What can Sixers fans expect from Bryan Colangelo?

Sam Hinkie's contentious tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers was cut short before he could see out his master plan.

Three years into "The Process," ownership lost trust and made a push to undercut Hinkie's standing, and the bold visionary stepped aside. He leaves behind oddly fitting draft selections, a boatload of future picks, and a 13-page manifesto.

Enter Bryan Colangelo: a bold businessman with a checkered history of his own. What can Sixers fans expect going forward after a sudden change of course?

A strong draft record

Toronto Raptors fans will never forgive Colangelo for taking Andrea Bargnani first overall, and nor should they.

Colangelo passed up a chance at pairing up LaMarcus Aldridge and Chris Bosh in their primes, while Bargnani became a perpetual eyesore with his woeful defense and inefficient showings on offense.

The rest of Colangelo's record, however, is largely solid. His notable selections include the following:

That's not even factoring in the picks Colangelo eventually spent on players that went on to be decent. Names like Jonas Valanciunas, Stephen Jackson, and Terrence Ross (although Colangelo passed up Andre Drummond to get Ross) developed into decent starters.

Most of Colangelo's best selections came when he was in Phoenix, but his draft record is strong. And given that Hinkie dutifully harvested 26 surplus picks for the coming seasons, including potentially six first-rounders this summer, Colangelo's scouting track record should give fans faith.

Granted, he might opt to trade those picks in an effort to accelerate the rebuild. He previously dealt away the draft rights to Roy Hibbert for Jermaine O'Neal, and moved Luol Deng for a future pick and Jackson Vroman - but that strategy also broke right for him.

Notably, Colangelo dealt away a future first-round pick (Steven Adams was selected) for Kyle Lowry, who blossomed into the Raptors' superstar. Of course, had he lured Steve Nash in 2012, Lowry might never have come.

On the whole, drafting ranks as one of Colangelo's strong suits, which should give Sixers fans hope.

A win-now mentality

Tanking, in the manner that Sixers fans have become comfortably numb to, was never Colangelo's process.

In 12 years in Phoenix, his teams finished with less than 30 wins just once. His teams weren't nearly as successful in Toronto, but losing games to drum up draft picks was never his intention (despite admitting to tanking a few games in 2012 to select Ross).

Colangelo never needed to tank in Phoenix, and yet he put together a team that Hinkie himself praised in his 13-page letter. All three of Nash, Stoudemire, and Marion were drafted in the late lottery, and with some better luck, the Suns might have won a championship.

On the whole, he ranks as an active general manager, especially when he presided over the Raptors. Upon his hiring in 2006, he immediately shuffled the deck by bringing in five new rotation players. That team won 47 games, and he snagged his second Executive of the Year award.

His penchant for hyperactivity, however, doomed him. Colangelo had a habit of making mid-tier signings instead of adding meaningful core pieces. Jason Kapono, Fred Jones, Jarrett Jack, and Hedo Turkoglu represented his biggest free-agent acquisitions in Toronto - all in an effort to build around just one star in Bosh.

Those efforts failed, and Colangelo never won more than 41 games in the six seasons after his first campaign. But it wasn't for a lack of trying: Colangelo made short-sighted win-now moves for Rudy Gay, Marion, and O'Neal in an all-out effort to sustain.

And while he laid down the foundation of Lowry, DeRozan, and head coach Dwane Casey that currently accounts for Toronto's present-day success, it wasn't wholly intentional. That trio won just 34 games together until Masai Ujiri rehabbed the condition of the team.

So while Colangelo's gambles have rewarded him in the past, he's also been burned.