Sixers Are Better? We’re Better! You Bet!

Jun 25, 2015; Brooklyn, NY, USA; General view of the full first round draft board at the conclusion of the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Sixers NBA Draft Bushel Basket

2016: Four 1st-round picks, one 2nd-round pick
Own 1st-round pick
Los Angeles Lakers 1st-round pick (top-3 protected)
Miami Heat 1st-round pick (top-10 protected)
Oklahoma City Thunder 1st-round pick (lottery-protected)
Denver Nuggets 2nd-round pick

2017: One 1st-round pick, one 2nd-round pick
Own 1st-round pick
Own 2nd-round pick

2018: One 1st-round pick, three 2nd-round picks
Own 1st-round pick
Own 2nd-round pick
Brooklyn Nets or Cleveland Cavaliers 2nd-round pick (the 76ers will receive the better of the two)
Los Angeles Clippers or New York Knicks 2nd-round pick (the 76ers will receive the better of the two)

2019: One 1st-round pick, three 2nd-round picks
Own 1st-round pick
Own 2nd-round pick
New York Knicks 2nd-round pick
Milwaukee Bucks or Sacramento Kings 2nd-round pick (the 76ers will receive the better of the two)

2020: One 1st-round pick, three 2nd-round picks
Own 1st-round pick
Own 2nd-round pick
Brooklyn Nets 2nd-round draft pick
New York Knicks 2nd-round draft pick

2021: One 1st-round pick, two 2nd-round picks
Own 1st-round pick
Own 2nd-round pick
New York Knicks 2nd-round draft pick

Future 1st-round draft pick from the Sacramento Kings (top-10 protected) which cannot be obtained before 2018. The pick is top ten protected in 2018 and 2019, but becomes unprotected in 2020.

Current stash of players in overseas competition

The right two swap 1st-round picks with the Kings in two more drafts

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That’s a pretty big basket folks.  If the Sixers find success, these picks will continue to come in.  So far, this stockpiling of picks has not been repeated elsewhere in the NBA.  But the team is loading up with second round picks?  Yes, fourteen to be exact, while harvesting ten first round picks.  That is over the next six years, or an average of four picks per season.

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