On the June 2016 night when the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Ben Simmons, a fan at the Barclays Center wearing a Sixers t-shirt held a sign that read, "Hinkie died for your sins."
Come next April, when the Cleveland Browns may be deciding to select either Sam Darnold or Josh Rosen with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft, will there be a similar sentiment for Sashi Brown?
There are striking similarities between the 76ers when then-GM Sam Hinkie resigned from his post in April of 2016 and the Browns now, after the team fired Brown, its executive vice president of football operations, on Friday.