Houshphandzadeh wrote:wherein Bob Cooney makes up quotes:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/six ... sions.html

They probably weren't the main topic of conversation during the NBA predraft combine last week in the Windy City, but the 76ers' situation certainly was at the forefront of a lot of talk. With the hiring of Sam Hinkie as president of basketball operations and general manager, more questions seemed to have come about than answers.

"Who is making the basketball decisions right now?" asked one league executive.

When told it was Hinkie, known for his analytics expertise, he replied: "Don't they have a basketball guy helping out in some ways?"

I mean really

do these unnamed league executives just ask questions of the ether

td11 wrote:i'm still having trouble understanding how an NBA executive could ask a question as dumb as "Don't they have a basketball guy helping out in some ways?"

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I don't know this Finch guy and don't give Eskin reports much credit anyway, but it would be really nice to have a coach and a GM on the same page. would be a 180 from the last few years when Collins would trade picks or give out unnecessary years to get a guy and then Doug wouldn't play them for weeks at a time