Despite making zero picks in the 2023 NBA draft, the Sixers did not come away empty handed. They signed two undrafted free agents, Terquavion Smith and Ricky Council IV, both of whom spent most of the season bouncing back and forth between Philadelphia and their G League affiliate Delaware Blue Coats.
Council, who Smith already knew from their time growing up in North Carolina, was rewarded with a standard NBA contract at the end of the season. While Smith was happy for his friend, it also serves as motivation as he enters the second year of his two-way deal.