76ERS NBA DRAFT PREVIEW

76ERS NBA DRAFT PREVIEW

we’re going to be talking basketball somehow finds daylight for the win yes phantom control you are now listening to the 302 Birds Sixers postgame show with Dennis and KJ McCoy proudly powered by Tickpic let’s take it to the show all right so I am here we are back actually weird timing but here’s the reason why the NBA draft is among us and it’s happening Wednesday obviously the season just ended yesterday officially with the NBA finals coming to a conclusion a crazy conclusion game seven game um as Dennis and me were talking beforehand it could have went either way but especially with a certain player like Tyrese Hallebertton going down like that it gave the Oklahoma City Thunder the upper edge in that game so that was a very exciting series it seemed like it wasn’t the best matchup at first but it was a pretty good matchup ultimately so but how you doing Dennis how you feeling i’m good man we’re back feels good to be home feels good to be back on a show with you sharing sharing our stories our our love for Tragedy of a Sixers we may have to change the logo and get rid of the name on the side of the building so we don’t get yelled at um shout out to Nick’s Pizza thank y’all for your support thank you for always having our back shout out to Tickpic we appreciate y’all just feels so good to be back feels good to be here with KJ we get to talk and have fun shout out to Dalt thanks for everything he does for us we’re going to get straight into this thing it’s not going to be a super long show y’all but we’re going to hit on it we’re going to go over as much as we can and have some fun yeah we got a couple guests as well that’ll be popping in uh we do however have before we bring in the guest in just a little bit we do have a message from I believe it was Throwback i think it was Yeah it was Throwback Sports yeah Throwback Sports Flicks so we appreciate you for sending this video and here’s what he’s got here’s what he has to say about the third pick in the NBA draft selected by the Sixers and with the third pick in the 2025 NBA draft the Philadelphia 76ers select Ace Bailey i think when we got the third pick in this year’s draft it was very clear that Ace would be our guy but with the personal concerns of him canceling workouts with the Sixers and then wanting a big role with whatever team ends up taking him I think that it made that decision a little little less easy to make i think if the Sixers stay at three you have to take Ace i think the gap between Ace Bailey to VJ Edgecomb is too wide than it is between like a VJ Edgecomb to a Trey Johnson or Kanuple if Ace isn’t the guy and Ace’s personal concerns are major we should debate moving back and taking those guys that are closer in the range and gathering more assets in the future but if the Sixers do stay put at three which they should they need to take Ace Bailey all right what do you think about that Dennis we’re gonna bring the guest right now actually we got two guests right here we got Mikey D and Andrew what’s going on boys i’d get their feedback what’s up what’s up so you guys just probably just saw the clip that we just popped up on it’s uh from Throwback Sports Flicks but he predicted that the Sixers will be drafting with the third pick they will be staying put with Ace Bailey now Mikey D we know you really don’t claim an NBA team but you were our official college basketball analyst um what did you see from I mean obviously they weren’t at March Madness but what do you see from Ace Bailey as a prospect and what do you think he will do in the NBA and is he the right pick for the Sixers well apparently from what I just saw I’ve been looking at different various mock drafts and everything and um apparently Ace Bailey stock has fallen greatly i don’t know I don’t know what he did exactly but before they had him going third to the Philadelphia 76ers now they have him going like sixth to the Washington Wizards wow yeah that’s a drop for sure it probably was because of this i mean especially um getting the wrong advice from his um his agent who apparently is I think a college basketball player’s dad i’m pretty sure um last name Cooper i believe that’s his actual um agent but apparently he’s not giving him the right advice he seems like he wants to go to a team where he’s going to be the superstar he wants to go to like a team like where they don’t really have a signature superstar so that’s what it seems like for him but Andrew what do you think about Ace Bailey yes i mean I like his size his athletic ability you know there’s obvious concerns but I mean if you’re staying at three you have to pick him the potential the upside is is it’s a huge gap I think between him and and BJ um you know would it be a bad idea moving back if you’re not interested in Ace you know gather the draft picks you know um but I I want Ace at three um I understand the concerns but you got to pick that potential right there everyone’s 18 years old i mean no one’s going to be fully developed so you got to take you got to take that potential yeah I mean I agree i I’ve always been on the Ace Bailey uh wagon I guess you can say i I feel like he’s the right pick but then also there’s a little bit of some red flags i mean especially what’s been going on recently not working out with the Sixers um but it’s not like the first time we’ve seen this happen um years and years ago back in the 80s Charles Barkley actually did not he actually purposely didn’t want to get drafted by the Sixers and actually failed his weight test with the Sixers and then he thought he was going to the Lakers and he didn’t get drafted by them he got drafted by the Sixers so um could you see them doing something like that i mean I know Daryl my is a guy who doesn’t like to listen to the fans and he just kind of does some outlandish things do you think they could do something like that and pull rabbit out their hat man I mean I don’t know what to expect here i mean does he pick Ace does he pick VJ Trey Johnson do they move back i mean I don’t know what to expect i mean you thought you know when it when we first got the pick accees going three but now you know he’s projected like Mikey D said to to six to the Wizards i mean I don’t know what their plan is here yeah dennis what do you think with the third overall pick in the very first round of the NBA draft the Philadelphia 76ers reddraft hip hop mike D if you don’t know hip hop is our old um mascot we used to have the dogs got to go yeah so Dennis has a in all serious in in all serious I think trading back is a terrible idea yes as much as you can get all them draft compensation and build it on the back end if we as fans really want to win dropping back and gaining up all these picks are going to cost us a few more years of suffering like we did this past season and we’re not we’re not in that state we’re Sixers fans we want to win we want to win now um if they’re going to do anything they need to move up try to go to two we already know the Spurs ain’t going to give up one or the Mavs ain’t going to give up one whatever whoever it is um they need to at least go up and try to get whatever they can get and take it and run and if that means packaging him beat out do it dump him get rid of him and find somebody if you can find a way to go get Cooper go get him if you can’t get him then you go take Ace Bailey but going backwards is not the way to go for the Philadelphia 76ers right now because by the end of it us fans will be listening to people complain that he didn’t take somebody or fell through and they’re not good enough the thing is to stay at three or move up now I’ll ask both Dennis and Andrew this question with the past events we’ve had with players not being mature enough kind of uh I mean Ben Simmons we saw him kind of fizzle out um and kind of make some distractions we saw with Markel Folz uh we’re kind of seeing with Embiid right now as well uh do you think already it’s a bad sign uh from seeing what Ace Bailey is doing with not not working out with the Sixers not wanting to do an interview with the Sixers um is it a red flag where you’re like you don’t want to take that risk again that you’re just like all right you know what I go for a guy like VJ I go for somebody like maybe I’d trade up and get Dylan Harper like what do you guys think i mean it would make sense for like the Sixers to do that because like for some reason Philadelphia just loves having two people play not not at the same time but like I mean think about it like this think about it this way i mean Philadelphia likes to have two two of the same last name in like every sport you have Barkley then you’d have Harper yeah true true dawkins yeah i mean I wasn’t asking that but um um but yeah no that’s true though that’s true um but yeah do you guys think um that it could be a red flag where like obviously like you want to take that chance again to have a guy who could cause like some controversy off the court and maybe on the court i mean because we don’t we already got controversy on the court and off with Embiid not being healthy and not wanting to play then saying that the media is attacking him you’re already dealing with it you either package the man out or you draft somebody that’s good that you know has talent and you deal with the drama that’s going to come with it i still say package him out and trade him out and you go get Zion Williamson and pray to God he can get healthy and play basketball because you’re better off having Zion than Embiid at this point yeah that wouldn’t be a bad idea with Ace Bailey i mean he hasn’t worked out with with anyone right um I don’t know if he’s like I don’t want to be on the Sixers seems like it’s every team it is concerning you know a little bit i mean the way he’s acting you know the agent that he picked but I still think you got to pick him because the gaps I feel like is huge from three to four and you know Dennis said you don’t want to get picks i agree i mean you’re trying to win now i mean you’re just delaying what we want a championship yeah no I I agree with that i think talentwise if he can focus and and and put his nose down and really just like play basketball I mean a guy who he’s compared to is Kevin Durant and that guy is one guy that really doesn’t let a lot of the outside noise he doesn’t he really is a basketball focused guy he doesn’t do any other stuff off the off the court um that’s a perfect example i feel like that um Ace could be like I mean like Andrew what do you think do you think the comparison of him and KD is is accurate or do you think now with seeing this kind of immaturity i mean know he’s 18 but is it still concerning and do you still feel like he’s still a comparison to Kevin Durant i think it’s a solid comparison just you know the way he plays just his shot making ability his size um I know I know a couple player i mean Paul George raves raves about you know East Bailey i mean a lot of players you know recognize his talent um you know does he have the best IQ you know that definitely can improve but you know he’s 18 years old i think the skill mentality thinks he’s LeBron already and he’s not even in the league yet that’s what this is and then he’s also picking up a Shador Sanders attitude and of course it’s it’s hurting his draft stop that’s exactly what it is you know what I mean yeah that’s what it seems like a little bit um but yeah let’s get into his um his teammate actually who we could we were just talking about trading up there are the potentials of this um but yes a former um Ron Harper his son Dylan Harper he is actually the teammate of Ace Bailey um Mikey D what do you think of the Sixers trading up potentially because right now we do not have the second pick the second pick is potentially it’s most likely going to be Dylan Harper could the Sixers trade up and get Dylan Harper or do we not do we not need him well it’s not that you do or do not need him let’s not if you’re going to be trading the second pick here or if you’re going to be trading for the second pick let’s not forget who you’re dealing with the San Antonio Spurs yeah and if you were to ask me and I were to be completely honest with you San Antonio is not trading that pick they I don’t think they will ever trade that pick i They wouldn’t even care if you gave him Embiid they would not trade that pick because it all comes down to one person there and that’s and that’s WBY yep so Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey can maybe swap i could see that being possible but other than that I other than that San Antonio is not gonna trade the pick that they’re gonna I think they’re too focused right now on building around Wemb maybe Stfan Castle too oh yeah true yep but Oh you got But yeah I wouldn’t give my I would if you if you’re a Sixers fan I wouldn’t get my hopes up yeah what do you think Andrew yeah I mean I don’t know it seems like they they want a lot a lot of picks players i don’t know i’m sure the Sixers tried they’re trying very hard but I don’t know if it’s worth it the what the Spurs most likely want it’s not realistic i think Ace Bailey you know is good enough to get him at three um you know I want Harper but it just seems like it’s too much but I mean for the Spurs I mean they have Castle Dearon Fox and then Harper i mean three guards i mean I think they would want Ace Bailey you know with that size but you know seems like they have their eyes set on Harper we’ve seen crazier things happen in the draft so anything can happen that is true that is definitely true um I mean we saw Lonzo Ball get selected before Tatum that was crazy i mean that wasn’t supposed to happen at all look I mean here’s the thing my school is in the Big 10 Penn State yes we suck but here’s the thing i don’t I I honestly think that both Harper and Bailey are overrated because yeah maybe they had a good performance every here and there but what did Ruckers do they didn’t do anything they were terrible the whole season they didn’t make the tournament how do you not make the tournament with those two i think these two picks are very overrated mikey that’s the thing about the draft when it comes to the draft it don’t matter what the team record is it matters on the player and at this point in time those two are the ones that are going to go in the top three you know and Yeah and unfortunately the record doesn’t show how good they are but when you look at their stats it does and at this point the three that could go in the top three are the ones you know what I mean like you said Penn State’s not that good we can all agree there penn State can’t carry their own in basketball they don’t do what they do in football so but yeah and that’s the thing out because they carry that team so even when you have a crappy team your best players are going to shine yeah it’s it’s Yeah what it is i’m just saying like based off of that though they could be I think they could be bust the only one who I think is really good out of that top three where it’s like yeah okay no [ __ ] Sherlock is Cooper Flag oh of course yeah of course of course i I think I think also if you think about this too Mike even though these guys did not make it to March Madness you could go back years ago as well anthony Edwards didn’t make it to March Madness with Georgia and then look how great of an NBA player he is so a lot of the and look at a guy like Derek Lively as well i mean even though he didn’t really I mean he didn’t really play that much for Duke but he’s a pretty decent NBA player like these players sometimes might not be the best players in college but then when they get their shot in the NBA um Isaiah Thomas um is a perfect example he was the last pick in the draft um I’m talking about the other Isaiah Thomas the one that played for the Kings he played for the Celtics um that guy I mean he was the last pick in the draft and I mean then he became a premium all-star he became a multi-time all-star you know what you know what KJ i’m actually going to follow you up on that i don’t know if you’re ever if you’re going to talk about him later he He’s a name who’s not even I don’t even think he’s on the Sixers draft board but I got a name for you cedric Coward he he this I was reading an article today about this guy and he’s he went from D3 to Portland then Eastern Washington’s coach saw him on TV because like the school he was facing which is like a D3 school he was in he played in the same conference as them then he went to Washington State got injured but then became a coach and Yeah was still able to impress draft prospects or draft scouts right so this guy went from nothing to something and I think I think like this is I just immediately think like this is one of the names like you could see like go off in the NBA and you have no idea who he is yeah sometimes there’s some um there’s some hidden gems sometimes but you said Cedric Howard cedric Coward oh Coward from Washington State oh Coward okay i think he said Howard oh I see cedric from Washington State yeah he’s 6’6 okay uh yeah he played for Okay he played for Washington State kj we said something about him like right when we first started like during one of the episodes i don’t think it made the show but I know we mentioned his name like I think we did i think we actually did it was like it was it was something small like he’s going to be a sleeper i think that was what we touched on never brought it up um Andrew do you know anything about this Cedric Cower guy no I I didn’t never heard of him how many points does he average yeah I’m trying to figure that out too uh yes Jack i’m tired i’m very tired oh he’s All right so he averages 17 points uh.7 a game he’s got seven rebounds three assist um Oh yeah we got some comments in the chat we’re going to check um sorry about that guys but we got Freddy in the chat we got D we got Jack what’s up Jack what’s going on um hey you want to say anything to that um Mikey D look what Jack just said well are we here to talk football are we here to talk basketball that’s right that’s right um I think um also I mean I think with Dylan Harper um his comparisons are are very I mean they’re actually out of nowhere um you got a comparison from Jaylen Brunson to Kate Cunningham to James Harden um what of those three players do you guys think Dylan Harper reminds you of the most hopefully he don’t got James Harden’s leg yeah hopefully not i what do you think i don’t think he I don’t think he resembles Brunson at all um but Kate Cunningham and James Harden I would say um lefty like James Harden but he’s got he’s got he’s pretty athletic he can dunk on you um like Kate Cunningham so I like I honestly like Kane Cunningham yeah what do you think Mike um repeat that we were saying out of these three um player comparisons who do you think Dylan Harper reminds you the most of and I said there’s Jaylen Brunson Kate Cunningham and James Harden um what do you think Cunningham you think Cunningham yeah I think so too i think he does resemble a lot of Kate Cunningham but uh yeah another prospect and this will be one of the last prospects we will be talking about as well is a guy that has been showing a lot of interest uh especially now since Ace Bailey’s name has kind of um went back in the draft as Mike was saying as well his name has kind of uh fallen a little bit and and his draft stock has kind of fallen in general and now he’s projected to go to the uh to the Wizards as Mike was saying or some other teams but VJ Edgecomb Mikey D you saw this guy play in March Madness what did you like from this kid i I mean this kid is I think he could be a sleeper he could be a steal of the draft i think a lot of people are sleeping on this guy yeah i mean Baylor didn’t make it too far in March Madness but they still had this guy backing him up it Baylor let’s not forget is still a national champion i mean I’m not sure if he was really part of that team but seemed very athletic very swift i think he has the moves and like the stamina that especially for a big guy like him like that the Sixers would need i think he’s the way better pick yeah yeah he’s 6’5 went to Baylor uh player comparisons that people are comparing him to uh Victor Oladipo Zack Lavine and Donovan Mitchell um he’s explosive finisher and he shot 34% from three uh 24 2024 25 season his um his player stats per game uh 15 points uh 15.1 points per game 15.6 re I mean 5.6 rebounds per game um not really a big assist guy it seems like he’s more of a um scoring dominant player uh so only 3.3 assists per game um Andrew what do you think of us going with VJ instead of Ace Bailey i I just I don’t like it i don’t think he’s a number three talent um he’s I mean he’s great defender but I think he lacks shooting and I feel like that’s what the Sixers always run into when they draft players that look at Simmons Markel Folultz just just get the best player he’s just not the best player at three the comparisons I I don’t like that uh Donovan Mitchell Navine I don’t think he resembles their games at all right olad Depot I could see but Old Depot is not a number but but wait a minute wait a minute Andrew i I’m sorry to go all Stephen A smith here but but th this is the very thing this is the very thing that has killed the Sixers before look at Joel Embiid like they’ve been on this whole thing of it’s like you’re saying with Ace Bailey it’s either this guy or it’s a bad draft it’s that kind of thing that has that has made the 76ers not good it’s not just taking the wrong guy it’s also taking the guy you wanted you go all in for a guy you’re saying it’s either him or nothing or it’s a bad draft and then turns out he sucks the Sixers just straight up need a three-point shooter at this point they should just draft my 2K character cuz he’s got like a 80% three ball so just draft my 2K player at this point oh your 2K player that would be cool that would be cool but for VJ I mean he’s he’s a six foot five i mean without shoes maybe 63 i I see what Andrew is saying vj has showed times where he’s not consistent but when he is consistent and he goes on those five seven game runs where he’s consistent and he’s just hitting he he’s on it but then when he goes into a drought it’s like a 8 to 10 game drought and you’re like “All right where were you those eight to 10 games?” But in that case this is where the Sixers have to look at you still have Paul George if he’s going to be on the team you have him beat if he’s going to be healthy and play you you you still have all that other guys that they need to fall back on so I see where Andrew saying i also see Mike’s point so it’s one of them things like us Sixers fans also have to look at it like as long as they have other players that they can fall back on they’ll be okay but the problem this season was is we got hit with the injury bug so bad that it killed us you know what I mean had nobody that could shoot so um if Edgum can come in and shoot cool if he’s just going to be a rim runner that’s not going to help us at this point the Sixers have to have somebody that is going to be able to shoot defend and stay healthy because at this point the injury bug is hurting us and basically Wells Fargo has turned into Metife what were you saying again Andrew uh no i mean he pretty much summarized it i mean okay i see Mike’s point but um yeah I mean Dennis summarized it pretty well i tried well well Jesus Christ then if we’re basing a guy off his individual performance and that and that March Madness completely sucked and there was a bunch of one seats that made the final four at this point why even have a [ __ ] tournament why not just crown the best like watching New York have the Giants play that is true sorry it was there at least he admits it um but yeah I mean I think VJ from what I’m starting to hear I mean I think with the Ace Bailey immaturity um I think it is a red flag i do feel like VJ I mean the only thing with VJ is this um apparently he had he did work out with the Sixers apparently did not perform to what they wanted but they were more impressed with the way he interviewed and the way that he was talking about his skills and what he brings to the table as as an NBA player and what he thinks he can add to the Sixers uh so that’s what they were really uh excited about it seemed like um but yeah I mean we’ll just have to wait and see um Wednesday is going to be a big day for the Sixers and um there’s been some times where we remember that um the draft did not go so well and that usually is almost every year um but do you think that there is any prospects that are the wrong I know that the name I’m trying to think of the guy’s name uh correct me if I’m wrong i’m trying to think of his name the guy from Duke the center um Andrew do you think we need a guy like him i’m trying to think his name you might know his name i’m trying are you Are you talking about the shouldn’t guard the the center yeah I think he was number five i’m trying to think who it is khan Canipple uh yes i think it’s Con yeah so he was also a name that like that i don’t even want him in Philly oh his name Canipple that would be weird having a guy named Bona and Canipple that would be bona yeah bonipple that would be something else that definitely would oh man but um but yeah I mean Andrew what do you think though i mean I know that this is really a draft show but um I wanted to talk briefly about the If I can pull this up all right here it is actually I can pull up one second i can’t find it yeah I cannot find it never mind there was a finals thing but it didn’t pop up but yeah what did you think about the NBA finals and what did you think um I mean with the outcome i mean was it a better NBA finals than you’ve seen like the last couple years i mean I really I wanted the Pacers to win so bad huge TJ McConnell fan i’m sure we all are i mean he played out of his mind it’s just heartbreaking what happened to Halleurn he was off to a hot start um especially after game six i mean they demolished the thunder i knew it was going to be different being away but Hallebrun coming out hot just him going down just drained you know the energy you know the players on the team said that themselves just hate to see it sucked the life out of that team that was the problem i mean they to they took away their other playmakers so everything kind of focused down on McConnell and then it just went downhill from there there’s not much you can do um I will say even after he got hurt the third quarter Pacers came out hot they were still ready to roll and I think it just got to be too much on them and they were just gassed and they were tired i mean once you get into in game seven you’re burned you know what I mean everybody’s like on their last leg so yeah i mean McConnell was literally he was giving it everything he had i mean you got to give it to the guy uh us being Sixers fans seeing him really represent I mean he is a former Sixers so that was really cool to see him just go off like that i mean in that moment uh he was just out of nowhere just making shots after shots crazy layups i mean just out of nowhere and I mean just to see them lose like that it was it was heartbreaking i mean they also just at the end I mean they showed the camera um of of him obviously being emotional and his mom was like “Get the camera away.” And I don’t blame her at all i mean that was it’s kind of uncalled for for them to film him uh I know they did that to Embiid when Embiid was uh crying after the Raptors but I mean like a lot of these players I mean like when they’re emotional like that I mean I don’t see why you show the camera like that i mean obviously let them have their time but um Mike what did you think from the NBA Finals what’ you think of that series i mean I mean it it was clear that the Thunder clearly were the better team of course like you have literally one of the best players in the whole league now that the Clippers are literally kicking themselves for trading mhm um Shay Gil just Alexander but um I I mean Tyrese Hallebran tried all he could to I mean he really tried but you just couldn’t beat that you just couldn’t beat that big three of SGA Homegrren and Williams i mean that’s all like I really got out of it i mean I watched game seven last night but of course if anyone really knows me I was I was more invested in the Stanley Cup the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in that just in case you didn’t know um but but yeah I mean but nevertheless though I think the Thunder are a great team the Clippers are kicking themselves and Seattle is cursing this out but don’t worry Seattle you’re going to get your team back the NBA might add two more teams as soon as as soon as this summer a few weeks yeah I I heard that rumor that they’re going to have those team meetings and the expansion topic is going to be discussed for sure so they’re going to try and throw it around and see what the other teams think about it and uh that would be I’m hearing Seattle and Las Vegas that would be super cool to see they’re getting so much money out of the athletics and the Raiders so of course somebody’s gonna try and jump to Las Vegas yeah i mean I think you have to i mean like they almost have all Think about it they had no teams like if you go back five years ago they had no Las Vegas had no pro teams now they have a chance to almost have pro teams in every sport i mean that’s just that’s crazy to think that it definitely is um but I will ask this before we do end the show andrew do you think when you saw the Thunder win the win the NBA finals last night did it kind of give you like a reminder also that like this could have been the Sixers i mean the draft picks that we got we acquired year after year markel Folz Jal Okafor Ben Simmons i mean this could have been us yes 100% um and it goes back to Sam Hickeyi being forced out Kandro replacing him and I mean we traded what was the stupidest thing we did was we traded up to the number one pick to pick faults when everyone knew Lonzo Ball was going and Jason Tatum was going to the Celtics and we got rid of her pick the next year and we just did things unnecessarily you look at the Thunder i mean every move is just smart getting more picks i mean they have like four or five first round picks next year or something like I just they’re not done this could have been us we failed the process failed unfortunately i mean you hate to see it that could have been But yet Daryl every single year Embiid gets injured a twin ligament or a broken bone every single playoffs we have not seen him healthy yeah what were you saying Mike threw it in my knee yet yeah but yet at the same time though Daryl my still trusts the process i think Daryl my is just in his own world over there and he’s I don’t know what he does but it’s it’s hard to trust the guy even though I mean like the guy has a good if you think about it he has a good track record uh he’s only missed the playoffs once in his GM career i’m pretty sure once or twice and that was with us and then I think one with the Rockets but besides that he does bring teams to the playoffs but NBA Finals no he doesn’t help build a team like how Sam how Andrew was saying Sam Hickey was trying to do but then he was cut loose i’ll say this though my actually recognized that he needs to start u focusing on young players rather than veteran this off seasonason which is good to see because I mean the fact that we had PJ Tucker Kyle Lowry just like veteran players that don’t bring us you know upside we need that young athletic lengthy guy so hopefully he does that for us yeah and I think the Thunder are a perfect example i mean you saw how they didn’t really celebrate like how other NBA Finals champions have celebrated in the past and it’s because they’re really young they’re super young they don’t have any veteran talent but it’s also showing that you don’t really need veteran talent it seems like and I know like the Rockets just traded for Kevin Durant and got a veteran even though they have a very young team i think it helps their case I think with the Houston Rockets to to add a veteran presence but I think also you don’t have to have a veteran presence i mean the Thunder are a perfect example though i mean they did it last night the Indiana Pacers are also a perfect example as well but I mean they do have some veterans i mean they got Pascal they got McConnell they have Miles Turner but um yeah that’s that’s what I really got from the finals though i felt like that could have been us i definitely think that could have been us and if we really played our cards right we picked the right players um we could have been one of those teams that was in the running and didn’t trade male Bridges away oh my god for Zer Smith come on i actually nearly almost got fired from my last job because I started freaking out about that um but guess what we Brett Brown was the temporary GM i mean that’s what we get brett Brown was your GM think about that i mean that’s ridiculous and it was such a great story when we when we got MueL like his mom was working for the team at the time i think I don’t know if she still is but I remember when he got traded like Brett Brown was like apologizing to her and everything like that um coaches should never be the GM there should always just be another backup GM that should never be a scenario where a coach is the GM and obviously he put the um the team’s future at jeopardy he definitely did because Zary Smith me and Dole actually saw Zary Smith this year play but guess what not in the NBA we saw him play in the GLeague in Delaware we saw him play for the Cleveland Charge taking on the Delaware Blue Coats and he scored maybe like four points wow yeah and and what you said about coaches should never be GMs well you people in Philadelphia know too damn well about this look at the Eagles look at Chip Kelly this guy yeah don’t Don’t bring it back up this is a basketball show okay we’re We’re not gonna bring up Chipper okay we are not bringing him up i’m just I’m just saying like apparently Philly is guilty of this in all sports oh my gosh always throwing shots at Philadelphia mike Mike he’s got nothing to talk about for his uh Giants they’re still living off of a ring they won what six years ago seven years ago yeah and the helmet catch they still love the helmet catch hey at least Tom Brady didn’t go undefeated you’re welcome but I think that’s going to do it do you guys have anything else to say go Sixers um go Sixers mikey where can everybody find you i mean um follow me on Tik Tok and Instagram playbyplaymikeyd i post a lot of great content on there about the New York Yankees i was actually just at Yankee Stadium this previous Saturday we beat the Baltimore Orioles 9 to nothing so you could go find my content over there make sure you make sure you go and subscribe to my page again it that’s playbyplay D on Tik Tok and Instagram and I guess the I guess I’ll just close by saying well this well I guess the one thing I’ll close out by saying is this doesn’t mean [ __ ] okay all right then andrew where can they find you nowhere okay just kidding just kidding but no I’ll make an appearance maybe again yeah a very mysterious well fellas we appreciate both y’all for stopping by on this bring back episode of the Sixers postgame show uh again we want to shout out Nick’s Pizza we want to shout out Tickpick uh shout out to KJ shout out to Dalt thank you for everybody that tuned in we appreciate every single one of y’all i still say the Sixers should draft hip hop with the third pick get rid of the dog please for the love of God do they put down the dog is that the question hold up KJ we can’t say that on here okay it’s not a real but one thing I will say one more shout out I want to give shout out to our boy Andrew over here yes we have to congratulate him on his recent engagement yes that’s right thank you andrew is engaged thank you that’s right congratulations brother don’t ask me for no advice i’m in a relationship with my truck and my boat that’s where my money goes all right boys yes as we said before the NBA draft will be Wednesday 8:00 uh Sixers don’t screw this up please you know you probably will and I probably will be crying my eyes out unfortunately most likely unfortunately please make a smart decision don’t screw this up let’s go Sixers ring that bell welcome to a new era of the NBA 104 104 7 seconds to play we’re going to be talking basketball somehow finds daylight for the win yes hands up

The 302BIRDS Sixers Postgame Show returns for a special offseason edition—and this time, it’s all about the future. With the 2025 NBA Draft just days away (happening this Wednesday, June 25), Dennis and KJ are back to break it all down in our 2025 Sixers Draft Preview Special!

Who should the Sixers target? Can they finally land a young star to build around? The fellas will dive deep into this year’s top prospects and talk about how each one might fit in Philly.

Tonight’s Draft Preview Topics:
🏀 Ace Bailey – Elite athleticism and two-way upside. Is he Philly’s next face of the franchise?
🏀 VJ Edgecombe – A high-energy scorer with big-time confidence. Does he bring the juice the Sixers need?
🏀 Dillon Harper – Crafty and smooth—can he run the show at the next level?
🏀 Potential Sleepers – Who’s flying under the radar that could be a draft-night steal?
🏀 Fit Over Flash? – Should the Sixers draft for need or best player available?

Dennis and KJ are bringing the heat tonight—plus a few special guests you won’t want to miss.

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