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76ers considering trading third pick

"LOL the skepticism anon. Hey Dario Saric turned out great for them. He's international and only missed 1 game :)"

haha :p in all seriousness though, I am a fan of what they've managed to do over the last few years stockpiling young talent and assets. I just feel they should start nearing the end of the 'proccess' now because much longer and it will be nearing too long. I'm hoping they make the 'right' moves this year to put them at the end of the rebuild process and start the process of winning games and rise in the rankings.

They'll trade it to the Kings for 5 and 10. They'll use the 5th on the most injury prone player in the draft and have them sit them out for a year or so, and use the 10th on an international they can stash overseas. #TrustTheProcess

If Fultz or Ball is gone when its Philly's time to pick, I'd trade down for 5th and 10th simply for the reason that outside of those two, the rest don't look guaranteed to have that "star" quality.

They look to be solid players that will have long careers in the NBA, but its a bit of a gamble to find out which will develop into an All-Star calibre player. I'd prefer double the chances to get one star player and if Sixers got real lucky, you may get two! If not then two solid players to fill up your roster of the future isn't bad either.

They'll trade it to the Kings for 5 and 10. They'll use the 5th on the most injury prone player in the draft and have them sit them out for a year or so, and use the 10th on an international they can stash overseas. #TrustTheProcess

All they need is fox and some decent shooting guards who can play d.

Should they trade down, and see what they can pinch from the Kings or someone else?

Yup this year's draft real solid and I assume all this chatter about trading the 3rd pick involves the Kings having the 5th and 10th pick. With the slim possibility of Lonzo Ball being available for the 3rd or Fox, the Kings would be real keen on either.

With Simmons, Embiid and Saric already, I don't think the Sixers are too fussed with absolutely having to pick at 3rd unless Ball is available. 5th pick can still net you Jackson, Tatum, Isaac or Monk with another solid pick at 10th.

It's a tough one. They really need wings that can work off the ball & hit jump shots, to complement Simmons. Doesn't sound like the guys 2-8 are lock down shooters, and there are concerns they'll never be great shooter or be the guys that can hit clutch shots. Philly should consider trading for a three & D guy that can create his own shot.

As much as Fox sounds great... he needs the ball in his hands (taking away Simmons' touches), and there are question marks about the mechanics of his shot.

They should take fox.

Taipans take on the Breakers in a David vs Goliath battle in New Zealand starting at 4:00pm AEST.

I'm tipping the Breakers by 5 at home.

Also, I think the Breakers can win this 2-0 but would love to be proven wrong. I also tip Kirk Penney to be grand final series MVP.