ARRIVALS:
–F Andres Nocioni (trade with Kings)
–C Spencer Hawes (trade with Kings)
–C Tony Battie (free agent from Nets)
DEPARTURES:
–C Samuel Dalembert (traded to Kings)
PLAYER NOTES:
–F/G Andre Iguodala called the hiring of Rod Thorn “definitely a step in the right direction. He was with Ed Stefanski in Jersey when they went to the Finals two years in a row. We’re going to make moves to get better.”
–Representatives for G Allen Iverson have unsuccessfully contacted the Sixers, Nets and numerous other NBA teams to see if they’d be interested in Iverson playing for them in 2010-11. It’s a tough sell after a season in which he played three games for the Grizzlies before leaving the team, then playing 25 for the Sixers before sitting out the rest of the season, in part because of his daughter’s unspecified illness. Iverson spent his first 10-plus NBA seasons in Philly.
–G Willie Green said participating in Basketball without Borders in Senegal this summer was a life-changing and humbling experience. “It really makes you appreciate the style of living that we’re able to have in being fortunate enough to play basketball for a living,” Green said. “Being here so makes you appreciate the things we have, the things we love. It really brings you back to reality.”

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

–F Andres Nocioni didn’t end up participating in the FIBA World Championship for Argentina. After looking at his MRI, the Sixers invoked a clause in his contract forbidding him to play because the team said his sprained left ankle, which he injured in a July 31 workout with the Argentine national team, hadn’t healed sufficiently to allow him to play without risking further injury. Nocioni, who was apparently going to try to practice two days before the tournament began, announced he wouldn’t play after the Sixers told him to “stop all basketball and impact activity” until the start of training camp.
–The Sixers will hold media day Sept. 27, with camp starting the next day at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. They open the regular season Oct. 27 against the visiting Miami Heat.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “Everyone has an ego — some are bigger than others. My personality’s not one to stay down very long. My pity party lasted about a half-hour and I was fine after that. Nothing’s going to keep me down. It’s a positive because it’s a mentor and one of my best friends.” — GM Ed Stefanski, on his reaction to learning the Sixers had hired Rod Thorn, who was his boss with the Nets, to succeed him as team president.

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

ARRIVALS:
–F Andres Nocioni (trade with Kings)
–C Spencer Hawes (trade with Kings)
–C Tony Battie (free agent from Nets)
DEPARTURES:
–C Samuel Dalembert (traded to Kings)
PLAYER NOTES:
–F/G Andre Iguodala called the hiring of Rod Thorn “definitely a step in the right direction. He was with Ed Stefanski in Jersey when they went to the Finals two years in a row. We’re going to make moves to get better.”
–Representatives for G Allen Iverson have unsuccessfully contacted the Sixers, Nets and numerous other NBA teams to see if they’d be interested in Iverson playing for them in 2010-11. It’s a tough sell after a season in which he played three games for the Grizzlies before leaving the team, then playing 25 for the Sixers before sitting out the rest of the season, in part because of his daughter’s unspecified illness. Iverson spent his first 10-plus NBA seasons in Philly.
–G Willie Green said participating in Basketball without Borders in Senegal this summer was a life-changing and humbling experience. “It really makes you appreciate the style of living that we’re able to have in being fortunate enough to play basketball for a living,” Green said. “Being here so makes you appreciate the things we have, the things we love. It really brings you back to reality.”

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

–F Andres Nocioni didn’t end up participating in the FIBA World Championship for Argentina. After looking at his MRI, the Sixers invoked a clause in his contract forbidding him to play because the team said his sprained left ankle, which he injured in a July 31 workout with the Argentine national team, hadn’t healed sufficiently to allow him to play without risking further injury. Nocioni, who was apparently going to try to practice two days before the tournament began, announced he wouldn’t play after the Sixers told him to “stop all basketball and impact activity” until the start of training camp.
–The Sixers will hold media day Sept. 27, with camp starting the next day at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. They open the regular season Oct. 27 against the visiting Miami Heat.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “Everyone has an ego — some are bigger than others. My personality’s not one to stay down very long. My pity party lasted about a half-hour and I was fine after that. Nothing’s going to keep me down. It’s a positive because it’s a mentor and one of my best friends.” — GM Ed Stefanski, on his reaction to learning the Sixers had hired Rod Thorn, who was his boss with the Nets, to succeed him as team president.

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

ARRIVALS:
–F Andres Nocioni (trade with Kings)
–C Spencer Hawes (trade with Kings)
–C Tony Battie (free agent from Nets)
DEPARTURES:
–C Samuel Dalembert (traded to Kings)
PLAYER NOTES:
–F/G Andre Iguodala called the hiring of Rod Thorn “definitely a step in the right direction. He was with Ed Stefanski in Jersey when they went to the Finals two years in a row. We’re going to make moves to get better.”
–Representatives for G Allen Iverson have unsuccessfully contacted the Sixers, Nets and numerous other NBA teams to see if they’d be interested in Iverson playing for them in 2010-11. It’s a tough sell after a season in which he played three games for the Grizzlies before leaving the team, then playing 25 for the Sixers before sitting out the rest of the season, in part because of his daughter’s unspecified illness. Iverson spent his first 10-plus NBA seasons in Philly.
–G Willie Green said participating in Basketball without Borders in Senegal this summer was a life-changing and humbling experience. “It really makes you appreciate the style of living that we’re able to have in being fortunate enough to play basketball for a living,” Green said. “Being here so makes you appreciate the things we have, the things we love. It really brings you back to reality.”

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

ARRIVALS:
–F Andres Nocioni (trade with Kings)
–C Spencer Hawes (trade with Kings)
–C Tony Battie (free agent from Nets)
DEPARTURES:
–C Samuel Dalembert (traded to Kings)
PLAYER NOTES:
–F/G Andre Iguodala called the hiring of Rod Thorn “definitely a step in the right direction. He was with Ed Stefanski in Jersey when they went to the Finals two years in a row. We’re going to make moves to get better.”
–Representatives for G Allen Iverson have unsuccessfully contacted the Sixers, Nets and numerous other NBA teams to see if they’d be interested in Iverson playing for them in 2010-11. It’s a tough sell after a season in which he played three games for the Grizzlies before leaving the team, then playing 25 for the Sixers before sitting out the rest of the season, in part because of his daughter’s unspecified illness. Iverson spent his first 10-plus NBA seasons in Philly.
–G Willie Green said participating in Basketball without Borders in Senegal this summer was a life-changing and humbling experience. “It really makes you appreciate the style of living that we’re able to have in being fortunate enough to play basketball for a living,” Green said. “Being here so makes you appreciate the things we have, the things we love. It really brings you back to reality.”

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

ARRIVALS:
–F Andres Nocioni (trade with Kings)
–C Spencer Hawes (trade with Kings)
–C Tony Battie (free agent from Nets)
DEPARTURES:
–C Samuel Dalembert (traded to Kings)
PLAYER NOTES:
–F/G Andre Iguodala called the hiring of Rod Thorn “definitely a step in the right direction. He was with Ed Stefanski in Jersey when they went to the Finals two years in a row. We’re going to make moves to get better.”
–Representatives for G Allen Iverson have unsuccessfully contacted the Sixers, Nets and numerous other NBA teams to see if they’d be interested in Iverson playing for them in 2010-11. It’s a tough sell after a season in which he played three games for the Grizzlies before leaving the team, then playing 25 for the Sixers before sitting out the rest of the season, in part because of his daughter’s unspecified illness. Iverson spent his first 10-plus NBA seasons in Philly.
–G Willie Green said participating in Basketball without Borders in Senegal this summer was a life-changing and humbling experience. “It really makes you appreciate the style of living that we’re able to have in being fortunate enough to play basketball for a living,” Green said. “Being here so makes you appreciate the things we have, the things we love. It really brings you back to reality.”

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

ARRIVALS:
–F Andres Nocioni (trade with Kings)
–C Spencer Hawes (trade with Kings)
–C Tony Battie (free agent from Nets)
DEPARTURES:
–C Samuel Dalembert (traded to Kings)
PLAYER NOTES:
–F/G Andre Iguodala called the hiring of Rod Thorn “definitely a step in the right direction. He was with Ed Stefanski in Jersey when they went to the Finals two years in a row. We’re going to make moves to get better.”
–Representatives for G Allen Iverson have unsuccessfully contacted the Sixers, Nets and numerous other NBA teams to see if they’d be interested in Iverson playing for them in 2010-11. It’s a tough sell after a season in which he played three games for the Grizzlies before leaving the team, then playing 25 for the Sixers before sitting out the rest of the season, in part because of his daughter’s unspecified illness. Iverson spent his first 10-plus NBA seasons in Philly.
–G Willie Green said participating in Basketball without Borders in Senegal this summer was a life-changing and humbling experience. “It really makes you appreciate the style of living that we’re able to have in being fortunate enough to play basketball for a living,” Green said. “Being here so makes you appreciate the things we have, the things we love. It really brings you back to reality.”

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

–F Andres Nocioni didn’t end up participating in the FIBA World Championship for Argentina. After looking at his MRI, the Sixers invoked a clause in his contract forbidding him to play because the team said his sprained left ankle, which he injured in a July 31 workout with the Argentine national team, hadn’t healed sufficiently to allow him to play without risking further injury. Nocioni, who was apparently going to try to practice two days before the tournament began, announced he wouldn’t play after the Sixers told him to “stop all basketball and impact activity” until the start of training camp.
–The Sixers will hold media day Sept. 27, with camp starting the next day at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. They open the regular season Oct. 27 against the visiting Miami Heat.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “Everyone has an ego — some are bigger than others. My personality’s not one to stay down very long. My pity party lasted about a half-hour and I was fine after that. Nothing’s going to keep me down. It’s a positive because it’s a mentor and one of my best friends.” — GM Ed Stefanski, on his reaction to learning the Sixers had hired Rod Thorn, who was his boss with the Nets, to succeed him as team president.

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson

–F Andres Nocioni didn’t end up participating in the FIBA World Championship for Argentina. After looking at his MRI, the Sixers invoked a clause in his contract forbidding him to play because the team said his sprained left ankle, which he injured in a July 31 workout with the Argentine national team, hadn’t healed sufficiently to allow him to play without risking further injury. Nocioni, who was apparently going to try to practice two days before the tournament began, announced he wouldn’t play after the Sixers told him to “stop all basketball and impact activity” until the start of training camp.
–The Sixers will hold media day Sept. 27, with camp starting the next day at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. They open the regular season Oct. 27 against the visiting Miami Heat.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “Everyone has an ego — some are bigger than others. My personality’s not one to stay down very long. My pity party lasted about a half-hour and I was fine after that. Nothing’s going to keep me down. It’s a positive because it’s a mentor and one of my best friends.” — GM Ed Stefanski, on his reaction to learning the Sixers had hired Rod Thorn, who was his boss with the Nets, to succeed him as team president.

Eddie Jordan - Doug Collins - Eastern Conference - Philadelphia 76ers - Allen Iverson