Seattle SuperSonics
He was hailed as the architect of the 1995-1996 Sonics team that went to the NBA Finals (and lost to the Chicago Bulls); several years before that Whitsitt shocked many observers by drafting Shawn Kemp, a promising player who had never played a game of college ball (prior to Kevin Garnett's entrance to the league, which launched an era of high school athletes being drafted directly into the NBA). However, after a falling-out with then Sonics owner Barry Ackerly, Whitsitt resigned his position with the Sonics in 1994 and took an equivalent job with the Portland Trail Blazers, owned by Paul Allen.
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