76ers Sign Former Sixer and Free Agent Tyrone Hill; Waive Kenny Satterfield

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - March 3, 2003 - Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Billy King announced today that the Sixers have signed free agent forward Tyrone Hill and waived guard Kenny Satterfield. Hill was placed on waivers by Cleveland on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not released.

The 34-year-old Hill is making his second stop in Philadelphia. He was originally acquired by the Sixers on March 11, 1999, in a four-player deal with Milwaukee. He played the remainder of the 1998-99 season with Philadelphia as well as the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons, helping the Sixers to the 2001 NBA Finals. As a Sixer, Hill averaged 10.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 30.9 minutes in 165 games (146 starts). He was traded by Philadelphia to Cleveland on August 3, 2001, with Jumaine Jones for Matt Harpring, Cedric Henderson and Robert Traylor.

Playing in his 13th NBA season, Hill was averaging 6.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 26.7 minutes per game in 32 games (25 starts) for the Cavs this season. This season, he grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds versus the Lakers on Nov. 5, 2002, setting a Gund Arena record for defensive rebounds in a quarter with nine in the first period. He also had a season-high 17 points at the Clippers on Oct. 30 as part of a double-double. In 2001-02, Hill played in just 26 games, missing the first 50 games due to back spasms.

Hill was originally drafted by Golden State with the 11th pick of the 1990 NBA Draft. In his NBA career, he has played in 772 games (592 starts), averaging 9.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 28.3 minutes per game. The Xavier ’90 product enjoyed his best year as a professional in 1994-95 when he averaged a career-best 13.8 points and 10.9 rebounds in 70 games during his first stop in Cleveland and was selected to the 1995 All-Star game that year. Hill played with Golden State from 1990-1993 when he was traded to the Cavs on July 15, 1993. He then spent from 1993-1997 with Cleveland before being sent to Milwaukee on Sept. 25, 1997, as part of a three-way deal with Seattle.

Satterfield, 6-foot-2, 170 pounds, averaged 0.6 points, 0.8 assists and 4.9 minutes per game in 16 contests with the Sixers. The third-year guard was claimed off waivers by the 76ers on Dec. 23, 2002 and has career averages of 3.5 points, 1.7 assists and 13.1 minutes per game in 38 NBA contests. Satterfield was selected after his sophomore season at the University of Cincinnati by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round (54th overall pick) of the 2001 NBA Draft. His rights were later traded to Denver for a future second-round draft choice or future considerations on Sept