By Jerry Wein
The NBA draft is coming Thursday night, and in this mock the Sixers ditch a lot of their riff-raff for a solid wing and a back-up point guard:
23. Denver Nuggets (via 76ers): Blake Wesley | Notre Dame | Guard | Freshman | 6’4, 187
Trade: Nuggets receive Matisse Thybulle, Danny Green, Furkan Korkmaz, No. 23 pick, 76ers receive: Monte Morris, Will Barton
Philly uses Danny Green’s $10M expiring contract and the appeal of Matisse Thybulle’s All-NBA defense to land a sold wing scorer in Will Barton and a capable backup point guard in Morris.
The Nuggets then use the newly-acquired pick to grab the high-upside Wesley, who made his bones a season ago turning defense into offense with his active hands and skills on the fastbreak.
