In the wake of Bryan Colangelo's dismissal after a heavily investigated burner account scandal, the Philadelphia 76ers were hoping to hire a big-name general manager, but without that big-name power.

Sixers beat writer Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer discussed with Yahoo Sports' Chris Mannix what really is going on in the City of Brotherly Love and why they have yet to hire a face to their hollowed-out front office.

“Yes, they want a name general manager. But they’re also looking for someone who doesn’t have the final say, so to speak,” said Pompey. “They want to do it all like a group decision. There’s a guy in the ownership group. His name is David Heller. He’s one of these guys from New York. When Sam Hinkie was the GM, from what you hear, is he was a guy who was basically running the meetings, and he had a heavy hand in the decision making. And at this particular time, he again has a heavy hand in the decision making.”

Head coach Brett Brown assumed the position of general manager for the time being, but it's now been months since the scandal came to a sour end and Philly has yet to relieve Brown of his interim duties. The Sixers were looking at Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey and San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford as potential replacement candidates, but neither executive was willing to jump ship.

“And when you look at the fact that they have Joel Embiid, they have Ben Simmons, and they have all these other guys, they feel as if the model that they have works. So why tweak it?,” said Pompey. “Also, it’s one of those things where they’re heavy analytics based. Brett Brown has a say. They trust Brett Brown. So, you feel like, right now, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”

David Heller's involvement would also explain the rather mute culture the team has when it comes to injuries, following a Spurs-like way of keeping information on a need-to-know basis, limiting what is said and the rumors to come from it.