Rod Thorn
FameRank: 4

"As player:"

* NBA All-Rookie Team/NBA All-Rookie First Team

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* Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year/SoCon Player of the Year (1962)

"As executive:"

* NBA Executive of the Year Award/NBA Executive of the Year (2001–02 NBA season/2002)

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/ stat1value = 5,012 (10.8 ppg)

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/ stat2value = 1,463 (3.1 rpg)

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/ stat3value = 1,214 (2.6 apg)

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"Rodney King "Rod" Thorn" (born May 23, 1941) is an American basketball executive and a former player and coach.

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He had a knee operation when he was in high school. He's never missed a game with the knee problem in the N.B.A.; never missed a practice or game. The only thing he's ever missed any games for in the N.B.A. was for an elbow operation.

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He was a big piece to our puzzle and a quality player. So if it works out that we don't complete the trade, then we've lost a quality player.

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Obviously we weren't aware of it, and after all the conversations back and forth, I don't think the player was aware there was any problem. He hadn't missed any games regarding this. To my knowledge, [Portland] wasn't aware of it.

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It was a confidential conversation, and I don't really want to comment on it.

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After consulting with several noted specialists, we felt that rescinding the trade is our best course of action.

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Obviously, we had a list of guys and he was at the top of our list. When we made the deal, we were very happy with it. It ended where it ended. We had a lot of discussions to the possibility of amending the deal, but we weren't able to come to any mutual agreement.

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It was a shock. We had scheduled a press conference. Obviously, we did not think there was going to be anything wrong whatsoever.

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He's a good shooter, he's a force down low and draws a lot of fouls. We feel he's a player who can play in our rotation and help us.

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It was a shock. We had scheduled a press conference. We did not think there was going to be anything wrong whatsoever.

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