It’s A Wrap
Billy King is Dunzo.
By Khalid Salaam
It’s a small post today, only because we’re busy in the office and I’m too giddy to concentrate but let me say this: New Years Eve came a few weeks early. Today, it’s a celebration b*tches. The Billy King Era is over. Wow that felt good to write. The most inept GM in the L, bar none. I know you guys hate Isiah but BK was underrated in his terribleness, we’re still paying money Chris Webber and Aaron McKie after all. I only have a few dreams—to control a media conglomerate like Rupert Murdoch (minus the tabloid nonsense and right-wing mind control), to somehow convince Jada Pinkett to leave Will (and I like Will but I’m saying.) and for the Sixers (or Eagles) to win a championship. This is the 1st step.
BK was over his head from the get go and everyone knew it, especially rival GM’s. He hasn’t completed any trades in which we’ve come out on top, hasn’t drafted well since ’03, has over paid stiffs like Greg Buckner and has lost the confidence of everyone in the Sixer organization. And he has been amazing in his ability to look at the cameras and tell the fans that things are getting better. Lying to us as if we’re idiots. At least respect us enough to not say anything, even if you know you are prone to making bad decisions. Look how well that’s worked for Andy Reid.
I always refused to give him extra support because he was a black man, even if others did. If anything his tenure as GM was proof that racist business practices are on the way out because he should have been fired at least 2 years ago. He’d been hanging on, affirmative action-like, for too long. He had been getting over anyway. He’s like that family member who keeps getting in trouble with the law and everyone keeps saying he’s a good person he just needs guidance. And there’s that one uncle who just keeps it real and says the truth—dude is a loser and next time he gets locked up I’m not getting him out!! Well that’s me when it comes to BK. I’m the uncle. Uncle Kha. I’ve wanted this guy gone for a minute and the day is finally here. Good riddance. And to this day I can’t tell him and music exec L.A. Reid apart.
51 Responses to “It’s A Wrap”
Dec.4 at 1:25 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Can’t believe I had to wait til after noon for this. I emailed you at like 8 a.m., dude.
Dec.4 at 1:26 pm
Sparker says:
1st. and i’m a big fan of jada too.
Dec.4 at 1:26 pm
Steve O says:
I expected Khalid to break this story
Dec.4 at 1:28 pm
white hot eboy says:
Very happy for you, Khalid. Hopefully they can start to get back some of their winning tradition with dude out on the streets.
Dec.4 at 1:29 pm
H to the izzo says:
Who takes King’s place as sh*tiest GM?
Dec.4 at 1:39 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
I forgot to mention that King hired and fired like 35 head coaches before Cheeks and the jury is still out on him. Non-Sixer fans have no idea of how bad at his job he truly was.
Dec.4 at 1:47 pm
Nadav says:
Kuptchak
Dec.4 at 1:50 pm
Jake Appleman says:
jada over halle and nia? for real?
Dec.4 at 1:58 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
Jake, i’m for real.
Dec.4 at 2:04 pm
Toney Blare says:
congratulations, um…Uncle Kha!
Dec.4 at 2:06 pm
Jake Appleman says:
wow…to each their own, i guess.
Dec.4 at 2:07 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Now that he’s a private citizen and it won’t affect work, you can fulfill your dream of assaulting him on the street.
Dec.4 at 2:19 pm
d.Y. says:
the lifelong sixer fan in me has the sneaking suspicion that this is the beginning of a build to a 2010 playoff run that has promise until the wheels fall off. more people are traded, or walk, and we end up back where we were in 2006 (or 96)
Dec.4 at 2:24 pm
Cheryl says:
Great. Now, can you pass us the ‘Dre Miller please? And Uncle Kha, do keep me in mind in two of those three dreams, will ya?
Dec.4 at 2:36 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I said this in the other post, but what about his 27-year plan? DON’T GIVE UP!
Dec.4 at 2:36 pm
nothin personal says:
I habe to say that I understand your sorrow and joy as a fan, and that you are a terrible, terrible relative who is bitter for being a loser on his own!
Dec.4 at 2:37 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
And if I’m Stefanski, I’m plunging that team to periscope depth RIGHT NOW. Gotta get that top-three pick next year.
Dec.4 at 2:40 pm
Rasheedionics says:
I’m not Billy King’s fan by any stretch of imagination but wasn’t it Larry Brown who really destroyed this team? When Allen Iverson was drafted by Sixers, they had some great players surrounding him to build a championship contender. Wasn’t it Larry Brown who forced the team to trade all these good players for bunch of role players with bad contracts. They kept blaming AI for not being able to play with another star player but I don’t believe that. I think it’s Larry Brown inability to coach a team with more than 1 Star… He could barely keep AI in check. You’re telling AI couldn’t play with Coleman, Tim Thomas, Stackhouse, Jim Jackson, Joe Smith, Brian Shaw, Larry Hughes, Bruce Bowen, Raja Bell, Speedy Claxton and John Salmons??? All those players were traded at Larry Brown’s request… The only and real fault with Billy King is that he didn’t fire Larry Brown.
Dec.4 at 2:46 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Sparker: Apologize.
Dec.4 at 2:47 pm
Co Co says:
Now there’s only one really bad GM with the initials BK.
Dec.4 at 2:57 pm
d.Y. says:
not to give lb props or anything, but it was billy king who let most of those players go… i’m fairly sure lb wasn’t even the coach of some of those players. oh and yes, the answer couldn’t play with coleman, nobody could play with mr “whoop de damn do”
Dec.4 at 2:57 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Also, I’d just like to remind everyone that Khalid is in love with the lead singer of a death metal band:
earplugsrequired.com/bands/ozzfest2005/ww1.jpg
Dec.4 at 2:58 pm
Ryan Jones says:
In case that didn’t work:
http://www.earplugsrequired.com/bands/ozzfest2005/ww1.jpg
Dec.4 at 3:00 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Rasheedionics: Um, you realize that Larry Brown took the Sixers to the Finals? Derrick Coleman? Tim Thomas? What the f*ck are you smoking?
Dec.4 at 3:07 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Love reading Khalid’s views on this…we’ll also have a report from the actual press conference later.
Dec.4 at 3:13 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Also, getting on the Sixers for giving up on Raja Bell and Bruce Bowen is like berating Scarlett Johansson’s sixth-grade boyfriend for not marrying her.
Dec.4 at 3:18 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Yeah, and Max is still p*ssed about that.
Dec.4 at 3:19 pm
B. Lee says:
:-D Tell ‘em how you really feel, Khalid.
Dec.4 at 3:21 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
Cheryl if we give u dre miller will u give us d cook?
Dec.4 at 3:21 pm
d.Y. says:
Giving up on Raja was inexcusable. #1 rule in the NBA (more important thatn that silly defense stuff): Crucians win ball games. Last time Philly was in the Finals… Crucian on the roster. Last 4 times the defending champ Spurs won titles… Crucian on the roster. Coincidence?
Dec.4 at 3:45 pm
Rasheedionics says:
Russ, the point is that Sixers had some players who were really good role players and they got rid of them and got nothing in return… And that Finals appearance wasn’t that impressive to me because there was no chance in hell they were beating anyone who was coming out West that year. Just like Cavs last year. It was pretty much a fluke the way I see it and the case of very weak Eastern Conference.
Dec.4 at 4:01 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
Fluke my ass. Both Toronto and Milwaukee were good teams that we had to beat to get to the Finals. Respect…
Dec.4 at 4:16 pm
nothin personal says:
If only the 76ers have won the NY kindergarden allstars in that trip to the finals, as well as the other teams you mentioned, that would have legitimize their whole effort…
Dec.4 at 4:22 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Rasheedionics, with all due respect, you’re a moron.
Dec.4 at 4:32 pm
d.Y. says:
nothin… what the heck does that mean?
Dec.4 at 4:53 pm
nothin personal says:
That the raptors were inferior to a kindergarden team that year?
Dec.4 at 4:59 pm
Ben Collins says:
I’d like to slow clap this post, Khalid. Remember: Everything’s fine in 2009. Wade. LeBron. Bosh. Cap room. Relatively big market. You can’t mess this up. It’s impossible.
Dec.4 at 5:00 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
O RLY? The Raps went 47-35, had two All-Stars in Vince Carter and Antonio Davis, a talented rookie in Mo Pete, and a somewhat sentient Lenny Wilkens at the helm. Not to mention Charles Oakley, who’s on his way to your house right now to punch you in the face.
Dec.4 at 5:05 pm
d.Y. says:
damn Russ… not playin today.
Dec.4 at 5:22 pm
nothin personal says:
I just never liked Carter as a leader. And Antonio Davis, as much as I love him since he played for Panathinaikos, he was nothing more than a complimentary player after the turn of the millenium. As for Oak, if he can locate Cyprus on the map, he is most welcome to come and try his luck!
Dec.4 at 5:24 pm
nothin personal says:
The bucks though weren’t bad. Especially if you consider that their startng C was Ervin Johnson
Dec.4 at 5:36 pm
Lieutenant Shinysides says:
i dont expect to see this guy anymore
Dec.4 at 5:37 pm
d.Y. says:
I got a shape up by a lady from Cyprus when I was in London. Be warned, nothin, Black folk indeed can read maps and Greece is easily found.
Dec.4 at 5:50 pm
nothin personal says:
I am actually in Greece right now, but Cyprus is a little to the southeast side. iam a Greek Cypriot, though, so it’s cool.
P.s. I have no doubt about balck peopleand map reading, Judging by George W though, I have to doubt that ability for white American!
Dec.4 at 6:13 pm
Cam Jones says:
Oakley is mapquesting Cyprus as we speak
Dec.4 at 7:24 pm
Sko says:
super late Jake, but jada over halle and nia –at once. can you dig it?
Dec.4 at 8:14 pm
Cheryl says:
Khalid didn’t bite. I’m disappointed…
Dec.5 at 1:24 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
cheryl i did respond. i asked if you would trade cook to us for miller?
Dec.5 at 2:35 pm
Cheryl says:
it was actually about the 2 of three dreams. I was expecting you to try to figure out which two. There was a little eroticism involved, but you know, it’s kinda lost it’s flair. sorry ’bout that…
Dec.5 at 2:39 pm
Cheryl says:
and no cook, but you can have shaq…
Dec.11 at 11:32 am
Froggiestyle says:
Everyone needs an Uncle Kha and some good ol fashioned tough love.