O’Connor also projects the Sixers to move down in the draft: “Sixers send the third pick and Kelly Oubre (player option) to the Pelicans for the seventh pick, a 2026 Pacers 1st (top-4 protected) and Herb Jones.”

In the latest 2025 NBA mock draft projection, the Philadelphia 76ers stay at No. 3 and select Duke big man Khaman Maluach.

NBA Draft just one week away, the Daily Wildcat sports staff got together to select their Top 25 picks in this year’s selection. With a draft including a generational No. 1 pick in Cooper Flagg and from big men down low to dynamic playmakers around the perimeter,