Furkan Korkmaz Changes Philadelphia 76ers 2017 NBA Draft Equation

By Bret Stuter | Jun 5, 2017

Jan 3, 2017; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington (33) reacts with Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) and guard Nik Stauskas (11) after hitting the game winning shot against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Wells Fargo Center. The Philadelphia 76ers won 93-91. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

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Jun 24, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo during an introduction press conference at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Reason To Deal

As a matter of fact, no NBA team should enter into an NBA draft seeking to trade back. But the Philadelphia 76ers must prepare to move in either direction this year. In fact, we walked through the 2017 NBA Draft options to either move up or back in this draft. While the discussion focused on second round picks, the same principals apply to the third pick of the draft as well.

The basic formula is two parts:
I: Is the value gained by this transaction greater than value surrendered?
II: Will new position offer significant opportunity to improve the team?

If the answer is no in either case, the deal should never happen. But Bryan Colangelo gave up some key elements in this release today

Following this morning's pre-draft workout, Bryan Colangelo gave an update on the due diligence being done with the no. 3 pick: pic.twitter.com/7TNE54vwfT
— brianseltzer (@brianseltzer) June 5, 2017

Translation? The team has offers to move back, and we’re okay all the way back to the ninth pick if we trade back. So how does Furkan Korkmaz play into this?