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76ers will take Ben Simmons with first pick

nbadraft.net Mock Draft: http://www.nbadraft.net/2016mock_draft

Almost certain delly will go to Philly

A good team wouldn't want him after the finals he had

I am just glad Ben isn't going to the Lakers I don't know if I could stand an aussie on the team I dislike the most.

Strong feeling delly goes to Philly as a backup.

I'm also thinking they pick up broekhoff as a 3 and d guy.

Will be interesting to see how many Aussie 76ers fans jump on board.
I've been a Sixers fan for many years so lets hope Simmons and the Sixers can have some success as its been some time.

With Embiid and Simmons next year its essentially 2 number 1 picks as Embiid was projected No 1 until his foot.

IMO, Buddy Hield is the best player in the draft. Simmons has the most potential/upside though.

Hield's shooting splits last year at Oklahoma are absolutely outrageous.

Whoever gets pick number 3..if Hield is still on the table, they'd be stupid not to go for him.

I think Okafor to Boston is a strong possibility. I'd be surprised if Smart was included though, as my understanding was that Philly wants the 3rd pick to draft Kris Dunn. No point doing that and taking on Smart too!

Hopefully Philly isn't stupid enough to try to make Simmons a full-time PG either! He's like Lebron, he can make plays, but you don't want him expending all his energy bringing the ball up all the time.

I think if Philly picks up both Simmons and Dunn, they are set, especially if Embiid lives up to his hype from a couple of years ago!

"Hopefully we get to see Embiid actually play a bit."

Hope so to. They say that the sports scientist from the AIS that's now on staff at the sixers is world class...if anyone could get Embiid back on the floor & producing it'd be him. Really hoping they can get some awesome years out of him like GSW did with Bogut by being savy with the science.

Okafor should be the one they trade. They're in a half-decent position considering.

Hopefully we get to see Embiid actually play a bit.

@Farrison Hord - I haven't come across that one yet... it'd be awesome if it did

All the best to Ben. Now hopefully the Lakers don't pull one of their draft day brain farts and they take Ingram and it'll be a great result all round

Latest i've read is Philly send Okafor, Covington and Stauskas to Boston in exchange for Marcus Smart & the #3 pick.

Works for both parties i believe.

Exciting times ahead for Philly. I really hope they can trade Okafor to get a starter-quality wing in this draft as well

Someone said they will play him at pg, with I guess Covington, Noel and okafor in the frontcourt.

Agreed Master Chief. Get to work on that jump shot Ben! :)

Now just put your head down and get on with it Ben !

No brainer for Philly.

About time they made the commitment official.

An interesting write up on Aussies in the NBA on ESPN today too:

http://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/16374435/top-nba-draft-prospect-ben-simmons-continuing-tradition-players-australia-new-zealand

Why no Sth Aussie teams competeing in Darwin next week at the state primary and secondary school nationals.?.Is this a normal thing ?