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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Pat Williams (1969–1973) Dick Motta (1973–1976) Jon Kovler (1976–1978) Rod Thorn (1978–1985) Jerry Krause (1985–2003) John Paxson (2003–2009) Gar Forman...
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    (2010–2014), Central Michigan (2021–present) Kenny Payne – Louisville (2022–2024) Rod Strickland – LIU (2022–present) K. T. Turner – UT Arlington (2023–present)...
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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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    2007. Retrieved December 18, 2017. Garcia, Julian (April 21, 2008). "Rod Thorn views Vince Carter as playoff team leader for Nets". Daily News. New York...
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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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    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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    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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  • King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) 1941 – Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive 1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu...
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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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  • Inducted Name Position Tenure Inducted Hubie Brown Head coach 1976–1981 2005 22 44 Rod Thorn G 1965–1967 2018 Cotton Fitzsimmons Head coach 1972–1976 2021...
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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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  • 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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    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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    as a contributor for his career as a college basketball broadcaster. 5 Thorn was inducted as a contributor. 6 Collins was inducted as a contributor....
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