How the Balls Fall
In the Lucky Lotto of the NBA draft, a team that falls out of post season has a chance at the top pick in the NBA draft, however remotely. Should the Lakers improve this season, their draft pick odds of conveying to the 76ers increases dramatically. While the optimal hope for the team is to finish with the first and fourth NBA draft picks, the hope of the 76ers landing the top pick in two consecutive years is remote.
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But thankfully, the team has the Sacramento Kings in the mix as well, and the Kings may struggle this year. The projections from Bleacher report have the team at 26th, which would give them a 29.2 percent chance of a top three pick in the NBA draft. Those odds add to the 76ers odds.
Meanwhile the Philadelphia 76ers traded seldom used point guard Kendall Marshall to the Utah Jazz for a pair of 2017 NBA Draft picks.
Picks breakdown: Sixers to get most & least favorable of Jazz four 2017 2nd round picks (own, those of Detroit, Golden State, New York).
— Jessica Camerato (@JessicaCamerato) August 26, 2016
While the team will likely not find a day one starter with either 2017 second round pick, the depth of that draft will likely turn out some quality even deep into the second round.