Friday, June 18, 2010

Sixers to draft Evan Turner. Or Derrick Favors. Or DeMarcus Cousins. Or John Wall?!?

The above image was grabbed by Tom Ziller of Fanhouse off the Sixers website on Friday and led many to think the Sixers were tipping their hand about doing the smart thing and drafting Evan Turner. The image wasn't up for long, and about an hour later, the Sixers added more placeholder pages for a few of the other possible top draft picks, including:

Derrick Favors: http://www.nba.com/sixers/draft_favors.html
DeMarcus Cousins: http://www.nba.com/sixers/draft_cousins.html
John Wall: http://www.nba.com/sixers/draft_wall.html

One of two things happened here. The most likely thing is that the Sixers were making pages for all of the top players and started with the most likely pick, Evan Turner. Of course, it's also possible that the Sixers all know they are going to take Turner so they made the page for him, accidentally posted it and didn't take it down in time, forcing them to cover their bases and add in pages for all the possible players.

Whatever the case, let's hope the Sixers do the obvious and draft Evan Turner. A starting five of Jrue Holiday, Turner, Andre Iguodala, Thad Young and Elton Brand isn't championship worthy but it's still pretty darn good. As the poll to the left is showing, Sixers fans know Turner is the guy; let's hope the front office feels the same way.

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