Back to the Philadelphia 76ers Newsfeed

Keeping this year’s first-rounder also has positive residual impact on future drafts for Sixers

Related Topics: Jared McCain, Joel Embiid

Greg Frank has worked several different sports radio jobs in his career in addition to picking up various freelance writing assignments and joined Liberty Ballers at the start of the 2024-25 season.

The Sixers still owe a first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder. That obligation did not extinguish because the lottery was kind to the Sixers on Monday night and awarded Philadelphia the third overall selection in next month’s draft. The protection now drops on the pick and it will become a top-four protected selection in 2026 and 2027. In the extremely minuscule possibility that Philadelphia lands in the top four in both of those drafts, the Sixers will send the Thunder a 2027 second-round pick.