The second round of the NBA draft has been overlooked by many NBA teams in their team building strategy, often used in a “feel good” capacity to enhance and balance two sides of a potential NBA trade. Seldom given serious consideration of generating any impact players to an NBA roster, it had taken on the value of coins in the modern day NBA dealings focused on paper currency.
Except for one man, Philadelphia 76ers president and general manager Sam Hinkie. Much like coins that get dropped into a piggy bank, Sam Hinkie actually began to seek and accumulate second round draft picks from the NBA draft.