Samuel Hinkie was born on December 1977 and is an American businessman and former basketball executive who served as the general manager for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association from 2013 to 2016.
17 Facts About Sam Hinkie
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Sam Hinkie's father, Ron Hinkie, was an employee of Halliburton at the time of Hinkie's birth.
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Sam Hinkie's family moved to Easley, South Carolina when Sam Hinkie was three.
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When Sam Hinkie was ten years old, the family moved to Marlow, Oklahoma, the hometown of Ron Sam Hinkie, although Ron continued to work overseas.
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Sam Hinkie was the younger of two siblings; Sam Hinkie's older brother, Bill, died shortly after the family moved to Oklahoma.
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In 1996, Sam Hinkie graduated from Marlow High School, where he was valedictorian.
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Sam Hinkie played defensive back for Marlow's football team and point guard for Marlow's basketball team.
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Sam 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.
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Sam Hinkie earned an MBA from Stanford University, during which time Sam Hinkie advised the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans on draft strategies and statistical analysis.
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Sam Hinkie began working part-time with the Houston Rockets while attending Stanford.
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In Houston, Sam Hinkie promoted the use of advanced statistics in professional basketball while "second-in-command" to Morey, another widely known advocate of advanced basketball analytics.
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Sam Hinkie became the third Sixers general manager since owner Josh Harris bought the Sixers in 2011.
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Sam Hinkie selected future Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams and Arsalan Kazemi in the draft.
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In two trades at the 2014 NBA trade deadline, Sam Hinkie traded veteran Sixers Evan Turner, Spencer Hawes, and Lavoy Allen, acquiring five second round picks and Henry Sims.
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McDaniels, Jerami Grant, Vasilije Micic, and Jordan McRae; Sam Hinkie traded the 47th pick in the draft for NBA Development League veteran Pierre Jackson.
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In three separate deals at the 2015 trade deadline, Sam Hinkie traded Carter-Williams and McDaniels for JaVale McGee, Isaiah Canaan, protected 2015 first-round picks originally owned by the Lakers and the Thunder, and a second round pick.
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On May 25,2018, Sam Hinkie met with the Denver Broncos to provide analytical advice after their first losing season since 2010.