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Tom Penn Frontrunner To Become Sixers GM

July 25th, 2012 at 4:31pm CST by Michael Pina

WEDNESDAY, 4:31pm: The Sixers may not quite be on the verge of hiring Penn, but he is the frontrunner for the GM job, says Dei Lynam of CSNPhilly.com. Still, Philadelphia is expected to meet with former Hornets GM Jeff Bower this week, according to Ken Berger of CBSports.com (via Twitter). Bower was also in the running for front office positions in Portland and Orlando earlier this offseason.

TUESDAY, 2:28pm: The Sixers are close to hiring Penn to be their new GM, according to Bob Cooney of the Philadelphia Daily News. It is believed that if Penn lands the job, current GM Rod Thorn would immediately move to a new advisory role with the club.

SUNDAY, 4:28pm: Former Trail Blazers executive Tom Penn is a frontrunning candidate for the Sixers' general manager position, according to CBSSports.com's Ken Berger. Philadelphia had previously interviewed Danny Ferry for the position, before Ferry took the same job with the Hawks.

According to Berger, Philadelphia's ownership group is expected to consider several candidates to handle the day-to-day duties under Thorn and eventually succeed him as team president. Penn has previously served as an assistant general manager in Portland, and was offered Minnesota's general manager position in 2009 before it was eventually given to David Kahn.

Magic Narrow GM Search To Three Finalists

June 12th, 2012 at 2:56pm CST by Luke Adams

2:56pm: Lindsey and Hennigan will head to Michigan to meet with the DeVos family this week, according to Ken Berger of CBSSports.com (via Twitter). According to Berger, Bower may meet with owner Rich DeVos later on, but not yet. The Magic are expected to wrap up their search either later this week or early next week (Twitter links).

GM Rumors: Pritchard, Magic, Penn, Clippers

June 8th, 2012 at 7:47pm CST by Chuck Myron

Earlier today we learned that Pacers president Larry Bird will meet with team owner Herb Simon next week, likely to finalize a deal that will keep the Executive of the Year in Indiana, setting up Kevin Pritchard's promotion to general manager and current GM David Morway's exit from the team. Since Pritchard and Morway have both been in the discussion for the Magic's GM opening, today's news has had an effect on more than one front office.

Kyler On Bobcats, Combine, Warriors, Magic

June 8th, 2012 at 10:03am CST by Luke Adams

Earlier today, we passed along tweets from HoopsWorld's Steve Kyler on Dion Waiters' possible draft-day guarantee. Kyler is hearing that the Suns may have made promised Waiters they'll draft him at 13th overall, resulting in the Syracuse guard shutting down his workouts. That wasn't Kyler's only update of interest this morning, however, as he tweeted a few more notes from the draft combine. Let's round them up….

Odds & Ends: Magic, Bobcats, Wolves, Cavs, Draft

June 5th, 2012 at 10:43pm CST by Alex Lee

We already heard from new Blazers' general manager Neil Olshey tonight, who implied that he all but has his mind made up that the man to fill Portland's coaching vacancy should be interim head coach Kaleb Canales. Portland is one of multiple franchises that needs to make decisions coaching and front office decisions this offseason. Let's look at some of those latest rumors as well as a couple more notes from around the league on this Tuesday night: