It's the highest a local player has been picked since Young’s Jahlil Okafor was drafted third by Philadelphia in 2015.

Okafor played 26 games for the Nets before playing three years for the New Orleans Pelicans and a season with the Detroit Pistons in 2020-21. He was out of the league for three years before ...

Multiple league sources said Bailey’s representatives wanted the Sixers to commit to him before his scheduled Friday workout.

The Mavericks and Spurs surprised no one at Nos. 1 and 2, but things started to get a bit off-kilter when the Jazz went on ...

The last two years have seen some development that show why Mobley is an All-NBA talent with an even higher ceiling. He went from a 21% three-point shooter to making 37.3% of them in 2024. He was able ...

The Philadelphia 76ers drafted big man Jahlil Okafor with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Rumors Stats Odds Betting Newsletter. SIXERS. ... Okafor played 26 games for the Nets before ...

An old Schoolhouse Rock song proclaims that three is a magic number. That was the case when the 76ers took future MVP Joel Embiid in that slot in 2014. But not so much the following year, when they ...

Jahlil Okafor – 2015 Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Article Continues Below. ... NBA rumors: Pelicans insider calls out ‘BS’ Herb Jones-to-76ers trade speculation 1 week ago.

Jahlil Okafor Well, not many here are going to need a reminder of how this turned out. It’s been a decade since the Sixers have picked at three and they hope this time around goes a bit better.