{"id":58795,"date":"2025-05-27T04:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/58795\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T04:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:40:12","slug":"sixers-remain-committed-to-getting-younger-amid-trade-back-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/58795\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers remain committed to getting younger amid trade back rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 NBA draft is a little less than a month away and 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> have the No. 3 pick after a tough 2024-25 season. The Sixers were expected to contend for a title, but instead were dealt with a ton of injuries and it derailed any chance of having success.<\/p>\n<p>With that No. 3 selection, the Sixers can go in a number of directions. They can make a selection and bring in a top talent in this draft whether it&#8217;s Ace Bailey or VJ Edgecombe or somebody else they have in mind. Or, the Sixers can trade down in order to bring in a more established player.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>One shouldn&#8217;t expect a trade&#8211;or if they do make one, it won&#8217;t be to go down too far. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/monday-best-all-the-latest-nba-free\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marc Stein via his Substack;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Marc Stein via his Substack<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>If there is a trade in Philadelphia&#8217;s future involving the No. 3 pick in the draft, don&#8217;t expect the 76ers to move down very far on the 2025 draft board.<\/p>\n<p>League sources maintain that the Sixers are determined to add a dynamic young talent to their core after the tremendous fortune they enjoyed in the May 12 draft lottery.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers need to get younger. They have an aging supporting cast around their star trio of Joel Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey. Adding a dynamic player like Bailey or the aforementioned names would be a huge help to the overall roster and help Philadelphia move back in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers could also <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/sixers-consider-trading-down-nets-212834513.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:call up the Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">call up the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> and inquire about the No. 8 pick and possibly Cam Johnson. In that scenario, Philadelphia would be able to acquire a legitimate shooter in Johnson while also being able to land a top 10 player in this deep and talented draft. That is something of a win-win scenario. Either way, there are a lot of things to consider.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/sixerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/sixers\/2025\/05\/26\/sixers-remain-committed-to-getting-younger-amid-trade-back-rumors\/83865415007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sixers remain committed to getting younger amid trade back rumors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sixers remain committed to getting younger amid trade back rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NBA draft is a little less than a month away and the Philadelphia 76ers have the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,224,7,247,1828,936,2546,6,526,678,207,3817,1263,971],"class_list":{"0":"post-58795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-ace-bailey","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-cam-johnson","13":"tag-joel-embiid","14":"tag-marc-stein","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-paul-george","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","19":"tag-philadelphia76ers","20":"tag-tyrese-maxey","21":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114577960172878611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58795","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=58795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}