Sam Hinkie is a very smart man. We knew that long before reading the 13-page resignation letter he delivered to 76ers team ownership on Wednesday evening, a rather amazing document that references everything from the teachings of Warren Buffett to the fate of the flightless moa on the south island of New Zealand.
Hinkie is also smart enough to know that 13-page letters sent to a dozen people are not going to remain private these days. Even so, the speed with which this one went public was such that the source is more likely the sender than the receivers.