Sixer Sense NBA Draft Board 2.0

After the NCAA Tournament, The Sixer Sense 2016 NBA Draft Board has undergone some change in the Rankings

It’s been some time since we created our first version of our NBA draft board, and in that time there have been sweeping changes. The NCAA tournament came and went, and the Villanova Wildcats have laid claim to their second national basketball championship. But changes have occurred in the Philadelphia 76ers organization as well, and the Philadelphia 76ers have changed their front office. Now the team is led by President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo. Joining Colangelo will be Marc Eversley and Ned Cohen.

Eversley, the Washington Wizards’ Vice President of Player Personnel for the past three years, will hold the exact same title with the Sixers. Cohen, the NBA’s current Associate Vice President of Basketball Operations, will become the Sixers’ Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff. Both hires have been viewed very favorably outside of Philadelphia 76ers circles, and are well times in arriving just before the all important NBA lottery of May 17.  Reported with the announcement, Eversley is expected to assume the responsibility of scouting, and play a key role in roster and talent evaluation, while Cohen will be joining the team in June 2016, and will be the primary conduit of coordinating planning and communication.

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In eight days, May 17, 2016 to be exact, the NBA will hold its annual lottery for the upcoming NBA draft.  That event will play a key role in the fortunes of the Philadelphia 76ers this year, as it will not only determine whether the Sixers will pick as early as the number one pick of the NBA draft, or as late as the number four pick, but it will also determine if the 76ers will take possession of the Los Angeles Lakers first round draft pick this season.

But we can save that discussion for tomorrow.  Today, it’s time to unveil the new and improved 2016 NBA Draft Board 2.0.

There were some changes in the board, as we project Brandon Ingram as the top rated NBA prospect in the 2016 NBA draft.  We have deliberated on the ranking for some time, but the edge goes to Ingram based on Ben Simmons election to skip the NBA combine.

We have expanded the board to 65 prospects to include some of the new entrants of the NBA draft.  We expect to do one more draft board after the lottery.  If you want to compare this board to version 1.0, simply click this highlighted link and compare the two.  We have made a number of changes in the top ten, and will discuss those more in the days ahead.  If the Sixers end up with the first, fourth, twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth picks of this NBA draft, along with Joel Embiid and Dario Saric, there is a great deal of reason to be very optimistic of the team’s outlook this year.  We had looked at Bryan Colangelo’s track record in free agency, in NBA trades, and in his ability to select prospects in the NBA draft. Of the three areas, Colangelo seems to be strongest when he is drafting.  With up to four picks, and two in the top five, that could set up the Philadelphia 76ers for the foreseeable future.

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It all comes down to the NBA lottery.  Head Coach Brett Brown will be representing the Philadelphia 76ers on that very important occasion.

Let’s hope he brings more luck than the Sixers have experienced in the past three seasons.