General Manager Billy King is the 76ers point man for all trades, player procurement, and negotiation of player contracts. In his six seasons with the Sixers, including five years in his current position as general manager, King also manages the franchise's annual basketball operations budget.

The 37-year-old King joined the 76ers on June 2, 1997, as vice president of basketball administration, a role in which he served as the point person for basketball operations. Less than a year later, he was promoted to General Manager, and on April 5, 2000, he signed a new multi-year contract with the team.

During King's tenure, the Sixers have made drastic improvements in the win-loss column. In his first season, the squad posted a nine-game improvement, sixth-best in the NBA and tied for seventh-best in franchise history. In 1998-99, Philadelphia earned its first appearance in the NBA Playoffs since 1990-91, advancing to the second round and returned to the second round in 1999-2000. In 2000-01, the 76ers captured the Atlantic Division Title and advanced to the 2001 NBA Finals, winning the Eastern Conference Championship for the first time since 1983. The 2002-03 season marked the 76ers fifth-straight trip to the playoffs, the longest since a 12-year span from 1978 to 1987, and the fourth-straight with 40 or more wins.

He has reshaped the franchise by acquiring a mix of veterans and free agents, and engineered numerous trades over the years, including the three-team deal in December, 2002, that brought the Sixers Kenny Thomas, and the blockbuster deal in August, 2002, when the Sixers acquired Todd MacCulloch and Keith Van Horn from the New Jersey Nets for Dikembe Mutombo. Additionally, prior to the 2002-03 season, he reworked the Sixers lineup with key signees such as Monty Williams, Greg Buckner, Efthimios Rentzias and first round draft choice John Salmons.

Prior to joining the 76ers, King was an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers under Larry Brown for four seasons. Before he joined the professional ranks, he was an assistant at Illinois State University and spent one year as a color analyst for ESPN's basketball coverage of the Ohio Valley Conference.

King was an outstanding defensive player on Duke's highly ranked teams in the late 1980s, and he received the Henry Iba Corinthian National Defensive Player of the Year award at the end of his senior season. While King was at Duke, the Blue Devils were 112-27, an average of 28 wins per season. During his collegiate career, the Blue Devils went to the Final Four twice, won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship and two ACC Tournament titles.

King currently serves on the USA Basketball's Senior National Team Committee and was named Treasurer for USA Basketball's Executive Committee. He is also a member of the NBA and WNBA competition committees.

King was honored as the Sports Executive of the Year at the Rainbow Sports Awards in July 2000, reflecting not only his accomplishments in the sports industry, but also the grace, dignity, commitment and humanity that he exemplifies. In 2001, Street and Smith’s Business Journal named him one the industries "Forty under 40." He was also inducted into Duke University’s Hall of Honor on Dec. 2, 2001 in its charter group. In May, 2003, Sports Illustrated named King as one of the 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports, a list that included “men and women that are reshaping the sports industry and opening doors through which others will follow,” along with fellow 76ers Sonny Hill and Allen Iverson.

A Political Science major at Duke, King follows national and local politics closely. He's also a movie buff and previously hosted his own movie review show for WBNQ-Radio in Bloomington, Ill., titled "Kings Clips." King resides in Suburban Philadelphia with his Neopolitan Mastiff, "Caesar."