American basketball executive and a former professional player and coach, Olympic Committee Chairman, with...
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King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) 1941 – Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive 1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu...
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Buck Williams – 1982 Derrick Coleman – 1991 NBA Executive of the Year Rod Thorn – 2002 NBA Sportsmanship Award Patty Mills – 2022 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship...
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Hot Rod Hundley’s No. 33 on Times News, 23 Jan 2010 West Virginia to retire Rod Thorn's No. 44 on USA Today, 16 Jan 2020 "WVU basketball to make Rod Thorn...
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season the Bullets pulled off a blockbuster trade, sending Dischinger, Rod Thorn and Don Kojis to the Detroit Pistons for Bailey Howell, Don Ohl, Bob Ferry...
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USA selection committee member Rod Thorn, "Rod, I don't want to play if Isiah Thomas is on the team". In 2020, Thorn and Jordan denied directly mentioning...
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and the resignation of the league's president of basketball operations Rod Thorn that became official in August after the end of the first round. These...
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Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2008. "Rod Thorn Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived...
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well known as well. One of the coaches in 1975 was former NBA player Rod Thorn, who became the NBA's vice president of basketball operations (in essence...
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respectively. He scouted for the White Sox until 1984. Krause replaced Rod Thorn as Chicago Bulls General Manager ahead of the 1985–86 NBA season. Krause's...
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the team as a special assistant to team president and general manager Rod Thorn. VanDeWeghe replaced Ed Stefanski, who left the Nets to join the Philadelphia...
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operations Rod Thorn was the only NBA executive to side with the Bulls (incidentally, Thorn was once the general manager of the Bulls). Thorn argued that...
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John Calipari (1996–1999) John Nash (1999–2000) Rod Thorn (2000–2004) Ed Stefanski (2004–2007) Rod Thorn (2007–2008) Kiki VanDeWeghe (2008–2010) Billy King...
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John Calipari (1996–1999) John Nash (1999–2000) Rod Thorn (2000–2004) Ed Stefanski (2004–2007) Rod Thorn (2007–2008) Kiki VanDeWeghe (2008–2010) Billy King...
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Scotty Robertson # (1979) Jerry Sloan (1979–1982) Phil Johnson # (1982) Rod Thorn # (1982) Paul Westhead (1982–1983) Kevin Loughery (1983–1985) Stan Albeck...
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Bulls lost a coin flip for the right to select first in the NBA draft (Rod Thorn, the Bulls' general manager, called "heads"). Had the Bulls won the toss...
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New Jersey Nets, replacing former Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn. As general manager of the Nets, King's legacy in the NBA was hurt by...
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Nets after being offered the job the previous day by general manager Rod Thorn. He was hired to replace Don Casey, who had been fired on April 26 after...
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Scotty Robertson # (1979) Jerry Sloan (1979–1982) Phil Johnson # (1982) Rod Thorn # (1982) Paul Westhead (1982–1983) Kevin Loughery (1983–1985) Stan Albeck...
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a 31–51 record. On June 2, 2000, the Nets hired as the team president Rod Thorn, a longtime NBA executive best known for drafting Michael Jordan while...
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retain head coach Doug Collins and president of basketball operations Rod Thorn but fired Ed Stefanski, who served as general manager since 2007. For...
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rock musician Rod Thorn (born 1941), American basketball player, coach, and executive Rod Tolbert (born 1967), American former sprinter Rod Wave (born 1999)...
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Scotty Robertson # (1979) Jerry Sloan (1979–1982) Phil Johnson # (1982) Rod Thorn # (1982) Paul Westhead (1982–1983) Kevin Loughery (1983–1985) Stan Albeck...
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following off-season, the Sixers hired Hinkie to succeed DiLeo as GM and Rod Thorn as president. Hinkie became the third Sixers general manager since owner...
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Jernstedt, Tom "Satch" Sanders, Val Ackerman, George Raveling, Al Attles, Rod Thorn and Del Harris. Four inductees in this category are women: Senda Berenson...
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owner Tom Gores". NBA.com. May 24, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2019. Beard, Rod (May 25, 2018). "'Great opportunity': Pistons hire Ed Stefanski as senior...
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2021 George Karl Head coach 1992–1998 2022 Contributors Name Position Tenure Inducted 44 Rod Thorn G 1967–1971 2018 Rick Welts Executive 1969–1979 2018...
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with racial slurs, but the result was that his spit hit a young girl. Rod Thorn, the NBA's president of operations at the time, suspended Barkley, without...
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Mikkelsen Joe Mullaney Tom Nissalke Jim Pollard Gene Rhodes Bill Sharman Rod Thorn In 1999, a new league calling itself the ABA 2000 was established. The...
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male basketball participant to both play and coach in the Olympics. Rod Thorn, the 2nd pick, also had a coaching career. He was the interim head coach...
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