When Elton Brand was named the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers on Sept. 20, 2018, all he had for administrative experience was a year as GM of the G-League Delaware Blue Coats and a few months in the Sixers front office in a position so low, he even admits sometimes they other execs ignored him.
His predecessor, Bryan Colangelo, had made few trades during his time, and what ones he did were pretty bad (shudder and remember Anu017eejs Paseu010du0146iks).
On the other hand, Sam Hinkie as GM usually fleeced the other team, sometimes to an embarrassing degree (think Sacramento Kings in what one person called ‘One of the most lopsided trades in history’.