Dec 7, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie (L) listens as owner Joshua Harris (M) introduces Jerry Colangelo (R) as special advisor before a game against the San Antonio Spurs at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Hinkie Still Has It
The Philadelphia 76ers are not sitting on a team with high production. Some players show flashes of what may come, and that has been promising. But so many are critical of Sam Hinkie because the rebuild of the team is now in it’s third season. To build a team that will compete for championships over many years, the team had to be bulldozed, flattened, taken down to the rubble and rebuilt from the foundation.
Those blocks of the foundation are being laid today by both Sam Hinkie and Brett Brown.
But to close our eyes and simply turn over blind faith to a man whose plan will have no way to score until the 2016-2017 NBA season at its earliest, we can’t simply accept that as the measure of the man. We need to see how keen his eye for talent is now. Not only in who he signs, but in who he allows to leave.
The 2015-2016 Philadelphia 76ers team is as bad a basketball team as I care to witness. Despite the promise of tomorrow, that fact is today, and it’s on Sam Hinkie. But when you review the players he did not retain, there is no salvation amidst the group. Some are suited off the bench of good teams, some have done their time and want to enjoy life, and others simply have more dreams than chances.
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But Sam Hinkie has not let the team down so far. His moves, while filled with random chance, have been sound logic and have not contributed to the demise of the team.
So steady as she goes Philadelphia. The best is yet to come.