From Philly's board:
stormi wrote:Stanford wrote:Tony Franciosa wrote:OKC is The Process with good decision making all the way through. What could have been had Silver not interfered with us...
OKC is The Process that started with Paul George and Russell Westbrook instead of Jrue.
Hinkie -> joined a treadmill organization with Jrue Holiday, Thad Young and Spencer Hawes as his three best players, after overseeing 2.5 seasons worth of games (before Jerry Colangelo snaked his way into the org), created a foundation of:
1. Embiid on a rookie contract
2. The rights to the #1 pick in the draft (Simmons) on a rookie contract
3. Room for max contract #1
4. Room for max contract #2
5. Robert Covington on a Hinkie special
6. Dario Saric about to come over on a rookie deal
7. Jerami Grant on a Hinkie special
8. Richaun Holmes on a Hinkie special
9. TJ McConnell on a Hinkie special
10. Lakers top 3 (later top 5) protected
11. Kings unprotected
12. 2 Kings pick swaps
13. 2 extra first round picks in 2016
14. Okafor in talks to go to Boston for the Jaylen Brown Nets pick
15. Noel is still being talked about as a near max guy
14. Innumerable 2nd round picks
He turned water into wine.
verdict: Negative reputation.
Sam Presti -> Revered as some sort of archetypal revolutionary for throwing a temper tantrum and blowing up a roster because he couldn't build a winner around Kevin Durant or James Harden, and then sent Paul George away for 10 first round picks.