Josh Grieb

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How have the last 10 years of No. 3 overall picks in the NBA Draft turned out?

2 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Who’s ready for another trip down memory lane?!The Sixers have quite an important decision quickly coming up as they hold on to the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. So now’s a good a time as any to take a look at the last decade of third overall picks and see how they’ve turned out. For fun, I’ll be adding who I thought should have been the correct pick with the benefit of hindsight if I think the team got it wrong.
Who could be the Sixers’ next Mike Muscala in 2025?

2 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images It may not feel like it right now, but it took a lot of effort for the Sixers to be bad enough to retain their top-six protected pick in this year’s draft. With a third of the league tanking, a 9-3 stretch made it nearly impossible for Philadelphia to not secure a top-10 seed in a struggling Eastern Conference.
Why you shouldn’t feel bad about the Sixers not trading for Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton

2 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Surely this is what everyone wants to hear as he leads his team on an improbable Finals run. Tyrese Haliburton comes up a lot in conversation around these parts. Not just because of his ascent to an All-NBA player as he’s taken his team through two deep playoff runs, but because there was a time he was heavily featured in Sixers trade rumors.
A look back at the Sixers’ history with the third overall pick

2 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Michael J. LeBrecht II/NBAE via Getty Images As he’s liked to point out, this is the first time in his career as an NBA executive that Daryl Morey has had a lottery draft selection. That’s made it difficult to figure out what the Sixers will do with the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
Report: Pelicans rumored to like Rutgers’ Ace Bailey. Could they be potential Sixers trade partner?

2 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images Everyone hold on to your hats, leverage season is in full swing. While the position the Sixers have put out publicly is that they are happy with their spot with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, there still has been plenty of chatter that they could trade out of it. Rafael Barlowe reported recently that Philadelphia could be shopping the pick around.
Jared McCain to serve as Player Correspondent for Game 1 of NBA Finals

3 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Brian Choi/NBAE via Getty Images Well, that’s one way to get a Sixer back to the NBA Finals. With the series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers set to get underway shortly, the league has announced player correspondents who will be on the ground for media access for each game of the Finals. This is part of a program around the Finals, All-Star Weekend, and Draft to give players more media experience.
Ranking all the East teams with a worse outlook than the Sixers

3 weeks ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Melissa Tamez/NBAE via Getty Images On a recent episode of The Zach Lowe Show, the host and his guest Wosny Lambre went through an interesting thought experiment in which they ranked the team’s in the Eastern Conference based on who has the best outlook over the next five years or so. It’s certainly not a shock that the Sixers showed up in the bottom of the list, but Lambre went even further.
Is the solution to a Sixers bounce back hiding in bald site?

1 month ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images So even after securing the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the Sixers long-term outlook is pretty shaky. Regardless of whether Paul George is able to bounce back from a disappointing first season, the health status of Joel Embiid will be the most important factor to the team’s success. Tied down to the big fella through 2029, the franchise is in a lot of trouble if his oft-injured left knee doesn’t get better.
Sixers Slop Roundup: Philadelphia feels good about critical situation they’re in

1 month ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Get ready Sixers fans, there’s going to be a lot of leaks like this between now and next month’s draft. As is quickly becoming the consensus thought around the league, the 2025 NBA draft starts with the Sixers pick at No. 3, with Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper seemingly pencilled in to the first two selections.
Paul George said he played through torn adductor on latest podcast

1 month ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images Well, that explains the reported pain injections. Now that the offseason is in full-swing, Paul George has brought back the return of his show, Podcast P, and it’s just as informative as ever.