The three-year tenure of Sam Hinkie as general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers led to something of a civil war among those in Philadelphia who care about the local NBA team. On the pro-Hinkie side, there’s a coterie of local bloggers, podcasters, and vocal fans. On the anti-Hinkie side is most of the city’s newspaper columnists, radio hosts, and basketball old guard.
When Hinkie departed the Sixers with a 7,000-word, instantly infamous resignation letter back in April, one might have expected it to mark an end of the long “Hinkie: For or Against” debate. But it really hasn’t.