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3. "Huh? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole wheel of cheese? How'd you do that? Actually, I'm not even mad -- that's amazing!"

To Philly GM Billy King, who continues to hemorrhage money like a drunken stockbroker in the champagne room at Scores. Over the past four summers, King spent $68 million on an aging Dikembe Mutombo; $40 million on Kenny Thomas; $35.5 million on Aaron McKie; $29 million on Eric Snow; $20.7 million on Brian Skinner; $18 million on Greg Buckner; and an astonishing $15 million for Kevin Ollie (which was especially memorable because, at the time, I spent 15 minutes on the phone with my buddy House trying to get him to guess how much money Ollie had signed for, before House came up with the exact figure). And don't forget, King traded for C-Webb's bum knee and the $66 million remaining on C-Webb's contract last February.

So if you're Billy King, what do you do for an encore? You spend $45 million for the next six years on ... (drumroll please) ... Kyle Korver and Willie Green! Are you kidding me? It's amazing that King didn't get in on the Brian Scalabrine bidding. Anyway, I think King is clearly preparing for his next job -- Hollywood movie executive. Couldn't you see him spending $18 million to lock up Rob Schneider for "Deuce Bigalow 2?" He'd be perfect out here.

11. "Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast!"
"It jumped up a notch!"
"It did, didn't it?"
"Yeah, I stabbed a man in the heart!"
"I saw that. Brick killed a guy."

To the Samuel Dalembert bidding, which shattered the NBA record for "Most expensive contract given to a guy based strictly on his potential" (previously held by Marquis Daniels getting $39 million from the Mavs). It's like a play on the old "Bad Idea Jeans" ad on SNL: "So, I figured, when's the next time I'll have a chance to spend more than $60 million on a raw center from Haiti?"

(Of course, the man responsible for giving Dalembert that money? That's right ... Mr. Billy King. I'm telling you -- put him in charge of ESPN and we would be shelling out $900 million for Major League Lacrosse within two weeks.)

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/050804

Kunlun

This thread was made for BEEZ and PhillyPhanatic to eat up.

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LOL I read the article earlier in the day, I couldnt wait to see if it had been posted here yet, especially for BEEZ and his constant BK bashing.

Its good to see some national attention towards Billy's spending issues.

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Haha, I didn't make it for that purpose, but figured it would happen. I made it because I think Bill Simmons is one of the funniest sports writers there is today. Plus, Anchorman is a funny movie.

Coatesvillain

I made a vow, and it hurts me to keep it.

You can't blame Billy King for giving Kevin Ollie that contract, that was Jim Paxson. Billy King traded Eric Snow for Ollie and Kedrick Brown.

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BEEZ

So there is vindication for me outside of Philadelphia. I swear when you look at Billy King he has the same look on his face thats like "I look the part of GM, I talk the part of GM, I play the part of GM, but I have no freaking clue what Im doing and everybody else thinks I do. I'm a genius"

Ok Billy, ok

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