The fancy stats didn't work with Hinkie so be curious to see how they do with Morey.
He never got the chance to see if it worked. Was practically forced out right before they drafted Simmons and then Mr. Big Collar turned it all to crap. Hinkie GM'd as if he was a member of this board, tank until you find your McDavid or Matthews. No one wants to be in the 6-11 range losing in the 1st round or just missing the playoffs. Be bad until your gather enough high picks that you're good again. You especially have to do that in the NBA given how star driven it is. Hinkie just wasn't shy and didn't lie about what he was doing and Silver and the media didn't like that. Didn't help that he was doing it with a banner franchise. If he does that in Minnesota or Charlotte the Colangelos are probably never forced on the team.
Hinkie was about throwing shit at the wall and seeing what stuck and his endless cycle of the bottom of the roster did unearth some actual NBA players (Covington is one off the top of my head). It was also about playing the lottery until you got those 2 or 3 stars. Not every one of MCW, Noel, Saric, Embiid, Okafor and Simmons were supposed to pan out in his plan, but if 2 or 3 of them did then it worked. He sold high on MCW and collected tons of assets that the Sixers still have to this day. And the story goes he wanted Porzingis over Okafor but KP wouldn't play for the Sixers so they took Okafor.
You don't know how it plays out if he never leaves. Does he trade Noel or Okafor before they're worth nothing? Does he make the Fultz trade (doubtful, IMO)? Or the Butler and Harris trades? (These were Brand and I personally didn't mind either.) Does he stick with Brown as long as Brand did?
