2017 NBA Draft Kings Rudy Gay Injury Insures Sixers Success
By Bret Stuter
The Philadelphia 76ers success has placed a question mark over the 2017 NBA Draft. But misfortune to Sacramento Kings Rudy Gay may yield an answer
In 2015, the Philadelphia 76ers executed a trade with the Sacramento Kings which yielded, among other things, the rights to swap first round draft picks in both the 2016 and 2017 NBA Drafts. Since the 76ers landed the top pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, there was never a question of enacting the rights to swap picks.
In the span of a year, things change.
“(Kings must)do nothing, absolutely nothing, to jeopardize that top-10 protected first-round pick.” -Aileen Voisin
Right now, the Philadelphia 76ers are 14-26,
are 7-3 in their last ten games, and appear
to be getting better with each game. In fact,
the success is becoming so concrete, that the 76ers are beginning to be mentioned in
whispers about the possibility of reaching the NBA playoffs this season.
#Sixers Embiid on playoffs: 'I think it's a realistic goal.'
— Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) January 10, 2017
While any talk of post season play is only a remote possibility at this point, the chances increase with each win by the 76ers. And right now, the team is winning in bunches, like they never have before.