Phil is inexperienced? Um excuse me but WTF did Hinkie ever do that would make him superior to what Phil brings in terms of experience in the league? Before he got the Sixers job this is what he did in his entire career:
Following his graduation from Stanford, Hinkie joined the Houston Rockets in 2005 as a special assistant to general manager Carroll Dawson.[1][4] Hinkie was promoted to vice president in 2007, becoming the youngest vice president in the NBA; in that same year, Daryl Morey became the new Rockets general manager.[5] Hinkie was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2010.[3] In Houston, Hinkie promoted the use of advanced statistics in professional basketball while "second-in-command" to General Manager Daryl Morey, another widely known advocate of advanced basketball analytics.[6] While in Houston, Hinkie played a key role in acquiring future starting point guards Kyle Lowry and Patrick Beverley.[1]
Very impressive quick rise in his career but really what did he actually do? In comparison to Phil who despite what people think was very involved in player personnel decisions and player development over his 30+ years of coaching. I'm sorry but this trope about Phil never having done this before is overplayed. Sure there are some things he's learning but in terms of an overarching vision of how to put a winning team together i'll take Phil's knowledge any day. Seems to me that he would've learned quite a bit in his time watching and helping GM's build the teams he's coached and coached against.
IMO people are freaking lost if they think he has no idea about what he's doing. It's funny that all the armchair GM's can come up with plans and rosters and yet they think Phil can't figure out what he needs to do in order to put a winning team together. I'm sorry that things got off to such a bad start cuz all its done is bring out the Know it all Media types who couldn't wait for things to go wrong so they could jump on Phil and the Knicks.
We haven't even gotten to the end of his 1st full season and already there are threads about how impossible the task is and how we're screwed for years. Votes of No Confidence from fans are unreal. This is not to say that he's going to win a title, but can we at least let him put his team together? People are putting too much into the transition roster he put together at the start of this season. that was NEVER going to be his roster for 2015-16.
Here's the thing. If we can get a core piece in the draft it would be one of the most positive things for this franchise is more than a decade. We need to strike gold in the draft and that will set off the process from there on a good note. IMO as long as we stay in the top 4 we should be able to add an impact player. Until we get to the draft there's really no sense in going off about where the team is at this point. The player or players drafted will be part of the future of this team and set the tone and direction for Free Agency.
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