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Drip Drop. Depleting Philadelphia 76ers assets at alarming rate.

Bret Stuter|
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 7: Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo looks on prior to the game against the Utah Jazz at Wells Fargo Center on November 7, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 7: Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo looks on prior to the game against the Utah Jazz at Wells Fargo Center on November 7, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
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Prestidigitaion

Cutting through the rhetoric, the cliche’s, and the pattern of trades, we discover assets have magically disappeared. But we got….. and as you search the roster for what we ended up with in trade we discover that this team has:
Power forward Trevor Booker for the remainder of this season.
Justin Anderson through the end of the 2018-2019 season (seldom played)

And that’s it.  Seven NBA players gone. Two players on the roster. The remainder of the roster is either free agent signings or drafted players from picks accumulated from the previous GM. And there is the rub…

After trading away so many assets, you would expect some year, any future year, to show a pick up of NBA draft picks. No.  Each future year is less now than before. But that’s not all.

Drip Drop. Philadelphia 76ers depleting assets at an alarming rate

There are two ways to score a trade. Traditionally, trades value the moment – the now. But those of us who understood Sam Hinkie’s methodology have learned an alternative. Realized versus potential.

In the traditional sense, the Jahlil Okafor / Nik Stauskas trade appears like a win win, just as described in this analysis, understanding that “fit” and “production” for players on their new teams is an educated guess.

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But the potential of this trade is a huge deficit for the Philadelphia 76ers in the alternative methodology. Much like the Jerami Grant trade for Ersan Ilyasova, the exchange of current production completely ignores future potential Okaofr and Stauskas each have many years of basketball ahead of them. The utility for Trevor Booker for this team is a partial year.  Even weighing his remaining career, the Philadelphia 76ers gave up potentially 30 years of basketball play (assuming play from the 2nd round pick) for six years of play.

The fear is that the years of Hinkie surplus soon expire. Then Bryan Colangelo must eat what he kills. With only one first and one second round pick, the executive who loves the deal risks placing us back in the hole once more.