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76ers Hectic Draft Day!

Philly Frills – 22/07/2025

The 76ers have completed yet another draft day in which they featured heavily! This year, they actually had their own 1^st round pick to their name, which was pick 21, and the bevvy of 2^nd round picks that they usually have in the loot bag. On top of that, they made a pre-draft trade where they agreed to send Jalen Green out with 2x future 2nds, for Devin Vassell, Pick 18 and Pick 19, paving the way for more draft action and further moves.

In the end, after a few more pre-draft trades of shuffling 2^nd round picks, and sending out a package coupled with Paal George to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the final pick order of the 76ers was:

Picks 18, 21, 37, 40, 43, 48, 52 and 58.

They had a plan. They were locked in on two guys in the 1^st round giving them draft promises and they held true to their word, despite the unexpected availability of NBA pick 7, Jeremiah Fears, and went with their gut.

Pick 18 – Uber athletic defensive specialist wing, Drake Powell.

Pick 21 – Euro athletic energy guy and menace on defence, Hugo Gonzalez.

The 2^nd round was always going to be a crap shoot. The team is full up on contracted guys, so the top 11 NBA selected guys were probably not the way to go without further trades, but also being pick 37, the better ones were likely to already be gone. The plan was to be fluid and draft with a plan if offers of trades didn’t come to fruition. Pick 37 had a promise of 3x future 2^nd round picks if Noah Penda was on the board, but he was gone, and so the 76ers selected. Pick 40 and 43 was just a raffle of “Which of my 2 guys do I take at which spot to get them both?”. Both guys were grabbed. Pick 48 was where the ”Eh, I’m good either way” feelings came in, so when an offer of 2x 2nds if Mohamed Diawara was on the board was put on the table, and he was there, the deal was accepted. 52 was a toss up between taking a budding euro stash, a back up 2way PG option, or trading for a single 2^nd round pick. The PG selection was chosen. And finally, pick 58, was again offered a future 2^nd for, but was decided to simply take the draft stash previously mentioned. And the draft was done.

Pick 37 – Giant 19 year old Aussie on a 2way deal, 7’4, Rocco Zikarsky.

Pick 40 – High IQ multifaceted floor general on a 2way (for now), Ryan Nembhard.

Pick 43 – High IQ, jumbo sized euro wing, and hopeful draft stash, Bogoljub Markovic.

Pick 48 – Mohamed Diawara, traded to the Chicago Bulls for two future 1nd round picks.

Pick 52 – Athletic 2way play making PG on a 2way deal, as a fail safe for Nembhard, Javon Small.

Pick 58 – Athletic and young late blooming 2way wing, stashing in Europe, Saliou Niang.

Player breakdowns will occur over the next months leading into the season, but the 76ers are ecstatic with their draft haul and very happy to see the roster rounded out.

Welcome to Philadelphia, the 2025 NSL 76ers Draft Class.

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