It all started on the night of the 2013 NBA Draft. The Sam Hinkie era kicked off in Philadelphia with a draft night trade that traded then-all-star point guard Jrue Holiday to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Hinkie continued his tanking ways as president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers after the trade for three years until he resigned this past April by releasing a 13-page letter to Sixers management.
Hinkie made life for Bryan Colangelo, now the Sixers’ president of basketball operations easy by acquiring so many assets and leaving them with the first overall pick in the final year of his plan.