SINCE MAY 17, the 76ers have known that they will be selecting first in Thursday's NBA draft. The thoughts of the front office since then have no doubt ranged from taking the best player, to taking a player of need, to trades and maybe even other places that we'll never know anything about.
It is the first time since 1996 that the organization has held the No. 1 pick. Then, of course, there was little doubt who the selection was going to be, and Allen Iverson went on to have one of the most successful careers in franchise history.