While Hinkie has been heavily criticized for stripping his team of its most talented players and absorbing other team's bad contracts in exchange for draft picks, he has helped the 76ers acquire the largest assortment of future draft assets in the NBA.
Between now and 2021, the Sixers have 10 1st-round picks (four more than normal) and 12 2nd-round picks (six more than normal), according to RealGM's draft pick trade database.
Here's how it breaks down year-by-year (note: the Sixers owe the Kings one future 2nd-round pick).
2016: Four 1st-round picks, one 2nd-round pick
- Own 1st-round pick
- Los Angeles Lakers 1st-round pick (top-3 protected)
- Miami Heat 1st-round pick (top-10 protected)
- Oklahoma City Thunder 1st-round pick (lottery-protected)
- Denver Nuggets 2nd-round pick
2017: One 1st-round pick, one 2nd-round pick
- Own 1st-round pick
- Own 2nd-round pick
2018: One 1st-round pick, three 2nd-round picks
- Own 1st-round pick
- Own 2nd-round pick
- Brooklyn Nets or Cleveland Cavaliers 2nd-round pick (the 76ers will receive the better of the two)
- Los Angeles Clippers or New York Knicks 2nd-round pick (the 76ers will receive the better of the two)
2019: One 1st-round pick, three 2nd-round picks
- Own 1st-round pick
- Own 2nd-round pick
- New York Knicks 2nd-round pick
- Milwaukee Bucks or Sacramento Kings 2nd-round pick (the 76ers will receive the better of the two)
2020: One 1st-round pick, three 2nd-round picks
- Own 1st-round pick
- Own 2nd-round pick
- Brooklyn Nets 2nd-round draft pick
- New York Knicks 2nd-round draft pick
2021: One 1st-round pick, two 2nd-round picks
- Own 1st-round pick
- Own 2nd-round pick
- New York Knicks 2nd-round draft pick
Other notable assets:
- Future 1st-round draft pick from the Sacramento Kings (top-10 protected)
- Dario Saric (2014 1st-round pick who is playing overseas)
- The right two swap 1st-round picks with the Kings in two more drafts
The most important year is 2016. If all goes according to plan, the 76ers could have four 1st-round picks - their own, the Lakers' (if it falls outside the top-three), Miami's (if it falls outside the top-10), and OKC's (if it falls outside the lottery).
In total, the 76ers already have 10 extra picks in the next six drafts. In addition to acquiring so many future assets, they've also given up very little. Hinkie has only dealt one future draft pick, a 2016 2nd-rounder.
Hinkie himself has called the NBA Draft "a crapshoot." He knows it's impossible to get every pick right, so he believes the best solution is to just acquire as many as you can and hope for the best:
"We will not bat a thousand on every single draft pick. We also have them by the bushelful, in part, because of that. We don't have any hubris that we will get them all right. We're not certain that we have an enormous edge over anybody else. In some cases, we might not have an edge at all."
They may not hit a home run on every pick, but with the amount of selections the 76ers have in the coming years, they'll at least get plenty of at-bats to try.