The Sixers need to bring in creative thinkers

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty ImagesWhen the Philadelphia 76ers hired Sam Hinkie, he immediately became one of the most outside-the-box-thinking general managers in the NBA. The Process was able to find talent at low cost, like Robert Covington, who they initially signed to a 10-day contract from the D-League, and the numerous rotation-caliber players they found in the second round.

The succeeding front office traded most of those second-rounders for pennies on the dollar, and they started trading their picks for actual dollars. They have given out one 10-day contract in the last two seasons — to Corey Brewer. Bryan Colangelo used the cap space left to him by Hinkie to sign a…