John Nash (basketball)

John Nash was an NBA General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers,^[1] New Jersey Nets,^[2] Portland Trail Blazers,^[3] and Washington Bullets.^[4] He also has worked as a broadcaster for Comcast, and in several other NBA front office jobs.

His contract with the Trail Blazers was not renewed^[5] after the conclusion of the 2005-2006 season. He signed with the Philadelphia 76ers for the 08-09 NBA Season as a Pro Personal Scout.^[6]

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Preceded by Pat Williams	Philadelphia 76ers General Manager 1986–1990	Succeeded by Gene Shue
Preceded by Bob Ferry	Washington Bullets General Manager 1990–1996	Succeeded by Wes Unseld
Preceded by Bob Whitsitt	Portland Trail Blazers General Manager 2003–2006	Succeeded by Steve Patterson

Philadelphia 76ers

Formerly the Syracuse Nationals (1946–1963) Founded in 1946 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Franchise Syracuse All-Time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Convention Hall Philadelphia Arena The Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

General Managers	Leo Ferris Ramsay Don DeJardin Williams Nash Shue Lynam Greenberg Lucas King Stefanski Thorn DiLeo Hinkie

D-League affiliate	Delaware 87ers

Administration	Owner Joshua Harris Adam Aron David Blitzer Jason Levien Art Wrubel Will Smith Jada Pinkett Smith Erick Thohir Chief Executive Officer Scott O'Neil Chairman of Basketball Operations Jerry Colangelo President Sam Hinkie General Manager Sam Hinkie Head coach Brett Brown

Retired numbers	2 (To be officially retired in the 2016-17 season) 3 4 (To be retired March 12, 2016) 6 10 13 15 24 32 34 Dave Zinkoff (MIC)

NBA Championships (3)	1955 1967 1983

Conference Championships (9)	1950 1954 1955 1967 1977 1980 1982 1983 2001

Rivals	Boston Celtics

Culture and lore	"Fo', fo', fo'" Wilt the Stilt Dr. J The Answer The Boston Strangler Dave Zinkoff Practice!? Curse of Billy Penn Hip Hop Pat Croce Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Sir Charles The Kangaroo Kid Harvey Pollack Boston's dead! Nine and 73-ers

Media	Television Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia The Comcast Network Radio WPEN Announcers Marc Zumoff Alaa Abdelnaby Tom McGinnis

Washington Wizards

Formerly the Chicago Packers (1961–1962), the Chicago Zephyrs (1962–1963), the Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973), the Capital Bullets (1973–1974), and the Washington Bullets (1974–1997) Founded in 1961 Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	International Amphitheatre Chicago Coliseum Baltimore Civic Center Cole Field House Capital Centre/US Airways Arena Verizon Center

General Managers	Ferry Nash Unseld Grunfeld

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Ted Leonsis (Owner) Ernie Grunfeld (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) Randy Wittman (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 11 25 41

NBA Championships (1)	1978

Conference Championships (4)	1971 1975 1978 1979

Culture and lore	Wes Unseld 1975 championship upset It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings The Big E Abe Pollin Washington Bullets Earl the Pearl The Phone Booth Agent Zero Robin Ficker

Media	TV WDCW Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic The Comcast Network Radio WJFK-FM Announcers Steve Buckhantz Phil Chenier Dave Johnson Glenn Consor

Portland Trail Blazers

Founded in 1970 Based in Portland, Oregon

Franchise	Franchise All-time roster History Expansion Draft Draft history Accomplishments Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	Memorial Coliseum (1970–1995) Moda Center (1995–present)

General Managers	Glickman Inman Spoelstra Petrie Whitsitt Nash Patterson Leiweke Pritchard Cho Buchanan Olshey

Presidents	Sarkowsky Weinberg Whitsitt Glickman Patterson Leiweke Miller McGowan

D-League affiliates	Fort Worth Flyers (2005–06) Anaheim Arsenal (2006–07) Idaho Stampede (2007–2014) Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2014–2015)

Administration	Owner Paul Allen General Manager Neil Olshey Head Coach Terry Stotts List of executives

Retired numbers	1 13 14 15 20 22 30 (Gross) 30 (Porter) 32 36 45 77

Hall of Famers	Clyde Drexler Dražen Petrović Scottie Pippen Jack Ramsay Arvydas Sabonis Bill Walton Lenny Wilkens

Culture	Blazermania Rip City "Duck" Rose Garden arena bankruptcy Larry Weinberg Bill Walton Jack Ramsay Clyde the Glide The Schonz Memorial Day Miracle Blaze the Trail Cat Portland Indians Portland Fire Portlandia

NBA Championships (1)	1977

Conference Championships (3)	1977 1990 1992

Division Championships (5)	1978 1991 1992 1999 2015

Media	TV KGW Comcast SportsNet Northwest Radio KPOJ Trail Blazers Radio Network Announcers Mike Barrett Mike Rice Bill Schonely Brian Wheeler Antonio Harvey

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