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Dylan Andrews
Ms. Jizi
Uwrt 1102-029
3 May 2016

Genre Project

Since I did career in sports as my inquiry, I decide for my genre project I would
go more in depth to a career that I consider to be my dream job and that would be NBA
GM. In this I did flyers comparing how well two general managers have done over the
last few seasons. The first is Sam Hinkie, the former general manager of the Philadelphia
76ers. The other is Bob Myers, the general manager of the Golden State Warriors.
Since this is a summary of how well these two general managers have done my
intended audience would be someone who wants to see how well they are doing. Also
since I did try to add some humor I believe that any basketball fan that wants a good
laugh would also be a part of the audience.
My purpose was to do a little exploration on my dream job. I did in a way that I
think was fun, easy to understand, and sometimes used humor to make it more appealing
to the reader.
My focus was to compare two general managers. One whos team has had a lot of
success over the past few years and another whos team has struggled to win games
during the time that he was the general manager

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Sam Hinkie, Philadelphia 76ers General Manager and President of Basketball

Operations from 2013-2016. Hinkie recently submitted his resignation.

During Hinkies time as GM the 76ers had an overall record of 47-195 and never

won more than 20 games in a season while Hinkie was GM.

Hinkie traded away numerous all-star caliber players for draft picks during his

stint with the team. Hinkie was a leader for using analytics to develop a team.
Some fans around the NBA community think that Hinkie values draft picks more

than life itself. Since taking over Hinkie has had nearly 10 first round picks
Some of the records that the 76ers set while Hinkie was GM included longest
game losing streak (26) and worst start to a season (0-18)

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Bob Myers has been the General Manager of the Golden State Warriors since

2012. Since that time the Warriors have had one of the best records in the league.
Everything he does has worked out whether it be draft picks or free agent
signings. Notable picks include Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green
and Harrison Barnes. Free agent signing include Shaun Livingston and Andre

Iguodala.
Myers was the NBAs Executive of the Year in 2015.
Myers was responsible was drafting Stephen Curry the now two time MVP of the
league. He was also the one who hired Steve Kerr as head coach he won the 2015-

2016 NBA Coach of the Year.

In 2015 the Golden State won the NBA title for the 2014-2015 season.
This season the Warriors set the record for most wins in a single season and that
was 73. They also became the first team in NBA history to make one thousand
three pointers in a single season.

Works Cited
Moore, Matt. "The Rise and Fall of Sam Hinkie and How 'the
Process' Missed the Mark." CBS Sports, 6 Apr. 2016. Web. 4 May 2016.

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Nba Reference. SportsDirect Inc., n.d. Web. 4 May 2016.
"Warriors GM Myers Named NBA Executive of the Yea." Sports Xchange, 1 May 2015.
Web. 4 May 2016.