When Sam Hinkie met with the media following the draft, he was pressed on all sorts of subjects. Why he selected Jahlil Okafor was at the top of the list, followed closely by Joel Embiid’s health. Right after that, running a close third, was the point guard situation. Members of the anti-Hinkie coalition didn’t so much ask him about his plan for the lead guard spot as berate him over the perceived failure to (in their minds) adequately address the position. Hinkie hinted that the team would look around in free agency, but he insisted that the Sixers have “some capability internally” on that front. He added that he didn’t want to “minimize that.” “We’ll have Tony Wroten returning from an injury,” Hinkie said. “We have Isaiah Canaan under contract as well. We will have some within our team already that we still think have potential.” Before he had surgery on his ACL, Wroten was once again one of the very best players in the NBA at getting to the rim and generating points off of drives. (He played only 30 games, but his 8.1 ppg on drives would have been tops in the league, according to NBA.com.) He was also, once again, one of the very worst shooters at the position. Wroten shot 26.1 percent from three and 66.7 percent from the line. Those are dreadful numbers — and they actually represent improvements from the year before. As for Canaan he’s, you know, an NBA player. For the moment, let’s operate as though Wroten and Canaan simply aren’t good enough and the Sixers need an upgrade. If you’re hoping the Sixers spend money in free agency to supercharge the position, you’ll probably be disappointed. They aren’t in a position right now to attract top-tier free agents. (Instead, they’ve used some of their cap space to take on salary and victimize the Kings in exchange for Nik Stauskas and other assets.) There are some good (or at least serviceable) guards available, but if the Sixers add someone at the point he’s more likely to be a lower-level player. Maybe they grab someone like Nick Calathes (RFA) or Jeremy Lin (UFA) for cheap. Or perhaps they bring back the best true point guard Nerlens Noel has played with in the NBA. Or maybe they just go with Wroten and Canaan and a rotating list of disposable 10-day contracts. I can already hear people groaning while considering that last scenario, but as Brett Brown recently put it on WIP, the Sixers don’t want to “get pregnant with average players.” Again, top-quality players almost certainly don’t want to sign here right now, and the Sixers certainly don’t want to write a too-fat check to a guy who doesn't fit with their long-term plans just to placate the get a guard right now crowd. - See more at: http://www.csnphilly.com/basketball-philadelphia-76ers/finding-pg-not-urgent-sixers-you-may-think
