Sixers get some luck in 2025 NBA Draft lottery
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In O'Connor's post-Lottery mock, the Sixers select Ace Bailey out of Rutgers, the guard who averaged 17.6 points per game in his lone season with the Scarlet Knights. Explaining the pick, O'Connor expands on the difficult decision facing the Sixers' front office.
Well, the NBA Draft Lottery gods have a sense of humor. So much for the idea of Cooper Flagg going to a 20-win team. Instead, a statistically improbable Dallas Mavericks-San Antonio Spurs-Philadelphia 76ers-Charlotte Hornets top four upended all our previous assumptions about what might happen in the lead-up to the NBA Draft.
What does the NBA draft lottery mean for former Maryland star Derik Queen? With the order set, here’s a look at where he could land.
Writer Jonathan Wasserman used a simulated lottery outcome in his mock draft, and it features the Sixers jumping to the No. 3 spot. With Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper predictably off the board, the pick ends up being Edgecombe, the unfathomably athletic Bahamian prospect with an absurd collection of highlights:
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