Oh no thats really sad...<br>I luv Snow..GO SNOW!!

Snow's fractured thumb is another bad break<br>
<br> <br> <br>By PHIL JASNER
<br>jasnerp@... <br><br>SAN ANTONIO - As David Schmidt, the San
Antonio Spurs' orthopedic specialist, held the X-ray of
Eric Snow's left thumb up to the light behind the
76ers bench, he wasn't examining an injury as much as
he was looking at a suddenly fractured
future.<br><br>Snow, the veteran point guard who was bringing some
order to the chaos prevalent on the court in the
preseason, was not included in the daily injury report
Monday for the first time since training camp
started.<br><br>After less than a half of last night's 94-75 loss to
the Spurs, he was back on it. Snow suffered multiple
fractures of his left thumb in the final minute of the
second quarter. He was scheduled to undergo a bone scan
and see Dr. David P. Green, of the San Antonio Hand
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the sixers lost two preseason games against the dallas mavericks and the new
york knicks.<br>i think the problem is that neither ivyson, mckie nor snow were
playin'<br>ah wellz*sniff*

GREAT NEWS!<br><br>Lynch takes step backward, but
Snow looks like a go<br> <br>By PHIL JASNER
<br><br>This was a day of mixed messages for the
76ers:<br><br>Eric Snow could run and jump.<br><br>George Lynch
could not.<br><br>Snow, recovering from June 19 ankle
surgery, moved comfortably through a 20-minute
postpractice scrimmage yesterday, then said he hoped to play
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"But suggesting [surgery] and getting it done
sometimes are two different things," McPhilemy
said.<br><br>That sounds like another excuse to point the finger at
Iverson, and Iverson isn't the issue right now.<br><br>The
Sixers are.<br><br>Iverson is the franchise. Star
players have been getting preferential treatment since
their days in junior high school, and they push the
envelope. Get away with what you can for as long as you can
- for most stars, that's the rule, not the
exception.<br><br>That Iverson avoided surgery for so long is not as
egregious as the implications of the whole situation. That
situation reeks of being another example of how he might
not have made the best possible decision, but that he
could not care less because the Sixers barely utter a
disgruntled word in his direction.<br><br>It's the
organization's responsibility to protect the collective
interest, to ensure that the whole comes above all of the
parts, no matter how significant any of those parts may
be.<br><br>For the Sixers to do that, they would need to have
some kind of disciplinary measures in place. One would
hope that they would have instituted a policy of fines
for anyone who misses training camp or whose apparent
procrastination leads to missed games. I've recently been told
that no such measures are in place.<br><br>Old habits
die hard in any organization, and the Sixers have
some poor ones to eradicate. Theirs is the same
organization that quietly complained for ages about Iverson's
tardiness but did nothing about it, letting things fester.
Then their first line of defense was to blame Terry
Royster, Iverson's former bodyguard, followed by Gary
Moore, Iverson's personal assistant.<br><br>When the
Sixers finally found the chutzpah to speak up, it was
behind Iverson's back, after Iverson left for Newport
News, Va., for the off-season after the 1999-2000
season - when they thought they had a deal done that
would have shipped the 6-foot guard to the Detroit
Pistons.<br><br>Since they weren't able to move Iverson, they have
continued to coddle him no end. (And he sees right through
it.)<br><br>They smile and say that Iverson has matured so much,
even though Iverson himself says: "I've got a ways to
go."<br><br>They implore everyone to believe that Iverson has
changed, even though Iverson gets up on a podium to accept
his MVP award and says that the thing he loved most
about receiving it was that "I did it my
way."<br><br>Perhaps if the Sixers looked in a mirror, they would see
that the problem has never been just Iverson. They
have played the role of facilitator for a while, and
unless a leader emerges publicly within their
organization, things will get worse before February's all-star
weekend at the First Union Center.<br><br>They can
airbrush a lot of things, but not that reality. And not in
a season filled with even more expectations than
the last one.

If the 76ers are going to do anything this
season, they had better get their house in order right
now. They had better make clear who their leader is.
And it had better be somebody far enough removed from
the sidelines - but close enough to Ed Snider,
chairman and CEO of Comcast-Spectacor - with the power to
have the final word. Otherwise, the Sixers will not
repeat as Eastern Conference champions.<br><br>The
fiasco involving Allen Iverson's elbow surgery on
Tuesday is a primary example of what's going on in the
organization.<br><br>What's going on is disorganization. A player elects to
finally have surgery a week before training camp and the
Sixers' brass don't have much of an
explanation.<br><br>(Before we go any further, Aaron McKie had surgery on
Tuesday, too, on his shoulder. But his domestic dispute
with his former live-in girlfriend qualifies as a
legitimate distraction. So let's deal with the Iverson
matter.)<br><br>While general manager Billy King was saying that the
franchise thought "rest" would take care of Iverson's elbow
problem, Jack McPhilemy, the team's orthopedic specialist,
reiterated that the option of surgery had been presented
months earlier. He said that he had suggested surgery at
the end of the 2000 season and again after the NBA
Finals this past June. (One explanation for the delay -
that Iverson got married in August - would have seemed
more valid had surgery not been recommended months
earlier.)<br><br>I thought families were supposed to be on the same
page.<br><br>The truth is, no one in the Sixers' brass has a
significant role in the life of Allen Iverson but coach Larry
Brown. And because Brown is busy coaching, his concerns
involve today's practice, tonight's game, and tomorrow's
scouting report.<br><br>So where is the leadership? The
one voice who commands obedience?<br><br>It's common
knowledge that Iverson usually does what he wants, when he
wants – and that the Sixers are petrified of rubbing
their superstar the wrong way. The fact that he is the
NBA's reigning MVP just a year after the Sixers tried
to get rid of him doesn't help their position one
bit.<br><br>One could say that Iverson needed to be more
responsible about his health this past summer. That
regardless of the league's collective-bargaining agreement –
which prohibits a team from forcing a player to have
surgery, especially during the off-season – he should have
recognized the importance of being healthy for training
camp. He could have acknowledged that such
responsibility comes with a contract that calls for him to be
paid $70.9 million through 2004.

Let's hope Eric Snow will be ready to go when the season tips off.<br><br>It
looks like Iverson will be ready in time.  Mckie will likely be out a while
longer.  Having Snow ready to go will be huge.

While the hourlong operation should reduce
Iverson's chronic discomfort, Andrews said it did not
guarantee that he would be able to move it more
freely.<br><br>"We've got some work to do in Allen's elbow to get the
motion back in it," Andrews said.<br><br>Coming on the
eve of training camp, the arthroscopic procedures
raised a question: Why were they not done at the end of
the 2000-01 season?<br><br>According to King, both
players had hoped time away from basketball would heal
them.<br><br>"The decision was that rest would probably resolve
it," he said. "Rest did not. . . . But I'd rather be
dealing with this now than in December or
January."<br><br>McPhilemy said he suggested surgery to Iverson as far back
as the night the Sixers lost to the Lakers in Game 5
of the NBA Finals. He said he also raised the issue
with McKie a few times during the
off-season.<br><br>"But suggesting it and getting it done are two
different things," McPhilemy said.<br><br>Iverson's
decision was complicated by his recent wedding and a busy
off-season, McPhilemy said. McKie, meanwhile, had been a free
agent before signing a six-year, $35.5 million deal
this summer, and apparently wanted to resolve that
situation first.<br><br>Andrews said he and the players
watched the Washington-Green Bay Monday Night Football
game the night before. The doctor said he assured
Iverson that he had performed the same procedure on
Packers quarterback Brett Favre a decade ago and that
Favre was throwing as well as ever.<br><br>"I also did
a very similar procedure on [Portland's] Scottie
Pippen last season, and I think he got back pretty
quickly," Andrews said.<br><br>McPhilemy said both players
had been scheduled to see him for an evaluation on
Sept. 11, the day of the terrorist attacks on the
United States. That delayed their final pre-surgical
exam until last week.<br><br>Both players could start
their rehabilitation programs as early as
today.<br><br>"They'll be starting motion exercises probably [today] as
soon as they feel comfortable," said McPhilemy. "We'll
progress their motion exercises slowly over the course of
the next several weeks based on their response. . . .
Then we'll begin some strengthening
exercises."<br><br>Iverson, McKie, Eric Snow, George Lynch and Matt Harpring
will be rehabilitating when camp starts on
Tuesday.<br><br>"I told Larry [Brown] that this could help our team
because it allows other guys to get some playing time
in," King said. "When guys stepped in for injured
players a year ago, I think that really helped them when
we needed them later."<br><br>Iverson, 26, led the
league in scoring for the second time (31.1 points a
game) in pacing the 76ers to the Eastern Conference
championship. McKie averaged a career-high 11.6 points.

By Frank Fitzpatrick <br>INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
<br><br>While Allen Iverson told Sixers general manager Billy
King he would be ready to go next week following elbow
surgery yesterday, the team's physician said the NBA's
most valuable player likely would miss most of
training camp.<br><br>Iverson's projected downtime of four
to six weeks was slightly better than the prognosis
for Aaron McKie, who also was operated on by noted
sports surgeon Joseph Andrews in Birmingham,
Ala.<br><br>McKie, 28, is expected to be out six to eight weeks
after a slight tear in his shoulder was
repaired.<br><br>The 76ers' camp gets under way in State College, Pa.,
next week. The exhibition season opens Oct. 9, the
regular season Oct. 30.<br><br>Sixers physician Dr. Jack
McPhilemy, who assisted Andrews, said a "reasonably decent
amount of bony spurs" were scraped down in Iverson's
right elbow. Those spurs, he noted, irritated the 76ers
star much of last season and limited his range of
movement.<br><br>McKie's tear was in his right glenoid labrum where,
according to Andrews, it created pain each time he raised
his right arm to shoot.<br><br>The two combined to
average more than 73 minutes a game and better than 42
points during the regular season for the 76ers, who won
the Eastern Conference for the first time in 18
years. The nagging injuries limited both through much of
the season, however.<br><br>Andrews called the
results "the best things we could find" for both players,
since there were initial fears the injuries to each
were more serious.<br><br>"We were worried Aaron had a
complete rotator-cuff tear," said Andrews, who performed
the procedures at his Alabama Sports Medicine
facility. "And in Allen's case, we thought he might have a
rather severe arthritic component to his elbow. And as
you know, there is no true cure for arthritis."

"We were worried Aaron had a complete
rotator-cuff tear," said Andrews, who performed the procedures
at his Alabama Sports Medicine facility. "And in
Allen's case, we thought he might have a rather severe
arthritic component to his elbow. And as you know, there is
no true cure for arthritis."<br><br>While the
hour-long operation should reduce Iverson's chronic
discomfort, Andrews said it didn't guarantee that he will be
able to move it more freely.<br><br>"We've got some
work to do in Allen's elbow to get the motion back in
it," said Andrews.<br><br>Coming on the eve of
training camp, the arthroscopic procedures raised
questions as to why they weren't done at the end of the
2001 season.<br><br>According to King, both players
had hoped time away from basketball would heal
them.<br><br>"The decision was that rest would probably resolve
it," he said. "Rest did not. . . . But I'd rather be
dealing with this now than in December or
January."<br><br>McPhilemy said he suggested surgery to Iverson as far back
as the night the Sixers lost to the Lakers in Game 5
of the NBA Finals. He said he also raised the issue
with McKie a few times during the
offseason.<br><br>"But suggesting it and getting it done are two
different things," said McPhilemy.<br><br>Iverson's
decision was complicated by his recent wedding and a busy
offseason, said McPhilemy. McKie, meanwhile, had been a free
agent before signing a six-year $35.5 million deal this
summer and apparently wanted to resolve that situation
first.<br><br>Andrews said he and the players watched the
Washington-Green Bay Monday Night Football game the night before.
The doctor said he assured Iverson that he had
performed the same procedure on Packers quarterback Brett
Favre a decade ago and that he was throwing as well as
ever.<br><br>"I also did a very similar procedure on (Portland's)
Scottie Pippen last season and I think he got back pretty
quickly," said Andrews.<br><br>McPhilemy said that most
recently both players had been scheduled to see him for an
evaluation on Sept. 11, the day of the terrorist attacks on
the U.S. That delayed their final pre-surgical exam
until last week.<br><br>Both players could start their
rehabilitation program as early as tomorrow.<br><br>"They'll be
starting motion exercises probably (tomorrow) as soon as
they feel comfortable," said McPhilemy. "We'll
progress their motion exercises slowly over the course of
the next several weeks based on their response. . . .
Then we'll begin some strengthening
exercises."<br><br>Iverson, McKie, Eric Snow, George Lynch and Matt Harpring
all will be rehabilitating when camp starts on
Tuesday.<br><br>"I told Larry (Brown) that this could help our team
because it allows other guys to get some playing time
in," King said. "When guys stepped in for injured
players a year ago, I think that really helped them when
we need them later."<br><br>Iverson, 26, led the
league in scoring for a second time (31.1 points a game)
in pacing the 76ers to the Eastern Conference
championship. McKie averaged a career-high 11.6 minutes.

By Frank Fitzpatrick <br>INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
<br>While Allen Iverson told Sixers general manager Billy
King he'd be ready to go next week following elbow
surgery today, the team's physician said the NBA's Most
Valuable Player likely will miss most of training
camp.<br><br>Iverson's projected down-time of four to six weeks was
slightly better than the prognosis for Aaron McKie, who
also was operated on by noted sports surgeon Dr.
Joseph Andrews in Birmingham, Ala.<br><br>McKie is
expected to be out six to eight weeks after a slight tear
in his shoulder was repaired.<br><br>The 76ers' camp
gets underway in State College next week. The
exhibition season opens Oct. 9, their regular season Oct.
30. <br><br>Sixers physician Dr. Jack McPhilemy, who
assisted Andrews, said a "reasonably decent amount of bony
spurs" were scraped down in Iverson's right elbow. Those
spurs, he noted, irritated the 76ers star much of last
season and limited his range of movement.<br><br>McKie's
tear was in his right glenoid labrum where, according
to Andrews, it created pain each time the
28-year-old Philadelphian raised his right arm to
shoot.<br><br>The two combined to play more than 73 minutes a game
and average better than 42 points as the 76ers won
the Eastern Conference for the first time in 18
years. But the nagging injuries limited both through
much of the season.<br><br>Andrews called the results
"the best things we could find" for both players since
there were initial fears the injuries to each were more
serious.

COMPILED BY THE INQUIRER STAFF <br>A week before
the 76ers' training camp begins, Allen Iverson and
Aaron McKie are to undergo arthroscopic surgery this
morning in Birmingham, Ala.<br><br>How long Iverson, the
NBA's MVP last season, or McKie, the winner of the
league's Sixth Man Award, will be sidelined will not be
known until after the operations, at the earliest, team
officials said yesterday.<br><br>General manager Billy King
was not available for comment, pending the results of
the operations. Neither were Iverson, who will
undergo surgery on his right elbow, nor McKie, who faces
surgery on his right shoulder.<br><br>The Sixers, who
lost in the NBA Finals in five games to the Los
Angeles Lakers last season, will start training camp at
Penn State next Tuesday. Their first preseason game is
Oct. 9 against Dallas. Their regular season begins
Oct. 30.<br><br>James Andrews will perform both
operations, with assistance from Jack McPhilemy, the Sixers'
team physician. <br><br>Despite suffering from a sore
elbow for most of last season, Iverson led the NBA in
scoring for the second time in three years, averaging
31.1 points per game. He also led the league in steals
per game (2.51) and tied for first in minutes per
game (42).<br><br>McKie averaged career highs in
scoring (11.6 points per game), rebounds (4.1), assists
(5), steals (1.39) and minutes (31.5).<br><br>Iverson
and McKie aren't the only Sixers injured or
recovering from injuries. Point guard Eric Snow spent the
postseason playing with a screw in his broken right ankle;
forward George Lynch suffered a broken left foot in the
second round of the playoffs; and swingman Matt
Harpring, whom the Sixers acquired from Cleveland in early
August, underwent surgery a month ago to remove bone
spurs from his right ankle.<br><br>The news that
Iverson would undergo surgery first appeared on the Web
site of his company, CrossOver
Promotions.<br><br>"After a visit to a team specialist," the site reported,
"it has been determined that Allen will undergo
surgery on his inflamed elbow to remove bone fragments
prior to the 2001-2002 season. It is possible that he
may begin the season on the injury list. Stay tuned."
<br><br>Two sign elsewhere. Two of last season's Sixers
signed with other teams as free agents yesterday. Rodney
Buford signed with Miami, where he played as a rookie in
1999-2000, and Kevin Ollie moved to Chicago.<br><br>Buford,
a 6-foot-5 swingman, averaged 5.3 points and 1.6
rebounds in the regular season and 1.4 points in the
playoffs for the Sixers last season after having been
waived by Charlotte.<br><br>Ollie, a 6-2 point guard,
averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 assists for the Sixers. In his
four NBA seasons, he also has played for New Jersey,
Dallas, Orlando and Sacramento.

Van Stone returns as VP of sales<br> <br> <br>By
PHIL JASNER <br>jasnerp@... <br><br>The
76ers have hired Jim VanStone as their new vice
president of sales.<br><br>VanStone succeeds Fran Cassidy,
who left the organization to pursue other business
interests. VanStone worked for the Sixers several years ago,
and has since held positions with the NHL's Tampa Bay
Lightning and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.<br><br>"Jim
was highly sought after, and thrilled to be coming
back to Philadelphia," said Dave Coskey, the Sixers
executive vice president of business
operations.<br><br>Coskey said the Cavaliers had denied permission to two
other teams that had wanted to speak with VanStone, but
that VanStone had a contractual clause allowing him to
return to Philadelphia. VanStone most recently was the
Cavs' vice president of ticket
sales.<br><br><br>Groundbreaking<br>Sixers center Dikembe Mutombo attended
groundbreaking
ceremonies Saturday for a $14million hospital he is building
in his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo. Mutombo has been
working on the project through the Dikembe Mutombo
Foundation, and already has contributed $3.5
million.<br><br>The hospital, the first new medical facility to be
built in the Congo in nearly 40 years, will be named
for Mutombo's late mother, Biamba
Marie.<br><br><br>Six shots<br>Sixers general manager Billy King, who
underwent an appendectomy on Thursday, was resting at home.
. .The NBA canceled its rookie transition program,
which was to have begun yesterday in Lansdowne, Va.,
and league meetings, which were to have been held
later this week in Orlando. The rookie transition
program is for all drafted rookies, and would have
included Sixers' first-round pick Samuel Dalembert and
second-rounders Damone Brown and Alvin Jones.<br><br>"We're going
to take things in chronological order, the most
immediate things first," said Brian McIntyre, the league's
senior vice president, sports communications. "We're
just getting to the point where we're putting names
and faces with the tragedy."<br><br>McIntyre said, as
far as he knew, "our people are accounted for, but
we've had reports of people in our organization with
relatives missing." *

"Just because they haven't given initially
doesn't mean they won't," said Susan M. Johnson,
executive director of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in
Atlanta. "Sometimes people need to see a work in
progress."<br><br>Several thousand residents of the bustling Masina
neighborhood perched in trees and stood atop the concrete wall
surrounding the hospital site to get a look at Mutombo
yesterday. Representatives of Le Fan-Club Dikembe Mutombo
hung a banner to welcome their idol.<br><br>Mutombo
paid $2,500 for one of Congo's most popular musicians,
Werra Son, to provide a free concert
afterward.<br><br>"The Bible tells us to honor people who look after
others," said Nadine Bokeka, an office worker who stood
with the crowd near a piece of construction equipment.
"Mutombo went away, and he made a lot of money, but he
came back and is helping his fellow man. It's a great
thing."<br><br>Mutombo's generosity to Congo is famous. He has paid to fix
the roof of the country's embassy in Washington and
provided hospital beds, buses and basketball uniforms to
national organizations.<br><br>"A lot of people work for
the government and never give anything back," said
Alphonse Ngalula, a builder of small houses who attended
the ceremony to applaud Mutombo. "Dikembe Mutombo has
not forgotten us."<br><br>Government officials called
on other Congolese expatriates to invest in the
country of 51 million people, which has been ravaged by
dictatorship, corruption and wars since becoming independent in
1960.<br><br>"I want to call on our brothers and sisters who are
successful everywhere to be inspired by your example,"
Christophe Muzungu said. "This will help in the rebuilding
of our country."<br><br>Kinshasa is littered with
the ruined examples of attempts to rebuild Congo's
health-care system - from a cardiac hospital unfinished and
now occupied by squatters to the spare furnishings at
Kinsasha General Hospital, to which patients must bring
their own linens, food and medicine.<br><br>Mindful of
the pitfalls, Mutombo's advisers at first suggested
that he invest in something less risky than a
hospital. When he persisted, they persuaded him to
establish an endowment fund to provide a perpetual source
of income for the hospital. His foundation is
searching for a humanitarian organization to operate the
facility.<br><br>"We're trying to think about the bigger picture," said
James C. Setzer, a program coordinator for the Rollins
School of Public Health of Emory University in Atlanta,
one of about 20 advisers and friends who form
Mutombo's entourage for this visit to Congo. "We're aware
of that white-elephant syndrome."<br><br>Mutombo,
whose face appears across Kinshasa on billboards for a
local cellular telephone company in which he owns a
stake, does not seem worried about the prospects.
<br><br>"We will make this happen because it is my dream," he
said, talking like a man who not often fails at what he
sets out to do.

The Sixers star breaks ground for his
hospital.<br><br>By Andrew Maykuth <br>INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
<br><br>KINSHASA, Congo - Under a searing African sun and
accompanied by the thrum of a traditional dance troupe, 76ers
center Dikembe Mutombo yesterday broke ground on the
hospital he hopes to build in his impoverished
homeland.<br><br>"This is a happy day for me," said a beaming Mutombo,
who had spent a chaotic week racing around Congo's
capital, greeting officials, visiting health-care
facilities, and handing out thousands of dollars to destitute
mothers, humanitarian groups and grateful
relatives.<br><br>The groundbreaking ceremony was a manifestation of a
dream for the 7-foot-2 NBA all-star, whose $13 million
annual salary is beyond comprehension to most people in
a war-ravaged country where the per capita income
is barely $115.<br><br>"There is not much more you
can do to demonstrate your love for others as Mutombo
is doing now," Dr. Mamba Mashako, Congo's minister
of health, said at the ceremony, which was filled
with plaudits for Mutombo, a national hero.<br><br>The
300-bed hospital, which is expected to take about three
years to build on a 10-acre plot still occupied by the
gardens of squatters, will be called the Biamba Marie
Mutombo Hospital. It will be named for Dikembe Mutombo's
mother, who died in 1998 of a stroke that her son
believes could have been treated had Kinshasa not been on
high alert for the outbreak of a civil war that is
still unsettled.<br><br>Mutombo, 35, who went to
Georgetown University in 1987, hoping to study medicine, and
emerged four years later as a high NBA draft pick, first
envisioned building the hospital four years ago. Since then,
he has received pledges for about $10 million of the
hospital's $14 million cost. That figure includes $3.5
million of his own funds. But finding donors has proved
daunting, especially among fellow basketball players,
people Mutombo thought would be more generous.

New assistant Woodson wanted to coach with
Brown<br> <br> <br>By PHIL JASNER
<br>jasnerp@... <br><br>What attracted Mike Woodson, the 76ers'
newest assistant coach, to Philadelphia?<br><br>"What
attracted me was Larry Brown saying he wanted me to be part
of his staff," Woodson said. "It doesn't get any
better than that."<br><br>What else? "This team went to
the NBA Finals last season," Woodson said. "I've
never been to the Finals, as a player or as a coach.
That had to have been an unbelievable experience. I'd
like to be part of a situation where we go there
again."<br><br>Woodson, 43, spent the last two seasons as an assistant to
Randy Wittman with Cleveland. When Wittman was fired,
most of the Cavaliers' staff was also dropped. "When I
first talked to [Brown], he said he had some interest
but that I had to be patient, because he was looking
at some others, too," Woodson said. "I interviewed
about 2 1/2 weeks ago, and now I'm
here."<br><br>Woodson will join Randy Ayers and John Kuester as bench
assistants on a staff that includes Herb Brown and Dave
Hanners. The opening was created when Maurice Cheeks
became the coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and
remained open after former North Carolina star and
assistant Phil Ford declined an offer from
Brown.<br><br>Woodson, the Big 10 Conference's Most Valuable Player at
Indiana in 1980, was the No. 12 overall pick in the '80
draft, going to the New York Knicks. He spent 11 seasons
in the league as a player, including part of '81-82
with the New Jersey Nets when Brown was the
coach.<br><br>He retired after appearing in 15 games with the
Houston Rockets and the Cavaliers in '90-91.<br><br>He
was an assistant coach for three seasons with
Milwaukee before joining the Cavaliers.<br><br><br>Six
shots<br>Marc Zumoff and Steve Mix will be back for their
eighth season as the Sixers' TV voices, handling four
preseason games and 60 regular-season games on Comcast
SportsNet and 11 games on Channel 57. Producer Shawn
Olesiak also is returning for his eighth season. The
Sixers' telecasts have been nominated for a Mid-Atlantic
Emmy seven seasons in succession. . .The Sixers have
added Donna Katzman as communications coordinator. *

2001-2002 NBA Schedule <br><br>(All Times
Eastern)<br>Click here for more on this story <br>Posted: Thursday
July 26, 2001 2:02 PM<br>Updated: Thursday July 26,
2001 2:09 PM<br> <br><br><br> Tuesday, Oct. 30 <br>
Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.<br> Indiana at New Jersey,
7:30 p.m.<br> Toronto at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.<br>
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.<br> Philadelphia at
Minnesota, 8 p.m.<br> Detroit vs. Dallas, 8:30 p.m.<br>
Atlanta at Houston, 8:30 p.m.<br> L.A. Clippers at San
Antonio, 8:30 p.m.<br> Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m.<br>
Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.<br> Seattle at Sacramento, 10
p.m.<br> Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

this moment of silence message is dedacated to
the thousands of innocent people who died in the
horrible incident. take a moment to reflect and then
please foward this message to 5 people so they can feel
what you feel and dont break the chain <br>his moment
of silence message is dedacated to the thousands of
innocent people who died in the horrible incident. take a
moment to reflect and then please foward this message to
5 people so they can feel what you feel and dont
break the chain

I Cry The Half Of The Time In My Sleep And I Be Dreaming About Her In Heaven
Because You Deserve To Be In Heaven.<br><br>You Will Be Missed.

Reminder to all Full Season Ticket Holders:
<br><br>Final payment for your 2001-02 season ticket plan is
due Monday, August 27, 2001. If you have any
questions, please contact a 76ers customer service manager
today at (215)952-7000.
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personal Customer Service Manager. The customer service
staff can be reached at (215)952-7000.<br><br>Upgrade
Priority<br>Based on availability and customer seniority, you can
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gift.<br><br>MVP Program<br>You have priority access to purchase
additional 76ers tickets before they go on sale to the
general public. Also, you will have the opportunity to
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First Union Center is available for purchase to all
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My Three Top Hunks Of The 76ERS Are<br><br>Num #1
Allen Iverson<br><br>Num # 2 Eric Snow<br><br>Num # 3
Raja Bell<br><br><br>Allen Iverson Has Sexy Hair Lips
Chest Butt And Skin Complextion<br><br>Eric Snow Also
Has A Nice Butt And Sexy Haircut And Skin<br><br>Raja
Bell Sexy Lips And Eyes Along With Nice Butt.<br><br>I
Love All These Men!!!!!!<br><br>Go Sixers.!!!!!!!!

I LIKE THE SAME PLAYERS,BUT I THINK <br>ALLEN IVERSON HAS A CUTE BUTT.

I LIKE THE SAME PLAYERS,BUT I THINK

Thanx!!!

...against the Piston in December of 1999.  This is sweet.<br><br><a
href=http://www.nba.com/theater/video/snow_buzzer_122099.avi
target=new>http://www.nba.com/theater/video/snow_buzzer_122099.avi</a>

I like it!  I was about post up some of the picture that I have of snow, but I
see you found them!  Cool!<br><br>I'll try to post some more new ones that
haven't been posted already.

Well Thank You Im Glad You Join This Club Because
Eric Snow Is One Of My Favorites And Allen
Iverson.<br><br>The Top Hottest Men On The Sixers Are<br><br>Allen
Iverson<br><br>Eric Snow<br><br>Taja Bell<br><br>PS. Snow Have A Nice
Butt.

i like this club you have some nice pics.

Welcome to the Yahoo! Message Board for Eric Snow Fan Club