The draft’s most obvious moment came when the 76ers selected Ben Simmons with the first overall pick after promising to do just that earlier in the week. The best online reaction came from the team’s last number one pick, Allen Iverson:
Save for perhaps trade deadline day and the first few days of July, draft night reaps the most plentiful flour from the NBA’s rumor mill. As it became clear that teams near the top of the lottery were lower on Kris Dunn than the Philadelphia 76ers, the Sixers decided to take matters into their own hands in attempting to acquire the Providence point guard:
ESPN sources say Philadelphia is offering Nerlens Noel, No.