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The Cavaliers were widely expected to select Joel Embiid with the number one
overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, until a foot injury and subsequent
surgery threw Embiid’s value into question.
It’s unclear just how far Embiid might fall — Cleveland, for example, is
reportedly eyeing Jabari Parker now with that top pick, and the Bucks at two
are going to have a hard time passing on Andrew Wiggins if that’s the case.
But the Sixers are intrigued by Embiid, and will take a long look at
selecting him if he’s still on the board when it’s time for them to pick at
the number three slot.
The most interesting thing about this move, should things unfold like this,
isn’t that Embiid’s stock would remain so high, even though he’d be
expected to miss most if not all of the upcoming season. It’s that the
Sixers would be fine pursuing the same strategy in consecutive seasons.
Last year saw the Sixers begin their rebuild in earnest by trading Jrue
Holiday for the rights to Nerlens Noel on draft night, who, just like Embiid,
was projected to go number one overall even after tearing his ACL during his
lone season in college. He ended up falling to six, and that’s when
Philadelphia pounced.
The Sixers chose to sit Noel for the entire season, even when he probably
could have played a chunk of it — he himself said recently he’s been 100
percent “for months.” The team would presumably need to do the same with
Embiid, but being only in year two of its stated three-five year rebuilding
plan, that might work out just fine.
因為Embiid開刀後狀況的不確定，前兩個順位的騎士和公鹿已經將選秀目標轉移到
Jabari Parker和Andrew Wiggins。如果Embiid沒在前兩個順位被選走的話，76人
有興趣用首輪第三簽下他。
去年76人將Holiday交易出去，換來Noel的簽約權，也開始了球隊重建的計畫。儘管Noel
自稱狀況已經到100%好幾個月了，76人仍是決定讓他坐滿整個球季。如今若Embiid真的
被76人選走，他也將面臨到與Noel相同的狀況。但花費這兩年的時間，對76人3-5年的
重建計畫也許是有益處的。
心得：禁區開刀雙塔。