This previous Monday, the 2025 NBA draft lottery was in Chicago. With a 1.8% likelihood to win, Dallas may have the #1 choose in June. Normal Supervisor Nico Harrison stated the workforce plans to draft Duke’s Cooper Flagg.
San Antonio completed second, and so they’re anticipated to pick out Rutgers’ Dylan Harper. The third general choose within the 2025 NBA draft belongs to the Philadelphia 76ers. Mock drafts have the Sixers deciding on Rutgers’ Ace Bailey with the third choose. Nonetheless, NBA insider Sam Vecenie has reported that Philly is “anticipated” to take heed to commerce presents for the third general choose.
Ought to the 76ers commerce the third general choose for win-now expertise?
The Sixers are reportedly open to commerce presents for the No. 3 general choose, per @Sam_Vecenie pic.twitter.com/bCsSOCxX3v
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Within the 2025 NBA draft lottery, the 76ers had one objective. Have the sixth choose or decrease. If Philadelphia had the seventh choose or larger, its draft rights would have gone to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder. ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi was the host of the draft lottery on Monday evening. He slipped and stated the 76ers had fallen out of the highest six and misplaced their choose to OKC.
Nonetheless, the Sixers did retain their draft rights in 2025 and have the third general choice. NBA insider Sam Vecenie stated that Philly is “anticipated” to take heed to commerce presents for the third choose. He defined how Ace Bailey is a positive prospect at #3, however scouts view him as a challenge. With the gamers on the Sixers’ present roster, the workforce wants win-now expertise.
Final season, the 76ers had been ravaged by accidents to prime gamers on their roster. Joel Embiid performed 19 video games for the Sixers in 2024-25. Is the workforce keen to half methods with prime draft capital to fill the roster with veteran win-now expertise? If the Sixers selected to maintain the third general choose, they might choose VJ Edgecombe over Ace Bailey. Edgecombe is considered because the extra NBA-ready prospect for the time being. That would sway the 76ers to draft him over Ace Bailey. We’ll wait till the draft in June to see the place these gamers land.
