Daniel Olinger

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Examining the Sixers’ History with Top-Six Overall Picks

1 week ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

In just four days, we’ll finally know whether it was all worth it. The Sixers closed the 2024-25 campaign on a 4-29 tear to finish with their worst regular season record since they went 10-72 in 2016, all for the sake of keeping their top-six protected pick. Every draft is different, with this 2025’s in particular being touted as higher caliber than the year previous, and having a crown jewel prospect at the top in Cooper Flagg.
3 Forwards the Sixers Should Target With Their Second-Round Draft Pick

1 week ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

It’s pretty clear what the Sixers will need in the NBA Draft. Two of the franchise cornerstones are small guards under the age of 25 (and potentially a third depending on whether Quentin Grimes stays in town), and the team’s structure has been based around a center in Joel Embiid since 2017.
Would Jared McCain Go First in a 2024 NBA Re-Draft?

4 weeks ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

In a Sixers season filled with horrible and disappointing turns, there may have been no bigger bummer than the announcement of Jared McCain’s season-ending injury in mid-December. The first two months of the season were already a calamity, with the team 7-16 (fun fact the Sixers were never once in the top ten of the East during the regular season) and stars in and out of the lineup with injury.
The Only “Solution” for Tanking in the NBA

1 month ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

The Sixers are 3–24 in their last 27 games. That’s pretty bad. Worst in the NBA for any team over their last 27 games, for a matter of fact. But the Sixers are far from alone. Over the same timespan, the Jazz are 4-23, and the Hornets are 7-20. TL;DR — a few of the same teams having been losing a lot of games the past couple of months, and the powers that be in the NBA seem to be taking notice.
5 March Madness Games You Should Watch

1 month ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

There’s nothing better than March Madness. Specifically, there’s nothing better than the first round of March Madness. Five straight days of (almost) non-stop basketball, every game holding incredible stakes, and an annual guarantee that something insane is going to happen. If you’re like me, you’re planning on blowing off as many responsibilities as possible Thursday through Monday to binge watch college basketball to an unhealthy degree.
Four Centers the Sixers Could Look at in the 2025 NBA Draft

2 months ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

It’s been a full decade since the last time the Sixers used a first-round pick on a center. Ever since drafting Jahlil Okafor third overall in 2015 — the third straight center the Sixers had picked in the lottery up to that point — the team has used its first round-capital to acquire Ben Simmons, Timothe Luwawu-Cabbarot, Furkan Korkmaz, Markelle Fultz, Zhaire Smith, Landry Shamet, Matisse Thybulle, Tyrese Maxey, Jaden Springer and Jared McCain.
Is Dylan Harper the Clear No. 2 in the Draft?

2 months ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

You all know the drill by now. This season has not gone well. The Sixers keep their pick for the 2025 NBA Draft if it lands in the top six. Anything after that, and it goes to the OKC Thunder. Two weeks ago, I wrote about Cooper Flagg, who is as locked in to the No. 1 overall pick as any prospect in recent memory. He’s in the same tier as Wemby in 2023 and Anthony Davis in 2012. There is no debate what the Sixers would do if they win the lottery and get the top pick.
Cooper Flagg Is a Prospect Worth Tanking For

2 months ago | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

There’s a solid chance Cooper Flagg first got on your radar last summer when stories of his incredible play for the U.S. select team against the country’s Olympic squad surfaced. The hype was understandable. It's not normal to have a star-studded performance against the best players in the world before you even play your first college game. But there was actually a moment years prior where Flagg truly announced himself to the basketball world, a performance that foretold just how special he was.
Jared Butler Is One of my Favorite Basketball Players Ever

Feb 12, 2025 | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

There’s a million different reasons to choose your favorite basketball players. It can be as simple as the best guy on your hometown team, to the guy who plays basketball with the style you’ve always wanted to play with yourself. Thanks for reading The Rights to Ricky Sanchez! Subscribe for free to receive silver-lining posts from The Danny the rest of this godforsaken season.
A Full Breakdown of the Quentin Grimes-Caleb Martin Trade

Feb 5, 2025 | rightstorickysanchez.com | Daniel Olinger

Let me take you back to the most impressive moment of Quentin Grimes’ young career. It’s May of 2023, and the Miami Heat hold a 3-1 series lead over the New York Knicks. The Knicks have a six-point lead with just under two minutes left in Game 5, but the Heat are rallying behind Jimmy Butler. That’s when Grimes gets clipped hard by a Bam Adebayo screen, and immediately falls to the floor while holding his left leg.