I was signing up for a new savings account at my local bank last week and the online questionnaire asked me a security question in case I ever forget my password: “Give the date of a significant day in your life.”
Would I put my birthday? My parents’ anniversary? The day the Sixers hired Sam Hinkie? None of those could top my choice, as I typed in “02/22/2017” and hit enter. My answer was set. For those unaware, that’s the day the Sixers franchise changed forever, the day they traded for Tiago Splitter.
The early reviews for the deal were predictably fawning in praise of Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo:
“An unprecedented shift of power in NBA history.