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Report: The Sixers are a clown show and Jerry Colangelo is Bozo

Related Topics: Jerry Colangelo, Sam Hinkie, Clown

The idea of removing Sam Hinkie from his position is easy enough to accept in principle. You can be a devout believer in his plan and still see why an exit was looming. In the cutthroat world of professional sports, a mountain of losses could get even the brightest mind pushed out, passively or aggressively.

But if the details of Adrian Wojnarowski's latest report are to be believed -- betting against Woj isn't generally smart money -- the process that led to Hinkie's exit is a mockery of the highest order. Let's hit on the finer points:

On his resignation letter:

Hinkie emailed his resignation letter in the afternoon to Sixers ownership, including 12 majority and minority owners, and Jerry Colangelo.