In tomorrow night’s 2019 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers have the 24 th overall pick, along with five picks in the second round. For a team on the short list of true title contenders, it’s exceedingly unlikely that the Sixers will enter the 2019-20 season with six rookies on the roster. Still, one thing they should absolutely not do is sell any of the picks, something which Elton Brand distressingly brought up as a possibility.
When I recently expressed outrage about this possibility, there were two main counterarguments brought up. One, the idea that those picks don’t matter anyway, and two, the notion that if owners are going to go into the luxury tax to field a competitive team, they deserve some concessions in these “largely meaningless” situations to help recoup some money.