In the latest 2025 NBA mock draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select Duke big man Khaman Maluach with the No. 3 overall pick.

The 76ers didn't win the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, but the team still came out of the process feeling lucky. Here's what to expect as the draft nears.

On Monday, NBA draft insiders Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo reported "some teams" believe the 76ers could try to package the No. 3 pick with Paul George to acquire another star to join the Joel Embiid-Tyrese Maxey core. Givony and Woo name Kevin Durant and Lauri Markkanen as two potential targets should that be the direction Philly chooses.

Philadelphia's poor season netted them the third overall pick in this year's draft. ESPN is predicting that the Sixers will draft Airious "Ace" Bailey out of Rutgers with the third pick.

By any and all measures, the Philadelphia 76ers had a terrible season. And yet the Sixers were intending to have a competitive one. After dismantling the James Harden-driven team and fallen out of the 2023-24 NBA playoffs at the first round stage,