Unverified Sam Hinkie Breaks Twitter Silence, Howard Eskin Responds
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie has broken his silence on Twitter, we think.
An unverified account on Twitter @samhinkie, which is thought by many to be a real account, published its first 10 tweets on Wednesday. The bio of the account says:
"Husband. Dad. Leader. Reader. Formerly a bunch of things, including President & GM of the Philadelphia 76ers."
1 | Writing this from a Starbucks in Palo Alto, CA. It's 5 blocks from our house. My wife and I brought our boys here for this next chapter.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
2 | The more I thought about it, the more obvious it became that a sort of gap year here was right. If we were younger, maybe we'd have…
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
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3 | …backpacked around the world—I surely would have snowboarded more.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
4 | But we're parents, so we're here planting seeds for tomorrow. Especially their tomorrow.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
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5 | I've always been focused on learning as fast as I can & figuring out how I can do things better. So a period like this felt super rare.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
6 | And there may be no better place on the planet to learn right now than right here.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
7 | My hope is to learn even more about how what's happening here will impact the basketball world—it's impacting most everything else.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
8 | While I wait to see what's next for us, I'll teach a little (at Stanford), keep talking to the long list of people I can learn from,…
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
9 | …watch tons of basketball, and soak up all that I can. Oh, and snowboard. For sure snowboard.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
10| In the meantime, if you read anything good, send it my way.
— Sam Hinkie (@samhinkie) September 14, 2016
Hinkie, was -- and still is -- a polarizing figure in Philadelphia. His number one critic, 94WIP's Howard Eskin, took one final more swipe at Hinkie.
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Sam. You ran from scene of your crimes here in Philadelphia. Good luck in your next chapter Waldo. @SportsRadioWIP https://t.co/D7jE2usei4
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) September 14, 2016