New NBA Trade Rumor Emerges for 76ers
New NBA Trade Rumor Emerges for 76ers originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Philadelphia 76ers are in good shape heading into the offseason as they have the No. 3 pick in the NBA Draft. Nobody would have probably expected that to happen after the 76ers had big expectations coming into the season, but injuries ultimately derailed the team.
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That led them to be near the bottom of the Eastern Conference and allowed them to have the chance of getting a good pick in the lottery. That's what happened, and now the 76ers can pick a player in the draft who will help them in the present but also set them up for the future.
Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey addresses the media with head coach Nick Nurse after the game against the Chicago Bulls at Wells Fargo Center.Kyle Ross-Imagn Images
There are many things that the 76ers can do with the pick if they don't want to stay at No. 3, and there's a possibility that they trade down for a potential player, according to Tate Fraizer.
'I had gotten like a crumb sent my way. Again, everything you get told or that gets brought your way, you take with some level of a grain of salt," Frazier said on the KOC show.
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"But I heard that Kon Knueppel was kind of in the mix as well — as sort of a 'play-now' guy [for the Sixers].
'I also think there's a world in which maybe a team at six — maybe the Brooklyn Nets or somebody — wants to trade up. Maybe they're able to do something there, get a guy, and trade back to maybe get who they originally wanted. Maybe that's Knueppel, and they get him at seven or eight, or whatever it may be.'
The 76ers definitely have options, and if they like a player like Knueppel, who could get picked later in the first round, the 76ers can make a trade and acquire more assets in the process.
Related: Giannis Antetokounmpo and Sleeper NBA Team Have 'Mutual Interest' in Major Trade
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
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