Sixers take guard Fultz with top pick of NBA Draft

The chaos both on and leading up to the NBA Draft is always fun. Oklahoma City Thunder – Terrance Ferguson 22.

The NBA draft on Thursday is looming as a milestone occasion at the University of Washington, which never has sent an athlete into a major pro sport as a No. 1 overall draft selection.

In 2011, Butler was the 30th overall pick by the Bulls. Bogut had to be traded to the Warriors to get his ring.

Bam Adebayo 6-10 245 PF/C Kentucky Fr.

Those are the facts and can not be disputed.

Then, on Monday, came the culmination of weeks worth of dialogue with the Boston Celtics over the No. 1 pick.

Now that the foundational pieces are in place, it is time to learn how to start winning.

Embiid and Dario Saric will finish in the top three when rookie of the year results get announced on June 26, and Simmons is expected to be ready for next season after recovering from foot surgery.

Thibodeau has enough young players in Minnesota and wanted a veteran like he had during his successful run coaching the Bulls.

There is no more wondering what the Celtics or the Lakers are going to do. “Thursday night will see us take another significant step toward building a successful and sustainable basketball program”.

In the meantime Ainge has much more to look forward to, starting with the first round of 2018 draft, when he holds the rights to the final Brooklyn pick in his satchel, a Lakers first-rounder if it falls between the second and fifth picks, and his own. “You never know when you’re going to hit with that or something pans out that will help your team in any kind of way”. The lack of experience is among the core group is a concern.

– SEMI OJELEYE: The 6-7 junior thrived at SMU (19.0 points) after transferring from Duke and could go late in the first round.

Veterans win in the National Basketball Association and the Sixers are sorely lacking in that department. When he had that opportunity last January, he was able to lead to the team to wins in 10 of 15 games. At that point, the Sixers can receive a whole lot more than 100K. The team has four second rounders to work with, while their current rotation doesn’t yield a great deal of certainty outside of it’s foremost members.

The 76ers acquired the top overall pick from Boston in exchange for their No. 3 selection and a future first-round pick, according to statements released by both teams. That’s a lot of flexibility. More assets might look better on paper, but Fultz would have been a more attractive trade chip than the two picks Boston swapped for him. Not to mention, George could make any team that trades for him a one-and-done stop before heading to the Lakers, while Jimmy Butler becomes a free agent in just two years. “I mean, say you want to do something, and to go out and do it is unbelievable”.

There are reports the Sixers reached out to the New York Knicks about a possible trade for Kristaps Porzingis, but that’s a stretch and would be costly.

Pasecniks, a 7-1 center, could be stashed overseas and continue to develop before the Sixers bring him over. “God knows what you could be doing in college on a Friday night”, Plum said. “I automatically just get excited when I see stuff like that”.

Frank Ntilikina has a chance to be very good, but he has an uphill battle to be an All Star or franchise talent (practically one and the same for point guards in today’s NBA).

History has proven that.