Sam Hinkie

His tenure with the 76ers is noted for his strategy to rebuild the team by trading away their most valuable players in exchange for high picks in the NBA draft.

[3] Hinkie graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where he served as president of the student business association and chairman of the dean's roundtable, and was named one of the top 60 undergraduates in the country by USA Today.

[1] While at Oklahoma, Hinkie met and eventually married fellow student Alison Burness, proposing to her on a bench next to the Arc de Triomphe.

[7] While in Houston, Hinkie played a key role in acquiring future starting point guards Kyle Lowry and Patrick Beverley.

[17] After the season, Hinkie traded long-time Sixer Thaddeus Young to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Miami Heat's top-10 protected 2015 first-round pick, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, and Alexey Shved.

[18] During the 2014 NBA draft, Hinkie selected Joel Embiid (who later nicknamed himself "the Process"),[11] Dario Šarić (after a trade that sent Elfrid Payton to the Orlando Magic), K.J.

McDaniels, Jerami Grant, Vasilije Micic, and Jordan McRae; Hinkie also traded the 47th pick in the draft for NBA Development League veteran Pierre Jackson.

[26] After starting the 2015–2016 season with a 1–21 record, the Sixers hired former Phoenix Suns General Manager Jerry Colangelo as Chairman of Basketball Operations.

[28][29] Days after Hinkie's resignation, Jerry's son Bryan Colangelo was hired as the Sixers' general manager and president of basketball operations.

[30] The young players Hinkie acquired through the draft picks he had around 2014, 2016, and 2017 would later get the 76ers back into the NBA playoffs, going as far as the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2017–18 season before losing to the Boston Celtics in five games.