Hinkie Wins

meh · Jun 29, 2014

TheRealist137 said: ↑

Embiid is a better prospect than Yao was when he came out.
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Umm... Either you were too young at the time, or you've forgotten that year. Embid doesn't have nearly the hype Yao had. I'd say he doesn't even have a 10% of Yao's hype despite social media advantage.

This is a good refresher though.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=255536

meh · Jun 29, 2014

J.R. said: ↑

That Sam Hinkie...

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports..._s_sleuthing_garners_two_picks_for_76ers.html
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A bit disingenuous with that fluff piece. That pick Orlando returned was very heavily protected and would've turned into 2nd rounds if Philly still sucked by then. It's not actually that valuable to Orlando. Overall the price Orlando paid to move up 2 spots was quite fair.

Still a brilliant gamble though. But Orlando wasn't fleeced or anything.

A_3PO · Jun 29, 2014

TheRealist137 said: ↑

Embiid is a better prospect than Yao was when he came out.
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Yao as a prospect is irrelevant. The chances of Embiid having a career matching or exceeding Yao's is tiny.

J.R. · Jul 19, 2014

Nice [but long] read on Sam Hinkie. A few Rockets mentions...

Sixers GM Sam Hinkie treasures patience, privacy

Hinkie turned down Harvard to attend Stanford, swayed by the business school’s close relationship with NFL teams. It allowed him to work part-time with the San Francisco 49ers and later the Houston Texans, devising strategies for player pricing, salary cap analysis and identifying opportunities within the draft.

While in Houston, Hinkie convinced Rockets owner Leslie Alexander that he could help the NBA franchise improve its decision making by using more objective analysis. He worked part-time for the Rockets while he finished his graduate work in California, flying back and forth to Houston one day each week.
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Later that year, after graduating from Stanford, Hinkie began working for the Rockets as a full-time special assistant to the general manager, helping to manage the salary cap and evaluate players.

A year later, Daryl Morey, who founded the groundbreaking MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, of which Hinkie was an original contributor, was promoted to GM, and the two become close friends and confidantes.

Hinkie, 29 at the time, was soon named team vice president, the youngest in the history of the NBA. He and Ali begin their family.

In 2009, Hinkie was instrumental in orchestrating a three-team trade that costs the Rockets starting point guard Rafer Alston, but nets reserve guard Kyle Lowry, a deal that in 2012 proved critical in acquiring star shooting guard James Harden, whose presence a year later helps the Rockets attract star center Dwight Howard.
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The Sixers signed five players to eight 10-day contracts, combined, last season, more than any other team in the NBA, according to hoopsrumors.com.

“When the draft comes and goes, there’s a certain set of players you acquire and there’s a whole bunch of others you had interest in acquiring. That doesn’t die,” Hinkie says in an interview with The News Journal before the penultimate home game of the season. “The reasons you had interests in them has validity. Even if it doesn’t come to fruition for 24 or 48 or 60 months, there’s often still things there that are of interest, and there’s lots of players, even players who will be playing in May and June, who found that route, who have come along.”

One is Patrick Beverley. Hinkie scouted the point guard for years during his time with the Rockets, through his college career at Arkansas to a season in Ukraine to his being drafted in the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 to his exploits in Greece to his summer league stint with the Heat and throughout his playing days in Russia, where he was named the 2011-12 Eurocup MVP.

In January 2013, Hinkie negotiated a deal with Beverley’s agent to pay a big chunk of his buyout and signed him to a three-year contract.

Beverley is now the Rockets’ starting point guard. They went 54-28 last season.

“Over and over and over, this happens all the time, where guys, just because it doesn’t click in the first 30 days,” Hinkie says, snapping his fingers, “doesn’t mean they may not be able to play. And you can’t talk as much as we do about player development and then not be willing to watch players develop.”
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“Sam is a straight down the fairway guy…” Morey, the Rockets GM, told The News Journal. “He won’t stop until he builds a dynasty up there in Philly. He’s going to build Lego brick by Lego brick, and there’s no chance he won’t succeed.”
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LosPollosHermanos · Jul 19, 2014

Hinkie ftw

Mr. Clutch · Jul 19, 2014

Winkie?

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