You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 661 Sam Hinkie (1667)

The 76ers ended the journey of the 2012-13 season.

This year, they have improved from last year, reaching the Eastern Conference finals and fighting the Heat in six games.

从首轮到东部决赛，他们一共打了16场比赛，这16场比赛8里，韦夏场均得到33分7篮板7助攻2抢断和1.4封盖。

The Heat, which had won 27 consecutive victories in the regular season, had no dominance in the playoffs.

In the semifinals, he fought the Pacers in seven games, and in the conference finals, he fought the 76ers in six games. In the finals, he was led by the Spurs 3-2. In the sixth game, he was almost killed by the Spurs. With Bosh hitting the most critical offensive rebound of the entire season, Jesus came.

If the Big Three of the Heat lose to similar old men within two years, it will be a serious blow to this group of people who take shortcuts.

The Heat survived and successfully defended their title.

The season ended here, James won the second trophy of his career, the second FMVP, and the first dominant MVP+FMVP season of his career.

From today, he is a member of the double MVP club just like Bird, Magician, Jordan, Sharks, Duncan, and Kobe.

Only by entering a double MVP club can one prove that a player has absolute dominance over a certain season, and it is also a must-have nuclear weapon for fans of each other when they are sparring online.

There is no MVP, which means that the regular season paddling is not tough enough.

There is no FMVP, which means that he likes to hug his thighs and is easy to be targeted.

There is no double MVP, which means that as a superstar, he is not dominant enough to rule the regular season and the finals at the same time.

It makes sense. In short, James is in a happy mood. He holds the trophy and doesn't care about other people's words and ideas.

During the offseason, the 76ers experienced some internal changes.

Doug Collins, whose contract expired, felt that he was exhausted and did not want to renew his contract, and the changed management did not retain him.

So at the end of the season, Collins' contract with the 76ers ended,
He once again withdrew from the front line to join the commentary booth that was more suitable for him.

Collins is the third NBA coach Wei Xia has met. He is much better than Eddie Jordan. He may not be as good as Zen Master in terms of coaching ability, but it is easier to get along with him than Zen Master.

Zen master often throws several difficult questions to players, and not everyone can come up with the correct answer.

Even if he made a mistake, Jackson would not point it out to his face, unless it was Wei Xia.For most people, he just put a label in his heart that "the upright can't be taught".

Collins is more like a simple head coach. It should be called a timeout. If there is a problem, speak up.

One of the most important things he did was to make Wei Xia the true leader of the team.

He pushed Wei Xia to the leader's seat, forcing him to regard himself as the boss of the team.

In the past three years, Wei Xia has been the top card of the 76ers. Even Cousins ​​​​thinks that he is a respectable boss, and everyone is headed by him.

For his departure, Wei Xia has nothing but blessings.

As soon as the season is over, the draft will follow one after another, which happens every year.

The fans who have just played the finals with the team will be breathless. The management of each team has prepared for this annual event as early as a month ago.

The 2013 draft was a special year.

There is a shortage of talent in the United States, and fresh flesh from the world is not necessarily attractive. The Cavaliers who won the No. [-] lottery are yelling for trades all day long. If a team is willing to come up with an All-Star wing in exchange, they will readily agree.

It is rumored that the 76ers have shown some interest in this.

They offered to exchange Hayward + rookie Kyle Singler and their first-round pick this year for the Cavaliers' No. [-] pick.

The problem is that the knights are not stupid.

No matter how young the draft year was, he was also the No. [-] pick. If you take a white forward with glass and non-star quality, you want to change it. Isn't it too disrespectful to this draft?

Since it is just a rumor, it cannot be verified.

But the 76ers are indeed actively trading, wanting the top draft picks.

The cheapness of the 2013 draft picks may only be comparable to that of 2000.

Some teams don't even want chips, and just exchange them for cash.

The Cavaliers who have been calling for many days have not met their favorite opponent, but the draft has begun.

But for the 76ers, before the start of the draft, they locked in their new general manager.

This person is the former executive vice president of basketball operations of the Houston Rockets Sam Hinkie.

Hinkie is considered the No. [-] figure in the management of the Rockets, the youngest team vice president in history.Hinkie's main task is to closely cooperate with the general manager of the Rockets, Morey, to help Morey make plans and implement them in the draft, free agency and player transactions, and he will also help the team formulate game strategies.

In 2010, Hinkie's outstanding work ability made Morey promote him as a deputy, and he has since emerged in the management circle.

The deal between the Rockets and the Thunder in the summer of 2012 was led by Hinkie.

In fact, the 76ers met Hinkie last year.It's just that the 76ers had good momentum at the time and didn't want to hurt their muscles, so they failed.This year, they stopped in the Eastern Conference finals. Many people criticized the management's operation. They did not reinforce the inside line in time, nor did they increase the thickness of the back line. Except for Hayward, only rookie Singler was on the wing. The problems are all on paper.

Tim Dirio resigned as general manager, Collins refused to renew his contract with the 76ers, and the young team that stopped in the Eastern Conference finals needed an absolutely sane professional to help.

The 76ers and Hinkie hit it off.

When Hinkie arrived, the 76ers were about to start training this year's rookies.The management took the opportunity to arrange a meeting between Xinji and Weixia.

Hinkie made several impressions on Wesha.

This person's rationality is far greater than sensibility, and he only has interests in his eyes. He can trade anyone to make the team better.

Data control, he has a lot of data research, and he has some insights into the performance of the 76ers in the past few seasons: "Wish, are you willing to give up the scoring champion for victory?"

This looks like a repeat of what happened to Jordan.

In that famous story, Tex Winter told Jordan that there was no "I" in the team, and Jordan retorted that there was an "I" in the victory.

In addition to lamenting the flying man's random talent for hard arguments, what needs to be explored is whether the personal proportion is too large, and whether it is really impossible to win the championship.

The answers given by the various champions in history are correct.

It is difficult to win the championship in scoring and assists, because the individual champion looks powerful, but it is a manifestation of the concentration of the ball.Only the magician in the giants, and Jordan (the name itself is an unconventional reason), can violate this rule and still win the championship in their assists and scoring seasons.

Hinkie's question made Wei Xia slightly stunned. Except for the season when he first joined the 76ers, he never thought of becoming the scoring leader in the past.

After that, he became the scoring leader, which is what the team needs.

"If it can help us win, what I can give up is not just the scoring champion." Wei Xia replied.

In their first meeting, Wei Xia didn't feel good about Xin Ji's senses. He was not the kind of tactful person, and he couldn't talk about scenes.

This kind of person is not easy to get along with, but you don't have to be careful with him, because he will tell you clearly what he wants to do.

Wei Xia believes that Hinkie will bring some unexpected changes.

After a few days of trial training, the 76ers have finalized who they want to select in this draft.

Forward Andre Roberson from the University of Colorado became their target.

Robertson does not have the potential to become a star. He has excellent physical fitness and athletic ability, but his basic skills are not up to standard. This is the key point of being stuck in the upper limit.But other than that, his body is very good. In terms of physical fitness alone, he is better than Hayward and Singler.Outstanding rebounding ability, excellent defense, full of energy, but unstable shooting, almost no independent offensive ability.

The 76ers don't need him to attack, as long as he picks up the leaks, eats and eats, and hangs the opponent with Wesha, Holiday, and Faried on the defensive end.

There are constant trades in the draft.

The only thing that is not surprising is that the Greek named Antetokounmpo still went to the Bucks.

The 76ers muted the whole time, and when they got their pick, Roberson was still in that position, they selected him, and they completed what they wanted to do most in this draft.

The summer of 2013 is here.

(End of this chapter)