Ahead of the 2020 NBA Draft, there were rumors the Sixers gave a draft promise to an Arkansas sharpshooter by the name of Isaiah Joe. Sure enough, the team took Joe in the second round with the 49th overall pick.
The good news is the Sixers found a player who contributed to a championship team. The bad news is it wasn’t them. In any case, you have to consider Joe a big hit for the scouting department as a second-rounder.
We bring up Joe here because there’s been an interesting development about who the Sixers could take with their second-round pick in 2025.