Philly Front Office

The NBA Draft is one of the most fun days of the year. Not only do teams chart out their new futures with fresh talent, but everyone is looking to trade. Not only is everyone together focused on the same event, but at no point in the NBA calendar do teams have more assets at their disposal. Now that it’s two days long, there’s even more to follow.

The Draft starts at 8pm both Tuesday and Wednesday, and I will be tracking everything Sixers related no matter how tangential with both news and rumors.

Order/Selections Round 1

1. Washington Wizards – AJ Dybantsa
2. Utah Jazz – Darryn Peterson
3. Memphis Grizzlies – Cameron Boozer
4. Chicago Bulls – Caleb Wilson
5. LA Clippers (from Indiana Pacers) – Keaton Wagler
6. Brooklyn Nets – Mikel Brown Jr.
7. Sacramento Kings – Darius Acuff
8. Atlanta Hawks (from New Orleans Pelicans) – Kingston Flemings
9. Dallas Mavericks – Morez Johnson Jr
10. Milwaukee Bucks – Brayden Burries
11. Golden State Warriors – Yaxel Lendeborg
12. OKC Thunder (from LA Clippers) – Aday Mara
13. Milwaukee Bucks (from Miami Heat) – Nate Ament
14. Charlotte Hornets – Hannes Steinbach
15. Chicago Bulls (from Portland Trailblazers) – Dailyn Swain
16. Memphis Grizzlies (from Phoenix Suns) – Bennett Stirtz
    • Traded to Thunder
17. OKC Thunder (from Philadelphia 76ers) – Ebuka Okorie
    • Traded to Grizzlies
    • Traded to Pistons
18. Charlotte Hornets (from Orlando Magic) – Christian Anderson
19. Toronto Raptors – Allen Graves
20. San Antonio Spurs (from Atlanta Hawks) – Jayden Quaintance
21. Detroit Pistons (from Minnesota Timberwolves) – Karim Lopez
    • Traded to Grizzlies
22. SIXERS (from Houston Rockets) – Labaron Philon Jr
23. Atlanta Hawks (from Cleveland Cavaliers) – Zuby Ejiofor
24. New York Knicks – Cameron Carr
    • Traded to Lakers
25. LA Lakers – Sergio de Larrea
    • Traded to Knicks
    • Traded to Mavericks
26. Denver Nuggets – Tarris Reed
    • Traded to Spurs
27. Boston Celtics – Chris Cenac
28. Brooklyn Nets (from Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons) – Josh Jefferson
29. Cleveland Cavaliers (from San Antonion Spurs) – Alex Karaban
    • Traded to Kings
30. Dallas Mavericks (from OKC Thunder) – Koa Peat
    • Traded to Knicks
    • Traded to Suns

Order/Selections Round 2

1. New York Knicks (from Washington Wizards) –
2. Memphis Grizzlies (from Indiana Pacers) –
3. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Brooklyn Nets) –
4. Sacramento Kings –
   • Traded to Cavs
5. San Antonio Spurs (from Utah Jazz) –
   • Traded to Nuggets
6. LA Clippers (from Memphis Grizzlies) –
7. OKC Thunder (from Dallas Mavericks) –
8. Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans Pelicans) –
9. Houston Rockets (from Chicago Bulls) –
10. Boston Celtics (from Milwaukee Bucks) –
11. Miami Heat (from GS Warriors) –
12. San Antonio Spurs (from Portland Trailblazers) –
13. Brooklyn Nets (from LA Clippers) –
14. San Antonio Spurs (from Miami Heat) –
15. Sacramento Kings (from Charlotte Hornets) –
16. Orlando Magic –
17. Phoenix Suns (from SIXERS) –
    • Traded to Knicks
18. Dallas Mavericks (from Phoenix Suns) –
19. Denver Nuggets (from Atlanta Hawks) –
20. Toronto Raptors –
21. Washington Wizards (from Minnesota Timberwolves) –
22. LA Clippers (from Cleveland Cavaliers) –
23. Houston Rockets –
24. Golden State Warriors (from LA Lakers) –
25. New York Knicks –
26. Chicago Bulls (Denver Nuggets) –
27. Atlanta Hawks (Boston Celtics) –
28. New Orleans Pelicans (from Detroit Pistons) –
29. Minnesota Timberwolves (from SA Spurs) –
30. Washington Wizards (from OKC Thunder) –

10:35p – Sixers Select Labaron Philon

Well, I’m an idiot. I thought for sure the pick wouldn’t be an undersized point guard, but talent is talent. When a guy like Philon falls the way he did, you have to take him. The guy is an offensive savant and instantly solves the back up point guard problem the team struggled with all season.

10p – Thunder Trade for Stirtz

Two second round picks going to Memphis in a swap of the 16th and 17th picks. The Thunder will now pick for the Grizzlies at #17.

UPDATE: The Pistons are trading for #17 and taking Ebuka Okorie. Memphis moves down to #21 in exchange for 3 2nd round picks. They moved down 5 spots and picked up 5 extra 2nds

9:30p – Time to Start Sixersing

Nate Ament just went off the board to the Bucks at #13 followed by Hanne Steinbach. They are the first two from my Sixers Big Board to be selected. Ament is very tall for a small forward but has the upside to be a very good scorer in the NBA. Sixers probably weren’t the best place for him anyway. Steinbach on the other hand, was the guy I think most of us wanted even if we didn’t know it. He’s a very good rebounder that can shoot. Could you imagine that type of player either with Embiid now or to compliment VJ and Maxey in the future? Alas…

8:45p – Nets pick POINT GUARD Mikel Brown / Kings Hate Defense

Despite drafting a bunch of guards in the first round last year, the Nets have drafted another point guard in the first round this year. Granted none of their guys were any good last year, but it still is mind boggling.

As for the Kings, I am not knocking Darius Acuff who looks like a walking bucket, but he will have no intention whatsoever of playing any defense. How many of the exact same type of player will they draft? It seems like it’s always all offense all the time. Drafting a guy like him means that they might be truly cleaning house of all their offensive guys. Sabonis may stay, but DeRozan is already likely gone and LaVine might be looking at a buyout.

8:30p – Chalk

The first 5 picks have all gone chalk so far and that was expected due to the quality of talent up top. The next 6 picks are where things may start change. The Kings at #7 are known as a pretty dumb front office. The Hawks at #8 have multiple first round picks and could move around. Then there is the Bucks at #10 and #13 and the Thunder at #12 and #17 who could package and consolidate those picks to move up

8p – It Has Begun [Shang Tsung voice]!!!

I think we all thought today would be more eventful in terms of moves but we weren’t hiring for rumors. Jaylen Brown, Kawhi Leonard, and Trey Murphy received the most gossip, but everyone is still home as we get under way.

June 23 at 3:30p – Trey Murphy III

The man of the hour right now is Trey Murphy of the Pelicans. After rebuffing suitors over the last year despite his ideal skillset for damn near any contender, New Orleans is finally ready to deal. The asking price has been multiple first round picks, but it seems like teams think something close to the top ten and change will get it done. The Warriors at #11, OKC with #12 and #17, and the Hawks at #8 could be looking to upgrade immediately with those picks. Murphy has 3/$87m left on his contract, one of the more fair deals in the NBA.

June 23 at 3pm – Sixers Big Board

The Sixers need wings or athletic power forwards. Here are the guys who will be available near where they are picking at #22:

1. Dailyn Swain
2. Isaiah Evans
3. Josh Jefferson
4. Hannes Steinbach
5. Sergio de Larrea
6. Jayden Quaintance
7. Chris Cenac
8. Nate Ament
9. Koa Peat
10. Allen Graves

More detail in the PFO Sixers Draft Board 2026 here.

June 23 at 10:15a – Recapping Last Night

Meaningful deals were trickling in yesterday from around the league. Trae Young resigned with Wizards, Julius Randle was traded to the Nets, the 28th and 33rd picks were swapped, Ayo Dosonmu resigned with the Timberwolves with their newly created cap space, and then the bomb dropped. Giannis Antetokounmpo was traded to the Miami Heat. The trade sent a ton of players to Milwaukee along with the #13 pick this year and unprotected picks in 2031 and 2033. This leaves the Heat with only the #41 pick this year while the Bucks now have both #10 and #13. If I am Milwaukee, I am trying to move up any way I can.

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NBA Offseason 2026