Knicks · Trust the Process? Hinkie "steps down" (page 1)

crzymdups @ 4/6/2016 8:18 PM
Where the Hinkie lovers at?

crzymdups @ 4/6/2016 8:20 PM

crzymdups @ 4/6/2016 8:21 PM
I wonder if the Sixers will make a move to trade Okafor now?
CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 8:45 PM
Pompey is the beat writer for the Sixers. He published this tonight just before 7:00 pm. Sounds like this wasn't expected.
Sixers' Hinkie predicts active offseason
Updated: APRIL 6, 2016 — 6:56 PM EDT
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by Keith Pompey, STAFF WRITER @PompeyOnSixers
76ers general manager Sam Hinkie talked about the coming offseason before Tuesday's victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, and he said this summer "will feel different."

"It will feel different by the number of young players that are added to our team, the number of players out of the draft, and even the vibe around our team in free agency will have a different type of feel," Hinkie said.

The Sixers have around $24.5 million locked up in guaranteed salaries for next season, so they can go after top-notch free agents this summer. The salary cap for NBA teams could reach at least $90 million next season.

And while the 10-68 Sixers probably aren't a desired destination for A-list free agents, Hinkie remains hopeful.


"I think the best players in the world have great options," Hinkie said. "They will continue to, and they will choose what's best for them. But I think we will be able to provide opportunities for guys that will be interesting, too."

The Sixers will also have the best chance to get the top draft pick after securing this season's worst record. They have a 25 percent chance to get the top pick and a 64.3 percent chance to finish in the top three. The Sixers cannot finish lower than fourth.

They would also get the Lakers' pick if Los Angeles falls out of the top three in the lottery. The Sixers also have first-round picks from the Miami Heat (22nd overall as of Tuesday) and Oklahoma City Thunder (27th overall).

"There are a lot of options to be open to," Hinkie said. "I'm not sure what we are going to do. It's way too early."

The NBA draft is June 23.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20160407_Sixers__Hinkie_predicts_active_offseason.html#CvpUoRgU1jMrQXxx.99

CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 8:51 PM
In a letter to members of the Sixers' ownership group, obtained by ESPN.com, Hinkie wrote: "There has been much criticism of our approach. There will be more. A competitive league like the NBA necessitates a zig while our competitors comfortably zag. We often chose not to defend ourselves against much of the criticism, largely in an effort to stay true to the ideal of having the longest view in the room.

"... Given all the changes to our organization, I no longer have the confidence that I can make good decisions on behalf of investors in the Sixers -- you. So I should step down. And I have."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/151501...
CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 8:52 PM

Bonn1997 @ 4/6/2016 8:53 PM
crzymdups wrote:Where the Hinkie lovers at?


Interesting development.
I don't think there have ever been any Hinkie lovers here though.
crzymdups @ 4/6/2016 8:55 PM
13 page resignation letter!!

crzymdups @ 4/6/2016 8:55 PM
Bonn1997 wrote:
crzymdups wrote:Where the Hinkie lovers at?


Interesting development.
I don't think there have ever been any Hinkie lovers here though.

Oh?

CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 8:56 PM
The philly.com article said he has lost 20lbs this season from stress.
CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 8:56 PM
crzymdups wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:
crzymdups wrote:Where the Hinkie lovers at?


Interesting development.
I don't think there have ever been any Hinkie lovers here though.

Oh?

That is news to me.
CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 9:07 PM
Someone who probably won't be bumping the thread about Hinkie posted this in that thread.
Its always good to have a new bumpable post that I can bookmark

http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topi...
Knixkik @ 4/6/2016 9:08 PM
If I had the motivation I would pull my thread from earlier this year. A horrible plan with no real end game. He sold ownership in a shame. When he dealt MCW I knew it was a horrible plan. Trading him in itself wasn't bad, it was the fact that he was trading his pick for a future pick, an endless delay. Anyone can collect assets but he was never going to build a team.
CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 9:09 PM
Knixkik wrote:If I had the motivation I would pull my thread from earlier this year. A horrible plan with no real end game. He sold ownership in a shame. When he dealt MCW I knew it was a horrible plan. Trading him in itself wasn't bad, it was the fact that he was trading his pick for a future pick, an endless delay. Anyone can collect assets but he was never going to build a team.
I posted the link in this thread.
CrushAlot @ 4/6/2016 9:11 PM
CrushAlot wrote:
Knixkik wrote:If I had the motivation I would pull my thread from earlier this year. A horrible plan with no real end game. He sold ownership in a shame. When he dealt MCW I knew it was a horrible plan. Trading him in itself wasn't bad, it was the fact that he was trading his pick for a future pick, an endless delay. Anyone can collect assets but he was never going to build a team.
I posted the link in this thread.
OOps. Here it is.
http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topi...
WaltLongmire @ 4/6/2016 9:28 PM
Wow...

Funny thing (unfortunate, for him) is that he accumulated all those draft picks and now someone else gets to benefit from using them.

Can't have much sympathy for him. Got to go to the Philly forum on RealGM later and see how the Hinkie sycophants are reacting.

Nalod @ 4/6/2016 11:25 PM
wrote a 13 page letter?

In true "Ron-Ron" fashion!!

WaltLongmire @ 4/7/2016 12:57 AM
crzymdups wrote:13 page resignation letter!!


This is his letter.

http://espn.go.com/pdf/2016/0406/nba_hin...


Pretentious fellow, this Hinkie, to say the least.


Over at the Sixers RealGM forum, it is the end of the world as they know it, and as Brian Colangelo looms as Hinkie's replacement, Philly fans gear up for the apocalypse.

yellowboy90 @ 4/7/2016 12:59 AM
WaltLongmire wrote:
crzymdups wrote:13 page resignation letter!!

http://espn.go.com/pdf/2016/0406/nba_hin...

This is his letter.

Pretentious fellow, this Hinkie, to say the least.

Yeah, at least Phil is humble. He Philly how's it goink?

smackeddog @ 4/7/2016 3:44 AM
Mreinman will be distraught
Bonn1997 @ 4/7/2016 7:41 AM
crzymdups wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:
crzymdups wrote:Where the Hinkie lovers at?


Interesting development.
I don't think there have ever been any Hinkie lovers here though.

Oh?


Are you talking about Mreinman where he said he loved the experiment but was not sold on it? (You're just taking the word "love" from that sentence?) I didn't read through every message on that thread though. Obviously Hinkie's use of the metrics worked a lot worse than GSW's and SAS's. I'm sure it's a combination of bad strategy, execution, and luck on Hinkie's part. No one would say that all GMs who use the eyeball test are great at it and I'm sure the same applies to the metrics.
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