Sam Hinkie

Former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie is not currently employed by an NBA team. He may never be employed by one again. His methods while in Philly were deemed too drastic by some, including the league itself. The Association is set for lottery reform after next season in large part because of his tanking [...]

Joel Embiid is still riding or dying with Sam Hinkie. Though Hinkie stepped down from his position with the Philadelphia 76ers before Embiid ever made his NBA debut, the 7’2″ behemoth still feels a sense of loyalty to his former executive. He has adopted “The Process” as a nickname, a spinoff from the “Trust The [...]

Sam Hinkie, the author of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Process, may be coming to an NBA team near you—provided, of course, your NBA team is the Sacramento Kings. According to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe and Marc Stein, Sacramento has been granted permission to speak with the Sixers’ former general manager: The Sacramento Kings have expressed exploratory interest [...]

It finally happened fam: Former Philadelphia 76ers general manager/author of “The Process” tallied an All-Star vote on Joel Embiid’s behalf. Granted, Hinkie’s ballot was not unsolicited; Embiid coerced him into action with this tweet: [tweet https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/818936573756665856] Sam Hinkie responded with this shortly thereafter: [tweet https://twitter.com/samhinkie/status/818954355227267072] Hot damn, that’s a lot of votes in one shot. [...]

We may not have seen the last of Sam Hinkie in an NBA front office. The former Philadelphia 76ers president/general manager/author of The Process has become something of a cult hero for his extremist approach to rebuilding the team he has since left behind. Whether or not you agree with him, you know him. And [...]

Months after Sam Hinkie stepped down as general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid, the third overall pick in 2014 who has yet to make his debut, still has his back. Embiid posted this to Instagram account: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel "The Process" Embiid (@joelembiid) The caption here [...]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey thinks former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie got a raw deal before resigning from his post in April. Here’s what Morey said of the situation during an appearance of “The Vertical Podcast with Woj,” via Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com: I wanted to take hits for him. The reality [...]

Sam Hinkie’s departure from the Philadelphia 76ers was…unconventional. It was a slow, painful, gradual grind to the end, with the Sixers ostensibly stripping Sam Hinkie of his absolute power by installing Jerry Colangelo in the front office to help oversee the rebuild. After months of working under those conditions, Hinkie walked, leaving behind a 13-page [...]

Sooner or later, the Sixers need to decide to start winning. Otherwise, incoming rookies will avoid them like the plague. Or, like Kristaps Porzingis reportedly did. Kristaps Porzingis went fourth overall to the Knicks, but the Sixers were interested in the big man at number 3. But the problem is that the team never met [...]

Times really are changing in Philadelphia. Used to be that the Sixers were one of the NBA’s trade-deadline draws, as they proved only last season in many ways, most notably with their decision to flip 2013-14 Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams to the Milwaukee Bucks in a deal that netted them the Los Angeles [...]