He looks like Kenny Powers’ hillbilly cousin

Betting on ping pong balls IS risky, but unless you’re one of the rare teams that drafts an Isaiah Thomas at 60, there’s not much that a team like the 2013 76ers can do to go from a talent-deficient team with no cap space, to a contender. In the years before Hinkie, the 76ers were in basketball purgatory: not bad…

Not only did the Spurs get Duncan in the lottery, they tanked for him. To their credit, they were able to take a HOF player in Duncan and add two underrated international players, which gave them a great nucleus. How does a team like the 76ers of 2013-2017 get a Duncan-esque player, other than either tanking or…

You’re assuming that they don’t re-sign Embiid and forgetting that they will have one, maybe two, high picks in this year’s draft (or else they’ll have an unprotected first rounder from the Lakers in 2018) and the Kings’ first rounder in 2019. They also have a ton of cap space. You’re neglecting Richuan Holmes.

Gotta give the Celtics and Ainge all the credit in the world, but they were never as bad off as the 76ers were when Hinkie took over. They had Garnett, Pierce, Allen and Rondo. They managed to turn Garnett and Pierce into three first round picks from the Nets. Also, unless and until Boston ends up with the first pick,…

If you’re going to make it look like you performed an analysis of Hinkie, you need to get a few facts straight. When Hinkie arrived, the 76ers were maxed out under cap and short on future draft picks. Now they are $40 million or so under. You are omitting the trade that got us the right to swap picks with Sacramento…

I agree that tanking is almost a necessity for many teams, given the many flaws in the NBA’s system (including, without limitation, absurd guaranteed contracts, the unwieldy salary cap and the fact that multiple superstars are allowed to collusively flock to the same team).

He’s not off base, it’s just not a very impressive feat to predict the champion using the parameters that he selected. He hedged his bets by saying that at least one of his two favorites has to make the finals. At that point, it’s not exactly going out on a limb to predict that the underdog is going to lose to the…

Each time they took the consensus best player available. After they drafted Noel and a transcendent talent like Embiid was available for the taking, they had to take him. With hindsight, Okafor is not the player we hoped he would be, but most people thought he’d Ben the second pick, most people didn’t expect Porzingis…

Why is it that the 76ers are the only team that’s not allowed to tank?

Yes, have you seen @realdonaldtrump? That dude is frickin’ hilarious.

+1 for your name!

Or if both make it, one of them has a 100% chance of winning it all. You’re right, that’s a brilliant observation.

It’s crazy how many commenters don’t understand why the 76ers were essentially forced to start “the Process”. When Hinkie came to town, the 76ers were Jrue Holliday, a raw Evan Turner, Spencer Hawes and Thaddeus Young. They had no cap space and no first round pick for 2017. That’s basically a team that’s good enough…

This story made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Then I realized that Trump is our nation’s President and we’re not even three weeks into his administration. Now I need to drink.

I think you mean “bites the dust”

I hope your boss buys that explanation