Anthony Calabro: Yes. As frustrating as it is to not get the immediate help the Sixers so desperately need, Embiid is the best player in this draft and Hinkie got him without giving up assets. Now heal big fella!
Eric Goldwein: Well see. From a value perspective, this was a buy-low opp. All itll take is a few months of healthy basketball for his stock to rise above what it is now. Its a gamble, but it would have been just as risky to pass him up.
Tom Sunnergren: Yes. Given the options that were available, yes. He isnt Wiggins, and itll be difficult to stomach having the Sixers top pick in consecutive drafts spend the season on the shelf, and he might never really play NBA basketball given the shitty prognosis his injury carries for especially huge humansbutI lost my train of thought there. Oh, yes. He also might transmogrify into the next Hakeem Olajuwon. That possibility makes him the right pick.
Marc Nemcik: Id say so. Not getting to see their top selection for a second year in a row will be frustratingfor Sixers fans, but itll be worth it. Hinkie and the Sixers brass know not to make a shortsighted decision, and they took the guy with the biggest upside for the future.
Daniel Christian: I think so. There was a compelling case to be made for Exum, but at the end of the day, Embiid is the best prospect in this draft class. If he can stay healthy, hell be special.
