Eric Goldwein

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Name: Eric Goldwein
Date registered: 16 January, 2013

Latest posts

  1. 5-on-5: Lottery lucky charms — 20 May, 2013
  2. Sixers are too good to reset — 19 May, 2013
  3. Nick Young sued for sexual assault — 15 May, 2013
  4. Welcome to the 21st century, Sixers — 14 May, 2013
  5. 5-on-5: Drinking the Hinkie Kool-Aid — 13 May, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. 5-on-5: The Atlantic Division has no future — 5 comments
  2. Free Arnett! Hoop76 chats about the trade deadline, Moultrie, James and more. — 5 comments
  3. Sixers sign another backup point guard to a 10-day contract — 3 comments
  4. No one man should have all that power — 2 comments
  5. Sixers are too good to reset — 2 comments

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May 20 2013

5-on-5: Lottery lucky charms

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1. ___ should represent the Sixers at the lottery.

Eric Goldwein: The big guy on the right.big guy at sixers game

Tom Sunnergren: Doug Collins. He did more than anyone in the organization to position the Sixers to draft outside the top ten. He deserves the credit for this. All of it.

Charles Baron: Sam Hinkie. Put the new face of the franchise front and center. He won’t have the moral conundrum that most GMs/Presidents have about smiling at the lottery, as he isn’t culpable for the team’s current condition.

Wesley Share: Jrue Holiday. He represented the Sixers at the Draft Lottery in 2010 … Read the rest

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May 19 2013

Sixers are too good to reset

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It’s easy to say the Sixers should hit the reset button. Lose 50+ games and get in prime position to land a star in the stacked 2014 draft. 

Pulling off the reset, though, is a lot more complicated than it sounds. Unless new general manager Sam Hinkie is willing to fully blow up the core – that means trading Jrue Holiday and/or Thaddeus Young – the Sixers will have a hard time getting in the Andrew Wiggins sweepstakes.

It’s worth noting that this year’s team almost made the playoffs despite everything that went wrong. They were bad, sure. Pathetic at times. Yet … Read the rest

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May 15 2013

Nick Young sued for sexual assault

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An unnamed woman filed a lawsuit yesterday accusing Nick Young of date rape. According to the complaint, the incident occurred in August of 2011 in West Hollywood, Ca.

Young allegedly offered the woman champagne with Gamma-Hydroxbutyric acid (GBH), a date rape drug, before taking the woman back to his apartment and sexually assaulting her. The woman claims she does not remember what happened after drinking the glass of champagne.

Allegations against Nick Young include sexual battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction, and emotional distress. She also filed suit against Crown Bar for negligence.

Via CBS LA:

Court papers also say

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May 14 2013

Welcome to the 21st century, Sixers

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Mark it down. May 14, 2013. It’s not the day the Sixers committed to numbers. It’s the day they made a full commitment to reason.

We talk a lot about process — not outcome — and about trying to consistently take all the best information you can and make consistently good decisions. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. And you should reevaluate them all.” ~Sam Hinkie

A Wall Streeter, Josh Harris is at the top. A Stanford MBA grad, Sam Hinkie, is in charge of personnel decisions. An MIT grad, Aaron Barzilai, is leading the analytics department. This is Rockets-East. Or really, … Read the rest

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May 13 2013

5-on-5: Drinking the Hinkie Kool-Aid

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True or false: Hiring Sam Hinkie is the best move the Sixers could have realistically made this offseason.

Eric Goldwein: True. If there was a draft of GMs and coaches, Hinkie would be the no. 1 overall pick. Or maybe a top three. He’s a valuable asset and they didn’t have to give away anything or take a salary cap hit to get him.

Tom Sunnergren: True. This is the best move the Sixers could have made in this or any offseason. It’s hard … Read the rest

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May 11 2013

Sam Hinkie in “The No-Stats All-Star”

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I’m assuming you have at some point read “The No-Stats All-Star,” Michael Lewis’ New York Times Magazine story from 2009 about “Moneyball” hitting the NBA. But in case you haven’t, set aside 15 minutes and read it now. Or check out the excerpt below where Sam Hinkie, the Sixers brand new GM, says some intelligent things about basketball. Enjoy.

Via NYT Magazine:

I spent the second half with Sam Hinkie, the vice president of basketball operations and the head of basketball analytics in the Rockets’ front office. The game went back and forth. Bryant kept missing more shots than

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