Sixers President Planning To Keep No. 3 Pick In 2025 NBA Draft
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 12: Dallas Mavericks have officially won the in NBA Draft Lottery with 1.8% … More pre-lottery chance to win the pick in Chicago, Illinois, United States on May 12, 2025. San Antonio Spurs got the second pick, Philadelphia 76ers got 3rd and Charlotte Hornets got the 4th pick in the lottery. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images The Philadelphia 76ers entered the 2025 NBA draft lottery on Monday unsure whether they would walk out with a first-round pick at all. They had the fifth-best odds of landing the No. 1 overall pick, but if they fell to the No. 7 spot or later, they would have to send the pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of the Al Horford/Danny Green trade from 2020. When the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs jumped up into the top four, it briefly looked bleak for the Sixers. According to John Hollinger of The Athletic, they had a roughly 88 percent chance of losing the pick at that point. Luckily, the lottery machine spit out their combination next, gifting them the No. 3 pick and ensuring they’d owe their top-four-protected 2026 first-rounder to OKC instead. Sixers president Daryl Morey doesn’t sound eager to move on from that pick, either. “That’s the plan,” Morey told John Kincade and Amy Fadool during an interview on 97.5 The Fanatic after the lottery. “To get a high-upside player that we also think can contribute right away is a big deal, and we feel like No. 3 is a great spot to be.” In some respects, the 2025 NBA draft will effectively start with the Sixers. According to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, the Mavericks “plan to select Duke forward Cooper Flagg and will not entertain the possibility of trading…
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