It's July. Summer League is over, free agency has come and gone, and SportsCenter consists of clip after clip of baseball. In other words, the NBA has gone into its only quiet stretch of the year, and intrigue is hard to come by.
So let's take a way too early look at the 2016 draft.
Turns out, this draft is important for the 76ers. You may not have heard, but Sam Hinkie has spent the last few years eschewing contributing NBA players in favor of amassing a slew of future draft picks. (I know, I was shocked to learn that, too.