The Friendly Bounce staff interviews for the Philadelphia 76ers GM job

When Sam Hinkie abruptly resigned on Wednesday night, it created a very rare job opportunity to be an NBA general manager. While the position is reportedly going to be given to Bryan Colangelo, the Friendly Bounce got their hands on the interview questions that the Philadelphia 76ers typically ask during their interviews for the position. So consider this the formal interviews for the following members of The Friendly Bounce staff:

Ian Dougherty (@IanDougherty)

Ryne Prinz (@Ryneprinz)

Dan Favale (@Danfavale)

Taylor Smith (@Taylorbojangles)

Matt Cianfrone (@Matt_Cianfrone)

1. Are you more of a Nerlens Noel or a Jahlil Okafor? 

Dougherty: I can’t speak on their personalities, but I like Nerlens’ ability to defend more than anything, so I’ll go with him.

Prinz: Definitely Nerlens.

Favale: Most definitely Nerlens Noel. I’m both lanky and incapable of shooting outside eight feet of the basket.

Smith: Nerlens Noel, without question.

Cianfrone: Nerlens Noel because I wish I had that hair. Also I like defense a lot.

2. What is your worst quality? Is it worse than Jerami Grant’s shooting? 

Prinz:  I’m fairly insecure, but I don’t think it’s as bad as Jerami’s shooting. Do you? You don’t think it’s that bad, do you?

Favale: My worst quality is I keep watching the Knicks play basketball, over and over, almost as if they haven’t sucked something awful for the better part of my lifetime. So, yes, my worst quality is worse than Jerami Grant’s shooting. But, on the bright side, I’m accustomed to viewing crappy basketball—which means I have the stomach for Philly.

Smith: My worst quality may be actually believing most young players that come into the league unable to shoot will eventually learn. Basically what I’m saying is Jerami Grant is the next Klay Thompson. Am I hired yet?

Cianfrone: My wife tells me it is that I can’t sit still. I’m not really sure how that is bad so I will assume it is better than Grant’s shooting.

Dougherty: I trust the process. Which apparently is a bad thing.

3. Who or what do you trustly blindly? 

Favale:  Nerlens Noel’s barber.

Smith:  *looks up 76ers ownership* Uh…Josh Harris?

Cianfrone: Rasheed Wallace, Boris Diaw and Chris Bosh.

Dougherty: Hollis Thompson.

Prinz: The process. Ah, crap. Should I just leave now?

4. Would you rather have 30 second rounders or the one first round pick? 

Smith: 30 second round picks. If the draft class turns out to be garbage, I can then swap all 30 second-rounders for next year’s No.1 overall pick. That’s how this works, right?

Cianfrone: Are we talking in this draft? Because there is a first round pick whose name is pronounced dragon. Otherwise 30 seconds just so I can use all the time for each pick and mess with every other GM. Eventually someone will get so annoyed they will trade me seven first round picks just to get a few of the seconds and move things along. Looking at you Vlade Divac.

Dougherty: 30 second-rounders. One or two of them is bound to be pretty good, right?

Prinz: I’d rather have 30 second rounders. The chances that one of them becomes a productive NBA player is probably higher.

Favale: Thirty second-round picks for sure. The chances of netting multiple NBA-caliber players in 30 second-round tries has to be greater than hitting on a single first-rounder.

5. What would you do differently if you get this job? 

Cianfrone: Sign Rasheed Wallace out of retirement is the first step. Then just do whatever Sheed wants until BOOM! we win the title.

Dougherty:  I’d pretty much do what Hinkie did, except I’d try to treat the players as people rather than assets, so maybe there would be a few less roster transactions. Also, I’d draft Kristaps Porzingis over of Jahlil Okafor. Because Kristaps is for the people.

Prinz:  I’d make fewer moves and bring on a few more veterans to help guide the young guys.

Favale: Stop drafting bigs. Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor and Dario Saric cannot play together. I’d also resist giving $15 million-plus per year to Kent Bazemore in free agency, which I can only assume is what the Colangelos would do.

Smith: Keep Nerlens Noel, Robert Covington, Joel Embiid and Hollis Thompson. Everyone else can go. Also, once I’m inevitably canned for only supplying the roster with four players, my resignation letter will be a MAXIMUM of 12 pages. I don’t want you people thinking I’m crazy or anything.

We all eagerly await your call ……whoever runs the 76ers right now.