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NBA Draft: Sixers trade for the top pick and how it impacts New Orleans

The Boston Celtics are set to trade the first overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft to the Philadelphia 76ers for the third pick and an additional future first round pick. Details on that second pick were initially hazy but Adrian Wojnarowski relayed that Boston will receive the Los Angeles Lakers pick in 2018 if it falls from 2-5 or rights to the Sacramento Kings 2019 first round pick. Confusing? A little but not terribly. Boston essentially receives two first round picks and Philadelphia is going to draft Markelle Fultz barring a tremendous smokescreen.