Sam hinkie appreciation thread

[Houston911]

@houston911 was the only other poster who understood what Hinkie was doing, they forced a dude out of the GM spot that got the Kings to trade them Stauskas and two first round picks for some Euro prospects who will probably never come over.

The Sixers get the Kings unprotected 2019 draft pick, and they get the right to swap picks with them this year.

Its so easy to build a team in basketball

I know we strike out on our college projections at times...but we have full time jobs

If my sole job was to be a gm and scout players, theres no excuse to not be able to build a team than can contend for titles within 4-5 years

Literally no excuses

Sam hinkie got fired and he was one of ONLY 5 or 6 gms who actually knew what he was doing

His only real mistake was okafor over porzingis

Embiid and porzingis would have been the end of the nba as we know it

 

[STVNTMAN]

Keep tanking til you luck up on a franchise player.

Some Process.

Or keep an aging core to be a treadmill team like the Grizzlies

 

[Malta]

so the process was to go 15 - 26...

or...?

The process was to get talented young players, unless you think building around Spencer Hawes, Evan Turner, Jrue Holiday and Thaddeus Young is a better alternative.

 

[Malta]

Its so easy to build a team in basketball

I know we strike out on our college projections at times...but we have full time jobs

If my sole job was to be a gm and scout players, theres no excuse to not be able to build a team than can contend for titles within 4-5 years

Literally no excuses

Sam hinkie got fired and he was one of ONLY 5 or 6 gms who actually knew what he was doing

His only real mistake was okafor over porzingis

Embiid and porzingis would have been the end of the nba as we know it

Hinkie wanted Porzingis, team ownership wanted Okafor for the name recognition

 

[ogc163]

And with the new CBA a bunch of GM's are going to be forced to follow his lead. His only major mistake was not picking KP.


After The Process: Meet Sam Hinkie 2.0

 

[holidayinn21]

Or keep an aging core to be a treadmill team like the Grizzlies

Even though I've been calling for them to blow it up for 3 years. So, this doesn't really apply to me.

 

[Houston911]

Hinkie wanted Porzingis, team ownership wanted Okafor for the name recognition

Even with that slipup

Embiid
Okafor
Simmons
Malik monk
Dennis smith



Fire the smartest guy in the nba, brehs

He should be brought back, real talk

Its so good seeing my guys dantoni and hinkie FINALLY get their respect

I been riding for them for a minute

 

[jdashmaj]

Hinkie wanted Porzingis, team ownership wanted Okafor for the name recognition

He also wanted to deal Okafor to Boston at the deadline but ownership and Jerry Colangelo wouldn't allow to make any major deals before they outted him.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Its so easy to build a team in basketball

I know we strike out on our college projections at times...but we have full time jobs

If my sole job was to be a gm and scout players, theres no excuse to not be able to build a team than can contend for titles within 4-5 years

Literally no excuses

Sam hinkie got fired and he was one of ONLY 5 or 6 gms who actually knew what he was doing

His only real mistake was okafor over porzingis

Embiid and porzingis would have been the end of the nba as we know it

It's not easy to build a good team. It's easy to build a mediocre one (and I know a couple of teams that fail at doing that).


You completely ignore the human element to a process like this. Hinkie for the most part had the right idea, but there ARE downsides to what he did.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Hinkie wanted Porzingis, team ownership wanted Okafor for the name recognition

Team ownership really wanted Russell but the Lakers fukked that idea up and KP ducked Philly altogether (he would have rather gone to Orlando)

 

[Houston911]

It's not easy to build a good team. It's easy to build a mediocre one (and I know a couple of teams that fail at doing that).


You completely ignore the human element to a process like this. Hinkie for the most part had the right idea, but there ARE downsides to what he did.

It is easy

You clear salary and acquire picks

The sh*t is literally that simple

 

[Malta]

Team ownership really wanted Russell but the Lakers fukked that idea up and KP ducked Philly altogether (he would have rather gone to Orlando)

They wanted any of the 3 college guys, yeah Russell was probably highest on the board but Porzingis was someone Hinkie wanted and got shot down

 

[Regular_P]

Hinkie was not a good GM. He was trash at drafting and fluked into Embiid because he got injured. If not for that stroke of luck, this would be a five win team right now.

 

[Archangel]

unless you think building around Spencer Hawes, Evan Turner, Jrue Holiday and Thaddeus Young is a better alternative.

 

[Regular_P]

Is the Hinkie wanted Porzingis talk sourced around draft time that year or shortly thereafter? Sounds a bit like every former GM/coach now saying they wanted to take Kobe in '96 but didn't and blamed somebody else in the organization.