"Sam Hinkie Speaks" [ESPN Article]

[OleSchool]

Im sad, really want the guy back

[Eyeamok]

Has Scam Hinkie been hired by another team?

Did you hear. Embiid is finally healthy, Ben Simmons got drafted #1 by the 76ers and Saric is coming over to play next season.

All great news...combined with an actual GM, I have high hopes

And here is a little something to help you out.

scam
skam/Submit
nouninformal
1.
a dishonest scheme; a fraud.
"an insurance scam"
synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick; More
verb
1.
swindle.
"a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"
synonyms: swindle, cheat, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull;

What do you feel you lost out on. 3 mediocre seasons of maybe .500 basketball. A mythical title run?
The signing of a great free agent? What did Sam Scam you out of to make you so bitter?

[NYSixersFan]

You do realize that all the great news is courtesy of Sam....yes of course you do.

As for your actual GM he has had the good sense not to do anything to rock the boat Sam put in motion,,,it's like GM by proxy....so good on BC.

LOL...you guys are loyal....delusional...but loyal....I'll give you that

Where does the delusional part come in. Even you have admitted it has all been great news. All generated by Sam. So where does the delusion come in?

I really don't want to talk about Hinkie ever again...but this forum can't let go...and I can't help myself

[Eyeamok]

LOL...you guys are loyal....delusional...but loyal....I'll give you that

Where does the delusional part come in. Even you have admitted it has all been great news. All generated by Sam. So where does the delusion come in?

I really don't want to talk about Hinkie ever again...but this forum can't let go...and I can't help myself

It's OK to admit it.....Hinkie gave your life meaning. It's like when the USA lost Russia as an enemy.....now what the hell are we gonna do?

[NYSixersFan]

Did you hear. Embiid is finally healthy, Ben Simmons got drafted #1 by the 76ers and Saric is coming over to play next season.

All great news...combined with an actual GM, I have high hopes

And here is a little something to help you out.

scam
skam/Submit
nouninformal
1.
a dishonest scheme; a fraud.
"an insurance scam"
synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick; More
verb
1.
swindle.
"a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"
synonyms: swindle, cheat, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull;

What do you feel you lost out on. 3 mediocre seasons of maybe .500 basketball. A mythical title run?
The signing of a great free agent? What did Sam Scam you out of to make you so bitter?

I wasn't scammed...I wasn't buying his garbage....the believers..sons of sam...they were scammed into thinking he was their messiah....he was going to bring championships to philly. Nobody will ever convince me that he had the GM skills to build a winner...he's great at losing and acquiring assets...I'm sure there's a job for him somewhere

[NYSixersFan]

Where does the delusional part come in. Even you have admitted it has all been great news. All generated by Sam. So where does the delusion come in?

I really don't want to talk about Hinkie ever again...but this forum can't let go...and I can't help myself

It's OK to admit it.....Hinkie gave your life meaning. It's like when the USA lost Russia as an enemy.....now what the hell are we gonna do?

good stuff. kinda funny.

[hookshot199]

I really don't want to talk about Hinkie ever again

Then don't. Put a sock in it.

[hookshot199]

The reason Silver stepped in was the bad press, plain and simple.

Silver's predecessor should have stepped in when Doug Collins gave away our future for Bynum…or when Billy King trade Brooklyn's future to Boston. They shouldn't have it both ways.

Nobody cares if a team sucks. Just don't go out and announce to the world that you are sucking on purpose. Hinkie's total disregard for appearances put this franchise and the NBA in a bad light. When that happens, the powers that be will step in. The worst possible outcome for Silver/NBA would have been for Hinkie to rebuild this team into a champion after tanking. Then multiple teams would have gone on a tank command. Hinkie's firing/resigning lets the other NBA teams know, if you're going to tank, don't be blatant about it.

The assets Hinkie accrue in his short time hear make it almost impossible for Colangelo to screw this up.

It's possible if Bryan C goes for the short-term fix. As for putting the league in a bad light, I'm not sure that a league which allows Donald Sterling to have a seat at the table for 30 years can be taken seriously on ethics and matters of principle. And if Bryan C doesn't do something stupid, Hinkie will get credit whether the league wants to give him credit or not.

His biggest blunder - and it's a serious one - was not to bring a point guard in last season. I don't think he tanked intentionally last year. I don't think he understood the implications of not having a veteran at point - two straight years.

If all of the pieces are able to play this year - in particular Embiid and Saric - Hinkie will be rehired by another failing franchise.

[Snotbubbles]

Silver's predecessor should have stepped in when Doug Collins gave away our future for Bynum…or when Billy King trade Brooklyn's future to Boston. They shouldn't have it both ways.

Nobody cares if a team sucks. Just don't go out and announce to the world that you are sucking on purpose. Hinkie's total disregard for appearances put this franchise and the NBA in a bad light. When that happens, the powers that be will step in. The worst possible outcome for Silver/NBA would have been for Hinkie to rebuild this team into a champion after tanking. Then multiple teams would have gone on a tank command. Hinkie's firing/resigning lets the other NBA teams know, if you're going to tank, don't be blatant about it.

The assets Hinkie accrue in his short time hear make it almost impossible for Colangelo to screw this up.

It's possible if Bryan C goes for the short-term fix. As for putting the league in a bad light, I'm not sure that a league which allows Donald Sterling to have a seat at the table for 30 years can be taken seriously on ethics and matters of principle. And if Bryan C doesn't do something stupid, Hinkie will get credit whether the league wants to give him credit or not.

His biggest blunder - and it's a serious one - was not to bring a point guard in last season. I don't think he tanked intentionally last year. I don't think he understood the implications of not having a veteran at point - two straight years.

If all of the pieces are able to play this year - in particular Embiid and Saric - Hinkie will be rehired by another failing franchise.

Even if BC goes for the short-term fix, he still has a boatload of long-term assets in draft picks. BC would have to work extremely hard to screw this up. He would literally have to trade the Lakers pick, the Kings pick and a bunch of the Sixers future picks for scraps AND sign multiple guys to max deals that don't deserve them. If he screws this up, I can't imagine another team would touch him with a 10 foot pole. So far, he appears to be doing a semi-competent job.

Also, Hinkie will never get the credit if this team becomes a contender. You can see the powers that be have leaked that Hinkie wasn't a "relationships" guy. So when BC signs or trades a player it will be touted as a move that "relationship-less" Hinkie couldn't have made. The minute he signs a guy like Harrison Barnes you'll read in the papers, "this is the type of move Sam Hinkie couldn't accomplish...blah, blah, blah."

As far as Hinkie getting another job, I hope he does. I thought he did a masterful job of accumulating assets and I wanted to see how he would have re-built the roster. But if he does get another job, he won't do the extremely blatant tank again. The shot was fired across his bow.

[Wilfried]

I hope Hinkie never gets another job in this league!

I couldn't handle the situation seeing him building a contender somewhere else.
And probably ripping BC in 'the process'

[GoSixersBro]

Think of all the wasted years this city will never get back because of Sam. I long for 39 wins and a first round thrashing by the Cavs.

[PhillySixers22]

Who knows what would have happened. I will say this, the Porzingis hype is out of control due to the NY media/fanbase. The guy was in a MUCH better situation than Okafor, who was in one of the WORST situations in NBA history in terms of the team around him.

We'll have a better idea about things after this season when Okafor has real NBA teammates around him.

Exactly this. I for one preferred Okafor to Porzingis at the time of the draft and their rookie seasons haven't changed that. As you said Okafor was in a much worse situation and I thought he actually had a good rookie year all things considered. Until Embiid plays a full season and shows there is no reason for concern I wouldn't consider dealing Jah unless it's a no brainer deal. He's one of our franchise cornerstones until proven otherwise imo.

[XtremeDunkz]

Whatever team Sam goes to next will be my 2nd team.