Philadelphia 76ers Draft Evaluation

The Sixers probably did the best they could in this draft to address the #1 hole of post scoring at the PF position by taking Marreese Speights with the 16th pick. Apparently this was their guy all along, and they asked every question, reviewed every aspect of his game and turned over every stone to be sure of the pick. The questions about his work ethic and on/off attitude on the court weren't even an issue for Stefanski and DiLeo. Speights has been working extremely hard in Vegas with trainer Joe Abunassar. I did some research on Abunassar, and he is the real deal of NBA trainers. Not on the level of Tim Grover but right up there. That is very comforting for me since I was definitely in the "pass on Speights because he's lazy" camp. Read more of my evaluation and take a poll on the Sixers Draft Grade.