{"id":11864,"date":"2025-05-05T23:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/11864\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T23:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:41:12","slug":"2025-nba-mock-draft-sixers-take-khaman-maluach-with-no-5-overall-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/11864\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NBA mock draft: Sixers take Khaman Maluach with No. 5 overall pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/20\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia 76ers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> won&#8217;t know if they will have a first-round pick in the 2025 NBA draft until lottery night on May 12. The pick is only top 6 protected, but after a tough 24-58 season, they have the fifth-worst record in the league and are hoping for some luck on lottery night.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, should the Sixers keep their pick, there are some options for them in this draft. This is a deep draft rich with a lot of young talent eager to show what they all can do at the NBA level. Even if the Sixers land either the No. 5 or No. 6 pick, they can get a good young player.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/2025-nba-mock-draft-cooper-flagg-khaman-maluach-kon-knueppel-give-duke-three-freshmen-in-top-six-selections\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mock draft performed by CBS Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">mock draft performed by CBS Sports<\/a> has the Sixers thinking big. With the No. 5 pick, they have Philadelphia taking Duke 7-foot-2 center Khaman Maluach:<\/p>\n<p>The final impression of Maluach at Duke was not a promising one: he played 21 minutes in a Final Four loss to Houston and grabbed zero rebounds despite his 7-foot-2 frame. But his length, movement and shot-blocking anticipation has NBA teams intrigued with his talent, and it wouldn&#8217;t be surprising to see him go this high. He&#8217;d be a joy to add next to the young core in Philly that includes Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain and Quentin Grimes.<\/p>\n<p>On the season, Maluach averaged 8.6 points and 6.6 rebounds along with 1.3 blocks per game. As mentioned above by CBS, he had a miserable end to the 2024-25 season. Along with zero rebounds, he committed four fouls and only had a block in the loss to the Cougars. However, he did have 14 points, nine rebounds, and two blocks in the Elite 8 win over Alabama so the potential is there. The Sixers could always use some size off the bench and Maluach certainly fits that bill.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/sixerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/sixers\/2025\/05\/05\/2025-nba-mock-draft-sixers-take-khaman-maluach-with-no-5-overall-pick\/83453459007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 NBA mock draft: 76ers take Khaman Maluach with No. 5 overall pick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 NBA mock draft: 76ers take Khaman Maluach with No. 5 overall pick<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia 76ers won&#8217;t know if they will have a first-round pick in the 2025 NBA draft until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,292,1255,958,222,6,678,207,3817,4155,1263],"class_list":{"0":"post-11864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-jared-mccain","12":"tag-khaman-maluach","13":"tag-mock-draft","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","17":"tag-philadelphia76ers","18":"tag-quentin-grimes","19":"tag-tyrese-maxey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114457876035724723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}