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Tom Moore: #Sixers Rod Thorn via text: 'My situation does not change' w/hiring Hinkie. Thorn transitioning to consultant after 3 yrs as president. #nba Twitter @tmoorepburbs

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Sam Hinkie 

Hinkie, who had been the Rockets' vice president of basketball operations since 2010, met with 76ers officials a year about the job, but the team ultimately promoted DiLeo to the GM role. Philadelphia president Rod Thorn is retiring this spring and assuming a consultant's role with the organization. Doug Collins resigned as coach at season's end. Yahoo! Sports

Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Sam Hinkie 

Adrian Wojnarowski: Hinkie will replace Tony DiLeo w/ Philadelphia. With president Rod Thorn's pending retirement, Hinkie will be top basketball decision maker. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Tony DiLeo, Sam Hinkie 

Do you have a timetable on deciding whether to bring Bynum back? Rod Thorn: "I don't. He doesn't become a free agent until the end of June, the first of July." Will that be your decision to make the offer? Rod Thorn: "That decision? He is a free agent, he can go anywhere he wants to. It's not just what we want to do, it's what he wants to do, too." Will the Sixers make an offer? Rod Thorn: "We'll have to see what transpires." Delaware County Daily Times

Philadelphia 76ers, Free Agency, Andrew Bynum, Rod Thorn 

Will that be your decision or ownership's? Rod Thorn: "Ownership obviously will have a part in it. The basketball people will make recommendations and ownership will .. and doctors will play a big part in that." So the Sixers will need some medical reports before deciding? Rod Thorn: "Oh, for sure. Oh, yeah. You try to do your due diligence. As Andrew is a free agent, he'll do his due diligence and try to figure out exactly where he would like to play --- or he wouldn't, as the case may be. And from our perspective we will do our due diligence and try to figure out what we should do." Delaware County Daily Times

Philadelphia 76ers, Free Agency, Rod Thorn 

With two home games left, do you feel the Sixers should have achieved more this year? Rod Thorn: "With the (Andrew) Bynum situation, we gave up some terrific assets in order to get Andrew. And Andrew hasn't been able to play. So I think we played about as well as we could play otherwise. I think we have done some good things. We had a bad stretch in the year. Obviously, we are finishing up here on a pretty high note. But we rolled the dice to so speak with Bynum. I think if we had Bynum, we'd be a really good team. And with him not being able to play, it's been a tough thing for us." Delaware County Daily Times

Philadelphia 76ers, Free Agency, Andrew Bynum, Rod Thorn 

Are you expecting to make trades? Rod Thorn: "You never know when trades come. They can come at any time. Sometimes when you aren't even thinking about it, somebody may call and say, 'Hey, we're interested in such-and-such,' and you end up making a trade. But we're always looking to do something. And hopefully, it will work out that we can." Delaware County Daily Times

Philadelphia 76ers, Trade, Rod Thorn 

Any worries that Doug Collins won't be back? Rod Thorn: "Oh, we certainly hope that he will. Doug is one of the top coaches in the league and has done a terrific job here over the course of his almost three years now, and I think everybody is hoping that he will be back. That decision ultimately will be up to him." Delaware County Daily Times

Philadelphia 76ers, Coaching, Rod Thorn, Doug Collins 

Does that mean you are not sure yet? Rod Thorn: "He's under contract and everybody assumes that's what is going to happen. I didn't mean to infer anything. We certainly hope that he will be back, and we certainly expect him to." Delaware County Daily Times

Philadelphia 76ers, Coaching, Rod Thorn, Doug Collins 

Sixers president Rod Thorn called Andrew Bynum's injury situation "bizarre" and confirmed that insurance would reimburse the organization for at least a portion of the one-time All-Star center's $16.9 million salary this season. "There is a league-wide insurance that he's under that gives you some relief along those lines," Thorn said before the Sixers played the Miami Heat on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center. "It's the same league-wide program that every player's under. Unless you have a pre-existing condition — and he didn't — so he's on the same one as everybody else." USA Today Sports

Philadelphia 76ers, Andrew Bynum, Rod Thorn, Injuries 

Bynum was originally diagnosed with a bone bruise in his right knee in September and with a "mirror issue" in his left knee in November, when a piece of cartilage broke loose and his joint swelled after going bowling. The Sixers expected Bynum to be ready to play in the season opener, but as the season progressed, the team and player repeatedly delayed the date of his expected debut. "It's a little bizarre, there's no doubt about it," Thorn said about Bynum's inability to get on the court. "He's had problems. He's worked very hard. As you can see when you see him, he's huge. His upper body, he works in the weight room, he works hard, he just hasn't been able to play. It's been very tough for him and obviously it's been very tough for us." USA Today Sports

Philadelphia 76ers, Andrew Bynum, Rod Thorn, Injuries 

Tom Moore: Brand said he knew he would be amnestied by #Sixers because Rod Thorn told him beforehand. Twitter @tmoorepburbs

Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers, Elton Brand, Rod Thorn 

The Sixers on Friday agreed to a deal promoting assistant GM Tony DiLeo to general mnager under president Rod Thorn, a league source told CBSSports.com. Thorn will stay in his role for the time being, and DiLeo will eventually replace him as part of the team's previously agreed upon succession plan when Thorn retires, the source said. According to one of the people with knowledge of the matter, Ujiri mutually decided with Nuggets ownership to stay the course in Denver, where he has substantially remodeled and upgraded the Nuggets' roster since trading Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks in February 2011. Ujiri also managed to get involved in the Dwight Howard sweepstakes and earned the respect of his peers by winding up with Andre Iguodala in the deal while also moving future salary. CBSSports.com

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Tony DiLeo 

Ken Berger: The Sixers and Tony DiLeo have agreed to a deal promoting him to general manager under president Rod Thorn, source tells @CBSSports. Twitter

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Tony DiLeo 

The 76ers have narrowed the search and appear to be leaning toward promoting assistant GM Tony DiLeo to the GM job, league sources said. The 76ers had considered former New Orleans Hornets GM Jeff Bower, but as the Philadelphia Inquirer recently reported, DiLeo has emerged as the favorite to take over for Thorn. Yahoo! Sports

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Jeff Bower, Tony DiLeo 

Speaking of Thorn, he didn’t say much about the search for his replacement. He did, however, acknowledge that vice president of basketball operations Tony DiLeo is indeed a candidate for the job. When it comes to personnel moves, Thorn always keeps everything close to the hip. Out of town and reached via phone, Thorn, who had a pretty damn good summer doing his job, indicated that there are no new candidates vying for the job. The list of candidates that have already interviewed for the job includes Boston assistant general manager Mike Zarren – he has since withdrawn his candidacy – ESPN analyst and ex-Portland Trail Blazers assistant general manager Tom Penn, and former New Orleans general manager Jeff Bower. Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Tony DiLeo 

The 76ers, having gone outside the organization early on in their search for a general manager to eventually replace Rod Thorn, are now looking inward - this time at senior vice president of basketball operations Tony DiLeo. Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Tony DiLeo 

According to a team source, the Sixers, who have interviewed four others from outside the organization for Thorn's position, were impressed with the role DiLeo played this summer alongside Thorn as the team rebuilt the team around center Andrew Bynum. Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia 76ers, Rod Thorn, Tony DiLeo 

Tom Moore: #Sixers Rod Thorn on WIP: "(Bynum will) be a focal point of what we do. He never was a focal point with the Lakers." Twitter

Philadelphia 76ers, Andrew Bynum, Rod Thorn 

Rod Thorn on how they pulled off the trade for Andrew Bynum: “It’s interesting in that we’ve been talking to the Lakers and to Orlando for the last three weeks. We’ve been talking about different deals, various deals, and it never got out. In today’s world that’s something of itself. And then it really came down to, Orlando — they did not want to keep Iguodala because they’re going in a different way. And they wanted to move him, and so they talked to a few teams and they ended up making the deal with Denver to move his contract, and that ended up making the deal. It took a while to do it but it ended up getting done.” Sports Radio Interviews

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