Was “The Process” a Success?
We trusted and we waited.
Was “The Process” a success?
I don’t actually remember the weather on May 10, 2013, the day that the Sixers reached an agreement with former General Manager, Sam Hinkie. For dramatic effect, let’s assume that it was raining.
A Woj-bomb drops that, “Philadelphia has reached an agreement with Houston assistant GM Sam Hinkie to be the 76ers new GM, league source tells Y! Sports”.
This dawned a new era in Sixers’ history: The Process.
The idea of losing on purpose in order to pick higher in the draft was unheard of and highly controversial. Why would any fan pay to come to Sixers games to watch them try to lose the game? It’s just asinine. Is it bad for the integrity of the game for a team to lose on purpose? To no surprise, some of the Philadelphia fans still showed up to support their team and a lot of them bought what Sam Hinkie was selling.
The question of whether or not The Process was a success is determined by what you think the point of The Process was.
Was it to draft as high as possible in order to get multiple number one picks and, in turn, draft superstars? Or was it to win a championship?
To me, The Process was meant to bring superstar caliber talent into the city to take your best crack at a championship. That is what the Sixers did. Yes, we can knock the team for drafting the likes of Jahlil Okafor, Nerlens Noel, and Markelle Fultz. But they did bring in two perennial All-Stars in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Joel Embiid even went as far to trademark “The Process” and use it as his nickname.
The Process has given the Sixers 40% of their starting five for the next decade and it shouldn’t be judged for what two General Managers since Hinkie have done. We can all collectively disagree with the direction that Bryan Colangelo attempted to take with the team.
I think Elton Brand has the right ideas, but his aggressiveness and inexperience have backfired on him.
Hinkie had a vision, and that vision was to fill the team with young talent. He was successful in doing that.
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