If Embiid was not injured, there is a good chance Hinkie would have taken Porzingis, because OK4 has a similar game to Embiid, and he probably would have done a trade down with Orlando, for all we know.

Almost impossible to believe what's on the video given the info Hinkie released. A true Twilight Zone moment for me. A 260 lb guy with a bad ankle riding on a gizmo while concentrating on a phone or whatever.

Wow

http://www.bobsblitz.com/2015/06/facing-potential-ankle-surgery-76ers.html

Facing potential ankle surgery, 76ers center Joel Embiid out riding a PhunkeeDuck

Philadelphia 76er Joel Embiid injured the navicular bone in his ankle. Of Embiid, CSN Philly adds:

Surgery has not been ruled out and “all options are on the table.” Earlier this week, Embiid went to New York to consult with a doctor at a hospital for special surgery. He’s also scheduled to visit a doctor named Bob Anderson in North Carolina. Anderson specializes in orthopedic surgery.

Embiid has been subjected to routine and regular CT scans and MRIs since the Sixers drafted him. They looked good, [GM Sam] Hinkie said, until the pre-summer league check-up suddenly looked “different.” That’s the word Hinkie used over and over again. That led to the reevaluation and the late-Saturday evening statement that freaked so many people out. After getting badgered by one reporter (take a guess which one), Hinkie said you can call it a setback if you'd like, but the way the doctors described it to him was that they expected the navicular bone to be “even more healed” than it is.

Maybe that's because the idiot has been out riding...a Phunkee Duck. The Perfect Mode of Transportation

yellowboy90 wrote:

doomed wrote:Sixers are a joke. Oke will leave that mess in 5 years or so when he's a FA. Bank on it.

why would you think that?

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https://twitter.com/mdotbrown/status/615048409611833344

KEITH POMPEY, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
POSTED: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 8:26 PM

The 76ers were ordered to pay the New Orleans Pelicans $3 million by the NBA last season for not fully disclosing Jrue Holiday's injury history before he was traded two years ago, according to two sources.

The Sixers traded Holiday, an all-star point guard, to the Pelicans on the night of the 2013 NBA draft for the rights to Nerlens Noel, the sixth overall pick that year.

The sources said Holiday played with stress fractures in his lower right leg during his final season with the Sixers. However, the sources said, those injures weren't fully disclosed to the Pelicans.

Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie declined to comment, but a Sixers team source disputed the allegation.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/76ers_ordered_to_pay_Pelicans_3_million_for_not_disclosing_Holidays_injuries.html#2SC4T7v2s0gj4Zxx.99

This Hinkie is one to watch closely when you are dealing with him, but now you know he may be worse than just a tough negotiator.

StarksEwing1 wrote:Cant blame the sixers for taking the BPA. Dont get me wrong i wanted okafor but the sixers did exactly what they should have done

OK4 needs to be a big boy now, collect his NBA millions, get ready to play manage his career positively. That image of him is incredible. Wow. He's disgusted.

fishmike wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:Cant blame the sixers for taking the BPA. Dont get me wrong i wanted okafor but the sixers did exactly what they should have done

totally agree. Never pass a talent like OK4 because of need. The made the right draft choice 100%

OK4 needs to be a big boy now, collect his NBA millions, get ready to play manage his career positively. That image of him is incredible. Wow. He's disgusted.

He is not happy, though.

Worked out for Minny and LA, and he is a Laker fan.

Lakers really like Russell, but from reading things, I think there is a belief that OK4 really, and I mean really, has some defensive red flags, and that is why they passed on him, unless they already have an agreement with a FA center.

crzymdups wrote:Wow. The problem with Hinkie's grand vision is that it ignores the human element essential in building a team.

For all his problems, I do think Phil understands that part.

crzymdups wrote:Wow. The problem with Hinkie's grand vision is that it ignores the human element essential in building a team.

For all his problems, I do think Phil understands that part.

Yes well said; he does a great job with managing easily measurable assets but you wonder if 1) he can convert them into a team product and 2) effectively communicate his vision internally and to free agents.