Opening Weekend Recap of Top NBA Draft Prospects
By Somers Price
As Sixers fans sweat out the last few weeks of the season in regards to where the team will finish in terms of lottery standings, the potential prospects the team will target in June’s draft are putting on their final ‘in-game’ showcases at the NCAA Tournament. Sam Hinkie could have anywhere between one and four first round picks at his disposal to go along with a good chunk of the entire second round. There’s no question he’s keeping a close eye on the tournament as possible future ‘assets’ round out their respective college careers.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should be familiar with the names that have spent the better part of the 2014-2015 season towards the top of the Big Board for the class of 2015. In addition to those dignified few, there have been a collection of other players who have impressed at the college level and could be under consideration for one of the later Sixers’ first round picks, should they convey in 2015. Here are quick recaps of five individuals who could find themselves as Philadelphia targets come draft time.